The Era Of Footballer

Chapter 3 - Join!

Without much talk and learning from his previous mistakes, Diego immediately grabbed Rigla by the neck and dragged her to a place.

"Let go, Stupid! Relax, calm down .. I'll come!" snapped Rigla.

"Ti~dak! I learned from my mistakes before. If I take my eyes off you for a second, you'll definitely disappear!" reply Diego by strengthening his grip.

The people around looked at them both with strange looks. They gay? thought everyone.

After walking for a while, they finally arrived in front of a room with an area of 35 meters in rectangular shape. Next to the door of the room, there is a signboard that says "Football Club".

Diego slid the door excitedly. "Coach, I've brought the man!"

Rigla sighed heavily, showing her displeasure. He did not even look towards the club room, his eyes were closed with his face pointed side-down.

"You two sit down" said Yudha, sitting in an empty chair.

Diego gave up his embrace; rigla stood up straight, confirmed the tie and tidied up his clothes. Rigla still hasn't opened her eyes.

"What's wrong?" asked Mr. Yudha to see Rigla still standing still.

Rigla sighed, opened her eyes, and sat down beside Diego.

The room was not very large, containing only football equipment with two benches in the middle of the room now occupied by Rigla and Diego. On the right and left side of the room there are eight lockers each. At the center of the room, there are soccer equipment ranging from balls, cones, ground discs, tactical boards, and vests in blue and red.

Dirty room, shows easily how rarely used and not maintained the room.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush, I don't know what makes you not want to play football anymore. However, I want you to play for this school football club" Yudha said with his arms crossed.

Rigla squinted slightly, sensing that something was hidden. "Reason?"

Diego was a little surprised to hear Rigla's reply. But the smile on his face could not be hidden.

"Two main reasons: your potential and school" replied Yudha.

"school? I just came in and why would such a big thing be my responsibility?" ask Rigla.

"Because you have the strength to carry that responsibility," replied Mr. Yudha with slightly teary eyes.

Rigla was suspicious again. The expression that seemed to say "Please" made his suspicion even greater. "If you can't be honest from the start, how can I play football with all my heart?"

Rigla says slap Yudha and Diego. Both of them faced the ground with cold sweat slowly flowing from their temples. Expressions that wanted to say everything honestly but could not, made them only clench their hands very tightly.

Mr. Yudha sighed, slowly loosening his fist. "I can't answer that question right now, but .. someday, either I or you will find the answer."

The firm gaze of Mr. Yudha made Rigla even more suspicious of the ulterior motives of the invitation of Mr. Yudha and Diego. However, he knew one thing for sure, that the two people who were nearby right now were not bad people.

"One last question."

Mr. Yudha and Diego at a glance widened his eyes.

"What should I do when I join this club?"

Mr. Yudha and Diego looked at each other and nodded their heads. Mr. Yudha took a deep breath, then said, "Victory for the tournament."

Rigla immediately understood about the tournament referred to by Mr. Yudha. The biggest tournament at the school level, a tournament that brings together great schools from all over the country, a tournament that is anticipated every year by everyone.

Rigla was silent for a moment, closing her eyes with her hands crossed. His head slightly looked down as if he was thinking hard.

The short speech full of meaning, made Diego happy to shout raised both hands. Mr. Yudha's wide eyes showed how surprised and pleased he was. Even the dam of tears seemed as if it would break right then and there. Mr. Yudha heaved a sigh of relief.

"Well, you're a goalkeeper, aren't you?" ask Diego by pointing at Rigla. Rigla nodded. "Ahead of school, come to field two! I'll leave you with the other members!"

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Time has passed, the subjects have changed. Everyone was busy whether chatting, studying, paying attention to the teacher, paying attention to Elina, or the others. Similarly, Rigla is busy staring at the blue sky with various speculations in her head.

"Why did Yudha insist on him joining the club?"

"Why was it that Mr. Yudha and Diego were sweating coldly?"

"What are they both hiding?"

And various other questions constantly came into his mind. He tried to find a hint, but he never got it. The sky at that time was cloudless, as if mocking the contents of his head filled with clouds of confusion.

"Oi, do you hear me?!"

There was a man knocking on Rigla's desk. The new Rigla realized that someone was calling her, turned her head slowly.

Dak! The punch floated right on Rigla's right cheek, making herself almost sway in her chair until she almost knocked herself down.

"Ardha, is this really the child you mean?" ask a man with a heavier voice.

"Yes .. is not wrong anymore. This arrogant aura ... this exorbitant style .. no one, this is his son!" ardha said by pushing the chair Rigla occupied with her right leg.

Rigla fell down, making the whole class that had been silent since, move a little. The man with the heavier voice gave a sharp glance to the rest of the class, making all the students in the class no one dared to look, let alone help Rigla.

Rigla slumped on the classroom floor with a posture like a sleeping person facing the side.

"Oi, oi, oi! Where was your arrogance?!" snapped Ardha by kicking Rigla.

Rigla doesn't know who's bothering her, but she does know how many people are in front of her.

Behind Ardha, the man with the heavier voice whispered to one of his subordinates. The subordinate nodded and walked quickly towards one of the students.

"Let go!" elina yelled who was pulled forcibly by the male subordinates making a heavier sound.

Elina was forcibly dragged by the subordinate. Already tried to hit the hand of the subordinate, but the different forces were far away, making him unable to do much.

After arriving in front of the heavy-voiced man, Elina's hands were widened and held back by two heavy-voiced male subordinates. A perverted face with a tongue that rotated from the tip of the right lip to the tip of the left lip, made Elina both frightened and disgusted.

"So .. This is the School Angel? Uh ... proper nickname ..." said the man with a heavy voice to Elina's ears.

Elina is getting creepy. The whole class became very angry. First Rigla, now Elina. But again, the sharp glances of the man with a heavy voice made the entire class unable to fight and could only foster anger.

"My name is Michel, Michel Bernadius .." said Michel with a smile full of bad intentions.

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