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{"Hello, viewers, this is Gael Darrow, your guest game commentator for today."}

{"Hello, viewers, it's me again, Gino Morin, your E-sports reporter, reporting here live in the Louise Gaming Arena."}

{"We are now on the fourth day of the Autumn Play-offs. Currently, Cyanide Wolves, IBJ, and Matrix are at the top with 2-wins 0-loss, followed by JLNC and Neon Flare with 1-win 0-loss."} Gael Darrow announced the current standing of the teams in the Autumn Play-offs

{"Dominant Rooks, Crown Pearls, B3ll, Cyber Paw, Pentagram, V-Kings, and Phantom followed with 1-loss 1-win, meanwhile, Lasso, Tyrannosaurus, Ultimate, and Lithium Hymn fell at the last rank with 0-win 2-loss."} Gino Morin announced the list of teams in the lower half of the ranking

{"We are now looking forward to the match between Cyanide Wolves and IBJ, JLNC against Neon Flare, which will be held today."} Gael Darrow announced

{"After the match today, tomorrow JLNC will be facing off against Matrix and whoever wins between the two of them will step forward to face off against Cyber Wolves."} Gino Morin said

"Did you know that your real name is still one of the hottest tags and topics on the net?" Rio asked and showed Key his phone while the upper half of his phone is playing the E-Sports News

"Wow, was it that of a big deal?" Key asked with a small smile

"You ready for your second match, Key?" Alexei asked her while they were heading out of the base

"Yeah, I'm no longer nervous." Key answered with a smile

"Do you know Neon Flare?" Alexei asked her and she nodded

"They were established in 2000, twenty-two years since E-sports was recognized as a sport in 1978, it was first founded by Clover Royce. Its first members were Star, Cruiser, Knot, Galactic, and the first captain or Neon Flare was Goblet." Key recited like reading an invisible textbook

"I was talking about their strategies." Alexei chuckled while shaking his head

"Yeah, I'm well aware of their strategy of targeting their opponent's best player." Key answered and stepped inside the Company bus

"You should take caution, Key, they might target you." Rio said while walking ahead of Key

"But I'm new, I doubt they'd take me seriously." Key shook her head

"And besides, as long as I'm not first blood, I'll live." Key replied and chuckled

"You better not be." Rasheed's authoritative tone echoed and Key playfully saluted

"Yes, Captain!" she said before heading to her seat

"I don't know how you don't feel intimidated with my cousin, but that's good." Alexei said while sitting next to Key

"He reminds me of my strict father, and Papa's not really someone who's affectionate but I learned to get used to it." Key replied with a smile as she recall the man she calls 'Papa'

"If I were your father, I'll be strict with you as well. You're dangerous and you're not even aware of it." Alexei teased her Key chuckled

"Geez, I'm not that dangerous," Key shook her head

"You can switch seats if you are that curious." Rasheed scolded Quant who would lean and look behind to watch Alexei and Key

"Sir, we can go," Dewy told the driver and the bus began to move

Key's phone continued vibrating and she saw that it's from her social media, like what Rio told her earlier, her real name is still a hot topic even though it's been four days since she announced it.

"Wonder how they'll react if they find it that Desmond is my middle name... not my surname." Key just shook her head at the thought, opened her phone screen again, and swiped to answer her sister's call.

It hasn't even rung yet but seeing that her sister's name has flashed on her screen, she immediately swiped to answer it.

"Hello, Chela," she said with a sweet smile

[What in the world were you thinking, Keychantel Desmond-R] Key didn't let Chela continue, she put her sister on hold and heaved a deep sigh

"Hello, sister, are you calm now?" she asked after putting her phone near her ear closer

[Keychantel, if you don't give me an acceptable reason at this very moment, I am going to fly there at this instance. You know I can do that in just two calls.] Key grimaced when her sister mentioned her full first name once again

"I didn't get it out of privilege, Chela, that's all there is to it." Key said and she received long silence as a reply from the other line

"Hey, I know E-sports doesn't really have a good mark with you but I won't let it decide my life like what happened with him before, alright?" Key said calmly

[Brother interrogated me last night, Key, I couldn't give any answer.] Chela's voice is filled with sadness

"I'm sorry about that, C, I really am, but you have to trust me on this. Tell them I'm alright, and if anything happens, you know I won't ever be alone." Key said and she heard Chela sighing

[I understand,] she said and a small smile formed on Key's lips

"Thank you, Sea," she said and hanged up

When they arrived at the Louise Gaming Arena, fans waving their light boards and balloons greeted them as they descend the company bus.

Key was smiling as she waved her hands at the fans while she walked next to Alexei and Rio, they are cheering for their group and there are about a handful of people cheering for her, that's enough for her.

{"Welcome, the live and online audience of the Prometheus Pro League held here in Louise Gaming Arena, as you can see our players have now arrived and the match is about to start in half an hour."} Gino Morin announced while the video of JLNC's arrival played on the big screen

{"Gino, did you notice the way the two substitute players, Serion and Renin, walked next to Kashmiri?"} Gael Darrow commented and Gino Morin nodded

{"As some fans have speculated, the MVP on her first pro-game is treated like a little sister by the rest of the team."} Gino Morin replied, nodding his head

{"Ah, yes, that is also one of the speculations where the rumors in the Industry Farm about Serion giving way to Kashmiri rooted, but the new rising player proved her gaming skills by winning MVP on her very first game."} Gael Darrow said

"You ready?" El asked Key who's shaking her hands as if shaking off some feelings

"Yeah," Key smiled

"To victory!" she added with a smile while raising her clenched fist

"To victory," Quant agreed and they lined up

"You're still nervous even after winning once?" Opal asked Key making her turn to look at him

"Exactly why I'm nervous, I only won once." Key replied

{"Give it up for JLNC!"}

They started walking out to the stage, the crowd is cheering; their fans waved light boards bearing the JLNC players' names and red long balloons as they made their way to their seats.

{"Let's welcome, Neon Flare!"}

The members of Neon Flare headed to their seats and as soon as they sat on their respective seats, the banning part began. Two teams banned shinigami after shinigami alternately until the banning part was finished.

{"And that's it for the banning part, to review Neon Flare banned Foschia, Fiore, and Intrepidus, and JLNC banned Vis, Pylae, and Maesta."} Gino Morin reviewed

{"The current shinigamis chosen by Neon Flare are Luccicare as off-laner, Laidir as top-laner, Blitz as forward, Fidens as mid-laner, and Sournoise as support."} Gael Darrow enumerated

{"For JLNC, we have Ausu as off-laner, Chikara as top-laner, Chasseur as Forward, Luxy as mid-laner, and Evocatrice as Support."} He added

{"Now that we're finished with the shinigami selection, what do you think about their choices of shinigami, Gael?"} Gino Morin asked the guest commentator for the day

{"I think that this will be one interesting fight, their chosen shinigami are all stronger in this version so I'm not really sure which side will have the upper hand."} Gael answered

{"As we can see in the map, both sides have headed to their respective lanes and like her usual gameplays, Kashmiri of JLNC has decided to stick with her teammate Opal and develop in the top lane."} Gino Morin narrated the current flow of events at the start of the match

It's been a habit of hers to level up in the top lane before heading to the middle lane or guarding her kitsune, Neon Flare had analyzed and watched their matches so they are aware of how Kashmiri's usual gameplay goes and used that to their advantage.

"The fudge…" Key said in disbelief when she was ambushed by the opponent's top-laner as soon as she and Opal had leveled up

"Fudge…" she muttered again before serving several hits to defend her shinigami and going back inside the tower to replenish her blood

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