BLUE LOCK - a place where soccer is more than just a sport and a future of worldwide glory is within grasp. Desperate to prove her worth and break barriers, Keiko Iteya fights to hold her own in a rigorous competition against 299 young men in Japan...
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Minutes were left on the clock. The battle of Team V and Team Z was raging as we all fought for that ball like our lives depended on it. Because for Team Z, it did. And we weren't letting it go.
Another shot attempt on Team V from Kunigami was blocked by the goalie, who caught it and threw it to Zentetsu. "Go, Zentetsu, with the counter!"
"I'm going to stop you!" Chigiri shouted out.
"Too bad, miss redhead," spat Zentetsu, clearly annoyed by Chigiri's constant presence. "Right now we have a genius who had just awakened!" He booted the ball as hard as he could downfield and I turned with wide eyes to watch it from where I was standing near Team V's goal.
"It's to Nagi!" Igaguri cried from defense.
"Get back! Now!" Raichi demanded us forwards that were all running back to our side of the field desperately. "If they score one more goal, we're done!"
The ball was moving right for Nagi, who was frustratingly open. Thankfully, Isagi in midfield was trying to chase him down. Isagi said, "It's here, right? The weakest of weak spots on the field right now! You won't escape me!"
"We meet often," Nagi replied back softly.
"Nice Isagi! Stop him!" Bachira called.
"If he shakes you, he's one-on-one with the goalie!" Naruhaya warned as Isagi, Nagi, and the ball were moving to the far left corner of the field.
Isagi began to cut around, trying to block off where Nagi would be moving next. But what he didn't expect, what none of us expected, was for Nagi to turn and bounce the ball off his back. A strangled shout left my mouth as Nagi twisted around Isagi and jetted towards the ball that was now in front of the goal. The only person in Nagi's path was Iemon. And with Nagi's powerful shot, the chances of Iemon stopping it were low. I saw Nagi's right leg move all the way back as he powered up for the shot that would win the game.
"IEMON!" I screamed out desperately, hoping I could give the goalie some sort of push to do whatever it took to stop that ball as I full on sprinted at Nagi.
"Stop him!" Everyone shouted at once and scrambled to guard the goal.
Suddenly someone grabbed Nagi's head and threw the boy to the ground in a violent tackle. The duo landed on the ground with a loud thump and a large gasp left my mouth as I stopped right in front of where Nagi had been sacked.
"Foul by Team Z. Denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity. Red card to Kuon Wataru," said the VAR system. "He's off!"
"Kuon......" I whispered in surprise as our former unofficial team captain crawled off of Nagi.
"Kuon what are you doing?" Isagi walked up with wide eyes.
"Aw damn...." Kuon muttered and the looked back at Isagi with the red eyes he barley showed anyone. "Now you guys can keep on fighting."
