Another 140: Double bladed

IT'S ALREADY 4-4 IN THIS PENALTY SHOOTOUT! THE NEXT ONE TO SHOOT FOR TOHO WILL BE... OF COURSE! THE KARATE KEEPER WAKASHIMAZU, WHOSE OFFENSIVE SKILLS MAY BE JUST AS GOOD AS HIS DEFENSIVE ONES! IN THAT CASE, THE EXPRESSION DOUBLE BLADED SWORD DOESN'T FIT, AS IT IS ONLY REALLY DANGEROUS FOR THE OPPONENT!


I'm a keeper like him, if our thinking are similar... That may help me stop his shot!!

AND HIS INJURY ISN'T A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTING! AH, IT'S A STRAIGHTFORWARD, STRONG SHOT!! AND...


... MORISAKI IS DIVING TO THE CORRECT SIDE!... AH, BUT AT THIS RANGE, WAKASHIMAZU'S SHOOTING POWER IS BLOWING HIM AWAY!!

Uh!! Uwaahhh!!

5-4 FOR TOHO! NANKATSU MUST SCORE NO MATTER WHAT... OR TOHO WILL BE VICTORIOUS!!

Listen Wakashimazu! Don't pick a side... Just focus on the ball!

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE NANKATSU IS CONCERNED WITH THEIR KEEPER MORISAKI... LOOKS LIKE THAT LAST SHOT REALLY HURT!

Morisaki... Are you alright!?

I think... That's what he aimed for... As keepers we think alike... Since he couldn't fool me, his goal was just to...

... To injure my hand... To ease things up for the next shooters...
Damn it! I won't allow it... I'll return the favor tenfold!!

It was a mistake... I know for a fact that this guy is more powerful if he has to protect teammates...

TAKASUGI IS SHOOTING NEXT FOR NANKATSU! HE SEEMS DETERMINED... AND THIS IS A LONG APPROACH RUN! HE'S GOING TO SHOOT WITH ALL OF HIS MIGHT...

Coach Kira is right... Focus...

Forget about my injury... Focus...

Ignore the surroundings... Focus...

Focus... Only... On...

THAT'S IT!! WITH SO MUCH POWER, AT POINT BLANK RANGE...


... The ball!!

True fist...
Defense!!

AHHH! WAKASHIMAZU DIDN'T DIVE THIS TIME!! SOLIDLY STAYING PUT ON HIS GOAL LINE, HE'S MANAGING TO REPELL TAKASUGI'S SHOT... BUT AT WHAT PRICE!! THERE'S BLOOD!! THE WOUND ON HIS RIGHT HAND IS NOW... A DOUBLE BLADED DEFENSE, DEFEATING THE OPPONENT, BUT HURTING HIM IN THE PROCESS!!


THA... THAT'S IT!! IT'S OVER!! THE PK SHOOTOUT FINALLY GAVE US A WINNER! WITH 5-4 FOR TOHO, THEY ARE FINALLY ACHIEVING THEIR V3 IN THE WINTERS NATIONALS!!

N... No way, he managed to...

NANKATSU'S PLAYERS ARE OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED! THEY BROUGHT THE KING, TOHO, TO THEIR KNEES! BUT IN THE END, EVEN IF SEVERELY WOUNDED, THE KING IS STILL SITTING ON HIS THRONE!!

It isn't supposed to end like this! I... Didn't even... Get to shoot!

AND THE AUDIENCE IS AWARE OF NANKATSU'S GREAT PERFORMANCE!! EVEN THOUGH TOHO WON IN THE END, THEY ARE CHEERING FOR BOTH TEAMS, WHO WERE BREATHTAKING FROM BEGINNING TO END!!

I... It's over... It's really over...

THIS WAS ALSO THE OCCASION TO DISCOVER AN IMPRESSIVE PLAYER, OOZORA TSUBASA!! THIS WAS UNDOUBTEDLY HIS BEST MATCH SO FAR, AND NO DOUBT THAT THIS RATHER OBSCURE PLAYER WILL BE FOLLOWED CLOSELY FROM NOW ON...!!

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