Controversial Roster Announcement (2)
Controversial Roster Announcement (2)
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I'm lying on the sofa, watching TV blankly, when the clattering sound stops.
I turn my gaze slightly to see Oh Ha-rin approaching, wiping the water off her hands onto her dolphin shorts, as if she'd just finished doing the dishes.
Wearing a tight white tank top and grey dolphin shorts that reveal her thighs completely. Oh Ha-rin, boasting a killer figure as always, approaches and sits down, leaning her back against the sofa I'm lying on.
'Kya~ that ass is killer.'
The brief moment she sits with her back to me, the dolphin shorts squeeze her voluptuous buttocks tight, revealing the panty line perfectly.
Strangely, seeing it like this, peeking out bit by bit, is more of a turn-on than just seeing the panties themselves.
Habitually, I fiddle with Oh Ha-rin's earlobe, then my gaze suddenly drifts to her chest.
The tight white tank top that reveals her figure is bulging upwards, as if to prove the size of her breasts—
"Hmm?"
In front of the bulging tank top, that perky thing poking out is... a nipple?
Don't tell me Oh Ha-rin is braless right now!?
Ah, I can't resist this.
I quickly reach out to confirm.
This volume that fills my palm. This soft yet elastic texture.
"Ha-rin's breasts are the best, as expected."
"Get off."
Oh Ha-rin complains, sounding annoyed by my hand fondling her chest, but I know. This texture I feel in my palm. This thing poking out through the tank top... it means her nipple is standing firm!
"Cute girl. You were hoping Oppa would touch you, right?"
"I said get off."
She's just not honest, is she.
Even if she says that, her body is honest. I quickly move my hand and slip it inside her dolphin shorts.
"Eut!?"
"Hey, it's okay, it's okay. Why be shy? Shall we check our Ha-rin's pussy?"
"Get off, uung, don't touch!"
"You're already leaking like this, what are you saying."
The wet feeling on my fingers.
I pull my hand out, rub my fingers together, and pull them apart, and a viscous liquid stretches out.
"Oh~ Ha-rin, you want to do it again?"
"Ugh... don't talk bullshit."
"You want it so bad, I should do it—"
"Check the squad announcement!!"
Ah, right, the squad!
I smack my lips in regret, watching her run away, but,
'She tasted my finger, she won't be able to run far!'
It's Oh Ha-rin's house, anyway.
Where would she go? I'll just do the rest later.
"Please... please!"
I keep hitting refresh, staring intently at the monitor.
What's on the monitor screen is a famous domestic soccer gallery.
It seems I'm not the only one interested; the post regeneration is more active than usual.
[Why is the gallery like this today?]
—Something happen?
ㄴOP: It's the Olympic team announcement day.
ㄴPost Author: What's the Olympic team?
ㄴOP: Ah lol, why are you even on the gallery if you don't know the Olympic team?
ㄴPost Author: Fucking tell me, asshole.
ㄴOji-go-jiri-go-let-it-go: The Olympic national team, you idiot.
ㄴPost Author: Ah.
[Tick-tock-tick-tock, 10 minutes until the announcement]
—The notification train is leaving, choo choo.
ㄴOP: Not funny.
ㄴPost Author: Then get lost.
ㄴOP: Agreed.
ㄴPost Author: Agreed.
ㄴOP: I said it's funny, you idiot.
ㄴPost Author: I said agreed, you fucker.
[Leaking the squad, upvote this]
—An Beom-gi, Kim Yu-hyeon, Oh Ji-woo, Go Jae-beom, Song Tae-wook, Im Young-woo, Seol Hyeong-wook, Kang Yun-je, Park Sang-min, Jeong Ji-hyeon, Kwon Hae-sol, Lee Chang-gi. Upvote this.
ㄴOP: Where's Seo Tae-seok?
ㄴChiri-chiri: Bullshit.
ㄴKim Yook-dong: Downvote.
Today is the Olympic national team squad announcement day.
Normally, I wouldn't be this nervous. I flew around in the friendly match against the Olympic team, showing off my skills, and I even proved myself by devouring the university league. On top of that, the national team coach even gave me a hint to prepare for the main tournament, so what would I have to worry about?
However, the articles pouring out one after another since a few days ago brought anxiety.
[Olympic national team squad formation in trouble!]
[Conflict between the new coach and the Football Association technical directors?]
[Arguments breaking out in the meeting room ahead of the squad announcement!!]
The previous Olympic team coach resigned due to health issues, and the one who hurriedly took over is the current Coach Gong Jeon-seong.
With the Olympics right around the corner, the coach who had led the team for nearly two years resigned and a new coach took over, so there must be many difficulties.
Coach Gong Jeon-seong said in his inaugural press conference that he wouldn't guarantee spots just because they were existing Olympic team members.
In fact, hadn't he called up various players who weren't existing members during the precious training camp days to test them?
'Hey... even so, I'll be picked. Surely they won't ignore me, the one who devoured the university league?'
Thinking that, I simultaneously worry about what if I don't get picked for the national team.
Because so much depends on boarding this Olympic national team.
First of all, the pride of becoming a national representative... honestly, that's not much, but to make myself known on the world stage, there's nothing like the Olympic stage right now. No matter how much I fly and crawl in the university league, will the Europeans recognize me? Even the K-League, the top domestic stage, is half-removed from the eyes of the European soccer world, so the university league goes without saying.
It feels bad, but you have to be at the level of the neighboring Japanese J-League or the AFC Champions League to get the attention of European scouts. It wouldn't be impossible in the K-League, but it would take more time to catch the scouts' eyes.
And once you're affiliated with a pro team, you can't move as you please even if you want to advance to Europe.
You get tied up in a contract with your team.
To transfer, you need the team's permission and the team that wants the player must prepare an appropriate transfer fee. Since personal negotiations with the player are just the final step, the soccer market wasn't a structure where an individual player could just advance to Europe whenever they wanted.
On the other hand, I am currently a university leaguer. In other words, an amateur status.
A university leaguer can be considered half-pro, but since I'm an amateur by contract, the choice of transfer rests entirely with the player. In other words, I can proceed with transfer negotiations to my heart's content without the shackles of a team. Also, since there is no transfer fee, it's much easier to find a team.
This means that if I can just perform well in the Olympics, I can draw the attention of the European soccer world, and I can proceed with transfer negotiations smoothly through my amateur status.
'Above all, I can also solve the military service issue.'
If you can't solve the military service issue, it's a problem even if you advance to Europe.
Basically, the Olympics don't have a mandatory player release, so if the team refuses to release them, there's no answer. If it were a domestic team, they wouldn't refuse the national team's request due to social conventions, but are European teams like that?
Actually, in the case of European clubs or overseas clubs, there were many cases where they refused Olympic release.
Just looking at the London Olympics where Korea won the bronze medal, didn't Korean soccer heroes like Son Heung-min or Kim Min-jae miss the chance to win a medal due to their clubs' opposition to their release?
'So this is the chance. If I have to wait for the next Olympics, I have to stay in the domestic league until then.'
Knowing it was meaningless, I kept hitting refresh and checking the useless posts in the gallery.
Ugh... only 5 minutes left now. I'm nervous as hell.
'Ah, damn. But why is my name not there at all.'
Annoyed, I wrote a post myself.
[How about Hong Min-jun?]
—Hong Min-jun from Hojin University is fucking good, he devoured the university league this time, swept the top scorer, top assist, Best 11, and MVP.
Surely they'll say he should be called up, right?
No matter what the gallery public opinion is, it won't have any influence on the actual decision, but I'm curious.
As I kept hitting refresh, comments were posted quickly.
ㄴOP: Who? Who is Hong Min-jun?
This asshole?
ㄴPost Author: You don't know Hong Min-jun??
