By this time, the players from Wind Howl and Team Demeter had emerged from their competitor booths. The large screen in the stadium displayed the final score as the players came onstage. They followed the typical post-match protocol, acknowledging the crowd, and greeting their opponents.
Each and every one of the Wind Howl players looked numb, robotically shaking hands with Demeter's players. The typical niceties like "you played pretty well," "keep working hard," "congrats," and so on, were left out this time. These were all just for politeness, so no one really cared too much whether they were actually said or not.
Their players were still lined up in an orderly fashion, though, with Captain Tang Hao at the head, and the rest arranged in order. Lined up second was Vice-captain Liu Hao, who quickly arrived in front of Su Mucheng with a resentful expression on his face.
But Su Mucheng seemed to be in quite a good mood, as she looked at him with a bright smile.
