Ace Eater

Still nursing their foreheads from the collision, Isagi brands Baro a Rage King and questions his new look. Baro boasts that the red streaks mark his hundred-million-yen valuation, sneering that Isagi's fifty-million tag makes him half the player. Aiku, Niko, and Aryu admit they helped with the dye job because Baro wanted to psych himself up for the reunion, teasing him as a lovestruck maiden and rechristening him Princess Baro until he throttles them into silence. Aiku promises Isagi that Ubers intend to seize Blue Lock's throne, and Isagi takes up the challenge.

Inside the facility's monitoring hub, Hirotoshi Buratsuta drops in to brag to Ego about how profitable Blue Lock TV has become, pitching a line of plush toys and keychains. Ego swats the merchandise aside, though Anri quietly finds the Blue Lock bear adorable. When Buratsuta nudges Ego about an unspecified promise, Ego simply throws him out.

As the whistle nears, commentary recalls Baro's recent hat trick and wonders whether Mr. Blue Lock can finally score. Kaiser kicks off to Ness, and Isagi fires up Metavision at full capacity. A slick exchange carries the pair forward, and a decoy run from Ness springs Kaiser into open space. Just as Isagi reads a scoring lane opening up, Don Lorenzo materializes and strips the ball, declaring that a three-hundred-million-yen Kaiser is the true ace worth hunting. Isagi clocks the newcomer, the so-called Ace Eater, as the anchor of Ubers' defense.

Buratsuta informs Ego that Blue Lock TV is thriving financially and presses him about a lingering promise. Kickoff arrives, and Don Lorenzo debuts on the field by robbing Kaiser, announcing himself as the Ace Eater at the core of Ubers' back line.

Ace Eater is the seventh chapter of Volume 24 and the 210th overall within the Neo Egoist League Arc, spanning twenty pages. It is written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by Yusuke Nomura.