The game that will determine Kashiwagi's future destiny slowly begins.
Although Ayana, who was suspected to be the leader of the group, showed up last night and asked them to go to bed early and get up early, not many of them could really sleep peacefully. After gathering at the venue, 13 of the 15 people dozed off.
Of the remaining two, one fell asleep while standing, while the other silently checked his equipment. It was Kashiwagi who was full of energy.
"Are you so energetic?" Otsuka was surprised.
He wore a headband today with crooked graphics drawn on it, which seemed to symbolize some kind of determination.
"It's just using the Pokémon's moves."
Kashiwagi glanced at him and continued to arrange his clothes.
Geely Egg's singing is simply a magical skill for insomniacs. It only takes a few notes to take you into dreamland and give you a good night's sleep.
"Ah?" Otsuka was a little confused, but before he could continue to ask, Ayana clapped her hands.
"Okay, please stay calm!"
The sound was not particularly loud, but it was enough to wake up all the dozing people. The person who was sleeping while standing also opened his eyes.
Ayana looked at everyone and said: "A car will pick you up soon. Remember, you can only win and not lose in this competition. There is no right to bargain. Do you understand?"
"I understand!"
A chorus of responses.
After the lecture, she said nothing until a suspended bus arrived and gently honked its horn twice.
Kashiwagi looked around and saw that the person driving the car was a strong woman with a big round waist and arms that looked like she could run a horse. If it weren't for the obvious rise and fall of her chest, it would be hard to tell the difference with her short hair and rather strong facial lines.
"Hey hey hey! Little kids! Are you ready to go to hell? Hahaha!"
She laughed wildly.
Ayana kicked open the car door and walked up, "I'm going to leave it to you this time too!"
"Don't worry! Even with my driving skills, I can't stop ten Pokémon from ambushing me!" The female driver honked the horn boldly, "Why are you standing still here!"
Kashiwagi took advantage of the situation and stepped forward, Otsuka followed closely after seeing this, and the others followed suit.
The space inside the bus was not large, and it was definitely more than enough space for the fifteen of them. When the last person got on the bus, the female driver didn't care whether they found a seat or not, and started off directly.
The interior suddenly shook violently.
"It's stable this time."
Otsuka, who was barely able to sit still, whispered: "Last time the Suna team went out for a competition, this was the one who led them. We will definitely reach the stadium safely."
Kashiwagi on the side: "???"
Seeing that he was confused, Otsuka quickly added: "You probably don't know, but there have been situations where the attacking forces were attacked midway, and something went wrong.
"As a result, every time there is a competition like this, there will be an ambush by forces on the way. A few years ago, the boss went out and made a verbal agreement for a peace alliance, and the situation has eased. But those scumbags from the Dog Team are likely to make a sneak attack!"
"True or false? If you, Otsuka, can call you a scumbag, what kind of person do you have to be?"
Kashiwagi pretended to be shocked.
"..."
Otsuka was like a goose that had been strangled by the throat. His enthusiastic desire to talk disappeared. He looked frustrated and embarrassed, turned his head and stopped talking.
Kashiwagi's expression remained normal, even looking at the former with a slight smile.
From thinking that bullying the weak is natural, to feeling ashamed and embarrassed about the related ridicule, and then subconsciously thinking that this method is low-level, even if it is just a face-saving reaction, he feels it is a great progress.
He is not the first bullied by Otsuka, but he hopes he can be the last.
You need to be considerate and take care of the bullied, but you cannot leave the bully alone, resulting in more victims.
Both physical annihilation and consciousness transformation are possible. Kashiwagi is currently tentatively experimenting with the latter, relying on the fact that he owes Otsuka millions, and the other party does not dare to turn against him at will.
Well, the uncle is the one who owes money.
On the other hand, he has always heard of the reputation of the Dog Team. They are both a second-rate force in Huangtie Town, and the Quicksand Team has had a long-standing grudge against them. The two sides have fought with Pokémon for countless times.
Now the Quicksand Team has a mine that they snatched away.
The two sides also refused to give in to each other in the war of public opinion. The Quicksand Team denounced the members of the Dog Team as scum that dehumanizes their humanity. They even used the labor force of ten-year-old children and drove them down the mine to mine.
