"I never expected to find the opportunity to unlock the gate to the selfless state in such a match, nor did I imagine that the first door I would open would be yours."
Even now, having replicated and learned numerous techniques, Shinichi still doesn't consider his own skills particularly commendable.
More often than not, he prefers to leverage his significantly superior attributes to crush his opponents for victory.
Therefore, he had always thought that the first door he would push open would be the one that fully concentrates power, the 'Pinnacle of Refinement.' But now...
"The Pinnacle of Brilliance, it was the red genius trait that awakened you... So..." As Shinichi raised his head, an indescribable radiance rose from within him.
At this moment, facing the encirclement of three world-class players, he made his declaration of inevitable victory.
"Four times, after four touches, I will wield the whip named 'Complete Defeat' upon you!"
'What is this guy talking about?' Although such thoughts passed through their minds, the three, with arrows already on the bowstring, had no time to ponder further.
To prevent Shinichi from using his ability to freeze them one by one and defeat them individually, they could only charge forward en masse. But...
"Because your goals are the same, and your fear of my ability forces you to attack together, these factors have caused your rhythms to synchronize. And as you gradually close in, your blind spots begin to overlap."
After activating the World of Ice, Shinichi observed the far fewer icicles around the three compared to others, showing no surprise. On the contrary, he calmly watched the flow of their weaknesses and... the moment when several icicles overlapped as the three gradually approached!
At this moment, Shidou and Charles inexplicably hesitated in their movements. Under Shinichi's not particularly swift action, an overlapping icicle between the two was mercilessly shattered.
The broken shards of ice scattered and flew, eventually melting into the bodies of Charles and Shidou. The extreme cold flowed through their spinal cords, instantly spreading throughout their bodies, rendering them completely immobile.
"Shinichi!"
However, there was still one who slipped through the net. Rin, roaring, slid towards the football at Shinichi's feet.
Having activated the Destroyer Mode, his characteristic of crushing and destroying opponents actually caused his rhythm to differ from that of Shidou and the others, thus allowing him to escape the fate of being frozen alongside them.
But Shinichi simply leaped into the air with the football, easily dodging Rin's final struggle. With just two touches, he had cleared away all the bothersome pests around him, a fact that caused a slight smile to curl at the corners of Shinichi's mouth.
Yet, this was precisely the situation his opponents had hoped for.
"In such a situation, jumping into the air with no leverage, even you can't dodge this move, can you!" From Shinichi's side, Charles, who should have still been in a frozen state, forcibly broke free from the constraints of Shinichi's World of Ice.
His eyes burned with anger and a rebellious resolve, disregarding the studs on Shinichi's boots that held the football, he aimed to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat with his head.
"I am Amanojaku! Don't think you can restrict my freedom with such third-rate tricks!"
"One crazier than the other, you two," Shinichi, lingering in the air, deliberately glanced at Charles. Unlike Shidou, who chose the form that most excited his instincts, Charles wasn't seeking any advantage through such dangerous behavior.
He was wholly immersed in the match, thinking only about how to win, thus forgetting the risks of his actions. It was as simple as that.
"But mere madness and immersion cannot be the chips to surpass me."
Although he admired Charles's dedication, Shinichi still cruelly negated Charles's extremity with his indifferent voice. His top-tier core strength, inherited from the Black Mamba, began to exert force.
Shinichi twisted his body in mid-air, controlling the football with his legs from the front to behind him, then flicked it with his heel, performing a rainbow flick-like maneuver in mid-air!
The football moved away from Charles's almost desperate pressing. Shinichi slightly adjusted his landing point to avoid stepping on Charles, then immediately moved, flicking the ball again with his heel to change direction, causing Rin and Shidou, who were waiting to catch him at his vulnerable landing moment, to collide with each other.
At this moment, Shinichi, having left Charles, Shidou, and Rin behind, even causing them to fall to the ground, had used a total of...
Four touches!
"No way... he actually took us all down within four touches..." Charles, who had completely abandoned controlling his posture in his desperation to reach the ball and thus couldn't control his landing, awkwardly propped himself up from the ground.
Watching the retreating figure, his eyes flickered with a strange light combining despair, anger, and admiration. "This is... too interesting!"
With Charles's exclamation, Shinichi, unstoppable as a sharp blade, froze every opponent who dared to block his path. Then, facing an unguarded goal, Shinichi nonchalantly pushed the ball with a gentle kick, letting it slowly roll into the net.
GOOOOOAL!!!!
Ubers 3:0 P-X-G
[Unbelievable, truly unbelievable! Facing the encirclement and pursuit of three top players, Shinichi danced gracefully in the narrow space, methodically dismantling the opponents' attacks like a skilled butcher dissecting an ox!]
[Dodging two players with a change of direction, leaping to avoid Rin's slide tackle, then flicking the ball and using a heel flick to abruptly change direction, Shinichi toyed with everyone as if he could foresee the future. Even Charles, a top-tier 15-year-old genius, could only kneel before the new king!]
[He's still running, still running! No one can stop his sprint, no one! That's right, P-X-G's last-ditch effort, even utilizing their goalkeeper, has cut off their last hope. Shinichi... has achieved a hat-trick!!!]
With the commentator's passionate narration, all emotions reached their peak at this moment. In the first match of the New Hero Battle, Shinichi, a novice in the world football scene, had already established his status with his performance.
"Kaiser... Kaiser... the latest news," Ness trembled as he looked at the man sitting in a chair with a glass of red wine in the German league environment building. "Shinichi... his latest valuation has come out... it's..."
"Six hundred million."
The sound of glass shattering abruptly echoed in the room. Ness, watching the man who had crushed the wine glass in his hand, hurried to fetch medical supplies to carefully bandage Kaiser.
Meanwhile, Kaiser, sitting in his chair, completely ignored Ness bustling about, his brow shrouded in an inescapable gloom.
"The New Hero Battle was supposed to be my stage to break free from Noel Noa , to build my own legend, and to conquer the clown who has attracted the world's attention with this garbage local exhibition match. Now, that clown's value is actually double mine?!"
"Unforgivable, Shinichi... I must destroy your false clown empire and make you, the fallen king, kneel at my feet!"
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