Chapter 13 : Medical Dept.

The locker room's atmosphere at Blue Lock was tense, The perpetrators of this atmosphere were Isagi and Raichi

Raichi glared at Isagi with intense anger, but Isagi remained unfazed. He was not finished with Raichi and also needed to deliver a message to everyone present

"When Ego proposed the conditions of advancing, I knew that our team would end up the way Team X did

And the way you were behaving I knew you would drag us to that path so I didn't let you take the ball from me, My pass to you was a chance for you to show that you weren't just playing for yourself but were also thinking of winning as a team

You gave your answer by trying to dribble past 4 players, So you were no use to me as a Team player which led to me not passing to a burden at all"

Isagi was done with ignoring or letting things pass with Raichi, He could understand Raichi's action but even after gaining the lead he was trying to steal the ball from him

Even though Isagi wasn't too angry, he felt the need to have a 'friendly' talk with Raichi

"As if!, Be honest already! you convinced these pushovers to use this formation so you could become the Top-Scorer, It must be a real relief to know that even if this shitty team gets eliminated, you got a straight ticket to the next selection"

Raichi's words did sprout some doubts in others, In all honesty, they didn't have the confidence to score a Hat-Trick except for one person, Which became the reason for them to put their hopes in winning as a Team with the help of these outstanding players

"You think there are more than 280 players who are better than me? So everybody in Team X which is ranked higher than us is better than me, Kira, Bachira, and Kunigami?

Isagi asked as he removed his top kit and threw a towel on his shoulder, Indicating that he wanted to take a shower instead of having this conversation

"What's that have to do with anyt-"

"What I mean is Ego is lying about these ranks, He put some great players with many tr- less skilled players, So every team would have two choices let the strong prevail or take their spot with skills

That was the chance I gave you but you couldn't even get past a single defender, You have a good physique which could've helped you to hold onto the ball but you lost it right away, The reason I didn't pass to Kira at first wasn't because I wanted the glory, It was because Barou was challenging me so I scored a shot same as his to get back at him 

I didn't pass to you because unlike you, I had what it takes to get past those defenders, Bachira had 2 defenders on him when I passed to him but he still scored and you instead of scoring gave Barou the second Goal"

Isagi went on a rant to roast Raichi by facts which enraged Raichi and was about to start another rant of his own but Isagi didn't stop to hear it and was on his way to leave the Locker Room to hit the showers, This only intensified Raichi's anger and he stopped Isagi by pulling him from the shoulder in an aggressive way

"You do know that we are in the Locker Room, right?"

Isagi stared at Raichi with a calm expression which somehow seemed threatening to all

"and what doe-"

Isagi didn't let Raichi finish his sentence as he held Raichi's arm, turned him over and threw him on the ground, A powerful takedown was performed on Raichi by Isagi

"Isagi!"

"Guys, D-don't fight!"

Raichi fell to the ground as the takedown had more power than both Isagi and Raichi thought, Isagi didn't care and crouched down to meet Raichi's eyes, His expression turning cold, He stared at Raichi as a Predator looking at his prey, Raichi's look of anger towards Isagi started change, Isagi's gaze made him feel small, insignificant which gave a strange feeling of fear towards Isagi

"Don't ever hold my collar, You can throw all aggressive words at me and I will calmly explain to you how much of an Idiot you are, but If Anybody is thinking of getting in a physical confrontation with me, They are not getting away with it"

Isagi's low-voiced words echoed throughout the locker room, Even though he was staring at Raichi everybody present felt those words and understood the message that Isagi was broadcasting to all of them

Isagi got up and left the Locker Room to hit the showers, He hated physical confrontations as an Injury could become a big obstacle in any player's form or potentially end their career, Even though Isagi was immune to Injuries, It was still too soon for him to get that fear of Injury out of his System

Imamura tried to help Raichi to get up but he refused in a aggressive manner by slapping his hand away, He wasn't expecting Isagi who had been very calm and didn't lose his cool ever to become a fierce individual in such a short time, He sat on the ground for a while as he was still feeling the pain

Although the Takedown was hard, Isagi was careful in handling that move which didn't give Raichi any injuries but only a few bruises on his back

He tried to stand up but the pain in his back was still severe, As he tried to make another attempt he was stopped by a hand to keep him on the ground, It was Blue Lock's staff who put him on the stretchers and took him to the medical department

Anri got the report of Raichi's condition which concluded that with proper care he would be up to play for tomorrow, She was worried that Ego would take some actions against Isagi who was an exceptional talent for them but since it was Raichi who instigated it, Ego let it go

Raichi returned to Team Z's room, He was instructed to eat well and rest for tonight, Also he was strictly warned to not get into another fight, They thought he was lucky that it was only a bruise otherwise a strike like that could have gave him a severe injury, Raichi shivered at that thought while thinking of Isagi

'That bastard nearly ended my career!'

He sat on his futon, After a while, The screen showed the current standing of First Selection, Team V was at the top with 8 points difference, and Team Z was 2 points behind them

Team X had -6 while Team Y was at the bottom with -8 point difference

'Damm! Team V is monstrous to beat a Team with 8-0, Can we beat a Team like that?'

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[A/N]: Hi Guys, If You'll remember that I posted a note before about how the schedule of Chapters would change soon, It will be happening from this week because of my College, 

The current schedule will provide 2-3 Chapters a week, Though currently I have already written a few Chapters so It will be more frequent for a while and will get adjusted into the schedule which I just proposed, It will be for a short time though and will get back to the way I've been posting

Hope you guys have enjoyed it up till now, Keep reading and throwing those Power Stones at me

Have a Good Day!