Another 103: Realization

MORISAKI IS THROWING THE BALL, BUT NANKATSU ISN'T ATTACKING SWIFTLY!! INDEED, DESPITE MISUGI'S FAILED SHOT ATTEMPTS, MUSASHI IS STILL FOCUSED AND THEIR DEFENSE QUICKLY REGROUPED! EVEN THEIR ACE TSUBASA IS CLOSELY MARKED BY MISUGI!

Even if you manage to get the ball, I'll get it back with my heart bump!!

HOWEVER NANKATSU ISN'T PASSING THE BALL TO TSUBASA! TAKI IS RECEIVING IT IN THE CENTER OF THE FIELD, AND DESPITE NOT BEING IN HIS FAVOURED SPOT, THE SIDELINE, STILL MANAGES TO WIN HIS ONE ON ONE!!

I know that...

AH, LOOKS LIKE NANKATSU IS CHANGING GEAR!! TAKI DRIBBLES TOWARDS THE SIDELINE AND GOES UP FASTER THAN USUAL!! MUSASHI'S SIDEBACK AND DEFENSIVE MID FIELDERS ARE GOING TOWARDS HIM THOUGH!!


THAT'S IT, TAKI IS SURROUNDED!!


OOHH! TAKI IS GETTING PAST MUSASHI'S SIDEBACK, AND THE DEFENSIVE MID FIELDER CAN'T CATCH UP TO HIM!!

I won't lose if I'm in my favorite spot!!

No way, they... They're ignoring you? You're only here to... Lure me away!?
......

Damn it!! Perfect copy!!
!!!!

TAKI DRIBBLED UP ALL THE WAY TO THE CORNER POINT, PROBABLY TO AVOID ANY POSSIBILITY OF OFFSIDE TRAP!! THIS IS A HIGH CENTERING...


AH, BUT USUALLY THIS KIND OF HIGH BALL WOULD BE FOR IZAWA, BUT THIS TIME THE SCOREMONGER KISUGI IS THE ONE JUMPING!!

A scoremonger like me isn't limited to his kicks!! I'll show you the strength of my header!!

NO WAY!! RUNNING BEHIND KISUGI AT A DAZING SPEED WAS MISUGI!! JUMPING LATER THAN KISUGI, HE STILL MANAGES TO BLOW THE LATTER AWAY AND WIN THIS HEADER CONTEST!! WHAT AN UNUSUAL DISPLAY OF POWER FROM HIM!!

This skinny guy!? Using my power defense!?

Come on guys!! Don't let your captain do everything!! Don't give in to Nankatsu's pressure! You are Tokyo's elite!! You can win this!!
Ya... Yayoi...!?

AND THIS IS MUSASHI'S TURN TO SWITCH GEARS!! NANKATSU IS FEVERISHLY GOING FOR THE BALL, BUT MUSASHI ISN'T LOSING TO THEM!! THIS IS AN INTENSE STRUGGLE FOR THE POSESSION OF THE BALL!!

... Yayoi... Guys...

We had the upper hand but it isn't working anymore... Even if I can't play beyond my limits, I have to help!!

MUSASHI ISN'T GIVING UP!! SLOWLY BUT SURELY, TOKYO'S ELITE PLAYERS ARE WINNING MORE AND MORE ONE ON ONES!!


... AND THE BALL IS ALSO SLOWLY BUT SURELY GETTING AWAY FROM MUSASHI'S PENALTY AREA!! THIS IS A HIGH BALL...

I can at least do this...!!

BUT IT'S GOING TOWARDS NANKATSU'S ACE, TSUBASA, WHO STAYED BEHIND THIS WHOLE TIME!! THIS IS SURELY GOING TO BE...

!!!!!!

Perfect... Copy!!
Th... That's...!!

AN OVERHEAD... AHHH, BUT! MISUGI, LIKE SANO OR WAKASHIMAZU, JUMPED ON A GOAL POST, ALLOWING HIM TO MAKE IT ON TIME TO BLOCK TSUBASA'S OVERHEAD AND EVEN ALLOWING HIM TO HAVE THE UPPER HAND!! THE BALL IS CLEARED...


AND AS SOON AS HE'S LANDING, MISUGI IS RUNNING AT AN INCREDIBLE SPEED TOWARDS NANKATSU'S GOAL!! ISN'T IT A RISKY BET? HE CLEARED THE BALL, BUT ANYONE CAN STILL TAKE IT!!


He's... Trusting his teammates to get the ball? He's never done that ever since... Ever since...

Oh, I was such a fool... Now I get it...