Chapter 6: Social Media
(From now on. I'm using ' when characters are thinking to themselves.)
"What just happened??" Isagi asked himself for the third time within an hour. He was in his home sitting on his couch like a NPC.
[You are competing in a tournament now, host. That's what happened.]
"Yeah but why me. Was I that good out there? But it's like my first day." Isagi grumbled.
[Would you rather not have an experience as a street footballer? You could gain some fame if you win the tournament.]
"You're right. But I'm feeling so much pressure—
[Fuck the pressure. You destroyed the opposite team on your first day at J10. Who's to say you won't destroy the other teams in the tournament?]
"Yeah. I feel like a pussy now. I have to rely on you to give me motivation." Isagi muttered.
[Should I play Rules of Nature for you?]
"Yeah. Do that." Isagi heard the motivational music playing in the back of his mind.
[You also earned some credits as well.]
"Oh yeah. I forgot it was an actual match." Isagi nodded to himself.
[ 2 goals & 1 assist:
You've earned 400 credits
You now have 600 credits]
"150 credits for each goal. 100 credits for the assist. Nice. " Isagi grinned. He decided to save it for now. He can earn a lot more during the tournament starts.
Isagi looked at his smartphone. 'I bought this from the Skill Shop just now. I should start a social media account. ' Isagi opened up I-gram, a worldwide social media app that has 1 billion+ downloads.
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"It's done." Isagi muttered and turned off his phone.
'I don't need to charge it. It has unlimited battery. It's in the skill shop for a reason. ' Isagi grinned and put his phone in his school bag. He then went to the shower, after that he put on his casual clothes, which is a white shirt and black pants. Finally, Isagi cooked dinner for himself.
[Cooking (Adept) Lvl 1]
'It's gotten really better, but it could be improved even more.' Isagi thought to himself while he was enjoying his dinner.
After finishing his dinner, Isagi read a book. It was a book written by Greg Doucette. It's a cooking book. It taught Isagi how to cook healthier and more nutritious meals.
At about 9p.m., Isagi went to bed. But he couldn't sleep for about 30 minutes because he was very excited about the street ball tournament tomorrow.
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The next day, Isagi arrived at the venue of the tournament. It was in a parking lot.
'Well. You have to start somewhere. ' Isagi sighed to himself and waited for his teammates to arrive.
"Yo, kid! Over here!" Isagi looked to his left and saw Syd waving at him. Isagi ran over to her.
"HI, Syd. Hi everyone." Isagi waved to the other teammates. Jay nodded.
"That's everyone. Our opponents haven't even arrived yet. Do they even take this seriously?" Jay sighed and sat down on the ground. Everyone sat down with him.
"I just got the rules from the organizers of the tourney. It is a 4v4 match, first to 5 goals wins. We need to beat three teams in a row to win the tourney. Which means we cannot lose this!" Jay explained the rules to the team.
" Who's starting?" Rev asked.
"Me, Rev, Syd and Isagi is going to start. Sorry, Bobbi, Big T. You'll get your chances at the later rounds." Jay looked at them with an apologetic look.
" Nah it's fine, mate. Give the newbies a chance. This can show what they can do under pressure. "Big T smiled at Rev and Isagi.
" Glad you're okay with the decision,guys. And it seems our opponents are here." Jay pointed to a group of people.
" Let's go in—
"Wait!" Jay stopped Syd who was going to rush into the court.
"Team huddle." The team huddled together. Jay looked at his teammates.
"I want all of you to do your best! Once we win dinner is on me! You hear? "
" Yeah! "
" 1 2 3! J10! "
" J10!!! "
" Now we can go in! " Jay pointed to the court. Isagi nodded and looked at the court that they were going to play in.
It had half walls and fences built on top of it. 'It's perfect for trick shots. But that's not what I'm here for. ' Isagi and his teammates walked into the court.
"The goals are very small." Isagi pointed out.
"That means we can only do low shots. Won't be a problem right, kid? " Jay looked at Isagi.
" I can do this all day." Isagi answered him with confidence. Jay smirked and patted Isagi's shoulder.
"Rev, Syd. Defend the goal. Me and Isagi will be on the offensive." Jay ordered. The duo nodded.
Slowly but surely, a crowd started to gather around the court. Isagi took out his phone and opened the camera app.
He ran to a spectator and handed him the phone. "Record. If you try to run away with it I'll kick you in the balls." Isagi looked at him with his eyes. His red eyes had a lot of circular white lines spinning around menacingly.
"Y-yes sir." The guy answered timidly. Isagi nodded and ran back to his position. Jay didn't question him about what he was doing.
Isagi saw a person outside of the court holding a megaphone.
"Testing... Hello. Okay. Welcome everyone to the Street Ball Tournament! On the right side of the court we have Team J10!!!"
The audience clapped loudly. Some were even cheering loudly for the team. But some were whispering amongst each other.
" Is that a kid in their team? "
" Why is he here? Shouldn't he be in school?"
"Let's just watch what happens."
"They are competing against MJ Squad!!!" The audience didn't clap as loud as they did with Team J10.
Suddenly, a person ran into the court with a coin and a ball in hand. He arrived in the middle of the court. Jay and the other team's captain went to the person.
"This is heads and this is tails." The person showed them the sides of the coin.
"I want heads." Jay told the person before the other team captain could even open his mouth. The man nodded and flipped the coin. The coin flew up to the air and bounced on the ground several times.
"It's heads. Which means you get the ball." The person handed Jay the football.
" Woohoo!!! "
The audience clapped loudly for them.
Jay put the football down on the center spot of the court. Isagi was right beside him.
" WHISTLE!!!*
Jay passed Isagi the ball.
"And we're off! J10 has possession of the ball! What will the kid do next!!!"
All of a sudden, Isagi widened his red eyes. White lines appeared and circled above his red eyes. A dark flaming aura covered his right foot.
"Ego Shot!!!"
*BANG!!!*
The ball shot into the goal supernaturally. The goalkeeper of the opposite team couldn't even react in time to save it.
Silence enveloped the area. Isagi smirked as he saw his opponent's shocked faces.
"GOAAAAAAAAAALLLLL!!!!!"
To be continued....
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