FYI
: Speech
- Thoughts
Setting
[Flashback/Recording]
(Translations)
(Notes)
Results/Goal
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U20 Match
Rin started with the ball as he thought, 'Damn it. I still don't have a way to beat Ayanokoji.'
Rin passed to Reo, who rushed up with Rin as Koji appeared in front of them and said, "Reo, you haven't been able to achieve anything in this match. Can you tell why?" He said this as he went shoulder to shoulder with Reo, stealing the ball as he passed to Sae. Chigiri chased behind him but found he was unable to catch up.
Sae received the ball and said, "Get up there Mr Demon."
Koji made a mad dash down the field not letting Nagi or Barou slow him down as he weaved past them. Eventually, Sae crossed the ball when Yosuke blocked the pass saying, "Not going to happen!!!"
Koji clicked his tongue in annoyance when Sendou rushed in shouting, "I can do this!!"
Koji broke free as he trapped the ball before Sendou could saying, "So you've resorted to stealing my passes? Starve you damn vulture."
Sendou cursed shouting, "Why? Why are you able to read me like that?" when Rin showed up but before he could properly get into position to do anything Koji shot the ball in a curve as the ball weaved just to the side of Rin's head and into the goal with the ball again being obscured from Gagamaru's sight.
Japan U20 (6) : Blue Lock (5)
The crowd was ecstatic as Natsuki shouted, "It looks like Ayanokoji Kiyotaka isn't satisfied with a hat trick."
Atsuto nods and says, 'He's doing his duty as the Striker very well. He's gotten the goal lead on Blue Lock after a long and arduous battle."
Natsuki smiles and says, 'Even still it's anyone's game."
Rin looked at the score and thought, 'One goal down. We can still recover. We can do this! If I just focus I can do it. There must be a way. A way to defeat Ayanokoji. Focus everything on a way to defeat him!'
Sae and Koji passed the ball around waving past the other players using a deadly combination of their playstyles when sae passed the ball Rin shouted "Separate them!" Yosuke and Karasu rushed over trying to stop Koji as the other Blue Lockers responded to this blocking off Sae killing their chemistry and making sure passes would be difficult as Sae thought, 'So you figured out a way Rin? To kill our combination play? Well not kill but wound. Even still that's impressive.'
Sae made a long pass to Sendou when Rin intercepted the pass as he thought, 'This is it. It's dead in the water.' Rin's eyes turned into slits as he rushed forward with the ball passing to Kurona
Sae made a shocked expression as he thought, 'Rin? What the?'
Rin rushed through as Sae blocked him off and said, "That's enough Rin. I can tell exactly what you're thinking."
Rin gritted his teeth as Kurona made a cross to Nagi. Nagi trapped the ball thinking, 'Nice. Now I can...'
Suddenly Nio rushed in as Nagi thought, 'Damn it! I can't score? Why? Wait... am I too reliant on others? Is that my problem?'
Nio almost got the ball but Nagi kicked it up just hoping a Blue Locker would collect it. The ball fell as Shidou stood in position for a volley as he started saying, "Dragon Dri..."
Aiku rushed in barging into him as he was able to knock the ball back into the air shouting, "Don't even think about it!"
Shidou cursed as the ball fell back down and he thought, 'Damn it. Now I have to reset the ball.'
Kurona reached the location sensing that Shidou could pull off a goal as he kicked the ball into the air stopping Darai from collecting the ball and shouting, "Score already Shidou!!!"
Shidou then felt it as he thought, 'Wait. I'm really far out from the goal but why do I feel like I can score?'
Koji rushed over shouting, "Aiku! He can still score from that position!"
Aiku sweating rushing at Shidou thinking, 'Damn it. I don't know any of his specs!'
It was too late as Shidou jumped up thinking, 'To all of you fuckers who don't know me yet...' as he kicked the ball shouting, "Big Bang Drive!" The ball hit the back of the net as he shouted, "I'll knock you up!
Japan U20 (6) : Blue Lock (6)
The crowd cheered in awe as Natsuki shouted, "Goal!!! Shidou Ryusei scores and equalizer for Blue Lock!"
Shidou looked static as he said, "That was delicious! Hahaha."
Ego locked his fingers and said, "So you've reached flow Shidou Ryusei."
