FYI
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Setting
[Flashback/Recording]
(Translations)
(Notes)
Results/Goals
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U20 Match
Rin started with the ball passing to Reo and saying, "Come one Chameleon. Tell me you've input everything."
Reo smirked and said, "Yeah I have."
Reo and Rin rushed up the field, passing each other. When Koji saw their movement, he thought, 'He's... emulating Itoshi Sae?'
Sae looked impressed as he went shoulder-to-shoulder with Reo and said, "Not bad, but it's a mere imitation."
Reo looked and said, "Yeah I know. Only 99% accuracy but it doesn't need to be 100%."
He said this, emulating Sae's pass as it landed with Bachira, who dribbled up the field, saying, "Nice pass, Chameleon. It makes me shiver with excitement."
Koji arrived in front of him a demonic aura surrounding him exuding killing intent as Bachira thought, 'His aura is so murderous that it's scary. It makes you second guess yourself."
Just as Nio rushed in, Barou stole the ball from Bachira, shouting, "Get your head in the game, blunt bangs!"
Koji sighed and thought, 'It scares you too King but you're harder to shake than Bachira.'
Koji rushed in, shoulder-to-shoulder with Barou, and began overpowering him. Barou gritted his teeth in annoyance before passing to Nishioka, who said, "Path is set. Target locked."
Nishioka dribbled through the opposition with highly technical skills when Koji arrived having disengaged from Barou as Nishioka changed direction Sae was there and then with one last change of direction, Aiku arrived and knocked the ball away as Nishoka's calculations shattered. The ball fell to Sae as Nishioka thought, 'These three... It's a three-way chemical reaction?'
Koji X Sae X Aiku
Rin rushed to recover thinking, 'Damn it. It's worse than I thought! It's like all the other players on their team are just tools they use. Obstacles they use to their advantage. To them...'
Koji rushed forward as Sendou and the other U20 players entered the fray as Koji and Sae made it so the Blue Lock players were obstructed by their positions using this technique and threading the needle they got through all of the players. Yosuke arrived thinking, 'Stop Itoshi Sae...' But the ball passed to Koji as Yosuke thought, 'Wait... I can't stop both of them... If I switch my focus to Kiyotaka I'll lose my ability to stop Sae later on. What do I do?'
Rin sees this trying to make it in time thinking, '... it's not 11 Vs 11...'
Niko rushed up, barging against Koji, trying to stop him. But Koji shot the ball, saying, "Too boring, Yosuke. Niko." Gagamaru just barely touched the ball as it hit the sidebar. The ball flew at Koji as Niko stepped in front of his right leg. Koji leaned on Niko, his eyes lit, and he shot the ball in with his left leg, shocking everyone. The crowd went wild.
Yosuke looked at Koji and thought 'You're... ambidextrous? How long... what? What else do I not know about you?'
Japan U20 (3) : Blue Lock (5)
Rin sees the goal and thinks, '... It's 3 Vs 11.'
Natsuki cheers from the stands and shouts, "Amazing. It seems like Number 1 Ayanokoji Kiyotaka is ambidextrous!"
Atsuto nods and says, "It looks like it Natsuki-San. What a rare talent to have."
Sae patted Koji on the back and said, "Excellent play there Mr Demon. All according to plan wasn't it?"
Koji sighed and said, "Pretty much. I wasn't about to underestimate Gagamaru so I made a bit of a gamble on the ball flying towards me after hitting the sidebar. The plan had about a 50% success rate. It took all my focus to get that result."
"Getting that success rate to 50% is impressive in itself but when your calculations failed by a slight margin you compensated by leaning on Niko allowing your plan to still succeed. You're an extraordinary mind Ayanokoji," says Sae.
Koji looks at Sae, his aura flaring as he says, "You can reward me by feeding me some more goals."
Sae smirks and says, "Aye aye Mr Demon."
Rin walks over to Niko helping him up as he notices something and asks, "Hey you're injured."
Niko grits his teeth and says, "I am and worst of all I wasn't able to produce any results."
Yosuke walks over and says, "It's alright. I'm the one that froze up. I just... I can stop Sae well enough but stopping Kiyotaka as well feels impossible. It's so difficult it takes me out of my flow state."
Rin walks over to Ego and says, "Ego. We need a way to stop Ayanokoji. Give us that way."
Ego sighs and says, "It's not possible."
