Football System: Classic Number 10
Chapter 38: Entering Team-A

Today, Rizaldi Fatah's feelings are a little brighter. The brightness overcame how bright it was today, even Salma and Dery who saw how bright Rizaldi's face and smile were a little astonished because usually Rizaldi was not as weird as today.

Dery asks Rizaldi what happened to him. "Have anything good happened to you guys lately?"

Rizaldi turned to Dery, his smile still on his face but he just kept quiet and went back to acting like that for the next few minutes.

Dery grew increasingly confused, he turned his head towards Salma and shook his head. He did not think about what happened to his best friend. Then it was Salma's turn to ask Rizaldi.

"Rizal" Salma spoke her name meekly, like the voice of an empress calling out her soulmate.

Rizaldi turned his head, still with his smile which he thought was the warmest smile in the world. Even with such an expression, Rizaldi did not realize that he was more like the cold-blooded psychopathic villains who often exist in films or slasher-genre novels.

Even after seeing that smile, Salma did not ask him. He was first afraid to see Rizaldi's smile, before he was able to ask Rizaldi about what happened to him.

Finally they both gave up, they both let Rizaldi who was engrossed in his own world. Until finally the bell sign of the end of all teaching and learning activities at school sounded very loud once.

Dery is ready to go to the training ground, because today is team-A training day. A-team unlike B-team training almost every day, they only practice four times a week.

At that time, Rizaldi confronted Dery who was about to leave the classroom. Of course this confused Dery, this is no longer Rizaldi according to Dery.

"You're why you're facing me like that, you're not usually like this"

"You want to practice, Dery?"

Dery looked at Rizaldi in full questioning, he was completely confused by Rizaldi's attitude today. However, Dery did not want to think too much about that unimportant thing. "Yes. Today there is training, because on Sunday we will play Graha City FC"

"Can I come to the training ground?" rizaldi's sudden question again made Dery surprised. This time he really felt astonished and afraid of what happened to his best friend this one.

"Wait a minute" said Dery, he then went to Salma who was busy cleaning his study table from his stationery and books. "Follow me a minute!" Dery instantly pulled Salma's arm tight enough, taking her a little bit away from Rizaldi so she couldn't hear what the two of them were going to talk about.

"What's up, Dery? Why are you pulling me like that?" Salma looked a little in pain, she stroked her small, pure white arm.

Dery realized what he was doing. "I'm sorry" he said with some regret at what he had done to the meek girl.

"I'm fine" Salma shook her head slowly. "What's up, Dery?"

"Your friend that one was acting very strange today. Did something happen to you two?"

Salma slightly tilted her head, her eyes pointing upwards precisely to the ceiling of the classroom hallway. "Nothing I think, we are as usual" Salma replied after slightly turning back the events that happened to her and Rizaldi some time ago. "But he was a little weird today"

"You feel that way too. I think there's something going on with you two that makes him like that" It seems like Dery said a word that just looks normal, but actually the meaning of the question is very winged and he is directing towards the issue of love.

Dery thinks that Rizaldi and Salma are making little progress in their romance. Dery also knows the feelings of his two best friends who both have feelings, but they both do not want to be honest with their feelings and prefer to keep it in silence. So, Dery thought that Rizaldi did a little initiative and made Salma surprised so that it happened that he saw today in Rizaldi.

Salma immediately panicked, he wanted to answer Dery's accusations but he was already panicked so it was a bit difficult to control himself.

"There's nothing like it!" that was all Salma could say, she covered her face with her palms in embarrassment.

"But Rizaldi's attitude does not reflect that of Salma! He's like the guy who just broke up"

"No.no. I don't want to listen to him. It wasn't me" this time Salma covered her earlobes.

"Hey friends, what are you talking about" Rizaldi's voice immediately startled the two of them, because of his sudden existence.

"Nothing!" dery and Salma said at the same time.

Rizaldi became confused with the two of them, but he didn't seem to care much about it. "We're leaving, aren't we, Dery?"

Dery looked at his watch and he was immediately shocked because he was almost too late to enter the rehearsal. "Let's have our pal go now" Dery ran down the aisle to save his time.

Rizaldi followed her, but before that she apologized to Salma because she could not accompany herself until her invitation arrived.

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After quickly hitting the Harley Davidson motorcycle on the street. Dery and Rizaldi finally arrived at PPC. In the parking lot has been seen many motorcycles from other children because of the hours of entry training that is already soon.

"You're training over there, buddy, so I'm in first" Dery sprinted into the dressing room to change his clothes into training clothes.

There was one thing that Dery did not realize, because he was in a state of turmoil at last he was a little unable to think clearly as usual. Rizaldi Fatah who he thought was going to the B-team training ground, it looks like he's still tailing Dery and it's not noticed by Dery.

Dery continued to walk down the aisle towards the A-team dressing room in a bit of a hurry and was still in a state of unconsciousness to be followed by Rizaldi who continued to follow him. Until he finally got to the dressing room, there have been many other A-team players who are changing their clothes and a little listening to the direction and input from the coach, Coach Satria Hutama.

All eyes were on the newly arrived Dery. That's what he thinks, which is actually a big mistake. All eyes were fixed on the figure of the person behind Dery, who was still not realized by Dery at all.

"I'm sorry I'm a little late" said Dery, who noticed their gazes, but he was still unaware of the person behind him. The figure of Rizaldi who continues to follow him.

Zaki and Axel who also saw Rizaldi was just silent, they acted as if they did not see his existence so Derry was not suspicious at all.

Coach Satria approached Dery, asking Dery something important today if he still remembers it. Dery tried to remember, long enough and tried hard he finally remembered with what was said yesterday by Coach Satria Hutama.

"We've got a new player, right Coach today?"

"Yes that's absolutely right, Dery, but do you know who's going to get into that A-team?" Coach Satria asked again.

There was no answer at all in Dery's head at the moment, he had no clue at all with Coach Satria's question. "Maybe the newest recruit from another Football Academy?" the answer is original but it seems a little reasonable.

"Your answer has a point as well" said Coach Satria, Dery's face so slightly bright heard it but there was a tapi. "But the answer is wrong. Because actually our new player is from B-team"

Hearing that Dery was immediately surprised instead of playing. Not because of anything, because in the B-team he immediately remembered with only one person. Well, he was his best friend who was struggling desperately to catch up with him.

Dery is clearly very confident that the figure who will enter the A-team is Rizaldi Fatah, his best friend, and Dery immediately remembered the strangeness of Rizaldi's attitude today and apparently it was code if indeed he entered the A-team.

Coach Satria suddenly smiled and laughed which made Dery even more confused after being confused by all the events he experienced today.

Coach Satria said but his eyes were fixed straight at Dery, although Dery was not sure what he was saying. "Welcome to team-A!" coach Satria.

Dery turned his body and he saw the figure of Rizaldi Fatah who had been behind him. Dery was immediately so happy and he immediately hugged his best friend who had made it into the A-team, what he did was followed by Zaki and Axel who were his comrades in arms.

The other players also gave quite a standing ovation to the new player, but not to any of the players sitting in the corner. He looked at Rizaldi very sharply, like there was an old grudge against him.