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In the training room at the Blue Lock facility, Team Z was performing a series of "basic" training exercises proposed by Ego, although that was not the important part of this matter.
Most of those present were watching in amazement as an orange-haired girl with a tense expression on her face held dumbbells weighing more than 45 kg in each arm, alongside our eager protagonist who watched her with a look on his face as he carried the same weight in his arms.
"Kunigami right? That's what everyone calls you, correct?" Kaiser spoke, drawing the attention of a serious orange-haired girl. "Your physique is enviable, you're not doing badly at all," Kaiser said with an amused and competitive smile on his face.
"Heh, I never expected someone like her here. Her physique is attractive to the eye, not bad at all," thought Kaiser, carrying the same weight with veins showing on his face, but his excitement did not waver at all.
"Those two are monsters, especially Kunigami-kun. Compared to her, my arms look like noodles," Chigiri said on the machine with a somewhat envious expression.
"You're right, it's revealing for me to see a girl lift that much. I definitely don't plan on falling behind," Ikki nodded in agreement with Chigiri words.
"Say it for yourselves, this training is too hard for me, it will take me a long time to get used to it," thought Isami, stunned by the collective effort of the others. She was not yet accustomed to this training regime proposed by Ego.
Minutes and minutes passed as Kunigami and Kaiser competed with smiles on their faces as they watched each other.
"He's not just good face after all, he have a good physical body" she thought to himself as he watched the blonde boy with a smile on his face.
"How funny, she's in better shape than the idiots at the academy. The world is certainly a big place. We'll see when it's time to play the matches."
Kaiser tought with the same Time flexed his legs, doing squats with a weight of +70 kg on his back and shoulders next to the orange-haired girl.
"Wow, this would be a very entertaining sight if it weren't for this heavy training!"
Bachira exclaimed, alternating between jumping exercises with the presents.
"AGHHHHHH Damn, how the hell do you jump so high!?"
A blond boy with shark teeth shouted at a white-haired boy with a peculiar look (Jingo Riachi).
"I don't even know myself, I've never done this kind of training before," said the white-haired boy (Gin Gagamaru) impassively.
"Heh, Raichi-kun sure has an excess of energy when it comes to chattering,"
said Isami with a somewhat tense smile as he watched the encounter.
"I wish I had that energy," murmured Chigiri with a calm smile, jumping along with the others.
"To each their own peculiarities and personality,"
Ikki said, wiping some sweat from his face.
"Oh! It looks like Kaiser-kun and Kunigami-chan have finished their battle!"
Bachira reached out his hand to the two mentioned.
The others watched as the two finished their last set of exercises, smiles of competitiveness and exhaustion resonating between them as they looked at each other.
"I win this round, Kunigami" Kaiser smiled at a listless orange-haired girl.
"Haha...! I almost beat you."
"¿You almost beat me? ¡You're far from it!"
"¿Huh? ¡Let's compete again and I'll prove it to you!" Kunigami exclaimed, pointing to the machines again.
"Another day. The games should start soon, and besides, I'm hungry."
The moment Kaiser uttered those words, as if by magic, the stomachs of everyone present growled in unison.
"Oh, and not just hungry, I'm so thirsty!" Bachira spoke, breathing heavily, her breasts moving up and down in a harmonious rhythm.
"Huh? What was that look, Kaiser-kun? Do you like what you see?"
Bachira said, approaching Kaiser with a mischievous smile when she noticed him looking at her.
Kaiser just stood there silently with a slight blush on his sweaty face.
"It was nothing, come on, we have to go eat something."
Kaiser replied somewhat embarrassed under Kunigami's suspicious gaze beside him and Bachira's mischievous look.
"Hey, but you haven't answered my question!"
Bachira complained with a pout.
"¡I said it was nothing!"
Kaiser changed the subject by walking towards the door.
"Those two are something to see," Kunigami said, shaking his head with a smile.
"Let's take Kaiser-kun's suggestion, I'm hungry too," Chigiri said with a sigh, finishing his exercise routine.
"I agree,"
Ikki replied, breathing somewhat exhausted.
