[Football] Wait, Was the Game I Played a Bootleg?!

Wait, what?! This can't be right!

After getting rejected by an NPC yet again, the player finally snapped!

Isn't this how you raise affection in a damn game? You just chat with them, and they enjoy it. Shouldn't their affection go up? Every time I chat with you, you laugh your head off. I've chatted with you for so long, and today you tell me you want to stay with Milan forever? You say you want to stay in Milan and forage for wild greens? What is that supposed to mean?!

The player was confused, shocked, and furious! In a fit of rage, he chose to force the issue! He left behind his assets, then stormed off.

And in a fit of anger, he uninstalled this no-name pixel game.

But the next day, the player woke up in an unfamiliar bed in a panic. He was told that he had caused the NPCs' resentment to rise so high that the entire game had collapsed. The only way he could return to reality was to complete the entire collection, earn a grand slam of achievements, and get AC Milan back to its glory days.

The player thought about the things he'd done and nearly blacked out. His list of terrible deeds included:

"Digging through a trash can right in front of an NPC, then giving them the trash as a present. When the NPC refused, rolling around on the ground."

"Playing the victim with an NPC, saying, 'You know I've been in Milan since I was little. I've been by your side since childhood,' when in fact he'd been dreaming of nothing but money."

"Kissing a teammate on the pitch just because he was good-looking, then happily going on and on about how it felt afterward."

"Running around like a maniac until his stamina ran out, then getting stuck with a black screen and having to sleep on the streets in a twisted position, making the front pages of every newspaper."

"As soon as the summer transfer window opened, getting linked with every club under the sun as if he were about to sign and leave any second, while actually taking a leisurely stroll and showing off that he wasn't for sale."

"Waltzing into an NPC's house at one in the morning and plopping down beside them to sleep, then watching his affection rating shoot up and plummet the next day like a roller coaster."

The scariest part was that it was a no-name pixel game, so the player couldn't recognize any of the NPCs' faces. Which NPC had he slept with? Why did all these NPCs seem to have a thing going with him?!

After getting up in the middle of the night to practice and running out of stamina yet again, he collapsed on his bed and thought bitterly: In my next life, I'm never playing pirated games again!!!

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1. The whole story is lighthearted, with a good-hearted, chaotic troublemaker as the protagonist. His thought process is basically: Now that I've transmigrated into a game, I have to figure out why you all love AC Milan so much. What's so great about this Milan? Wait, Milan really is pretty compelling. Fine, I'll forage for wild greens for AC Milan for the rest of my life.

2. Romance routes with Nesta, Maldini, Pirlo, and Redondo. The extras will include one-on-one romance endings with each of them. The player just wants to give everyone a home. Of course, winning championships and trophies comes first. If he's too bad at the game, he'll lose his right to ship the guys together, TT.

3. Since he's a player, no one will suffer a serious injury. This will make up for past regrets, and Milan will keep having a great time. Things differ quite a bit from reality because winning championships throws many schedules and real events off course. A tactical idiot is using cheat codes.

First published on July 5, 2026

Theme: Cherish life, stay away from pirated games