Chapter 47: The Dutchman in the Brazilian Chest

With two days remaining until the next Eredivisie match against Twente, the entire first team had reverted to the serious atmosphere that prevailed before their winning streak began.

Tang Ye was also relentlessly grinding skills during training.

【De Bruyne Far-Corner Curling Shot, Lv1: Imitation】

Proficiency: 20/50

【Shooting: 55→56】

Ten Hag had arranged mostly passing drills for Tang Ye, which caused his 【Far-Corner Curling Shot】 skill to level up extremely slowly.

This remained true even with Broccoli's assistance.

Conversely, Tang Ye had not fallen behind at all in skills related to passing.

【De Bruyne Curved Through Ball, Lv3: Simulation】

Proficiency: 38/200

The proficiency for through balls was about to hit 50; Tang Ye now wished he could stuff that through-ball proficiency into his curling shot so he could immediately gain another Level 2 skill!

"Beautiful, that's the kind of pass!"

Tang Ye's pass just now had successfully surprised Ten Hag on the sidelines; the Dutchman walked over to applaud him: "Brilliant, this is what a genius should look like!"

"Ah, what did you say?"

"Oh, I mean, if you could control the speed of that pass just a bit better, you would be approaching the level of a genius."

Ten Hag explained: "But don't be discouraged; achieving this much is actually quite good already."

"Alright, let's all gather up!"

Ten Hag instructed Fan Fan Dejiahe to assemble the players.

"The schedule is quite congested these days, so we will temporarily suspend endurance training; this afternoon's endurance session will be changed to a strength session, with a dedicated person in charge."

"What about the starting lineup?"

Ayoub suddenly asked a question, causing Ten Hag's previously relaxed facial expression to suddenly stiffen.

"Um... I will inform you tomorrow afternoon; the starting lineup has not been finalized yet, so there is no need to rush."

This was the last thing Ten Hag said to the players during the morning training session.

At Zhongwushitang, Tang Ye opened his panel to check his missions.

After obtaining the Portuguese Star/Legendary Chest, Tang Ye had also received his new mission.

Unlike previous missions to secure more assists or score more goals, Tang Ye's next mission was milestone-based.

Make three starting appearances for the Utrecht first team; the reward is a Brazilian Special Chest.

Since this mission was not match-performance based, the reward was slightly inferior; the so-called 【Brazilian Special Chest】 was essentially a blind box.

There was an 85% chance of obtaining a Low-Grade Chest, a 3% chance for a Mid-Grade Chest, and the combined probability for High-Grade, Star, and Legendary Chests was 2%.

Additionally, there was a 10% probability of receiving a "Consolation Prize."

After opening the Portuguese Star/Legendary Chest, Tang Ye was acutely aware of the fact that his luck was poor.

To him, this so-called 【Brazilian Special Chest】 was nothing more than a Low-Grade Chest.

Of course, even a Low-Grade Chest contained signature skills of players worth millions or tens of millions of euros, which would certainly provide an improvement for Tang Ye.

It was precisely because of this milestone mission that Tang Ye wanted to have another private conversation with Ten Hag.

But Tang Ye did not rush; he thought about it carefully again.

Ten Hag had already said he hadn't reached the Eredivisie level, yet here he was pestering Ten Hag daily for a starting spot.

Looking at it from another angle, such an approach was indeed inappropriate.

For this very reason, Tang Ye ultimately abandoned the idea of chatting with Ten Hag, deciding instead to lie low and observe for now.

The following afternoon, after training concluded, Fan Fan Dejiahe held a notebook and announced the starting lineup for the next match to the first-team players.

Utrecht (4-3-1-2)

Goalkeeper: Ruiter

Defenders: Kleiber, Leeuwerik, Timo-Lete, Kang Kang Boyi

Midfielders (Defensive): Strieder, Ramselaar, Jansen

Midfielder (Attacking): Tang Ye

Forwards: Haller, Di Di Bala

The 4-3-1-2 was a variation of the 4-3-3, where the protruding center forward became a recessed attacking midfielder.

Utrecht had not used this formation in an official match this season, but the players had encountered it during training, so they were not shocked by it.

What surprised everyone was Tang Ye's presence on the starting list.

This was already Tang Ye's third starting appearance for the Utrecht first team!

Yesterday morning he slid on his knees across the training ground for three bars; this afternoon his name was prominently displayed on the starting list!

The first-team players all knew that Ten Hag cared greatly about his reputation, so Tang Ye receiving a starting spot after that knee-slide stunt was truly top-tier.

Was there no punishment?

【You have obtained a Brazilian Special Chest】

His teammates' gazes fell upon Tang Ye, and Haller even placed a hand on Tang Ye's shoulder.

Ten Hag scanned the first-team players present, his attention lingering on Ayoub for an extra long moment: "Hmm, I know that some of you may have objections to starting Tang..."

"No objections!"

Di Di Bala and Fan Demarel shouted simultaneously.

"I didn't f***ing say it was you two who had objections, what are you yelling about!"

Scolded, Di Di Bala and Fan De secretly hid at the back of the line, listening as Ten Hag continued speaking.

"Tang's age is indeed relatively young, but look, he's sixteen; next year he'll be seventeen, and the year after that, eighteen. In another ten-plus years, he'll be in his thirties... Looking at it this way, Tang isn't actually that young."

?

"Of course, the main reason I'm starting him is because Tang scored in the previous two matches. If a substitute player scores while starting, they earn the chance to start again next time; this is a rule tacitly accepted by many coaches, and I believe it is appropriate."

Ten Hag spoke a few simple words, then paid extra attention to Ayoub's expression.

Ayoub's face darkened slightly, but he did not speak.

That evening, after finishing training and returning to the dormitory, Tang Ye used the 【Brazil Special Chest】 he had obtained that afternoon.

Before him appeared a very large red, white, and blue tri-colored wheel; the pointer rested at the very top, with "Legendary" on one side and "Consolation Prize" on the other. However, the Legendary tier had only a 0.01% probability, and the sector belonging to the Legendary Chest on the wheel was merely a single line.

The wheel began spinning rapidly, and after reaching maximum speed, it started to slow down gradually.

Tang Ye's eyes stared fixedly at the wheel.

Although he knew his luck was poor, it was completely impossible to say that Tang Ye did not hope to draw the grand prize.

The pointer began moving bit by bit.

Intermediate Chest, Advanced Chest...

Legendary Chest!

!

Tang Ye held his breath, for the pointer had now landed precisely within the "Legendary Chest" area.

The area belonging to the Legendary Chest was tiny, almost no thicker than the pointer itself.

"Don't move, don't move, don't move..."

Tang Ye silently prayed.

The Portugal Chest hadn't yielded a Legendary item; surely this Brazil Chest would finally grant him one?

A 0.01% probability!

Click!

The wheel shifted once more, and the pointer landed on the edge of the "Consolation Prize."

"Damn!"

Tang Ye slammed his fist onto his computer desk.

What bullshit 0.01%!

It now seemed this wheel existed solely for visual effect; the system had never intended to give him a Legendary Chest.

But there was no need to panic just yet.

What exactly was the Consolation Prize?

【You have opened the Brazil Chest (Consolation Prize)】

【You have obtained: Erik ten Hag's nude photo ×1 (from Antony)】

???

Seeing the photograph suddenly appear in his hand, Tang Ye was startled and quickly stuffed the item into his drawer.

What the hell is this!?

(End of Chapter)