Shooting Trajectory is Visible - Chapter 106



Only Krnovel

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The day after the quarterfinal match between South Korea and Spain, Kim Shin-a went to school feeling refreshed.

I scanned my student ID at the school attendance verification terminal beyond the school gate and headed to my class, mingling with the other students.

As soon as she pushed the wooden door aside and entered the classroom, her friends recognized Kim Shin-ah and shouted, “Ohhhh!”

“Who is this!?”

“This is Kim Min-woo’s younger sister!”

Suyang High School has a policy of separating boys and girls into classes.

So there are no men in Kim Shin-ah’s class.

As soon as Shin-ah sat down and hung her bag on the hanger, the female students gathered around her and sat on chairs and desks, chatting noisily.

“Did you all see that? Right? Our Minwoo oppa grabbed his chin with one hand! That was really cool!”

One of the female students imitated the antics that Kim Min-woo had shown the day before during the penalty shootout. She extended her left hand as if shouting, “Stop!”

Then the surrounding female students burst into laughter and clapped among themselves.

‘Why are they like this again···.’

Kim Shin-ah already felt her energy draining, but she didn’t show it and just smiled vaguely.

Relationship tip number one.

When I talk to girls, I smile even if it’s not funny.

Second tip for friendships.

Even though we’re not that close, we pretend to be.

Third tip for friendships.

When I’m tired and annoyed and want to tell someone to just go away, I just hold back.

“I was really excited when Minwoo oppa did the basketball ceremony… Now that I think about it, Minji. Didn’t you say you went to Shina’s house before and got Minwoo oppa’s autograph?”

“I was going to show you this anyway!”

Kim Shin-ah looked at Park Min-ji, a member of the dance club, with a blank expression. Park Min-ji laughed and held up her phone to show a photo.

There was a photo taken with Kim Min-woo.

“Oh! What!? You even took a picture!?”

“Yeah! I was debating whether or not to post it on Instagram, but I didn’t, Shin-ah. Can I post it?”

“Uh, yeah···.”

The friends continued a heated discussion about how great and cool Kim Min-woo was the day before. And the conversation even went as far as saying that there was a novel about Kim Min-woo on the Internet.

What was it called, fanfic?

It is said that Kim Min-woo and Lee Kang-im are secretly dating, but when Kim Shin-ah heard that, she couldn’t control her expression for a moment.

‘What is that? No, more than that, why are you mentioning that in front of me?’

A girl who’s excitedly talking about fanfics.

Don’t you know what I’m thinking?

As Minji silently listened to the children talking with a displeased expression, she quickly changed the subject after observing their expressions.

The story about how cool Kim Min-woo was in the game soon moved on to stories about his life in Germany, stories about Kim Min-woo’s time at Suyang High School, and ultimately stories about the salary he was receiving.

“How much money does Minwoo oppa get? He hasn’t been a pro for very long, so he doesn’t earn that much, right?”

“Well, I don’t know. My brother doesn’t really talk about money, so I don’t know…”

If I told you that I received 6 billion won after deducting taxes, you would look at me differently and shrug your shoulders, but I didn’t really want to brag about it.

It’s not like I’m the one receiving it, and if I say something like that again, it’s obvious that she’ll go crazy and ask me to introduce her to her older brother…

‘You must have a conscience.’

In Shin-ah’s opinion, her older brother wasn’t that handsome, but at least he didn’t deserve to meet the kids sitting in front of him.

At least to Minji’s level······ Even considering that they are close, she is also eliminated.

“···Ah! But Shin-ah. Why don’t you know that your older brother is Kim Min-woon?”

“huh?”

“You used to be a bit sneaky when you had Instagram, right? But when I look at your Instagram these days, you’ve deleted all your old posts.”

“Ah. That···.”

He was a sharp friend.

Actually, they’re not really friends, but they’re just kids who secretly pretend to be close since my brother became famous.

“Just because… it’s burdensome?”

It was half true.

Using Kim Min-woo to sweetly suck up the number of followers, and after that, several incidents became topics of conversation (like the dance cover uploaded to YouTube, or the scene where he was caught giving Kim Min-woo the middle finger and getting caught), which led to a large increase in followers, but as a result, an unexpected side effect occurred.

[Hehe. This is a piece I made while thinking of Shin-A-chan. Do you like it? (Photo)]

“What is this!”

