"Here!" Suddenly, a voice sounded in his ear. Hiori Yo and Nagi Seishiro, who had been undefended, simultaneously called for the ball, one from the left and one from the right.
Now, the best option was to pass the ball to his nearby teammates.
"Shut up, both of you!" Itoshi Rin snapped, raising his right foot.
Under Shidou Ryusei's gaze.
With a "thump."
A high lob pass flew towards the field behind him.
Shidou Ryusei cursed, "No.1, are you stupid?"
He turned to look back, only to see Ye Liangqiu being simultaneously blocked by Kurona Ranze and the Monk.
The Monk and Kurona Ranze were surprised to see the ball flying towards them. Ye Liangqiu was so restricted, yet he still wanted to pass the ball over?
Ye Liangqiu seemed to feel the burning gaze behind him.
"I know you're looking forward to it, and I won't let your anticipation fall flat. After all, your crappy pass… my grandma next door probably passes better than you!"
"Even if it's bad, I'll take this ball!"
At this moment, Ye Liangqiu's blood seemed to be surging, his eyes appeared to have completely turned red, and the veins on his cheeks bulged. This was a state he had never experienced before; the blurred images of the ball and people in front of him seemed to overlap, and his body reacted instinctively.
He didn't even need to think; he was driven entirely by instinct.
Ye Liangqiu's eyes only saw one ball, its afterimage flashing past him.
"The blood in my body is roaring wildly, clamoring…"
"It's screaming for me to crush everyone!"
"World, shout!"
The Monk gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead, and even resorted to fouling by directly restraining Ye Liangqiu's body with his hands.
But that explosive force forcibly pushed away Kurona Ranze and the Monk's bodies.
The two looked back to see Ye Liangqiu's body already leaping up, the ball still spinning and flying in the air.
Only a "thump" was heard.
The immense force even made the ball, which should have been spinning, turn into a straight shot.
At this moment, the Monk was stunned in place, only able to watch as the ball entered the net.
The score became 1:2.
Itoshi Rin snorted, "You're the first one to treat me as a tool…"
Bachira, who rushed back to the field, saw a completely different Ye Liangqiu from before, and his supposed excitement vanished. "What exactly did Aki go through after the last match?"
"How could the change be so big?"
"Great shot!" Hiori Yo ran forward, almost jumping up to hang on Ye Liangqiu.
Ye Liangqiu looked at the ceiling at this moment, feeling better than ever. His body still seemed to be hot. What was wrong with him… Was it because of novelty?
Or was it because he found that missing piece?
......
In the monitoring room.
Ego Jinpachi interlaced his fingers, the video replaying the scene from just now. "He just entered the FLOW state."
"FLOW?" Anri held her notebook, taking notes. "Mr. Ego, does this state make players enter an explosive state?"
Ego Jinpachi smiled slightly, "No… To be precise, this state is similar to an adrenaline rush, but different. In the FLOW state, the world in front of the player becomes exceptionally clear. It's a state of self-forgetfulness, and it's the player's optimal state."
"Players who can enter this state can already touch the threshold of professionalism."
"Ah?" Anri didn't quite understand, but she still took notes.
Ego Jinpachi looked at the replay. "A person enters this state when they find an emotion that excites them to the extreme. So… Ye Liangqiu, what made you enter this state?"
"After all, this was just a simple pass."
"What were you thinking in front of the goal?"
.....
Ye Liangqiu returned to his position, still savoring that feeling. Thoughts surged in his mind; he seemed to have found his optimal scoring equation…
Before entering BLUE LOCK, or after entering it, he never had this feeling in any match. Was it because the opponents were too weak?
No… it wasn't… it was because each time it felt like he was fighting the entire opposing team by himself.
When he entered the opponent's penalty area and was intercepted by several people, everyone, including his teammates, would treat him as a decoy and pass the ball to other players.
However, this time was different; the ball actually flew directly to him.
Someone knew he could score this goal…
From fighting alone, it finally transformed into encompassing everyone around him. Everyone was watching him, they clearly knew that he would receive the ball… This feeling of the entire field's attention converging on him made Ye Liangqiu feel captivated.
Ye Liangqiu chuckled softly, "Indeed, I cannot cooperate with the weak."
"Their world, I cannot integrate into."
"So this is what it feels like to receive a pass in the penalty area…"
His gaze shifted to Itoshi Rin. Sure enough, snatching this guy over in the last match was a good choice.
However, Ye Liangqiu's gaze made Itoshi Rin frown deeply. It was just one goal, why was he acting as if… he had lost his parents.
At this moment, Ye Liangqiu's praising voice sounded in his ear.
"Your pass just now wasn't bad. It was only slightly better than my grandma next door's kick."
Veins bulged on Itoshi Rin's forehead, and his fists clenched… What a way to praise him.
If he had known this, he would have passed that ball to Hiori Yo instead; they could have scored with their teamwork too.
Not far away.
Shidou Ryusei, as a shooting specialist, someone who could smell a goal in the penalty area more accurately than anyone else, was probably the person on the field who understood Ye Liangqiu the most.
After all, no one would believe that a person intercepted by several opponents in the penalty area had a high probability of scoring.
So, the usual thought of players is to first find a good scoring route and then pass the ball to an unintercepted teammate.
And the player in the penalty area becomes the decoy.
A decoy contributing stamina and time to the match…
But if such a person gets a ball, he will also try his best to shoot, because he knows that if he doesn't dare to kick a hard-won ball, his only value on this field will be gone.
Shidou Ryusei's lips curled into a grin, "That shot just now got me excited. This guy… as I thought, he's my kind of person."
"You red-eyed bastard, I seem to be a little interested in you."