"The rose with thorns is right!" Raichi said with a smile between his teeth.
"What kind of nickname is that?" said a guy with closed eyes and parted hair (Wataru Kuon).
"What do you care, slant-eyed guy!?"
"How childish..."
"I'd better refrain from commenting on that," Isami thought with a nervous smile, walking away from the discussion.
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In the cafeteria, the members of Team Z were divided among tables, most of them watching the exchange between Kaiser and Bachira, which was funny to observe.
"Kaiser-kun, don't be mean! Give me some of that fish!" Bachira exclaimed, sobbing with envy as he tried to get some of Kaiser's food.
"Aghh, here, take it and stop bothering me," Kaiser said, handing Bachira a piece.
"Yay!!"
Chigiri, Isami, Kunigami, Ikki, and the rest just smiled at the exchange between the two.
"Hey, Gagamaru-kun, you don't mind if I steal some of your gyoza, right?" said a mischievous little boy with a peculiar hairstyle of light brown hair and very expressive eyes (Asahi Naruyama).
"Give that back, shorty..."
"Oops, too late, I already ate it."
The boy ran off with a mischievous smile as Gagamaru walked towards him because of what had happened.
"I have to finish this quickly or they'll try to steal my food," thought Chigiri with a tense look as he watched his companions.
Kunigami simply ate, ignoring the others' conversation.
"Hey, Kaiser-kun, could you give me some of that soup?"
Bachira spoke, extending her hand with a smile.
"No, don't be greedy, I already gave you some."
"Hey, but I'm still hungry!"
"That's not my problem..."
"¡Don't be mean!"
Bachira exclaimed with fake tears, looking at our protagonist, who watched her with impassive eyes.
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At that moment, our protagonist was in the bedroom with the others, most of them were sleeping from exhaustion, except for Bachira and Isami's beds, which were empty.
"What a day," thought Kaiser with a somewhat tired expression.
"I'll go train some more, I have nothing else to do without my phone"
Kaiser sighed as he got up from the floor and walked towards the training ground.
Once Kaiser arrived at the site, he watched Isami and Bachira talking to each other.
The girls noticed Kaiser's presence and turned their gaze towards him.
"How are you, Kaiser-kun? Would you like to practice with us?" Bachira spoke in a sensual tone with a mischievous smile.
"Ehhh!?" Was all Isami said, embarrassed by what she had said, with a slight blush on her face.
"Ignoring the ambiguity of what you said, it wouldn't be bad. I'd like to finally know what you're good at before the games start soon," Kaiser said with interest as he approached the two.
"How about 2 against 1?"
Bachira said, stretching and watching him with frantic eyes.
"Eh?" Isami said suddenly, sensing the atmosphere between Bachira and Kaiser change.
"I have no problem with that."
Kaiser smiled, holding Bachira's gaze.
"Um... I guess that's fine," was all Isami said before standing next to Bachira.
Instantly, both Bachira and Isami found themselves in front of Kaiser, who stared at them expressionlessly. The ball was in front of them, with neither side in possession.
"Here I go!"
Bachira lunged forward, taking position on the ball and heading toward Kaiser with Isami behind her.
"Don't shout what you're doing, it's weird,"
Kaiser said amusedly, intercepting the ball and easily blocking Bachira's advance.
"Kaiser-kun, why don't you bring out your monster?"
Bachira said curiously, passing the ball to Isami.
"Monster?"
Kaiser narrowed his eyes at her question, unconsciously turning his body toward Isami's pass, easily stealing the ball by calculating its trajectory with his peripheral vision.
"Yes, my monster says you're scary but he likes you, which makes all this exciting."
Bachira headed towards Kaiser, starting to battle for possession of the ball with a frenzied smile.
"Monster? Are you talking about my ego?"
Kaiser sensed in his mind, dodging Bachira's attack and deflecting Isami's attempt to steal the ball from his right flank.
"I don't know what you're talking about, but I have a strange familiar feeling when you say that," Isami said suddenly, catching Bachira's attention.
