Black Online-Chapter 204: Stolen Strategy

"Sob... Sob... Sob..."

Bunny was still crying to Sunny, and her twin sister was just patting her head while trying to comfort her.

"It will be alright..."

Sunny whispered softly.

She had already received the news that her next opponent was Fang Raon, who made her sister cry.

It was easily the most important match of her life, as she couldn’t let Fang Raon get away with what he did to her sister.

"Your match is starting soon."

Lady Diana said.

She did notice that Bunny was crying, but she didn’t feel hatred towards Fang Raon, because he did nothing wrong in her opinion.

Instead, it was Bunny who was acting like a sore loser, but she had realized a long time ago that the twin sisters weren’t good losers or winners.

Sunny was equally as competitive and hard-headed as Bunny.

"I’ll come back soon, Sister, once I’ve crushed that bastard!"

Sunny said with fire raging in her eyes, and after giving her twin sister one last hug, she left for her match.

’Maybe I’ve spoiled the sisters too much.’

Lady Diana thought with a sigh.

They were treated like princesses and they had been able to do whatever they wanted here at the village.

Therefore, they had become very spoiled.

’There is a match I am very interested in. Rock going against Anna. I will head over to watch it.’

Lady Diana thought and then looked at Bunny, who was wiping away her tears, and then she asked.

"Bunny, want to head over to the tournament hall to watch your sister’s match?"

"Mm, okay..."

She answered with a sad tone and then grabbed Lady Diana’s hand, and they started walking over.

...

Tournament Hall.

With the arrival of the quarterfinals, the place had been redecorated, and the sound of cheering and applause echoed throughout the room.

Instead of having hundreds of tables scattered about, there were now only four tables in the center of it all.

Chairs had been lined up near the edges of the hall for the spectators to use, with a clear view of all the tables.

Thousands of spectators had gathered to spectate these matches.

It wasn’t only players. There were also locals who wanted to witness the event.

"...Participants, please head over to your tables!"

A voice echoed throughout the tournament hall, and then, eight players made their way to the tables.

The spectators rained them with cheers.

’...The first table.’

Fang Raon arrived at the table with the number "1" etched at its side and then saw Sunny stop at the other side of the table.

She looked pissed at him.

"I’ll make you pay for what you did to my sister."

"What I did? You mean win? I am not sure if you’ve forgotten about the purpose of this tournament, but you’re supposed to try your hardest to win."

Fang Raon said with a twitching eyebrow.

He hated this kind of victim mentality trying to make him look like some bad guy when he was just doing what everybody else was also doing.

And that was to try to win to the best of your ability.

’Would they’ve preferred if I forfeited the match instead? I don’t get these twin sisters. They are lacking understanding of reality.’

He thought.

"Tch!"

Sunny just clicked her tongue and didn’t try to argue back.

Then, they pulled their chairs back and sat down with the General’s Game opening up in front of them.

"Hello~"

At the other table, Anna greeted the elderly man, and Rock rubbed his chin as he looked at the young woman.

"Greetings."

Rock said.

He was very well aware that Anna was Fang Raon’s sister, but he wasn’t planning to go easy on her.

They then also sat down.

On the balcony above, Aizen, Raikou, and Raizen were looking down towards the hall, also watching the match.

"Whoo..."

Aizen put a cigarette in his mouth and let out a long, slow exhale of smoke before leaning back in his chair.

"Father, are you sure that it is wise to smoke with your condition and all?"

Raikou asked worryingly.

"...This is just my avatar. It doesn’t affect me."

Aizen said with a twitching eyebrow.

He was stunned at the sheer stupidity that his son, Raikou, was showing at times, as he didn’t understand how he could be so different from his other children.

"Ah, yeah... That’s right."

Raikou awkwardly scratched the back of his head and let out an awkward chuckle as he completely forgot about it.

"There are some cute girls here. Maybe I should go talk with them."

Raizen said as he flirtatiously moved his hand to adjust his hair and flashed a charming smile.

’Another one of Raizen’s split personalities—this one is called Rizzen—with this personality, he becomes a charming playboy!’

Raikou thought.

’Why can’t one of my children be fucking normal?’

Aizen rolled his eyes.

In that moment, the referee walked over to the four tables and started the game in all of them. The choosing soldiers phase started.

’What will Sunny go for? I think she has discussed with Bunny what she should do.’

