Kuroko no Basket: Honored One

Chapter 517 219: Goalkeeper, Run! There's an Alien!

Tendou had finally unlocked his own Metavision.

It seemed to have taken a long time, but in reality, from the moment he realized that Metavision could bring him improvement, it had only taken him 3 matches, or 40 days, to grasp it.

In a sport like football, which requires accumulation of experience, this speed of understanding was actually very fast.

Setting aside the sudden awakenings of Isagi and Mikage Reo, the real-world audience didn't think it was slow either, because Tendou's Metavision was so heaven-defying.

It surpassed Isagi and the others by a whole dimension.

At this moment, the camera focused on his eyes. His azure pupils were divided into eight sections by silver-white lightning. As they moved, it was as if wind was blowing through the clouds.

Looking at him, people felt as if they were gazing at the entire sky.

Beautiful, vast; everything seemed so insignificant before him.

The electronic referee's voice echoed throughout the stadium. Snuffy could only sigh and walk off the field.

He was filled with regret, for not being able to score a goal with Barou, who so resembled his friend, and defeat Manchester City.

Of course, he could have applied to play the full match like Loki, and he believed the other teams' mentors and the audience would have been happy to see it.

But Snuffy did not do so.

"Let's meet on the fields of Europe, genius."

Snuffy didn't know which league Tendou would go to.

But from the current situation, his next stop was most likely not Serie A.

In recent years, Serie A had always given the impression of being short on money.

Extremely short on money.

Juventus spending 100 million Euros to get CR7 from Real Madrid this year was an absolute all-in gamble.

Because CR7 was no longer young.

Juventus wanted to use the final peak of the greatest player in Portuguese history to make a run at the Champions League.

But their championship window was only two years long.

Not just CR7; Snuffy wasn't getting any younger either.

In this year's Serie A, Juventus was undoubtedly the team with the highest hopes. Besides them, the Milan duo and Napoli were a notch below.

Faced with the same problem, unless he had something like a "childhood Real Madrid dream," Snuffy himself would not choose Serie A.

The Premier League and La Liga were more competitive leagues.

Once the choice was narrowed down to these two, then Tendou's options were not many.

It would inevitably be one of those teams that played in the Champions League.

The appeal of the Champions League to players, and the boost it gives to their market value and brand, is second only to the World Cup!

"There will be a chance," Tendou responded.

In fact, Snuffy had guessed correctly.

When Tendou chose a team, the first criterion was that they had to be in the Champions League.

Besides the World Cup and the Euros/Copa América, that was the greatest pursuit of a professional player.

...

Snuffy was off the field, but Tendou was not.

He wanted to completely grasp this feeling of Metavision.

Juventus kicked off.

They did not shrink back into a defensive counter-attack just because Snuffy was off the field.

They still played very proactively, with the defender and core organizer Lorenzo leading the charge, assisted by Niko Ikki, while Barou moved off the ball to find opportunities for the final, fatal blow.

Mikage Reo and Nagi Seishiro were both a bit dazed.

They were beginning to doubt the potential of their own partnership.

The first to recover was Reo. He had, after all, endured being backstabbed by a comrade before; his heart was stronger.

Tendou, "existing" in the fifth dimension, continuously observed the opponent's positioning.

This feeling was wonderful.

He was like a being from a higher dimension, able to control and influence the entire pitch.

Lorenzo sent a long pass, aiming for the space behind Man City.

Barou Shoei ran amidst the crowd, and timing his run perfectly, he suddenly shot out.

Dravus had learned his lesson this time. He anticipated and dropped back, fighting for the ball with Barou.

Tendou came to the holding midfield position to receive the ball.

At the same time, he directed Chigiri on the left to run forward.

The ball was passed over. Tendou turned and passed it on without stopping.

Swoosh~

A surgical diagonal pass that not only found Chigiri precisely but also avoided all of Juventus's defenders.

This pass was still so elegant; people could even see the shadow of midfield artists in him.

