Chapter 28 The Wizard

Back in his room, wanting to surf the internet, Zhou Yi discovered that even online there were rumors about him being a "wizard."

As soon as he showed his face in the group chat, Sun Pan greeted him affectionately: "Wizard!"

"Damn, how did you know?" Zhou Yi was surprised.

"Old Yang told us. Heard you're famous in Germany now, awesome! Pulling off supernatural stuff makes the headlines!"

"But I don't want to be famous for this..."

"Liar!"

"Heh. Panpan, then let me calculate for you, you probably won't ever make it into Chelsea's first team." Zhou Yi said.

"Screw you! Who's your disciple!"

"Oh? You're not even angry that you can't get into the starting lineup?"

"I'm just waiting for Chelsea to loan me out now. As long as I can play, I don't care where it is, it doesn't have to be Chelsea. I'm not a Chelsea fanatic," Sun Pan said. "Being loaned out might even let me see beautiful women from different places!"

"..." Zhou Yi was speechless. "Did you come here to play football or to chase girls!"

"The Chief Architect said it well—use both hands and make sure they're both strong!"

"So you use one hand to catch the ball, and the other hand to still catch the ball? I see why you chose to be a goalkeeper..." Zhou Yi really admired Sun Pan's foresight.

"Heh. You know what my biggest advantage as a goalkeeper is?"

"Quick reflexes?"

"Not dropping the ball!"

"..."

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As more and more people sought Zhou Yi's blessings, Zhou Yi was too lazy to explain that he didn't actually know any mysterious Eastern wizardry. Or rather, he resigned himself to fate.

No matter who came, or what they asked for, he would touch their head first, then say only what they wanted to hear, and it sounded just like a normal blessing.

"I wish you good health and a speedy recovery."

"I wish you find happiness soon."

"I wish you pass your exams, keep it up!"

This also gave Zhou Yi good popularity among Dortmund fans, so this young player who hadn't even played in a first-team match actually had his own fans.

This was something Zhou Yi hadn't expected before.

Of course, some people came to Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi refused to answer—no way! How could he possibly know the winning numbers for the next "European Lottery"?

In the twelfth round of the league, Dortmund challenged Werder Bremen away, and Zhou Yi was once again excluded from the eighteen-man squad. If he really had wizardry, he would probably find a way to control Klopp and make him choose him for the eighteen-man squad...

"Zhou Yi..." Barrios found Zhou Yi again after the eighteen-man list was announced.

"Didn't I say? That was just luck, I guessed it," Zhou Yi spread his hands.

"Just treat it as luck, but good luck is a very important part of football!" Barrios said plausibly, while lowering his head.

"What?" Zhou Yi looked at Barrios's action and felt it was familiar, but he couldn't believe Barrios was also playing this game...

"A head-touching blessing!"

"No touch!" Zhou Yi refused. "If you want a blessing, I'll just say it."

"No, this is an indispensable ritual, a ritual!" Barrios insisted.

The teammates in the locker room also chimed in, with Großkreutz shouting: "Procedural justice!"

Zhou Yi glared at him: "Ignoramus! Is that what procedural justice means!"

But in the end, he still couldn't beat Barrios, and touched his head very perfunctorily, and then said: "Okay, you'll score again, Lucas."

Barrios raised his head, beaming: "Thank you, 'Wizard'!"

Zhou Yi was stunned—when did I get such a nickname?

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Zhou Yi didn't take the matter of him blessing Barrios to heart. But Barrios, when accepting an interview with the local Dortmund media when heading to the away game, took the initiative to say: "'The Wizard' blessed me in the locker room, and I feel like I'm in good shape!"

"Zhou Yi?" The Dortmund local media understood.

Barrios nodded: "Yes! The Eastern wizard from mysterious China!"

Thus, Zhou Yi's nickname "Wizard" spread.

"Hi, Wizard!" Even Hanna started calling Zhou Yi that.

"Huh? How do you know..." Zhou Yi was very strange.

Hanna raised the 《wAz》 in her hand: "Look, isn't this your teammate's new nickname for you?"

Zhou Yi snatched the newspaper, and saw Barrios's photo at a glance. He didn't need to read the text to know what had happened...

"Damn Paraguayan!" Zhou Yi gritted his teeth. Now his nickname would probably spread throughout Dortmund...

"But I'm really not a wizard..." Zhou Yi put down the newspaper, spread his hands, and helplessly defended himself.

