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Isagi grasps that Rin only lifted his free kick because Isagi stood in the wall, and from that insight decides he can turn himself into bait to beat him. Using Baro as a decoy, he slips past Tokimitsu, then combines through a cluster of teammates before firing what looks like a direct shot. Anticipating Rin stepping across to block it, Isagi instead flicks a reverse back-heel into the net, a play no one expected, knotting the score at four each and stunning both benches.

With the next goal set to decide everything, Bachira agonizes over which sliver of ego he lacks to reach Isagi and Rin. He hesitates on the ball, asking his monster what to do, and Nagi warns that losing on purpose will not earn him a place. When Isagi's attempt at a winner is snuffed out by Rin at the top corner, the loose ball reaches Bachira, who launches a counter.

Recalling his mother's words about trusting his true inner voice, Bachira finally tells the monster to vanish, admitting Isagi had become the crutch he could no longer play without. He chooses to go it alone, nutmegging past Isagi, Chigiri, and Baro in turn, thanking the monster and bidding it farewell as he presses on by himself. He winds up to shoot, only for Isagi to appear and block it, having sensed all along that Bachira would try to finish solo.

Isagi equalizes at 4-4 with a reverse back-heel finish that Rin could not predict. Rin denies Isagi's would-be winning shot at the top corner. Bachira, refusing to keep leaning on his imaginary monster, dismisses it for good and commits to playing alone. He strings together nutmegs past three defenders on a solo run. Isagi reads the run and blocks Bachira's shot, insisting he knew his friend would go in by himself.

Broadcast March 11, 2023, the Second Selection Arc episode adapts chapters 81 through 84 and keeps Judgement and Numbness like a ginger as its themes. The Additional Time skit, Aryu's Arbitrary Glam Battle, has Aryu ranking everything as glam or not glam, growing rattled that even Rin's sipping and glances out-glam him, before reclaiming the crown with his getting-into-bed move, the Rolling Good Night.