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."

worry about it." Felix smiled faintly and messaged

tilted her head

was implying and seeing that he turned

the matter and just hoped dearly

...

Ten minutes later...

and were waiting for Mr. Rodrigas's

dilly dally either as the moment he was notified that all the

they arrived at the field and went upstage shoulder to shoulder under the scattered applause of the

his hand in greeting

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

the previous days due to the disappointment, depression, and rewardless exhaustion. So, this morning is truly not that good

dropped the long-awaited bombshell on them, "Raise your heads high since the earthling's team members have not been

his proclamation, not knowing how to react. The bloodliners, the instructors, the broadcasters, and even the viewers at home were left flabbergasted by such

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

questions flooded their minds in

until everyone regained

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

The decisions they made; whether smart ones or

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

forget to mention that each flag was

those bloodliners heard

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

weak mental fortitude that made them snap at their teammates, start fights, and

those to represent them in

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

why would they hesitate to

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

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

moment Mr. Rodrigas finished his explanation; he manifested four

points written next to them. Surprisingly,

Maxwell, Total Points:

Sylvia Ivanov,

Maxwell, Total Points:

Wei, Total

Bridges, Total

Acharya, Total Points:

Sophia Schmidt,

Hina Suzuki, Total

Nkosi, Total

Maxwell,