Football Reborn: The Manager from the future

⚽ Football Reborn: The Manager from the Future

Chapter 63 – The Man Who Sold the Game

What if the final boss wasn't a player, or a machine…

…but a man in a tailored suit who once loved football—

—then sold it to the highest bidder?

🧊 Valerio Reign – The Chairman Emerges

He was everything Kojo wasn't.

Where Kojo wore cleats and sweat, Valerio wore leather shoes and power.

Where Kojo walked onto the pitch to play, Valerio hovered above it to own.

He didn't jog or stretch. He sat.

In a throne.

On a glass platform raised 10 meters over the center circle.

The match hadn't even started — and Valerio had already declared himself untouchable.

🎙️ Ada's Final Protocol

Ada's voice carried a sharp edge. It wasn't her usual tone.

"Match 3 of 3: Strategic Override Contest."

"This is not a game of goals."

"It's a game of control."

"Winner will command the future of football."

"Loser will vanish from history."

Chuva muttered: "This isn't a match. It's a war declaration."

🧠 The Format – Football Like Chess

A full pitch.

22 elite AI players — unclaimed.

They stood like statues, waiting for orders.

This was a "Command Match."

Each side would give tactical inputs.

The AI would execute.

Whoever reached three goals first would seize the Council's final override code.

Kojo stepped into the dugout.

Valerio sipped wine from a crystal glass.

"You like chaos, boy," he said calmly. "But I invented it."

⚔️ Kickoff – The Tactical Duel Begins

Kojo opened with a 3-4-3 press, using fluid triangles.

Valerio responded with a 5-2-3 box and two pivot triggers.

Each "turn," they made adjustments:

Kojo pushed his wingers into half-spaces.

Valerio dropped his fullbacks into inverted lanes.

Kojo instructed his midfielders to play "blind diagonal switches."

Valerio countered with micro-positional mirroring — code only executive-level tacticians knew.

On the sidelines, even Seraph whispered:

"We are watching the two greatest football minds alive… play chess with souls."

⚽ Goal One – Valerio's Trap

Minute 12.

Kojo's striker made a clean run.

Through ball. One-on-one. Goal—

Offside.

Not by chance.

Valerio had baited the pass using "ghost markers" — AI subroutines that mimicked defensive pressure to lure attacks prematurely.

Next sequence?

Valerio's striker capitalized on the turnover.

⚽ 1-0. Valerio.

💡 Kojo Adapts – Organic Chaos

Kojo didn't panic.

He changed everything.

Shifted to a 2-3-5.

Told his players to freestyle within zones.

Removed hierarchy. Let instincts rule.

For five minutes, the field looked like jazz.

No structure.

Just rhythm.

His winger picked up a loose ball, cut inside, triple-feinted through two defenders—

GOAL.

⚽ 1-1.

The crowd — even the silent elite above — stood.

🔄 Valerio Breaks the Rules

Minute 27.

Valerio smiled.

Snapped his fingers.

And replaced his AI striker.

With a human.

A clone of himself, aged 28, in peak athletic form.

Chuva stood.

"That's illegal!"

Ada remained silent.

Valerio grinned. "Who do you think wrote the rules?"

His clone took three touches.

Turned.

Scored.

⚽ 2-1. Valerio.

🧨 Kojo's Gambit – The Ghost Substitution

But Kojo had a card left.

He turned to Ada.

"Override code Delta-73."

Ada blinked. "You sure?"

"Yes."

From the tunnel, a figure jogged in.

Not León.

Not Kojo.

But…

Kojo's younger brother.

One who had died in the collapse.

How?

Chuva choked. "Is that…?"

Kojo nodded. "He trained with me every day in simulation. Now he plays."

Within two minutes, the clone brother danced around three defenders.

⚽ 2-2.

🧱 Final Sequence – The Endgame of Visionaries

Minute 89.

Both sides silent.

Then Valerio whispered a command.

"Flood verticals. Delay anchor. Fake build from left. Decoy shot."

Kojo whispered one back.

"Break sync. Shadow drift. Feed unpredictable."

The AI began moving.

Every pass a trap.

Every press a double-bluff.

Then…

Kojo's clone brother trapped the ball.

Looked left.

Flicked right.

And lobbed the keeper.

⚽ 3-2. Full time.

🎉 Victory – The System Shatters

The arena lights cut out.

Screens across the world blinked.

And the World Football Council firewall disintegrated.

The sport — its rules, its ownership, its data locks — all went public.

Open-source.

Uncontrollable.

Free.

👑 Valerio's Final Words

Kojo approached Valerio's throne.

The older man stood.

Handed over a simple USB key.

"No system can hold forever," Valerio admitted. "But let's see if you build better."

Then he vanished.

Literally. Disappeared into quantum dust.

A final override.

🚨 Epilogue: The World Watches

Every screen on Earth lit up.

And a message appeared:

"Football is no longer owned."

"It is now… played."

Chuva hugged Kojo.

León simply said, "Next match?"

Kojo laughed.

"Next planet."

End of Volume 1 – The System Breaker Arc

📘 Volume 2: World Reborn League – Coming next.