Chapter 17 Frenzied

Aguero, who had been full of energy before the game, wanting to score, failed to do so. He was even substituted by Mancini towards the end of the match. Liverpool fans have particularly good memories, especially when it comes to holding grudges. Everyone remembered his pre-match taunts aimed at Chen Hero.

Now, seeing Aguero being substituted, not having scored a single goal, leaving empty-handed, they all jeered, "What makes you think you can compare to Hero? You aren't even qualified to carry Hero's shoes!"

Aguero was very unhappy, but at this moment, circumstances were stronger than him. He hadn't scored a single goal in this game, his performance was not good, and he couldn't come up with any strong actions to counter these damn Liverpool fans. He could only pretend not to hear, hurried back to the bench, and sat down with a thud, no longer saying a word.

Now, being low-key and silent could salvage the situation. If he continued to speak, no matter what he said, it would be used against him...

He finally understood why people said "silence is golden."

But after this game, his dissatisfaction with Chen Hero grew even more. He always believed that he was just lacking better opportunities. If Manchester City, like Liverpool, gave him "unlimited shooting rights" and didn't require him to track back on defense, treating him as the team's attacking core, unconditionally supporting him no matter what, just like how Liverpool supported Chen Hero...

His achievements would only be higher than Chen Hero's, not even a tiny bit lower!

Too bad... why the hell don't I have the same good luck as that kid Chen Hero?!

Aguero thought resentfully in his heart.

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Just as Aguero was feeling resentful, the game was already coming to an end. Manchester City didn't show any resistance at all on the road. In fact, after Chen Hero scored a record-breaking goal in the seventh minute, the entire Manchester City team had already started to give up.

It was just that they showed it more subtly, it was all internal activity, not expressed outwardly.

But look at the scoreboard, Liverpool 3:0. Manchester City didn't score a single goal, which was solid proof that they had no resistance at all!

Originally, there were four minutes of injury time, but the referee blew the whistle to end the game after only two minutes.

And the Manchester City players didn't protest, obviously they didn't think they could do anything with the remaining minute and a half.

Ending this game early might be a good thing for them. Because being three goals behind their arch-rivals Liverpool on the field, while also enduring the Liverpool fans' various taunts and attacks, was simply torture for them!

So, after hearing the referee's whistle, many Manchester City players breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

This damn game is finally over!

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As soon as the game ended, the Manchester City players quickly slipped away.

The Liverpool fans were too busy to mock and attack them at this time, so not many people noticed when they left.

The Manchester City fans seemed to have more mettle than their players, or rather, their hatred for Chen Hero was deeper than that of the players.

They didn't leave the stadium immediately, but continued to insult Chen Hero from the stands—they had been cursing him from the sixtieth minute of the game until now, and they still weren't tired. It was truly a miracle...

However, they didn't curse for long before they were surrounded by the Liverpool police who had arrived and then "invited" out of Anfield stadium...

At this time, Chen Hero was in the mixed zone, being interviewed by reporters.

"Any special feelings about breaking the record? No, just happy. Besides happy? That's about it."

"Of course, Gerd Müller is a very great shooter, and I'm still very happy to be able to surpass him..."

One reporter asked, "Then in the future, will someone surpass your record, just like you surpassed Gerd Müller?"

In fact, many times, the questions that reporters ask have standard answers. For example, "You won an Olympic gold medal, what do you want to say at this moment?" The standard answer is to thank the country first. Or, for example, if a reporter asks you, "Are online writers really suffering and prone to early death?" The standard answer is, "Yes, we are suffering to death, we can barely survive! I'm going to kick the bucket tomorrow!"

The so-called standard answer is actually the answer that the questioner hopes the respondent will give.

Specifically, this question also has a standard answer, which is "Records are made to be broken from the day they are born." Chen Hero had said this before, when a reporter asked him what he thought of Falcao's record of seventeen goals in a single Europa League season.

Chen Hero gave a standard answer that didn't surprise anyone: "Records? Those things are meant to be broken."

Because of this precedent, everyone thought that Chen Hero would definitely answer like this this time. Saying so would make him seem generous and have a heart as wide as the ocean...

But Liverpool's number nine once again proved that he was worthy of the name er bi (a derogatory term meaning "idiot" or "fool"). The so-called er bi is someone who doesn't follow the usual path, who always surprises people.

Chen Hero looked surprised when faced with the reporter's question. He said with a look of surprise, "How is that possible?"

"Huh?"

Everyone was stunned.

What was he saying?

He said, "How is that possible," right? And he used it as a question...

We asked him if someone would surpass his record in the future, and he didn't answer, "Records are meant to be broken," but "How is that possible?!"

