From behind the frosted door, Flora could just make out the shadowy outline of a man. She squinted, trying to focus. While she waited for the matchmaking system to do its thing, she fired off a message to Kruz: "How much longer?"

Ethan shot back a quick response: "About... forty minutes, I think."

Their momentum was pretty wild, and no one knew when it would really wrap up. With Flora in their corner, Ethan started to think they might just bulldoze their way up to a level nine team.

"Forty more minutes?" Flora thought, frowning as her eyes flicked toward the bathroom. She decided to get things moving quickly.

...

Just a minute later, the match was on. Their opponent? The level seven Hornet Squad, a bunch of big shots in the gaming world. They were caught off guard seeing Jules pop up in the match-never expected to bump into him here. But once the shock wore off, they were itching to dive in.

A chance to duke it out with Fuper F? That was a golden ticket. They had to bring their A-game. Except for Jules, they didn't see anyone else as a real challenge. Their plan? Swarm Jules right off the bat, leaving a few to hold the fort.

They cooked up a battle plan and were raring to go once the game gave the green light. But then-

The screen.

Went gray.

The bold word "Defeat" flashed up.

Hornet Squad: "..."

just happened? Did

the Zephyr Team's side,

won? Just like that? The game had barely

clearly. It was Flora's handiwork. In less than thirty seconds,

thought. This was so not Flora's usual style.

...

popped up on the game's public

victory.

through teams, jumping from a level three to a level seven in no

Team wasn't exactly known for being powerhouses; they'd often been trailing at the bottom in

miracle in itself.

leveling up but also taking down

Fuper F

THE Fuper F? Seriously?

stops to get Fuper F. No wonder they're climbing the ranks; who else could snag Fuper F?" With Fuper F on their side, victory seemed like a

members saw all these comments right after logging off from the match. Their faces

lost to Fuper

would've been something

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