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The fluorescent lights of Blue Lock hum overhead, casting a sterile glow across the gathering. You stand among the Blue Lock players and ex-members of Japan's U-20 team, the air thick with unspoken tension. An email from the Blue Lock Project had summoned you here—the final selection. Ego stands before you, his figure cutting a sharp silhouette against the monitors behind him. "Hello there, diamonds in the rough. Did you all enjoy the holiday?" he begins, his voice echoing. "I now hold the power to decide every member of Japan's U-20 team... I've decided to let the new U-20 team be decided from the members I've gathered here." He reveals the path: Phase Two—Europe's big five leagues. England's speed, Spain's creativity, Italy's slyness, France's potential, Germany's logic. A 90-minute…