After Sky lost his ten thousand bucks, they happily went back to the stadium preparing for the second round of the quarter-final. After a briefing, they decided to let Seito to replace Itsuki's position as Itsuki's injury hasn't fully recovered yet, and the organizer doesn't seem to be having any problems with that change.
And so, with that changes of members, Sky's team won the match easily. As for Team Yeehaw, as what Sheriff had mentioned, they have withdrawn from the second match, and without any doubt, the team that was meant to compete with them won the round by default, and that team is none of any other team but the Royal Guards...
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That night, Sky and Chris are having some discussions and random conversations in their hostel room, while Sky is applying medicinal ointment for Chris. Mmm... Just imagine this scene will be satisfying enough, worth of a few pages... Just kidding.
"I have a strong feeling that we might meet the Royal Guard in the semi-final, which might be quite dangerous for some of our team members, even with only five people that will participate in the coming matches, there will still be at least one person that will be in potential danger as they are quite inexperienced." said Chris.
"Well, even for Junior, the danger still existed, those Royal Guards are too unpredictable. What should we do about it?" Sky asked as he applied the ointment on Chris's arm which caused Chris to flinched a bit.
"Ah... Sorry." said Sky.
"It's okay... Tsk... We seriously need to figure out a plan to prevent any undesirable outcome since those Royal Guards had been related to all the nasty things that happened recently. Anyway, Sachiro had reported to me that the Raven Squad had started taking action and is secretly taking undercover all over the town, so if anyone tries to do anything weird, we will be informed about it immediately." said Chris.
"Ho... Those Ravens are certainly high in efficiency, seriously, you really should pay Sachiro more, he is a very responsible person." said Sky.
"Well, I will consider about that if it is taken from your portion." said Chris in a flat tone.
"What? No! You can't do that, mine had already been cut for a few times." Sky exclaimed.
"Haha... Hmm? Ah... Hold on, Jason just sent me a text message." said Chris as he heard a notification tone from his phone.
"A message from Jason? What is it?" Sky asked.
"Let's see..." Chris picked up his phone and opened the text message from Jason.
After he read the whole message, he frowned and silenced.
"Chris? What's wrong?" Sky asked, a bit concerned.
Chris did not say anything, he seems to be quite bothered by the message, Sky who felt something is obviously not right, took the phone away from Chris and read the message.
"Hmm... Byako's wound had been recovering well... That's a good news, right?" said Sky.
"Yeah... But there's more." said Chris, who sounds a bit troubled.
"Oh? Ah... Yes... Jason also said that... Hmm? You brought Ruby to Kapis Dimension?" Sky asked.
Chris nodded.
"But... Isn't it a good news that she had slowly gained back her sense? I thought you were hoping for her to regain her sense as soon as possible so that you can find out whatever she is hiding from you." said Sky.
"True but.. Tsk... I might sound like a playboy but... I know that I really need to know the truth behind her liar, but at the same time, I don't know if I really want to know about that truth. After all, she had been with me for quite a long time." said Chris, in a dilemma.
"Well... Maybe things aren't as bad as you think." said Sky trying to comfort Chris a bit.
"Look, she messed with my memories. Whatever reasons she has, it can't be anything good. Moreover, I believe you remember what did to the people who did similar things in the past." said Chris.
"Ah... That's true... Well, don't think too much about that for now, let's just focus on the tournament I guess." said Sky.
Chris nodded without saying anything...
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At the same time, the organizer's office.
"My Lord, here's a letter from the Royal Guard." said a man as he passed a letter to the man in purple tuxedo.
"Tsk... What else do they want again? We had been offending too many powerful parties for them." said the man in purple tuxedo as he took the letter and opened it.
After he read the letter, he angrily threw the letter really hard onto the table.
"Seriously, what the hell are they even thinking? Requesting to fight with that team during the semi-final. Tsk... Whatever! I will grant their wish for this last time, they should bear all the consequences for this stupid decision of themselves." said the man as he banged the table really hard with his hand...
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The next morning, Sky is sitting in the waiting area as he watched Maria who is flirting with a handsome teenage boy on the field. Then Sky turned around and scheme through the three other handsome teenage boys that are wearing some formal suits with the same pattern and another one that is hidden in a shady corner. Yup, they are the Royal Guards.
Sky sighed as Chris tapped his shoulders without any facial expressions.
"Mhmm... I can confirm that the God of Misfortune is still with you just that they might be having a vacation for the last few days." said Chris.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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