Chapter 56
What is the WiFi password?
Craig first nodded, then shook his head.
"What are you doing, nodding and shaking your head like that?" Li Wei was amused by him. "Making the sign of the cross."
"Jasmine is worried that after I recover, you'll keep me in check and I won't be able to return to the court. Scouts won't even notice me," he said. "If no scouts notice me, even if I go to college, I'll be burdened with student loans for the rest of my life, or I'll end up selling ketamine to gangsters on the street corner."
"Tsk, your girlfriend is quite devoted," Li Wei nodded. "It's not easy to find a girlfriend like that in Brooklyn."
"Yes, I love her very much," Craig said, lowering his head in shame. "She did all this for me. If you want to pursue this matter, please don't involve her."
Just then, another task panel appeared in front of Li Wei:
[You have received the quest: The Eight Virtues of a Knight]
As a knight, when faced with the pleas of the weak, uphold true virtue!
[Task Reward: Maximum Attribute +0.1]
Li Wei was stunned.
The so-called eight virtues of chivalry are humility, honesty, compassion, courage, justice, sacrifice, honor, and soul.
For example, sacrifice means sacrificing oneself to benefit others, which is one of the eight virtues.
Since this system triggers the task here, it must be to make him—
"It may sound harsh," Levi coughed, "but when I wasn't on the field, you, as the quarterback, led your team to a 0-21 defeat against Tottenville High School. You even got injured while playing as the quarterback. With that level of skill, I doubt any scout would even notice you."
Honesty is the only thing he should do; he should make Craig choose honesty and give up his unrealistic fantasies.
"You..." Craig's face instantly turned from pale to a humiliating purplish-red. He felt as if he had been hit in the chest with a heavy hammer. "You didn't have to humiliate me like this."
"This isn't an insult," Levi shrugged. "I'm just telling you the truth."
...
For a few seconds, Li Wei thought the system in his mind had crashed.
You chose 'honesty'
A true knight never stoops to comforting the weak with lies.
The highest attribute is Constitution, +0.1.
Craig completely broke down. He slumped onto the bench in the locker room, as if his spine had been ripped out.
"You're right," he muttered to himself, "There's no way I'd be selected by a scout..."
"I won't sacrifice my own goals for you," Li Wei thought for a moment, "but we need to win 4 out of 6 rounds in the PSAL league to make the playoffs. If I win all 3 of the remaining games, I can tell the coach that you can play in the last 2 games."
"You...you're serious?" Craig looked up, his face, which had turned light black, returning to its original reddish-black hue. "You're really willing to give me possession of the ball?"
"As long as we make it to the playoffs, that's fine," Li Wei nodded, patted him on the shoulder, "Take good care of your injury and try to perform well."
"Great!" Craig was overjoyed. "Then I'll stop taking the medication for a while and rest up, then I'll go for a high-dose boost!"
Although this isn't the kind of recovery I'm talking about.
Li Wei paused for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder and walked out of the locker room without saying anything more.
As soon as Li Wei pushed open the locker room door, he saw several figures sneaking away and disappearing behind the door. From their backs, they seemed to resemble Manu and his group.
"Such a mess in a tiny locker room," Li Wei sighed. "After telling the old black guy, I'll continue grinding my combat skills quests."
The coach's office was right next to the stadium. When Li Wei walked to the door, he heard a cacophony of whistles and video playback sounds.
"Coach Miller?" Levi knocked on the door.
The video playback stopped, and Coach Miller opened the door and looked at Li Wei with some surprise.
"Why are you here?"
"I suggest we increase the rotation after we win four games," Levi said bluntly. "I need more rest time, and we can let Craig try out for the remaining two games."
Coach Miller didn't say anything, he just glanced back.
Following his gaze, Li Wei noticed that the sofa in the coach's office, which was rarely used, now had a guest.
"Oh," said Levi, "did I come at the wrong time?"
"No, quite the opposite," the man in the suit on the sofa looked Li Wei up and down, "you've come at just the right time."
"Uh... were you looking for me?" Li Wei looked seriously at the unfamiliar man in front of him. "I don't know who you are—"
"Lee Vince, come and meet Arthur Vince, a scout from 247Sports," Coach Miller introduced. "I think you know what his coming to see you means, right?"
Li Wei shook hands with Arthur Vince with some surprise, then turned to Coach Miller: "Of course... I just didn't expect it, we only had the first game the day before yesterday."
247Sports is a media and data platform focused on American college sports, particularly football and basketball, and is specifically responsible for the recruitment and evaluation system for high school players transitioning to college.
"Don't look at me," Coach Miller waved his hand, "I haven't shown the game footage to the scouts yet. Mr. Wens came to me on his own."
"Although I've only seen one tweet about you," Arthur Vins said, carefully observing Levi's shoulder width and height, "I couldn't sit still after seeing it. After applying to your side yesterday, I rushed over here as soon as possible today."
"Wow, I'm honored," Levi said, then repeated, "I mean, I'm really honored."
Arthur Vince pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses. He pulled an iPad from his briefcase and logged onto Twitter.
"What's the WiFi password here?" Arthur Vince asked, looking at the spinning icon. "My iPad doesn't have internet."
Upon hearing this, Coach Miller gasped and stammered for a long time before falling silent.
"Coach Miller," Arthur Vince looked up at Miller, "is this your office?"
"yes......"
"Um... could you please tell me the WiFi password here?" Arthur Vince asked, somewhat puzzled. "Was I not clear enough?"
Li Wei could see that Coach Miller's body was already tense.
"Yes..." Coach Miller glanced at Li Wei and Wen Si somewhat awkwardly, "It's the full spelling of ILoveWetPussy... It was deliberately changed by a student who hacked my computer, and I haven't changed it back yet."
"W and P are capitalized, right?" Wen Si lowered her head and entered the password, then deliberately coughed twice. "Okay... let me find my favorites... it's this video."
He showed Levi and Miller a blurry video of a quarterback who, facing a triple team of linebackers, volleyed over one of them and ran forward to score a touchdown.
"This is me," Levi said. "This was our first game of PSAL the day before yesterday, against Tottenville High School."
“Mr. Levi,” Arthur Vins nodded and closed his iPad, “I’ll get straight to the point. We live in a world of AI, special effects, and staged photos for fame, so I wanted to come and see your performance in person. If I think it’s appropriate, I’m willing to give you a 4-star high school player rating and push for the platform to confirm it.”
"A four-star player?" Miller couldn't help but exclaim. "Really, Mr. Wens? But Levi has only played one game!"