Insatiable EGO (Bllk x JJK)

Chapter 1: EGO

Blue Lock facility...

"...I failed.."

A short, blue-haired boy that had his bag hung over his shoulder was walking out of the facility with a gloomy face that had 'depressed' written all over it. Head down as if admitting defeat, eyes blankly staring at the floor as if there was no purpose in his life, ears ignoring every consolation that came for him as if they were nonexistent. Isagi Yoichi, the Egoist, the Heart of Blue Lock, has been eliminated from the semifinals to decide the No.1 striker.

Isagi's journey right up till now was filled with many hardships, but what happened during this match was simply incomprehensible. He couldn't make sense of anything that happened, and he was pretty sure that his teammates have noticed his odd behavior too; especially the ones closest to him who knew him the most that he wasn't somebody that would lose focus in the middle of the match while making dumb plays.

And their suspicions were correct indeed. It wasn't like every other day when you'd see the ball flying around everywhere and all the players acting as if it was totally normal.

The depressed Egoist thought he was hallucinating, but he was completely sure that he was all right before the match started. His dreams were crushed in such a way as if it was a sick joke made by a deity to get a good laugh from his misery. Was this the karma for all the players he ruthlessly eliminated due to their incompetence? If so, then karma's a bitch.

Moving on; Isagi just exited the facility as he heard a voice that was on the verge of laughing out loud,

"Y'know? Your running around like a headless chicken gave me a good laugh- pfft!!" Eventually, the man couldn't contain his laughter, and let loose. 

Isagi, in a complete one-eighty, had a calm but furious expression as he made a jab toward the white-haired, blindfolded guy that wore a weird uniform,

"And you should get back to your cave Snow White. Don't want the sun to mess with your pretty skin now, do we?" 

Of course, he knew that this place wasn't the best for physical assault, so he opted to insult him back for his mockery.

However, instead of the desired outcome, the weird guy didn't take any offense to that and just laughed it off.

"Haha! Good one kiddo; looks like Ego wasn't wrong about you having a foul mouth."

This caught Isagi off guard. 'How the hell is he familiar with that otter?' Said Isagi inwardly as his anger faded away, only to be replaced with shock & confusion. The fallen Egoist felt like he was in a fever dream. First, his future career got crushed in the most humiliating way, then met the weirdest guy he had ever seen in his life that somehow knew his football fanatic coach right afterward.

To say he wasn't tempted to yell in order to let out all his frustrations would be an understatement.

'Deep breaths Isagi... Being angry over spilled milk will get you nowhere,' Isagi took a deep breath to calm himself down. That's right, even if he's at his lowest point right now, he should at least try to make himself look presentable to others.

After calming down, Isagi's eyes were solely aimed at the mysterious man, apologizing for his rude insult while analyzing the situation to a terrifying degree for a normal human being, "I apologize for my rude behavior, sir. Is there anything I can help you with?"

'..By the looks of it, he's anything but normal. The way he anticipated my exit, how he's "buddy-buddy" with Ego-sensei, and how he knew about my performance eerily tell me that he's here specifically for me. Besides, he's too underdressed to be a low-level club owner to rope me into some shady stuff... Then it only leaves that incident left out.'