~Egocentric~

🇯🇵Chapter 31🇯🇵

"Wow! A super clearing by Oliver!" Tereasa exclaimed.

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"Second ball!" Isagi shouted, watching the ball fly in the air.

Y/n ran after it, ignoring the lurking presence not too far, heading in the same direction.

The presence was none other than Rin who jumped for the ball, but the moment he bumped it with his chest, Y/n took the chance to steal it.

Rin glared and ran side-to-side with Y/n, attempting to take the ball.

'Oliver has gotten into the flow too, so our defense will become much tighter.' Y/n thought.

His eyes then snapped to the side and he quickly backed up, avoiding Isagi's outstretched leg.

'Yocchan is now here...Both he and Rin are honestly an irritating duo, but I know that they're not working for each other's sake. Their only aim is to take the ball for their own goals.'

Y/n kicked the ball in the small gap between Rin and Isagi, watching as Sae lined up to take it.

"Get ready for the credits to roll." Sae said.

From his spot, Aiku smirked, "Get 'em, boy genius."

Y/n, along with other players on the U20 team, began countering as Blue Lock Eleven ran to block individual players. Bachira soon came close to Y/n, eyes analyzing his movements as he ran alongside him.

'Bachira's able to pin me because of Hiori who is covering their weak spots. Karasu's also not aiming to steal the ball from Sae. Instead, he's stalling, probably for Reo who is in charge of stopping Shidou, and knowing that Shidou has an advantage, Reo is narrowing his shooting options so Gagamaru has a higher chance of blocking it.' Y/n observed.

Sae then shot the ball forward where Shidou and Reo stood, the latter instantly becoming even more cautious and refusing to falter for even a second. When Shidou's foot approached the ball, Gagamaru jumped to the left, deciding that Shidou's options were only there. However, Shidou sent the ball above Gagamaru, catching him off guard.

"BLAM-O!" Shidou exclaimed.

'I still have a chance!' Gagamaru thought as he grit teeth and placed his palm onto the ground.

'Handstand block!'

"Shachihoko!" He said.

Gagamaru blocked the shot with his foot and sent it away while Shidou was dumbfounded.

"What the fuck?!" Shidou gaped.

'Gagamaru fell down...I have to stop it.' Reo thought, staring at the flying ball.

"Reo, clear it! Escape to the corner!" Gagamaru shouted.

'Reo isn't going to run away. Not after all this time. I know how he thinks, and right now, he's focused on stealing possession rather than backing down.' Y/n thought.

Just as he thought, Reo aimed to steal possession of the ball, and he did it by imitating Nagi's left foot tap, followed by a jumping turn.

"I know you better than anyone..." Reo muttered.

'Here's a copy of Nagi Seishiro!'

Reo shot the ball away from the goal and towards the middle of the field where the white-haired genius awaited.

"Nice, chameleon. I'll be taking this hot potato." Nagi said, tapping the ball.

"Time to counter the counter." He continued.