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Racing down the left, Chigiri draws Isagi, who knows the winger's stronger foot is his right and expects a cut inward before any shot. Instead Chigiri pushes deeper toward the byline, an angle that should shrink his scoring chances, catching Isagi off guard. Mensah steps up to slow him and gets dismissed as a plodding security guard.

The scene rewinds twenty days to the English wing, where Chris tells Chigiri that raw pace only becomes goals once he builds a golden zone, a patch from which his odds of scoring spike. Citing the Italian striker Del Piero, Chris notes such a zone let him produce goals in bulk, and Chigiri recalls Baro and Zantetsu wielding similar spots. Based on his physique, Chris fixes Chigiri's ideal launch point at nineteen meters from goal at a forty four degree left angle.

Still shadowed by Mensah, Chigiri accelerates into a cut toward the box so quickly that Isagi cannot recover in time. Kunigami closes in calling him a speed freak, and Chigiri fires back a taunt about being too late. Reaching 18.75 meters at forty four degrees, he strikes cleanly into the far corner for the match's first goal.

With the net rippling, Chigiri turns to the other Blue Lock players and tells them their evolution is lagging behind his own.

Chris Prince pinpointed Chigiri's golden zone at nineteen meters from goal on a forty four degree left angle.

Chigiri opened the scoring, netting the first goal of the fixture.