Blue prison monster

“The time limit is 136 seconds! Whoever gets hit by the ball becomes the 'It'. At the moment the countdown ends, the person who is 'It' packs their bags and gets lost!”

Even as Ego Jinpachi was speaking, the soccer ball dropped from the ceiling of the room!

“Also, no handballs.”

As soon as Ego Jinpachi finished speaking, the large screen lit up with cartoon-like figures. A person named Yamato Putada became the first 'It', with a time limit of 2 minutes and 17 seconds.

“Huh? The lowest-ranked guy like me has to be 'It'? Damn it, I won't let myself get eliminated! My dream is to join the national team!”

Looking at this background character who wouldn't even have a name later on, Wanma Ryuuga couldn't muster any interest.

“Boring. Let's move back, Hiori.”

“Yeah, it's best to stay away from him. That guy has no chance of hitting us with the ball,” Hiori Yo said calmly.

“Damn it, they all got so far away from me in an instant? With my ability, there's no way I can catch up to them. No, I can't give up!”

Then, Yamato Putada started chasing people frantically and aiming to shoot.

Unfortunately, he lived up to his reputation as the lowest-ranked person in the room. With only 20 seconds left, he still hadn't hit anyone.

“Huh? Why isn't that guy moving? Is he stupid?”

After saying that, Yamato Putada quickly ran towards that person, excitedly saying,

“Huh? Still not moving? Great! I can definitely hit him with the ball at this distance. I absolutely can't get eliminated!”

(Wait a minute! He didn't even look at the ball, he just turned around and kicked. That doesn't make sense! I'm done for, there are only ten seconds left. There's no way I can hit the next person. I'm going to be eliminated!)

Along with the crying face of Yamato Putada, there was also a voice.

“Hey! Rin, isn't it boring to just kick around with weaklings? Let me make this game more interesting!”

That's right, Wanma Ryuuga snatched the ball that was about to hit Yamato Putada! While Yamato Putada and the others looked on in shock, Wanma Ryuuga began to act.

“Receive the ball, Hiori!”

After passing it to Hiori Yo, Wanma Ryuuga charged directly towards Rin. He believed that Hiori, also a genius, would understand his intention and pass the ball to the position he needed!

“Hmm? A boring trick!” Itoshi Rin said coldly.

“Boring? You'll find it interesting soon enough. Accelerate!”

In an instant, Wanma Ryuuga was originally about 5 meters away from Itoshi Rin, but in the next instant, he was already behind Itoshi Rin.

This speed made Itoshi Rin's unchanging ice-cold face show a shocked expression!

“It's there, right, Ryuuga!”

Hiori Yo firmly looked at the position behind Itoshi Rin. He believed that Wanma Ryuuga wanted him to pass it to that position.

(That's right, Hiori, pass the ball! You really can understand where I want you to pass the ball.)

Wanma Ryuuga thought excitedly in his heart as he watched the direction of Hiori Yo's pass.

[Bang]

The ball was passed by Hiori to a place 5 meters behind Rin.

“Huh? Did he mess up? It passed right over Wanma Ryuuga's head, didn't it? Even if he catches up after the ball lands, there won't be enough time!” Yamato Putada said in confusion.

There were only five seconds left.

The others also revealed a look of anticipation, thinking in their hearts:

(That guy named Hiori Yo is being tricked by this person. He's going to be eliminated!)

Wanma Ryuuga revealed an arrogant smile and said,

“How can mortals understand the actions of geniuses!”

While speaking, Wanma Ryuuga quickly moved forward. At the same time as his left leg exerted force, his arms swung back greatly, and his body instantly took off into the air.

His right foot kicked upwards violently, directly hitting the falling soccer ball in mid-air, violently shooting towards Itoshi Rin with a bicycle kick!

“Receive it well, Rin! Let me see if you're really a genius!”

There were only three seconds left!

“How much longer are you going to do these boring tricks! Trash!

As soon as he finished speaking, Itoshi Rin quickly turned around and kicked the still-falling soccer ball hard.

[BOOM!]

This ball formed a beautiful arc in the air at an extremely fast speed and hit Nakayama Yuto, who was watching from the sidelines and thought he had successfully advanced, in the last second.

Nakayama Yuto, who was stunned on the ground for a while, endured the pain and stood up, angrily saying,

“Huh? What? Why did the ball suddenly fly towards my side? What the hell are you doing!”

Before Nakayama Yuto could finish speaking, Ego Jinpachi's voice came from the large screen.

“Everyone, star strikers in the rough, here, results are everything! The losers can get lost themselves, Nakayama Yuto is disqualified!”

“What the hell? Based on this kind of game? Based on this childish way of playing, why should my future be ruined!”

“My future is to join the national team and help the national team win the World Cup! Why should you ruin my future! Is that guy Putada Yamato more talented than me?”

“No! I'm ranked fourth in this room, and there are still 7 people ranked lower than me.”

“Are they more talented than me? What is the meaning of this tag game! Does it have anything to do with soccer!”

Nakayama Yuto said with a twisted, unwilling, and angry face.

At this time, Ego Jinpachi calmly replied,

“In Blue Lock, nothing is unrelated to soccer.”

“Take a good look around, elite commoners, the size of this room is the same as the size of the penalty area! 75% of goals happen in the penalty area.”

“People who can't handle the ball well in the penalty area don't have the talent to be forwards!”

“So what! I'm saying that this tag game is not soccer at all,” Nakayama Yuto said with an even more twisted face.

“The qualities required of the escaping party are human perception, game-playing ability, and sense of position.”

“The party chasing needs to have the accuracy to dribble the ball and the footwork to hit the target while moving. This is an outright soccer training, you idiot!”

Ego Jinpachi mocked disdainfully.

“Even so, what can you see about me in just over two minutes! A soccer game is 90 minutes, right!”

“In a game, each player's average ball possession time is about 136 seconds. You wasted the opportunity given equally to everyone!”

“And when the ball hit you, there was still one second left. As long as you hit the person next to you who was closest to you, you could have stayed. But you let that opportunity go.”

“In other words, in the last attack near the end of the game,”

“At the moment when your teammate's shot hit you, you had already given up and accepted defeat! That's why you didn't realize that you could have reached victory with just a light extension of your leg.”

“In this tag game, the 'It' who keeps the ball has the risk of becoming a loser, but also holds the initiative. As long as they hit someone else, they can become a winner!”

“A forward refers to a person who is fully responsible for scoring goals and fights to the last second!”

“Wanma Ryuuga snatched the ball that Putada Yamato absolutely couldn't dodge and wanted to challenge a stronger opponent.”

“Then he passed it directly to Hiori Yo and unhesitatingly made a run without the ball towards Itoshi Rin!”

“And Hiori Yo also fully understood Wanma Ryuuga's intention. Instead of choosing to kick the ball to someone weaker than himself, he challenged someone stronger than himself together with Wanma Ryuuga.”

“When Wanma Ryuuga kicked the ball towards Itoshi Rin, Itoshi Rin had a full three seconds to dodge that ball and eliminate Wanma Ryuuga.”

“But he didn't! Itoshi Rin chose to face Wanma Ryuuga's challenge head-on and dealt with it excellently.”

“This is precisely the winning mentality that is not swayed by collective common sense and only aims for self-expression.”

“It is also the selfish spirit that I seek in a forward! You who evaded the struggle for victory have lost. Nakayama Yuto, you're out!” Ego Jinpachi said mercilessly.