The Championship schedule kept moving forward!
After Garvan's injury, Crystal Palace's flanking offense did take a hit.
But with Kai anchoring the midfield, Crystal Palace steamrolled through mid-to-lower table teams with unstoppable momentum!
Matchday 16 of the Championship.
Crystal Palace hosted Watford at Selhurst Park!
With the home fans roaring like a tidal wave, Crystal Palace secured a crushing 4-0 victory!
Kai notched his fourth consecutive hat-trick of assists!
Vaughn scored a hat trick!
Zaha netted one as well.
Three days later.
Matchday 17.
Crystal Palace traveled to Riverside Stadium to face Middlesbrough!
By halftime, Crystal Palace was up 3-0!
Kai recorded his fifth straight assist hat-trick!
In the second half, he was rotated off per Holloway's plan.
With the schedule becoming denser, Holloway wanted to protect his young genius's body for the real battles still ahead!
Full-time: Crystal Palace 5-0 Middlesbrough!
Matchday 18.
Crystal Palace hosted Hull City.
2-0!
Kai delivered one goal and one assist — a straightforward win over Hull!
Matchday 19.
Away against Coventry — a team teetering near relegation. Against Crystal Palace, they were hopeless.
The Eagles went on a scoring rampage — 6 goals to 1!
Kai assisted FOUR goals and scored twice himself!
Vaughn secured his first four-goal haul of the season!
Crystal Palace had officially gone berserk!
They were now riding a nine-game winning streak in the league!
After 19 matches, Kai led the assists chart with 24 assists, completely dominating the field!
In second place was QPR midfielder Davis — with a mere 11 assists.
Not even half of Kai's total!
And to the surprise and delight of Crystal Palace fans—
Their striker Vaughn had shockingly climbed to the top of the Golden Boot race!
In the first ten games of the season, he hadn't scored a single goal.
But ever since Kai joined from Matchday 11 onward, Vaughn had scored 15 goals — all assisted by Kai!
Kai's arrival had dragged this lost "genius striker" back from the brink!
Currently, Vaughn sat third in the Championship scoring chart — not far behind the leaders.
The fans were over the moon!
Could it really happen? As their "Eagle King" had once claimed, Crystal Palace might just produce both a runaway Assist Kingand a Golden Boot winner in a single season?!
For Palace fans, this was nothing short of madness!
The London media had gone into overdrive:
"Nine Straight Wins! Crystal Palace is Butchering the Championship!"
"Unmatched in Assists! Who Can Stop This Super Genius?"
"From Relegation Zone to Miracle Streak – Palace's Unbelievable Comeback!"
"Promotion Hopes? Not Arrogance—Palace Has the Power to Back It Up!"
"Latest Transfer Update: Palace Genius Valued at Over €15 Million!"
...
In 2010, player valuations hadn't yet ballooned to crazy heights.
To be worth €15 million at just 16 years old? That was insane!
That year's top midfielders were stars like newly-signed Real Madrid playmaker Kaká, and Barcelona's titans Xavi and Iniesta.
Yet even they were only valued around €60 million.
Kai's meteoric rise had shattered all previous records for a player his age — and sent shockwaves through European football!
Upon learning that Crystal Palace had offered Kai a new top-tier contract, along with a higher buyout clause—
At the Emirates Stadium, Wenger still expressed his hopeful admiration to the media:
"The Gunners will always welcome this extraordinary talent. If given the chance, I will bring him from South to North London. Even if his value skyrockets in the future, I'm willing to persuade the board to take another loan from the bank just to sign him!"
Arsenal fans were stunned.
They thought the Professor had lost his mind.
It would still take 20 years to pay off the loan for the Emirates Stadium.
Yet now, Wenger sounded as determined as he did when building the stadium—like he was possessed!
Manchester United and Chelsea were also regularly involved in the transfer race for Kai.
Manchester City, on the other hand, remained calm.
Their manager Mancini continued promoting their own prodigy, Balotelli, through the media.
But Kai's breakout had shaken Balotelli's once-guaranteed hold on this year's Golden Boy Award.
Mancini, having coached Balotelli at Inter, was now desperately defending his protégé's claim.
The Kai chaos in England soon spilled over into the rest of Europe.
In Spain.
At Camp Nou, post-match—
Guardiola didn't hold back when asked about Kai:
"Kai is a La Masia kid! As long as he's willing, the doors of Barça are always open to him. Compared to other clubs, we even have priority repurchase rights!"
The news soon reached the Bernabéu.
Mourinho wasn't about to be outdone.
Through the media, he declared:
"A child so cruelly discarded won't seek his old home. That's just common sense. But he and I — we're kindred spirits. We're both Portuguese nationals, share the same agent… under me, with Real Madrid's platform, he could become a midfield legend like no other!"
Two Spanish giants, locked in an intense off-pitch war over a 16-year-old boy in England!
It was the kind of drama fans loved to see.
And yet, far away in England—
Kai remained completely unfazed by all the off-field chaos.
His eyes were fixed solely on Crystal Palace's upcoming fixtures.
With Matchday 19 completed, the Palace squad was granted a rare three-day break.
A luxury in England's congested football calendar.
During his days off, Kai continued intense fitness training with Pintus.
But Pintus wasn't just a fitness coach.
His specialty included biomechanics.
He used all kinds of strange, experimental equipment to improve Kai's body coordination, muscle tone, and physical toughness.
This greatly improved Kai's posture and increased both his bone density and muscle fiber strength.
Now, Kai could battle through England's physical game with even more confidence!
Over this period, Kai had gained 5 kilograms of lean mass.
His physicality had clearly improved.
With the latest matches, he also earned plenty of custom attribute points.
He poured them all into Physicality.
Once that hit 80, he boosted his Speed by 5 points as well.
Then he opened his Attribute Panel:
[Host: Kai]
[Age: 16]
[Height: 185 cm]
[Weight: 80 kg]
Short Passing: 80
Long Passing: 100
Ball Control: 65
Vision: 100
Stamina: 81
Tackling: 40
Shooting: 60
Physicality: 80
Speed: 66
Heading: 40
Set Pieces: 37
Long Shots: 85
[Club: Crystal Palace]
[National Team: None yet]
[Abilities Owned]:
God's Eye View
Pirlo's "Cruise Missile" Module
Gerrard's "Super Cannon" Module
Cantona's "False Nine" Passive Boost
[Items Owned]:
10-Minute Unlimited Dribble Card ×1
20-Minute God-Level Interception Card ×1
Kai glanced at his main quest panel.
Main Quest #1 – Sign a Professional Contract: Complete.
Suddenly—
His eyes lit up!
Main Quest #2 – Start 10 Professional Matches
Reward: 1 Black Gold Chest!
Since joining Crystal Palace, he had already played 9 matches.
The next one would be his 10th professional start!
A Black Gold Chest!
What kind of reward would be inside?
Kai instantly felt a surge of motivation — he couldn't wait to play that match!