10th April 2025
'YES ENDO!
Now pass to me or Itoshi, and we can settle this!'
"Hey, Morita, I'll kill you... I'm tired of being a defender..." Endo says, "You human piece of dogshit, if you weren't insanely good at football, then you'd be even lower than dogshit...
But here's the thing, I'll kill you, devour you, evolve, hone my skills, and come out a stronger defender... with my team winning..."
"I hate people like you... People like you think you have it all figured out... When you're the one who's lower than dogshit... Because you're clueless... Now give me the ball, or I'll take it... I've rejuvenated myself, I feel anew..." Morita commentates.
"There's no chance in hell I'd willingly give the ball to a slob like you!" Endo shouts.
'Wait... That crazed state Morita was in...
Maybe that was a flow state...
The way he is now... And how he says he's feeling...
Has he incorporated the flow state into his regular being!???'
A bead of sweat drips off of Ren's chin, his mind feels like it's running at a million miles an hour.
'That's... That's impossible... HE'S UNSTOPPABLE!
Wait... I don't know for sure... I've only entered the flow state once or twice in a match...
I think it just heightens your senses to the max, and you can use your muscles more, with serious detri-
Just like with Itoshi!
I need to push my body to the max again! Then I can beat him!'
Endo runs forward with the ball.
'No... No... nononononono! PASS THE BALL! YOU CAN'T BEAT HIM!'
Ren starts running in.
'I'll tackle you before he can get the ball off y- what?'
Endo does a stepover. "Your eyes aren't trained enough." Then dashes past Morita.
'He got past?
No... I see...
Endo's been a prodigy this whole time...
How do you beat the perfect attacker?
Put them against the ultimate defender!
Man, this is getting my blood pumping...
This is highest level match I've ever played...
We have ten minutes to secure the goal...
Go! ENDO!'
Endo runs with the ball, he gets past Hayashi with ease.
'I need to position myself!'
Currently, Endo's running up the right side of the pitch. Fujisawa and Aizawa and Tanigawa and Nobu and Onishi are to his left, Itoshi's at the front, running for a pass, and Ren is at the furthest left from Endo.
'Endo find it! You know Itoshi isn't in a perfect spot! Wait for me to get there... I believe in you!'
Endo kicks it... To Itoshi.
"Thanks... Endo!" Itoshi shouts, trying to position himself.
'Thank you, Endo!
That ball's too high for Itoshi to get it...
All that's left is for me to get in position...
GO MUSCLES!'
Ren pushes his legs to the max, running as fast as he can.
Just as the ball lands he gets there... But so does Nobu...
"Yo... I'm gonna take this ball... REN!"
'NO YOU'RE NOT!'
Ren pushes himself, Nobu is slightly closer to the ball, so Ren pushes himself to the max to get there...
...He does!
Ren sticks his foot out and kicks it up into the air.
They both jump...
Nobu can jump higher...
'He can jump higher!?
Know what...
Fuck header...
If I'm going to be the best... Then I can score from any angle! In any position!'
Ren throws his body back, sticking his foot up.
'PUT EVERYTHING INTO THIS...
BICYCLE KNUCKLE!!!!!'
He slams his foot into the ball, at the right angle, it flies towards the net.
'It's going in!
My super goal!
Is gonna go in!'
The goalkeeper jumps, but can't get there in time.
Onishi is running towards the net, but he can't get there in time.
It slams...
'no...'
...Against the crossbar...
Onishi receives it, and instantly crosses it...
...to Morita..
"Thank you..."
Aizawa slide tackles, Morita jumps over it...
Morita runs up the field, uncontested.
He gets to the box.
"morita shot."
With 4 minutes remaining, the 41st minute, Morita scores to make it 4-3 to the blue team.