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."

and messaged her privately,

hearing so, Olivia tilted her head in

and seeing that he turned

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

...

Ten minutes later...

for Mr. Rodrigas's arrival. Even with all of the teams gathered, the atmosphere was

either as the moment he was notified that all the teams had made

shoulder to shoulder under the scattered

in greeting at the juniors

wasn't the time for another speech

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.

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

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

members hadn't been chosen yet? Then what's about the flags? What's about each flag represent a team slot? Was all of

flooded their minds in those seconds of

Rodrigas didn't want to wait until everyone regained their wits back

them about the hidden

teammates, The decisions

careful consideration and judged properly. This led the ESG Organization

forget to mention that each flag was

those bloodliners heard the brighter their

didn't expect that the ESG Organization would bamboozle them like this. But after seeing the chaos that rose for flags between

such a weak mental fortitude that made them snap

like those to represent them in

deadly games, those bloodliners wouldn't hesitate to betray the team to save

would they hesitate to do the same

revelation. As for the rest? Some had ugly expressions while some were

knew that their results weren't as noteworthy as their teammates

Rodrigas finished his explanation; he manifested four large holograms displaying the

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

1) Felix Maxwell, Total

2) Sylvia Ivanov, Total

Maxwell, Total Points:

Wei, Total Points:

Leo Bridges,

Aadav Acharya,

7) Sophia Schmidt,

Hina Suzuki, Total Points:

Nkosi, Total

Maxwell, Total