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,

tilted

he turned his head forward, she knew that he wasn't planning

and just hoped dearly that her two extra flags wouldn't affect anyone

...

Ten minutes later...

team had made it to the stadium and were waiting for Mr. Rodrigas's arrival. Even with all of the teams gathered,

notified that all the teams had made it

field and went upstage shoulder to

hand in greeting at

wasn't the time for another speech when the majority looked

their crestfallen expression and said, "You might not have slept well in the previous days due to the disappointment,

"Raise your heads high since the earthling's team members have not been truly chosen

the broadcasters,

yet? Then what's about the flags? What's about each flag

questions flooded their minds in those

didn't want to wait until everyone regained

the mic and started informing them about the

responsibility they had towards their teammates, The decisions they made; whether smart ones or idiotic ones, the

happened was taken into careful consideration and judged properly. This led the ESG Organization to truly get the top hundred worthy bloodliners to

forget to mention that each flag was worth 100

bloodliners heard the brighter their expression

that the ESG Organization would bamboozle them like this. But after seeing the chaos that rose for flags between teammates, they recognized the importance

have known that many bloodliners had such a weak mental fortitude that made them snap at

bloodliners like those to represent them in the Planetary

bloodliners wouldn't hesitate to betray the team to

why would

the bloodliners were beyond delighted with Mr. Rodrigas's revelation. As for

their results weren't as noteworthy as

his explanation; he manifested four large

the names and points written next to them. Surprisingly, even the disqualified in the

1) Felix Maxwell, Total Points:

Ivanov,

Maxwell,

Wei,

5) Leo Bridges, Total

6) Aadav Acharya, Total Points:

7) Sophia Schmidt, Total

Suzuki,

9) Arno Nkosi,

10) Johnson Maxwell,