Making A Legendary Comeback

"Nothing, I refused."

But just at that moment, a system message appear slightly blocking Emmy's sight and at the same time, Sunny leaned over and whisper into his ear.

"Hey listen, just think about it, what if you go there and turn the tide over to your side and won the match, people will be like, 'Who is that boy? Or He's a savior, Or something like The savior has arrived or The return of a legend or something like, Emmy made a legendary comeback for his team. Just imagine the crazy amount of population you'll attain just at that moment, they can even make an headlines on it and I'm sure the Principal won't go without showering his blessing on you. Just think about it, time is going."

As he was saying these words, he noticed that Emmy wasn't moved by it, he seems to not be paying attention to him as he stare blankly into the air with no readable expression on his face but after Sunny ended his blabbering, he could swear that he saw on feint smile on Emmy's face.

'Did I manage to persuade him with my nonsense talk.'

Unbeknownst to him, Emmy was busy reading his system message.

[You have been persuaded to help your team out and bring glory back to them]

[New Quest Received]

[Answer their call and bring glory back to the team]

[Reward:???]

'I swear, i'll destroy this system if the reward is not worth it.'

He smiled.

He wasn't expecting the system to get involve, he really wanted them to lose, but now with the system interference, he had no choice but to go with the hope that the system will reward him well.

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Back on the field, the coach continue staring at his wristwatch and keep looking back every seconds, it's been more than 10 minutes since Karim left to look for Emmy and he hadn't comeback. The Principal is somewhere on the high table sitting among other Principals and the twenty officials, Football is one of the two main events of the tournament and it's also the biggest event so there's always a high table provided for the Principals and the officials to spectate the match.

Lindsay Academy Principal have called the school coach earlier that they must win the match at all cost, putting him under pressure, the pressure have led him to a gamble that he has started to regret now.

Karim have persuaded him to include Emmy's name in the squad list which he had turned the captain down asking him for a video of the boy's skill, although, the Coach always follow Karim advice at times but he couldn't find a reason to follow his advice this time. He knew Emmy is a poor boy who get bullied by everyone in the team and he's always behind everyone else when they're training, so why the hell has the captain asked him to include his name.

Curious to find the reason, the coach had requested for every video of each teams in the Local Tournament from the three region, getting this load of videos, he started watching it one by one and by the time he found Emmy's video, it was already too late, they're already in Nara City and the coach have submitted the squad list.

He was very sad about this, he watched every single match Emmy had played and found the great combo he had made with Joe and their team captain, he regretted the idea of not including the boy's name, although, in that aspect, there's something he could do to make Emmy's name appeared on the list even after submitting it, his ability deals with electronics manipulation after all, so adding his name without raising suspicious is very easy for him, but the problem is that he isn't sure if the boy had come to Nara City for the tournament.

But now put under the Principal's pressure, the coach made a gamble without thinking twice, he quickly use his ability to include Emmy's name in the list and then he decided to remove Karim just to go look for the boy, although, he isn't sure if Emmy had come to Nara City but he knew Karim will know his whereabout if he came and he truly knew his whereabout.

But the coach is now doubting his decision, what if Karim fail to find Emmy and if he find him, what if he failed to persuade him, Okay if he succeed in his persuasion, can Emmy really make any difference? Can he really turn the tide of the match?

And most importantly, where are they now, what's taking Karim so long.

The match is not paused for them and it's already 66 minutes.

Just at that moment, he heard his players on bench started speaking.

"Ah captain is back."

"You burst off immediately the coach remove you and why did he remove you."

"What is that trash doing here."

Turning around, the coach saw three people have arrived behind him.

"Bring his jersey for him and make him change."

The coach said not giving them a chance to greet. Emmy changed as he was told while Sunny sat with Karim closed to the audience space.

"I'll bring John out for you and all you need to do...."

The coach explain his role to him.

{It seems Lindsay Academy are making a change so the referee stop the play}

One of the organizers raised the Hub board showing the number on the player that was to come out and the number on the player coming in.

10 was at the back of John jersey while Emmy had 20 on his jersey with his name largely written on it, seeing who he got substituted for, John paused with a surprised and confused look, others also had a puzzled look on their face and Russ who is now acting as the captain had one thought.

'The Coach has finally gone crazy.'

Meanwhile, Joe's mood was uplifted at the sight of who was brought in, he gave Emmy a wink as he got into position.

"Let's make a legendary comeback buddy."

Joe said with a smile.