"Oh, that's right, I was so distracted by Kaiser-kun's overwhelming presence that I forgot about your monster, Isami-kun," Bachira said, stealing the ball from an amused Kaiser, who gave in a little to his attempt.
"He has a talent for dribbling now that I notice it," Kaiser thought to himself, observing Bachira's footwork, which was somewhat clumsy compared to the Spanish teams, specifically Barcha.
"Monster?" Isami said curiously about Bachira's words about her, taking the ball from Bachira and beginning to dribble with Kaiser with difficulty.
"Yes, my monster feels a resonance with you, it asks me to pass you the ball."
Bachira spoke, flanking Kaiser, who just smiled as he watched the encounter.
"Now that I notice it... This girl unconsciously looks around in a very small area of reach, could it be a prelude to Metavision? Although her presence and habit are still faint, she has good observational skills," Kaiser monologued, noticing Isami's unconscious habit of watching her feet move. Although she was somewhat clumsy, she was able to unconsciously anticipate her trajectory.
However, Kaiser easily broke Isami's control and began to move his feet in a controlled manner, constantly evading Bachira's attempts to intercept the ball in his hands.
Kaiser watched impassively and performed a bicycle trick with the ball, diverting Isami's attention from the ball, while at the same time executing a backward kick with sufficient power, sending the ball flying to the far end of the field under his back by the surprised expressions of both girls.
"Wow, Kaiser-kun, your dribbling is really good,"
Said Bachira with a smile, running towards Kaiser with the aim of reaching the ball.
Isami nodded in agreement, quietly watching Kaiser's moves, unconsciously.
He instantly lunged to where his instinct told him the ball was going to fall, but his attempt was easily read by Kaiser, who performed an explosive feint, freeing himself from both of them.
"They're talented," Kaiser concluded in his mind. "Although they're still very green in general, they have potential in their areas. Bachira would fit in well with teams in Spain, and maybe Isami would fit in well with Bastard, although they still have a long way to go."
Kaiser finished her thought, making a change of direction that fooled Bachira and Isami by switching from right to left abruptly but in a controlled manner, passing between the two.
"It's hard to get the ball when he has it. If I want to beat him, I need to analyze his skills depthly," thought a concentrated Isami, sweat running down her body alongside Bachira.
"It's so much fun to play against him. It's like I'm playing with someone beyond the regional player level," thought Bachira, breathing heavily and watching Kaiser with a turbulent look.
"Although now that I notice it, Kaiser-kun hasn't been talking much. I usually take the initiative to talk most of the time. Could it be that he doesn't know how to communicate, or is there another reason why he doesn't know how to communicate properly?"
Bachira thought to himself, entering a state of concentration, stepping on Kaiser's heels while watching him with curiosity and interest.
"What's wrong with her? Her playing style has changed to a more aggressive one. Why is she watching me?" Kaiser wondered to himself, deflecting the ball. Due to a brief lapse in concentration, Isami managed to gain control of the ball from the blue-eyed blonde with great difficulty.
"Good," Isami thought with a smile, trying her best to intercept Kaiser's attempt to steal the ball, making a short pass to Bachira, who had better control of the ball than she did.
Kaiser watched impassively and then easily snatched Isami's pass, much to her dismay and Bachira's excitement.
"How does he do it? He anticipates my movements so quickly, it's as if he can read me like a book," thought Isami, confused and somewhat frustrated.
"I don't know why, but I have a strange feeling that I want to annoy her," thought Kaiser amusedly, placing his hand on Bachira's shoulder with the aim of making space in her range.
"Ne Kaiser-kun, you're already very tall for a man, and now you're trying to distance yourself from me?" said Bachira with an excited and frustrated expression, trying to stretch her short legs to reach Kaiser's ball.
"It's the same with her, although she's more mischievous, it's fun to play with them, compared to the idiots at the academy," Kaiser thought amusedly, giving Bachira easy access to the ball.
Minutes and minutes of short interceptions that Kaiser gave to the girls and quick passes that the blond managed to execute, both Bachira and Isami were exchanging rhythms with the aim of taking Kaiser down.
Twenty minutes later, both were on the ground, panting from the excessive effort they had put in, with Kaiser controlling almost all the rhythm and possession of the ball.
