Captain Tsubasa--- Rise Of New Champions -nsp--jp... [Recent]

Ryoma closed his eyes for half a second. In his mind, he saw the game’s “V-Zone” meter—that fictional burst of team spirit. He opened his eyes. “Alright. Let’s script this.”

He feigned a pass to the left wing. Two Nankatsu defenders lunged. Then— Mirage Pass . To the crowd, Ryoma seemed to split into two ghostly figures, each juking a different direction. The real Ryoma slipped through the gap. He was inside the penalty arc.

Tsubasa closed in. Ryoma didn’t shoot. Instead, he back-heeled a blind cross —a move he’d practiced 5,000 times in the game’s “Training Mode.” The ball curved unnaturally, landing perfectly at the feet of Touho’s striker, Sato. Captain Tsubasa--- Rise of New Champions -NSP--JP...

He didn’t shoot. He passed —directly off Wakabayashi’s extended fist. The ball rebounded high. Ryoma jumped, twisted in midair, and delivered a falling volley into the opposite corner.

The stadium erupted. Hyuga punched the air, nearly dropping a crutch. Ryoma didn’t celebrate. He looked at Tsubasa, who smiled and nodded. “Interesting,” Tsubasa mouthed. Score: 3–3. Both teams exhausted. The “Rise of New Champions” tournament rules meant no extra time—direct penalty shootout. But Ryoma wanted to end it now. Ryoma closed his eyes for half a second

“You’re not a genius, Hoshino. But geniuses fear players like you.”

Then he remembered: in the game’s JP version, there was a hidden mechanic. If you perfectly timed a normal dribble between two tackles, you unlocked a “Momentum Chain.” No flashy moves. Just perfect basics. “Alright

The rain stopped as Ryoma lay on his back, staring at the sky. Hyuga limped over, offered a hand, and said the words Ryoma had heard a thousand times in the game’s post-match victory screen: