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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Bowling with the boys was more enjoyable than I thought, especially with the U-20 team. At first the environment was tense, but the pressure eventually died down as we began to simply have fun being competitive with one another. Even Barou, after he had finished his solo game, came to watch us play. An hour or so had passed since we arrived and the game was close to ending.
"Good effort Reo!" Isagi called out from where he and Bachira were sitting next to me on the bench.
Reo had just barley made a spare, missing one pin. He shrugged and replied, "Bowling's not my thing..." Then he walked back towards the bench.
"Alright, Hayate! Crush them!" Nio shouted out as his teammate in the next lane over rolled the ball. The midfielder, who I had come face to face with several times during the U-20 match, grunted as he managed to get a spare.
"Next up is...." Oyota smirked, wiggling his eyebrows at me.
"Sexy Legs!" Karasu shouted out much like an angry coach. "Show them how it's done!"
While I had been gone trying to order the snacks, Karasu had taken it upon himself to enter my name into the system as "Sexy Legs" which everyone thought was funny. I honestly didn't mind, and thought it was funny too, but I wasn't going to let Karasu know that.
"I really hate you," I mumbled at him as I left the bench and picked up my purple ball from the carousel track. I smirked as I lined up on the lane, holding up the ball and taking a breath.
I lunged forwards and let the ball loose as my arm swung back and then forward. It rolled down in a quick straight line before barreling into the ten pins with a satisfying sound. A strike!
"Yeah! Sexy Legs!" Karasu cheered out, quickly echoed by cheers from everyone else, minus Barou, which earned a chuckle out of me as I returned stand next to the bench.
"My turn!" Nio grabbed the ball from his side and threw it with so much force that it soared midair half way down the lane. I flinched as it hit the wood and then slammed into the pins. Another strike.
"Okay Red Panther!" I clapped in support. "There's only two plays left and we are nearly tied with them!"
"Right!" Chigiri nodded confidently as he grabbed his ball. "I got this!" Bachira cheered for him as I continue to clap. Chigiri threw the ball and it unfortunately veered left at the last second and only knocked eight pins.
Isagi called, "You can still get the spare!"
"You got it princess!" Otoya encouraged.
Chigiri waited for the ball to be returned before repositioning on the lane and trying again with a small grunt, aiming right. The ball rolled smoothly down the wood and knocked the last pins he needed.
"All right! Nice one princess!" Karasu shouted in excitement.
"This last throw is gonna settle it!" Reo told us, looking to the U-20 team. "It's a close game."
