Chapter 195 - 184

It reflected in her scarlet eyes the different vibrant colors illuminated at the charm simulated ceiling of the enclosed space coliseum-like venue. At the same time, a wall in each side separating the teams erected, this was due to privacy convenience.

The main event had now started. 

Feron drew the attention of the crowd as they had settled and the uproar weakened. 

"Charmers of Terapika, we will not delay and waste time. For tonight's opening event is a friendly match between two selected teams. These two teams were the giants of the Intercompetition since then."

The silver haired young man felt a nudge on her side and she turned to it.

Lemon with his mysterious expression, stated, "Guess who will it be?"

"Blues and Rose." 

"Ehhh?! How did you know?"

Chun just shook her head in disbelief. The curly haired young man was sometimes silly. As an analyst of the team, he himself knew it with just looking from the past Intercompetitions.

If not for the Alliance declining, these two teams were just a tip of the Alliance's glory. Looking at the current statistical analysis of the winning streak of the teams. The Alliance had been an immovable champion but since the sudden transfer of their former captain, they had been slowly declining. 

They tried to get back to their previous momentum even without Piero and slowly adapted the new Alliance. They believed that time would heal but although they had been in their peak condition but their situations that couldn't be controlled.

Alliance were performing good in their doubles and intellectual category but when it came to team battle they weren't as good as before. The reason was having a 'temporary' member due to the transferring of Piero, they had started to reruit a new member every year but somehow it never worked out.

They had been aware of the schemes of Lu Min against their newly recruit but even without those schemes, the newbie 'themselves' would voluntarily quit after expeiencing a trauma in the team battle.

The said trauma was due to the teamwork and cooperation. 

It is said that if one is new and can't get along with the rhythm of the seniors even they are capable and skillful, it will not work out.

To sum up it all, the current Alliance for the past three consecutive games would be always in the top three or four and the Rose would be the first and the Blues was the second, both of them would sometimes tied or replace each others.

"Luckily we have His Highness here!" Lemon exclaimed while he rested his arm around the ninth prince's shoulders. 

The second prince frowned as he slapped away the naughty paw of the urly haired youth.

"Keep your dirty paws to yourself," Feng Zi warned. He even took his clean handkerchief and wiped Chun's.

"Lemon, I remembered that you said about Berry being his fifth time as a player for the intellectual category. Who was before?" Chun asked with curiosity.

Berry and Notalie were fifth grade juniors, Lollipop and Lemon were fourth years, Feng Zi was a senior tenth grade senior and Eliza was a upperclassmen.

"It was Captain."

Chun was surprised that the expressionless long black haired girl had been the player in that segment. Observing it in during the simulated mini event, the Captain had been participating in solving the case halfway but she didn't last until the end.

Or it might be due to an influenced of external factor that Eliza acted that way.

"Then who were in the doubles?"

Suddenly the curly haired young man who had a bored expression while watching the long overdue speech of the mischievous young man, smiled with bright amusing light in his eyes.

"Piero and Berry."

"So we don't need to worry in the doubles match then?" Chun said, she wasn't that bewildered after knowing that the lazy strawberry haired youth had been in doubles. Looking at the calm faces of her teammates after Berry and Eliza were put into the doubles match. Chun had a guess about it and well, now it was confirmed.

"Right, I recalled that these opposing teams were used to Berry's winning streak in the intellectual category so they might forgot his play during his doubles."

Then the silver haired young man realized something, "Isn't Berry a fifth grader?"

"Oh that? He repeated."

"Eh?"

The young man with sleek black hair pursed his lips while his eyes were twitchingin annoyance. Sensing the atmosphere, Gai who had been frowning with the other's quibbles, stepped forward and grabbed Dex's collar and Feron took the lead.

"Alright." Looking that the Blues and Rose were finished preparing. Feron didn't waste time anymore and started the friendly match.

The friendly match was a team battle. The center-field lit up as the ground that the two teams were on lifted up into a high-platform. At the same time, each teams' box and the audience area had a screen monitor which appeared in front that would allow for a convenient viewing to the match.

The terrain was a push your opponent out of the ring (platform) and to make it more creative, there was a floating ball in the middle. Whoever retrieved it from its position, they would win the game.

The Blues and the Rose didn't immediately moved for an attack as they had a tacit agreement of a short meeting in their own team.

"Well, this is really a friendly match, they can have on the spot discussion but in the main segment, this doesn't happen." The second prince calmly explained.

Obviously, no one would do that during a serious match. What would be the purpose of the pre-mediated planning if they delay the match for a tactic discussion on the spot? Then their enemy team had already grabbed points.

The lean and tall young man with an eye-catchy violet spiky hair suddenly disappeared from his position and reappeared beneath the floathing ball.

Looking at the screen, the curly haired young man couldn't help but hooted with satire.

"Qin Shi is really swift. He wanted to end this game fast," Lemon commented. There were two ways to win the match, it was to push out all of the opposing members of the team or just grab the floating ball.

But the blondie playboy didn't allow it. With precise actions, a blue fire was thrown at the stretching arms of the spiky haired young man.

The spiky haired young man with sėnsɨtɨvė reflex automatically vanished in his location while he returned back to his previous position. He cursed as he almost lost his hand there. The blue fire of Lu Min couldn't be underestimated.

"It's alright. I'll handle that scum." The girl with pink hair wearing a tight fitting combat suit which was designed for speed endurance said with mischief.

"Yeah, you handle that ex of yours." Chao dismissed the scum man to Rize. Even he didn't want to admit it, he was no match to Lu Min as that blue fire of his was dangerously fatal.

Rize smiled while she locked her eyes at the scum blondie man. She had been played by this person so she would be the one playing him.

Using her supersonic speed, she threw a knuckle punch while approaching the target. While she was a air charm user just like Chao who was best in position displacement (teleportation) using his air charm, she was a speed-type air Charmer.

The blondie playboy had a triumphant smile while boasting his attack a while ago, he didn't notice that a pink haired girl with a grudge was coming at him.

"Lu M---" 

Bam! 

"---Min, you shouldn't be talking right now." The late warning of Chang Min. He just shrugged after knowing that the playboy had been knocked out of the platform.

On the other side, Lemon couldn't help but burst out of laughter as the screen monitor replayed the dumb face of the blondie being punch by the pink haired girl.

Back at the platform, it was announced that Lu Min had been eliminated while the Captain of the Rose didn't panic abou this as he already deemed Lu Min to be useless during this match. With or without him, they would perform as usual.

Chen Yu and Wu Ming who were the close buddies of the playboy shrugged, they already knew that this would happen while Chang Min sighed.

'This was just a friendly match so they shouldn't be riled up with this. No matter who would win this, it doesn't matter as the main segments would be theirs.' The Rose thought. 

Rize withdrew her hands and insincerely apologized for her 'uncontrolled' movement. The charming girl melted the hearts of the inexperienced young men who were watching.

The red-headed Captain didn't use any unnecessary actions as he dashed forward and attack head on Qin Shi.

Despite the uneven numbers, they were still could hold out each other which meant that Lu Min was just a spare tire in this match.