14 Enjoyment

"Hmmm~" Haruo lay on a massage table and was currently being served his goal bonus. It was another option between the stake or this.

Obviously, Haruo would gladly do an exchange for this since the person doing this physiotherapy was no other than Anri. How small the world was when you are basically being put into some jail-like environment.

"Yeah, right there~" Haruo even joked around but that also got him a small pinch of pain in return.

"Urgh, okay. I am sorry!" Well, small was relative. His muscles ached like hell when Anri got angry and put enough pressure on sensitive spots like pressure points.

"Stop enjoying this so much!" Anri's face was beet red looking at the teen's muscular body and continuing the therapy.

It was not because of the almost naked body but more because it was this guy that enjoyed it way too much. It felt like a punishment for her.

She still remembered the moment Ego talked with her that someone exchanged points for a massage.

At first, Anri wondered where they had a physiotherapist out of sudden but when Jinpachi just smiled and showed her the piece of paper that was her own license she immediately got the message.

Just thinking about it again she felt angry. She would really get her revenge for that at some point.

All the time she has been here in Blue Lock she has been doing nothing but chores. Her mood was suboptimal because of being overworked like this. It felt like she was not even the boss anymore.

"But this is a massage and it feels heavenly. It's not my fault that you are also our physiotherapist." Haruo tried to look back but Anri stopped him from looked when she started needing his neck.

"How come a young player like you needs a massage anyway? Can you not manage your training properly? No one else had exchanged their bonus for this..."

'And she is are closer to the truth than anyone else.' Haruo could only return his face into the hole from the massage table.

The last training seasons were alright and he did start to explore his limits. It felt refreshing to be able to run way faster than before but his power really did increase his danger of injury.

He noticed that the intermediate level was a passive one. So if he trained too hard or played too fiercely it would raise to high-risk and he would probably get an injury.

Finding out about this fact bothered him greatly.

But luckily there was still the option of physiotherapy in form of a massage. It would lessen the danger and let his muscles relax. He could already feel the change.

So he gladly used his last goal bonus point and got himself a nice kneading just before the next round-robin match.

"I am a growing teen. I can only try and lessen whatever is going on with my body.", answered Haruo truthfully.

Anri heard him out and sighed. Somehow she started concentrating more on the task after Haruo started to doze off lightly.

"Your muscles are so tensed up as if they are close to ripping apart. Okay, turn around." She now had a literal feel for how his body state was and could see he was not just fooling around for no reason.

When Haruo turned around she started working with the arms and legs. "It actually worries me now. Make sure you don't injure yourself."

"I don't plan on doing that. My body is my capital. It is worth millions in the future." Haruo made a toothy grin while looking at her.

When Anri saw that and looked into his brown eyes she got a little bit flustered and looked away. She didn't know why but she felt embarrassed now. How could a kid look so charming suddenly? Was that just her imagination?

Just to make sure she looked at him again and his face still looked like it dazzled her. Her blush increased.

"Are you feeling tired, Anri-san? Your massage got weaker..." Haruo only smirked.

That question let her jolt and she looked away with a small pout and started doing the massage properly again. Maybe even with too much force now.

"I was just surprised by those amber eyes. I didn't notice you had such golden-colored eyes." Anri tried to weasel herself out of the moment and Haruo raised both brows.

Haruo did have brown eyes so it was a little bit of confusion why she told him he had amber eyes? Were his eyes getting clearer through the eagle vision and looks talent? Did they get an amber color to them now?

He never really bothered paying attention to that so he should make sure to take a look into the mirror later.

"Anyway, I am finished." Anri sighed and went over to a sink to wash her hands from the aloe vera oil that she used for the massage.

Standing up Haruo stretched his body and he felt great! All the tiredness seemed nearly gone from his body.

"Phew, that feels amazing. I am going to make sure to visit again. 5 Stars for you." Haruo looked at her.

Anri turned around and frowned at him but because he just stood there with his neoprene shorts she got flustered again and could not be angry.

"Thanks..." She even thanked him for some reason.

-[Anri Teieri]-

[...]

[Physiotherapist: A+2]

[Criteria: to devour *Physiotherapist: A+2*, spent 180 minutes with -Anri Teieri- while receiving a massage.]

No wonder that she was good. She was nearly a top-grade physiotherapist.

But that last notice from his power was a little bit ambiguous. So he needs to get 2 more seasons and he could take that talent for himself.

Just thinking about the usage of that talent makes him cough lightly.

