Chapter 66: The Wilting Rose

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Karasu: (A shot that made Kaiser and Rin look like fools. You aren't like the time Kiyotaka and I faced off against you. It's different. Your plays no longer rely on luck. You're able to engineer opportunities for luck to have an effect. It's our loss. Kiyotaka is being double-teamed. I should be stepping up to help. Fuck... I'm still lingering on my damn flaws.)

The ball swished right in the back of the net as Isagi pumped his fists in the air, enveloping himself in all the glory.

Announcer: GOOOOAALLLLLLLL!!!!!!! GOALLLLLL! GOALL!!!!! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE GOAL! WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PLAYER! BY UNLEASHING THAT SUPERHUMAN MIDAIR DIRECT SHOT... BAYERN MUNICH HAS TIED THE SCORE!

Isagi: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Isagi: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Rin: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kaiser: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCKKKK!!!!!!

Kiyotaka: (A great goal. His evolution throughout the Neo Egoist League has been a sight to behold.)

Tokimitsu panicked.

Tokimitsu: He's a m-m-m-monster!

Raichi: RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

Nanase: He's... still evolving.

Charles: Pretty nice shot. Fooling those two fuckers like that... how contrarian!

Kunigami and Raichi had left Kiyotaka's side. Even with both of them man-marking Kiyotaka, they expended far too much stamina on account of Kiyotaka's sheer physicality.

Kunigami wiped the sweat dripping down his forehead and stared back at Isagi.

Kunigami: I won't pass anymore, you damn reliant egoist. Consider that your once-in-a-lifetime golden ticket.

Before Isagi could respond, Hiori arrived and celebrated by jumping on top of his back.

Hiori: What the hell was that shot?! You really are the best!

Rin and Kaiser had left Isagi to celebrate as the two were isolated and internally killing themselves over and over again.

Ness tried to speak up to Kaiser but was flatly ignored and terrified at the sheer desperation on his emperor's face.

Meanwhile, Rin heard the words from his brother come through over and over again.

'Sae: Kiyotaka and Isagi, if it's those two, Japan might really be able to change and grow.'

Like prickly spikes on his skin, Rin scratched his shoulder heavily... almost to the point of bleeding.

Images of Kiyotaka's beautiful outside the box knuckleball shot goal and Isagi's two-gun volley... played over and over again until he covered his face in sheer anger.

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