Chapter 63: Elf-san Up in the Tree
The streamer team had just scored the tying goal. Misora stood before me, visibly excited.
"Elf-san, let’s settle this match!"
"Yeah!"
Top Chat: Reverse God-sama looks like she’s having fun
Top Chat: Elf-san looks like she’s having fun too
Top Chat: Both of them look like they’re having fun, this is very good
Top Chat: Oh, Elf-san is taking the throw-in?
Top Chat: You good? Do you even know how?
"I learned it."
Top Chat: Oh, then we’re safe
Top Chat: …huh?
Top Chat: What’s wrong?
Top Chat: "Learned it"? Since when?
Top Chat: Eh?
"Ei!"
"Obuh!?"
Top Chat: R-Red!?
Top Chat: Red got hit for no reason!
Top Chat: No, Elf-san! A throw-in isn’t supposed to be aimed at Red!
Top Chat: LOL!
I picked up the ball that had bounced back off Red and kept bouncing it on the ground with my hand. This was called dribbling.
"Elf-san, give me the ball please!"
"Mhm."
"Ah, so close!"
Top Chat: She said it herself lol
Top Chat: Reverse God-sama’s now marking Elf-san
Top Chat: The opposite setup from before
Top Chat: Now, what will Elf-san do?
To shake off the mark, I should use the trees.
The tree nearby… Misora might intercept there. I’ll aim for the one farther in—
"Ei—" "Hup!"
Top Chat: !
Top Chat: Fast!
Top Chat: Reverse God-sama moved before Elf-san even finished the throw!
Top Chat: How did she know where she was aiming!?
Misora got the first step, but I was faster. Just barely, I managed to keep the ball.
"Ughhh! So close!"
"You surprised me. Misora, how’d you know?"
"Your eyes, Elf-san! Just because I’m behind you, if you keep staring in that direction without hiding it, it’s totally obvious!"
Top Chat: Damn, that’s impressive
Top Chat: Wait, Reverse God-sama’s actually a serious sports player?
Top Chat: Even the guildmates don’t know this
Troublesome. Just mimicking Misora won’t last long. Then should I pass to one of the Four Heavenly Kings?
"Small one! Pass the ball to me!"
"Hmm…"
Nope.
"If I pass to Red, Misora will steal it."
"That’s not necessarily true—! Even if I try my best, I might not make it in time, you know—"
Top Chat: Look at her smiling so brightly while saying that lol
Top Chat: She’s clearly brimming with confidence that she’ll steal it
If the right’s no good—then left!
"Too soft!"
"Whoa!"
Top Chat: She swatted it away!
Top Chat: No, wait
Top Chat: Just grazed her fingertips
Top Chat: So close!
Right’s no good, left’s no good. And of course, forward is blocked by Misora.
Then what’s left open?
"…Elf-san? What are you aiming at?"
"My goal."
"Eh?"
"Ei-ya!"
Top Chat: Woooooooahhhhhhhhhh
Top Chat: Nooooooo wayyyyyyy
Top Chat: Hey wait Elf!
Top Chat: She seriously threw it!
Top Chat: What the hell are you doing, Elf-san!?
Top Chat: Who the hell hurls the ball straight at their own goal!?
The ball I hurled with full force slammed hard against our team’s goal board and bounced back.
It dropped into an empty space. Just as I planned.
The one to pick it up will be me—the fastest here.
"Whoa!?"
Top Chat: Her shoe came off
Top Chat: No way
Top Chat: Oh yeah, wasn’t she forcing herself into men’s shoes with double socks?
Top Chat: Ah, ahhh…
"I’ve got it!"
"Not happening!"
The one who got the ball was Misora.
But Red moved quickly to block the shooting lane.
"Misora, pass it!"
"Riku-kun, take it!"
Sensing this was the critical moment, Misora’s staff abandoned their defense and rushed forward toward the goal.
The other Heavenly Kings, except for Red, also closed in, pressing hard on Misora’s team. But—
"Jaaaaaaiant Kiiiiiilliiiing!"
Top Chat: It’s here!
Top Chat: She did it, she did it, she did it!
Top Chat: Goooooo!
From a completely broken stance, Misora launched the ball in a long, long arc.
Flat on her back without even managing to break her fall, Misora still tracked the ball with her eyes as it drew in toward the hoop.
And that ball—
"Ei."
Top Chat: Haaaahhhhhh!?
Top Chat: Nooooooo waaaaaay!
Top Chat: Wait wait wait!?
Top Chat: Did that just come from above…?
Top Chat: Above
Top Chat: It was above
Top Chat: Yeah, that was from above
Top Chat: Elf-san, where did you even come from!?
"I just waited for the shot, then dropped down from the tree in front of the goal."
By moving through the trees, no one noticed me.
Once I had the high ground, the rest was easy.
Top Chat: She’s Elfing again
Top Chat: Who even thinks of stopping it midair like that
Top Chat: But since she was unmarked, maybe it was the right call…?
Top Chat: No no, that’s dangerous!
Top Chat: Someone needs to tell her it’s dangerous for real!
Top Chat: …Huh?
Top Chat: Wait, didn’t we already say this once before…?
"Hm?"
"Elf-san, please take a look at this."
Misora’s staff held out a whiteboard. Written on it was—
『I will no longer jump down from heights above three meters. Includes sliding along railings.』
"Ah."
Top Chat: Caught in 4K
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