"But you really did guess it right, I really did find my Prince Charming in the bar that day!" Hanna said with a grievance.

Looking at Hanna like this, Zhou Yi was speechless. He couldn't possibly respond to Hanna with Cortana's words, right? That might be a joke between their best friends, and coming from Cortana's mouth, it would only reveal a close intimacy, but coming from his mouth, it would be full of malice.

So Zhou Yi had to accept it...

"So, Wizard. The next European Lottery..." Hanna smiled and snuggled up, took Zhou Yi's arm, her full breasts pressed tightly against Zhou Yi's arm, and begged in a very coquettish voice.

Zhou Yi was so frightened that he quickly pulled his hand away and jumped a meter away: "I really don't know that!"

Seeing Zhou Yi's face flushed with fright, Hanna laughed happily.

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During the game, Zhou Yi, who couldn't go to the away game, sat on the sofa in the living room and watched the game through live television.

Dortmund's opponent, Werder Bremen, was in good form and ranked second in the league. And Dortmund was playing away from home, so Zhou Yi could feel Werder Bremen's current strength even in the virtual game.

Especially their midfielder Özil, who is a very powerful young man.

So this game wouldn't be easy.

Sure enough, thirty-six minutes into the game, Özil received an assist from Hunt and scored the first goal for the home team. Zhou Yi could hear the cheers from the Weser Stadium clearly through the TV, and this atmosphere would definitely have some impact on Dortmund's players.

In the first half, Werder Bremen led Dortmund 1:0.

The second half began, and neither side made any substitutions.

Dortmund was unwilling to accept a defeat on the road, and from the start of the second half, they launched a fierce counterattack.

In the fifty-fourth minute, Dortmund finally ushered in the moment to equalize the score!

"Barrios shoots—! Goal—!!!" Marcel Reif shouted with his arms raised.

Zhou Yi sat motionless on the sofa, his eyes widened—did he really score again?!

He felt that science could no longer explain what was happening to him and Barrios...

"Goals in five consecutive league games! Barrios has been in great form recently! Of course, his teammates may have helped. Before the game, Barrios said he had received a special blessing from his teammate Zhou Yi, ha! He even calls Zhou Yi 'Wizard'!" Marcel Reif stabbed Zhou Yi in the heart. "'Wizard'! That's a good nickname, it exudes a mysterious and evil power! Haha!"

"Not good at all..."

Zhou Yi covered his forehead and muttered, now not only the whole of Dortmund, but probably half of Germany knew his "nickname"...

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After Barrios scored, both sides frequently made substitutions, hoping to change the current score and situation of 1:1.

But no matter how they changed people, the score was never changed again.

In the end, the two sides shook hands and made peace with a 1:1 draw.

Dortmund was unable to win the game, but they had not lost since Barrios broke his goal drought.

This was very different from their start to the league, where they had only won one game in the first seven rounds.

And Dortmund finally squeezed into the top ten of the league with difficulty, ranking ninth.

Ahead of them were Bayern Munich, whose performance this season was not considered good.

After the team returned to Dortmund, Zhou Yi was unable to see Barrios, because Barrios had already taken a plane directly from Bremen.

After the twelfth round of the league, there was a half-month break, this time was the international match day, the national team had two games. Barrios has been in such good form at Dortmund recently, so he is naturally the first choice of the Paraguay national team.

So Zhou Yi didn't have a chance to ask him in person how he spread this nickname...

However, after two national team matches, Barrios returned to the club, and the first thing he did when he saw Zhou Yi was to thank him in person: "Look, Wizard, you really guessed it! There must be some mysterious power at work! Also, you must be a household name throughout Germany now, haha! You don't have to thank me, this is the reward I should do!"

"I'm thanking your ghost, Lucas! Who wants this kind of fame! I'm a player, if I want to be famous, I have to be famous on the football field!" Zhou Yi's ambitions were quite high.

After the training was over, when Zhou Yi ran out of the training base, the fans who were waiting outside for the players to sign saw him, so they shouted, "Wizard! Wizard!"

Zhou Yi was startled, and after he figured out the situation, he ran away in a hurry.

After running away, Zhou Yi also felt that this matter was really too evil.

What he said casually actually came true, and not just once or twice, but five times! Five consecutive times, he guessed them all right!

Is my luck really so good lately?

Zhou Yi looked down at his palms, and then he noticed that there was a lottery sales point right next to the road.

Staring at the European Lottery logo, Zhou Yi narrowed his eyes.

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ps, tomorrow to restore two more o ~