The "young lady" was so angry he was practically jumping.
Little did he know, the reaction from the real-world audience was even more intense; they were thunderstruck by his outrageous lines.
A grown man telling another man to look at his legs... what does that even mean?
Alright.
The audience could actually understand the meaning behind Chigiri's words, but to express it in such a way was truly hard to stomach. It was like watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and hearing one of Araki's strange analogies for the first time. Why is feeling refreshed like wearing a new pair of underwear to welcome the New Year? At first, you're shocked silly, then you think it's slick, and then you slowly get used to it, and it becomes a unique feature.
Chigiri had successfully made the audience remember him with his outrageous lines.
...
BAM!
The ball flew straight to the left wing. Bachira trapped the ball and immediately burst forward. One or two people simply couldn't stop him. At this moment, most of Team V's attention had been drawn by Chigiri, and they were too late to track back. By the time they realized they had been deceived, Bachira had already passed the ball back to the trailing Tendou in the center.
Tendou charged towards Team V's penalty area with long strides. Using his step frequency, his speed, his Six Eyes, and his brain, he got past one person after another. If he couldn't get past, he would just violently crash through.
In an instant, Team V's central defensive line was torn to shreds by him.
At the edge of the penalty area. On the left was Bachira, and on the right was the trailing Chigiri.
Tendou turned his head and looked. Chigiri was instantly jolted and slammed on the accelerator, charging into Team V's box. The opposing goalkeeper saw this and quickly shifted his body towards the "young lady's" direction. This was the deterrent effect of Tendou; he could pass or shoot, making it difficult to predict his next move.
Tendou feigned a pass, but as his right foot landed, he cut the ball to the other side, creating space to shoot with his left foot.
BAM!
Tendou pushed the ball firmly with the inside of his foot, and it obediently flew into Team V's goal.
"BEEP!"
"GOAL!!"
The whistle, the goal!
Team Z's fifth goal. After getting a brace of assists, Tendou now had a brace of goals.
There was no more suspense. A four-goal gap was enough to kill any suspense in the match. What's more, the players of Team V had already been beaten into a daze and couldn't organize any effective offense. They now just wanted to end this match as quickly as possible, to hold the score and save a little face.
And Chigiri.
This time, he really couldn't hold back. He jumped and ran in front of Tendou.
"You used me again! You used me again!"
The "young lady" was like someone whose feelings had been played with by a scumbag, loudly accusing him.
The audience, seeing this, burst out in laughter. The match had already lost its suspense. Watching Tendou tease Chigiri like this was quite interesting to them.
"Don't be like a little kid who only knows how to complain."
"If you want to score, you have to perform better."
Tendou really wasn't doing it on purpose. Ever since unlocking the ability of the Six Eyes, he had gotten used to deceiving opponents with his eyes. After all, no matter where he looked, the entire field was within his peripheral vision. This habit had continued into football, into this world.
...
Team V kicked off again.
Nagi Seishiro still hadn't given up. He, who showed no reaction when winning, had miraculously erupted with high fighting spirit the moment he started losing, developing an unprecedented passion for football.
What else could Mikage Reo do but cooperate with him and continue the match?
32nd minute.
Reo looked east and struck west, feigning a pass to Zantetsu but actually aiming for Nagi. Who would have known that his pass had deceived most of Team Z, and even his own teammates, but it couldn't deceive Isagi.
Isagi appeared in the team's most dangerous spot at the most opportune time. With a diving header, he cleared the ball.
Team Z, seizing the opportunity, took control of the ball and began to slowly penetrate the opponent's line.
Tendou rotated his Six Eyes, saw an opportunity through the crowd, and with a sudden through-ball, he pierced the opponent's defense. The ball went through the legs of four defenders and arrived at Bachira's feet. Bachira took a shot, but it went flying over the crossbar. Team V had escaped another crisis.
In the subsequent match time, both sides had occasional shots, but neither managed to score.
Tendou, with 2 goals and 2 assists, had no interest in continuing to play. He saw Ego's attitude now; he could basically get whatever he wanted. Scoring or not didn't matter.
The players of Team V, except for Reo, Nagi, and Zantetsu, all huddled in their own backfield and refused to come out, not daring to cross the halfway line.
The players of Team Z saw this. Since you're not in a hurry, why should we be? We're the ones leading by four goals, not you. They simply started passing the ball around in their own half to waste time.
And so.
"BEEP!"
With three whistles, the match was over. 5:1 was the final score, which remained unchanged until the end.
"Hey, Reo."
"Hmm?"
The match was lost. All 11 players of Team V looked dejected. Reo turned his head and saw an expression on Nagi's face that he had never seen before.
"So this is what it feels like to lose after giving it your all."
Nagi's words felt extremely foreign to Reo.
"Nagi..." Reo's feelings were also complicated. This was also his first defeat. But unlike Nagi's pure unwillingness, Reo's mood was much more complex. He wasn't sure if Tendou was the "chosen one" his parents had spoken of, whether Tendou was a genius on the same level as Messi and Ronaldo.
But today, Mikage Reo had truly witnessed the dimensional wall of football talent! To break through it, both Nagi and himself needed to work harder, to become stronger.
...
"All matches in Building 5 have concluded. The results of the second selection will now be announced."
The match was over. A broadcast voice spread throughout Building 5.
"The final result of the five-team round-robin league is..."
"First place, Team Z, all 11 members advance. Second place, Team V, all 11 members advance."
"In addition, the three top scorers from the three eliminated teams: Wanima Junichi, Niko Ikki, and Barou Shouei. A total of 25 people will advance to the next round."
"That is all!"
The broadcast ended, and the members of Team Z all cheered loudly. Even the defeated Team V breathed a sigh of relief, their dejection from the loss somewhat washed away. No matter what, they had advanced and had not been eliminated.
However...
"The top scorer for Team Y is actually Niko?"
Isagi and the others were surprised to find that the top scorer for Team Y was not the "Kumamoto Prefecture Top Scorer," Okawa Hibiki, but Niko Ikki, who had played as a defensive midfielder for the entire match against them.
"Something incredible must have happened."
"Let's go, time to go back, you soccer trash."
Tendou turned around coolly and left the field.
The first selection was just the beginning. The interesting parts of Blue Lock were still to come.
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