Ikari: Alright, even though Chris is a fucking idiot for it...

Ikari dropped the ball, before kicking it up the field, going over the heads of the Bastard Munchen players.

Hiori: 'Such a delicate kick! Despite his size, he's an amazing passer as well!'

Ryu: 'When it comes to the Monster Generation, we're all nonsensically talented for different reasons. When it comes to being physically gifted, Ikari is right up there with me, but for obviously different reasons. While I've got the best speed, agility, and jumping power, he's got ridiculous height, strength, and reactions. On the field or inside the goal, his defense is frightening.'

Ikari
Speed: A 88
Defense: S 99
Pass: S 90
Dribble: A 89
Shoot: S 90
Offense: S 90
Overall: S 98

The ball had gotten to Nagi, and seemingly his new partner, Agi.

Nagi: Let's do our best, Agi.

Agi: Let's, Seishiro.

Nagi kept going forward, with Yukimiya and Hiori being put in his way.

Yukimiya: NOT A CHANCE, NAGI!!

Hiori: It ain't gonna be that easy to get past us!

Much to everyone's surprise however, Nagi turned to use his arms to fully stop the two in their tracks with a body block.

Ryu: 'The hell?! Nagi is on a Power Play?!'

The ball landed at his feet, as soon after Nagi quickly turned to create distance between them.

Nagi: Keep moving forward.

A move that surprised everyone else even further was that the God Trapper began to dribble past the two.

Nagi: 26 meters to the goal... No, 27 I think.

Isagi: 'Nagi is trying to make plays on his own?! This is something I didn't ever think was possible for him!'

Azure: Yup. However small, Nagi's new football style starts with him.

Nagi
Speed: A 82
Defense: B 75
Pass: A 85
Dribble: A 86
Shoot: S 92
Offense: S 91
Overall: S 92

Nagi: It's important to be a pain in the ass.

Nagi had passed to Agi who entered the Penalty box.

Nagi: There. That's the seed on an "ideal".

Agi: That's right Seishiro. That annoyance...

Agi leaped into the air, revealing similar traits to Ikari, even if only on a smaller scale.

Quickly after reaching the ball, Agi kicked it right back down to Nagi, who had Hiori on him.

Hiori: No shot, Nagi! 'That was tough!! This is such a high level battle from the jump!'

Nagi: Hiori... Nice try but...

Nagi had raised his foot over the ball, attempting to do a fast volley, as Hiori seemed as if he might be able to make it. However before either could make contact with the ball, Kanata had bolted through, stealing the ball away, and making Nagi miss a kick.

Kanata: Who the fuck is this shitty newb? I could read that play in my sleep!

Nagi: X_X Shitty newb?!

Hiori: KANATA?!!!

Kanata: Easily readable moves like that aren't even worth my time on defense.

???: I thought so.

Kanata felt a shiver go up his spine, as he felt the ball be kicked away from him. This was revealed to be Azure, as almost in an instant he was able to reset the play that had been made.

Kanata: 'AZURE?!! How the hell did he get past my Metavision?!'

Azure: You got a little too overconfident there Kanata. That'll cost ya against me. TAKE IT, PRINCESS!!!

The ball had been passed back up the field, as the one who had gotten it was Chigiri.

Chigiri: You're the best, savage wolf.

Isagi got in the path of Chigiri, who dribbled forward, and managed to easily get by Ness.

Isagi: Not so fast, Speedster!

Chigiri: Isagi. You'll be the perfect Guinea Pig.

Chigiri
Speed: S 98
Defense: C 68
Pass: A 80
Dribble: S 93
Shoot: A 88
Offense: S 95
Overall: S 90

Isagi: Try me.

Chigiri sped forward again, confident in his ability against the newly reborn Isagi.

Ryu: 'Better get back!'

Swiftly, Ryu had sprinted forward, finding that Azure took up the attention of Kanata. Using his reading, Isagi was able to momentarily keep up with Chigiri, however an unexpected outside dribble caused him to lose the red head.

Ryu: 'An outside?! I don't blame Isagi cause that makes no sense! BUT...'

Reminding the players that one of the defining weapons in his Arsenal was his own blazing speed, Ryu had gotten in the path of Chigiri as well, causing him to come to a complete halt.

Ryu: Let's clash, Red Panther.

Chigiri: You moved too late, Dragon Ace. Time to dance...

Immediately he sped in, with his increased acceleration catching Ryu off guard, along with his inside cut.

Ryu: 'OKAY SERIOUSLY, WHAT THE HELL?! Speed isn't the issue, I've got him beat in acceleration!'

Ryu turned, seeing that Kunigami had come back to try and defend. Although Chigiri was able to dribble past him, finally stopping at a specific spot,

Ryu: Wait... That's what it was?

Chigiri: '44 PANTHER SNIPE!!!'

