28th March 2025
Ren sits in bed, the nurse says he will have to stay in bed for two weeks for his legs to fully heal.
'We're playing a game today... And I missed it! That bastard Itoshi is probably getting better, Kisaki too!'
He sits up and looks at his phone.
'I'm not going to slouch off for two weeks, I'm gonna learn how to become a perfect scorer!
Scoring is my biggest problem, I come up with different shots for different keppers...
I need the perfect shot, that no keeper can save against, then I can focus on the rest!'
He spends a lot of time watching youtube videos on shot techniques.
'Damn it! None of these are good enough...
How do I become the perfect scorer...'
Then he got the best idea,
'I'll watch Zephyr Müller's clips!'
Zephyr Müller is the top-scorer of all time with 2,319 goals, and 710 assists, he's won the world cup 3 times.
Ethan Cole, his rival, has 2,104 career goals, and 973 assists, he's won the world cup once.
People often argue about who's better, and Ren thinks Zephyr's the better player, and ultimately, the player he wants to surpass.
So he's going to see the greatest goal-scorer of all time's shot technique to see if there's anything he can learn.
But before he can watch a clip he gets a text message.
Nobu:"Let's go! We won 3-2 today!"
He sent a photo of the league table now.
(3 Points per win, 1 Point per draw, 0 Points per loss)
(Each team has played two matches)
Tokyo Gakuen FC 6 points
Kyoto International Academy 6 points
Fukuoka Seiryu High 6 points
Nagoya Yūzai Academy 3 points
Osaka Kōkō High 3 points
Sapporo Tatsu High 1 point
Kobe High FC 1 point
Sendai High School 0 points
Yokohama High Academy 0 points
Ren texts back "Who scored the goals???"
Nobu:"Itoshi got a hat trick..."
'I shouldn't get too excited over a win, we were playing Yokohama High Academy, bottom of the table, and barely managed a win by 1 goal.'
He stares at his ceiling...
'I wanna play!!!'
8th April 2025
Ren kept at his hard work studying over the two weeks, and each team played two more matches.
Tokyo Gakuen FC 12 points
Kyoto International Academy 12 points
Osaka Kōkō High 9 points
Fukuoka Seiryu High 6 points
Nagoya Yūzai Academy 6 points
Sapporo Tatsu High 4 points
Kobe High FC 4 points
Sendai High School 3 points
Yokohama High Academy 0 points
The team has been playing good without Ren... But his return match will be against the team tied for first...
Kyoto International Academy...
Ren arrives at school again and goes down to the gym... And the whole team is there.
RW - Kenta Hayashi
LW - Itoshi Sakamoto
CAM - Daichi Morita
CM - Haruto Fujisawa
CDM - Riku Onishi
RB - Yusuke Tanigawa
CB - Nobu Kawahara
CB - Shunpei Aizawa
LB - Kazuki Endo
GK - Keisuke Nomura
"Welcome Back!"
Some say, but some like Endo or Onishi don't.
Coach Suganuma walks in, "We have 3 days, including today, before we play Kyoto! I want to smash them so hard they never play football again!
So I will make sure all of you train your asses off! No slacking! We WILL Lift the trophy at the end of this season!"
The room erupts in cheers.
"I will go extra hard on you Ren! No leg cramps on the big day!"
Ren chuckles it off.
"Day 1, which is the theory day! We will analyse the teams tactics and how to trap Haruto Fujimura so he doesn't make any passes.
Day 2, we will be doing hard training and drills!
And finally, Day 3, we will do a 6v6 match with one side using Kyoto's tactics so we can better prepare!"
Ren grins, 'I'll learn the formula for the perfect goal!"