Supremacy Games

After the team had eaten plenty, they went to the parking lot where the same minibus awaited them.

This time, there weren't any parades as the citizens were ordered to stay home and watch the stream of the gathering.

Mr. Rodrigas wasn't a fool to leave the infuriated and disheartened citizens to roam the streets freely after the unsavory scenes their national teams had shown at the end of the competition.

The Organization knew that if they carried on with another parade, those minibusses would be showered with projectiles aimed at those bloodliners, who went full rogue for a flag.

Thus, everyone was requested 'gently' to stay off the streets, which had police cars and army vehicles roaming without stop.

Right now, only the drones were streaming live the minibusses heading for the last gathering.

...

After a while...

Felix's team had disembarked from the minibus and followed the staff member who was waiting for them.

Immediately after stepping inside the field, they were met with the same sight of hundred teams lining up in their same spots.

Besides the gloomy and downcast expressions of the majority of the bloodliners, nothing much changed.

The field was still coated with that blue material and the long wooden stage was left untouched as well.

"Damn, it feels like we are in a funeral." Nathan commentated softly while walking through the rows and rows of silent teams.

Just like he was checking them out, their team didn't escape receiving unfriendly and envious gazes.

Well, it was an expected reaction when those teams had heard that the American team managed to secure 12 flags.

Obviously, it wouldn't feel good to know that their team was fighting for merely two flags or three flags while Felix and the rest had some to spare.

Too bad, the only one affected by those looks was Olivia, who lowered her head in guilt and dejection.

Upon turning his head and noticing Olivia's behavior, Felix knitted his eyebrows in displeasure and knocked her right in the head with the back of his finger.

Ouch!

Pained, Olivia instantly clutched her head with both of her hands while looking at Felix with a wronged expression.

"Never feel remorseful for losers. It's okay to sympathize with them but never feel guilty about winning over them." Felix threatened her with the back of his finger and said, "If I see you behaving like this again, don't blame me for knocking you."

Olivia lowered her head and murmured, "I just feel bad that I have three flags while most of them don't even have one." She sulked, "I feel like I robbed two juniors of their chance at getting inside the team."

faintly and messaged her privately,

Olivia tilted her head in

implying and seeing that he turned

about the matter and just hoped dearly that her

...

Ten minutes later...

were waiting for Mr. Rodrigas's arrival. Even with

dally either as the moment he was notified that all the teams had made it in time, he left the lounge he was in

the field and went upstage shoulder to shoulder

goes well.' Jacob waved his hand in greeting at the juniors

another speech

"You might not have slept well in the previous days due to the disappointment, depression, and rewardless exhaustion. So,

smiled faintly and dropped the long-awaited bombshell on them, "Raise your heads

react. The bloodliners, the instructors, the broadcasters,

flags? What's about each flag represent a team slot?

flooded their minds in those seconds

until everyone regained their wits back

the mic and started informing them about the hidden points system which allowed them to judge everything

had towards their teammates, The decisions they made; whether smart ones or idiotic ones, the mental fortitude, and lastly, their

was taken into careful consideration and judged properly. This led the ESG Organization

course, Mr. Rodrigas didn't forget to mention that each

heard the brighter

bamboozle them like this. But after seeing the chaos that rose for flags

would have known that many bloodliners had such a weak mental fortitude

one wanted bloodliners like those to represent them in the Planetary

deadly games, those bloodliners wouldn't hesitate to betray the team to save their lives when shit hit

would they

with Mr. Rodrigas's revelation. As for the rest? Some had ugly expressions while some were

knew that their results weren't as noteworthy as their teammates and felt threatened that their

moment Mr. Rodrigas finished his explanation; he manifested four large holograms

names and points written next to them. Surprisingly, even the disqualified in the competition still had their names on

1) Felix Maxwell, Total

Ivanov,

3) Olivia Maxwell, Total

Wei, Total

Leo Bridges, Total

6) Aadav Acharya,

Schmidt, Total Points:

Hina Suzuki,

Arno Nkosi, Total

Maxwell, Total