Saturday, August 31st, 2022
Gewiss Stadium, Bergamo
11:00 AM – Kick-Off
The system chimed the moment Demien stepped onto the pitch, and the panel materialized with text that made his chest tighten because the words "Hard Mode" never meant anything good.
「MATCH MISSION: OWN THE HOUSE」
「Objective A: 2+ goal involvements」
「Objective B: 85%+ final-third pass accuracy」
「Objective C: Win 6+ duels」
「Reward (all three required): 200 TP + 100 MP」
「Fail one → everything = 0」
Demien dismissed it with a thought, and the panel faded while his jaw set because three objectives with zero margin for error meant the system wanted perfection or nothing, and the crowd's noise swelled around him as twenty-three thousand Atalanta supporters filled the Gewiss Stadium on a bright Saturday morning.
The referee raised his whistle to his lips.