There are a lot of crazy people on SNS.

When I received strange photos from not just one person but many people, even foreigners, I felt disillusioned with the human race beyond the flagship.

‘I haven’t been on social media much since then…’

Since receiving those strange photos, I’ve hardly ever used social media.

A famous person once said that SNS is a waste of life, but Kim Shin-ah thinks that was wrong. SNS is a detriment to life.

Kim Shin-ah used to always take pictures and post them on social media whenever she went out to play or to a good restaurant, but she doesn’t do that anymore.

I definitely felt aggrieved that my precious daily life was being invaded by strange people, but I thought it was for the best.

Anyway, it’s clear that I used to use SNS quite a lot, but now I don’t use it much.

Instead···.

‘I ended up spending more time on the community than I did on Instagram···.’

It’s not the law of conservation of mass, but as the time I spend on Instagram has decreased, I’ve started using the community to fill that empty time.

Although I mostly only read posts related to soccer (especially related to Kim Min-woo), it was clear that I was spending much more time on it than when I was just on Instagram.

Even today, it is like that.

Originally, Kim Shin-ah always took the subway to school, but today, like Kim Min-woo in the past, she took the bus to school.

why?

I have to look at the community.

Because the bus has a lot of seats.

“???: Hey Henri, take it.”

◆(Photo of Director Choi Yong-seok looking somewhere while holding a notebook) It is a “tactical notebook.”

「??? : So Kim! What happened next?」

◆(Photo of Real Madrid players gathered together and looking forward) “I’m talking about the penalty shootout···.”

「??? : Kim! Don’t worry about the military!」

◆(Photo of Mbappe saluting with two fingers together while sweeping the grass) I will protect the Republic of Korea, so please leave the Parc des Princes to me!

“???: Hey! Kim! Stop it!”

◆(Photo of Jan Lytle screaming) The league is about to open!

It was quite a fruitful time.

‘At least it’s more fun than when I was just using Instagram…’

Rather than using social media to compare myself to others, feel jealous, and become depressed, I much prefer the soccer community where I can laugh without thinking every time I look at it.

“Ah! Check this out guys. The YouTube comments are seriously hilarious.”

The conversation took another turn and was now focused on football highlight reels.

The comments below there.

But for Kim Shin-ah, who enjoys the community, the taste of those comments was somewhat weak.

Do you feel like you’re eating a bowl of plain mountain vegetable salad after eating only food loaded with MSG?

Kim Shin-ah recalled the comments and posts she had seen the day before and on her way to school.

There was also a photoshopped image of Kim Min-woo from the penalty shootout as Iron Man, and there was also a post that brought in the reaction from neighboring Japan.

The Japanese people in the post were furious, unable to believe that their country had lost 5:1 to France while Korea had managed to advance to the semifinals.

There was a lot of criticism saying that his performance was not good, but Kim Min-woo was the only one who was acknowledged, so I was very proud.

The children imitated Kim Min-woo one last time among themselves and then returned to their original seats.

Only then did Kim Shin-ah sigh and take out her English vocabulary notebook to cool her head.

***

The day after the Spain match.

We gathered at the training ground and focused on recovery training.

Thanks to advancing to the Olympic semifinals, the team spirit was better than ever.

“Hey guys! I’ll try to imitate Minwoo. Now, watch.”

It was Lee Kwang-woon.

The goalkeeper who was the goalkeeper of the existing Olympic team before I joined the Olympic team.

Lee Kwang-woon stood in front of the goal, suddenly stretched out his left hand forward, and remained still for about three seconds.

And Lee Kwang-woon, shaking his head.

The national team, who were watching this scene, burst into laughter, and I crossed my arms and pretended like nothing had happened, but I felt my face getting hot.

“It’s not really the same···.”

“What’s different! They’re exactly the same!”

The antics I displayed during the penalty shootout against Spain became a huge topic of conversation.

It wasn’t just a cult topic, but it was spreading uncontrollably on social media and was showing signs of becoming a global topic.

Just what Lee Jin-seop and Kim Shin-a showed me right now were all kinds of composite photos, reactions from both foreigners and locals, and YouTubers’ cries(?).

After the game, foreign reporters flooded in with interview requests, and even now, many reporters have been coming to see me at the training ground, but the national team officials have been appropriately cutting them off.

