Knight Asylum

"Because, no matter how many times you shoot at the goal, no matter how many times you get past the goalkeeper, the ball will never go through the net. In the end, it will be thrown out by... the goalkeeper, right?"

As the eldest brother that his younger siblings rely on and the eldest son that his parents can trust, Igarashi Kazuki has never revealed his helplessness and fragility to anyone. No matter how shaken he is, he will keep it deep in his heart.

Even if you sing praises of dreams and youth in high school, the end result for high school students is that all their enthusiasm is worn away by rounds of exams, and they eventually become a cog in society.

How many people can really persevere to the end?

Just as the high school student holding the football was about to speak, he heard a noisy quarrel behind him. A group of weirdos in football uniforms were arguing with other high school students.

Amanokawa High School supports students in praising youth, but the premise is moderation. Now is the exam preparation period, and the teachers of Amanokawa High School do not want their students to neglect the study that can guarantee their future because of excessive praise of youth, so students who may not pass the exam are prohibited from participating in club activities.

Therefore, the members of the football team chose to continue singing the praises of youth in those informal sports plazas around Amanokawa High School. Of course, there is only one venue as large as the football field.

And there are not only humans who come here to play football, but also weirdos.

Seeing that the argument was getting more intense and even escalating into a shoving match, several high school students in front of Igarashi Kazuki immediately stepped forward to support.

In order to avoid a fight, Igarashi Kazuki pushed his bicycle and rushed over to stand between the weird player and the Amanokawa high school students.

When Igarashi Kazuki got closer, he found that the weird players were also carrying backpacks. It was obvious that they were high school students from other high schools in the area.

"Everyone - calm down first - have a good talk!"

Igarashi Kazuki raised his voice, and the majesty and reliability unique to the eldest son of the family instantly overwhelmed the high school students on both sides.

With Igarashi Kazuki's coordination, both sides of the students calmed down. After communication, Igarashi Kazuki figured out the situation on the side of the weird students.

They all came from Blackwater High School, a high school that only recruits weirdos, but all the teachers there are humans. It is rumored that the school spirit at Blackwater High School is extremely bad.

Although Amanokawa is the only high school that accepts both monsters and humans, Amanokawa High School also has an admission limit, so most monster high school students can only go to special monster schools.

And it is also very realistic that this group of weird high school students came here to play football.

They wanted to participate in the district's football competition, but the teachers at Blackwater High School didn't care about it, and Blackwater High School didn't even have a decent sports facility. This football field was their only option for practicing.

After understanding the problems faced by the weird high school student in front of them, the students of Amanokawa High School put aside their initial hostility and expressed deep sympathy.

"Your teacher doesn't allow you to play football?"

"Ah, no, because there's a good chance we'll fail the exam, so the teacher doesn't allow us to play football after school."

"..."

The weird high school students are emo.

"Ah, since you guys are also going to participate in the football game, we will be rivals from now on."

The high school student who had shot the ball and invited Igarashi Kazuki to play football together extended his hand to the weird high school students in front of him.

"But this opportunity is rare, why don't we play together!"

"Can, is it okay?"

The weird high school students who seemed a bit aggressive before became hesitant and guilty when faced with the honesty and enthusiasm of the Amanokawa high school students.

"sure--"

Looking at the two teams of young people shaking hands in the evening light in front of him, Igarashi Ikki put his hands on his hips.

He suddenly remembered a line.

Do you see the sunset over there? That is me, and you are tomorrow's sunrise.

He is already 24 years old, so maybe he shouldn't show off his abilities anymore.

Igarashi Kazuki raised his head, his eyes passed between the two teams and finally stopped on the goal shrouded in the light of dusk.

Go find Mr. Reid and apologize...

Just then, an adult man wearing a shirt, with messy hair, holding a cigarette and a can in his hand came over, staring fiercely at the direction of the weird student with bloodshot eyes.

"Hey - what are you guys doing?!"

"Damn it! It's that Hijikata guy!"

The weird students' faces turned pale and they were about to cover their faces and run away, but Tu Fang threw the can in the direction of the weird students.

"Don't move! If you dare to run, you will die! I have seen your faces!"

The can fell to the ground with a clang, and the wine inside spilled out. Several weird students froze in place, not daring to move.

"I didn't believe it when I heard Teacher Xiaolin say that. OK - you guys have become very capable -"

Hijikata took off his cigarette and raised his hand to knock on the faces of the weird students one by one with the back of his hand. The burning cigarette butts repeatedly rubbed against the faces of the weird students.

"Dean! We just want to bring honor to Blackwater High School!" One of the weird students shouted with his head held high.

"what?"

As if he didn't hear clearly, Hijikata tilted his head and put his ear in the direction of the weird student.

The weird student who spoke moved his mouth, clenched his fist, and opened his mouth to speak again, but the moment his mouth opened, Hijikata raised his hand and stuffed the burning cigarette butt straight into the weird student's open mouth.

Amid the exclamations of the students at Amanokawa High School, a hand reached out from the side and grabbed Hijikata's wrist.

Igarashi Ikki narrowed his eyes slightly.

"what do you want to do?"

Chapter 770: Let’s Play Football First

At first, Hijikata was a little impatient, but when he saw that Igarashi Kazuki was wearing the uniform of Amanokawa High School, Hijikata instantly showed a flattering smile. Not only did he throw away the cigarette, he also rubbed his hands like a fly.

"Aren't these the top students from Amanokawa High School? These rubbish from our school didn't do anything to you, did they? Hey! How dare you do this to these top students from Amanokawa High School! Get down on your knees and apologize!"

Not to mention Igarashi Kazuki, even the other students of Amanokawa High School were stunned.

“Wait a minute — they’re not doing anything to us, we’re just about to have a practice game,” the high school student holding the football raised his hand.

