Chapter 1 - New Beginning

"Alright Kids, Remember to keep their striker in check and not let him past you also..."

In a Locker room, a Middle-aged man stood while a bunch of 17-18 years old kids were swarming around him to listen to his words

Among those, there was a Black Haired Kid with Blue Eyes he was staring blankly at them as if he were dazed

In reality, He wasn't looking at the coach or his teammates nor was he listening to what the Coach had to say, He was pre-occupied with his current situation, But after a few minutes of hard thinking he calmed himself and looked at the Screen which was floating in front of him

[... The system has been established with the User]

[You may now access it]

[Good Luck with your journey]

"...it's about time so now go out there and bring the Trophy so we can play for Nationals"

"Yeah!"

"...Hey, Somebody fell, look it's Isagi!"

"What happened to him, Hey Isagi!, Answer me!!"

"The refree are about to reach the pitch, Obu You're in for Isagi's spot!"

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Inside an Infirmary, On the bed, Isagi was lying who had been awake for 5 minutes

'...so how do I get back to my world?'

[..?..]

'..What's with that reply'

[Requesting Help...]

[This World is User's New and Last Reality]

'...Yeah, I kind of figured it out, I Just wanted to be sure, So why was I unconscious'

[While the System integration is not a strain on the User's Brain, But after it was done we flooded your brain with the System's Basic functioning and Isagi Yoichi's Memories, That was the reason why you fainted]

Isagi understood what had happened, Though he understood before even fainting, when the coach was instructing his team he suddenly took over this body, He stumbled a little as he was unfamiliar with this much younger body than he was used to, He looked in the mirror which was behind the Coach and saw his face which he recognized and after seeing the Blue Screen in front of him he completely grasped the situation, The Knowledge which flooded his brain was the reason of his sudden shutdown

'What do I do now..?'

[Quest: Get selected for the Blue Lock Project

Reward: Based on the Performance

Repercussion of Failure: Erectile Dysfunction]

Isagi took another minute to think and scoffed as he started laughing a little, He was scared a little at the start but understood the intention of the System or the one who was controlling the System

'If somebody went through the trouble of bringing a Football Player from a different world and placing him in a reality which possibly did not even exist before but was only a story, They would definitely want that dude to get through the troubles of what the MC of this world went through, Guess I would have to go to Blue Lock'

'But as per Isagi's memories, This is the Final match and unlike the previous matches, This match is even being broadcasted since this match is going to determine which team will represent Saitama prefecture for the Nationals and since Isagi was second last according to Ego's judgement If he doesn't play in this match and show some worth, He won't get in'

Isagi gasped and looked at the time and felt relieved as the game's second half was just about to start, Good thing that no one was here to keep an eye on him

He left the infirmary and went straight towards the Coach 

Coach who was biting his nails with nervousness was thinking of what to do with Line-Up, He put in another forward for Isagi who wasn't bad, But wasn't good enough either, Not only that but because no one making much of a threat to the opposing team, They were the ones to face most of the threats and the Forwards of the Opponent team capitalized on that

Now Ichinan was trailing the score 0-1

As the coach was about to start chewing his pinky fingernail he saw Isagi entering the stands, The Second half had just started while the same line-up went to play he felt happy and anxious to see Isagi

He signalled Isagi to sit next to him which Isagi complied

"How's your health?"

"I'm good, I just couldn't sleep because of the excitement last night which put a toll on my body"

Isagi said while looking at the pitch, He scanned the pitch and spotted the blonde kid on the field, Kira

"Okay, So after I put you in I want you to..."

Coach started instructing Isagi, They had to score at least 2 goals in the remaining time or their dream of playing Nationals would end 

After Coach's instructions, Isagi started warming up but before he could get in the Blonde Genius Kira Scored, Isagi could visualize it since Kira adjusted himself in perfect space outside of the Penalty Box to slot the ball in the net

Coach facepalmed as he looked at the score turning to 0-2, Now they had to score 3 goals to win or take it to Extra Time or for worse Penalties, Coach did not waste more time and started substituting players in, He put in A Defender and a Defending Mid-Fielder with Isagi as the Striker

They High-fived the Subbed Out players and took their respective positions, The Right-Winger of Ichinan saw Isagi and waved at him, He was Tada the one who cost his team the Nationals in Manga, Isagi exchanged greeting with a smile and focused on the game, He was standing Infront of Kira as he made the kick-off and started his run in the opposition's half

Kira, Matsukaze Kokuo's Striker and also a Star Player famous for being called a treasure of Japanese Soccer, Also the one who scored both goals against the Ichinan Team

Tada received the ball and kept passing back, It wasn't that there weren't better passes to execute in front but the marking their opponents showed was very aggressive, They were running after the ball with fierce expressions

Even though they were leading, Scoring goals against Ichinan wasn't very easy but wasn't very difficult either, and now being completely backed into a corner Ichinan looked pathetic and they wanted one more thing from this Final Match

That was their Main Striker and also the Highlight of their Team, Kira Ryosuke to score a Hat-Trick, Scoring a Hat-trick in Finals is a great achievement and would bring immense attention

Among all this, Isagi stood in the middle of the Mid-Fielder and Defender line to keep the pressure and also kept running around as if breaking through, He wasn't doing that for the reasons that it looked like, He was just happy because he was Young again

'Wow!, This body isn't bad and is quite nice, It feels really good being young again!'

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