Five years ago, the Kobe Jaguar team made perhaps the worst decision in their history, sending Sakuragi Hanamichi away for almost nothing.

In order to establish a new team with Rukawa Kaede as the core.

However, such a team did not hold out for too long~~

It can be said that Kaede Rukawa's departure from Mito in the offseason caused the Jaguar team to fall into the abyss.

Although after several years of rebuilding, the Jaguar team has returned to the ranks of the playoff teams very smoothly, but if they hadn't made that trade at that time, maybe the team wouldn't have to go through a rebuild~~

And the reason why the team management was so sure to keep Rukawa Kaede was what Takayama Boss and Kawaguchi said when they met.

Those words made the two people closely linked to Rukawa Kaede's future in the Jaguar team, and they were convinced~~

"In this team now, I want to ~~~ I want to be the only leader ~!!!"

Rukawa Kaede was silent for a while, and said suddenly.

This time, Kawaguchi and Takayama looked at each other, and both of them widened their eyes, although the two of them might have thought that Rukawa Kaede had this idea, but they didn't expect him to say it so directly.

"What do you mean by that~??"

Kawaguchi looked at Rukawa Kaede and asked.

"In the current team, I don't have the absolute right to speak, everyone regards Akagi as the boss of the team, the leader, Akagi's strength is certainly top, but as this league today, it is becoming more and more difficult for the inside players to become the absolute leader of the team, take a look at the teams that have won the championship in recent years, all of them are forwards or defenders, not to mention me, sometimes, even Sakuragi Hanamichi this guy, the tactical position in the team is still relatively high~~"

Kaede Rukawa analyzes the current situation of his team.

"Then if you are given an absolute core position, can you definitely lead the team to win the championship?"

Mr. Takayama asked.

"What the fairy can do, I can do it all~!!"

Rukawa Kaede's appearance looks quite cold-blooded, serious, serious, and determined.

"Woo~!!!!"

At 2:32 a.m., Rukawa Kaede, asleep, woke up.

Although this is not a nightmare, but looking at Rukawa Kaede's reaction and the sweat on his head, it seems that Rukawa Kaede is very "guilty" about those things in the past.

At that time, Rukawa Kaede did not win the championship, did not win the championship, and did not even play in the finals, so for him, finding a way to get closer to the championship is the most important ~~

And when all of this has been realized, Rukawa Kaede seems to understand one thing better, that is: loyalty and faith.

It was because Rukawa Kaede kept saying that he would lead the Jaguar team to win the championship that the management decided to send away Sakuragi Hanamichi and the "Most Valuable Player of the Finals" that season.

"Kobe Jaguar ~~~~"

Rukawa Kaede sat on the bed and silently recited the name of his old club~~

Perhaps the more time comes to this choice, the more Rukawa Kaede will recall the previous story.

Rukawa Kaede got out of bed, walked to the window, and looked at the night sky, Rukawa Kaede seemed to be watching the stars at night.

"Is that that~??"

Rukawa Kaede seems to be thinking about something~~

In short, this night, this dream, let Rukawa Kaede pick up all the things that were about to be forgotten in the past.

"Dream ~~~"

Lying back on the bed, Rukawa Kaede suddenly remembered another word~~

This word is actually what I talked about when I was chatting with Rukawa Kaede Akagi Tsuyoshi when I was participating in a friendly match before~~

"What does it feel like to win the championship, that is, the dream has come true, and the moment the dream shines into reality~??"

This was during the training camp before the previous friendly match, and after a short break, Akagi asked about the picture of Rukawa Kaede.

Although Akagi and Rukawa Kaede belong to different teams, the two teams are just different venues in the same training hall, and the two fields are adjacent, only a large cloth to cover them~~

Therefore, after a break, the players are all looking for their former comrades and reminiscing about the past.

Seeing Rukawa Kaede drinking water alone, Akagi walked over~~

"Hmm~~~~"

Regarding the question that Akagi suddenly raised, it seems that Rukawa Kaede didn't think too much about it~~

"Actually, that feeling is amazing, because I, including us, have experienced too many failures before, the failure of the national competition in high school, and the repeated elimination of the Jaguar team after going to the professional league, including after I went to the electronic team, the first year was also a defeat in the finals, so, I have experienced too many failures, so my sense of victory seems to be very vague~~"

Rukawa Kaede analyzed.

"It's like you crying and chasing a girl, but that girl refuses you many times, but one day, he promised you, you can't believe it, who promised you~~right~~"

Akagi made an analogy.

"Haha, it seems to be that feeling~~"

Rukawa Kaede said with a smile.

"Why do you suddenly ask this~??"

Rukawa Kaede continued to ask.

"Just ask, feel it, maybe I'm gradually getting away from the championship, unlike you, I don't even have a chance to fail~~"

Akagi looked up to the sky and sighed.

Hearing Akagi say this, Rukawa Kaede lowered his head and was silent~~

Rukawa Kaede knew that it was his insistence on leaving back then that made their teammates lose the opportunity to compete for the championship.

"Then have you ever thought about going to the championship team again~??"

Rukawa Kaede was silent for a short time and asked. 、

"I thought about it, but I don't think it's me, hugging my thighs everywhere for the championship, that's not the style of Akagi Goken, when I joined the Antlers, I already said to myself, this is the last ~~~"

Akagi replied.

"If I have the opportunity, I still look like I'm teaming up with the captain, and you're a thigh~!!"

Rukawa Kaede's words made Akagi's eyes light up.

"Haha, I'm a thigh myself, so I can't find other thighs, I know~~"

However, Akagi seems to focus not on the first half of Rukawa Kaede's words, but on the second half.

Maybe Akagi doesn't want to give himself more hope, and then it turns into a disappointment~~

"What about you, where are you going next season~?? Back to Mito~?? ”

Akagi asked rhetorically.

"Who knows, the longer it takes to make a decision, the more difficult it will be to make this decision~~~"

Rukawa Kaede also sighed.

"Perhaps, I should do something different~~~"

Thinking of this, Rukawa Kaede on the bed seems to have some plans~~

Could it be ~!?

"I'm ready to decide~!!"

Early the next morning, Rukawa Kaede called his agency.

Listening to this tone, it seems that Rukawa Kaede is ready to make his third decision, and it seems that he is going to make a big news again~~

After making the call, Rukawa Kaede returned to the writing desk, on, and wrote something~~

To all Kobe Jaguar fans ~~~

Rukawa Kaede wrote at the beginning that it should be a letter~~

It seems that Rukawa Kaede is preparing ~~

"Five years ago, one of my decisions plunged your favorite team, the Jaguar team, into the abyss, I didn't know the result of this at the time, until a few years later, I look back, I still feel so guilty, and now, I got a chance, a chance to save those mistakes, five years ago, I left Kobe, five years later, I'm coming back~!!!!"