Chigiri then shot the ball, with a controlled and precise curve shot going as Gagamaru jumped for it.

Gagamaru: Wow...

The ball had managed to go past his hand, and into the Goal.

Score: 1-0 Manshine City

Chigiri: Your Evolution's too slow, Blue Lockers.

Ryu: ... Haha...

Chigiri: Huh?

Ryu: PFFT HAHAHAHA!!! You got one over me Chigiri, I'll give you that! I really didn't expect a Golden Zone out of you!

Chigiri: Ryu... Did you just give me props?

Ryu: I give 'em where they're due Princess. However, now that I know your exact shooting location...

An aura appeared around Ryu as he walked past Chigiri.

Ryu: My data will help me make sure you don't get the chance to score another goal.

Hearing this, Chigiri got a chilling sensation.

Chigiri: 'For someone to say something by that outlandish... and for me to actually believe it is nuts...'

Chigiri gave a shaky smirk, looking back at Ryu.

Chigiri: Damnit, just how strong have you gotten?

As Ryu walked, he looked at Hiori, before nodding.

Hiori: 'Looks like he's gonna do it. So I've gotta get ready myself.'

Hiori pulled his gloves, before a target like pattern appeared in his eyes.

Hiori: 'It's time to check it out. This Metavision will be the game changer.'

The kickoff began again, as Kaiser once more passed to Ness.

Ryu: 'Chigiri is running on the wing. Ness is planning to dribble through a few players. Grim is making a run for Ness.'

Ryu sped up, seeing Azure in front of him, as it had become apparent that he had been given the task of man marking the Speedster, not allowing Ryu to use his speed to it's full extent, putting a body on him.

Azure: Ah ah ahhh.

Ryu: 'And Azure is trying his best to keep me on lockdown, and is somehow succeeding!! How much has he improved physically?! It's a struggle and a half to keep moving!!'

He looked ahead, before smirking.

Ryu: Sorry Azure, but I'm not the only threat you've gotta worry about. And I'm not talking about Isagi.

Azure: Wait what?

Ness continued to go, however soon found that Reo had charged forward.

Reo: I'll be taking this!

Ness: You won't have it for long, Samurai boy.

Reo: That's what you think.

Reo made slight moves waiting for Ness, before he did a Cross Elastico Nutmeg against Ness.

Isagi: 'That's Sae's move!! And not only that...'

Similar to Ryu, Reo managed to change his pace while dribbling, however it was clearly an inferior version of the real deal.

Isagi: 'No matter how different, he managed to integrate Ryu's old style in there too!'

Reo: 'This is what I'll use to surpass Nagi, and become the World's Greatest Striker!!'

Reo
Speed: A 81
Defense: A 86
Pass: A 89
Dribble: A 83
Shoot: A 82
Offense: A 86
Overall: A 85

As Reo managed to get by the last midfielder, he found that someone slid in, intercepting the ball.

???: Sorry, but I saw you coming a mile away, Reo.

Reo: Cyan head?!

This was revealed to be Hiori, as Isagi was shocked.

Isagi: 'Hiori read that play as easily as us! So I wasn't wrong, he does have the same Metavision as us!'

Having expected this, Ryu had allowed himself to fall back, bringing Azure along.

Azure: 'He saw that coming?!

Hiori: Let's go, Ace!

Ryu: Follow my lead.

Ryu sprinted off, as even with increased physical abilities, Azure found that he was unable to keep up.

Azure: 'His speed has gone up!! Damnit Ryu, you baited me into this position!!'

Hiori came up as well, dribbling up the field, as he was able to dribble past Agi and Nagi.

Agi: That dribbling!

Nagi: Hiori is on fire...

Hiori: 'Ryu's abilities are unbelievable. He's got so many weapons, I can't even name them all at once. The question is not how many he can use, but which ones can I bring out of him so he can score a goal?!'

Hiori delivered a pass to Ryu, who seeing this slowed down, with Chigiri speeding ahead.

Chigiri: BAD MOVE!!!

Ryu: Huh? Hell are you on about?

While still moving, instead of allowing the ball to hit the ground, Ryu hopped up into the air, and trapped the ball over the head of the speeding Chigiri.

Ryu: With a pass the delicate, I'm never that careless.

Hiori: 'That pass was meant to bring out his trapping and jumping abilities, Chigiri never stood a chance.'

Instead of blazing ahead, Ryu momentarily waited, before twisting his body and delivering an immensely accurate cross pass.

Chigiri: 'INSANE!!'

The pass was sent to the entirely other side of the field, as it seemed to be heading towards Isagi.

Isagi: 'Such a great pass! Appreciated, Ryu!'

As Isagi prepared to trap it, he found that Kaiser wasn't far.

Kaiser: WELL EX-FUCKING- SCUSE ME!! Mind if I hijack that one, Yoichi?!

Isagi: 'KAISER?!! THIS FUCKING GUY!!!'

