Chapter 129: A Call
Julie’s announcement made the tension in the room palpable. It was subtle, but every hero now looked at the others with quiet competitiveness.
Tianzun wore a faint smirk, while Mercury remained as indifferent as ever.
America was leading, but they didn’t feel pressured at all. The combat was coming next and that would be the main determinant of how the entire event turned out.
The screen went off, snapping everyone out of their daze.
"You guys have done a great job. Really came prepared this year" the Brazilian supervisor said as he walked up to Dana.
Dana had a grin on her face as she turned to him, "Martinez, it’s been a while." She said, taking a handshake from the supervisor.
"Your team is doing quite well too. What can I say? We’re determined to take what belongs to us"
Martinez glanced at Nicholas who was standing next to Dana, "With Phantom around, I mean... It’s quite possible. His ability is a troublesome one." Martinez said with a chuckle, "But don’t think we’ll make it any easier for you. Tomorrow is going to be a long day."
"Senhor Martinez, precisamos ir planejar o que faremos amanhã!"
Martinez’s gaze snapped towards the door, where the Brazilian heroes stood waiting for him, he turned back to Dana, "I should get going, if we’re going to win we have to prepare!"
"Alright then. Don’t make it an easy win for us" Dana said with a smug grin.
"You bet" Martinez replied as he left.
"Seems they cooked up something this year, the combat event might not be as easy as I thought" her smug confidence fading just as Martinez was out of sight.
"But it’s a good thing we’re taking the lead. I really hope we rake in a significant number of points with the Combat event" Dana let out an sigh.
"We will" Nicholas said by her side reassuringly.
"When you say it like that, makes me want to believe you. I mean when has your ridiculous confidence failed?" Dana asked with a chuckle, "Who knows, maybe that might be a part of your ability?!"
Nicholas caught the mischievous glint in her eyes, ’I don’t even know if I should be more wary of Sir Eric or Dana... It seems the association is still trying to get information on my ability’
Unlike Eric, Dana was the opposite, she was calm and easy going, playful sometimes too but her observations were sharp. And her instincts were oftentimes spot on.
"No, It’s not part of my ability. I’m only confident because I know I won’t limit myself to playing fair in any situation. If I have to cheat then I will" Nicholas said with a shrug.
’Like the way he tricked us into believing he didn’t have his ability and we allowed him to fight Bolt with an advantage. He sure doesn’t play fair’ Dana recalled the scene with a wry smile, she could remember the shocked expression on Bolt’s face when he woke up to his defeat.
A smile played on her lips as she turned to Nicholas, "I don’t mind how you win. It’s not cheating if we aren’t caught"
"Indeed" Nicholas replied, ’She thinks like
She’s a hitman’ the more he stayed around Dana, the more he felt they both shared the same sentiments.
"Phantom!! Did you see how cool I was!" Julie barged in excitedly her eyes sparkling with delight. "I did so well! Even my viewers feel the same way. Look!"
[Mk475: Who’s gonna tell her?]
[Weeghee: She only knows how to yell—]
[Phantomswife2: B*tch! You promised us Phantom’s nude! Where is it?!]
[Phantomswife: Yeah! That’s the reason we followed you!]
Julie quickly swept the comment away, "Wrong comment," she said with an awkward chuckle.
[Marypaz13: Ngl, she did a great job with the comments!]
[Missy_Rain_0120: Peach Fairy keep showing us peak!]
"I’m sure you loved my comments, I was awesome right? The best you’ve seen right?!" Julie asked pumping her chest out, her hands hanging by her waist.
"You were making so much noise, I could barely concentrate on what was going on"
Julie’s brows twitched, the smile on her face went stiff.
You ungrateful piece of shit, if not for me you won’t have all the fans you have today! Do you know how many people got to know about you thanks to me?!!
’That would’ve been the perfect comeback. But he’d probably stop appearing on my stream... and then I’d lose half my followers.’ Julie thought with a wry smile.
’A huge chunk of them are his fangirls. They’d probably rip my head off just to get a picture of him.’ She could only let out a helpless sigh.
’Don’t worry. One day I’ll become so famous you’ll be the one begging to appear on my stream!’
In her imagination, Nicholas was already kneeling before her with a bowl in his hands like a beggar, looking up at her with pleading eyes while she stood above him in all her glory—
"Yeah, that’s never happening. Also, you should know you owe me."
"There’s no way you know what was in my mind!" Julie jolted snapping out of her daze as she heard Nicholas words, "Wait—I definitely wasn’t thinking about that! You’re definitely right, there’s no way I would want you to bow to me and beg me to stream you.. pfft, that’s ridiculous" Julie said.
Dana rubbed her forehead, ’Does she have the brain of a sheep?’
Nicholas stared at hee blankly, "Your face gave it away. You looked like you conquered the entire world"
Julie smiled wryly, "You never say anything good about my stream! Tsk." She said puffing out her cheeks.
’If she leaves, it could affect my charm points’ Nicholas let out a sigh, "Your streams are good."
Julie’s eyes lit up, "You see! It’s not so hard to tell peak!"
"He probably just said that cause he needs you around. You’re a better option than having to deal with news reporters every time" Selena said as she walked over to the group, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Pfft! I’m sure Phantom just recognised how peak my streams are" Julie retorted.
Selena sighed, "He doesn’t even watch it... Whatever" she muttered under her breath.
’I would’ve been worried if Julie was smarter’ Nicholas thought calmly glancing at the two, just then he felt his pocket vibrate.
’Who’s calling me?’ He pondered as he slipped his hands into his pocket.
Selena and Dana were right there with him, almost no one else had his contact, Marina had it too, but he wasn’t in any trouble and Katie was safely at school. Eric had assured him of that.
’So who could be calling me and what for?’ Nicholas thought as he took out the phone, as he saw the caller ID his brows furrowed.