Chapter 599: History Repeats Itself
The news of Starlight and Frost's overwhelming victory in their first match undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Kubfu audience significantly!
Among the seven major leagues, Kubfu had always been hovering in the lower middle. Although they had four spots every year, this was mostly due to the Alliance's transcendental status.
Look at which alliances had four spots? Aside from the true competitive giant Hoenn Alliance, the other three happened to be the world's Three Poles.
However, despite having four spots every year, Kubfu's Champions Cup results in recent decades could only be described as dismal.
The Cutie Pie Team from the wild card region envied Kubfu, but for many years before, hadn't the Kubfu audience envied the leagues ranked higher in competitive strength?
So the consecutive failures of the Metro and Otter teams in the previous two days had scared the audience. The PTSD inherited over so many years was almost reawakened!
Fortunately, today, Starlight and Frost halted this decline and achieved a great victory, creating history!
Although the format reform had just begun this year and many records were new, it was believed that the record of a 16-point difference in a single match would not be broken easily anytime soon.
Domestic fans excitedly started posting threads—
"The name Starlight and Frost is destined to be written into the history of the Champions Cup with this point difference!"
The title of this post sounded very classy, instantly elevating the perspective.
Arthur chuckled when he saw it and asked casually, "Who posted this? So talented."
What confused him was that his teammates around him seemed to be holding back laughter.
What's going on?
Until his honest little brother Justin answered him: "Brother Arthur, this was posted by Sister Bianca's alt account."
"..."
Okay then, it turns out to be the handiwork of our own club manager.
But doesn't she feel embarrassed posting this kind of content personally?
He glanced over, only to be hit in the face by a snowball thrown by Bianca.
"Shut up! Look at me again, and I'll leave this task to you next time!"
Okay, he understood. It turns out the person involved also felt very embarrassed...
He calmly caught the snowball and chose to skip this topic with high EQ.
Team promotion, understandable. Pfft!
Immediately after, another snowball was thrown.
"You're still laughing?!"
Bianca had quite a few Ice-type Pokémon, so making snow was easy.
So Arthur chanted in his heart: I have undergone professional training, generally I won't—
Pfft...
Smack!
This time the snowball hit because Bianca threw a handful at once.
"Tonight, all of you hand over your Star Boro and forum accounts to me!"
The little boss was angry, and everyone put on serious expressions.
However, such a small interlude was enough to show that the team atmosphere of Starlight and Frost was generally relaxed.
Although it was their first time at the Champions Cup, the victory in the first match gave them a huge boost of confidence. The whole team no longer felt apprehensive or inferior, and morale was quite high.
Another Kubfu team receiving much attention was also high in morale, and that was the Blaze Team where Forrest was.
It wasn't their first time participating in the Champions Cup, so they didn't have the problem of nervousness.
Even more gratifying was that on the day after Starlight and Frost's victory, they won their first match directly against the number one seed in their group: the Free Iris Team from the Siren Alliance.
Thus, Free Iris became the first number one seed to stumble after the first round of four match days.
After four days, the number one seeds from the seven major leagues and the wild card regions had all achieved victories, except for Free Iris...
After four days, although the scores varied and each game fluctuated, there were generally no major upsets in terms of win-loss relationships, except for Free Iris...
After four days, teams from the seven major leagues basically all guarded the glory of their own alliances with impressive performances, except for Free Iris...
The Siren Alliance's number one seed, Free Iris, thus became the object of ridicule worldwide.
Just like the Demon King Team in the group stage two years ago.
So history is always surprisingly similar.
It was like a curse—every Champions Cup, one number one seed would always flop.
Last time it was Demon King, this time it was Free Iris's turn.
Fortunately, the group stage was not over yet. There was no rest during the twenty-four days of the group stage.
The fifth match day: The group stage continues!
But on this day, the Kubfu audience, who had just been happy for a while, started to feel uncomfortable again.
Eight groups, a round of rotation every four days. The fifth match day was again matches for Group A and Group H.
And in Group A right off the bat, the Metro Team suffered another defeat...
This time they faced the number one seed in their group, the Nine-Tailed Fox Team. This time they lost even worse than against the Platinum Team from Sinnoh before. The final score reached 3-8, which could already be called a humiliating defeat.
However, after the duel ended, Future Yuzuru, the new genius and club owner responsible for the Captain's Match for the Nine-Tailed Fox Team, was not happy.
Because although the team won the match, she didn't win her individual game.
She failed to beat Roman in the final Captain's Match, losing narrowly by one point.
Her teammates comforted her: "Future, don't worry too much, we won, didn't we?"
"Yeah, why give yourself so much pressure? The final victory is ours! Besides, the captain on the other side seems to be the champion of the singles tournament even in Kubfu. You don't need to be harsh on yourself."
"Yeah, Future, be happy that we won!"
Future Yuzuru didn't want her teammates to worry, so she adjusted her expression, laughed along with everyone, and then blended into the celebratory atmosphere.
But when she was alone after the celebration, she inevitably felt a bit down.
Not only because she failed to beat the Metro Team's captain Roman this time, but also because in the information she collected, she clearly remembered: this Roman was not undefeated in Kubfu either. He had lost, and the one he lost to was the Kubfu boy she hated the most since returning from the desert: Arthur!
"Damn it! Is the gap between him and me really that big? Even in the arena, I can't even beat his defeated opponent?!"
She had long given up on seeking revenge against Arthur in a wild battle.
In the previous Ashen Desert event, countless trainers from all over the world had personally helped verify a truth: in duels where trainers were allowed to participate personally, Arthur was nearly invincible!
Only challenges following arena rules gave them a sliver of a chance to win.
For Future Yuzuru, who had loved to play wild and practiced both wild battles and arena matches since childhood, this was already a considerable blow—
It meant there was one field where she could almost never get back at Arthur in her lifetime.
And now, in the only remaining field of arena competition, the opponent seemed to be far ahead of her again.
This made the little princess of the Hanyū family, who had been proud since childhood, very anxious.
Damn it!
I must teach that guy a lesson!
That bad guy who deserves to be judged!
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