He should stop drifting away into dreamland. Maybe it was that big round chest area from Anri that got Haruo drifting off with his mind to weird places.

Seriously, he slowly gets weird ideas with her behaving so shy. He should probably leave immediately.

"No, it is clearly me who has to thank for that, Anri-san. See you next time~!" Walking off with a hand wave he disappeared.

Anri only stood frowning and pouting in one spot. "That Sugewara...He still has not stopped calling me by my name..."

Back in Team Z dormitories Haruoo went under a hot shower and put his pajama on.

"Hey, hey. How was it?" A very curious Bachira looked at Haruo.

"How was what?" Haruo asked back with a questioning look.

"The massage! Was it worth it? I heard from Isagi and Kunigami that the steak is godly. How does that massage compare?"

Haruo smirked now. " So those two tried the luxury food? Guess Isagi can be happy since getting natto all the time sure is rough. Well, anyway. The massage is worth all the goals. I feel really refreshed. And it is done by a very beautiful lady at that."

"What!? Really? Is she young?" Imamura was now perking up his ears.

Haruo sweated a little with Imamuras face so close suddenly. "Yeah, she is? But I think she is out of your strike zone?"

"Why? Man, I would love to be able to have a conversation with a cute girl again. I am getting withdrawal symptoms being here all day long." Imamura was even making a crying face. He was actually the person in the group that was a total casanova.

At least he tried to be one since he probably sucked at it.

"Because she is our manager? Seems like Anri-san is also a physiotherapist." That answer was half going back towards Bachira.

"Huh. So you are one that is going for the mature woman? Didn't take you for that kind of guy." Imamura had a deadpan look on his face as if he was somewhat weirded out by Haruo now.

That got Haruo frowning. "What the hell? What is wrong with me looking at mature curves? It's more like your baby-face fetish is going way too overboard, mate." Suddenly he and Imamura started an arguing conversation about what type of woman was better.

The others only could smile wryly at that and Bachira who started the whole conversation with his question grinned sheepishly at the side. Just for a bit though since he just went off into sleep.

"Oi! Stop your yabbering. I am trying to sleep here!" Raichi shouted after waking up from his little doze.

"Yeah, got it. He is right. Let us all get some sleep since tomorrow is our next match up. Would hate be tired." Haruo agreed and also hit the dreamland underneath his futon like the rest of the team.

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ALL this is A/N(Author Note)

Okay, info dumb following. A few people had asked questions about the talent/skill power/system.

So I am going to explain some things and hopefully it will clear up some things.

His powers are Gluttony (U) and Greed (U). Two carnal sins.

The U stands for Unique and can either be a talent that is supernatural, genetic or something the person is known for.

Like Kunigami's sweet left foot is a unique genetic trait. Or for example, the ability to play any role on the field could also become a U for versatility. Or something like CR7's freekick is also a U.

The otherwise normal ranking would start from the lowest C-. Any talent and ability lower than that will not be considered a talent.

Then after that comes the ranking from lowest to highest.

C,C+,B-,B,B+,A-,A,A+

When a talent reaches A+ it starts to stack until it reaches A+3. But A+ plus A+ does not equal A+2. The next rank is always a tad more than the combined lower ranks. Meaning A+3 would about equal to 10 A+

After A comes S-, S to S+3, SS-, SS to SS+3, SSS-, SSS to SSS+3, W to W+3

Note that W does not have a - in the ranking. W is also the highest humanly possible limit.

After W comes HT(Half-Transcendence) and TD(Transcendent) and finally G(God). Those are basically impossible to reach since there would be no one there to have reached those levels. And reaching those yourself takes real dedication(Impossible kind).

Here is some example on their standing with their talent.

Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Christiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr. , Lionel Messi, etc. And even the fictional Blue Lock exclusive Noel Noa(a 31-year-old French number 9) would be SS to SSS class. Some even reaching W in some skills.

The criteria for the absorption of said ranked talents also increases in difficulty the higher the rank. If a rank is too high and the body can't handle the talent like in the previous case, both powers Gluttony and Greed will work their magic and try implementing the power anyway even on the user's disadvantage.

Generally, though, it is A talent as second league standard. S talent as first league standard and SS Talent on the international level. Everything above that is a class of its own.

For him to be able to devour the talents he needs to see the person and depending on what he wants to either also play with or against said person. So big names will be hard to come by for a while.

Also, Gluttony enables the power to devour talent while Greed shows them and gives extra criteria like bonuses.

Hope that helped somewhat.