‘Did I show off too much···.’

Whenever I had a chance, I saw my teammates imitating me, and I regretted my fleeting appearance.

The first time he blocked the Spanish kicker’s attempt with one hand, it was true that it was emotional. Dare to kick to the center? Dare to?

But it was by chance that I caught the ball with one hand right after. The ball didn’t bounce but just landed on my glove. It was like something out of a kung fu movie.

Even now, foreigners are making a fuss on social media, calling him Kung Fu Kim, and Hannover fans are very proud, saying that he is their goalkeeper.

And how about a phone call from Jan?

Not only Jan, but also the team manager contacted me, and my family, including my mother, and the Hannover players all contacted me.

-Have you ever seen Shaolin Soccer?

That was the first thing Corsic said when he called.

“···Are you talking about Hong Kong movies?”

-Oh! That’s right! You know that movie that came out before you were even born?

“I saw it when I was young.”

Korean TV broadcasts a lot of reruns.

– He looks exactly like the goalkeeper Kim. Why, there’s that villain team that appears at the end, right? The goalkeeper there blocks the main character’s shot with one hand!

“Oh, I see···.”

Korsic said that a video of a goalkeeper from Shaolin Soccer being photoshopped as Kim Min-woo is circulating, and that he has ‘liked’ it on social media, so please check it out.

‘Well, if it’s that kind of eccentric behavior, people might think of Shaolin Soccer.’

How about a second kick?

When Spain, still not in his right mind, went to the center again, I decided to grab it again this time, so I jumped up and grabbed it with both hands.

And he showed off a basketball player celebration by shooting the ball against the arrogant Spanish.

The ceremony was so over-the-top that he almost ended up collecting cheese, but the referee ended it with a verbal warning.

After that, the third kicker completely broke down under the psychological pressure and hit the goal post, destroying himself.

‘Anyway, I said you need to be a little more rational.’

Maybe because he was still very young, he had a tendency to get angry when provoked by an opponent. If he was a field player, he might have kicked the back of the head like someone else.

So, let’s keep our composure from now on.

“By the way, I’m really looking forward to the semi-finals.”

“The semi-finals?”

“Yeah. It came up as expected. We’re Brazil, and the other side is France and Argentina.”

Lee Jin-seop said in a relaxed tone. As a fan of Lionel Messi and a goalkeeper who has faced Kylian Mbappe, the semifinals were a matchup I was really looking forward to.

Brazil advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Ukraine 2-1.

Brazil, who are meeting in the semifinals for the first time in 12 years since the 2012 London Olympics. If you look closely, it was a rematch.

This is a rematch where our seniors lost to us in a three-game sweep in London, so our only option is to get revenge.

And the other side?

France came up by crushing Japan, which was radiating the power of Asia (even if it was by age), 5:1.

Argentina also crushed Australia 4-0.

A rematch between Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi.

The dream match that people all over the world have been hoping for.

Lionel Messi, who won the World Cup final by a narrow margin, wants to beat Mbappe once again to advance to the final and win gold.

After scoring a hat-trick in the World Cup final but suffering defeat, Kylian Mbappe is hoping to overcome past trauma and bring glory to France at the Olympics on home soil.

It could not have been a more interesting matchup, but if there was one team I personally hope would advance, it would be Argentina.

‘If we beat Brazil and advance to the final, we might face Messi.’

Who would have thought that I could be the real last dance partner of Lionel Messi, who is revered as the god of soccer, surpassing Maradona and Pele?

Even if I lose, it’s an honor, and even if I score a goal, it’s an honor. With someone like Messi, no matter how hard I struggle, I’m bound to concede a goal.

“Hey, so. If we make it to the final and face Messi. Can you keep another clean sheet?”

Lee Jin-seop looked at me with an expression full of secret anticipation.

Here’s what I had to say. No! Of course I’d lose!

but······.

‘What kind of expression is that?’

Now that I look at it, it’s not an expression of anticipation, but an expression of looking at a hero. It’s a look of longing, like a child looking at Superman or Batman. I couldn’t betray that look.

“···That’s obvious. I told you, right? When Messi comes up, it’s like a coronation. Messi’s era is over and now my era is coming, something like that.”

“also!”

Jinseop Lee smiling brightly and clapping.

…Ah. This isn’t it.

End

ⓒ Doctor Am