"Practice match?"

Hijikata stretched out his voice as if he had heard some extremely unbelievable words, glanced at the nervous and motionless weird high school students next to him, and after a brief pause, he burst into laughter, waving his hands while laughing.

"You guys are such a joke. Just them? A bunch of monsters are not qualified to compete with humans. After all, they can't even play football. The only place suitable for them is a construction site. You'd better not waste your time here. It would be too unprofitable if you get hurt by them."

The weird students of Blackwater High School turned pale, but they still stood straight and dared not resist.

This is the education they have been receiving.

"How will we know if we don't try? We'll decide the winner in the football game later!"

Hijikata's face looked a little grim, but the other party was a student from Amanokawa High School.

The rumors are not groundless, and there are many rumors about Amanokawa High School, and he doesn't want to get involved with Amanokawa High School.

"Then, please—"

Hijikata glanced at the still-motionless weirdo high school student, tutted in dissatisfaction, and turned away.

The few weird students knew very well that they would probably be severely punished when they returned to school, but they fought for the opportunity to play football.

"Well, let's get started!"

In the evening light, the football rises like the morning sun.

Igarashi Kazuki did not participate in this practice match, but sat on the grass slope, looking down at everything in front of him like an older brother.

"Ikki~ Isn't that unreasonable of you? It's hard to make a decision, so isn't this any different from before?"

The translucent Weiss put his hands behind his head and moved left and right in boredom.

"There's no demon smell either... Ugh - ahhh! So boring!!!"

After a brief silence, Weiss began to wave his fists up and down like a naughty child, but Igarashi Ikki, with his chin in his hand, simply ignored Weiss.

After being annoyed by Weiss for so many days, he has almost mastered this important skill.

"Ikki, what's wrong with you?"

Igarashi Kazuki was stunned and turned his head to see Reid standing behind him with his head tilted, as if looking at him.

"Red first..."

"Ah, Red will be enough," Red raised his hand to interrupt Igarashi Ikki's subconscious respectful words, and leaned over to sit on the grass slope.

"Thank you..." Igarashi nodded. "Red, why are you here suddenly?"

After working in the Happy Bathhouse for so long, he has become accustomed to using honorifics to address everyone.

"Ah - I can't help with anything at the company, so I came to hang out near Amanokawa High School when I had nothing to do," Reid raised his hand and pinched the hair on his forehead.

"By the way, check if there are any suspicious people around Amanokawa High School."

The vaccine produced by Nosakuma Pharmaceutical is definitely not groundless. Whether it is good or evil, he needs to investigate it thoroughly.

Unfortunately, his infiltration skills are not very good, and difficult work such as infiltration investigation is not suitable for him, so he can only circle around like a vigilante.

"Aren't you going to play football?"

Red glanced at the schoolbag hanging on Igarashi Kazuki's bicycle, which most likely contained Igarashi Kazuki's exploded test paper.

This is very normal. Even if Norinco took the tests himself, the results would not be much better than Igarashi Kazuki's.

However, it is precisely because this is a matter of course that it becomes a blow to the head, because in the future, as long as you do not give up, you will have to continue to face such blows.

Igarashi Kazuki looked up at the setting sun, and in his ears the passionate shouts of the high school students and the sound of the football played a symphony of destiny and youth.

"Being caught in the net and finally kicked back by the goalkeeper who has done his best to get past it is the fate of all football."

"Hmm? If it were me, I could kick the ball through the goalkeeper and the net at the same time."

"..."

Igarashi Ikki was emo, and Whis held his stomach and pointed at Igarashi Ikki and laughed.

"Well - I think I understand your idea -"

Reid leaned back and put his hands on the ground.

"Yes, no matter how hard you try, no matter how many goalkeepers you pass, the end result of a soccer ball is that it will be stopped by the net. But... you are not a soccer ball."

Igarashi Ikki slowly opened his eyes and blew the hair on Igarashi's forehead along Reid's hair.

"And it was definitely not in vain. They actually won a point from the people who blocked their dreams."

"Every point and every victory they win is their precious wealth."

"With these riches, next... they will win more points in life. Even if they fail, they will never give up after tasting victory."

"so--"

Reid slammed his hands on his knees, stood up, and extended his right hand towards Igarashi Ikki.

"It's time to win your first point in life. There will be more points waiting for you."

"Really? I see—"

Igarashi Ikki reached out and held Reid's right hand.

"Hey - I want to play football too!"

Seeing that Igarashi Ikki had recovered, Whis started to make a fuss again, rolling back and forth, trying to materialize him.

……

After returning to Blackwater High School, Hijikata lit a cigarette, faced the no-smoking sign on the wall, and kicked open the office door. The other teachers in the office looked up at Hijikata, and seeing his sullen face, they all lowered their heads.

Hijikata frowned in displeasure because a young man was occupying his seat and looking through the documents on his desk.

"who are you?"

Because the other person looked very young and exuded a contemptuous attitude from the inside out, Hijikata's tone suddenly became bad.

"Hichikata, teacher, right? Ah~ Let me introduce myself, my name is Ortega."

Orutja closed the document in his hand and waved it in the direction of Hijikata.

"Actually, I hope you can sign this agreement."

Hijikata glanced at the document with the logo of Nosakuma Pharmaceutical Company in Ortega's hand and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Why should I listen to you?"

Orutga shrugged his shoulders, bent down, picked up a box and opened it in the direction of Hijikata. The box was full of O-coin vouchers with the highest value issued by Hongshang Fund.

Chapter 771: Evil Deeds

As soon as Igarashi Kazuki opened the door, the Igarashi couple came forward and held Igarashi Kazuki's hand, comforting him as if they had been waiting for a long time.