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Chapter 466 168: How Far Have You and Satsuki Gone?
The dust settled.
Ego Jinpachi used the second substitution opportunity to take Tendou off the field by himself.
As he walked off, the conquered fans did not hesitate to give him a round of applause.
Tendou also raised both hands, walking off the field with the air of a victor.
One minute later.
The game resumed.
Without Tendou to hold him in check, Itoshi Sae, the team's engine, started running again.
The U-20 team, which could previously only penetrate the right flank, suddenly had at least two more attacking options.
And Itoshi Sae.
Without Tendou's tight marking, he scored his first goal of the match in the 91st minute.
But that was the only goal.
The final score was 6:3. The Blue Lock team not only defeated the U-20 team, allowing their project to continue, but they did so with a resounding victory.
The moment the final whistle blew.
The players on the bench swarmed onto the field to celebrate.
Even Ego Jinpachi threw a forceful punch in the air after confirming the victory.
They had won.
Not only had they saved Blue Lock and allowed the project to continue, but they had also earned a spot in the U-20 World Cup.
Most importantly.
They had used their own strength to silence the critics among the public.
From now on.
No one would question the Blue Lock project again.
If they did.
Then Tendou was their biggest advertisement.
The striker they had cultivated was strong enough to defeat Itoshi Sae, who had trained in Real Madrid's youth academy for four years.
On the field.
The entire Blue Lock team rolled into a ball, playing pile-on.
Tendou didn't participate. He was smart enough to know that if he joined in, he would 100% become the "target of public criticism."
He had no desire to be pinned under a group of men.
The commentators and guests stood up and applauded. "Go on, lads, laugh your hearts out! Now is the time to celebrate your victory!"
"Can you believe it? A group of 17-year-old high school students, a team that emerged victorious from a battle of 300 strikers."
"They defeated the U-20 national team in front of 60,000 spectators!"
"Without a doubt, the Blue Lock project is a success!"
"Especially the 17-year-old Tendou Kageyoshi, his performance was absolutely phenomenal."
"We don't need to wait for the future. He is already the leader of Japanese soccer's younger generation. I look forward to the day he puts on the national team jersey."
You'll be waiting a long time, then, Tendou thought to himself.
He had no intention of wearing the Japanese national team jersey.
...
The next day.
Blue Lock's victory over the U-20 national team became the hottest news of the moment.
A True Striker is Born!
As expected of the island nation, even the news headlines had a strong, chuunibyou feel to them.
However, the title was a bit offensive.
What do you mean, a true striker is born?
So, in your eyes, the rest of us don't even qualify as strikers?
On the front page of the news was a picture of Tendou overpowering Itoshi Sae to score the decisive goal in the first half.
Many professional players now remembered this handsome young man.
If they ever met one day, they would have to properly teach this show-stealing kid a lesson.
However, the content of the news still gave many fans food for thought.
"A week ago, no one was optimistic about Blue Lock's chances of winning."
"Compared to the players of the U-20 team, their lineup was just a group of high school students."
"Especially when even their goalkeeper was a forward filling in, no one could have imagined that such a haphazard team could defeat the talented U-20 national team."
"But a miracle happened."
"Just yesterday, witnessed by over 60,000 spectators at the Blue Lock stadium, the Blue Lock team unbelievably defeated the U-20 team by a large margin of 6:3."
"Among them, Blue Lock's number 7, the 17-year-old high school student Tendou Kageyoshi, scored 4 goals and provided 2 fatal assists in this match alone."
"He single-handedly created 6 goals, personally forging this miracle!"
"And he, just a few months ago, was a basketball player. After switching to soccer and being selected for the Blue Lock project, in just a few short months, Tendou has grown into a genius player capable of suppressing Itoshi Sae."
"I think we must re-evaluate the Blue Lock project, because it has brought us a world-class genius player. Given time..."
The newspaper that wrote this report was the same one that had been the most critical of Blue Lock a short time ago.
One can only say that if you care too much about saving face, you can't work in this industry.
...
The match between Blue Lock and the U-20 team was over.
All team members were given permission to go home temporarily.
And Tendou.
After getting his all-in winnings from Reo, he had Reo help him buy an apartment in Tokyo.
Tendou did not choose to return to the world of Kuroko's Basketball, because he was currently doing something very important.
Amanai Riko had been resurrected.
From his second year of middle school until now, after years of hard work, Tendou had finally accumulated enough popularity points to revive Amanai Riko.
Tendou had imagined many different reactions from Amanai Riko upon opening her eyes and seeing him again.
He had also thought of several cool ways to welcome her.
But the girl was no ordinary person. The first thing she did when she opened her eyes and saw Tendou was...
"Tendou, how did you die too!"
"Waaaah... you were so young!"
Amanai Riko's memory was still stuck in that year of middle school.
Seeing Tendou suddenly appear before her, she threw herself at him and hugged him. Then, looking up at Tendou's unaged face, she thought he had died young, just like her.
Tendou's face visibly darkened.
"I'm not dead, you idiot. I resurrected you!"
Tendou pulled at her face, stretching it out until she begged for mercy.
After Amanai Riko had calmed down a bit, Tendou finally explained the whole story.
He didn't need to hide the matter of the system; she already knew about it. Tendou only needed to tell her about crossing worlds.
"So, you've crossed worlds again?"
"Yeah."
Tendou nodded. As people from the 21st century who had seen so much fantasy fiction, they could easily accept it.
"I'll take care of the identity issue for you. You can just live peacefully in this world," Tendou said to her with a smile. "From now on, you can be like any other normal girl and do whatever you want. No one can restrict your actions. You're free."
He thought that Amanai Riko would be extremely excited after hearing his words, or perhaps cry with emotion.
After all, in Jujutsu Kaisen, Amanai Riko had repeatedly said she was willing to sacrifice herself for the world.
But before her life ended, she had made her choice.
She wanted to live. Her greatest wish was to be like a normal girl.
To finish middle school, high school, and university like a normal person, find someone she liked and fall in love, hang out with friends, go shopping...
These things that were so easily attainable for everyone else were her greatest pursuit.
And Tendou, with his own two hands, had made Amanai Riko's dream come true.
However.
The scene he had imagined did not happen. After calming down, Amanai Riko only asked him one question. "How far have you and Satsuki gone?"
"Huh?"
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