Su Bai, feeling a bit dizzy, was pulled to sit down by Hao Junmin.

Even though Su Bai had gone to the wrong place, Hao Junmin, being from the same hometown, still had Su Bai sit down on a chair.

In no time, Hao Junmin brought over a beautifully prepared lunch and handed it to Su Bai.

"Hurry up and eat! We can have a good chat after you finish!"

Su Bai had played two training matches since morning and was indeed a bit hungry by now.

After wolfing down the food, Su Bai finally lay back comfortably, patting his stomach.

Apart from Hao Junmin, no one else paid any attention to Su Bai.

Su Bai was only a bit curious about that group of star players; he wasn't foolish enough to approach them.

Seeing Su Bai had eaten his fill, Hao Junmin left his phone number with Su Bai and turned to leave with his teammates.

He had originally planned to have a good chat with Su Bai, but Magath, the old man, was already used to holding a tactical briefing after meals.

So, Hao Junmin had to regretfully say goodbye to Su Bai.

After eating, Su Bai picked up his bag to find Daniel.

This guy had hurriedly pointed him to the first team's dining hall. If it weren't for Hao Junmin, he might have been kicked out by the staff inside.

Downstairs, Su Bai quickly ran into someone he knew.

"Hi! Su, hurry up and get some food. Why are you just arriving?"

Ben Casey greeted Su Bai with a smile.

"Oh! Thanks, but I've already eaten. Where's Mr. Daniel?"

Right now, Su Bai just wanted to quickly resolve his dormitory issue. The whole morning had really worn him out!

"Hey! Su, I told you to come over for a meal earlier. Why didn't you?"

At this moment, Daniel also walked out of the dining hall.

Seeing Su Bai still holding his bag, he asked curiously.

"Sir! You just told me to go over there, and I ended up at the first team's dining hall all confused!"

Su Bai was speechless!

"Haha, my bad. Haven't eaten yet, have you? Hurry up and get some food?"

"I've eaten. I just want to find a bed to lie down for a bit now!"

Seeing that Su Bai indeed seemed a bit tired, Daniel didn't waste any more words!

"Ben Casey, take Su Bai to the dormitory. He can stay with you! Haven't you been living alone all this time?"

Hearing that Daniel had assigned Su Bai to his dormitory, Ben Casey nodded.

As the captain, his dormitory roommate changed the most frequently in the entire youth team.

There was no other way; as long as someone new arrived, he, being sociable, was the team's go-to person.

At the very least, with him around, he could immediately explain each team member's characteristics to the new teammates!

Of course!

Not everyone has the ability to stay at Schalke 04 for long!

You should know, this season he's already had two roommates!

But now, they've both packed up and left!

Who knows if this kid from Yan Country can find his footing at Schalke 04!

Well, it should be finding his footing at Schalke 04 U18.

The first team?

That's too far away; even he hasn't made it there yet.

Right now, the stubborn old man in the first team is focused on winning the Bundesliga championship. This season, the team sold twelve players and brought in strong reinforcements like Metzelder, Höwedes, Uchida Atsuto, Raul, and Escudero.

Thinking of this, Ben Casey shook his head helplessly.

Although everyone says he's a genius from Schalke's youth training, he knows very well how much of a genius he really is.

"Let's go!"

Seeing Su Bai's tired face, Ben Casey didn't delay.

Su Bai nodded and followed Ben Casey.

The Schalke 04 club covers a large area, but most of it belongs to the first team.

There are 12 training fields, with the best four belonging to the first team.

And because U18 plays in the 3rd Division, they were allocated two decent ones.

As for the dormitory building?

Compared to the luxurious single rooms of the first team, the U18 dormitory building can only be described as decent.

A somewhat shabby-looking three-story building, with a huge Schalke emblem on the front, although the emblem was so dirty it was hard to see clearly.

"The conditions are basic, don't mind it! I don't usually stay here much!" Ben Casey led Su Bai into the dormitory building.

