The crowd had no clue what just happened but Kei did.His pass didn't miss.It was taken
Not intercepted.Stolen.Intentionally
He stood frozen for half a second while the opposing midfielder turned that stolen ball into a counterattack that led to a corner kick
Only then did Kei's eyes narrow
"That wasn't a mistake.That was bait"
The opposing coach didn't cheer.He just wrote something down on his clipboard and looked straight at Kei
Amano jogged over."Bro what was that pass"
Kei didn't answer.He was calculating
They had mapped his decision tree.Knew that under pressure he'd choose safety.And they set a trap on that path
It was like they wanted him to make that pass
The corner kick was cleared but Kei didn't move back into position
He was staring
Not at the ball but at the system behind it
The next few minutes were brutal.Every decision he made got punished but not obviously.Not with goals but with positioning.Pressure.Small wins
They were bleeding him
Bit by bit
So he did something insane
He started making worse decisions
Deliberately wrong angles.Slightly too short passes.Misreads
To reset the map
The opponent's rhythm faltered for a second
Then Kei struck
A diagonal switch that should've been impossible with how off-balance he looked
But it landed
Ren took it and turned and Kei whispered
"Let's see if u can predict chaos"
The game tilted again
And in that moment Kei wasn't playing football
He was rewriting it