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Diogo Jota was one of Portugal’s brightest football stars—until the world believed he died in a tragic accident.

But legends don’t fade. They are reborn.

Jota awakens in the body of a ten-year-old boy in a quiet rural village called Penedono. No lights. No stadium. No one knows who he truly is. As he struggles to adjust to a life of poverty, quiet streets, and schoolbooks, the instincts of the pitch still burn within him.

Alongside his loving mother and curious little sister Ana, Jota begins his journey again—from dirt fields and local tournaments to a dream that once shook the world. Quietly, patiently, he laces up a pair of old boots, ready to prove that greatness cannot be erased.

> He was once a legend. Now he’ll become one again.

Reincarnation of a Legend

Chapter 25 – Shadows and Sunlight

Spring was giving way to the edge of summer, and the air in Lisbon was thicker—not heavy, just fuller, like every breath carried more scent, more pollen, more possibility.

For most boys in the Benfica academy, this meant lighter training schedules, ice cream in the cafeteria, and stolen minutes of sunbathing between drills.

When seasons changed, he changed too.

He sat up in bed, feet on the cold tile, breathing in the stillness. Bruno slept soundly across the room, one arm over his face. Outside, the sky was bruised with the last shadow of night.

Jota dressed quickly: base layer, track jacket, boots slung over one shoulder.