Fortunately, although it looked a bit shabby outside, the inside was still brand new.

"This was specially arranged by Mr. Daniel this season. The previous environment was so bad even dogs wouldn't want to come in!"

"This is it!"

Ben Casey's dormitory was the first room on the second floor.

After bringing Su Bai into the dormitory, Ben Casey left in a hurry.

This guy didn't forget to remind Su Bai to make himself at home and to let him know if he needed anything.

After seeing Ben Casey off, Su Bai finally let out a long breath and lay down on the bed.

The dormitory was very tidy, and Ben Casey's bed looked like it hadn't been used much, indicating that this guy was probably a local.

Closing the door, Su Bai happily entered the system.

He hadn't had a chance to open his golden treasure chest yet.

Who knows what surprise the system might have for him.

As soon as he entered the system, his lousy attributes appeared before him.

Except for passing, which was in red, everything else was a dismal gray and white.

However, behind those gray and white stats was a glittering golden treasure chest.

"How do I use this thing?"

Seeing the treasure chest just sitting there, Su Bai quickly asked.

"The host can open it directly! The reward is unknown!"

The system remained as concise as ever.

Su Bai couldn't care less and directly tapped the golden treasure chest with his right hand!

The moment he touched the chest, the entire system space was immediately enveloped in golden light.

The spectacle startled Su Bai.

"Ding dong!!!"

"Congratulations, host!"

"You have obtained a Golden Star Skill Card*1!"

A golden skill card?

Su Bai was overjoyed; just hearing it sounded like a big deal!

Whose could it be?

Ronaldo's dribbling? Maradona's solo run? Or Zidane's celestial volley?

Excitedly, Su Bai opened the skill card!

"Ding dong!"

"Congratulations, host, you have obtained the legendary star Iniesta's La Croqueta!"

"The skill card has been automatically bound to the host!"

The moment the skill card bound to Su Bai, his whole body felt as if it was electrified.

In Su Bai's mind, scenes of Iniesta using La Croqueta in matches flashed by like a slideshow.

"Is it over?"

After the slideshow ended, Su Bai asked.

However, it seemed the system had gone back to sleep, as Su Bai received no response.

Seeing the system unresponsive, Su Bai lost interest and turned to check his training value.

Since the system had just been activated, the training value was directly at 0!

Su Bai didn't know what the training value was for.

Asking the system yielded no response, so it seemed he would have to figure it out slowly.

After exiting the system, Su Bai lay on the bed and closed his eyes for a nap.

However, he hadn't napped for long before Ben Casey called him to the training field.

Daniel's training had no lunch break.

To prepare for the weekend's 3rd Division match, Daniel hadn't given his players any rest these past few days.

Su Bai quickly washed his face and hurriedly put on the team uniform Ben Casey had brought him.

Number 38!

This number wasn't Su Bai's choice; it belonged to the guy who had been eliminated and previously lived in this dormitory.

Dressed in his uniform, Su Bai hurried downstairs.

...

At this moment, the first team's tactical briefing had just ended.

Hao Junmin was eager to call Su Bai, wanting to look out for his fellow countryman.

"Hi, Hao, where are you going?"

Just as he was about to turn and leave, Hao Junmin was called.

Turning his head, he saw it was Raul.

"Oh! Gonzalez, I want to go check on the U18 side!"

For some reason, since Raul joined Schalke, the only person he could really talk to was Hao Junmin.

As a Real Madrid legend, Raul Gonzalez had come to Schalke in the twilight of his career. To be honest, he didn't share Magath's obsession with winning the championship.

He had won enough titles already, and as for a Bundesliga championship?

He really wasn't interested.

"Is it that little guy from lunch? Is he also from Yan Country?"

During lunch, Raul had noticed Su Bai but thought he was Hao Junmin's relative. He didn't expect him to be a U18 player.

"I'm not doing anything anyway, shall we go together?"

