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𝗟𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗘 !
𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗪 ?
|𝗬𝗘𝗦|𝗡𝗢|
𝗬𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗗
. . 𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 . . .
＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿
Ever since Kuon announced the team strategy , everyone in Team Z has to undergo harsh training every day in order for them to coordinate perfectly .
Though , it's not like they became a true team right away . . .
"If you lose , your soccer lives are over ." Was what Ego had told them .
But even though Team Z started out disconnected , M/n and Isagi felt like this plan . . .
Was slowly bringing the whole team together as one .
𝗏𝗋𝗋𝖾𝖾𝖾𝖾𝖾
'Ugh , natto again . . .' Isagi thought sadly , sighing internally .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~𝖣𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖧𝖺𝗅𝗅
Isagi threw his head back as he slumped in his seat . "Ahh , I'm beat ." He said to himself .
'Nobody's here , we were running around a lot till we lost track of time . . .
𝗆𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁
I wonder if they're sleeping already . . . or in the bath .' The eating male thought while putting the chopsticks against his cheek .
𝗆𝗎𝗇𝖼𝗁
'It's already been a week since I came here . . . But to be honest , am I even improving with all this training ?' Isagi continues his train of thought before drinking the miso soup .
𝗌𝗅𝗎𝗋𝗉
'Am I getting better at soccer , though . . ?
To be honest , I just keep losing 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 .
I don't have a weapon I can boldly declare as my own like everyone else has . . .
It's so pathetic how I couldn't think of something right away in that moment .
"𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 ."' Barou's voice echoed throughout his mind as he thought back to that time .
'What's my weapon ? What can I do ? Do I have what it takes to be a striker . . ?' Isagi thought sadly , slumping once again in his seat .
𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁
"Don't doubt yourself , Yoichi-kun ." Someone said behind the teen , making him visibly jump at the sudden appearance . "Haven't I already given you a hint about your weapon ?"
Isagi turned around rather fast as he saw the person who said that .
"Oh , L/n-kun ." Isagi breathed out in relief . He then noticed him holding a tray of steak .
"It's for you both , eat up ." M/n informed as he puts it down .
The said male nodded before Isagi noticed Kunigami standing beside him . "Hello to you too , Kunigami-kun ."
"Hey there , Isagi-kun ." Kunigami replies .
"Anyways , to give you an answer , L/n-kun , maybe I don't have a weapon at all ." Isagi quickly switches his focus onto the dual-haired male .
M/n narrows his eyes as he sits on Isagi's right side . He slumps as well while leaning back , pinching his nose bridge .
𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁
M/n gave out a stretched out sigh , frowning .
"You know , Yoichi-kun . Everyone is special in their own way , no one is perfect . The only embodiment of the superior complex I know is someone you'll never know ." The frowning male told his two teammates .
"A-ah , okay . . ." Isagi and Kunigami muttered out in unison .
"Anyways , call me M/n . I'm not a big fan of these Japanese honorifics ." M/n continues before standing up and walking off .
"Rest well , you twinks ." After that , he's gone from sight .
𝗉𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾
"Straight to the point , Isagi-kun , is your side dish always natto ?" Kunigami breaks awkward atmosphere as he makes eye contact with Isagi .
"Huh ? Oh , yeah . That's what the lower rankings get every day . Besides that , are you not eating ?" Isagi asked with a sheepish smile .
"I ate earlier . The reason I came here to see you is because I didn't get to properly thank you ." Kunigami replies while rubbing the back of his neck .
"Huh ? For what ?" Isagi pondered out loud .
"The pass you gave me a few days ago when we played against Team X . Thanks , man !" The ginger gave Isagi a salute . "Well , that's all I have to say . Goodnight , Isagi-kun ."
Kunigami was about to leave when . . .
"𝗪𝗮𝗶𝘁 !"
"Kunigami-kun , why do you play soccer ?" Isagi questioned the male . "You have everything I don't have as a weapon , from your shooting range to leg strength . . . Ahm , forget it . Goodnight , Kunigami-kun ."
"That's easy ." Kunigami instantly replies to the question . "I play soccer because . . .
𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗼 ."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~𝖶𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖬/𝗇
The male was now pacing around the long winding hallways of Blue Lock , as if he's searching for something .
'Gaaaah ! I'm really stressing out now . . ! How do I get my customers to not worry about the management in the casino ?!' The worrisome teen thought frantically .
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Suddenly , he abruptly stops in his tracks .
'I left my hairband at the dining hall . . !' M/n internally slapped himself for forgetting something he needed .
He speed walks back to the cafeteria with a 'devoid of emotion' expression .
When he got there , M/n found the two lone teens still talking as Kunigami stabbed a piece of meat with a fork and put it in his mouth .
𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗆𝗉
"Oh wow ! This is crazy good !" Kunigami suddenly shouted out . "Eat up ! Eat up ! Or the food is gonna get cold , Isagi-kun !"
