Chapter 85 Football 85 Challengers
3:1
An incredible two-footed shot with an unpredictable trajectory. This goal shattered all of the white team's hopes.
I thought that staying at the same level meant we were evenly matched, and that accepting the duel meant I had the possibility of defeating the King.
"trouble......"
Nagi murmured in a voice only she could hear, her Adam's apple bobbing as she swallowed her resentment. This usually lazy genius was now like an enraged polar bear, a huge black skull suddenly appearing behind her.
Jie Shiyi wiped the sweat from his face with the hem of his jersey, lost in thought. Bing Zhiyang let the sweat stick to his forehead in his dark blue hair, his indifferent gaze passing over the green team and settling on Erzi Yihui.
Only Qianqie Baoma is still in good condition.
"Hey! What's going on with you guys? You're not giving up already, are you?"
A clear voice pierced the stagnant air.
Qianqie Baoma bent his right leg and sat on the grass, the red tail of his hair sweeping across his knee, which was covered with grass clippings.
"Does one failure really make you give up?"
“I risked everything to get here.” He suddenly stopped smiling, his lips tightening into a straight line. “If you can’t keep up with me…”
"Qianqie..."
The red-haired boy spun and leaped into the air, his hair tracing a fiery path through the air, his sneakers kicking up specks of dirt as they spun across the grass. "Just wait to be left in the dust."
On the other hand, the atmosphere on the Green Team was completely different.
Kira Ryosuke rushed over and put his arms around Suoh Koki and Mikage Reio's shoulders. He patted Suoh Koki's back with his hands covered in grass clippings, "Well done, you two."
Reio Mikage staggered backward, heading towards Ichiro Futaba's direction, but Ryosuke Kira was too fast, and Reio Mikage was knocked to the ground, along with Ichiro Futaba. Koki Suoh rushed forward to catch them, but was pulled down with them, and the three of them fell together.
The white team kicks off again.
The Thousand-Cut Leopard started at high speed, and the airflow it created while carrying the ball whipped up a tornado of grass clippings.
Kira Ryosuke's interception appeared to him in slow motion, and the phantom pain of the torn cruciate ligament became fuel at this moment.
"Watch me!" Qianqie Baoma lowered his center of gravity and made a feint, his red hair drawing a scarlet arc as he rapidly changed direction. "Witness true speed!"
Change direction, stop suddenly, shift your body position.
Veins bulged on Chikiri Hyoma's beautiful face, her lips twitched, and her fiery red eyes were fixed on Kira Ryosuke, who was pressed tightly against her.
Damn it, I can't shake them off at all!
Kira Ryosuke nodded, seemingly assessing something, then smiled broadly. "Not bad, you're even faster than before."
"Really? I can be even faster!"
This feeling of being on top of everyone made Qianqie Baoma uncomfortable, so he sped up again.
This can't go on. If we can't shake him off in front of the penalty area, he'll be the biggest obstacle when we shoot.
Qianqie Baoma thought to himself, his brain working at lightning speed.
At the same time, Nagi Seishiro made a move.
The lazy guy who called himself a 'pacifist' displayed terrifying aggression, effortlessly shoving aside the two boys in front of him with his 190cm frame.
Seeing this, Senki Hyoma passed the ball. The ball sliced through the air, and Nagi Seishiro miraculously controlled it with the back of his neck.
The white-haired boy tilted his head, the soccer ball slipping from the back of his neck. A storm of dark currents surged in his light brown pupils, and a black skull, faintly visible behind him, bared its fangs.
The shadow of the three-man Green Team enveloping them loomed large.
He knew that defense was not his strong suit.
"clean!"
As the ball landed, Nagi Seishiro flicked it with his heel, sending it in an arc, and passed it to Kiyoshi before Kira Ryosuke and Suoh Koki of the Green Team could arrive.
Jie Shiyi adjusted the shooting angle as if by muscle memory, and before touching the ball, he caught a glimpse of Bing Zhiyang quietly making his way forward, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the crowd rushing towards him.
