Chapter 591: A World Where Only Cutie Pie Gets Hurt
"Honestly, I was rooting for Leo this year, but some of his fans are really annoying," Bella complained, pouting before the start of the third match day.
She was a seasoned netizen, having seen all sorts of storms online. Years ago, she had even lectured Arthur about maintaining a calm mindset in the face of public opinion.
Who would have thought she'd be the one triggered today?
It just goes to show how destructive some extreme fans can be.
Arthur nodded. "Indeed."
Like Bella, he admired Leo. After all, not everyone had the courage to gamble their entire career on one last stand at his age.
But it was still ridiculous that some fans were cursing their own alliance's teams to be wiped out because of it.
The poor performance of the Kubfu Alliance in the first two match days had caused chaos in various online communities recently!
Even Bella, a veteran of handling pressure, couldn't handle it, showing just how magical the situation was.
Aaron sighed, clearly having read some posts recently too.
"To be honest, a while ago I was hoping Senior Leo could go a few more rounds, but now I just want him to go home."
The head coach waved her paper fan, giving Aaron and Bella each a smack on the head.
"We're about to go on stage! Stop thinking about nonsense! Other people's business has nothing to do with us!!
"Put away your distracting thoughts and focus on playing this match well!"
Aaron and Bella clutched their heads, teary-eyed.
"Boohoo, it's not fair! Arthur chimed in too, why didn't you hit him?"
Arthur glanced sideways at Bella, thinking good grief.
As expected of a frenemy, our two years of teammateship really are plastic.
Unfortunately, the head coach pushed up her glasses and ignored her completely.
"If you can become a world-renowned team ace, I won't hit you either."
"..."
Bella looked like she had lost the will to live.
Is this blatant favoritism starting now? Not even pretending anymore?
Damn it!
She was angry but helpless.
After the desert trip, Arthur's fame had spread globally!
What is an international superstar? (Tactical lean back)
Bella couldn't catch up even if she rode a Rapidash.
This baby-faced shota she had accidentally taken a liking to in the amateur league had now soared into the sky, becoming a cloud-dwelling boss she had to crane her neck to even glimpse!
Thinking about this always made Bella feel a bit surreal.
No time for more reminiscence; the match was about to start!
Actually, Starlight and Frost didn't have much pressure for this first match today. Their first-round opponent was just the wild card team in their group, Cutie Pie.
There were eight groups, and each group had one wild card team.
But the gap between wild card teams was huge.
Not every wild card team could be a monster like Three Waves.
Before the match, most people favored Starlight and Frost, thinking they had a better chance of winning.
But at the last moment before going on stage, the head coach pushed up her glasses one last time, revealing an ambition that went beyond just winning.
"Since you all mentioned that the current public opinion makes you unhappy, then go change it with your own hands!
"Yesterday, Leo's Three Waves Team won by eleven points. I think you know what to do, right?"
Since you're professional players, stop whining!
If fans and public opinion upset you, hit back with your results!
The head coach's statement was like a blade unsheathed, cold and sharp!
It instantly focused everyone's eyes before they went on stage!
That's right!
What's the point of sulking with fans online?
True players should suppress all monsters and demons with their strength and results on the field!
"Heh, isn't it just eleven points? Charge!"
In this moment, everyone's fighting spirit was fully awakened!
So much so that when Aaron went out for the first match, the cute girl from the opposing Cutie Pie Team was startled by his sharp gaze.
No way? We're just the wild card team with the lowest presence in the group. Is it necessary to give such a scary look?
So scary!
But even scarier was Aaron's extreme desire to attack!
At the start, the Random Field was drawn. Aaron was lucky; he got a field that was half sand and half grass.
Not getting ice or water pools that would severely hinder his ace Garchomp was already very satisfying for him.
Not to mention that sand was very favorable for a desert Pokémon like Garchomp.
So Aaron started a suffocating offensive right from the start!
In the first round, he sent out his ace Garchomp directly, attacking frantically with a reckless style, forcing the opponent to switch Pokémon in less than half a minute.
But even so, Garchomp's rampage couldn't be stopped.
The opponent then switched to an Ice-type Beartic to counter Garchomp, but neither the sand nor the grass suited Beartic.
Feeling his master's fighting spirit, Garchomp went berserk, slashing with his fins like blades, sweeping through everything!
He forcefully cut down the Ice-type Beartic against the type disadvantage, and then was switched out only after heavily draining the stamina of the opponent's second Pokémon, establishing the victory for Aaron in one go!
In the end, Milotic used Coil and a tail-whip slash to take the second round, and Inteleon ended the third round with unerring Snipe Shots.
3-0!
A shutout!
Starting with a shutout!
Giving the opponent a head-on blow!
Then, in the second match, Captain Leo performed steadily, also securing a victory, though he couldn't continue the shutout streak.
In the third match, Elara played, narrowly winning the last game of the singles match 3-2 after a tough battle.
The first stage of the singles match ended.
Starlight and Frost led with an incredibly dominant three wins and one shutout, a total score of 7-0!
Then came the doubles part. Ivy and Bianca used a traditional Hail team to take the first win, followed by Bella and Justin cooperating tacitly with defense and offense to win another round!
Adding another four points!
11-0!
Before the Captain's Match even started, they had already tied the lead Leo's Three Waves Team achieved yesterday!
That's right, their target of comparison wasn't the wild card opponent on the field, but the Three Waves Team that had an upset victory yesterday!
The poor Cutie Pie Team didn't know they had become the fish in the moat affected by the fire at the city gate...
A small group of Leo's extreme fans disgusted the Kubfu people and the members of Starlight and Frost with a series of posts, so they exploded with fighting spirit and went all out—
And as a result, they shut out the Cutie Pie Team directly before the Captain's Match...
Cutie Pie Team: Are you polite?
So a world where only I get hurt has been achieved?
Finally, after all his teammates had had their fun—
It was Arthur's turn to appear last!
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