"Ah , okay !" Isagi quickly replies before devouring the steak . "
𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗆𝗉
"Mmm ! So tasty !" Isagi swooned in delight while the orange haired male smirked smugly as he turned to him .
"Haha , I know , right ?" Kunigami laughs .
"You know , you're a great guy , Kunigami-kun !" Isagi praises Kunigami as the said person blushed a little a turns away .
𝖿𝗐𝗂𝗉
"I-it's nothing ." He retorted .
"Are you . . . The type that can't handle praise ?" Isagi playfully asked with a cheeky smile .
"Ugh . . . I'm going to sleep after I finish this steak ." Kunigami avoids the question .
𝖿𝗐𝗈𝗈𝗌𝗁
"Anyways , we're gonna crush the next game !" He holds up his fist , waiting for the blueberry to return the gesture .
Isagi smiles wider at this and does it back . "Yeah , we are ."
Meanwhile , M/n stood there at the door , watching his teammates interact with each other with a smile on their faces .
The player smiled a little himself before quickly grabbing his hair tie and going back to the dorms .
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝖽𝖺𝗒
It's ginnaly time for the fourth match in Blue Lock's Stratum 5 .
Team Z was prepping themselves with warmups until Team Y came into the field .
"They're here ." Raichi muttered out , annoyed .
"Yeah ." Isagi responds with a small frown .
𝗄𝖼𝖼𝗁
𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘠
Kuon then calls all of them over as they huddled around in a circle .
"Listen up , everyone . Just like us , it'll be over for them if they lose this round . The one we need to keep an eye on is their number 9 . . .
𝗛𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗸𝗶 𝗢𝗸𝗮𝘄𝗮 .
He's Kumamoto Prefecture's top scorer , plus an exceptional shooting technique none of us could compare to .
But this time , we have 'Operation : Me Next ! 9' in our hands . All we can do is do what we used to do in the long practice sessions we had together ." Kuon went on to tell them , determination lacing in his tone .
"We'll win this even if it kills us !" He continued l , shouting louder this time .
"Yeah !" Every single person on Team Z replied while M/n stayed out of everything .
𝗍𝗎𝗀
'If we lose , it's all over for us . . !' Isagi thought as he was tying his shoelaces . 'The crux of this plan are the 'weapons' Ego-san's speech included . . .'
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~𝖮𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝖿𝗂𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖬/𝗇 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗈𝖽
'Gosh , the plan Kuon-kun made was pretty shit either way . . . I'll have to improvise for this weak tactic , then .' M/n remarked internally as he grips his left forearm tightly while staring at the field in front of him .
𝖿𝗐𝗈𝗈𝗈𝗌𝗁𝗁𝗁
He suddenly heard movement beside him , glancing over to the spot at his side .
It felt like the world stopped as his eyes widened upon seeing the shadowy figure once again .
"𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 , 𝐋/𝐧 𝐌/𝐧 . 𝐎𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲 . . . 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 ?" The mist-like creature commented , its voice distorted .
Its face was blank and only had two dots for eyes and a smile with a black mist body . Circling the frozen male , the creature stared at M/n .
"W-what do you want , o great mist creature ?" Sigma replied smugly , bottling up the growing fear of this thing .
"𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐧𝐨𝐰 , 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 . 𝐈'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 , 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 ." Assuming the thing wanted something from himself , Sigma jumped straight into conclusions .
"What's your name ? Why are you here ? Why did time stop ?" The dual-haired male's tone was demanding yet scared .
"𝐎𝐡 ? 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 . 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 , 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐭 . 𝐌𝐲 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐃/𝐧 , 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 ." D/n stated as they stopped right in front of Sigma .
"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 , 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 . 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐝 , 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨 . 𝐘𝐨𝐮 , 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞 , 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭 . 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 . 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 :
𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 , 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 , 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 .
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 , 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝟐 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 . 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐤 , 𝐢𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝟏 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 .
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬' 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐥 , 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐩𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐭 .
𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐭 . 𝐈𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 , 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐦𝐚 ?" D/n specified the huge information that the manager was shocked at .
"R-really ?! But aren't my skills and attributes as a player already qualified for a professional level ?" Sigma asked confusedly , narrowing his eyes .
"𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 , 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 ." D/n revealed to him .
'Ah , I see .' Sigma thinks deeply to himself . "So I can pick right now ?" He asked sincerely .
"𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 . 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 , 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 ." The mist body of D/n affirmed .
"Okay then . I'll leave it as that for now , D/n . Now shoo ." Sigma waved his right hand at them , dismissing their presence .
Soon , everything went back to normal .
The match continued on as M/n sits there , thinking about what just happened .
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A/N's note
Eyyyyyyyyy , wassup readers ? Haven't posted in a while .
Okay guys , I have little to no motivation currently since school is starting up for me soon , and I thought : 'Fuck this , let's speed through this book and try to finish it before 2025 .'
What do you guys think ? Should I set a goal to finish this before 2025 ?
But comment your thoughts on this filler chapter cuz I have no words ✨️left✨️.
ANYGAYS , that's all !!
Have a great day / night !
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