Rin looks annoyed and asks, "Are you just gonna sit there and let us lose in such a lukewarm way?"
Ego looks at Rin and says, "You've already won. With your performance in the first half, you've already proven what I've always known to be true. That's Japan's U20 team is a joke. Even if they win the people will know that the only people from the U20 Team to score are Itoshi Sae who is not affiliated with them and Ayanokoji Kiyotaka who was from Blue Lock. From this match regardless of the results you've all been acknowledged. Big league universities will all snatch you up. I will be forgotten but you will all survive."
Rin glared at Ego exuding Aura and said, "What kind of lukewarm shit do you think I am? I want to win. I want to beat Ayanokoji and Itoshi Sae."
Ego grins and says, "There really is no way to stop Ayanokoji. The only way is to score more goals than him."
Rin smiles and says, "I'd want it no other way."
Ego sighs and says, "Are you ready you three?" Kurona, Shidou and Chigiri step out as Ego says, "Cause some more chaos on the field you three."
Natsuki looked at the three and said, "It seems like there are three substitutions being made."
Kurona (On)
Shidou (On)
Chigiri (On)
Aryu (Off)
Niko (Off)
Nishioka (Off)
Nishioka stepped off panting as he said, "Kurona right? Take over for me."
Kurona smiled and said, "Yeah I got this. Take a breather."
Aryu stepped off thinking, 'I didn't get to show how glam I am. I was completely upstaged.'
Niko also stepped off as Chigiri said, "Niko. You did great out there. Good effort."
Niko gritted his teeth and said, "I'm still one step behind you... Yosuke Hirata."
Niko stepped off as Natsuki reported the new lineup.
Ego looked at Rin and said, "It's an all-out attack so if Ayanokoji or Itoshi Sae get the ball things will get dicey. Get more goals than him and prove why Blue Lock deserves to survive."
Rin walks out onto the field up to Kurona and says, "Welcome to the field Shark Teeth. Ready to show the world who you are?'
Kurona smirked and said, "Yeah I am."
Shidou walked over to Koji and said, "We meet again Mr. Bland."
Koji ignored him leaving Shidou annoyed as he then approached Rin and said, "Hey, Rinrin. I hope you don't mind sharing the field with me."
Rin didn't even pay attention to him walking away as it pissed off Shidou but Kurona stopped him saying, "Hey! Save it for the field."
Shidou grunted in annoyance as Chigiri's mom and sister cheered for Chigiri causing him to feel embarrassed. Rin gathered the team with Shidou and Barou being the only ones to stay out of the planning. Rin then said, "Score as if your life depends on it."
Rin passed to Chigiri who rushed up the field when Koji appeared in front of him exuding his demonic aura causing him to freeze up a little as Koji rushed past him stealing the ball in an instant as Chigiri thought, 'Huh? When did he...'
Koji rushed forward as Rin and Barou both rushed over to stop him. Koji despite having two people trying to stop him and two defenders in front of him shot the ball as it flew off target making Rin think, 'He choked?'
The ball suddenly curved as Karasu thought, 'That's a gyro shot! I've never seen one with that much curve. Damn it. I can't...'
Yosuke blocked the shot saying, "You even had that up your sleeve Kiyotaka. You jerk. Holding out on us like that."
Koji sighed and said, "You're good at reacting but..." Sae showed up stealing the ball as Koji said, "You lost focus on Sae."
Sae dribbled back as Karasu rushed in to stop him. Nagi also made it there as Sae got the ball on the top of his foot letting it up high in the air as Rin thinks, 'This bastard is gonna header it!'
Despite his efforts, Koji overpowered him using his arm thinking, 'This is a goal' as he headered the ball as it went in.
Japan U20 (4) : Blue Lock (5)
The crowd went into an uproar as Natsuki shouted, "Amazing. Another goal from Ayanokoji Kiyotaka. Could this young striker be able to make the upset of the decade?"
Atsuto smiled and said, "I can certainly see why Itoshi Sae recruited him for this match. He's a Genius."
Rin started with the ball as he thought, 'I need to find a way to beat Ayanokoji. Ego is right. No amount of defence can stop those two. The only way to win is to score and increase our lead consistently until the end of the match.'
Rin rushed off with the ball, not bothering to pass, as he was trying to surprise Koji. However, Koji was on him as they wrestled for the ball. Sae killed Rin's route forward causing him to stop as Aiku slide-tackled the ball to Sendou, who rushed forward, thinking, 'I can do it too! I can score too!'
