Blue prison monster

Perhaps good luck had arrived, as the ball steadily stopped at the feet of Yukimiya Kenyu, who was closest to it.

Before Yukimiya Kenyu could even dribble forward a few steps, Itaru Teppei, like a gust of wind, blocked his path.

"Don't even think about it!"

"Why is it you again?" Yukimiya Kenyu looked at Itaru Teppei, who was blocking him, feeling overwhelmed. He really didn't want to face this so-called 'herbivore'.

On the other side, seeing Yukimiya Kenyu receive the ball, Yoichi Isagi suddenly recalled some of the coordinated plays they had practiced.

(Left front of the goal, Yukimiya is preparing to dribble forward.)

(This situation…)

(Is a practiced offensive pattern!!)

(I need to run into the line of sight between the one-on-one Yukimiya and the opposing defender.)

(Make myself one of the passing options, hinder the opponent's judgment, and make him hesitate for a moment!!)

Thinking this, Yoichi Isagi accelerated with all his might, circling out from behind Yukimiya Kenyu and heading straight for the left side of Itaru Teppei.

(Oh no, will he pass or not?!)

(Damn it, I'm too slow to react!)

While Itaru Teppei hesitated, Yukimiya Kenyu seized the moment and shot directly.

[BOOM!]

Unfortunately, this shot, which was infinitely close to the far corner, was blocked by Oliver Aiku with a bicycle kick.

This completely stunned Yukimiya Kenyu, who subconsciously exclaimed, "Huh?! It didn't go in even with that?!"

"Not a bad shot!" Oliver Aiku replied expressionlessly.

Niko and Niou, seeing the ball blocked and flying out, shouted quickly,

"The ball is loose, clear it, Sera!"

"I know!" Sera Itoshi sprinted towards the ball with all his might, but Eita Otoya was even faster!

"Yo—"

"You forgot to mark me just now, idiot!"

Watching the familiar scene from afar, Yoichi Isagi thought to himself,

(Otoya's super-fast reaction to the second ball in front of the goal!)

(This was also practiced!)

(Rin's performance created this situation!!)

(Now we've disrupted the opponent's formation, and everything we've done before should have a result—)

(The 'practice' should pay off!!)

At the same moment, Eita Otoya, enduring the pressure from Sera Itoshi, forcefully kicked the ball towards the U-20 national team's goal.

[BOOM!!]

"Take this!!" Niou Kazuma roared, directly blocking Eita Otoya's shot with his face.

Eita Otoya's emotions were clearly not right either, and he blurted out a complaint,

"Seriously! This old guy is really in the way!"

(Such tenacious defense, no, it's not over yet!) Yoichi Isagi thought as he shouted towards Seishiro Nagi,

"Nagi!!"

At this moment, Chou Kento and Kori Teru together blocked Seishiro Nagi, who was about to shoot.

"Don't even think about shooting!"

"That's right!"

"Hmm, good opportunity!" Seishiro Nagi stared intently at the falling soccer ball, thinking to himself,

(First, make a shooting motion, and then...)

"Jumping turn!!"

"Nice to meet you, Sakura Country, I am Seishiro Nagi!!"

[BOOM!!!]

"Hehe, the introduction failed, Nagi! (ゝω・´★)" Wanjima Ryusei watched Seishiro Nagi, who was stunned, with a smile.

But just as Wanjima Ryusei blocked the ball with his chest and was about to land, an anomaly occurred.

Itoshi Rin, using Yoichi Isagi to block the view of some people, especially the players in front of the goal,

Then, Itoshi Rin seized the moment when Wanjima Ryusei had not yet landed, and kicked the ball towards the U-20 national team's goal at an extremely tricky angle.

[BOOM!!]

The people who noticed this shot simply didn't have time to return to defense, and the people in front of the goal could only rely on temporary reactions to intercept it.

Unfortunately, a shot that went straight into the far corner of the goal was usually useless even if they reacted.

What's more, the defensive players on the U-20 national team's side in front of the goal, except for Oliver Aiku, were either far away or hadn't reacted.

In the end, with goalkeeper Fukunari Igarashi almost crashing into the goalpost, they lost this point.

GOAL!! "Blue Lock Team" 1: 3 "U-20 National Team"

"By... by virtue of Itoshi Rin's world-class goal, the 'Blue Lock' Eleven finally pulled back a point!" Teruaki Zhao was clearly savoring Itoshi Rin's world-class shot.

"As expected of the younger brother of the 'Genius' Itoshi Sae, it seems that his talent also belongs to the top tier!"

At this time, Natsuki Harutaro did not forget to give Itoshi Sae some rainbow farts.

The surrounding audience also did not skimp on their shouts.

"Ah!! Ah!!"

On the field, Yoichi Isagi took the lead, directly rushing towards Itoshi Rin to hug him.

"Great, Rin!!"

(It's possible!! It works—)

("Blue Lock" can attract the world's attention!!)

However, unfortunately, Itoshi Rin took a step back, directly causing Yoichi Isagi to pounce into empty air.

Seeing this scene, Hyoma Chigiri and Meguru Bachira both stopped their actions of wanting to pounce on Itoshi Rin, pretending not to know anything and turning to leave.

And Yoichi Isagi, who was lying on the ground, could only use silent silence to hide his embarrassment.

Inside the "Blue Lock" lounge...

At this time, Anri Teieri excitedly stood up, saying with a face full of excitement: "Amazing! They finally pulled back a point!"

"Now their morale will definitely receive a huge boost!"

Speaking of this, Anri Teieri looked at Jinpachi Ego in confusion and asked,

"But why?"

"Our offense suddenly worked again?!"

"It seems like it was so much effort before, it was all fake."

Sitting in the chair, Jinpachi Ego said calmly: "Don't let the goal cloud your mind, you useless errand runner."

"Our forwards still have this level of skill to bring the situation to a 50-50 split."

"It's just that it's still a bit difficult to maintain a 50-50 split with the current lineup, but the second half is coming up soon."

"Tell Kudo Juuya and Ryusei Shido to do a simple warm-up, I need them to go all out as soon as they enter the field in the second half!"

"Oh, okay," Anri Teieri replied somewhat perfunctorily, her cheeks puffed out, completely looking like she was angered by Jinpachi Ego.

"So, the key is the performance before bringing out this situation?"

"That's right," Jinpachi Ego nodded, acknowledging Anri Teieri's statement.

"Itoshi Rin's 'improvisation' was the key to being able to score in the end."

"Didn't I say it? Our players are very good at 'official matches'."

"In the previous selections, they had already developed the ability to 'improvise'."

Hearing this, Anri Teieri seemed to have remembered something, and asked,

"Eh? Isn't this what you always say, the 'chemistry' between players?"