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    [You havepleted system mission: Make your mark on the Christmas Game!]


    [Mission penalty has been voided!]


    [Randomizing missionpletion reward…, please wait…]


    [Randomizationplete!]


    [You have been rewarded with a +2 increase to your dribbling attribute!]


    [Congrattions! You have met the requirements to level up!]


    [Your overall yer rating has increased to 68!]


    …


    yer Attributes:


    *Pace: 70


    *Shot: 69


    *Pass: 74


    *Dribbling: 66


    *Defending: 33


    *Physicality: 60


    *Stamina: 78


    Overall Rating: 68


    ~----~


    Seated in the front sit of his father''s Camry car, Sam had a big smile on his face as he looked at the contents of the system notification.


    Of the yer attributes that the system attributed to him, as an attacking midfielder, there were naturally certain attributes that he was biased towards and one of them was his dribbling ability.


    An attacking midfielder with good dribbling ability was in his element. The random reward of the system falling on his dribbling attribute excited him.


    He was excited for another reason, he wanted to test out the effects of his improved dribbling ability. This was not the time and ce though.


    What surprised Sam though was that, this was not the only notification that the system disyed before him.


    There was an entirely different separate notification tab.


    Sam threw a brief look at his dad who sat in the driver''s sit, he also looked at his best friend who was in the backseat before freely essing his system, tapping at the virtual screen right in front of them to open the new notification.


    "You''re interacting with your system?" Ian noticed and asked.


    "Yeah," Sam nodded.


    Hearing his son and his best friend speak, Moses finally paid attention to his son. "Your mom, have you thought of how we''re going to settle her?"


    Hearing that dreaded name, Sam''s shivered slightly and paused as he took his eyes away from the system notification. "Umm, I thought you had everything under control".


    "What? If you hear in a dream that I have your mom fully under control, you''ll really believe?"


    Sam chuckled. "So, what''s the n?"


    Moses focused back on the road. "Well, Sam if you''re willing to make a few sacrifices, I can promise you that I''ll help you stem the wrath of your mom".


    Hearing that tone, Sam became suspicious. "What type of sacrifice are we talking about, dad?"


    Moses grinned. "Check your bank ount, you should have received the prize money that was promised".


    Hearing that, Sam remembered his prize money as his excitement levels rose again. "Yes!" He eximed. "I''ve received it, 200,000-naira credit alert! That''s the most money I''ve seen in my ount that''s mine".


    Sam was excited as his best friend cheered from the back seat.


    Moses threw nces at the 2 boys and chuckled. "Well, Sam, if you''re willing to part ways with half of your prize money, I can help you with your mom".


    Hearing that, the excitement levels in the car instantly dropped.


    Moses kept his gaze on the road. "What?"


    "Dad, that''s just pure evil!" Samined.


    "Listen to me son, let me exin…"


    In the end, after taking a lot of time to exin and convince his son, reluctantly, Sam had no choice but to transfer 100,000 naira to his dad''s ount.


    Today was the best Christmas day of his life, he didn''t want to let his mom ruin it because he was too stingy to part with half of his prize money.


    And with that out of the way, still pained by the dent on his bank ount, he finally paid attention to the other system notification.


    ''Let''s see what we have here''.


    ~----~


    [You havepleted your first system mission!]


    [Congrattions! The system has awakened to level 1!]


    [You have unlocked level 1 perk: Snooping Tool]


    >This is a tool with which you can spy on the status and attributes of other professional football yers<


    …


    [NOTE: To level the system to level 2 and unlock the corresponding level perk,plete hidden system mission.]


    …


    [You havepleted a hidden system mission: Sign your first professional football contract!]


    [Congrattions! The system has awakened to level 2!]


    [You have unlocked level 2 perk: Skills Market]


    >This is a market where all the football skills in the world can be found, from the popr to the obscure. By paying the appropriate price, you can purchase football skills from this market and their masteries<


    >Football skills are ranked ording to mastery. There are 4 major mastery levels, basic, intermediate, advanced, and perfection<


    [Current avable football skills:]


    >…<


    …


    [NOTE: To level the system to level 3 and unlock the corresponding level perk,plete hidden system mission.]


    [NOTE: Skill points are needed to purchase skill masteries from the skill market, and they are rewarded after eachpleted mission.]


    ~----~


    Fascinated by what the system was showing to him, Sam was eager to see more but he was interrupted as after an 8-minute drive, before he could focus on the first football skill on disy, his dad finally pulled over on his Camry car into theirpound.


    He was tempted to keep on looking but seeing his mom at the door, Sam gulped before setting his system aside for now.


    At this moment, he worked with abstraction. And hismon sense told him that stemming the wrath of his mom was the greater priority.


    He could see the crazy changes to his systemter.


    As soon as Sam and his dad came out of the car, cing her hands akimbo on her waist, Mrs. Moses was about to raise a storm till she saw Iane out.


    Her mouth was left hanging open for a few seconds till she recovered, she smiled. "Ian, my boy, you came for Christmas?"


    Ian smiled brightly. "Yes ma, I missed your food".


    Hearing that, this middle-aged woman beamed. "There''s a boy that knows how to appreciate food," her smile widened. "You came right on time then my son, food is ready".


    And with that, Sam and his dad were able to temporarily escape the storm.


    Ian went in first, Moses followed, but as Sam passed, Mrs. Moses frowned. "Sam, you reek of sweat, what did you do?"


    "Haha, I think I have to go take my bath".


    "Come here!"


    Sam dared not stay, he was gone to his room to take his bath.


    Before his wife could raise a storm though, Moses finally winked at her, gesturing for her to follow him to the room.


    This woman had a suspicious look on her face but the asion reduced her paranoia. ''It''s Christmas, did he get a gift for me?''


    She followed her husband to the room after leaving instructions for Sophia to serve a te of food for the visiting Ian.