After Moon Feather disappeared, another person who looked like a normal office worker wearing a suit stepped up on the elevated platform.
"We will start by splitting Tier 2 players into 2 groups. Please watch the screen before we start shuffling."
Max raised his head and looked at the screen, just as instructed. Everyone else did the sa. A second later, the screen showed a tournant grid split into two sides with 5 empty boxes in the middle. The other boxes were filled with nas.
The man on the platform raised his hand and said, "Shuffle start."
Once he said the voice command, the nas on the screen started to scramble around, moving from one box to another. Max tried to follow his tag na, but it was useless. They were moving too fast for his eyes to follow.
After a while, it stopped with a loud ding and showed the list of group A and group B.
"Please find your na. We shall start the first ga in 5 minutes, with a random team. Good luck to all players." The man continued before stepping down from the platform and disappearing into the shadow.
"I found my na in group B," Ranga spoke from the side with a gleeful voice. "It seems we're in a different group. Good luck."
Hearing that, Max nodded. He had also found his na on top of the group A side. They would et in the third ga if they succeeded, aning they wouldn't be able to advance to the final together.
Still, Max had another problem before thinking about the third ga. He looked at the na written right under him.
'Puppeteer… We're in the sa group.'
Whether he wanted it or not, he had to face or be Puppeteer's teammate in the first two gas. He just hoped to have a nice ga with him and not be burdened with it.
'I guess this ans I can test my skill against one of the top players in the world.'
While Puppeteer was a strear, he also played in a pro league sotis. aning, the man could also be considered a pro gar in this circle. If Max could beat him, then that would be an achievent for himself.
"I guess I just have to do it."
All the players were looking forward to the first ga. So Tier 2 players despaired that they had to face Puppeteer and Max early on.
His na was spread enough to make him recognizable in this society.
Of course, the main factor that spread his na was the viral video he shared on Strike yesterday. Still, any fa was still fa. Whether it was good or bad, it didn't decrease his worth at all.
And then, after waiting for 5 minutes, the large screens in front of players changed again. It showed four large boxes divided into 5 rows filled with nas. Group A was written boldly on top of the screen.
The nas were shuffled before stopping. There was a line connecting box 1 and box 2. Similarly, boxes 3 and 4 were also connected with a line. They were the teams that would face each other in the first round.
"Tier 2 match found!"
A loud voice rang from the speaker on the ceiling. Max looked at the list and heaved a relieved sigh. His na was on box 1, which would face players from box 2. The bright side was he wouldn't face Puppeteer in the first ga, as the man was in Box 4.
"Players ready! 10…"
The countdown for the first ga started. Many players shouted excitedly, and those from Tier 1 who would play later discussed who would win. So even bet with each other with real money.
"I guess I will go first," Max said as he looked at Ranga, extending his fist. "Good luck with your ga."
Smiling, Ranga bumped his fist against Max, "You too. Let's et in the third ga."
"2… 1!"
[Map: Underground Cave (Ranked)]
[Your role is as… a Police!]
[Target: Unknown! Protect the target from thieves!]
As soon as the countdown was finished, Max received a notification, and he was teleported into the waiting room with his teammates.
Looking around, he noticed all attention was focused on him. They smiled brightly, and the only girl on the team, Sikoga, exclaid loudly.
"Kyaa, I am playing with Breeze! This match is in our bag!"
"That's right. We also face players who I have never heard the na of. We can win this." A guy with dark hair, Darkki, continued.
The other two, Mo3kyun and 00Lopez00, nodded in agreent. Everyone recognized Max and his skill.
Laughing shyly, Max scratched his cheek.
"Hahaha, I am happy that you guys are confident and trust . But let's not lower our guard. Our enemies are players who managed to advance to Day 2. They must have adequate skills to back the result. We can't look down on them."
"Yeah, I understand." Darkki comnted, "But we need the confidence! We will win this!" He shouted and raised his arm like a cheer before a sports competition.
"Yes, yes!" Sikoga exclaid, raising her hand, "Now, about the role, what should we do? We all know that Breeze will be the leader and will catch them all. I am confident in my ability to find the disguised thieves!"
Before Max could say anything regarding the role that Sikoga selfishly gave, Mo3kyun spoke in a deep voice.
"I have many traps. Let lay them around the boat escape."
"I also have traps." 00Lopez00 added in an accent that sounded like a xican accent from Max's past life, "I better be alone and away from the NPC. So let handle the west hover car escape."
"Then I will support Breeze and be his sidekick." Darkki pointed at himself with his thumb, "I can run fast, you know? While I am not as fast as Breeze, but I have 89.7% SR! It's way lower than him, too. I know it, but trust !"
It seed like everything had been decided. This was the first ti Max had teammates who looked at him with gazes filled with respect and adoration. Not one, but four of them.
'Is this what Puppeteer felt every ti he played Midnight Heist?' He thought, rembering the video he had watched before logging in.
Anyway, they were definitely better than a troll or AFK teammates. He didn't know their skill level yet, but he could only trust their ability to reach this far.
Nodding, he agreed to the plan.
"I guess the role division is over. And may I take the main communicator position and the one who gives instruction?"
After learning from Puppeteer's video, he wanted to try it at least once. Doing it in a tournant was a gamble, but everyone had their first, no? He was confident he would do well as long as he wasn't nervous. The basics were already in his head.
"Feel free to!" Sikoga nodded excitedly, "We will follow your instructions as best as we can."
"Yeah. I am stupid, so please direct to my task." Darkki added with a firm nod, "I am your sidekick, after all!" The way he said that was like a fan who had t his heroes and wasn't disappointed. He was proud of his position.
Laughing bitterly, Max looked at the air. They would be teleported in 10 seconds.
The first ga had begun.
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