The Corruption

Chapter 20

Endou and Gouenji takes a step away from their friend.

"Is he always like this?" Whispers Sakamaki to the two coaches.

"Yes." They both answer drly at the same time.

The resident worker of El Dorado proceeds to sweatdrop.

A moment of awkward silence falls upon the group.

And then...

Endou clears his throat as the others attention snap to him.

The brunet stares at the coach of the 2nd team right in the eye.

"Uh, Sakamaki-san." He adresses rather nervously.

He raises an eyebrow, silently questioning the other's sudden adress towards him and his nervousness.

"Well, I've been meaning to ask you something."

Sakamaki crosses his arms as the other two coaches gestures him to continue.

The brunet's friends can feel his hesitance and nervousness from here and it was slightly worrying them.

Endou averts his gaze towards the ground.

"W-where is Tenma?"

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"Are you guys gonna be alright?"

On the soccer field, a cluster of teenagers can be seen, some standing, some sitting and some laying on their stomach, face flat on the floor unmoving.

The girls who asked the question are worrying about their teams health. Slightly questioning if they should let the players continue their practice or just beg the coaches to let them rest for the day.

Sadly, they can't.

They have to finish their practice since they have an important match tommorow.

The match that will decide the future of the human and soccer world.

So, they will continue their practice whether they liked it or not.

Not like that can stop the worrying.

They're managers for god's sake!

They are supposed to worry about the condition of their team.

Anyway...

No one responds.

The blue-haired manager's eyes narrows in concern.

Silence...

"...guys?"

Silence...

And then,

"No..." All of the players say in unison.

Another moment of silence.

"...do you think you guys can continue practice?"