"And why did you steal the ball?" Ness's tone was very unkind, obviously having various questions about Ye Liangqiu's actions. He even looked at Noah, wanting to know how this situation should be handled.
A person who acts wildly on the field is not the hyper-rationality that Noah pursues.
Because the current Ye Liangqiu is completely subverting and destroying the so-called rationality.
If this continues, forget about whether their team can score goals; it would be a good thing if they could just play normally.
"Why?" Ye Liangqiu's scarlet eyes stared at Ness's somewhat angry gaze, "Do I still need to tell you why?"
"From the very beginning, the Munich team has already excluded the Blue Lock players."
"Whether it's passing or your movements."
"The core is Kaiser, am I right?"
Hearing this, Ness tilted his head, not refuting the statement, "So what?"
"Does that prove anything?"
"Our team should revolve around the core, and Kaiser is that core."
"Is doing this wrong?"
Ye Liangqiu showed a smile, "Yes, you're absolutely right, but was there anything wrong with my action?"
"At the optimal moment, I could break through the opponent's encirclement with my own advantage."
"Although I stole the ball first, I had already brought the ball into a reasonable range—a range sufficient for passing and shooting. But what happened?"
"What did you do?"
"Almost all the Munich members ignored my presence. Even while dribbling, their only goal was to attack around Kaiser."
"Do you really think I didn't see it?" Ye Liangqiu's face gradually darkened. "Kaiser used blind-spot runs, attempting to exploit the opponent's weaknesses in the next move… Oh no, it should be said he was waiting for my weakness, preparing to steal the ball the moment I passed it out, although not directly from my hands."
"But… is there a difference?"
"You want me to treat a system-tearing team like this with gentleness?"
"Heh heh… A joke, truly a joke."
"Is it because the King indulges you little soldiers too much?" Ye Liangqiu looked at everyone in Munich, spreading his hands in a helpless gesture.
Ness gritted his teeth. This guy claimed he had no problems, but wasn't the meaning behind his words clearly aimed at Kaiser?
This was something he could not tolerate.
Meanwhile, on the bench, two coaches sat together. Noah's expression seemed unchanged, still coldly observing everything on the field.
Lavinho, sitting cross-legged beside him, teased, "Are you just going to let this Blue Lock new star cause trouble? This seriously undermines your philosophy, you know."
Noah glanced at Lavinho, "Everything a player does represents the outcome they desire. If they cannot break their current state, their skill cannot improve."
"Rather than replacing him now,"
"I want to see if two factions within one team will produce different reactions."
"Perhaps a new hyper-rationality will be found."
Lavinho hooked his finger lightly on his glasses, his eyes appearing, but the emotion contained within them sent chills down one's spine. "You mean… you're going to use my team as a whetstone? To make your own team sharper?"
"No." Noah slowly uttered a word, then continued, "It should be said that your team is a whetstone in itself."
In an instant, the auras of the two seemed to merge.
That aura made the players on both benches feel a sense of pressure.
Evidently, seeing Noah make no move, the match had to continue. However, after Ye Liangqiu stole that ball, the facade on Munich's side completely shattered.
And Ye Liangqiu's lips also curved into a smile. It seemed his guess was correct: what Noah pursued was hyper-rationality, but the reason he brought Kaiser and others to Blue Lock was to seek breakthroughs.
He saw a chance for this team to accelerate its growth in the self-interest of Blue Lock.
Kaiser was his experiment, and now Ye Liangqiu was one of them.
In Noah's eyes, perhaps only data could prove everything.
"Cause trouble, the more the merrier." Ye Liangqiu looked at Noah. The reason he stole the previous ball was not without cause; he wasn't as crazy as Itoshi Rin.
What he wanted to do was not just test the Munich team.
But also Noah.
After all, the control of the entire field had now been completely lost.
After all, soccer is a team game. If you don't strive and prove your worth, how can you seize the initiative?
Ye Liangqiu only needed to brand these Munich players as 'lunatics'.
Then the rest of the match would be easy.
When it came to playing mind games, it seemed Ye Liangqiu was no less skilled than Kaiser.
Ness could only grit his teeth and return to his position with a sullen face, though his expression changed incredibly quickly. In front of Kaiser, he truly seemed to become a submissive puppy.
Kaiser's expression was calm, as if everything that just happened was within his expectations. He looked at Ness and slowly said, "Well done."
Ness's lips curved slightly.
The two seemed to have already devised a strategy to deal with Ye Liangqiu in private. Clearly, everything just now… seemed to have been an act.
Kaiser's unperturbed eyes looked at Ye Liangqiu, the disdain growing stronger. "I will slowly destroy you."
"This is just the beginning."
"Lost lamb."
On the other side, the Spain team was still reeling from Ye Liangqiu's previous shot. After all, who would have thought that ball would be shot from so far away?
Moreover, the angle was unusually tricky.
Bachira's body perfectly blocked the ball's trajectory. If the ball hadn't lost power, the goalkeeper's instinctive reaction probably wouldn't have been enough to stop it.
A player from Spain's FC Barcha frowned, gesticulating somewhat exaggeratedly, "Do you Blue Lock players all play like this?"
"Damn it, how are we supposed to defend against that?"
Bachira shrugged helplessly. He couldn't very well say that stealing the ball was the first lesson they learned at Blue Lock, could he?
After all, during the process from zero to one, wasn't the core always whoever stole the ball?
However, his gaze shifted to the opposing side of the field, and he was also somewhat puzzled… Logically, Qiu wouldn't make such a rule-breaking move unless he was truly threatened.
Was it because of him?
In just a moment, Bachira shook that thought out of his head.