Then, he continued to accelerate and push forward.

Juventus's defensive focus was on him.

Even when he was moving off the ball, there was always a player from the Zebra Legion following him.

Aiku even went so far as to abandon his pressure on Chigiri just to move towards Tendou.

Chigiri was extremely fast, dribbling the ball close to the Juventus penalty area.

Only then did the Juventus players give up on double-teaming Tendou and rush over to press him.

Just as Chigiri was about to shoot himself, a bolt of lightning violently burst into his vision.

Tendou gave him a look.

The "young lady" simply could not refuse and passed the ball back to the center.

Tendou accelerated again to receive the ball and charged straight into the Juventus penalty area.

In an instant, Aryu, Aiku, Niko, and others all abandoned their men and rushed towards Tendou.

From behind, Lorenzo tracked back and grabbed Tendou's jersey.

"It's three Juventus players on him again!"

"The encirclement has been formed!"

"He has to pass now, but the Juventus box is full of people!"

"..."

The English commentator was leaning on his desk, unable to remain seated.

But Tendou paid them no mind, his face calm and composed.

"Thunderclap and Flash!"

While dribbling at high speed, he suddenly accelerated again.

Lorenzo, who was chasing him, was immediately thrown off.

Aiku was the second to close in. The power bar in his vision symbolizing victory over Tendou did not go to zero; instead, it displayed 100%!

He was not happy; instead, he was even more terrified.

He understood that the probability of him defeating Tendou could not possibly be 100%.

It could only be...

"My vision can no longer see through his movements, just as a low-dimensional being can never understand the thoughts of a high-dimensional being."

"To some extent, for me, the current Tendou is a god-like existence!"

Aiku's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Under his watch, Tendou stomped on the ball with his right foot to come to a dead stop, then tapped it backward with his left heel.

Aiku instinctively stopped with him, unable to immediately adjust his center of gravity and restart. He was as if under an immobilization spell, watching helplessly as the ball slid past his feet.

And Tendou, as if not bound by gravity, suddenly shot forward.

Lorenzo, unable to brake in time from behind, crashed straight into Aiku.

The two of them rolled onto the grass together.

"This flexibility, this balance, this explosive power, this delicate footwork, this body..."

"My God, he is simply breaking the laws of physics, not bound by the Earth's gravity!"

The commentators all cried out in alarm.

The audience in the real-world live stream started joking around.

['Welp, he's not pretending anymore!']

['That's R9, right?']

['This is even better than a young R9.']

['Too heaven-defying!']

['Goalkeeper, run! You can't stop him! There's an alien on the other side!']

The bullet comment masters had already predicted the next scene.

And they were right.

While his teammates were delaying, the Juventus goalkeeper quickly charged out, wanting to close down all shooting angles in advance, or even resolve the crisis directly by not giving Tendou a chance to shoot.

But then.

Tendou, while dribbling at high speed, once again began to sway from side to side, his feet alternately stepping over and around the ball, swinging...

The Juventus goalkeeper, Connelly's, brain instantly shut down.

He was just a youth academy goalkeeper. What had he done to deserve this great honor?

Dong, dong, dong~

People felt as if the resounding bells were ringing in their ears again.

"No, if I can't stop him, the match is over!"

"Watch his ankles, pay attention to the width of his steps, stare at his center of gravity! There must be a weakness... Now!"

Connelly suddenly shouted, and his body began to move.

But at that very moment, Tendou's right foot stepped over the ball, and his left foot suddenly flicked it to the side, elegantly passing Connelly.

Bzzzt! Connelly felt his brain go blank. He had completely judged the wrong direction. Forcing himself to recover, his center of gravity was uncontrollable, and he sat down on the ground.

"Connelly has been faked to the ground!"

"After Renoir from Paris Saint-Germain, Connelly from Juventus also gets a taste of the Pendulum step-over!"

"I'll bet 100 pounds he's going to have nightmares tonight!"

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