Chapter 578 Demanding Your Blood
"Their physical fitness has far surpassed ordinary people, and I can feel the tacit understanding among the seventeen of them. A good football player is hard to come by, but the team's collective默契 (mòqì - tacit understanding) is the key to winning the game!"
Kaki spoke with increasing excitement. He had trained many star athletes, but football games weren't won by one person; they were won by the entire team!
Seeing the gleam in Kaki's eyes, Chen Yang immediately understood that Kaki had been captivated by these young men.
"Then these children are entrusted to Mr. Kaki. If you need anything for training or daily life, feel free to come to me at any time."
After speaking, Chen Yang specifically gathered the wolf children together.
Although their behavioral abilities had greatly improved after Zhou Shanshan's treatment, Kaki was still an outsider to them compared to Zhou Shanshan.
It was obvious that the training difficulty would be considerable if Kaki had to train the wolf children within a week. Chen Yang also worried about potential friction.
Chen Yang's gaze swept over the children: "This Mr. Kaki will be your coach from now on. Training may be very tough, but what he teaches you are skills that others would beg for. You must respect Coach Kaki!"
Zhou Shanshan chuckled from the side, "Don't worry, Chen Yang. They are all good kids. You'll scare them if you say that!"
"Besides, I'll be visiting frequently, so there won't be any problems."
Kaki chimed in, "Mr. Chen, you don't need to worry about that. I've trained many children, and I can coach even the most ill-tempered ones. And I see these children are quite shy!"
Seeing Zhou Shanshan and Kaki reassure him, Chen Yang felt relieved.
However, before leaving, Chen Yang had a few things he wanted to discuss with Kaki.
To Chen Yang's surprise, Kaki said, "Of course, but Mr. Chen, please wait a few minutes. I need to arrange the training tasks first."
Seeing the astonishment on Chen Yang's face, Kaki said nonchalantly, "We have only a week, so we must seize every moment!"
With that, Kaki immediately entered coach mode.
Goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, center forward, striker – the seventeen players each received their training assignments.
The wolf children's physical fitness was sufficient for them to handle any position. Kaki had to identify each child's individual strengths in the shortest possible time.
Zhou Shanshan watched the children on the field, her eyes suddenly moist.
Chen Yang had not only rescued these children but had also given them a path forward.
"Chen Yang, thank you."
Faced with Zhou Shanshan's sudden tears, Chen Yang was taken aback. When he realized she was referring to the wolf children, he gritted his teeth and said playfully, "If they don't win the championship for me, I'll have them delivering express packages for Wu Feng, and they won't be allowed to use bicycles – they'll have to run deliveries!"
Zhou Shanshan was immediately amused by Chen Yang's words, though she also knew he was joking.
A few minutes later, Coach Kaki, with one eye on the wolf children training on the field and the other on his notebook where he was scribbling notes, ambled over to Chen Yang.
Seeing Coach Kaki so engrossed, Chen Yang felt hesitant to disturb him, but the matter was too important, and he needed to get the details.
Zhou Shanshan had already left to attend to research matters. However, Coach Kaki did not sit down. He stood there and said somewhat apologetically, "Mr. Chen, thank you for waiting."
As he spoke, Coach Kaki also put down his notebook and pen.
After all, this man was his boss. His boss wanted to speak with him privately, so he couldn't be distracted.
"It's alright. I actually wanted to discuss the matters concerning the town of Murphy, and also the bloodline of the Ancestral Wolf."
Before Chen Yang could finish speaking, Coach Kaki's body began to tremble.
Everything that had happened in the town of Murphy was a nightmare for Kaki.
On the way back, although Mr. Chen hadn't inquired too deeply, these matters ultimately needed to be discussed. After all, Mr. Chen himself had displayed superhuman strength at the time.
Coach Kaki took a deep breath, steadied his nerves, and said slowly, "If Mr. Chen hadn't asked personally, I would have wished to forget all of it!"
"When I went to Murphy town, I was attracted by the environment there. Of course, there was a more important reason: someone told me that there was someone there who could heal my injuries."
"Even if my leg injury was healed, I wouldn't be able to return to my peak condition of yesteryear, but I truly wished to play one more game."
Coach Kaki recalled the glory of the football field back then, and his eyes lit up again. It was something that only those who had strived on the field could experience.
"I never expected that after arriving, I would be captured by those people. If not for Mr. Chen's appearance, I would probably have been sacrificed to something horrific."
As he spoke, the image of blood dripping from the bronze tree flashed in Coach Kaki's mind again, like the screams of countless people, a sound that lingered in his heart.
"Those madmen!" Coach Kaki gave a trembling, bitter smile.
Chen Yang felt Coach Kaki's emotional fluctuation and comforted him, "Don't worry, they are all dead."
Coach Kaki nodded heavily and thanked Chen Yang again.
However, regarding the second matter, the bloodline of the Ancestral Wolf, Kaki could only shake his head bitterly.
"If that guy hadn't truly transformed into a monstrous form, I might have believed they were simply mentally unstable."
"But now, I understand. Monsters truly exist!"
"But as for being of some werewolf lineage… I really have no clue."
Coach Kaki's eyes were filled with confusion and fear – a fear from the depths of his soul, the fear that humans have for the unknown.
Chen Yang nodded slowly. The company had already collected Kaki's profile. Chen Yang could only describe him with four words: a football prodigy.
Prodigy, a label one is born with.
But the Black Ice organization's Victor believed that this prodigy label was due to his bloodline, which made Chen Yang somewhat perplexed.
The bronze tree could indeed enhance a person's strength; Chen Yang had witnessed it with his own eyes.
Could there truly be a bloodline inheritance?
The bronze tree was still under research. Without any direction for investigation, the research would be extremely difficult.
"Coach Kaki, I have an impudent request."
"If Mr. Chen hadn't saved me, I would be a corpse by now. Mr. Chen is my savior. You can just tell me what you need, my life belongs to Mr. Chen!" Coach Kaki replied without any hesitation to Chen Yang's request.
"I want your blood."