Rei-Oh Mikage made a tackle, but failed.
Suoh Koki and Kira Ryosuke blocked his shot.
They've taken the bait!
Jie Shiyi's lips curled into a sly smile. With a gentle nudge of the instep, the soccer ball veered to the left towards Bing Zhiyang.
A feint, a true masterstroke.
Rei-ou Mikage realized this and turned to run towards the direction of Hyo-ori-yo.
Erzi appeared like a ghost in the blind spot of the Ice-Weaving Sheep, and inserted his right foot into the Ice-Weaving Sheep's □□ from behind.
"That trick doesn't work on me."
Erzi flicked the soccer ball up, his green eyes fixed on Bingzhiyang's movements.
"Huh? What about this move?"
Before the football even hit the ground, Jie Shiyi appeared in front of Bing Zhiyang and Erzi Yihui, with the puzzle of Erzi Yihui already completed behind him.
"You're just waiting for the right opportunity; someone without initiative (self) will never succeed."
Erzi waved his hand, his eyes wide, and quickly turned around.
The conflict intensified when a third person joined in.
Jie Shiyi jumped to stop the ball, and Futaba followed closely behind, but Bing Zhiyang blocked their view and path. Just as Jie Shiyi's ball landed on the grass, Futaba seized the opportunity and shoved it away.
Before the two players on the white team could react, he had already broken through the defense with the ball and was about to reach the goal.
Erzi swung his right leg back sharply, preparing to shoot.
splat—
The sound of puzzle pieces being assembled filled the air.
"You can't shoot!"
Jie Shiyi stood in front of Erzi Yihui like a demon, bending his knees to block his feigned shot and true attack.
Behind him was Suoh Hyokichi, who had been poised to strike.
Erziyi looked at Jieshiyi's ferocious face in disbelief.
"Throughout the entire game, you seem to be only calculating and measuring, just like the team's command tower (commander)."
"Even when standing in front of the goal, I didn't even think about shooting."
"For someone like you, having a high level of vision is useless."
"Collapse, Command Tower!" Jie Shiyi's blue eyes, soaked with sweat, shone with an astonishing light, like an eagle lurking in a storm.
"Without the desire to shoot, you'll never be able to break out of Blue Prison."
Jie Shiyi turned and fired a shot.
The soccer ball hurtles towards the green team's goal.
As if to prove his words, the football, carrying his belief, passed over everyone on the ground and shot straight at the goal.
The fearless challengers launch an attack on the throne.
"Well said—"
As Suoh Hyo-ki's black hair tore through the air at high speed, the muffled thud of his foot hitting the ball drowned out the final whistle.
"I will accept this belief in 'selfishness'."
This belief spread rapidly throughout the body from the moment of contact, becoming part of the blood.
The soccer ball deformed upon contact, its black and white surface dented into a hole, and it moved to one side. Wang Xiaoxi lost his balance and fell into the goal, where he was caught in the net.
The match is over.
3:1
The green team wins.
Jie Shiyi bent over, panting heavily. Su Wang Xiaoxi collapsed onto the net, wiping away sweat with his elbow.
"If we have the chance, let's have a fight. I'll crush you completely then."
The lights stretched Jie Shiyi's shadow into a sharp sword that pierced through the field, its tip pointing directly at Suoh Hyo-hee in the Green Team's goal.
"Who isn't? I'll drag you to hell at that time."
Different colors are filled with the same desire.
——
"The question is, who should we choose?" Seeing that the other three were still silent, Kira Ryosuke preemptively said, "I choose Chikiri."
Upon hearing this, Suoh Hyo-ki lifted his eyelids, his soaked black hair sticking to his forehead, making his usually cold and stern face appear somewhat sinister. "Ice Weaving."
"Jie." Erzi waved his hand, swallowing the unfinished words as his Adam's apple bobbed. He wanted to see what else Jie Shiyi could do.
