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Project X: the Apex

ORDER OF THE PITCH They took his consciousness without his consent. No warning. No permission. No explanation. When Daniel Adebayo opened his eyes he was inside a facility he'd never seen, surrounded by strangers he'd never met, competing in a tournament he'd never entered. The prize? The chance to become the greatest football coach alive. The cost? Everything. One hundred young minds were selected for this system. Forty have already been broken and sent home — returned to bodies lying in hospital beds while their families sit beside them and cry and receive no answers from the people responsible. The survivors have a name now. The sixty-six. And the next stage — the one they call The Crucible — is designed to reduce that number by half. Six groups. Six constraints. Each one targeting a different weakness. Each one designed not to test what these candidates do best — but to destroy what they do worst. Because the man who built this system understands something most people don't. Pressure doesn't reveal weakness. It reveals truth. Daniel is about to find out what his truth is. He's about to find out what football really means to him — not the answer he'd give in a class, not the answer that sounds right, but the answer that lives underneath everything else. The one that only surfaces when everything is broken and there's nothing left to hide behind. He's also about to find out that the tournament is the least dangerous thing in this facility. Because somewhere in the shadows — in a room that doesn't appear on any schematic, in an organization operating on three continents, in the space between what the people running this project say they want and what they actually want — something much larger is moving. And it has been watching Daniel since before he arrived. In a tournament where knowledge is the weapon — the most dangerous player never touches the ball. ORDER OF THE PITCH For everyone who ever watched a football match and looked at the dugout instead of the pitch. This one is for you.
kddesmond99 · 46k Views

Son of Julius Caesar: Rebuilding Rome [Business/Republic building]

I wanted nothing more than an ordinary life—free from crushing debt and the endless corporate grind. Instead, I died. And when I opened my eyes, I was in ancient Rome. My father? Gaius Julius Caesar—the man destined to rule, or ruin, the Republic. But history is written in blood. If I do nothing, my new family will be swept away by the coming political firestorm. Power is survival in Rome, and I intend to survive. Armed with modern knowledge, I will reshape the Roman Republic—through banking, insurance, industry, and new political strategies. Rome will never be the same. ============================================== What to Expect: - A grounded story set in the Roman Republic (BCE) - Technological innovation, business, military campaigns, Senate politics, and diplomacy - Based on real history—its religions, places, and historical figures - Smart MC using future knowledge to solve problems - 5 chapters a week, M-F - 20 chapters ahead on patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/MinchoNyangi) ============================================== MinchoNyangi here!  This is the official English edition of [카이사르의 아들이 되었다]. This story was a hit in Korea with over 2 million views(Naver Series), and I have personally revised and expanded this definitive edition specifically for English readers. You won't find this version anywhere else—not even in Korea. Note: This is the only official translation provided by the author. Any versions found on other sites except Royal Road, Webnovel are pirated copies. If you enjoy the story, please support the author by reading the official release here. Thank you
MinchoNyangi · 608.6k Views