Chapter 1

"...These are the images our reporter took this morning at the Volturno training base... The images clearly show Cassano in conflict with Chen Hero..."

"The reason for the conflict between the two sides is unknown, but we know that this conflict was not just an unintentional act as Mazzarri later said. Because we then filmed the following scene outside the entrance of the training base..."

In the picture, Cassano's and Chen Hero's cars drove out of the training base one after the other.

"Both of them left early. We don't know if this was Mazzarri's intention or their own... In short, this is definitely not the kind of conflict that can be resolved by the two getting together, shaking hands, and insincerely exchanging pleasantries!"

On TV, a football program was airing in the evening.

Many Napoli fans in front of the TV were dumbfounded, shocked by the wild fight between Chen Hero and Cassano.

"I must admit that both Chen Hero and Cassano have the potential to act in Hollywood action movies, especially Chen Hero, whose every move looks like the real deal... It's just that they definitely punched the wrong target!"

"What did I say before? What did I say before? When Cassano first announced his transfer to Napoli, I said it—he would definitely have a conflict with Chen Hero! See, I was right!"

"This is natural. To be honest, this time I'm on Chen Hero's side. Everyone has known what Cassano's temper is like for a long time... He was definitely the one who provoked Chen Hero first!"

"Mazzarri refuses to answer any further questions about the fight between Chen Hero and Cassano. He also did not disclose what kind of punishment the club will impose on these two players... But one thing we must ask him to answer is—Napoli's locker room will become like a awakened Mount Vesuvius, ready to erupt at any time!"

"Let's take a look at the following interview video..."

On the TV screen, Mazzarri appeared in front of the reporters, with his back to the training field and facing the camera. He was answering reporters' questions:

"Hero and Antonio will not have any problems. I think they will become very good friends. They have no conflicts..."

Then the screen quickly cut to the scene of Chen Hero and Cassano in a fierce battle.

After the fierce battle video was played, the male host, who looked particularly dignified and calm, reappeared in front of the audience with a calm face. He said expressionlessly: "Yes, now we all know how good friends Chen Hero and Cassano are!"

The non-Napoli fans in front of the TV all laughed.

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Although the newspapers would not be on the market until tomorrow, the Internet, radio, and television were still very effective, and the news quickly became known throughout the country.

Everyone knew that Cassano had a fight with his teammate Chen Hero during training on his first day of reporting to Napoli, and angrily went on strike.

This was only the first night. After the newspapers were on the market tomorrow, these news would be fermented, and then the real impact could be seen.

Mazzarri had just finished a phone call with De Laurentiis. In the call, he recounted the situation at that time in detail to the club chairman.

Laurentiis did not express any opinion. He just said that he knew, and then hung up the phone.

This made Mazzarri a little confused. But it seemed that the boss didn't want to interfere in the internal affairs of the team, which was a good thing...

He only needed to figure out how to eliminate the impact of these negative news and prevent the team's preparations from being disturbed... But this was precisely the most difficult thing.

He had already decided to let Chen Hero and Cassano go to the reserve team to cool down for a while, but this could not turn hostility into friendship.

Did he really have to sacrifice one person?

If that was the case, it seemed that only Cassano could be sacrificed. After all, he had just transferred to the team, while Chen Hero had established his position as the team's core main player through his outstanding performance last season.

If he put last season's Serie A Golden Boot winner on the bench for a Cassano whose temper was uncertain and capricious, he was afraid that the chairman, who did not interfere in the team's internal affairs, would also take decisive action.

But... when he thought of the other side that Cassano had shown in Sampdoria, Mazzarri felt very sorry. He felt that Cassano could completely return to his peak, and there was no doubt about that. He was probably the only person in the world who still had hope for Cassano.

This conflict was caused by many reasons, and the fault was not entirely on Cassano. If his new teammates hadn't been prejudiced against him and said bad things about him behind his back, how would Cassano have felt isolated in Napoli? How could he have suddenly exploded?

He regretted a bit that he should have introduced Cassano's current situation to his teammates earlier to dispel their prejudice against this person...

But it was too late to say anything now. He had issued a gag order to the team, forbidding them from talking about this matter in front of the media. This was the only thing he could do now, trying to mend the fold after the sheep is lost. He didn't want to create the impression that the whole team was encouraging Cassano, which would only intensify the conflict and would not help solve the problem.

"...We tried to contact Cassano or Chen Hero, but we didn't get in touch with either of them... The Napoli players also did not accept our interviews, and they are unwilling to talk about this matter. But I think their silence will not last long. Especially for Cassano and Chen Hero, these two big mouths who speak without restraint, this is even more true... Maybe tomorrow, we will be able to witness a good show!"

The TV program host was full of expectant excitement.

Mazzarri's head was about to explode...

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Chen Hero, who the media couldn't reach, was relaxing with several of his teammates at a well-known local nightclub.

Chen Hero was sent to the reserve team by the coach for standing up for Arshavin, which made Arshavin feel a little guilty, so he suggested inviting Chen Hero to relax.

Since they were going out to have fun, how could it be lively with just two people?

So Hamsik, Sanchez, Maggio, and Santacroce were all called.

Since breaking up with Sharapova after a big fight before the winter break last year, the two had not contacted each other again. Chen Hero had been single since then, but he was busy improving himself, and the environment in Napoli at that time was not friendly to him, so Chen Hero had not been to nightclubs. He was like a good boy, going home immediately after training and not coming out all night—but in the eyes of reporters, it was hard to say what he was doing at home, after all, everyone knew that he had a beautiful bodyguard hiding at home...

