Monstrous Football Talent

Learning values talent; there's no doubt about this.

Some people work diligently, putting in their utmost effort, yet can only score eighty or ninety points.

Others are lazy, studying and playing at the same time, yet easily score near-perfect marks!

For the same problem, some can think of several solutions at a glance, while others rack their brains and don't know where to start!

Talent determines a person's floor!

And for some, their floor is the ceiling that many others can never reach, no matter how hard they try!

Reality is just that cruel!

Under conditions of comparable talent, mentality and practical combat ability become extremely important.

Some people have a fiery temper; even with good talent, they will gradually lose themselves in psychological imbalances, wasting their own abilities.

Others are calm and reserved; facing someone stronger than themselves, they can still maintain a brave and striving heart, not only fully utilizing their talent but also surpassing their usual performance!

...

At 2 PM, Xu Jie left his office.

He had looked at the Class 11-9 timetable; they should be having English class now, and he planned to go observe for a bit.

Today was the first day of the new semester, and the students of Class 11-9 still didn't know that he was their homeroom teacher.

He would only go to the class to announce this during the evening self-study session.

Taking advantage of not having a class, he could go and observe for a bit, to see if the students of Class 11-9 were truly as mischievous and troublesome as rumored!

Going downstairs, he walked along the sports field towards the teaching building.

At this moment, the sports field was empty; no classes were having physical education.

But at the far end of the field, Xu Jie saw people playing basketball!

Six people, 3-on-3.

From a distance, two figures seemed quite familiar.

Xu Jie's expression subtly darkened, and he frowned.

Among them, two were indeed the sports-talented students from Class 11-9!

Chu Xiao Ran, a long jump specialist, with decent talent, and also the sports committee member of Class 11-9!

Liu Peng, a 5000-meter runner.

Xu Jie was about to go check on their studies, but unexpectedly encountered six people skipping class on the sports field!

Indeed, they weren't studious!

The key was that the homeroom teacher hadn't even come to catch them, which greatly surprised Xu Jie!

Xu Jie approached the basketball court without alerting them.

As he got closer, the system interface suddenly appeared.

On it, a series of information was displayed.

Name: Chu Xiao Ran
Age: 17
Height: 183CM
Weight: 77KG
Talent: Literature (Normal), Mathematics (Poor), English (Normal)... Long Jump (Very Good)... Football (Monstrous)...
Temperament: Good
Practical Combat Achievement: 0

Name: Liu Peng
Age: 17
Height: 175CM
Weight: 70KG
Talent: Literature (Good), Mathematics (Good), English (Good)... Long-distance Running (Excellent)...
Temperament: Poor
Practical Combat Achievement: -10%

...

The information of several people on the basketball court was displayed there!

Xu Jie looked at this information, his heart filled with immense surprise!

Chu Xiao Ran, a long jump specialist, actually possessed monstrous football talent?!

Why had he never heard of it before?

He had never even seen him play football!

Xu Jie knew about Chu Xiao Ran's long jump talent.

If he trained and honed it a bit more, joining the provincial team would certainly not be a problem.

Because after the system was locked, all of Xu Jie's physical talents were raised to the highest unparalleled level.

Therefore, he also wasn't sure what level his original long jump talent belonged to!

Was it like Chu Xiao Ran's, 'Very Good' level?

Or a level higher, 'Monstrous' level?

There was no way to verify!

After a moment of thought, Xu Jie roughly understood the reason.

The ancients said: 'A thousand-li horse is common, but a Bo Le is not!'

The fact that Chu Xiao Ran possessed monstrous football talent, perhaps even he himself didn't know!

Let alone outsiders?!

Football is the most beloved and welcomed sport worldwide, but its development in Long Guo is known to all!

Domestically, a large number of male students enjoy watching football.

The top five national leagues, Champions League, World Cup, Copa América... the number of team fans is countless!

But when it comes to loving football and enjoying playing it, the number drops sharply!

There's no other way; that's just the situation!

It's not strange that Chu Xiao Ran liked playing basketball but not football!

It was just that such monstrous football talent was being wasted!

Xu Jie's heart stirred. It seemed he had to find an opportunity for Chu Xiao Ran to try playing football, to see if he could reveal that terrifying football talent!

Then he looked at Liu Peng.

Also a sports-talented student, his talent was considerably less than Chu Xiao Ran's.

His strongest talent, long-distance running, was only at the 'Excellent' level!

Conversely, his talents in academic subjects were quite decent, basically all at the 'Good' level.

Looking at it this way, he really didn't like to study!

Otherwise, with Liu Peng's talent, he wouldn't have ended up in Class 11-9!

Xu Jie also saw for the first time that someone's practical combat achievement was a negative value!

-10%

Doesn't this mean that Liu Peng would perform poorly every time he took an exam?

Xu Jie also didn't know if this was one of the reasons he disliked studying!

The few people playing basketball, glancing up and seeing Xu Jie, didn't stop their movements and continued playing.

Among the six, Chu Xiao Ran raised an eyebrow and greeted Xu Jie first.

“Teacher Xu!”

He was the sports committee member of Class 11-9 and a long jumper, so he was naturally very familiar with Xu Jie.

Moreover, Chu Xiao Ran had heard of Xu Jie's reputation before!

He had even once regarded Xu Jie as his goal.

Selected for the national team at 17, Chu Xiao Ran admitted he couldn't do it!

Because he was 17 this year!

He hadn't even secured a spot on the provincial team, let alone the national team!

Chu Xiao Ran had a good impression of Xu Jie, because during PE classes, Xu Jie had guided him more than once!

“Teacher Xu!”

With Chu Xiao Ran leading, the others also greeted Xu Jie, but still didn't stop their movements.

They also didn't know that Xu Jie had become their homeroom teacher.

Most students wouldn't reject or dislike a physical education teacher.

After all, PE class was one of the few times they could relax and exercise.

Perhaps, this was also one of the reasons Principal Zhou Wen Guang chose Xu Jie to be the homeroom teacher of Class 11-9!

Xu Jie leisurely walked to the side of the basketball court and said with a smile to the group:

“Don't you guys have to attend class?”

He asked, knowing the answer.

He knew that Class 11-9 had been strategically abandoned by the principal and others!

If it was already a mess, then applying conventional management methods would naturally only bring trouble upon oneself.

Xu Jie thought that if a physical education teacher like him was made homeroom teacher, then he should take a management path that no one else had ever taken!

“English class sounds like chanting scriptures; I'd rather come out here and play ball to warm up!”

Chu Xiao Ran chuckled, speaking while playing.

They, on the other hand, had no guard up against Xu Jie at all.

A PE teacher, how could he manage their academic studies?!

“Exactly, I heard they're going to abolish the English exam soon, so why bother studying it?!”

The tall and thin Liu Peng received the ball, dribbled it between his legs, passed the defender, and gently laid it up.