Amateur Old Man, Enjoy Reborn Football Life (Booked)
Episode 83: From the bottom of the dark mist
A few days have passed since the match with Juvetos.
It's Sunday. It's the day after the two-part league game, so team practice is also a full day off.
"Hey, Coata! Now let's get on that jet coaster!
Such a Sunday morning. Elena took me to an amusement park in Germany.
When I came to my usual regular Sunday meeting with Elena, I was suddenly invited and brought here to force.
"Next, let's make it that ride! Sounds a little scary, but sounds interesting!
Elena was a little weird today.
He's more tense than usual, and he's forcefully bringing me around.
Besides, it's not the usual pretentious lady outfit.
It was short hot pants, tights and active fashion. But these outfits look great too.
"Let's do that next time, Coata! It's the most amazing ride in Germany, isn't it?
I've never seen such a high-tension Elena.
She is always ladylike in school.
Also, as a special advisor at the F.S.V. club, it feels clear.
Compared to that, Elena today feels like she looks like a girl of her age...... or she feels forced to be high tense.
What the hell is going on?
"Let's take a break. Shall we have that juice together next?
Soon it was three o'clock in the afternoon, so we were supposed to have tea.
I decided to have some juice while eating popcorn on the food court.
The cup of that juice was illustrated with football balls.
That's football giant Germany. Is there an illustration of football here as well?
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(What... football?
My movements stop.
(Football... Football game... Reunion with you Hyoma... I escaped you Hyoma...)
He returned it to me when he saw it.
I look up at the ground all the time.
A dazzling light plunged into my eyes.
"Dazzling...?
It was the first light in days.
The feeling of ever being in the dark fog suddenly cleared up.
"That, Elena? Where am I? Why are we here...?
"You've finally got your eye on me, Coata. How's it going? Are you okay?"
I first saw Elena's face today. I feel like I've only seen the ground the last few days.
"Yeah...... I don't know, but maybe it's not good. I wonder why...?
"I knew it, yeah. You've looked like you've been dying ever since you got back from Italy. Remember?
"What? But speaking of which, maybe I am..."
My memory came back gradually.
I've been stuck in a dark, foggy place for the past few days.
"Were you so shocked? Ever lose to Uvetos U-18? Or have you ever been perfectly contained by Leonardo Ricci?
I fell into the fog shortly after I lost to Uvetos U-18.
Leonardo Ricci has appeared since the second half. Marked by him, I lost the team even more in the second half without letting him do anything.
Elena was worried about watching the game.
"Well, you can't help but regret losing, can you? I get it, too. Besides, it's cowardly that Leonardo Ricci suddenly enters the U-18 game downstairs, right? It's really bad!
Elena swells her cheeks (cheeks) and she can't be angry or compelled.
At any rate, Mr. Leonardo had refrained from an important match for Serie A.
So what he's going to do is he wasn't expecting anyone to be there.
By the way, he was also registered as a member of the Uvetos U-18, apparently to promote the club.
"I wonder why the top Uvetos player under the sky just came into the U-18 league? No one can beat that. Damn, no more!
Indeed, Mr. Leonardo, the top player in Serie A., was amazing.
At that time, the stadium was shaking tremendously the moment his appearance was announced.
It was in a game that the top player Leonardo Ricci was supposed to be in somehow coming to see the Young generation.
And a hugely excited support group from Uvetos cheered.
Information on Leonardo Ricci's appearance then spreads in no time.
By the end of that day's game, the stadium full of vacant seats had been filled with ubetus support.
Citizens have pushed to see Leonardo Ricci play for a second.
"Yeah, you are. Mr. Leonardo was amazing..."
Hit the emotion, remembering his play.
Only one Mr. Leonardo was put in, and the Uvetos U-18 was turning into a different team.
Before that overwhelming change, we didn't have any teeth.
"So cheer up Coata, too. Just because you lost to Leonardo Ricci once doesn't bother you!
"Thank you, Elena. But that's not what I was depressed about."
"What? Then why?
"That's Hyoma... My former teammate was brought to life by Mr. Leonardo..."
That was a really shocking incident.
With Mr. Leonardo at the command tower, Hyoma, your play has awakened to something of another dimension.
Exquisite pass from Mr. Leonardo.
The game rolls out one step further beyond the opponent's strengths.
Reacting to plays like that piece of art, Hyoma, you've been rolling out plays you've never even seen.
(I couldn't pull it out, you real leopard... Mr. Leonardo did that...)
Seeing it, I was relieved after the game.
The leopard I've been talking to escaped you and left the stadium behind.
