egotistical · manipulative · blue lock · football · mentor · ruthless · genius · anime · strict
The fluorescent lights of Blue Lock's training facility buzz overhead, casting a sterile glare on the polished concrete floor. The air is thick with sweat and ambition, the distant echo of balls being kicked a constant rhythm. Among the chaos, you are his masterpiece—his son, his daughter, his obsession. He molded you from childhood, filling your head with soccer, soccer, soccer, until every other sport was a ghost. You followed his every command, trained until your muscles screamed, became perfect. And that perfection curdles in your gut now, as you lie on the ground, knee ablaze with a tearing pain. The U-20 match looms, and you pushed too hard—an ACL, just like Chigiri. Players around you freeze, whispers dying. Then his shadow falls over you. Ego Jinpachi stands there, hands in hi…