Mold

On a warm night in Shizuoka both Yoruichi and Yushiro stayed inside and sat on the couch together looking towards the television. Yoruichi worryingly looked back at her phone and reread Sho's last text.

Yushiro was next to her and constantly stole glances as Yoruichi looked towards her phone. He knew how much she loves Sho so he caringly said

Yushiro: "He's not the same 4 year old we both remember. He's grown up, and I'm sure he can take care of himself. Let's just trust in Sho and watch the press conference. Alright?"

Yoruichi knew he spoke the truth but couldn't accept the fact that Sho's grown up so quickly. Under her breath she quietly said

Yoruichi: "I know you idiot."

She tore her eyes off her phone and stared at the television, in hopes of finding answers.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

At the press conference, a handful of reporters pointed cameras at a balding fat old man named Hirotoshi Buratsuta and next to him was a stunning young woman with chocolate brown eyes, named Anri Teirei. She pressed her hand against the microphone in front of her, making sure it worked and announced

Anri Teirei: "We will now begin accepting questions."

A sea of hands immediately went up as soon as Anri said those words. The Japan Football Association (JFA) President pointed towards a woman with dark blue short hair and annoyingly rested his chin against his hand.

Touka Kirishima: "Why are you throwing away the careers of so many high school footballers? What do their parents have to say about this?"

As soon as the reporter said those words, a sea of incoming questions pursued. The JFA President was easily flustered by the number of questions and began quietly mumbling to himself for answers. Anri instantly realized this and angrily stood up and shouted

Anri Teirei: "Don't you want a hero? I've always wanted Japan to win the World Cup but we've constantly fallen short. Let these 300 high school players in Blue Lock compete for their dreams!"

After Anri spoke her mind, she gathered her belongings and angrily left the room. Leaving behind a crowd of dumbfounded listeners.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

After the debriefing of Blue Lock's First Selection, Sho went to the nearest practice field and casually practiced his own style of dribbling. Sho's style of dribbling was nowhere near perfect but could soon be added to his arsenal of weapons.

Sho practiced as long as he could until everyone's curfew reached 12:15 in the morning. At 12:01 a.m. Sho turned the practice field lights off and quickly made it to the public bath area.

In the neighboring room, Sho began undressing and neatly folded up every article of clothing. As he quickly stuffed his clothes into an unused locker, he grabbed one towel from the multiple towels stacked on to one another.

The whole room was basked in a light mist as Sho wrapped the towel around his waist and entered the wash area. He vaguely made out a shower area of the room and slowly sat on a stool. He turned on the shower head and proceeded to wash his sweaty body and hair.

After the shower, he decided to relax and sat in the warm tub. He sunk deeper into the bath as he laid his head against the tile floor. He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and thoroughly enjoyed the warm bath.

With his eyes closed, Sho heard light tapping against the tile floor so he immediately took his head off the floor and waited for the unknown person to make it to the bath.

Since he hasn't come to the soaking area of the room, Sho presumed he went to take a shower. He wasn't used to interruptions in his own onsen so, with an annoyed face he got up from out of the soaking area and left.

From the neighboring room, Sho grabbed his dirty clothes, wrapped his towel around his waist and walked out into the hallway, towards Team W's room.

He left wet footprints down the hall until he reached Team W's room. Sho quietly opened the door and tiptoed past the multiple sleeping bodies around him. Since everyone else was asleep, Sho grabbed a pair of boxer briefs and swiftly changed into them without anyone seeing.

Sho began yawning as soon as he put on the boxer briefs, so he found his futon and quickly fell atop it.

Jinpachi Ego's words echoed through Sho's mind as he began sleeping.

Jinpachi: "The most important thing for Japanese football is not the teamwork between 11 players. So throw away your common sense. Reject it."

Sho soundly slept as he began repeating the word, Reject, in his head.

Four hours into Sho's deep sleep, a sudden mold of his body appeared deep within his mind.

The mold was green in color and began seeping in through Sho's toenails, into his legs. Once all of the imaginary mold buried itself into Sho's legs, a burning sensation ran through them.

Sho woke up in a cold sweat as he grabbed his legs in pain. The burning sensation didn't stop when he woke up, so he hobbled past everybody as they slept. He harshly opened the sliding steel door loudly, as a few sleeping players slightly moved in their futons.

Looking for the nearest room, Sho found a small gym filled with high tech equipment. But in the neighboring room, he saw 4 steel tubs lined up next to each other, so Sho hobbled towards them. But from the corner of his eyes, he saw a big ice cooler and a hose in the corner. His legs slowly went numb as he dragged himself towards the corner of the room.

After turning on the hose and grabbing the 1 pound bag of ice, he began crawling towards the nearest tub. Once he made it to the tub, He ripped the 1 pound bag of ice and threw it in.

Sho dragged himself into the near freezing tub as if filled with water. He let out a deep breath as the burning sensation began fading away.

Nearly 30 minutes went by before Sho felt all right.

He got out of the tub and examined his bare legs, making sure nothing was wrong with them. After confirming nothing was wrong with them, he slowly got out of the freezing tub and stood up. Sho felt a bit taller so he quickly went to the stadiometer in the gym and measured himself. He was gobsmacked as he looked at his new height. The once 5'9 (175 cm) player grew a staggering 3 inches over night and measured in at 6'0 (182 cm).

With soaked boxer briefs, Sho walked back to Team W's room with an astonished look on his face, changed into Blue Lock sportswear and spent the rest of his free time mentally preparing for his first game in Blue Lock.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Quick Question: Can someone explain devouring to me, in blue lock terms. Does the person who devoured someone else get his abilities forever or just that game?

Hopefully you guys enjoyed the chapter.

Next Chapter: Calm In The Storm