Three people, three different options, so they turned their attention to the fourth. Mikage Reio huddled in the shadows, the ends of her purple hair falling to obscure her eyes, her hands unconsciously clenching at her knees, and she whispered, "...Nagi..."
"?"
Suoh Koki frowned and looked at Mikage Reio with a puzzled expression. "Your guy has already abandoned you, why did you still choose him?"
"If I were you, I would never forgive him."
The tall, black-haired boy had a cold and stern expression.
"Traitors should suffer the consequences of betrayal."
"You're not still thinking about competing with him, are you?"
Reio Mikage slightly tilted her head to avoid the splattering beads of sweat.
Suoh Koki crouched down, his soaked black hair falling like a sharp curtain, his emerald pupils reflecting Mikage Rei's suddenly contracting pupils. "Is this all the heir to the Mikage Group is capable of? Used tools should be thrown into the incinerator."
He slowly wiped away his sweat, his green eyes sharp and indifferent.
"This is supposed to be business support? It's just a messy merger that drags everyone down! No matter how you look at it, this guy is the one who will drag you down."
Kira Ryosuke stepped forward to stop him, saying that those words were too harsh.
"Koki, don't forget why we stayed here."
Kira Ryosuke frowned and glanced at Suoh Koki, signaling him to back down. Niko Ichiki glanced at Mikage Reiu, whose expression was unreadable, and sighed.
Consider this a token of my gratitude.
He changed his mind and said, "I choose Nagi."
Upon hearing Nagi Seishiro's surname, Mikage Reio suddenly looked up, her purple eyes suddenly brightening.
2:1:1
Select Nagi Seishiro.
Reio Mikage walked quickly toward the four members of the White Team.
"Do we want to repeat the same mistakes?" Suoh Hyoki's voice was tinged with rust. "Relying on others won't get us far."
The green eyes seemed to be looking at someone else through Reio Mikage.
"Those who lack initiative will be eliminated."
"You've clearly noticed it yourself, haven't you? How much stronger you've become since leaving him. Even so, do you still want to go back to your comfort zone? To offer up what you've been pursuing with both hands... But there can only be one 'world's best'."
Suoh Kōki's eyes were like a green ocean, the sea level rising continuously, completely striking Mikage Reiō.
"Then drown in your dreams, and when the tide goes out, I hope you won't be hiding in a corner crying because you've been abandoned again."
The choice was given to Mikage Reio, who remained silent.
Suoh Koki was telling the truth; after Mikage Reio separated from Nagi Seishiro, her strength increased rapidly.
Especially after teaming up with Suoh Hyo-ki, "synchronization" permeated not only football skills, but also countermeasures when facing interceptions.
Reio Mikage knew this in his heart, but he still wanted to choose Seishiro Nagi. He hesitated for a long time, but finally made up his mind.
The four members of the white team sat on the ground to rest, quietly waiting for the green team's choice.
"I wonder who they'll choose." Chikiri Hyoma hugged his knees, tilted his head and looked at the four members of the Green Team who were having a heated discussion. In his field of vision, Mikage Reiou was walking over.
"Choose Nagi."
Qianqie Baoma stood up and patted the grass stains on his knees. Jieshi touched his bangs with lingering fear and led Bingzhi Yang away to the other side.
Since Reio Mikage is here, he will definitely choose Seishiro Nagi.
The white-haired boy suddenly looked up at the sound of footsteps, and a spark of hope ignited in his pupils beneath his sweat-soaked bangs.
That's what he thought too.
Seishiro Nagi stood up, "Rei-ou..."
He called out the name of Mikage Reio.
The purple-haired boy's hoarse voice sounded like a rusty gear, "Qianqie, let's go."
“Ling Wang…” Nagi Seishiro looked at the purple-haired boy in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, Nagi."
"This time, I want to be a solo player."
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Author's Note: I survived! I had a fever for four days, and I thought I was going to die. The flu is really bad lately, everyone please take care of yourselves! [Applause][Applause][Applause]
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