Chapter 1037: Conflict with the Coach!

Well, that was a na?ve thought, especially since no one truly knew that Higo was a vindictive person.

Once the boy set his mind against those who talked shit about him, he would never let it go until his enemy surrendered first.

This was also the same scenario, as hoping for Higo to admit his mistake first was like a pipe dream for Frohling and the coaching staff. It was just that they didn’t know about it yet, especially since the team was finally on an international break.

It wasn’t just the players who didn’t get called to their national team who went for a short vacation, but even the coaching staff also spent this little free time together with family.

As for Higo himself? Well, he was currently sitting on the plane, waiting for it to fly back to Tokyo and bring him to the national team.

Next to him, Morita was also scrolling through his phone while enjoying the snack basket that was provided for him. The boy shook his head slightly the more he read the current news, though, finding those to be more outrageous than ever.

"You sure have a ball of steel, Ryusuke. I mean, pointing straight at the head coach like that? I would never..." He teased the goalkeeper playfully.

Yeah, somehow, the team lost, but all the news platforms in Germany talked more about his post rather than the game itself. Well, how could they, as people’s relationship was always more interesting than just a bunch of meaningless data on the table.

Higo himself just rubbed the back of his hand awkwardly. At this point, he also realized that his post didn’t even make things better, but only fueled the whole situation into an unrecognizable shape.

Now, his phone rang almost every five minutes as calls from the coach, Waldoch, Guzman, his friends, his girlfriend, and his family kept coming, not giving him even a second of peace.

Some were concerned, while the others just wanted to know the latest gossip about him. For the latter, Higo would just answer that he was fine without revealing anything.

However, he would still take his time for the former, knowing that those people were close enough to him in real life that they would always ask about his well-being first.

The one reaction that he didn’t expect, though, came from Fujita-san, as the man was so panicked on the call this morning.

"Why are you publishing something like that?! You are not even a superstar yet, so the public will never be on your side! Delete those posts and apologize to your coach immediately! Don’t you know that so many brands have already inquired about this situation toward me?!"

Higo couldn’t help but frown when he heard those. Well, the boy still nodded along, not even denying the man’s words at all.

Still, while he understood his agent’s point of view, which was to maintain the stability and good relationship with the team itself, Higo was annoyed that his agent didn’t even try to understand his side first.

’Yeah, he accused me without hesitation, asking me to endure, while he himself probably hasn’t heard what the boss said to me yesterday. What the hell is he thinking about?’ He murmured inwardly.

At this point, it was ego that was taking over everything, as even though his emotions were finally back to a steady state, the boy vowed to himself that he would never take the initiative to apologize.

This was exactly the same as Frohling, who was still in Gelsenkirchen, since the man had already told Waldoch that he would wait for Higo to apologize first to initiate contact.

In the end, this problem was far from being resolved, leaving a big crack between the master and disciple.

"Still, a lot of people seem to support you, Ryusuke," Morita said once again, this time also showing the phone to the boy.

There, a video was played, where an old man with hair already turning white but still with the same fierceness on his face could be seen talking with so much heat, turning his face red from his own excitement.

"You cannot blame Higo in this situation! Just like he said, he has saved two penalties! What else should he do?! Blaming a goalkeeper for the outfield players’ incompetence just shows that Frohling knows shit about how hard it is to become one!"

Higo knew that man. Well, not personally, of course, but he had seen the man talking about him in high regard a few times in the past.

That man was none other than Oliver Kahn, German and Bayern Munich legendary goalkeeper in the past. The man was quite vocal in the past when showing his support for Higo, believing that the boy could potentially be the best in the world.

It also helped that it was a former goalkeeper who talked about this, so his credibility was not in question here.

Not just the man, though, but some retired players also took his side in this whole ordeal, believing that Higo shouldn’t be dragged into this mess when it was the whole team who failed to show up with their best performance.

Of course, some people also felt like Higo was exaggerating, saying that it was an internal matter that shouldn’t be published to the internet. Fortunately, the number of people who said that wasn’t that much, just a few among all the unwavering support from the internet.

’Hah! You said that the public will not be on my side because I am not a superstar yet, but can you see what is going on right now, Fujita-san?’ Higo snorted amusedly, remembering how panicked his agent was earlier this morning.

Still, the boy didn’t want to dwell on this matter too much. No, rather than thinking of all the toxic things that would give him a headache, it was better to focus on what was in front of him, which was this journey to Yokohama.

’Anyway, it is time for the national team! Let’s see how strong the Samurai Blue is right now...’