Blue prison monster

As they were playfully bickering, a mechanical female voice sounded again.

Fifth Building, Round 4 is over! Round 5: Team V versus Team Z. Both teams, please prepare and proceed to the arena!

"Alright, no more fooling around. Let's go claim our next victory! But this time, I'm definitely scoring the most goals!"

"Heh heh, we'll see on the field!"

After speaking, Itoshi Rin headed towards the lounge, followed closely by Watarai Ryuga and the other two.

Inside Team V's lounge...

"Yo, everyone's already changed? Without further ado, with our strength, I believe the word 'defeat' doesn't exist in your minds, right?"

Watarai Ryuga laughed arrogantly at everyone while changing.

"Alright, let's go, brothers!"

Watarai Ryuga, beaming with satisfaction, headed directly to the arena. The others, except for Itoshi Rin with his unchanging ice-cold face, no longer felt the nervousness and unease from their first match.

Watching the backs of Watarai Ryuga and Itoshi Rin, the rest of Team V firmly believed that as long as they were there, they would keep winning!

Inside the arena...

"Ah~ The sky is so blue, Ryuga. What if it rains?"

"Don't worry about that, Hiori. What's most important now is, why are these Team Z guys acting so cocky? Making us wait for them with such a grand entrance?"

"It's only because Blue Lock doesn't allow violence. Hiori, if this were outside, I'd definitely teach them a lesson and make them sing 'Conquest' while squatting on the ground. You could say Blue Lock saved them!"

Just as Watarai Ryuga was about to continue boasting about how great he was, Team Z finally made their entrance!

The first four to appear were all incredibly tall and strong! And these four left the center position open, indicating that the person coming next was the core of the team.

Finally, the last person walked out and stood in the middle of the four who had come out earlier, followed by the rest of Team Z.

Watarai Ryuga was so shocked that he couldn't speak, and even wanted to report it to Ego.

"Wait... Hiori, did I come to the wrong place? Were we really supposed to pick 300 forwards? Those four guys from Team Z, are they high jumpers or something?"

"Look at their heights! I think the tallest one only comes up to my chest!"

"The guy standing in the middle is even more outrageous, he's as fat as a ball. He's a forward? If you didn't say so, I'd think a gangster was bringing his underlings for a rumble!"

Just as Watarai Ryuga was about to complain further, Hiori Yo playfully interjected with a smile.

"Ryuga, didn't you say that if this were outside of Blue Lock, you'd definitely beat them until they sang 'Conquest' while squatting on the ground?"

"Uh, don't go saying things like that, Hiori. I used to be a model student, how could I do such a terrible thing!"

Hiori Yo gave him a look that said, "Do you even believe what you're saying?" and continued.

"But I'm also curious if that fatty is really a forward. Can he even run?"

The mechanical female voice didn't give them much time to talk, and immediately announced the start of the match!

Fifth Building, Round 5: Team V versus Team Z, kickoff!!

Team Z has possession!

(Hmm? I just noticed that the guy from Team Z who looks a bit like Lupin the 3rd is Yukio Ishikari.)

(He's so tall! And the other three aren't short either. Looks like we need to be careful when passing, otherwise, it might get intercepted in the air.)

While Watarai Ryuga was pondering in his mind, the kickoff had already happened.

However, Team Z didn't seem to be planning to attack. Instead, they kept passing the ball back and forth in their own half, preventing the Team V members from stealing it.

(Hmm? What are these guys doing? Not attacking? Well, I won't be polite then!)

Watarai Ryuga then quickly rushed towards the Team Z member with the ball.

"I don't know what you guys are up to, but I'll take that ball!"

As he spoke, Watarai Ryuga unleashed terrifying speed, but just as he was about to intercept, the Team Z ball-handler passed it directly to another forward.

Even if Watarai Ryuga was fast, he couldn't outpace this method of continuous passing.

"Intercept him, triplets! Don't let them pass smoothly, Hiori, be ready to receive the ball at any time, and the rest of you two, block them!"

After Watarai Ryuga gave his instructions to Hiori and the rest of Team V, he accelerated again towards the Team Z member with the ball. The Team Z member didn't hesitate and quickly passed the ball again.

"Intercept him, triplets!"

Watarai Ryuga shouted at the triplets and rushed over himself, but a figure quickly appeared in front of the ball and made a shooting motion!