Sendou rushed forward, but Yosuke's eyes didn't register him. Yosuke was focused on Koji, who said, "Pass the ball, you boring Striker, " emitting an aura.
Sendou gulped as he passed thinking, 'What the... I can't score. I give up.'
Karasu tried to intervene thinking, 'Come one. Just a few more steps and I...' but Koji went shoulder-to-shoulder with him.
Koji was about to get the ball when Yosuke kicked it away saying, "Just barely!"
The ball out of pure luck landed at Sendou's feet who thought, 'What? but I had already given up...'
He shot the ball at the goal as Yosuke tried to stop it as the ball went into the goal and he thought, 'Seriously? Him of all people?'
Japan U20 (5) : Blue Lock (5)
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Stadium
Shibata looked at the scene in front of him and said, "No way... He scored a hat trick."
Sakayanagi smirked and said, "Ayanokoji-Kun will now score one last goal and then defend the goal. He's not the type to show off."
Ryuen smirked and said, "Maybe you're right crippled Loli but he sure likes to show off when he wants to."
Ichinose was fangirling at Koji's goals while Sudo thought, 'Those two... Ayanokoji and Hirata... they've really become pros... but what about me though? When am I going to get to that level in Basketball?' Sudo shook his head slapping his cheeks and thought, 'No! You can't think about that Ken. You're gonna make it. Ayanokoji and Hirata are just a few steps ahead.'
Suzune tapped Sudo's shoulder and said, "It's alright. I know you feel jel... huh. Looks like you're already over it. Never mind then."
Suzune seeing she didn't need to say anything left him alone as Shibata said, "I can't believe something like this is even possible."
Sakayanagi Fufu'd and said, "So close to victory now Ayanokoji-Kun."
Ryuen kukus and says, "Yeah. The monster's just two goals away from winning me... let me count. Shibata, The Loli and Suzune so 30K Yen."
He kukus and again as Shibata says, "I'm really losing my money today, aren't I?'
Suzune sighs and says, "You never should have bet against Kiyotaka."
Shibata sighed realising his mistake as Suzune walked back to watch the match and thought, 'Kiyotaka. You're such a strange person. You acted so nonchalant back then but I could tell that deep inside you there was a desire to win. I didn't understand you back then and I don't think I do now but I want to know about you. I want to see you at the end of this match. I want to talk to you. I want to stand next to you.'
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Field
Natsuki cheered shouting, "Finally the star striker of the Japan U20 team scores."
Atsuto then says, 'His performance during this match has honestly been a bit disappointing so it's nice to finally see him score."
Natsuki nods in agreement saying, "Could it be he's finally gotten fired up?"
Sendou looked at the goal as he thought, 'I scored.' He began smiling and celebrating as the crowd cheered.
Koji walked back to his side and said, "How can you be satisfied with a goal like that? Born of pure luck. You didn't put any thought into it. It wasn't your faith in Blue Lock's defence. You were just there because you had given up on scoring. You're worse than boring. You're pathetic."
Sendou looked at Koji darkly as he bit his lip thinking, 'I really did give up back there. I passed it to him so he could score. I only scored because I was lucky.'
Rin gritted his teeth thinking, 'What the hell can I do to beat Ayanokoji? What's the way to do it? There has to be a way! There's only 20 minutes left in the match. If we had a better defence could we score and then wait out the time? Probably but it's not possible right now so how do I win? If only there was someone who could sync up with me like Sae syncs up with Ayanokoji.' (Sorry Rin but Koji already eliminated Isagi. Too bad for you on that.)
Koji walked up to Sae and said, "One more goal and we're in the lead."
Sae nods and says, "Yeah. One more."
Koji looks at Rin and thinks, 'Well Rin? How long is it going to take you to fight back properly?'
Sae looks to Rin and thinks, 'Is this your limit Rin? Is this all that you can muster? I don't blame you. It makes sense that this is your limit but I hoped you'd improved a bit more.'
Koji looks at Rin dead on and says, "You're too Boring. All of you. Make this a little more exciting for me already."
The Blue Lock Players grit their teeth in anger glaring at Koji as Rin starts with the ball. Rin looks at Koji and thinks, 'Ayanokoji... What is it that you're using against me that allows you to beat me so consistently? What is it going to take to beat you?'
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To Be Continued
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Rating Out Of 10 For This Part:
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