Blue prison monster

Indeed, just as Wanjou Ryuuga had anticipated, Hiori Yo had rushed to the ball first.

However, he didn't shoot directly but looked towards Wanjou Ryuuga's position.

Seeing this, Wanjou Ryuuga was momentarily stunned, wondering in his heart:

(Shoot, Hiori! Why are you looking at me?)

Hiori Yo, looking in Wanjou Ryuuga's direction, also wondered strangely in his heart:

(Huh? Why isn't Ryuuga running out of the encirclement?)

(Is he waiting for me to pass back to him, and then he'll move into position? But I don't know where Ryuuga wants to shoot from.)

(And if he doesn't run out of the encirclement beforehand, he'll face even more interceptors when the ball flies over.)

(Damn it, what should I do? If I force a pass back, Ryuuga might face...)

Before Hiori Yo could finish thinking, Karasu Tabito's smiling voice rang in his ears.

"Your movements are a bit stiff, Hiori."

"Huh?"

Karasu Tabito wasn't far from Hiori Yo to begin with, and coupled with Hiori Yo hesitating in place after getting the ball,

the result was that Karasu Tabito seized this fleeting opportunity and intercepted Hiori Yo's ball.

Hiori Yo also hurriedly came back to his senses, chasing after Karasu Tabito while cursing inwardly:

(What are you doing, Hiori Yo! At least pass the ball back!)

(Isn't this just me messing up Ryuuga's attack again?)

(Forget it, now is not the time to overthink things. I'll apologize to Ryuuga later.)

(The most important thing now is to win the ball back!)

Karasu Tabito, dribbling the ball to the left flank of his own attacking zone, looked at Itoshi Rin blocking his path and smiled helplessly.

"It's you again, Eyelash Genius."

"Heh, try to get past me, Hyena Crow."

"So difficult~"

Although Karasu Tabito said it was difficult, his feet had already started moving.

However, Itoshi Rin's expression showed no surprise, and he calmly blocked towards the right.

(As expected, I can't get past him so easily. Then, how about this?)

After thinking in his heart, Karasu Tabito immediately extended his arm to try to block Itoshi Rin, to maintain his ball-protecting distance.

However, Itoshi Rin had anticipated this move. He still seized the opportunity to raise his arm upwards, wanting to block Karasu Tabito's block.

"I've been guarding against you!"

Karasu Tabito had learned from his previous loss, so when he stretched out his arm just now, he was on guard against the solution Itoshi Rin had used last time.

Karasu Tabito paused his arm slightly before blocking towards Itoshi Rin, but don't underestimate this momentary pause.

Because in front of Karasu Tabito, who is extremely skilled in arm techniques, if the timing is not grasped well, it is impossible to break his block.

The final result is likely to become like Wanjou Ryuuga, not only being successfully blocked by Karasu Tabito, but also having his own arm raised.

Fortunately, Itoshi Rin reacted quickly and retracted his arm in time, but he was still blocked by Karasu Tabito's arm and couldn't get close to him.

If Itoshi Rin was dribbling the ball to attack in this situation, it would be fine, but he was on the defensive, and not being able to get close at all meant there was no chance to steal the ball.

Karasu Tabito was also under great pressure. He could only barely protect the ball, but there was no chance to break through at all.

(Although he can't basically steal my ball with his ball-protecting ability, this will also delay my attack.)

(Otoya hasn't come yet? Hmm? Why did he run over there?)

(Hmph, this guy is really greedy.)

Karasu Tabito's face, which was originally tense because of the one-on-one with Itoshi Rin, slowly relaxed, and he said with a smile:

"Eyelash Genius! Next, I'll let you have a good look at our fast break."

As he said that, Karasu Tabito used the sole of his foot to pull the ball behind him, and he also took a step back.

Creating a safe space for passing, he then kicked the ball out directly with a long pass, without giving Itoshi Rin a chance to react.

The ball, flying rapidly towards the right flank of Team X's attacking zone, was received by Otoya Eita's ghostly figure, who dribbled the ball towards the right flank of Team V's attacking zone.

And Wanjou Ryuuga's figure was not far behind him. Hiori Yo's series of actions had directly silenced Wanjou Ryuuga.

He stood there stunned for a while before regaining his senses and chasing towards Karasu Tabito.

At that time, he originally wanted to run horizontally from the right side of Team X's defensive zone to the left side of Team X's defensive zone.

Then, he would sprint straight to the left side of Team X's attacking zone, which was the position where Karasu Tabito and Itoshi Rin were one-on-one.

As a result, he had just rushed to the left side of Team X's midfield when Karasu Tabito directly passed the ball out.

Moreover, it was passed to the right side of Team X's attacking zone, which was the furthest away from him.

Wanjou Ryuuga, who had just run diagonally to the middle of Team X's attacking zone, looked at Otoya Eita, who had already run to the right side of his own midfield.

Then, he glanced at the positions of Karasu Tabito and his own teammates.

At this time, Wanjou Ryuuga had a strange idea in his heart:

(Wanting to intercept Otoya's shot, there's definitely no time to rush towards him now.)

(Then why don't I take a shortcut and wait for him near the penalty area?)

(With my maximum speed, by the time he reaches the right side of our defensive zone, I'll be almost there.)

(There's no other way now. That guy Karasu is also running straight from the left side of their Team X's defensive zone to the left side of our defensive zone.)

(Presumably, he has some other plans. Speaking of which, I told Rin to keep an eye on that crow, but he didn't listen at all.)

(That's not right! Where did he run off to!?)

Wanjou Ryuuga just glanced left and right with his peripheral vision and found that Karasu Tabito and Hiori Yo had entered the left side of Team X's attacking zone one after the other.

The triplets were following behind Otoya Eita, only three or four body lengths away.

But Wanjou Ryuuga never saw where Itoshi Rin was. The second time, he quickly glanced around again with his peripheral vision, but still couldn't find Itoshi Rin anywhere.

Although Wanjou Ryuuga was curious, he also knew that the most important thing now was to return to defense. He couldn't just stop in place to look for where Itoshi Rin was, right?

If he did that, not to mention Itoshi Rin, he felt that even Hiori Yo would laugh at him for a while.

However, Wanjou Ryuuga still complained in his heart:

(Seriously? Where's the person? Did they lose him while playing? T ﹏ T)

(That kid Rin wouldn't be tired from playing halfway and went back to his room to sleep, right?)

Although Wanjou Ryuuga was complaining, he still burst out again and sprinted straight to the middle of his own defensive zone.

On the way with the ball, Otoya Eita was only chased relentlessly by the triplets who wanted to stop him.

What they were thinking was that as long as they could catch up, they would foul to stop Otoya Eita, to buy time for Wanjou Ryuuga and Itoshi Rin to return to defense.

But reality is cruel. Otoya Eita relied on his terrifying speed and extremely high body flexibility to easily get rid of the three who wanted to intercept him with a foul.

At first, Otoya Eita was only less than one body length away from them, but later the distance became greater and greater. Now it can be said that he has completely shaken them off.

Entering the right side of Team V's defensive zone, Otoya Eita unexpectedly encountered the interception of Team V's four defenders in the penalty area.