The reporter who asked the question was also very surprised: "Sorry, Hero. Perhaps I didn't ask very clearly, I mean, in the future, will someone break the record you set of scoring in seventeen consecutive league games..."

Chen Hero answered him again with the same answer: "How is that possible? You think scoring in seventeen consecutive league games is the record?"

The reporters were even more shocked. Isn't scoring in seventeen consecutive games a new record? Did we get something wrong?

They really got it wrong... They seriously underestimated Chen Hero's ambition and ability, and they overestimated Chen Hero's reverence for legends and historical records.

Chen Hero said, "It's not like I'm only going to stop here. I'm going to continue scoring!"

Seeing the group of reporters with shocked expressions, their mouths wide enough to fit an ostrich egg, Chen Hero sneered in his heart.

You thought I would stop after just surpassing this record by one game? You think I'm that stupid? What I want to create is not a record like seventeen consecutive games, but a peak that future generations will find difficult to surpass!

Like Mount Everest, so that even if ordinary people just hear the name, they will feel dizzy and unable to look directly at it, and they won't even have the courage to climb it. If anyone wants to conquer this peak, then prepare to die halfway!

After shocking the reporters, Chen Hero turned and left the mixed zone.

He knew that after those reporters came back to their senses from the shock, they would definitely publicize this matter in the media, and Chen Hero didn't care whether they did it with praise or criticism.

In the eyes of people who like him, they like whatever he does. And in the eyes of people who hate him, whatever he does will provoke their hatred. Since he can't change their opinions, why bother doing these futile things?

I, Chen Hero, am just this kind of person. If you like me, then like me. If you hate me, then don't force yourself to like me.

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Just as Chen Hero had guessed, the next day's media, in addition to reporting on Chen Hero's record-breaking, also mentioned his arrogant remarks after the game.

Fans who weren't from Liverpool felt that Chen Hero was not only arrogant, but also had no respect for past records. Such people have no faith, so it's no wonder they hate this person so much. People who don't respect the past are not of our kind, so naturally we won't like them.

But Liverpool fans were very happy, because it meant that Chen Hero wouldn't suddenly lose all his strength after completing the new record and then enter a dormant period, not scoring for several games, going from seventeen consecutive league games to a scoring drought of several consecutive games. Such a big up and down was really unacceptable to the heart.

Chen Hero is now Liverpool's guarantee of winning. As long as Chen Hero is in good form, Liverpool can win.

On the journey to compete for the league title, Chen Hero's goals can make everyone feel at ease.

Now Chen Hero's words have given them a reassurance.

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Although he still had to continue breaking records, he had already created a new record after all. The necessary celebrations still had to be held.

Not to mention that sometimes celebrations are just a guise and excuse for the eat-drink-and-be-merry gang to come out and get together.

Except for the first time when everyone toasted and said, "To Hero's new record, cheers!" the topic of conversation was basically unrelated to it.

It turned out that everyone was just looking for an excuse to go out for drinks, chats, and picking up girls.

As long as everyone had a good time.

A group of people didn't leave the nightclub until eleven o'clock, swaggering and not trying to hide themselves at all.

Chen Hero wasn't afraid of reporters taking pictures of him entering and leaving nightclubs. When Cabrella was still his bodyguard, she went to nightclubs with him, so he was already immune to it. She also knew that Chen Hero really went to nightclubs to have fun, and it was different from being with her.

In fact, it's not that Chen Hero and the others aren't afraid of being exposed now, but that the media isn't interested in exposing Chen Hero and the others entering and leaving nightclubs anymore.

At first, everyone thought that it was a very serious matter for professional players to go to nightclubs, because it would affect their form and their personal image.

So at first, the media excitedly reported the existence of such an "eat-drink-and-be-merry gang" in Liverpool. Some experts even wrote articles criticizing Chen Hero's "I want to do whatever I want in my spare time" remarks as fallacies, saying that doing so had a bad impact and would bring a bad influence to the whole team, causing the team's professionalism to decline and so on...

But later, everyone found that this group of people went to nightclubs, but their form was not affected, they still scored goals, and they still won games. Not only did it not get worse, but it actually got better.

Liverpool's current results are real...

Everyone gradually understood that Chen Hero was very special. Going to nightclubs really didn't affect his form, and it didn't seem to bring a bad influence to the whole team.

And the most important thing was not that the reporters had a change of heart, but that the readers were not interested.

Because the fans discovered it earlier than they did, so everyone was not interested. Since they didn't delay the games, they didn't delay scoring goals, and they didn't delay winning, then people naturally have their own freedom, and they can do whatever they want in their spare time. Why should we care so much?

Since the readers were not interested, the reporters naturally wouldn't write about it, even if the matter was related to social customs and even if it was related to the survival of mankind.