Hearing Raul was interested in going with him, Hao Junmin shyly smiled and nodded.

"You need to be more confident, always smiling. Playing in Europe, you have to dare to show yourself. You should start learning this in your daily life!"

Seeing Hao Junmin's shy demeanor, Raul said with a smile.

However, as he said this, Raul still put his arm around Hao Junmin and walked out of the room together.

Perhaps what attracted Raul to Hao Junmin was his shyness and humility!

He didn't like those other muscle-bound guys in the Schalke team!

Ahem!

The attraction was purely normal.

The U18 training field was some distance from the first team's.

After walking for a while, the two finally arrived at the training field.

"Control the midfield!"

"Watch the ball at your feet!"

"Halim O'Shea, damn it, can you keep the ball at your feet? Stop passing it away, look where you're sending it!"

"Benedict, stop running around aimlessly, can Halim pass the ball to you?"

As soon as they arrived at the training field, Daniel's loud voice reached their ears.

Seeing the irritable Daniel, Hao Junmin was speechless.

Are all coaches in Tank Country like this?

Magath also had a loud voice on the training field, though he was a bit more civilized and didn't use common expletives!

"Where's your little brother?"

Seeing nothing interesting on the field, Raul asked.

Hao Junmin looked around and didn't see Su Bai. After a closer look, he finally spotted Su Bai warming up on the sidelines.

Apparently, there wasn't even a spot for Su Bai in U18's Team B.

"Is that Raul?"

"Wow, it really is. Raul came to our U18! Is the first team here to scout players?"

"Damn, it really is. I haven't heard of any vacancies in the first team!"

"What's going on..."

Standing on the sidelines, Raul and Hao Junmin quickly caught the attention of the players on the field.

After all, Raul's fame was undeniable.

Daniel also noticed Raul and Hao Junmin at this time.

"Mr. Raul!"

Daniel walked over to Raul and greeted him.

"Hello!"

"Is your visit here on behalf of Mr. Magath?"

Clearly, Raul's arrival made Daniel misunderstand, and not only misunderstand, but he was also quite happy. It's been a year!

Magath finally came to see his U18, and although it wasn't in person, Raul's presence carried even more weight!

"Sorry, I'm just accompanying Hao to see his fellow countryman, but it seems that guy hasn't played yet!"

Raul glanced at Su Bai on the sidelines and said with a smile.

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Hearing this, Daniel looked at Hao Junmin beside Raul and immediately understood.

"Haha, he just signed today. Let him warm up, and I'll have him on soon!"

The experienced Daniel naturally understood what Raul meant. If Raul could accompany this fringe player who couldn't even make the first team, it was clear he wanted him to look after Su Bai.

Besides, he had planned to let Su Bai play anyway, so he might as well do Raul a favor.

After speaking, Daniel turned around!

"What are you looking at?"

"Su, you're up, replace Halim!"

Hearing Daniel's words, Su Bai immediately got on the field.

However, Halim, who was being replaced, didn't seem too thrilled.

Everyone knew what Raul's presence meant, and at this critical moment, they let that newcomer replace him?

Muttering under his breath, Halim glanced at Su Bai and walked off the field.

"Thank you, Gonzalez!"

Hao Junmin naturally knew that Su Bai's quick entry was all thanks to Raul.

So he quickly expressed his gratitude.

"Haha, let's see how your fellow countryman performs!"

Raul smiled without saying much and turned his attention to the field.

Hao Junmin also knew that Raul didn't want him to feel indebted.

However, Hao Junmin was still quite touched!

"Su! Remember, your task is to pass the ball to that big guy up front!"

As Su Bai got on the field, Daniel didn't forget to shout instructions at him.

Once on the field!

In Su Bai's eyes, the passing lanes immediately reappeared before him!

Glancing at Hao Junmin, who was cheering for him on the sidelines.

Su Bai smiled faintly.

Schalke 04!

Here I come!

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