Football: The German Team's New Emperor

[Pure wish fulfillment. New readers, jump right in!]

[Highly recommended: My novel next door, [F1] The Worst Start: How to Become the Next Racing Legend. Same kind of wish fulfillment, easy to get into, and packed with content.]

Blurb:

Viktor Planck is one of a kind. He has a clean-cut, first-love kind of face, and his smile shines like the sun. But the moment he steps onto the pitch, he starts throwing his weight around.

From the youth academy to the first team, he keeps breaking records. His stats, averaging one assist and countless interceptions and tackles per game, far surpass those of players his age.

In today’s football world, where versatile defensive midfielders are in short supply, the top clubs are already chasing Viktor.

He is the new ruler of the pitch, following in Beckenbauer’s footsteps.

Judging by his looks alone, Viktor is a sunny, cheerful, handsome blond airhead.

The kind who’ll even let his teammates take the ball, and is easygoing to boot.

But in reality, he’s arrogant, sharp-tongued, and has a clear plan for his future.

Reach the heights of Messi and Ronaldo?

No, no.

He’ll surpass them and leave them far behind.

Pele, Maradona, Cruyff…

His goal is to become stronger, more dazzling, and more adored than any of them.

So at first, Viktor had no intention of choosing the German national team.

After all, since 2018, the German machine had gradually turned into an old jalopy, doing nothing to help his ambitions.

Then an unexpected incident changed his mind.

First, he discovered that the mental illness he’d had for sixteen years wasn’t an illness at all. It was a System.

Second, the System wasn’t very useful. It had taken sixteen years to load even the basic stats panel and shop.

Finally, the System, which he’d come to think of as a friend, tearfully begged him to complete some missions and earn points so it could climb the rankings.

Viktor reluctantly opened the panel.

The exchange shop had everything, from the cheapest [Speed +1] to the expensive [Talent +1].

His gaze moved up to the high-priced section, where the products gleamed gold.

Want to become a legendary striker?

No problem!

We have templates such as [Ronaldo the Phenomenon], [Genius Striker Marco van Basten], and [The Bomber Gerd Muller] for you to choose from.

Want to become a midfield maestro?

No problem!

We also have [Perpetual Motion Machine Lothar Matthaus], [Commander Andrea Pirlo], and [Master of Elegance Zinedine Zidane] for you to choose from!

And if you want to become the world’s top goalkeeper…

But Viktor didn’t want to become anyone else.

“System, what if I want to add my own name to the list? For example, the Emperor of Football, Viktor Planck.”

The System sucked in a sharp breath.

It had never seen a Host with such big ambitions.

[It’s not impossible]

[It’s just…]

[Going to be very, very hard]

Viktor smiled faintly.

Hard didn’t scare him. A lack of challenge did.

And so

Faced with invitations from a whole host of powerful teams, Viktor chose Germany, the weakest team at the time.

Buy someone else’s template?

No, no.

He was going to become the template everyone else longed for!

[Ding, ]

[Main quest updated: God of the Gods]

[Quest requirements: Defeat one hundred of the greatest football stars]

[Reward: 30 billion points]

[Virtual space activated. Please complete the quest within the time limit]

Viktor: …

All right.

He was going to be emperor, no matter what!

Notes:

1. The male lead is the strongest in the world, so this is pure wish fulfillment.

2. A medium-length novel, a prodigy story, around 700,000 words.

3. German-French heritage, starting out in the Paris youth academy.

4. There’s some infighting in the German team, but the protagonist’s aura shines bright.

Theme: You must first enter the world before you can transcend it