"I'm not that good at dribbling, but I guess I have to adapt. I have to maintain a consistent level, but not too overwhelming. Although they're not going to improve abruptly with these short training sessions, for now, we'll have to wait for Ego to play the games with them and the others soon," Kaiser tought staring his sight on the girls.
You couldn't blame him. The girls were breathing heavily, and the Blue Lock uniforms that framed their bodies in a sexy way were hard to ignore.
"Enjoying the view again, Kaiser-kun?" Bachira asked with a smile, noticing his gaze.
Instantly, Isami reflexively covered her chest with a blush and an embarrassed expression on her face.
"Oh, how embarrassing! I forgot that he's a boy, handsome but still a boy! Oh, why did I act like that?"
Isami blushed as she looked down, her heart pounding with embarrassment.
Kaiser just remained silent with a blush on his face as Bachira looked at him with a mischievous smile.
"You can touch it if you want..."
Bachira said, holding one of her breasts with a smile.
"Just kidding... I'm not as easy as you think," Bachira sighed, pulling her hand away as she began to stretch her upper body.
"Whatever you say... This is getting awkward..." Kaiser thought, watching the two of them.
A tense and uncomfortable feeling suddenly arose among the three of them. Silence reigned as Bachira stretched, ignoring the atmosphere, and Kaiser and Isami remained silent, with the black-haired girl occasionally glancing at Kaiser.
*Bomp* *Bomp*
A sound came from one of the loudspeakers in the room, catching the attention of the three.
"Thank God, the atmosphere was a little uncomfortable even for me," Kaiser thought, embarrassed. He had no experience dealing with womens, he barely knew how to communicate with men in general, and even that was difficult for him.
"Ahem, we have finished compiling the results for the last three days, so go to your rooms and take a look at your new positions."
"Let's go, that's enough for today. I have some comments to make to you later," Kaiser said to the girls, getting their attention.
They both nodded in their own way, shaking off their embarrassment, and together they walked back to their rooms.
When they arrived at the room, they noticed the group of boys and the two girls talking among themselves.
"Oh, Kaiser, Isami, Bachira, did you hear what they said? We've moved up in rank, look," said an excited Kunigami, extending her shoulder to show her change in rank.
"I see," said Kaiser, looking his own shoulder, which now marked the rank "228."
"Oh, I'm 274," said Isami, looking at his shoulder.
"Oh, I've been assigned 267 now," said Bachira, looking at her shoulder with curiosity.
"What's your rank, Kunigami?" Kaiser asked curiously.
"269," replied the orange-haired girl somewhat listlessly to Kaiser.
"I see..."
"Why do I feel like you're laughing at me internally?"
"It must be your imagination," replied Kaiser amusedly, along with the two black-haired girls.
While the other boys argued among themselves, a tired Ikki and a bored Chigiri stood by.
*Boop* *Bopp*
A distinctive sound filled the room, silencing the others who were watching the television. On the screen, the silhouette of Jinpachi Ego appeared again.
"Ego-san..." thought Kaiser, turning his attention to him along with the others.
Ego looked at everyone in the room before speaking.
"Hello and good job, rough diamonds. Are you enjoying your life here at Blue Lock?"
"Shove your question up your ass! How could anyone in their right mind enjoy this shit? Are we supposed to live in this hellhole to make us better?" Riachi exclaimed angrily.
"It's true... I want some good food..." Naruhaya said, complaining with his arms behind his back.
"Shorty... You say that after eating one of my gyoza?" Gagamaru said with a death stare.
"SHITTY SOCCER REQUIRES A SHITTY ENVIRONMENT, DO YOU UNDERSTAND, YOU EMPTY-HEADED IDIOT!?" Ego replied with an impassive expression under Kaiser's amused gaze.
"HUH?" Raichi's face showed a vein of anger and sweat on the right side of his face.
"Well, changing the subject, let's talk about Blue Lock. This facility is organized into five different tiers. We have 25 teams ranking from 'B' to 'Z,' with each team per tier living in the same conditions."