ㄴOP: Who the fuck is that?
ㄴPost Author: How can you not know soccer genius Hong Min-jun? You don't know shit about soccer.
ㄴOP: Min-jun, go to sleep.
ㄴKim Yook-dong: Player Hong Min-jun, you shouldn't be doing this here.
ㄴK-League-is-ruined: Ah lol, "how" is so annoying.
Shit, I got caught.
"No! How did they know!?"
"...Sigh."
Oh Ha-rin, who had been watching as she approached quietly, shook her head.
"Ah, shit. I really need to be on the list."
I ruffled my hair in anxiety.
"If you don't make it this time, there's a next time."
"The next time is too long! I have to stay in the country until then."
"If you want, you can go to Europe. I'll help you."
"Overseas teams don't release players well for the Olympics. Plus, they know a lot about the Korean military service, so they say the contract conditions become shitty."
Oh Ha-rin said, gently stroking and tidying my hair as I grumbled.
"Don't worry. I'll help you with things like contracts or negotiations."
"Huh? You?"
"Yeah."
Hmm.
I don't know what she means by helping, but Oh Ha-rin's touch stroking my hair feels so good that my anxiety seems to ease a bit.
"True. If the Olympic team doesn't work out, I can just get picked for the senior national team."
"The senior national team doesn't get military service exemptions easily."
Oh Ha-rin, who knew nothing about soccer at first, must have become quite the soccer expert now.
"Right. But I have to wear the Taegeuk mark."
"Why?"
"Obviously, because I made a promise to Yoon Da-ye, that bitch!"
"...Yoon Da-ye?"
"Yeah. Ah, thinking about it makes me pissed again."
That damn bitch.
That day, Yoon Da-ye said.
"Hmm. I'm not interested either. At most, it's the university league. It's an amateur league, right? No matter how much you fly and crawl there, you're an amateur. Maybe if you get the K-League Rookie of the Year next year..."
Tsk tsk, stupid bitch.
K-League, she says. Does she think I only have the talent to play in the domestic league?
"I'm going to Europe."
"Europe? The 4 big leagues?"
"Yeah."
"Where?"
"Uh... um... England?"
"The English Premier League is blocked by the work permit system. You, a mere university leaguer?"
"...Then Italy."
"Serie A has the strictest NON-EU policy. Effectively, only one non-European player can be registered per season. Even if they recruit you, you need 4 youth-developed players and 4 Italian-developed players in the 25-man squad, but despite this rule, do you think you can play?"
...Shi, shit bitch.
Why does she know so well!? How on earth!?
But I can't lose like this.
I have the Olympics.
"I, I'm going to the Olympics!!"
"Olympics."
Yoon Da-ye, who thought for a moment, nodded.
"Yeah. The Olympics are possible. Fine. If you get a medal... no, if you make it to the quarterfinals, I'll reconsider."
"Reconsider what?"
"Our relationship."
I was tempted for a moment, but I didn't fall for it.
"Forget it. I don't need it!"
"Hmm. What a shame. I might have accepted your confession."
"...Really?"
"Who knows."
Seeing Yoon Da-ye chuckling, I realized it late.
That... bad bitch!! She tricked me!!
"More importantly, you... did something to your face?"
"Face?"
Suddenly, what's with the face talk... then I remembered.
Right. I changed a lot while raising my Charm.
'Huck!? Then what about the people who know my past!? Is it a big deal??'
The moment I clutched my head,
"Yeah. It's weird. Now that I look, it's the same as before... why did it look unfamiliar?"
"The same? Me?"
"It's the same. Did you really do something to your face?"
"No! Not at all!"
"...That reaction, it's weird. It's definitely a reaction of someone who did something... but no matter how I look, nothing has changed. What is it? There's no way Hong Min-jun could trick me. The lady didn't say anything special either. But why is the reaction like this?"
I ran away quickly while Yoon Da-ye was lost in thought.
Phew, almost got caught.