Chapter 23

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I stood away from the group as Team Y entered the field, feeling quite insecure about what happened earlier this morning with Chigiri and Bachira. I felt so tired and meek that I didn't go eat breakfast.

"Just like us, it's all over for Team Y if they lose," Snake Face says "The one to watch out for is number nine. He's Kumamoto prefecture's top scorer and has an exceptional shooting technique. Hibiki Okawa." I listened in but my eyes were caught by player number seven. I kept my eyes on the boy as I walked over to the group circle Team Z made.

I stood next to Kuon and Chigiri as Kuon concluded his 'motivational' speech. "But this time we have 'Operation: Me, Next 9," I grimaced at the name "All we can do is bring out what we have practiced. We will win this even if it kills us, Team Z!"

"Yeah..." I mumbled out as everyone else yelled out. We get out of the huddle, going back to analyzing Team Y, I feel something twist in my gut. A voice in my head kept prodding telling me to keep an eye on their number seven.

"KICK OFF!!"

Kunigami takes the ball and passes it toward Bachira, I look over at them before staring down Team Y's 11. I block his view from Bachira before running forward. His skill is quite independent, having to keep the ball moving to confuse the other team and keep moving around them to where he wants.

I follow behind Bachira, watching him get blocked by two guys, only for their number seven to suddenly appear. I rush over to Bachira's right side, watching the ball as he sends it toward me. I run quickly, dancing around the ball as I kick it up in the air and shoot a long shot toward Bachira again. "Here you go Bachira!" I call out as the ball rushes over to his line of sight. Bachira lifts his leg, the ball landing perfectly on the side of his foot.

"Perfect pass Victour! Thank you!" I snort as he mispronounces my last name. Bachira is blocked by the same two guys who initially tried to block him before, but it was useless with Bachira's quick movements.

"Hey! Ten minutes!" Raichi calls out. "Okay!" Bachira yells as our formation now changes to focus on Kunigami. Bachira passes toward Kunigami as he yells out. I move back as Kunigmi kicks the ball toward Raichi. I look around for someone who isn't being blocked so we could have a higher chance of a score. I run at number 5, skidding right in front of him and leaning back, my bigger body fully blocking him.

Kunigami shoots the ball, but it's quickly blocked by the goalie's leg, having it shot to their number two. Number two shoots the ball but it's retrieved by Isagi, kicking it towards Bachira. "Build it up again!" Bachira takes the ball, hitting it up with his chest. They try to block Bachira again but he passed the ball to Kunigami before they got to him.

Kunigami strikes and was blocked again. The ball flies up, gliding toward number seven.

Suddenly, everything around me becomes silent. The voice in the back of my head became louder.

"Beware of number seven."

Omake

Kunigami notice Mikhail going to block that one guy near the goal, he wants to thank himChigiri keeps staring at Mikhail with a bit of worryIsagi noticed that Mikhail didn't eat breakfastBachira really liked the pass Mikhail have him, it was very smoothAnri is watching this match very intently, she's taking quite a lot of notesEgo almost choked on his noodles while watching

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