Kang Yun-ho reached the top of world football—then died before he could enjoy it.

His next kick-off comes inside a soccer novel, where he's reborn as Baek Yi-an, the arrogant villain destined to ruin both his career and everyone around him. Escaping that fate requires more than winning matches. A mysterious system demands the impossible: conquer the World Cup, claim the Ballon d'Or, and rewrite the story itself.

Fortunately for Yi-an, becoming a world-class midfielder was never the hard part.