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, 'You

hearing so, Olivia tilted her head

implying and seeing that he turned his

matter and just hoped dearly

...

Ten minutes later...

Rodrigas's arrival. Even with all of the teams gathered,

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

upstage shoulder to shoulder under the scattered applause of the bloodliners in

waved his hand in greeting at the

another speech when the majority looked dead

Mr. Rodrigas looked at their crestfallen expression and said, "You might not have slept well in the previous days due to the disappointment, depression, and rewardless exhaustion. So, this morning is truly not that good to

dropped the long-awaited bombshell on them, "Raise your heads high

how to react. The bloodliners, the instructors, the broadcasters,

hadn't been chosen yet? Then what's about the flags? What's about each flag represent

minds in those seconds

didn't want to wait until everyone regained their wits back and bombard him with

the hidden points system which

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

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

didn't forget to mention

bloodliners heard the brighter their

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

weak mental fortitude that

one wanted bloodliners like those to represent them in the

wouldn't hesitate to betray the team to save their

for a mere flag, why would they

with Mr. Rodrigas's revelation. As for the rest? Some had ugly

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

the moment Mr. Rodrigas finished his explanation; he manifested four

those at the far back could clearly see the names and points written next to them. Surprisingly, even the disqualified in the competition

Felix Maxwell, Total

Ivanov,

Olivia Maxwell, Total Points:

4) Zhang Wei, Total

5) Leo Bridges, Total Points:

Acharya,

Schmidt, Total Points:

8) Hina Suzuki, Total Points:

9) Arno Nkosi, Total Points:

Johnson Maxwell, Total Points: