Alice in the Land of Steam

Chapter 912: Complete Loss?
When Linger returned to the audience, the game was almost over. The two players were shaking hands across the net. The winner did not look complacent, and the loser did not look depressed. Instead, they had a satisfied smile after a hearty fight and an open mind to fight again next time. The audience in the stands applauded and paid tribute to the two respectable players, thanking them for bringing them such a wonderful game.

Linger glanced and saw the total score on the scoreboard: 4-3, Leila in front and Gloria behind.

She fulfilled her promise to Shino, fought back at the last minute and won by one goal.

"The replicator of miracles" Leila Rachel defeated the "genius" - oh no, now we should call her - "Queen of Grey" Gloria, creating the first big upset in the main competition. This match is worth talking about for countless years by the wind flower ball lovers in the entire Saint-Denis province. Of course, it does not mean that one match determines the qualification. There are more intensive schedules waiting for them, which makes everyone look forward to their performance in the future.

"You missed the best part, Ringo."

As soon as the young man returned to his seat, Alice gloated and danced as she reenacted the battle for him: "Gloria used her secret skill: Phantom Mist Secret·One Hundred and One Final Move, trying to use this move to win the game. Unexpectedly, Leila was well prepared and played along, pretending to be defeated. At the critical moment, she used the Bladeless Flow·Swallow Return to break Gloria's airtight defense, and she was about to taste the bitter fruit of failure... In a flash, Gloria was not to be outdone, and burst out with the ultimate skill of Phantom Mist Secret..."

Lingge didn't listen any further because he wasn't interested.

After asking Saint Shallia, I learned that the real situation was that Leila and Gloria were deadlocked for five minutes on the last serve. The two sides fought back and forth very fiercely, and almost broke the wind flower ball. But in the final fight for the high point ball that decided the outcome, Gloria made another misjudgment. She thought Leila would choose to smash, so she pulled away from the backcourt, but was shown off by Leila's spoon ball. It is said that when the ball lightly brushed the net, everyone's eyes froze, the court was quiet for a moment, and then broke into a more intense noise. The on-site commentator praised Leila's genius imagination and creativity, saying "It was the Saint Lady who used Leila's hand to hit this ball." I don't know when the Saint Lady learned to hit the wind flower ball...

Lingge deliberately observed Gloria's expression. Well, she didn't look very depressed. It seemed that she was convinced of the failure.

Come to think of it, she was originally a fake professional player, with only awareness but no skills. It was already very good that she could reach this level after two months of training. Ling Ge estimated that as long as she entered the top 32, it would meet her expectations. As for the fan who announced in the newspaper that "Gloria will enter the top 8 and top 16", what should he do? Well, there is no way.

Did anyone really expect Gloria to get the five hundred thousand pounds prize?
Automatically ignoring the voice of a certain golden-haired maid who was waking up from a dream and shouting, "Oh no, Gloria lost, what about my 500,000?", Saint Xia Liya came closer and asked Ling Ge softly, "Has the matter with Xinuo been resolved?"

"I think so."

Lingge didn't watch the battle to the end, but he gave a very sure answer and looked at Saint Xia Liya deeply: "Xino is very strong, it seems that we are worried for nothing."

Saint Charleja nodded. She was relieved to know that Shino had won. She didn't ask anything else. Linger thought that she might not have any idea of ​​what he said about "very strong". On the current Whale Island, the strongest person is Yieta, who is the least good at fighting. After all, she is an angel who can blow away an entire mountain range if she is a little serious. But after witnessing the battle of the girl knight, Linger inexplicably felt that even if a mountain really fell from the sky, Shino would have a way to deal with it. Her unreasonable power is really unpredictable.

If you can't figure it out, then don't try to figure it out. Shino has said that after the tournament, he will give him a clear answer, and then he will know what her royal power is. After the game, Gloria and Leila were surrounded by reporters for half an hour before they finally escaped from the court. Leila and her college classmates decided to go to the Blue Arc Restaurant for dinner to celebrate this hard-won victory, and also invited Gloria, Ringer and others. Although a certain golden-haired maid was quite tempted, Shino was not here, and outsiders like them should not disturb the class reunion. So under Ringer's arbitrary rule, Alice once again lost the opportunity to eat and drink for free.

She was very dissatisfied with this, and after leaving the stadium, she kept muttering bad things about Lingge, and did not stop even after getting on the carriage. It was not until Saint Charity gave her a calm look that the golden-haired maid instantly admitted defeat and wisely shut her mouth. As for the few times she secretly cursed them as bastards in her heart, there is no need to say more.

In another carriage, Gloria, who had put down her racket, curled up in a corner of the carriage, her eyes blank and out of focus.

In the middle of the carriage, Leticia and Shaymi were standing opposite each other, maintaining a steady posture in the high-speed carriage, with arrogant expressions on their faces.

"With your strength," the little bat pointed his chin at his nemesis and said in a cold tone, "Do you think you can defeat me, the Grey Queen?"

“Don’t be too arrogant!” The little fairy crossed his arms, his expression solemn but not losing his fighting spirit: “The outcome of this game has already been determined, but I can be sure that the person who is defeated will never be me!”

"You are really ambitious. Let me see your strength! The Secret Technique of Phantom Mist: The Hundred-Unique Final Form!"

"Hmph, nothing special! Look at my Bladeless Style: Swallow Return!"

Haha, it turns out they were reviewing the game. I thought they were competing in a superpower battle.

Metien looked at his mentally unstable friends with a worried look on his face, and then looked at Gloria who was curled up in the corner of the carriage with a worried look on his face. Every time he heard terms like "Queen of Ashes", "Illusion Mist Secret·One Hundred Unique Final Form" or "Bladeless Style·Swallow Return", her body would tremble instinctively, as if she was suffering from some huge psychological shadow, which made people feel sympathy for her.

"Well, stop fighting." Metien, who couldn't bear to see her sister so sad, tried to persuade her: "Sister Gloria is about to cry!"

"Wow!" After hearing what Medien said, Gloria was actually overwhelmed with grief, tears welling up in her eyes. I guess those were tears of emotion: "Alice, I hate you!!!"

　Give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)