"Itoshi... Rin?!"
"The 'Itoshi' from the New Generation World XI's Itoshi Sae?"
"Could this person be..."
The moment Itoshi Rin entered the room, his name was displayed in front of everyone. At this moment, Isagi and the others were all suspecting his relationship with Itoshi Sae. After all, the surname "Itoshi" was very uncommon.
And then there was Tendou. Listening to his words, it seemed like he knew the genius Itoshi Sae. They couldn't help but wonder what the connection was between the two.
The real-world audience was just as curious as Isagi. This newly thrown-out "New Generation World XI" setting seemed to be a different take on the same theme as Kuroko's Basketball's "Generation of Miracles." The setting was that they were the geniuses of their time, and their positions were fixed.
At this moment, the screen flashed back for 2 seconds. In a pickup soccer field, Tendou and Itoshi Sae were staring at each other.
And then... there was no "and then." The screen cut off there, having the scummy style of someone who teases and then runs away.
'????'
'What does that mean?'
'That's it? Just a two-second flashback, showing us a PowerPoint slide, and that's it?'
'Do I look like I can't afford a membership? Hurry up and show me!'
'From the looks of it, Tendou definitely had a match with Itoshi Sae. No wonder he knows Itoshi Rin.'
The audience's curiosity was successfully piqued. Everyone was extremely curious about what had happened between Tendou and Itoshi Sae. However, the production team only gave a brief two-second clip with no follow-up, leaving many viewers hanging.
A moment later, Isagi and the others temporarily forgot about Sae, Tendou, and Rin, and focused on the upcoming selection. They encouraged each other, promising to pass the second selection together and meet at the end of it.
...
And then.
Isagi arrived at the first stage. The content of the assessment was the same: score 100 goals within 90 minutes to pass. He adapted quickly. After failing on the first ball, he scored on the second attempt. Trap the ball, aim, shoot. The soccer ball flew past the virtual goalkeeper's fingertips and into the virtual goal.
The number 100 instantly changed, rewritten to 99!
"This is the second selection?"
"This training method is just too incredible."
"It recreates the fleeting game of wits in front of the goal. You have to constantly improve the precision of your own weapon and your individual goal-scoring ability to pass."
Isagi was extremely excited, constantly moving his body and kicking the ball into the goal time and time again. But soon, he couldn't smile anymore. As his goal-scoring pace increased, the difficulty level was raised from LV.1 to LV.2. The number of holographic projections in front of him began to increase. In addition to the goalkeeper, four virtual defenders appeared. The shooting angle was reduced, and the difficulty of scoring began to increase.
50th minute.
Isagi once again adapted to this training, able to score from a tight angle. The next second, the difficulty rose again. Above the countdown timer, the capital letters "LV.MAX" appeared! This represented the highest difficulty.
At this moment, in front of Isagi, the projected defenders began to move, no longer standing still. The difficulty of scoring was raised again.
It was at this time that the camera switched to Tendou's side.
After Tendou had finished mocking Ego, his difficulty was instantly raised from LV.1 directly to LV.MAX! The audience, who had just been watching Isagi's training intensity, was now stunned when they looked back at Tendou.
What kind of treatment is this?
Over there, the difficulty was increased bit by bit. But when it came to Tendou, it jumped directly from 1 to MAX!
At this moment, the production team finally broadcasted the conversation between Tendou and Ego. After watching it, the audience instantly burst out laughing.
'So it's because of his trash talk!'
'That four-eyed guy really holds a grudge, doesn't he? I don't think there's anything wrong with Tendou's complaints. Ego Jinpachi's taste is really nothing to brag about!'
'This treatment is also unrivaled. It seems like it will be very difficult for Isagi to surpass Tendou.'
'It looks like unfair treatment, but Tendou seems to be having no difficulty at all.'
On the screen, Tendou was scoring goals in various poses. Compared to Isagi, who needed to adapt bit by bit and struggled with each increase in difficulty, Tendou's side was much more relaxed. He could steadily kick the ball into the goal guarded by the keeper.
Observe.
Trap the ball.
Aim.
Shoot.
No matter where the ball was shot from, no matter where the goal appeared, Tendou could always send the ball through the virtual defenders and into the net.
A ball shot out from the right side, and the goal moved behind Tendou. All of this was seen clearly by his Six Eyes. Under normal circumstances, if it were Isagi, he would need to stop the ball and his brain would have to quickly process the situation to find a route to the goal.
And Tendou?
A mid-air bicycle kick. He met the incoming ball with a kick, and the ball immediately went through the crowd and into the goal.
The bullet comments were all filled with how cool he was. Compared to the protagonist Isagi, Tendou's side was just too relaxed and effortless.
The camera quickly returned to Isagi's side. To be able to get a dedicated camera as a supporting character, Tendou was one of a kind.
Of course, Tendou didn't know the camera had been on him. His attention was now on his own attributes.
He found that this training method could effectively improve his shooting attribute. By continuously shooting, in different ways, his shooting attribute was improving bit by bit. But as he continued to score, the time remaining for him to complete the 100-goal assessment was also decreasing.
This was a rare opportunity. Tendou planned to do some extra practice.
"Ego Jinpachi, add another 90 minutes to my time."
"Dame. The rule is that everyone only has 90 minutes."
Ego's voice soon came through the broadcast. A training that others struggled to pass, Tendou was breezing through. This made him feel a little embarrassed.
"The rules also didn't allow me to go online and contact the outside world, but you arranged that too, didn't you?"
"Stop with the nonsense and arrange it for me. If possible, increase the difficulty as well."
This arrogant little brat.
Ego didn't respond, but Tendou noticed that the countdown in the room had increased by 90 minutes.
"That's more like it!"
BAM!
Tendou turned to meet the ball and took another shot. His eyes were like they were equipped with a targeting system. The goal in front of him, every position, clearly recorded the success rate of scoring. Tendou always aimed for the position with the highest success rate.
In this process, he tried many kinds of shooting methods: placed shots, power shots, low-driven shots, curveballs, chipped shots, and so on.
In just 90 short minutes, his shooting attribute had increased by 1 point. Tendou felt that if he was given half a year, his shooting attribute could break through 90 points.
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