{The coach have finally substitute John for Emmy, the former have been doing his best at the middle but failed to make any support to Joe, so let's see what the latter can do}

The match continue with the ball in the opponent's possession, the keeper kicked it to the nearest defender and they started moving forward, the two Lindsay Academy strikers charged forward but their charging don't seem to be threatening, it's as if the two strikers have lost interest in the match.

Well, it's right for them to be uninterested, after all they have already lost the match and they don't even understand what their coach is doing anymore.

Their attack were both sluggish.

The opponent defender easily dribbled the two out of the way, then move forward and pass to the nearest midfielder who push the ball forward, Joe charged at him making the midfielder hurriedly pass the ball to the left, for his teammate, but Emmy appeared out of nowhere and gained the ball, trapping it in his leg.

He look around thinking of who to pass for, he can easily move the ball forward by himself but he can't score all by himself and that might make others let their frustration on him for not passing, so he look for who to give the pass.

"Here."

Joe move back to receive the ball and Emmy happily tossed it towards him and run forward. The boy knew what to do, Emmy trusted him with the ball than everyone else. Joe got the ball and trapped it in his leg, then move forward, none of his teammates even call for the ball but he don't need them to call for it.

He made a simple 360 and get away from the two charging midfielders then move the ball to his right before kicking it to the middle towards the opponent's box, Emmy received the ball again and did the same thing Joe have done. He dribbled two of the nearest defenders before moving the ball towards their penalty area.

Elliott seeing this opportunity has quickly gotten into the penalty area, a few metres to Emmy's right and he wasted no time passing the ball to him, he shot it directly into the bottom corner of the goalpost but the keeper punch it away.

{What a chance! Emmy slots a throughball into the path of Elliott who has arrived inside the opponent penalty area. He takes it early and fire towards the bottom corner, but the keeper makes an excellence save to deny him! That's the best opportunity from Lindsay Academy so far}

The ball move out of the field after the keeper punch it away, so the referee blew a corner kick in Lindsay favor.

Emmy moves to make the cross but Russ has already taken the ball, setting it on the line so Emmy withdrawn back into the opponent box and prepare for the ball. Instead of making a cross, Russ passed the ball to Elliot who then got the defender out of the way before firing it into the middle of the penalty area, Emmy came with his head and hit the ball towards the top center of the post which the keeper saved.

{So close to an opener! Elliot takes on the defender before firing a pass into the middle of the penalty area, Emmy get there and nod towards goal but the keeper made another superb save! Lindsay are turning the screw, it seems the coach change is paying off, but cam they really make a comeback}

Emmy retreated back to the midfield with others while the two strikers also move back with different thoughts on their mind, is the coach hoping on that trash? Can that trash really make a difference. But others at the back, both defenders and midfielders seems to have gotten their confidence back, the two attempts have inspired them and their determination multiplied.

The opponent moves the ball forward again, now knowing that Lindsay Academy seem to be waking up from their deep slumber, they decided to change their play. The defenders move the ball past Russ then tossed it to the midfielder who then, like a lightning bolt, he burst off running towards Lindsay box, but getting at the defense lane, his speed reduces and slow down until he eventually came to a stop.

One of the defenders must have used some ability on him.

The ball left his possession as he stopped dead track at the defense lane, a defender came forward and kicked the ball out, heading back into the midfield where Joe had gently stop it with a simple control.

He passed it to Emmy who had appeared by his right, Emmy gained the ball, dribbled a midfielder out of the way before passing the ball back to Joe. Before Joe could do anything with the ball though, two defenders came forward and gained the ball back from him, then passed it forward for the midfielders.

The midfielders pass the ball among themselves by doing a one-two touch, not daring to stretch the ball, Zaha and Arthur are the one taking an attack on them in place of Russ and Elliott who both stood behind the opponent defense lane, not doing anything in particular.

Emmy and Joe decided to join the attack and as the four midfielders saw the two of them move, they shot the ball forward, towards the right winger, but just as it was about to get there, Emmy appeared in front of him and gained the ball with his chest, then turned around and pass the ball back to his defenders.

{This boy is everywhere, he's really trying to make a change in the game and it has slight adjusted since he got in}

The defender started moving the ball forward, they pass it among themselves until it get to Joe's possession and at the same time, two of the opponent midfielders came rushing over to him but he simply toss the ball to his left where Emmy was running in the midfield.

Emmy didn't control the ball and just shot it out, heading straight into the opponent penalty area, the ball move very fast that the defenders failed to stop it and just as it got close to the last man, Emmy appeared with the same ball trapped in his leg, it was as if the ball was with him all along, a simple dribbling trick got the last man out of the way, leaving Emmy alone with the keeper.

He deliver a shot to the top right corner of the post and then,

Goal!!!!