"Besides running, all you do is run. Are you a single-celled organism?!"
The moment Man City's defensive line was about to be pierced by Loki, Tendou appeared in the nick of time, hitting Loki with an "Iron Mountain Lean" that sent him staggering.
"You're the one who's afraid of my speed!" Loki retorted, maintaining control of the ball.
Loki was still quite naive at this point.
Or rather, he would continue to be so in the future. If his prototype is Mbappé, he will always rely on his speed to dominate.
Take the Great Sage, Gareth Bale, for example. For this type of speed-based forward, after the age of thirty, their form declines year after year, much faster than players who rely on technique.
But it has to be said.
With such a talent, before they hit the 30-year-old threshold, this type of forward is the spear that every team dreams of!
Tendou was, of course, wary of Loki's speed.
Just like Aomine from the world of Kuroko's Basketball, he was the opponent Tendou took most seriously, besides Akashi.
The first time they played, Loki was unfamiliar with Tendou and suffered quite a bit. Before this match, Loki had reviewed the footage for a very, very long time and was now prepared.
Swoosh~
Loki once again unleashed his unreasonable speed.
He was like—no, not like—he was the sharpest and most brilliant spear in the world today.
He launched a maddening advance down the left wing, like a laser beam ruthlessly tearing through the Man City defense.
At this moment, even Mikage Reo's Metavision couldn't capture the image he wanted to see.
Loki, with his own two legs, had surpassed the "vision" he could observe.
His brain could not sketch a blueprint to defeat Loki.
"A monster!" Reo felt a chill in his heart.
At first, they hadn't taken the "superstar entry" rule seriously.
Even if they were not as good as the star forwards of the giant clubs, what could they do in just 3 minutes?
They weren't training cones; they were evolving every day.
Just like himself and Nagi moments ago, they had combined to produce a goal that was enough to make the whole world go crazy.
They felt they already possessed the ability to challenge the world.
But now, it seemed they were still too naive.
Without Tendou and Prince to hold him back, Loki could definitely score in 3 minutes, perhaps even more than one goal.
On the field.
Loki moved forward like a streak of light.
Tendou's Six Eyes locked onto him with full power, his own vision having already stepped into the interlayer between the 4th and 5th dimensions.
The Big Data Analysis was processing the information collected by the Six Eyes at high speed, and then...
Tendou decisively went for a slide tackle.
While also sprinting at high speed, he suddenly threw his body forward, kicking the ball with his long leg while also tripping up Loki.
Loki, running at high speed, couldn't dodge in time. His body flew uncontrollably, rolling several times on the ground.
According to the data from the Big Data Analysis, Loki should have stopped after rolling at most twice.
However.
After falling, Loki rolled a full four times, letting out a piercing scream in the process.
TWEEET~
The electronic referee decisively blew the whistle but did not show Tendou a yellow card.
On the replay, Tendou's slide tackle was reasonably clean; he had kicked the ball and Loki's foot at almost the same time.
Tendou got up and immediately began to taunt, "Cut your pathetic performance. Your acting is as laughable as the performances of those poor wretches who win the Hollywood Razzie Awards."
Learning all the bad habits instead of the good ones. So young and already learning how to "dive."
The Golden Raspberry Awards, founded by John Wilson, imitates the Oscars and announces its "winners" every year before the Academy Awards, specifically to "encourage" actors and actresses with rotten acting skills.
Of course, Loki knew about this award ceremony.
Tendou's words not only mocked his pathetic acting but also called him a wimp.
"You fouled! That was a dangerous move! In Ligue 1, that would be enough to get you a yellow card!" Loki got up and retorted angrily.
He was telling Tendou this with great solemnity. Of course, it wasn't to teach him a lesson, but to tell him, I, Loki, am your senior. You must respect me.
"OH YES! Of course, I believe the French would one hundred percent protect their big Baby from any harm. For every extra roll you take on the ground, it's like their hearts are being cut by a knife, just like a parent whose child falls down and they're so anxious their brain goes numb."
Those words were incredibly hurtful. After hearing them, Loki's nose was bent out of shape with anger.
But for a moment, he really couldn't think of any elegant trash talk to retort with.
Like most Westerners, when faced with such a situation, his mind was filled with vulgar words like "motherfucker."
He didn't want to retort with such vulgarity; that would make it seem like he was inferior to Tendou in a battle of wits.
Loki also wished he could be as eloquent with his insults as Tendou.
Tendou actually had a piece of crude, scatological trash talk that he didn't say.
He had also wanted to add, "In their eyes, you're just a pathetic bastard who can only shit and piss in a diaper, and then has to cry loudly to get sympathy from the adults."
Fortunately.
Young Master Tendou had noticed in the technical area that this match was being broadcast live.
Not just in this world's broadcast, but in the real world as well.
"You... you just wait! Even from a free kick, I can still kick your ass!"
Loki was, of course, referring to scoring directly from a free kick.
His idol, Cristiano Ronaldo, was a master of free kicks in the football world. His "elevator ball" before his injury was feared by all.
The problem was.
CR7 is CR7, and Loki is Loki.
Tendou didn't remember Mbappé, Loki's prototype, having any particularly outstanding free kicks.
He didn't continue to trade trash talk with Loki but went to the penalty area to form a wall with his teammates.
"Do you see it?"
On the bench, Prince turned his head and asked Nagi Seishiro.
"What?"
Nagi was confused. He had only seen Loki almost get past Tendou with his speed, forcing Tendou to commit a foul to stop him.
Prince patiently explained to him, "In the world today, between two points, Loki is the fastest. It's almost impossible to beat him in his area of expertise. Just like trying to defeat Noa in terms of rationality."
"To defeat Loki, you have to approach it from other aspects."
"Take Tendou, for example. His weapons are his eyes and his body with its astonishing overall stats. First, he used his body to press and force out Loki's maximum explosive speed, and then he used a slide tackle within the rules to neutralize Loki's attack."
"Loki is playing with his preferred weapon, and Tendou is also playing with his."
To put it bluntly, it was a head-on confrontation, using one's own advantages to clash, not blindly charging ahead, knowing you are inferior to the opponent in a certain area but still insisting on a head-on collision.
Nagi seemed to understand, but not completely.
"Simply put, you have to think. Football is not just a sport of comparing stats."
Among the 9 Blue Lock players who had joined Manchester City, besides the prodigy Tendou, the person Prince was most optimistic about was Nagi Seishiro.
His physical stats were the most outstanding besides Tendou's, and he also possessed a jaw-dropping trapping ability.
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