"Just a little, will you listen to me, Elena?
"Yep. If it's okay with me"
"Just for the record, you were complacent... 'This is the one who can make you the best living in the world!' What..."
I met him in second grade.
I still haven't forgotten the shock of the day.
In me, Leopard, you were an admirer and a respectable man.
And I thought it was the biggest rival in me and the best combination.
"I really enjoyed my junior years with him..."
Hyoma and I have been through a lot of fierce battles together.
Numerous competitions and tournaments, district and provincial competitions.
Furthermore, as the U-15 representative of Japan, he also fought powerful men against Asia.
Also at the U-12 World Cup, clubs from all over the world fought to the death.
I could also beat that Serbio Garcia team in Spain because I and Hyoma decided to combine.
"Hyoma, you and I..."
I don't remember how many hundreds of voluntary exercises I've had with him.
The notebook that recorded your one-on-one battle with Hyoma was a treasure to me.
I still haven't forgotten how many passes I gave him and how touched I am.
The five years I spent with you were a treasure and a proud day for me.
"But Mr. Leonardo was the one who made the best of you..."
That shock denied me everything.
Those two plays, less than a year old, have denied me five years of treasure.
"What am I playing football for..."
I had an appointment with you, Hyoma.
He told me he could help me dream.
Dreaming of the possibilities to lead me to J1... he declared me to fulfill my dream with "5% Coata + 6% Leopard".
But even the dreams I told you about back then, I'm anxious and I can't help it now.
Anyway, for an FW player, a partner who can keep himself alive is more important than anything else.
Maybe you, Hyoma, will stay in Juvetos for the rest of your life.
At the bottom of such a dark mist of anxiety, I've been falling these past few days.
"Yes... you had that happen. To the coata......"
Elena listened quietly to me.
This is the first time she has talked in depth so far. That just made my mind a little lighter.
"So, what are we going to do, Coata? Did you hate football? You're stopping football? You're giving up your dream of becoming a great athlete? Tell me?"
Elena has asked with a serious look.
I'm sure he's worried I'm quitting football.
"Quit Football... It's..."
That's not true.
At the bottom of any dark mist, no matter how many times you fall, that's all you'll ever get!
Because I was prepared in this world.
When you give everything to football and live.
All right, if you decide to, we need to start acting!
"All right, I'm back! Elena, thanks!
"What, already? It's a little too soon to come back to life. ⁉ In times like this, it's something you get a little more lost, tears me or something, and then you get back on your feet!
What, is that what it is?
Let's not worry too much about me being optimistic.
"But it's like a cota, that's good."
"Yeah, that sounds like me! Anyway, let's go back now, Elena!
"What? Where are you going now?
Now he is still playing in the amusement park.
It will be evening by the time we return to the locality.
"That's settled, Elena. I'm getting ready for special training now! I need to train you to be empowered!
The answer I came up with was simple.
Regrettably, at the moment, Mr. Leonardo is a better player.
Then we'll have to grow even more with special training beyond that guy.
It's an operation to become a better athlete than ever, and I'm the man you deserve, Leopard.
"You, special training... don't suddenly say something like a comic book, right? By the way, do you have any ideas on the direction of the special training, Coata?
"Hmmm...... actually, I'm not sure about that either, am I? That's why I'm going to see Mr. Julian!
"What, to your brother Julian from now on?
Elena's brother, Julian Vasmeyer, is the most talented player close to her.
Furthermore, in the past, Mr. Yulian was a member of Juventus Junior. I was a teammate with that Mr. Leonardo.
If you're such a lilian, maybe you know something.
The difference between me and Mr. Leonardo at the moment... I might be spotting some special training tips.
"I see, that's the thing. I came to the amusement park alone... but it's good to be back in my usual coata"
Elena laughs bitterly. But I was laughing with the best smile of the day.
"And, Elena. Thanks for today."
"What... thank you, hey, what is it?
"You brought me to the amusement park to cheer me up, didn't you? With a high tension that doesn't sound like Elena?
She was trying to help me fall at the bottom of the fog.
I'm sure Elena was forced to cancel her work schedule today.
I came all the way to the amusement park to keep me out of the football environment.
"Well, that's because I have extra tickets to the amusement park and I was free today..."
"Then that's what I'll do. All right. Let's go see Mr. Julian!
"Wait, wait, Coata. Don't run away all of a sudden. ⁉"
Thus I returned from the depths of the dark mist.
And determined to try a new path.
(Mr. Hyoma... wait...)
Until the next match with Uvetos U-18, there will only be a two-month respite.
I was searching for a special training path.