The pass came, however they looked and saw that Ryu hadn't stopped running.

Isagi&Kaiser: 'What?'

Hiori: That was step 2!!

Hiori had arrived just in time, managing to trap the pass, but keep moving forward.

Isagi: HIORI?!!!

Hiori: 'He's a fucking maniac!! He purposely directed their attention up, and made a crazy fast pass that pushed my speed to the limit.'

Upon seeing this, even Ikari was shocked.

Ikari: 'What the hell?! He faked both of them out just like that?!'

Ryu kept running, as soon he found himself nearing the penalty arc, while Kunigami was near the box as well.

Hiori: 'Just like in theory! His brain's amazing!!'

Hiori made a Cross Pass similar to the one Ryu had done, as Ikari had seen something troubling.

Ikari: 'Hold on, which of them... Those sneaky assholes really thought this would work that easily Huh?!'

At the last moment, Azure had caught up to Ryu, putting pressure on his right side.

Azure: NO CHANCE!!

Ikari: 'We know that the accuracy of your left isn't the same Ryu. That's how we can trip you up! Especially with Azure there.'

Ikari smirked as Kunigami tried for a shot, however failed as the ball had gone to Ryu.

Ryu: You idiots fell for it.

Ryu's eyes glowed, as Ryu had leapt up, using Azure as a balance.

Azure: 'WHAT?!!!'

Ryu: 'THIS IS MY ANSWER TO YOUR BULLSHIT PRESS!!!'

With Kunigami still up in the air, and Ikari's vision slightly obscured from it, Ryu shot a powerful Dragon Strike with his left leg, as Ikari hardly could jump for the shot, as the ball quickly entered the goal.

Score: 1-1

Ryu: HELL YEAH!!!!

Ryu landed on his feet, grinning ear to ear.

Azure: That... Wasn't normal.

Isagi looked at the shot, coming to a realization as well.

Isagi: Ryu's Left legged Dragon Strike... That was equally as accurate as his right legged shot too!

Kaiser: That would mean...

Hiori looked onward, as an image of two dragons had appeared behind Ryu.

Hiori: 'He's perfected his Ambidexterity. With that, virtually no shot is impossible for Ryu. A new style. Hunting Dragon Shooting.'

Kanata: 'When it comes to kicking accuracy, I believe it's more of a mental battle. Ryu has managed to overcome that challenge, so now he's gained something that only Noa himself has as an almighty weapon.'

Kanata smirked upon making the realization.

Kanata: 'Ryu's got a shot that's All Powerful. That's the one thing Ikari has no experience with. He's leveling up even faster than I expected.'

Hiori had come over, giving Ryu a high five in celebration.

Hiori: You've got hell of a leg there, Ryu!

Ryu: Look who's talking, you managed to keep up!!

He had put up 2 fingers, smirking.

Ryu: Now, we've gotta top that 2 more times.

Hiori was surprised upon hearing this, before Ryu had gone his own way.

Hiori: 'That took our current best plays in order to score that goal... And he's saying we have to go BEYOND that? And they've been competing at this high of a level since we started, and there are guys that have even scored all on their own... What kind of crazy battleground is this...'

Hiori's eyes began to glow, as his sclera even became back.

Hiori: 'I FUCKIN' LOVE IT!!!'

Ryu was able to sense this, smirking.

Ryu: 'There we go. He's starting to get hooked. All he needs to do is find his true Ego and then there won't be a single play that they can stop me from making. Wake up and smell the flower's, Hiori.'

HIT THE MUSIC!!

Azure look at the state of the field, shaking his head.

Azure: That one snapped play for Nagi was all it took for that to happen. OI, PRINCE!!

Azure called out to the coach of Manshine City who sat on the bench.

CHRIS "GOOFY STRIPPER NUMBER 2" PRINCE!!

Chris: *Sigh* A deal is a deal, Azure!

Ikari smirked upon seeing the confirmation.

Ikari: Let's go, Manshine City. Formation 2 is a go.

Nagi: ... Argh.

Agi had switched from being Center Forward, and had gone into the Midfield.

Isagi: I was wondering when he'd stop being patient...

Azure had stepped forward to the center of the pitch, with all eyes now on him.

Kanata: 'Most players wouldn't realize... But for every big move in Manshine so far...'

Isagi: 'Through keeping the ball away from Ryu so long... A pass to Chigiri... and even catching up at the last second with Ryu's unreal shot...'

An aura was around Azure, with a silhouette behind him.

Kaiser: 'Azure Kaito has had a dominant presence this entire time. And his main position is Striker.'

Ryu: 'Just how much has Azure managed to improve in that way if he did this much?'

Azure: Better get ready, Blue Lockers. Cause I'm about to turn up the heat right fucking now.

Azure kicked the ball off, grinning wildly.

Azure: Let's dance, BASTARDS!!

CHAPTER END!!