FWEEE!

The moment the referee blew the whistle, the entire stadium was buzzing in excitement. Everyone jumped immediately, wanting to get a better look at the pitch. This was also the same for the Hakodate Nishi’s side, as for most of them, this was probably the first time they watched a football game live like this.

"Oh! It begins! It begins!"

"Really?! Shit, I cannot see the pitch!"

"Let’s move closer to the fence! We will have a good look!"

"Idiot! Don’t do that, it would be dangerous!"

Minami herself didn’t mingle with the students in front of her. No, she was too old to join that shenanigan. Instead, she brought not just a camcorder here, but also binoculars to get a better look at this game. Yeah, she had already anticipated that the game would be too crowded and she wouldn’t be able to get closer, so the woman brought it from her home.

"Oh, that’s a smart move to bring a binocular, Minami-san!" The woman next to her, who wore the jersey number 10 and colored her cheek into a black-strip-white flag, praised Minami’s move. "If only I thought of that..."

"Oh, I brought two, Shizue-san! Here, if you want to borrow one." Minami offered immediately.

"Ah! So, you really come prepared! Thank you!" The woman named Shizue accepted the offer happily, knowing that this was going to help her get a better look at her son.

The woman was Shizue Tsuburaya, the mother of Hiroshi, who was playing on the pitch. Minami hit off quite quickly with her, what with them being the only women in the group who came alone here. They had been in touch with each other for a while without their kids’ knowledge, so it was no wonder they got along well right now.

While they were still chatting, though, suddenly, the stadium went crazy, forcing them to get their binocular to watch the game immediately.

"OH! He escapes!"

"Come on, Yuwell! You can do it alone!"

It was still the third minute of the game, and somehow, Yuwell Carlson managed to beat Jun’s offside trap, receiving a through ball from Kenji Harada, and entered the penalty box immediately.

Fortunately, it was not a great pass, and Yuwell had to receive it so close to the baseline. Coupled with him closer to the flank than the goal, and with how Denji and Ishinori surrounded him immediately, the boy had no choice but to pass back to the flank where the support came, and Okamura, the left back, tried to whip a low ball to the middle of the box to create more chaos. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

BAM!

Before anyone could reach it, Higo managed to take an action, diving forward with both hands extending far to get the ball first. It was a close one, especially since Sapporo Otani’s right winger, Hiroto Yamada, appeared from the defender’s blind spot. However, Higo’s clairvoyance flared immediately, letting him snatch the ball in the air.

"Yes, Chibi! Come on!" Makino shouted, sighing in relief when he saw the ball was saved. He was so worried since Hiroto Yamada escaped from his grasp, but it seemed that Higo was still as reliable as ever.

"Come on, Senpai! Here!" Hiroshi asked for the ball.

Seeing Hiroshi on the same flank, standing freely without anyone guarding him, Higo didn’t hesitate to send the ball there. This was a chance to counterattack, and since Okamura, the opponent’s left back, was wandering too far, Hiroshi could use this chance to break through that side.

However, the moment the boy received the ball...

Brugh!

"Holy shit!" Hiroshi stumbled clumsily as someone suddenly hit him from behind. "Sensei! Foul!" He tried to complain. Unfortunately, the referee just shook his head, feeling like it was a normal contact.

Of course, Shizue, being the good mother she was, started spouting so many words when she saw this.

"Oh, come on, you ref! Are you blind or what?! Do you really want my boy to die first before blowing the whistle first?! Wear better glasses, you Brat! No, you fucking watch it on television! You cannot even see the foul three meters away from it!"

The others had a sweat drop when they heard such a sweet and petite woman suddenly turn into a mother hen like this. Minami herself just shook her head in exasperation, knowing that she could be so colorful with her words when it came to her son being bullied by the others.

However, she couldn’t care less about that right now. No, the game was still running, and since Hiroshi got snatched, the ball came closer to Hakodate Nishi’s box again, putting a threat on her son’s side.

Hiroyuki, the tough defensive midfielder who was tasked with keeping an eye on Hiroshi, didn’t stick for too long, sending the ball to Kenji Harada. The playmaker also did the same, making a combination play on the flank before getting the ball to Yuwell Carlson. Then, even with his body back against the goal, the Swedish striker suddenly made a shocking move.

He planted his left foot on the ground hard, and before anyone could realize what happened, he rotated his upper body more than 180 degrees to generate power and get a better sight on the goal, and in a second...

BAM!

Yuwell bent the ball to the far post, trying to beat Higo with the width. He seemed to know that Higo’s height was not ideal, so it would be hard for the boy to reach the ball that was going in an extreme direction of the goal like this.

Little did he know, though, that Higo had already seen this attack coming.

The moment Yuwell received the ball, he had already shifted his position to get closer to the far post, figuring out that the ball would come to that side. True enough, the shot really went as his prediction, allowing him to react in time to punch the ball out with a Superman dive move.

Everything happened so fast that the spectators couldn’t process what was going on here. The moment they realized that the ball was rolling outside of the pitch, though, deafening cheers suddenly pierced through the air, mixed with awe and excitement.

"HOLY SHIT! IS THAT REALLY HIGO-SAN FROM THE CLASS 3-A?! HOW THE FUCK COULD HE DO THAT?!"