Koji sighed and thought, 'So Rin. You've developed a weapon that can kill me and Sae's Chemical Reaction. How lovely. Keep challenging me. The result won't change though.'
Sae then asked, "Have you got a plan Ayanokoji?"
Koji said, "Yeah I do" as he put his foot on top of the ball as he thought, 'Then I have no choice but to create a weapon to kill that weapon.'
Koji passed the ball to Sae as he dribbled up the field. Sae passed to Hayate as Koji watched Sae closely and realised that Sae was looking all over the field not even bothering to look at the ball and its position as Koji thought, 'I get it. So that's the way you play... Itoshi Sae. I can link up to that!'
A Meta-Vision pattern appeared in Koji's eyes as Hayate passed back to Sae having been unable to get past Rin as Sae saw the improvement in Koji's plays as Sae saw it and made a pass as Koji pretended to trap it but let it pass him by as Sendou picked it up thinking, 'Come on! Let's do this boring striker!'
Sendou didn't hold onto the ball for long as he was stopped by Karasu who pressed him. Sendou made a pass as Koji thought, 'This ability Sae Itoshi uses. It's so true to my play style. I've practically been using it from the beginning but without acknowledging it I couldn't draw out the last 15% of its efficiency.'
Sendou shouted, "You better score!"
Yosuke tried to intercept but Koji used his hand to keep him at bay when Rin rushed in. Koji didn't even need to see him as he said, "Who the hell do you think you're talking to you damn Vulture Striker" as he leaned back and shot the ball with his left leg as it hit the back of the net.
Japan U20 (7) : Blue Lock (6)
The crowd was shocked as one of them said, 'Damn this match isn't so one-sided anymore. it's so tense."
Another said, "I know right? It's been a rollercoaster. First I thought Blue Lock was going to sweep a win then I thought the U20 Team would and now I don't know what to think."
Natsuki best out on the radio shouting, "Ayanokoji Kiyotaka scores another goal. I do believe we're witnessing the birth of a new superstar!!!"
Atsuto nodded and said, "I've never been so lucky to see a Striker like him in Japan. He might be the best Striker to ever come out of our country."
Natsuki nodded saying, "I wonder what else he will show us?"
Rin looked at that goal and thought, 'We're down one goal. His calculations have gotten better? Things couldn't be worse at this stage. There's only 3 minutes left on the clock. I need a way. A way to score and make this match go into additional time.'
Koji sighed and said, "That's should about do it but I kind of feel like I can score another."
Sae smirked and said, "That's good. Strikers should always look for ways to score."
Rin then noticed the way Koji was looking at Rin and finally figured it out thinking, 'He's... reading my expressions. So that's it. That's how he's always able to predict everything.'
Yosuke stepped up to Rin and asked, "Are you alright Rin?"
Rin ignored him too enveloped in his own thoughts as he thought, 'This current version of me is too inadequate to beat Ayanokoji. To beat him... I have to destroy myself and build myself back up again!'
Rin stuck out his tongue, the looks on his face more maniac than before as Yosuke stepped back thinking, 'What the hell? This genius is mutating.'
Rin's Predator Eye dissipated and his Aura started to rip itself apart as it disappeared. It then reappeared as Koji saw him as Koji's eyes twitched in shock as he thought, 'What the hell? I... I can't get a read on him at all. Usually a person's plans are practically written on their face but with Rin he... all there is on his face is a desire to score. There's no planning at all. he's completely unpredictable. An Incomprehensible Creature!'
Rin rushed forward with the ball as Koji tried to intercept him. Rin used a manic style of dribbling, shifting his weight and obscuring the movements of his feet and the ball as much as possible. He made a pass to Kurona, who said, "Let's go Striker." The two went on to use a Planet Hotline to destroy the defence of the U20 team using a Chemical Reaction.
Rin X Kurona
Koji looked at Kurona and thought, 'First with Shidou and now with Rin? How can you even link up with someone like Rin in his state?
Koji turned back rushing over as he tried to impede Rin but Reo got between them but Koji immediately shoved him over with his shoulder not wasting time. Barou also rushed in trying to steal the ball as he said, "Give it here!" but Rin flicked the ball up and jumped as Barou unintentionally got in Koji's way causing Koji to take a second to recover.
