The fourth round of Blue Lock's test has concluded.
Inside the tunnel, Ye Liangqiu's breathing calmed down. He wasn't as upset about losing the match as he thought he would be... or rather, he had known all along that he would lose.
But... this feeling of being just one goal short truly left him unwilling to accept defeat.
Moreover, those professional players only showed their true capabilities at the very end... sigh...
With a "bang",
Ye Liangqiu punched the wall, an undeniable unwillingness flashing in his eyes, "I'm too weak... If I were a bit stronger, maybe I would have won just now..."
"Loki was right... I focused too much on my own advantages, but I forgot that my advantages, in front of some people, only possess the power to level the playing field..."
"Arrogant... conceited..." Ye Liangqiu shook his head and pushed open the door to the lounge.
Inside, it was incredibly quiet, so much so that a faint snoring could be heard.
Evidently, after such an intense match, even he was exhausted. These people didn't have his excellent physique, so they naturally lay down early.
But Ye Liangqiu immediately spotted Itoshi Rin in the corner, staring blankly, seemingly at nothing in particular.
Ye Liangqiu joked, "What... you're not resting? Are you planning to be a panda tomorrow?"
"Or did the match just now hit you hard?"
Itoshi Rin seemed to hear Ye Liangqiu's voice and snapped back, looking over, "Hit me hard?"
"Shouldn't you be the one who got hit hard?"
"In the last match, those professional players even invited you to join a professional team, and you should have seen the strength they displayed."
Ye Liangqiu sat on the bed and chuckled, "It's not to the point of being hit hard; I'm just a bit unwilling to accept it. But the match is over, no matter how unwilling I am, I have to swallow my pride."
Itoshi Rin was silent...
After a few seconds, he continued, "I thought you might take it too hard."
"After all, I heard someone smashing the wall earlier."
Suddenly... the quiet atmosphere in the lounge came to an abrupt halt.
!!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ Ye Liangqiu looked at the wall. It wasn't soundproof?
Itoshi Rin's lips curved into a smile. It was the first time he felt that teasing was more effective than mocking, at least when it came to this Hong Yan Guai Tai... it seemed to be true.
However, Ye Liangqiu just smiled and shrugged, "It seems Ego saved some materials when building this prison."
Just then, another voice sounded.
"What's all the noise about? Aren't you guys resting?"
Shidou Ryusei poked his head out from under the covers. Because he had showered, his hair was unusually not standing up, making him look even more alluring than before.
"Well, you're not sleeping either, are you?" Ye Liangqiu looked at the glowing phone in his hand and saw that the guy was studying the recording of the morning's match. Clearly, Shidou Ryusei must have been holding back a lot of anger.
Shidou Ryusei snorted coldly, "Two slimes, always arguing here."
"Now you're starting to recap again."
"I just want to ask, when Shindo Loki rushed past the two of you at the end, why couldn't either of you keep up with his speed? Was he really that fast?"
Clearly, this guy had no intention of defending on the last goal.
So he never directly confronted Shindo Loki.
Moreover, Shindo Loki had been focused on Ye Liangqiu the entire time; he was probably the only one on the field who had barely come into contact with that monster.
"Slow." At this moment, Ye Liangqiu uttered a single word, "His speed isn't fast, but we couldn't keep up with his rhythm. To be precise, I couldn't keep up."
"The last goal was my problem."
"I shouldn't have let him break through so easily; after all, I was the only one who could limit him throughout the match."
Shidou Ryusei's eyes widened, "Hey, hey, hey... Are you blaming yourself? Or are you bragging?"
Ye Liangqiu shook his head and looked at Shidou Ryusei, "You haven't come into contact with him, so you don't understand how terrifying the aura emanating from a professional player is... That oppressive force, if an ordinary player faced it, it could almost instantly crush their confidence."
In the previous match, Shindo Loki had used every trick in his book to completely confine Ye Liangqiu within a certain range.
For the Blue Lock team, they thought Shindo Loki was weak. After all, he could only confine Ye Liangqiu alone, and he hadn't shown that overwhelming strength in the first few goals.
In fact, it wasn't just Shidou Ryusei who let his guard down. At that time, Ye Liangqiu could already tell that their team's atmosphere had become a bit... relaxed after scoring two consecutive goals.
It was precisely for this reason... that they allowed the opponent to catch up.
"Undeniably, Hong Yan Guai Tai is absolutely correct." Itoshi Rin rarely spoke up to defend Ye Liangqiu, "These professional players didn't even show their true strength in the first half, nor did they adjust their condition."
"But even just like that, they could already defeat us."
"The strength of these world-class players is unfathomable."
Shidou Ryusei was speechless, looking at the two of them with some suspicion. It was rare to see them in such agreement...
Just then, another lazy voice sounded.
Hiori Yo rubbed his eyes, "Aren't you guys sleeping in the middle of the night?"
"Still talking about the morning's match?"
Shidou Ryusei shrugged, "To be precise, it's still afternoon, and we can even go have dinner."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Hiori Yo flip over, burying himself in the bed and falling back asleep.
This guy had also unleashed his 'small universe' in the last match, and his physique wasn't as abnormal as the other three, so he couldn't hold on any longer.
Ye Liangqiu smiled. He was actually a bit surprised that Hiori Yo had selflessly sacrificed himself to help Itoshi Rin score the last goal.
If no one had stepped up at that moment,
The match would probably have ended much earlier, right?
Itoshi Rin looked at Hiori Yo, pressing his lips together in silence... He, of course, knew that his goal in the last match had actually relied on this guy. One had to remember that on the entire field, Ye Liangqiu and Shidou Ryusei's goals were almost entirely self-made.
However... when it came to him, the NO.1.
He still had to rely on others... which was why he felt so stifled by that goal.
He felt like he had no room to play at all in the last match.
Compared to these two monsters, he... seemed to be the fringe player.
Shidou Ryusei suddenly brought up the matter of Runa inviting Ye Liangqiu to join a professional team that morning, "Speaking of which, when the professional team invited you, you didn't agree?"
"Why not?"