Arthur grabs his neck with frustration. His crown tattoos glowed with fury as the chain tattoo wrapped around his neck tightens. He squeezed his neck and didn't let go. His mind fills with frantic thoughts "I NEED to win or else they'll lose it all. It doesn't matter if a piece of shit like me dies from exhaustion. As long as I get to protect them that's all that matters. Fuck soccer, why are you people having fun? This isn't some ridiculous game. It's a job. So why? WHY ARE Y'ALL LAUGHING AT ME. STOP LOOKING AT ME, STOP, STOP, STOP!" Arthur coughs and lets go of his neck but as soon as he lets go his thoughts erupt from his mind into his throat. The burning sensation of an unacknowledged soul that needs help screams for it. The blood curdling screams of this boy who held the responsibility of the world haunts everyone on the field. As they watch this prodigy break down.
Arthur bites his finger and looks at Jaylon who looks at him with a shocked expression. Arthur bites deep into his finger causing it to bleed. He finally conceals his rage and walks to start kickoff. I stared at this broken boy and smirked. "Comeback?" Arthur stared at me with pure rage and calmly says "Shut the fuck up." Arthur begins to get fatigued as his vision begins to distort itself. The boy who trained for hours had finally grown tired. Kickoff begins and Arthur tries to run past me but I act like I'm gonna just ram into him so he steps back. And in that split moment of hesitation Jaylon slides to steal the ball. But Arthur flicks the ball up and looks down at the pathetic king "Get out of my way."
Michael jumps up and intercepts the flick and dribbles toward the goal. Arthur turns around and attempts to run after Michael but he starts to cough frantically. As he kneels over to breathe his dizziness increases. Arthur wipes his sweat out of his eyes and says "No, please…I can't lose. I'm a piece of shit who could at least support his family. But if I can't do that then what can I do? What am I good for?" Arthur's voice begins to crack as he begs for an answer "Why can't I win? I've suffered so much and this is what I get? Why can't you give me a break God? I hate this. If you're gonna put me through this just kill me, please. I'm worthless. But you gave me soccer in order to give me that worth. But you're just gonna take that away from me. How cruel." Arthur's eyes water as he cries with desperation in his eyes "I-If I can't have soccer, what can I have?"
As Arthur looks up with tears in his eyes Michael runs forward and Arthur reaches out for him but Arthur's vision blurs. He sees a woman being choked out as Arthur reaches out for her. Chris gets in front of Michael and Michael passes to Yoichi who passes to me and I score a goal. Arthur hallucinates his past as the field quickly goes dark. "It's over."
"I CAN'T LET THEM SUFFER." Those thoughts run through Arthur's mind as a crown of thrones manifests onto his head. It glows with sacrifice and redemption. Arthur grabs his face and squeezes it as he says "I'll never abandon them!" The boy goes through the journey of sacrifice. Is he a true father if he would abandon his children? Angels fall from the heavens as Arthur makes a claim to the gods. "Even if it means killing myself."