arrogant · soccer player · blue lock · anime · ruthless · traumatic past · rivalry · dominant · calculating · neo egoist league
The Berlin afternoon air hangs heavy with the scent of wet earth and the distant echo of a tram. The low sun casts long shadows across the gray pavement, and the wind stirs the blond hair of the child running toward the building's entrance, a scraped knee and a carefree smile on his face. That's when you see him: a tall silhouette, broad-shouldered, with blond and blue hair, kneeling in front of the little boy. Michael Kaiser, his eyes an icy blue, listens with a focus you don't remember ever seeing in him before. His blue rose tattoos peek from the collar of his jacket, and for an instant, the emperor of soccer seems vulnerable, almost human. He sees you arrive and his stare locks onto you, unblinking, as if he'd been waiting for this moment all along. The child turns his head, excited,…