Now, it was his first time visiting a famous Napoli nightclub.

The six people drove two cars to the famous local nightclub "Red Rose" to relax and to comfort Chen Hero.

Everyone was still criticizing Cassano along the way, saying that the bastard didn't know what was good for him and took the initiative to attack his teammates during training.

After they parked their cars in the parking lot, they saw a scene that surprised them—Cassano was surrounded by a group of burly men in a corner of the parking lot.

Those people also noticed the group of Napoli players who had just arrived, and some of them even recognized Hamsik and others.

"This has nothing to do with you!" Someone from the group turned around and shouted to Hamsik and the others. "If you don't want to cause trouble, get out of here!"

"Oh, God, what's going on?" The two driver teammates who had parked the car also saw this scene and couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice.

"Don't pay attention to him! That bastard is always causing trouble everywhere. Do you think there's not enough trouble already?" Maggio frowned and hoped that everyone wouldn't be too curious. They were here to relax, to have fun, to drink and party, and to roll around with the girls. They were not here to mind Cassano's business.

While a group of people were discussing, they heard a few sneers from over there.

Anyone who has parked in an underground parking lot knows that the open space in the underground parking lot has the effect of amplifying sound, so your voice is easily heard by people in the distance.

"See that, *Cassanate*? Your teammates won't come to help you! You're a locker room cancer! You're a complete bastard and rogue!"

"Napoli doesn't welcome scum like you, go back to your Sampdoria!"

"You've only been in Napoli for one day, and you've made a mess of this place! Go home and breastfeed with your mom! Hahahaha..."

Their ridicule was not completely finished, because Cassano had already punched!

"Bang!"

A muffled sound blocked the other party's laughter. The Napoli players watched as the silent Cassano suddenly punched the person who was laughing on the face...

They were all stunned.

Cassano was alone, and the other party was... ten people!

One against ten, Cassano fearlessly attacked!

"He's crazy..." Santacroce's jaw almost dropped.

"Damn! Guys, beat him up!" The group was also angered, and ten people swarmed up, surrounding Cassano and punching and kicking him.

And Cassano? Everyone could only occasionally see him waving his fists, holding his head and dodging, and then in a blink of an eye he was submerged in the crowd of people...

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"This..." Seeing his teammate being beaten up, the other Napoli players were all dumbfounded—the story developed completely beyond their expectations.

Chen Hero was also very surprised, but for some reason, when he saw Cassano being ridiculed by a group of people, but stubbornly choosing to fight against an enemy ten times his size, he would think of himself.

When he was in a domestic club, his situation was very similar to Cassano's now. He was also unpopular with his teammates. Apart from using a strong personality and physique to win the fear of others, he had no other way.

He suddenly thought of what Mazzarri said today: "How did you feel when you were a rookie and were squeezed out by Lavezzi and others?"

Speaking of which, people had just arrived at the team and hadn't done anything yet, and they heard a group of future new teammates talking bad about him behind his back. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to bear it, right?

If he wasn't targeting his good friend Arshavin, he wouldn't have any ill feelings towards him...

"What should we do now?" The young Sanchez seemed a little overwhelmed. He was frightened by everything that was happening in front of him.

"Ignore him..." Maggio said in a low voice. He was also frightened, but he was more afraid of getting into trouble.

"Let's call the police..." Hamsik took out his cell phone.

"Damn! It's already this time, what are you still hesitating about! Let's go!" Chen Hero suddenly howled, "Can you guys just watch your own people get bullied by others?!"

After shouting, he rushed up like an arrow.

Taking advantage of the momentum, he jumped up and kicked down a guy who was waving his fists and hitting hard, and then punched a guy next to him in the face, blasting out the person's saliva...

A giant bear, waving its thick and powerful bear paws, joined the battle like a demon descending.

Cassano only felt the pressure on him suddenly lighten. When he looked up, he saw Chen Hero punching someone else in the face.

Chen Hero let out excited shouts, roaring in a language that Cassano couldn't understand. He kicked one of the people besieging him in the chest, sending the other person flying several meters away. And he himself was hit back by the reaction force, and taking advantage of this momentum, he elbowed the person who was trying to sneak attack him from behind, smashing the person's face into a bloody mess...

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"..." The people outside were completely dumbfounded. No one expected that Chen Hero would not leave them any reaction time at all, and rushed into the battlefield with such a shout.

"What do we do now!" Sanchez exclaimed.

"Let's call the police..." Hamsik looked down at his cell phone, preparing to press the keys.

At this moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew past him. When he looked up in surprise, he only saw Arshavin kneeing the other person's ribs...

Maggio squatted down and held his head in his hands: "What the hell is going on!!"

Hamsik saw the chaos in front of him, and simply threw his phone into his pocket: "Damn! It's already like this, what are we still calling the police for!" Then he also rushed up.

"Everyone, stop fighting!!" he shouted, then slapped the person who had just kicked Arshavin in the face.

Maggio also stopped holding his head, stood up, roared and rushed towards the group of people, smashing around with his fists.

Santacroce also rushed up with his fists clenched.

Only Sanchez shouted from the side: "Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble!!"

Chen Hero did not forget to take time out from hitting people to answer him: "What are you afraid of? At worst, we'll pay the fine! I have plenty of money! Come on, Alex... Damn! Sneak attack on me! Fuck your mother! ...I'm telling you, fighting is so much fun!"

Sanchez seemed to have made a huge decision, and finally closed his eyes and rushed up with a loud roar.