Akira_Kun_2398

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 29 – Between Storms and Silence

Lisbon's skies turned a hard gray in early February. Clouds hung like damp wool above the academy, casting the pitches in a steady gloom. It wasn't quite rain, not yet—but the kind of weather that made you expect it with every breath.

Inside, the academy moved at half its usual pace. Slower footsteps on tile floors. Longer glances out the window. Whispers of scouts coming for the midterm showcases crept between conversations.

Jota paid little attention to any of it.

He had entered a rhythm. A quiet, fierce rhythm. His morning runs were longer now—six laps instead of four. His diet had changed, too—less bread, more protein. Not because someone told him. But because he felt what his body needed.

"You're growing again," she said during a cooldown stretch.

He shrugged. "Trying to keep up with the game."

She smiled. "Sometimes the game catches up to you."