I am practicing in Tokyo

Chapter 6 Fallen Leaf Ball

At the age of seventeen, Fujii's strength reached nearly 1.2. In order to be safe, this kick mobilized all the muscles in his body. The football roared straight into the dead corner, and Coach Fukai's eyes widened a little.

The same moves are useless to me.

Seeing the next trialist learn the first shot of a boy wearing a Brazilian uniform, Ryuunosuke thought to himself.

He leaped up and shot from a distance of twenty meters outside the door. This kid probably didn't have much strength.

He blocked the incoming football with one hand. The force coming from his palm broke the balance of his body. He landed on the ground and made a professional unloading action. When he paid attention to the football again, he found that it had rolled down under the net.

Entered.

"What's your name? This classmate."

Coach Fukai, who used to play for Kashima Antlers, the top J-League team in the island country, until he retired due to injury, has his eyes on Fujii Shu. The speed and power of this long-range shot would make it difficult for a regular high school team goalkeeper to even touch the ball.

No.

This is a good young man. I really can't believe that his thin body contains strength beyond that of an adult male.

he thinks.

"Itsuki Fujii, a transfer student from the second and third classes of high school."

Fujii explained his origins concisely. The kick just now actually increased the skill proficiency to 24%. It seems that training alone is not as good as training in a group.

"Kick the remaining two goals, Fujii-san."

After Coach Fukai finished speaking, he blew the whistle twice. Ryunosuke, who had just stood up in front of the goal, looked solemn after hearing this. This was a signal to go all out.

Come on! You can't score again.

He threw the football towards Fujii with his hand, spread his legs and stretched his arms. He wanted to increase the intensity for the newcomer.

Facing goalkeeper Ryunosuke who can enter the youth training level of a professional team, how strong can you perform under your full strength? Fujii-kun.

Coach Fukai put the thrown football away himself and signaled to Fujii that he could take a shot.

Then use the trick you saw on TV the night before yesterday.

Fujii has only tried it a few times in his own courtyard. With his early LV2 skills and body slightly stronger than ordinary people, even without interference, whether he can successfully use this trick depends on luck.

He took a few steps back, sprinted forward, and kicked the football away with the outside instep of his right foot. Ryunosuke in front of the goal looked up at the trajectory of the ball and thought to himself.

Is the kick high? This kid.

Wait, the ball doesn’t spin?

The excellent dynamic vision made Ryunosuke aware of the suspicion. When he thought of a certain possibility, his expression changed drastically and he stared nervously at the arc of the football.

The football, which was slightly higher than the crossbar of the goal, suddenly flew and fell as it approached. Its own trajectory was moving left and right. At this time, it suddenly sank. Even Ryunosuke, who was on guard, could not react in time.

, watching the football, drawing an elegant trajectory in front of the eyes, and getting into the goal behind him.

"Good shot! Falling ball!!!"

Coach Shenjing also saw the technical characteristics of this ball and couldn't help but shout loudly. It was hard to bear to see such a skill in a high school team that professional players could not use accurately.

Damn it! You’re blind!

Suhara, who was running, bumped into the senior senior of the school team in front of him. Fortunately, it was the captain Nakamura Shikei in the midfield position. He just glanced at him and continued running. If it had been the grumpy defender Takuya Nagahama, it would have been him again.

It's a good scolding, and maybe a few chestnuts will be rewarded.

"I won't play anymore, I won't play anymore! I guess the coach is someone hired from a professional team."

Ryuunosuke, who was full of confidence at first, began to lie down on the grass and hit the leaf ball. Will the next one be an elevator ball? He is a small goalkeeper of an amateur high school team. How can He De enjoy such treatment?

"Get up, what do you mean by being lazy?"

Coach Fukai stepped forward and kicked Ryunosuke with his prosthetic leg. Perhaps out of conscience, he pointed to the next trialist.

"You, the next one, Fujii Shu, pass the test."

"OK! Coach, take care of me."

Ryunosuke, who was lying flat, rolled over and when he heard that he didn't need to catch someone's ball, he was instantly resurrected with full health.

In the five-person shooting trial, only three passed the test. Apart from Fujii and the boys in the Brazilian uniforms, the last person to succeed was a strong first-year high school boy named Nakaharu Arimura, and the boy in the Brazilian uniforms

My name is Hirokawa Shohei, and I am also a freshman in high school.

"We train intensively until 6:30 every afternoon after school. We have to come to school to train all day on Saturdays and Sunday mornings. If you can persist, you can join the school team. If not, please do it yourself."

Coach Fukai briefly explained the training routine to the three new members. No one quit. He nodded with satisfaction. Arimura Nakaharu and Hirokawa Shohei were the shortest ones. Playing football is fine as a hobby, but they are not professional.

potential.

But what about him? I can’t say how high the upper limit is.

The eyes that looked at Fujii's tree were a little fiery. At the age of seventeen, Coach Fukai's physical fitness was definitely not as good as this boy's. Moreover, he could kick a fallen ball, and his skills were not to mention. Even if he was tricked, he still had to have enough

The basis is enough.

"Coach, is it time to play a training match next?"

When the members of the school team finished their ten-lap trot around the field, someone reminded him.

"Well, let's start grouping. Nakamura, go get the Nikon camera from my office. I want to record it."

Coach Fukai came to his senses and asked captain Nakamura Shikei to run errands. He planned to take a video of today's training match and send it to his mentor Yasuda Koichi, who is still coaching the Kashima Antlers, so that he can see this Fujii tree.

How much potential is there.

Counting the three people who just joined, the school team now has a total of twenty-four people. Most of them are students specializing in sports. The strength of the main players and substitutes of the amateur team is not much different, forming two equally matched teams.

Still not difficult at all.

At the high school level, most football teams play a 442 lineup that integrates offense and defense, and are more tolerant of players' technical requirements. At the high school level, the island country's football teams are much more professional than those in China, not to mention the ability to focus on

Schools such as Aomori Yamada High School that train young players can directly provide talents for professional teams.

After setting up the Nikon camera brought by Nakamura Shikei, Coach Fukai placed Fujii Shu on the right wing of the red team's 442 formation. In order to balance the strength of the two teams, Suhara was assigned to the blue team opposite Fujii Shu as the center, and the goalkeeper was also the main player.

Help.

"Give Fujii the ball more and I want to see his actual combat level."

Coach Fukai pointed out the red team’s midfielder Shikei Nakamura, who is also one of the most skilled players besides Suhara and Ryunosuke. He is an organizational midfielder, good at passing, and has good vision, but his physical confrontation and physical fitness are not good.

, it is difficult to use it under high-intensity competition.

"Okay, coach."

As the captain who wears the No. 10 jersey, Nakamura Shikei naturally has no objections. It’s just that he looked at Fujii Shu, who had a calm face, which was different from the other two newcomers. Coach Fukai even looked at Suhara and

Ryunosuke would never take such special care of him.

Is he a genius? Someone who was born to play football?

Nakamura Shikei also saw the kick kicked by Fujii Shu. His more than two years of hard work and sweat could not offset the special attention the opponent's kick brought to the coach.

He was inevitably a little disappointed, but then it turned into expectations.

I hope that if he is really a genius, he can take us to a national competition.

Nakamura Shikei, who has one year left in high school, thinks so.

(End of chapter)