Blue Dream Trail (Soccer) - Episode 8.5

※From Hayato Onizuka’s point of view

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Even though my injury had long since healed, I was still in the middle of training and honestly wasn’t very motivated, but then that guy was on the opponent.

The moment we met again, I noticed the atmosphere had changed.

The other person was looking at me, too.

There were no words, but those were the eyes of someone who knows.

(…Ah, here he comes)

He came to stop me. That was his look.

He had grown taller, and his voice had deepened.

The accuracy of the passes had also improved dramatically.

But the eyes remained unchanged.

The same eyes that saw everything back then.

He is calm and has a bird’s-eye view.

But it was deeper and stronger than before.

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15 minutes into the second half.

I took advantage of his weakness, shook off his mark, and got behind him.

His physical agility and timing were perfect.

He evaded the keeper and scored the winning goal.

I won-or so I thought.

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In the 30th minute of the second half, they conceded a free kick in the center of their half.

It’s a perfect position for Ren to kick.

The ball was handed over to another player, who then set it.

“…Eh, you’re not going to kick?”

The opposing bench was also in an uproar.

But the next moment, a no-look through pass.

An angle no one had expected. It took me by surprise, too.

The forward ahead broke through and scored a goal.

2-2. A tie.

(…This guy is really interesting.)

But I was agitated.

The game went into extra time with the team still on the defensive.

Ren collected the ball after it had bounced off our first corner kick in a while and made a long pass to the opposite side.

It was an accurate 60m shot, falling right into the space where the goalkeeper couldn’t reach.

The team’s forward ran in and calmly scored the winning goal.

2-3. A come-from-behind defeat.

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After the game ended,

Ren said.

“Next time, let’s do it at a higher level. Professionally. On the world stage.”

I couldn’t help but laugh. It was frustrating, but it wasn’t bad.

It’s annoying. It’s annoying.

but–

(If I could do it again with you.

…That’s not bad either.)