The crowd's voice grew louder when the two hosts began to present the event, the semifinal round of the N2 tournament playoffs. They are very enthusiastic to welcome this match which will soon begin. As for me, who was still thinking that I was dumbfounded and didn't notice that Livia was waving her hand in front of my face.
"Daylon? Daylon? Are you okay?"
Hearing her voice, which was right beside me, I regained my senses and immediately turned to her.
"Umph? What is it?"
"Are you okay? You were daydreaming earlier."
"I'm fine."
"Certain?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure."
After we stared at each other, Livia shifted her gaze to another direction, which was not far from our row of seats, where Andre and Sylvia were.
"Unfortunately, we got different seats."
Maybe because so many people had already booked tickets for this match, we got different seats, Livia and me, Andre and Sylvia, so that we were separated from each other. Even so, we can still see each other from a distance. And most importantly, we can still see those professional players who will be sitting there later.
The match this time brought together Club DROPY against Club QQBY to compete for tickets to advance to the final round. If one of them won, one of them would meet Bengawan Club which had been there since yesterday.
Both teams are very strong and able to fight their enemies well. They compete in a sporting manner and maintain respect for their enemies. But between the two teams, I'm not very familiar with DROPY Club.
From what I heard, the club was only created a few months ago. But strangely, the club has a great team that even managed to qualify for the semifinals of the playoffs of this N2 tournament. The players from that team became competitors to other professional players. And among the players from that team was the so-called Strategic Master.
I don't know if that person is a strategic expert or not. Many people say that the person is indeed an expert to strategize quickly when faced with difficult situations. Thanks to her, her team always moves to the next round.
The news about her seemed to be true, her team was able to qualify for the semifinals because of her, the Strategic Master. The news shows that she is very good at playing the Mobile Heroes game and can be called the Strategic Master. If that's true, it means that the competition in the Mobile Heroes game is getting tougher. There have been many strong players in the Mobile Heroes game, especially for women.
If this is the case, those who want to take part in Mobile Heroes game tournaments must compete with other players. That means they have to be able to start from the bottom, taking part in small, unofficial tournaments to be noticed by a club. Therefore, reaching a high point, becoming a professional player, is a matter of pride for them because they have been able to compete against other players.
Yeah, they'll start from the bottom there, enter the tournament so that someone can help them join a club. That's all for the sake of being a professional player on the Mobile Heroes game. Very different from when I joined the Bengawan Club for the first time.
I was introduced to the game Mobile Heroes by that person, Sinta's father, when I was in high school. I was asked by him to join the Bengawan Club, a company owned by his close friend, even though I didn't understand the game. Even so, in the end, I was chosen to be the team captain of the club on the Mobile Heroes game field with the capital of recklessness and optimistic thinking that I could do that.
In the end, I became like this.
"It doesn't feel like time has passed so quickly, even though it feels like it was just yesterday that I played the game for the first time."
I said that quietly so that Livia couldn't hear it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome..."
The two hosts came after their table was lifted and placed in the center of the stage. They are two hosts that I always see every time a Mobile Heroes game match takes place.
"Are you ready?"
The male host tried to interact with the audience, but one of the viewers immediately responded and stood up.
"We are ready, so hurry up and start now!"
I think that person can no longer wait for the match this time.
"Okay. But before that, I'll bring you the news-"
"Shut up! Start now!"
The male host was not given to bring anything by that person.
Well, it does happen often, but this is the first time I've seen it in person. I've only been backstage waiting for the host to call my team, so I don't know what happened before that.
So this is the reason why I can hear noises when the male host is hosting the program. There seemed to be some impatient people.
"Start now, or I'll-"
I saw Sylvia following what that person was doing, standing up and shouting at the two hosts. But after that, Andre quickly grabbed her arm and made her sit back down.
"Oh my, Via, what are you doing?" André whispered.
"Master, I just wanted to get the host to start the match quickly. So, by shouting like that person, the host might start the match."
"Everything has been arranged according to the schedule they have made, Via. Even if you scream like that, the match won't start. After all, the match schedule had been decided by them. Neither you nor that person will be able to change that schedule."
"Is that so? I just found out. How about Cooking with Mrs. Susanti? Did they also make the schedule for Mrs. Susanti to cook?"
"... I do not know that. But, wait! Why did you watch that show? You can't cook."
"That..."
Andre seemed to have a hard time explaining that to Sylvia. I can see him talking to Sylvia from here. Even for her sister, who I saw now beside me, she seemed to want to explain that to Sylvia too. Her face told it all that she wanted to go there.
"What? Do you want to scream too?" I asked, and she immediately turned to me.
"Nothing."
I never thought that I would be here watching professional players play. Whereas before, I was the one on the stage, watched by them. And I also didn't expect that my students would invite me here, to watch professional players compete.
Time with them is precious to me at this time. I will enjoy this time with them.
"Let's welcome, DROPY Club and QQBY Club."
The male host said that, and the professional performers took the stage and made the audience go crazy. But it's just, I'm somehow confused by the existence of the girl wearing the DROPY Club uniform, which is predominantly yellow with a cherry blossom motif, being there with the players from the DROPY Club.
"…Misellia?"
I was surprised to see her there.