The Battlefield

"Ah, got it..., so that's your level... just a bunch of worthless trash," said Rin.

"This isn't a sport, it's a battlefield," Rin declared, putting his foot on the ball and kicking it with crushing force, believing he could easily score. But he was surprised by Arata, who knew this would likely happen and projected himself in front of Rin's shot, positioning his foot towards the ball, which came at such speed that upon contact with Arata's foot, it soared into the sky and then began to fall back at a considerable speed. Arata gently placed his feet in contact with the ball and beautifully controlled it as if he were some sort of wizard, making the ball stay still in his possession.

"If this is a battlefield, then I'm a general, and I'll conquer it without mercy for my enemies. Be prepared," said Arata, immediately initiating a counterattack towards the red team's goal. He quickly noticed Rin coming to mark him.

"Careful not to fall...," Arata said before starting a sequence of stepovers while feinting to go one way and then the other, dancing around Rin, who was trying to keep up with Arata's speed. Despite making these moves, Arata never let the ball escape from his feet or appeared unbalanced for a moment... it was as if the ball had a magnet attached to his feet.

"Are you going to keep clowning around or try to face me for real?" Rin asked, getting annoyed with the situation. Arata stepped on the ball with his right foot and pulled it towards his left foot, which served as a lever to lift the ball, and with the ball in the air, he projected his body in front of Rin with his left leg and used his right foot to flick the ball over Rin's head with his heel, executing a rainbow flick in a matter of seconds and passing by him while controlling the ball again, which reached the ground and continued towards the red team's goal, leaving a visibly angry Rin behind. Arata then passed the ball to Isagi, who was being marked by Aoshi.

"So, I have to face this crybaby?" Isagi said, confident he could get past him. So, Isagi pretended to go left, and as Aoshi moved in that direction, Isagi changed direction and went right.

"I can't let him pass me... I'll be considered useless... I HAVE TO STOP HIM," said Aoshi Tokimitsu with trembling voice and ran towards Isagi, performing a body feint.

"What's wrong with this guy? How did he manage to catch up with me so fast, and how is he so strong?" Isagi thought, unable to compete in strength with Aoshi Tokimitsu, who managed to regain possession of the ball for the Red Team.

"Yeah, I stopped him! I'm not useless," said Aoshi.

"Don't get ahead of yourself, Big Guy!" Bachira shouted as he appeared next to Aoshi, making a sudden tackle to steal the ball from the Red Team once again.

"AHHH, I MESSED UP AGAIN," said Aoshi.

After receiving the ball, Bachira analyzed the field and his options and noticed Arata in the penalty area, marked by Aryu. He decided to make a long pass to Arata, who was again playing with his back to his marker, using his hand to create some distance from Aryu. Arata used his right foot to control the ball after receiving it. He was still using his arm as protection while performing some ball rolls in the penalty area, seemingly trying to create space to turn and shoot. But after three ball rolls, he executed a chop that went under Aryu's leg, and at the same time, he spun his body to escape from Aryu and now found himself face to face with the goalkeeper. However, he noticed Rin approaching in his peripheral vision, trying to prevent him from scoring. Just as he was about to shoot, Rin arrived in time to block his shot, but Arata noticed everything in time to make a fake shot and cut the ball a bit diagonally, trying to get a shooting angle. Rin managed to follow the play and didn't fall for the fake, so Arata, who was cutting the play to the left, quickly changed direction to the right because he knew that with his ambidextrous skills, he could easily score. But Rin still managed to keep up with him.

"I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS, YOU WORM," Rin shouted.

"Well, if you wanted to stop me, you were too slow for that, Mr. Number Two," Arata said, changing direction again to the left using an elastico, not giving Rin time to recover and then finishing with a toe poke that smoothly went into the bottom left corner of the goal.

"Too weak, too weak," Arata sang as he returned to his defensive position.

2-0 (White Team)

The game restarted with the Red Team in possession of the ball, and Aryu went towards the White Team's field, analyzing his options.

"PASS THE BALL, NOW!" Rin shouted, displaying an ugly face.

"Hey, it's not stylish at all when you make that face," Aryu said, passing the ball.

"Shut up," Rin said.

And upon receiving the ball, Rin began to run towards Arata, indicating that he wanted a 1v1 showdown. But before Arata could mark him, Rin kicked the ball just after the halfway line with an extremely powerful shot that the goalkeeper couldn't stop.

2-1 (White Team)

"What was that, Rin? It was supposed to be a duel," said Arata.

"Things won't go your way, you trash."