(Hmm? Is this Team Z forward crazy? Shooting from their own half? This range is even more insane than mine and Rin's, right?)

While Watarai Ryuga was still thinking, the Team Z forward had already kicked [Bang] the ball directly out of bounds on the left side of Team V's midfield.

(What is this guy doing? Clearing the ball to prevent me from getting it? But wouldn't I still get the ball then? What a boring trick.)

"I'll take the throw-in! Try to keep up with me later."

After Watarai Ryuga said this, he walked to the left sideline in his own midfield and started dribbling towards Team Z. As he approached the first interceptor, the pupils in Watarai Ryuga's eyes turned purple again.

"Accelerate!"

Watarai Ryuga instantly dodged the three interceptors on the left with a zigzagging motion.

"Sorry! He's too fast. I'm counting on you guys!"

"Damn it, I just reacted and he already passed me!"

"As expected, it's different from watching the videos! You can't stop him at all in person! I'm counting on you guys!"

Although Watarai Ryuga instantly passed three members of Team Z, they only marveled at Watarai Ryuga's speed, and there wasn't much worry on their faces.

"Hmph! How weak, aren't you just giving me a free point? I'll take this first point!"

When Watarai Ryuga was about to reach the penalty area, Yukio Ishikari's large figure came in front of him.

"You're not getting past me, Watarai Ryuga."

"Oh? How would you know without trying, big guy!"

Watarai Ryuga quickly and continuously crossed his left and right feet in front of the ball from the inside to the outside, using a super-fast step-over! Then, he leaned his body to the left, and in an instant, changed direction and rushed to the right.

"Damn it, don't even think about it!"

Yukio Ishikari forcibly stretched his leg to block Watarai Ryuga's breakthrough, relying on his long legs.

Seeing Yukio Ishikari stretch his leg, Watarai Ryuga immediately reacted, performing a Marseille turn and bursting to the left to pass Yukio Ishikari!

Just as Watarai Ryuga was about to continue dribbling, a figure suddenly appeared and intercepted Watarai Ryuga's dribble.

And he passed the ball to the Team Z forward who had returned to defend from the front. But the Team Z forward didn't seem to want to attack, and instead kicked the ball out of bounds!

(Hmm? When did this guy get here? Looks like he was hiding behind Ishikari's large figure, he's just adding an extra layer of security to the team.)

(Looks like even if I could have gotten past Ishikari just now, I wouldn't have had a chance, and these guys really aren't attacking at all!)

(Even if they get possession, they either pass it around non-stop to stall for time, or just clear it forcefully, and the whole team has been maintaining the same formation, it basically hasn't changed, how are they going to win?)

(Hmm? Wait a minute! Constantly maintaining formation and not attacking at all...)

At this moment, Watarai Ryuga returned to the midfield sideline to prepare for the throw-in, and now as he looked at Team Z's formation, he finally understood why it was so difficult to attack!

In front of the penalty area, the four members of Team Z were always lined up in a horizontal line, each with a certain distance between them, perfectly covering the position in front of the penalty area.

And these four were the four who had first walked out at the beginning of Team Z, with Ishikari among them, and the other three were not much shorter or smaller than Ishikari!

Not far in front of these four, five people stood side by side, one on the left and one on the right, and the remaining three also formed a horizontal line, completely blocking the three gaps left by the four in front of the penalty area.

And only one person was left in the front field, and his only responsibility was to kick the ball passed to him out of the opponent's sideline, achieving perfect defense!

Presumably, their goal was that even if they attacked, they couldn't win against Watarai Ryuga and Itoshi Rin, so they might as well defend desperately and end in a draw to get one point!

"So this is the so-called iron wall! This is so interesting!"

"Ego is right, forwards are destroyers! Scoring goals is the means to destroy them!"

"In other words, if I can break through their iron wall! My soccer will evolve again!"

After Watarai Ryuga said these words, he lowered his head and took a heavy breath, and the next moment he suddenly raised his head, his eyes bright and laughing wildly.

"I will use my speed to disrupt their formation!"

"Use my dribbling to destroy their confidence!!"

"Use my shots to completely destroy them!!!"

As soon as the words fell, Watarai Ryuga heavily stepped forward with his left foot! Instantly, purple flames surrounded his entire body, and his pupils turned dark purple again!

Then he burst out with terrifying speed and charged towards Team Z again!