Fang Raon wondered.

However, so far, he had been a very reactive player, as he was only trying to counter his opponent’s strategy rather than make his own.

He’d been doing that in every match so far, and sure, it had worked pretty well, but it was a risky strategy.

If he failed to calculate his opponent’s strategy, he would end up in a really bad position, and thus, most General’s Game players just usually go with their own plans.

’I can’t be a reactive player anymore. I need to play my own game. I’ve thought about several different strategies, and I know which one is best for me.

’I do like the combo of Warrior, Tank, and Helper the most, but in this case, I want to do something else entirely.

’Alright... Let’s do this.’

Fang Raon started pressing buttons on the holographic interface in front of him, and soon, he’d chosen his soldiers and assigned a class to each of them.

***

[Fang Raon’s Team]

[Tank - Skill: Intimidation]

[Ranger - Skill: Precision Shot]

[Mage - Skill: Earth Wall]

***

He then pressed the "Ready" button.

In that moment.

Fang Raon noticed that Sunny was still thinking about what she should choose, and she was also looking directly at him.

It was like she was trying to peer into his mind to find out what he chose.

’Try reading my mind.’

Fang Raon stared back at her as if he were challenging her, and she squinted her eyes.

She then scoffed and started pressing something on her interface, and soon she had also chosen her soldiers.

With that, she also pressed ready.

[00:59...]

[00:58...]

The countdown quickly ticked down and soon reached zero, and as soon as that happened, the holographic village appeared on the table.

Their soldiers appeared right in front of their towers.

’She chose... Helper, Warrior, and Tank?’

Fang Raon thought in surprise.

It was the combo that he liked the most, and she happened to choose the exact same one.

’Could it be that she is also doing the same tactic?’

Fang Raon wondered.

In that moment, he gave his orders to his soldiers, and they started running down the street towards the Red Tower.

He didn’t care about fighting to the death, but his intention was to destroy Sunny’s tower!

Meanwhile, Sunny smiled, and her Helper jumped to the shoulders of the Tank, and they started running towards Fang Raon’s soldiers.

That Warrior was also following behind the Tank.

’It’s the exact same plan as well.’

Fang Raon thought.

In that moment, it dawned on him what she was planning to do, and it honestly made him chuckle a little bit.

She stole one of his plans since she couldn’t think of anything better by herself.

’...Unfortunately for you, Sunny, that won’t be working against me.’

Fang Raon thought.

He kept moving his soldiers towards Sunny, even though they had quite opposite strategies.

With Sunny aiming to kill him in a frontal assault, it would be wise for Fang Raon to avoid clashing with her directly.

However.

He had a good counter for that.

In that moment, the two small armies found each other in the village, and they kept charging at each other.

"Tank Charge!"

Sunny ordered loudly.

With a rageful shout, her Tank started charging towards Fang Raon’s soldiers like a raging bull.

"Intimidation!"

Fang Raon’s Tank released a deafening roar, and it stunned Sunny’s Tank—it stopped like a deer in the headlights.

"Precision Shot!"

The Ranger fired an arrow, and it flew past the Tank, and it came straight for the Warrior.

In that moment, the Warrior lifted the shield and blocked the sudden arrow shot, but then more arrows came for him.

With quick speed, Warrior escaped into the alleyway for some cover.

"Go!"

Fang Raon ordered.

And at that moment, his soldiers started running at full speed past Sunny’s soldiers and kept heading towards the Red Tower.

"Go after them!"

Sunny ordered angrily.

Tank finally shrugged off the effects of the Intimidation, and started running after Fang Raon’s soldiers.

However.

They were slower, and they wouldn’t be able to catch up to Fang Raon before his soldiers arrived at the Red Tower.

’It’s exactly going like I intended.’

Fang Raon thought with a smile on his face.

"Argh!"

At that moment, he heard an uncharacteristic groan from the table next to them, and he happened to look over.

’No way...’

Fang Raon thought in shock.

Rock was holding his head in his hands as he was racking his brains, trying to think of a plan to help him.

With a smile on her pretty face, Anna seemed to be enjoying her time as she was actually completely controlling the match against Rock.

One of Rock’s soldiers was already dead, and Anna was en route to his tower to destroy it.

Rock didn’t have any way to defend his tower either, so it looked like his loss was inevitable!

’Unbelievable... She is really good...’

Rock thought with an ugly expression on his face.