"Right now, each stratum after the catching game resulted in the elimination of 25 players. Currently, there are 275 players residing in Blue Lock."
"Each team is formed by the positions of its players. That is, the players on team B go from 1 to 11, those on team C from 12 to 22, and so on," Ego explained.
Kaiser, Ikki, and the girls looked at Ego, although their reactions varied at the mere fact that 25 players had already been eliminated instantly.
"Slowly filtering out the trash," Kaiser thought, smiling.
"How fun, filtering out the strongest ones little by little," Bachira thought, excited at the idea of facing them.
"I wonder if there's anyone who can beat Kaiser-kun," Isami thought, watching Kaiser with curiosity. "What kind of talent is there here that they would assign him so low?"
"Hmm..." Chigiri said with her arms crossed, unconsciously looking at her knee.
"I see, this is certainly a means to wake us up," Ikki thought seriously, analyzing Ego's explanation.
"I want to play and show off my skills," Kunigami thought, her hands on her hips.
Kaiser just glanced quickly at Kunigami's nice body, then looked back at ego.
Bachira, however, noticed Kaiser's gaze and just pouted. She didn't know why, but she felt a strange feeling inside at the thought of Kaiser looking at another girl besides her.
"Hmmp!"
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"While you, Team Z, are in the worst stratum of all, number 5, yours is the team made up of players ranked between 265 and 274, except for Michael Kaiser," Ego said.
Instantly, everyone's expression changed toward Kaiser and his shoulder, which bore the number "228."
"Are you kidding me, I have to play with that blue rose with thorns and these idiots!?" Riachi exclaimed, looking at Kaiser jealously as he was surrounded by Bachira, Kunigami, and Isami, while he was surrounded by the others.
Ego simply ignored what was said and resumed his explanation.
"Ahem, the players with the highest positions in the blocks have the best meals and the best training equipment. It's a parallelism to highlight the difference in lifestyles for those forwards who are at the top compared to trash like you." Ego spoke disinterestedly, frustrating the others with his words, except for Kaiser, who just laughed internally as he finally understood Ego's tactic.
"You're really good at rage-baiting, Ego-san," thought Kaiser, trying to hold back his laughter.
"This is where the best soccer players live like kings, so win and you can all enjoy that lifestyle! This is what it means to be in Blue Lock," Ego finished his explanation.
"You'll see my skills soon enough," said Riachi with a smile on his face.
"Keep barking, shark teeth..." Kunigami replied impassively.
Kuon just remained silent, along with a smiling Naruhaya and a quiet Gagamaru.
Bachira just smiled from ear to ear, watching Kaiser with excitement.
"I can't wait to play with him," thought the yellow-eyed girl.
"Tch, I want to win and test myself," thought Isami, clenching her fists as she watched Ego.
Chigiri said nothing and just watched the situation impassively.
Kaiser, on the other hand, just smiled with his eyes closed, next to a silent Ikki.
"Without further ado... Let the first selection begin," Ego concluded.
Everyone watched him in their own way, channeling their energy and emotions. Most of them were excited to finally play against each other and win.
"Here we go, Blue Lock is finally going to begin..." Kaiser thought, opening his eyes.
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Located in Germany, in a soundproof room, the figure of an adult man with a phone to his left ear could be glimpsed.
"Has he arrived yet?" the man asked.
"Yes, your young genius has already arrived at Blue Lock. He finished the preliminary test a short while ago," replied the voice on the phone, sounding familiar to him.
"Good, Jinpachi. Remember that I agreed to your deal because you promised me that this environment could break Kaiser's stagnation and turn him into a challenge for me," said the man in a serious tone, as if he were a robot.
"And so it will be, Noa. Both you and I benefit from his presence here. I will make sure to do everything possible to stimulate my rough diamonds and your genius, especially him, to see if I can wipe that blank expression off your face," Ego said from the other end of the phone with a frenzied smile.
"I hope so... Nothing would make me happier," Noa replied before hanging up his phone.
Ego closed his phone, watching all the players and the facilities from his control room.
"Here we go, one step into the future," Ego whispered, turning off the cameras.
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