Koji saw this and thought, 'He's not some mindless monster. All of his calculations... are reflexive. Almost automatic.' Koji gained ground got in front of Rin and said, "How exciting you've become Rin. My rival." Koji smirked while looking at Rin enjoying this new flow state Rin had acquired.
Rin made his manic dribbling style again thinking, 'Goal. Goal. Goal.'
Koji looked at these movements and thought, 'I have no idea what he's intending on doing and I doubt he does either so I have to switch to using my senses to figure this out.'
By then it was too late as Rin passed to Kurona as Reo once again barged into Koji giving Rin enough time to rush past as Koji knocked Reo into the ground with a light shove and rushed after Rin. Reo got up slowly as he thought, 'I'm too weak. That's why I can't keep up with them. I need to become stronger.'
Koji tried to get there to stop Rin but Yosuke and Karasu arrived pincering him as Yosuke said, "Go ahead Rin!"
Rin rushed forward as Sae tried to stop him but Rin feinted a pass to Kurona as Sae thought, 'Damn it. I can't read him at all. It's like he's an arch nemesis to Caculative Player types!'
Rin rushed past Sae, and got past Aiku who thought, 'Damn it! He's completely surpassed me!' and Rin shot the ball into the goal.
Japan U20 (7) : Blue Lock (7)
The crowd went wild. Rin fell to his knees, panting in exhaustion, and said, "Nice work, Shark Teeth. You managed to keep up with me."
Kurona also fell on his ass and said, "Ah fuck my legs. Fuck my brain. Damn it all. I'd say don't do that again but it worked so I'll put up with the pain."
Koji glanced at Kurona and thought, 'He's the problem. Kurona Ranze. I see what your weapon is. Your ability to catalyze other players. It doesn't matter who you're paired with. If you're in that pair, a chemical reaction is possible. How exciting. I think playing with him on my team would be fun.'
Natsuki shouted out loud as he said, "Rin Itoshi evens the game earning a hat trick."
Atsuto then says, "We'll have to see now. If he can turn this match around."
Natsuki nods and says, "What amazing youth we've seen on the field today Atsuto. It all comes down to this. The last goal."
Koji sighed and said, "You were really exciting in this match Rin but you're done. Just look at your legs."
Rin looked down and thought, 'That bastard is right. I feel like my legs are tearing themselves apart.'
Koji sighed, seeing that the other Blue Lockers were exhausted. The ones that weren't were the sub-ins: Chigri, Kurona, and Shidou. Koji thought, 'Those three are the ones that will be a bit problematic going forward.
Chigiri gritted his teeth thinking, 'This entire match I couldn't do anything. I'm not fast enough to catch up to Ayanokoji. Also, what is wrong with me? Am I already feeling a bit burned out? No. This is the result of wasting time in despair instead of training.'
Kuron sighed and said, "Rin. That last play took a lot out of me so I think I can do it one more time. Unless you can steal the ball and make sure a goal happens we're dead."
Rin nods, smacking his legs, using pain to override his tiredness. He thinks, 'Come on, legs. Now's not the time. I need you to work.'
Koji put his foot on top of the ball smirking and said, "Let's see if you can excite me some more Rin."
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Stadium
Atsumi looked surprised and said, "His awareness of his surroundings improved? Interesting."
Suzune looked to Atsumi and thought, 'I see now. Kiyotaka. This man is the one that made you as incredible as you are but I can already tell he's scum so he was likely harsh towards you. Is that why? Is that why you don't want to give it your all?'
Sudo looked at the scene in front of him and said, "Holy shit. This match is so close!"
Shibata nodded and said, "Yeah. I never expected this out of Ayanokoji."
Sakayanagi sighed and said, "It looks like you'll be the winner of this bet Horikita-San."
Ryuen kuku'd and said, "Yeah looks like it is Suzune's win since there's no way the monster would lose."
Suzune looked at Kiyotaka's face and exclaimed, "Is Kiyotaka smiling? He's really enjoying it."
Ichinose looked and thought, 'Woah he looks even more handsome now.'
Atsumi clicked his tongue in annoyance and thought, 'Kiyotaka. My masterpiece. How they've began to degrade you.'
