"Damn it..."
"How dare he look down on me."
Barou trembled with rage and roared, "Hey, you guys, hurry up and get the ball!"
"Pass it to me, and we'll win."
The X Team players were in a difficult position; everyone knew this was a huge opportunity.
However, the pressure from Z Team's full-scale offense made them hesitant to push Forward, as it could easily lead to them losing the ball.
Bachira passed the ball high, and Kuon leaped into the air, heading it into the penalty area.
"Stop him!"
Kunigami had already entered the 28-meter attacking range, but X Team gave him no chance; two defenders immediately double-teamed him, preventing him from taking a shot.
He could only cross it to Isagi Yoichi, who had infiltrated deep into the left half of the penalty area.
The ball dropped through the air.
Isagi's eyes swirled like a black hole; he stopped the ball and feigned a shot.
"Stop him!"
As the defenders closed in, he kicked the ball towards the goal.
His eyes burning with fire, "The wild monster that's been dormant all game, you've been waiting for this chance, haven't you?"
The ball's parabola slowly descended, and a tall figure leaped into the air, swinging his long leg like a whip in a very peculiar posture.
Bang!
Igaguri's irregular shot.
The tremendous impact, like a roaring locomotive, whizzed towards the goal.
"Nooo..."
X Team watched this scene in despair.
"Clang."
Unfortunately, the ball hit the left crossbar and was successfully saved by the goalkeeper's flying dive.
Kira Ryosuke smiled in relief; from that shot, he could foresee that Isagi Yoichi's spatial awareness had begun to awaken, and he had also perfectly replicated the opponent's spatial awareness into his memory.
Next, it was his turn to evolve this ability.
This was also why he had voluntarily taken on all the defensive pressure in the backfield.
Only by doing so could he maximize the potential of this weapon in a high-stakes match.
With the failed attack,
Igaguri muttered angrily, "Sorry, Isagi, just a little bit..."
Before Isagi Yoichi could respond, Raichi gruffly shouted, "Damn it, it's a counterattack! Get back and defend!"
X Team's goalkeeper decisively kicked the ball to midfield.
There, are Barou had been waiting for a long time.
"Tch, well done, commoners."
Barou was full of drive; he had barely stopped the ball when Kira Ryosuke, at some unknown moment, appeared in front of him, pressing to steal it.
After a period of recovery,
Kira Ryosuke's stamina had somewhat recovered, and in the final few minutes, he was no longer holding back.
His crimson eyes, like laser beams, pinpointed all of Barou's weaknesses, even predicting the path he intended to dribble in a few seconds.
In front of him,
Forcing a breakthrough was impossible.
Two X Team players circled around the Barou, creating a 3-on-1 situation.
"Barou, pass the ball to me. One person can't get past Kira Ryosuke by brute force."
"Use me, King."
It was clear that the two X Team players had embraced the role of commoners, automatically cooperating with Barou.
"Come on."
"What will you do?"
Kira Ryosuke's gaze was as cold as ice, "Will it be a pass, or a dribble?"
"Let me see your resolve."
Barou's veins bulged on his forehead; the pressure Kira Ryosuke put on him was immense, like a mountain reaching to the sky, with no end in sight.
No matter how he climbed, there was only a sense of helpless defeat.
This thought greatly annoyed him.
"Pass... King..."
His teammate's shouts interrupted his contemplation. Barou snorted, suddenly lifted his foot, and passed the ball.
"Well done!"
"He only has the goalkeeper behind him, it's practically an open goal. Once we get past this genius, victory is ours, X Team!"
X Team players seemed to see the dawn of victory beckoning to them.
Kira Ryosuke showed a disdainful smile, "Naive."
"Such crude tricks might fool others."
"But in front of me, it's impossible."
In his eyes,
He had already anticipated Barou's feint.
A pass?
No! The closer it got to the crucial moment, the less Barou would pass. He was an extremely arrogant King; only others would create opportunities for him. How could he stop short when there was such a great space for him to shine?
He gently tapped the ball with his heel.
Suddenly changing direction and accelerating, he tried to break through Kira Ryosuke's defense.
However, his movements, in front of Kira Ryosuke, were like a series of frozen frames.
The moment the ball swept past his side,
Kira Ryosuke seized the opening and snatched the ball away.
"Nani?!"
Barou couldn't believe it; his proud football skills were as fragile as a joke in front of Kira Ryosuke.
A deep despair filled his heart.
It seemed no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't climb over the mountain that was Kira.
"Yeah! Ryosuke, a chance! Pass the ball quickly!"
Bachira stuck out his tongue, turning back towards X Team's penalty area.
Kunigami and the others were also in position.
To score on the counterattack, many X Team members had already left their defensive positions and crossed the halfway line to attack Z Team.
If Kira Ryosuke made a long pass, they would be doomed.
"Stop him!"
The two Forwards who were with Barou immediately moved to cover, trying to stop Kira Ryosuke's pass.
The others quickly returned to defend their half.
"Excellent judgment."
Kira Ryosuke dribbled the ball deep to the left. The moment the two players rushed to tackle, his instep arched into a bow shape, shifting to the opposite right side, instantly throwing both players off balance.
"It's the Elastico!"
"This guy, it's the end of the match, and he can still be this calm?"
"What a monster..."
Kira Ryosuke broke through under their shocked gazes, moving as fast as the wind.
He vaguely felt that his vision, which had been restricted by high-speed running, had become extremely wide under the enhancement of his spatial awareness ability.
It was as if he had become an eagle, looking down at the entire field.
Everyone's runs and landing spots were clearly visible in his mind.
"Ah~ ah, this feeling is just great."
Kira Ryosuke was like a general manipulating a sandbox, every piece under his command moving exactly as he wished.
This time, he didn't charge into the penalty area alone as X Team imagined, but instead took a powerful long shot towards the right wing.
Bang!
The football, like a whirlwind in the air, tore through the air and traveled near the sideline.
If no one saved it, with the ball's bounce after landing, it would undoubtedly go out of bounds.
"Where are you passing it?"
Raichi was furious.
Was it so hard for him to get one spectacular shot?
X Team, on the other hand, was overjoyed, "Let it go out of bounds! It's our ball!"
Even if they couldn't win, drawing with Kira Ryosuke's Z Team wasn't something to be ashamed of, right?
Kira Ryosuke ignored everyone's confusion, simply sprinting with all his might towards that hidden space.
His peripheral vision caught the ball's landing spot, and he thought, "Broken-winged genius, will you come out to contend, or will you fall here? I'm only giving you this one chance."
"Answer me with your actions."
An X Team winger was the first to approach the ball's landing spot, ready to shield it.
"Thump!"
Suddenly, exclamations of surprise reached his ears.
Along the right sideline, a red figure, lurking in the shadows, burst out like a high-speed train, forcefully intercepting the ball.