The Vicious Dog Team believes that the Quicksand Team is a group of money lackeys. As long as they are given enough money, they will beg for mercy like canine Pokémon, and even bite their companions. There is no bottom line.
Whether it's true or not is another matter. Just scold him as viciously as he wants.
Buzz——
With a low roar, the floating bus quickly drove into an underground passage and soon appeared on the surface, with an endless barren desert emerging through the dirty glass.
Gray, brown and red are the main colors here. There are layers of rocks, gravel and huge rocks. Even the drought-resistant plants have a withered atmosphere and live half-dead on this land.
You can see several bare mountain cliffs at the end of your line of sight, and just one glance at the scorching sun hanging above your head will make your throat tighten and make you subconsciously replenish your body with water.
In this kind of landform, you have to hide in the sand for sneak attacks, right?
Kashiwagi glanced around, holding the elf ball in one hand to be slightly defensive.
At this time, Ayana, who was sitting at the front, stood up and said:
"I'm going to say a few words, and listen carefully. This competition will be broadcast live, which means that your every move, even going to the toilet, will be under the surveillance of others, but I'm not asking you to restrain your behavior.
"On the contrary, whether it is teasing the opponent, helping the opponent, directly attacking the human body, as long as it can interest the audience, you can try it. Once you get the favor of the audience, you will receive rewards of different amounts. These rewards The sand appreciation group only collected 70%."
Live streaming rewards?
The top brother on the list, 666? Otsuka, please give your family the whole job?
In a game where each other is trying to outdo each other, the whole dramatic effect can still make money, which Kashiwagi never expected.
Can I get rewards by doing flower work myself?
No, let's consider how to fight safely to the end first. His strength is far from strong enough to think about how to please the big brother on the list.
"Kashiwagi! Did you hear that, you only get 70%!"
Otsuka suddenly grabbed his arm excitedly, "I used to get 90%! Now I only get 70%! What a great opportunity to make money! You might be able to pay me back soon!"
"Then do you know what the 'audience' likes to watch?" Kashiwagi poured cold water on him, "And rather than giving rewards, you should pay more attention to where the game will go after it starts.
"Speaking of which, what's the plan you made?"
"Plan?" Otsuka was startled, "What plan? The two of us rushed in one hundred meters apart, and when we met someone, we would find a way to fight him. What other plan was needed?"
Kashiwagi: "...one hundred meters?"
Otsuka spread his hands and said, "Yes, group activities are prohibited, so just keep a hundred meters apart from each other. If we happen to go in the same direction, it doesn't mean we are forming a group."
"Are you sure this behavior is allowed?"
"I asked people who participated in the competition before, and they all did that!" He looked at Kashiwagi proudly, with an expression that you didn't expect.
The latter was about to ask something, but Ayana's eyes suddenly turned over.
"By the way, I almost forgot. Otsuka reminded me just now. The rules of this competition have been updated. There will be special Pokémon monitoring to prevent the same team from joining together in the early and middle stages of the competition. They will remind you how to act. Just do as you are told, and I won’t care if you get attacked if you don’t.”
Otsuka's smile suddenly froze on his face, and the others were also talking and restless.
The taste of the 'audience' is really tricky, and they won't even let you fight in a wheel battle.
Kashiwagi patted his shoulder in relief, but there was more than one "bad news", and Ayana added a new piece of information about admission.
That is to say, the usual sequential starting system is cancelled, and there will be a "special person" who will randomly drop them somewhere on the field. It all depends on the opponent's wishes. If you are unlucky, it is not impossible that there will be three or four enemies nearby.
When everyone in the Quicksand Team heard this, their faces turned pale with fright.
Some people couldn't help but ask if there was any other new content, but Ayana thought for a moment, waved her hand and said:
"I'll tell you when I remember."
this!?
——Do you really want them to win? It’s too unreliable to tell such important information now and not tell it all at once!
Not only others, Kashiwagi couldn't help but sigh too.
He lived under the constraints of the law in his previous life. If he didn't have the memory of this body, it would be really difficult for him to integrate into this environment where the middle and upper-class ruling class completely tore off their fig leaves and did whatever they wanted with their strength.
It is worthy of being called by some businessmen as the ultimate city where crises and opportunities coexist - Huangtie Town.
Across the window.
The desert canyon that serves as the competition venue slowly comes into view.