Project: Bland King

Chapter 76: It's Not Enough

"That's all."

Onazi couldn't even speak up, his voice not carrying any weight.

"You can jump really high, you've got excellent pace and acceleration, and your shot power is impressive...control and balance of your body is also high. But that's about it. You're not enough to carry Nigeria forward. And your teammates aren't good enough to allow this kind of play against top-level teams. The only thing you can do now...is give up and drown."

"No..."

WHISTLE

"AND THAT'S HALF-TIME!!! A DEMOLISION JOB BY BLUE LOCK JAPAN SPEARHEADED BY THE DESTROYER, RIN ITOSHI, THE CROW, KARASU TABITO, THE COPYCAT, MIKAGE REO, AND, OF COURSE, THE MASTERPIECE, AYANOKOUJI KIYOTAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Fans chanted Kiyotaka's name, some almost falling out of the railings and into the rows below.

KIYOTAKA!

KIYOTAKA!

KIYOTAKA!

KIYOTAKA!

KIYOTAKA!

The masterpiece stepped over the defeated Onazi and walked back to his squad. Passing by the right side of the stands, He unknowingly gave Yuki, Sakura, and Chigiri Koyuki a glance.

His eyes immediately caught onto the more recognizable of the faces in the crowd.

Hm? Airi? She looks completely different...I guess she really did pivot into her idol status...and the red head looks alot like Chigiri...I think I saw her back at the U-20, probably his sister. And the girl next to them...looks pretty familiar...but I can't quite make it out.

"HEY! HE SEES US!!! KIYOTAKA!!! IT'S ME, AIRI!" yelled Sakura.

Yuki yelled out, "Kiyotaka!!!!"

Koyuki giggled, pumping her fist, "Good job Chigiri! Kiyotaka!"

He waved back slightly before Karasu pulled up and high fived him.

"Come on, man. They're chanting your name. At least let us get some of the scraps."

Kiyotaka yawned, "Well, the second half will give you more opportunities. I've done all I wanted to do."

"Huh? Wait, you're not gonna..."

"The game's over. Anything done now is just overkill. Our win's assured. Then again, I guess goal difference is a pretty important thing, especially with the teams we got in our group so racking up a few more goals in this game will be to our benefit."

Karasu smirked, "Not wrong there. Only way Nigeria got a chance now is some own goals going their way."

"They're not a horrible team. Onazi's a good ace. They're just not a great team."

"But how good was Onazi? I know we clamped his ass up, but he still got some good action here and there."

Kiyotaka agreed, nodding, "He's the only one with real promise but there's only so much a striker of his caliber can do with a mentality that is, so team focused, almost like he treats them like a family."

"So we're not gonna spread our legs properly till France then?"

"It doesn't mean we'll be coasting. We'll need to be firing on all cylinders if we're going to win that match against 2 New-Gen 11 players and 1 Borderline New-Gen 11 player."