2 To Level Up!

"Ahh!" I cried out in anguish, as I gasped and sat up quickly, 'Ahhh what a weird dream...', when I looked up I realised that I wasn't in the tram, I was in my own room, I was so surprised that I lost my balance and fell forward, 'What's going on? ' I mumbled in pain while still on the floor, my room was quite simple and the decoration was quite peculiar, as there were all kinds of decorative objects related to football, like figures, posters and balls, so yes, it was definitely my room, 'But how did I get here? ' I started to think of some reasonable way why I can't remember anything since I fell asleep on the tram, 'Yeah, it must be the alcohol, that's definitely it' I thought as I slowly got up from the floor and headed back to bed 'Ahhh good thing it's Sunday' I thought as I yawned and relaxed, I picked up my mobile to look at the time, making sure it wasn't too late, it read 8: 35, knowing this and hoping I wouldn't have a similar dream again, I lay back down and willed myself to continue sleeping, when finally my mind was calm and my breathing was quiet I heard a 'pop' sound behind me, assuming something had fallen I didn't make even the slightest move to turn over, I just wanted to continue sleeping.

[Implemented System] said a robotic voice, I startled 'What was that' I thought as I quickly turned my head, there it was, what I thought had been a bad dream apparently wasn't, a blue rectangle was now floating right in front of me, "You've got to be kidding me" I said with a nervous smile, "This can't be real".

[Accessing Profile] the flickering light shining brightly prevented me from thinking rationally, 'Yeah, it must be from the blow earlier, that's got to be it' I thought looking for an explanation for what was happening.

[ Tech Yale----Level: 1 ]

[ MP:10----Fatigue: 0 ]

[ Shoot:1 ]

[ Speed:1 ]

[ Dribble:1 ]

[ Physical:1 ]

[ Pass:1 ]

[ Defence:1 ]

[ Skills: None ]

The blue screen increased in size, showing my name and things I didn't understand, but had seen before, 'is this like a game?' I asked in surprise, 'so I'm inside one? no, that can't be, it's definitely the real world, after all this is my room', 'so what do these stats mean?' I thought as I got a little closer.

'Shooting, speed, dribbling...wait is this something to do with football? , fear and awe quickly turned to fascination as it was linked to football. 'If so...then these would be my stats... If this is like a video game, then.... my stats can go up?!' I was starting to get excited, my eyes were drawn to the numbers expecting them to be extraordinarily high, after all I was the chosen for whatever this is.

"This must be wrong, I'm definitely better than that!" I said raising my voice.

'Why do I have such low stats!' I thought agitated.

The blue screen changed back to its original rectangular shape, 'No...I wanted to keep looking at my attributes...'

[It's because of the reset] was written on the screen.

"Eh? reset?" that word sounded strangely familiar and I was sure I had heard it not long ago, my mind started connecting the dots until it came up with the result 'The dream, that's it!!!' 'So it was real after all...' without realising it, and because of everything that was happening I was missing something even more important, "Wait can you understand me?!!" I said surprised as I looked at him expectantly and curiously, "You're not going to hurt me are you?" I asked innocently.

[...]

"AJAJ I was joking, it's just...I can't believe this is happening."

[You have been chosen as a test to carry a unique resource that will allow your dream to be fulfilled]

"Eh? my dream?" I couldn't help but be surprised to hear that, 'Does this sort of machine know about my dream?'

[Your dream, your purpose in life, everything you wish for can be fulfilled...you can become the best player].

Hearing the last sentence gave me chills, 'best player? someone like me? even if I don't have any talent?', a strange feeling mixed with excitement started to run through my whole body, without realizing it a smile started to form on my face, I was really excited, but doubts still resided inside me as to why this was happening, 'what do they gain by helping me? it would be better if they chose someone renowned in football, so...why me? I looked at the rectangle again as I thought of an answer 'Nothing, I can't think of a single explanation' I put my fingers to my mouth in a thoughtful posture 'Whatever it is, sooner or later I will find out' I looked determinedly at the poster I had of the Korean national team 'Whether they are using me for something...I don't care if that something is bad or good...If they give me what I need, then...I will use them too', an aura of determination and conviction began to rise up around me.

"OK, I will, but what should I call you? I suppose you have a name, don't you?" I asked openly.

[PF10000M-G] appeared on the screen, I was surprised by such a weird and extremely awkward and uncomfortable name to pronounce.

"That's quite strange, don't you have another name in mind? something like an alias?" I asked while scratching the back of my head.

[...].

"Ahh, I guess not..." I said to myself, I started thinking of types of abbreviations that could simplify his name, but they were fucking horrible, I could call him 'PF' or 'M-G', but honestly they seemed really stupid, when I was about to give up on the idea of being able to shorten it and start calling him blue rectangle, I came up with the perfect name, that brought together his purpose with his very existence.

"Football System, what do you think?" I said as a proud smile appeared on my face.

[If the problem is communication, no name will be necessary, as I won't be present from now on].

"Eh?" I looked at him intrigued by what he just said 'That's why I take the trouble to name it...' I thought a bit annoyed, just as I was about to ask him about what he was referring to, the text changed again.

[From now on your progress will be exceptional, you will have problems on your way to your goal, but if you overcome all of them, you will be unrivalled.]

I was reading carefully what it was saying when suddenly the system started to emit a strong blue light, it was shining intensely, in the middle of all that light I could see a new text

[We will meet again]

I reached out my hand to try to cut it off but it just went through it, after that, the rectangle disappeared.

I didn't understand anything that had happened, scared that the system had disappeared, thinking of this as a video game I said "Profile", a rather large rectangle appeared, showing me my stats, "Phew, thank goodness..." I sat up in bed as the nervousness evaporated from my body, 'So it hasn't disappeared...'.

"Why are you giving me those scares?" I asked him waiting for an answer.

It didn't come, there was no answer, after that I asked him a couple more questions, but he didn't answer, because of this, I thought maybe that's what he meant by seeing me again, 'well if he's only gone for a while, then I guess I shouldn't worry, but how do I raise my stats? he didn't tell me' I thought indignantly as I tried to come up with a solution, 'Maybe if I train it will help to raise them? I looked at the time on my mobile, it had been a long time since I had woken up, it was almost half past nine, although it was early, I felt motivated, I took the ball that was under my bed and I went out of my house towards the football field, I put on my trainers and with eyes that gave off determination and a wide smile I said "It's time to level up".