A tumultuous wave seemed to surge through Ye Liangqiu's mind.
I clearly saw the future on the field, able to perceive their next moves, yet this feeling wasn't one of pleasure or anticipation, but rather one that made me sink into it.
Their movements on the field, every step, I could clearly see through the future.
But... that doesn't mean I can stop them.
After all, I'm just a person, a perfectly ordinary person.
I can score goals, shoot, and enjoy the world's cheers, but through the future, can I only see myself shooting?
No... it's not like that. Everyone on this field isn't just a tool to be manipulated by me. For example, Itoshi Rin, with his extremely powerful self-interest, broke free from my control; he didn't want to be dependent on me.
Ye Liangqiu's lips gradually curved upward, "Every one of us possesses a selfish heart. I can manipulate those weaklings and trash, but that doesn't mean I can manipulate these geniuses who have already shown their true selves. Their competitiveness, their selfishness, moves with the football."
"Instead of revolving around me."
"Perhaps I understand... there's nothing wrong with me treating them as tools to manipulate, because you are weak, because you are trash, a useless person, that's why you are manipulated by me."
"Only those who can break free from my control are the prey I need to enjoy."
"The future will change because of people. If I always saw the future I had already seen, how boring that would be."
"I want to find a future not controlled by me!"
"Then reverse it into the future I want to see!"
Thinking of this, the blood in Ye Liangqiu's body seemed to boil at this moment, his heart beating faster and faster, as if layers of white mist escaped from the corners of his mouth. His scarlet eyes looked at Itoshi Rin, completely seeing him as prey.
He then looked at the five players on the opposite side.
I'm about to twist the future of all players...
As if sensing this extremely dangerous gaze, Itoshi Rin turned his head sharply, his gaze meeting Ye Liangqiu's. What on earth was going on? He had a bad feeling today?
The kickoff came into Ye Liangqiu's possession.
In an instant, he rushed out like a red beam of light. The Demon King's Eye in his pupils spun wildly. The five people in front of him were positioned very far forward defensively. In just a split second, he saw the breakthrough.
Or rather, a series of afterimages flashed before his eyes.
Allowing him to instantly tear through the future of that defensive line.
One step, two steps, then a shot.
C1 Team hadn't reacted yet, almost staring at the ball without blinking. Everyone thought Ye Liangqiu would shoot, but everything just now was a feint.
In this short moment, Tokimitsu, Yi Sheng, and the Monk had already rushed forward with their off-the-ball runs.
Itoshi Rin, on the other hand, rushed past Ye Liangqiu's side.
The ball also flew from Ye Liangqiu's foot, accurately passed to Itoshi Rin's foot.
The feint just now completely drew in everyone's movements.
After all, Ye Liangqiu might just be crazy enough to shoot the ball directly... In a brief instant, their defensive formation was directly torn apart.
Ye Liangqiu looked at Itoshi Rin's retreating figure, "Compared to those useless people I manipulate, I want to see how far you can go in the future I observe."
"Thus losing control."
Prove... prove... eagerly prove himself.
Under this fast-paced attack, the entire C1 Team's defensive formation was completely overwhelmed.
Itoshi Rin rushed into the penalty area as if no one was there.
Immediately after, he saw Ye Liangqiu making an off-the-ball run into his estimated range, but he did not choose to pass, as he held a deep resentment after experiencing that indiscriminate 'tool-person' passing.
At this moment, Yukimiya had also arrived in front of him.
"Tsk..." Itoshi Rin muttered, seemingly with some disdain. The next second, a fierce glint flashed in his pupils.
With a "bang."
A powerful shot was unleashed, the ball arcing into the goal.
A world-class goal!
Yukimiya looked back. Just as everyone thought the ball was about to go in, a figure intercepted it. Nagi Seishiro, like an elf in the air, forcefully blocked this magnificent shot, creating a moment of respite for C Team.
But just as they breathed a sigh of relief.
An extremely fast figure had already rushed towards the goal area.
Ye Liangqiu seemed to be wrapped in countless withered bones, "Are you relaxing just like that?"
"Wouldn't that be too boring?"
Nagi Seishiro tried to kick the ball directly, but that figure had already arrived in front of him, blocking all passing routes.
It was... too late to react.
Facing the sudden change, everyone could only watch as Ye Liangqiu slowly lifted his right foot and powerfully struck the ball, which had momentarily come to a standstill.
The mechanical goalkeeper leaped high but could not react to such a swift shot.
With this goal, the score became 1:5.
Ye Liangqiu's second adaptation training ended.
The broadcast immediately sounded.
A new round of adaptation training was about to begin, but this time Ye Liangqiu's name was missing.
In the monitoring room.
Anri looked at Ego Jinpachi, who was modifying the rules of the game, somewhat speechless, "Mr. Ego, have you come up with another idea by changing the players?"
Ego chuckled, "I'm just rearranging the original selections."
"I have completely conceived the selections for the BLUE LOCK 11."
....
It was the last day of the adaptation training.
In the lounge.
Ye Liangqiu looked at Bachira, who was gulping down water, and smiled, "You've gotten a lot stronger..."
Bachira stuck out his tongue helplessly, "Didn't we still lose?"
"Compared to that, Aki... you've changed a lot."
"I didn't expect that in such a short time, you... actually beat those professional players."
Watching Bachira chatter about the previous games, Ye Liangqiu rarely relaxed. In these three weeks of training, he had two matches every day, and high-intensity matches were even more grueling than training.
Just then, Ego's voice sounded over the broadcast.
"The adaptation training has concluded. All players will gather in the central link room in six hours."
"I will announce the starting lineup for the BLUE LOCK challenge against the U20 team."
Upon hearing this, Ye Liangqiu slowly stood up. It had been nearly several months since he arrived at BLUE LOCK, and everyone was waiting for this day.
That grand stage was shining for these rising stars.
At this moment, everyone slowly raised their heads, the flames in their pupils surging.
"Is it finally starting?"
"A formal declaration of war on the world."