Suzune looked at the Blue Lock team and thought, 'It's over for them. They're exhausted. Kiyotaka is sweating a lot but he's a lot of energy left. They lost because of their stamina issues and lack of experience. That Itoshi Rin. If he had figured out how to do that before Blue Lock might have stood a chance. You're going to finish things up now aren't you Kiyotaka?'
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Field
Koji passed to Sae and said, "Let's go."
Sae nodded as the both of them rushed out onto the field. Rin rushed towards Koji who sighed and said, "I'm afraid you can't beat me in that sorry state of yours."
Koji dragged the ball to the left with his foot and then knocked it to the right with the top of his foot as even though Rin's eyes could keep up his body wasn't holding out well enough causing him to fall over. The ball was rolling towards Sae but Chigiri arrived stealing the ball as he raced down the field shouting, "Let's go! One more rush! Shidou!"
Shidou rushed towards the goal but Rin shouted, "Chigiri watch out for..."
Koji appeared next to him and asked, "Did you really think you could outrun me?"
Chigiri looked at him and thought, 'I even had a headstart so why!?'
Koji leaned in when Kurona called out, "Pass here!"
Chigiri passed the ball to Kurona who found Sae in front of him as Koji thought, 'Just as planned.'
"Shit," cursed Kurona as he dribbled back not wanting to lose possession when Aiku slid in slide-tackling the ball as it flew into the air.
Rin looked up and thought, 'Come on body. Hold up a little longer. If I can just reach it I can cross it to Shidou who's made it past Aiku.'
Rin tried to jump but his legs failed him as Koji jumped and said, "You fought well Rin. I really did think I could have lost to you today." Koji trapped the ball with his chest and volleyed it into the goal.
Japan U20 (8) : Blue Lock (7)
The crowd erupted into cheers as Natsuki shouted, "And that's it! Ayanokoji Kiyotaka earns a double hat trick for the Japanese U20 team and ends the match!"
Atsuto shouted saying, "It's birth of a new hero in Japanese Football!!!"
Koji stared up at the sky and said, "I wanted to win more than anything. After all, to me, it's one of the only things that matters to me but... I really did have fun playing against you."
Rin got up his legs still shaking as he said, "I'm not stopping until I crush you. Even if I can't play on Japan's team I don't care. I'm going to destroy you and become the best in the world."
Koji smiled and said, "Don't you dare give up on that. I need a rival like you to push myself further."
Sae walked over and said, "That's quite the dream you have Rin. Though considering how well you've performed at the end of this match I wouldn't be shocked if you could do it."
Rin looked at Sae in surprise as he said, "Ni-chan..."
Sae sighed and said, "If you want to manage it you better train like your life depends on it."
Rin walks away and says, "I know that already."
Koji was called over to an interview as the interviewer asked, "So how does it feel to score a double hat trick?"
Koji wiped the sweat off his head and said, "I felt a white-hot fire in me. I was really excited to play in that match with Itoshi Sae and Oliver Aiku. Blue Lock was a formidable team. Especially Itoshi Rin and Yosuke Hirata."
The interviewer then asked, "What did you think of the U20 team?"
Koji sighed and said, "To be honest they're not really up to par."
The interviewer sweatdropped as the photographers snapped photos as the interviewer asked, "What are your plans moving forward?"
Koji made a serious face and said, "Even with a team like that I'll lead Japan to a victory in the World Cup."
Everyone got excited as the interview ended. Everyone was about to leave when Sae called an interviewer to him as they hesitated thinking, 'Itoshi Sae wants an interview?'
He moved over to him as they spoke and he nodded his head. Sae walked over to the crowd and said, "From here on out I'm putting my hat in the ring for the Japan U20 team but only under the condition that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka plays in the team as well."
The crowd went wild to hear that Itoshi Sae was now interested in playing on the U20 Team. Bachira jumped on Koji's back as he said, "Looks like Sae stole your thunder."
Koji sighed and said, "I don't really care. I've made a name for myself and I'm definitely being put on the U20 team. Bachira..."
Bachira smirked and asked, "You sad that you're not gonna play on the same team as me? No worries. We'll still play together now and then. Even if it's as opponents."
Koji sighed and said, "Well what else could I have expected from you?"
Bachira got off of him as Koji walked to the stands to find Suzune waiting as he took a deep breath thinking, 'It's been so long but I fulfilled my promise to her.'
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To Be Continued
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Rating Out Of 10 For This Part:
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