Chapter 626 The Awards Ceremony: Leisurely and Relaxed
Chapter 626 The Awards Ceremony: Leisurely and Relaxed
"Match over!"
"With Miss Marigold crossing the finish line last, this flying competition has successfully concluded!"
Fireworks soared into the sky, illuminating the tired or excited expressions on the girls' faces.
Only Bai Lili's pristine white dress was covered in several cat paw prints, as if she had just been carried out of an octagonal cage. She sat in a chair with a look of utter despair.
Bai Lili leaned back in her chair with a smile on her face. She had burned out, leaving only snow-white ash.
"Senior Bai Lili!" "Hang in there!"
Clover and Cocklebur huddled up to their captain and howled, but Hellcat appeared just in time to poke Lily's shoulder with its paw.
"Hey, wake up, your teammates are calling you."
"Senior Cat Cat..." "Senior Bai Lili, she..."
Clover and Cocklebur were a little awkward, especially the latter. As a newcomer, Clover had never experienced being attacked by Hellcat from above, while Cocklebur had had several such experiences and felt a chill down his back when facing Hellcat.
"She's fine. That kid always has that look on his face after we play. Wake up, you at least got fourth place, aren't you going to collect your reward voucher?"
"...Can you let me rest for a bit? Do you know how hard you hit me just now?" Bai Lili retorted irritably, her eyes still closed and a smile on her face.
"Hehe, it's all business. Fox's instructions to me are to beat up whoever the contestants point their props at. Who told you to just happen to be blocking Marigold and the other one?"
"Then why didn't you beat them up?! I suspect you're taking revenge for personal reasons!" Bai Lili quickly pressed.
Hellcat just grinned mischievously, its heterochromatic eyes filled with a delighted and playful expression.
Not far away, the girls surrounded Nightingale and Sakuya, who crossed the finish line almost at the same time. Although the high-speed camera showed that Nightingale won the championship by a mere 0.01 seconds, their all-out sprint on the final straight still won everyone's approval.
"That's amazing, Sakuya! She flies incredibly fast!" "Nightingale's not bad either, she saved up so many items at the end." "Sakuya's flying speed is incredible, and she dodged so many attacks..."
The girls chattered noisily, and the owl girl accepted everyone's praise awkwardly, but she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when she looked at the second place.
Second place...
After obtaining the Invincible Star item, I stayed away from the group, avoiding the interference and attacks from artillery fire and items, which allowed me to showcase my excellent flying ability on the final straight.
But unexpectedly, Nightingale persisted until the end, and with her excellent tactical arrangements, she staged a miraculous comeback from last place to first, making her undoubtedly the best player of the game.
"The New Night".
Suddenly, the figure of a nightingale appeared before them.
The winged girl blankly turned her gaze from the scoreboard to her companion in front of her, looking at the hand that was outstretched towards her.
"You were absolutely amazing just now. I had to accelerate at the last minute to barely keep up with you. Your flying magic is one of the most powerful I've ever seen."
"Ah... thank you for the compliment... um..."
Upon being praised in person, the winged girl blushed instantly. She instinctively wanted to bury her face in her thick, sturdy wings, but she still mustered the courage to hook the nightingale's outstretched hand with her wingtip and make a handshake gesture.
The girls cheered even louder.
"What a touching speech that brought tears to my eyes... Friendship first, competition second. Both contestants upheld this principle from beginning to end, which deeply moved me. I believe the audience will also be deeply moved by their friendship."
"This fox has made a decision! I'll award both contestants with vouchers equivalent to those for first place! But I can't give out two of the champion's exclusive trophy~"
The increased rewards from Xinyuehu caused the cheers at the scene to boil over once again.
Hyacinth, sandwiched between Arum and Alice, was not in a good mood. Sitting next to her was Black Alice, who called herself Jack. The three of them were casting healing magic to treat the minor scratches left on Hyacinth after she had been beaten up.
The white ferret fairy was also floating above Hyacinth's head, sprinkling magic particles to help her recover while complaining:
"I told you, Hyacinth, you love to play around and won't listen to advice. Look what I just said, I told you not to come, but you insisted, all you care about is the measly little thing Xinyuehu gave you..."
"Everyone's playing together... Ouch, that hurts..."
Hyacinth chuckled, but was suddenly struck on the abrasion on her arm by a healing spell from Arisaema, causing her to wince and whimper in pain.
"Now you know it hurts? Why didn't you scream when you were enduring the barrage of wheat?"
Bai Ling continued, flying to the side of the abrasion that Tian Nanxing had just tried to treat. She complained softly, but her claws kept grabbing magic particles and diligently throwing them onto the abrasion.
"That's because everyone's watching..." Hyacinth pouted and raised her eyebrows, deliberately looking away and pretending not to hear anything.
Hyacinth, with its violent acceleration and incredibly resilient physique, successfully broke through Nightingale's carpet bombing tactics, becoming the first to break through the encirclement. With the help of its last tube of nitro, it accelerated to the third place and became the third place winner in this flying competition.
Although Hyacinth herself was somewhat dissatisfied with this third place, while watching the replay, when she saw Nightingale and Sakuya's passionate chase on the final straightaway, adorned with invincible stars, she still posed a profound question:
As expected, in item-based competitions, you still have to win with items. Hyacinth offered her personal conclusion.
……
As night deepened, the flying competition came to a close.
After going through the whole process of awarding prizes, raising trophies, biting medals, and shaking champagne, the girls left happily with their prizes. Before leaving, they didn't forget to take the food wrappers left on the coffee table and sofa, and wiped the tabletops down briefly.
"--Perfect!"
After watching the girls leave, Su Tianqing stood in the audience, straightened her back, stretched, and happily muttered to herself.
A spectacular flight competition not only generated a lot of entertainment and live stream traffic, but also brought a lot of attention to the reconstruction efforts in Chengdu. The Hero Association must have received a lot of reconstruction funding from all over the country, which should make the reconstruction work go more smoothly in the future.
With that, my goal has been fully achieved, and it's time for me to take a break and rest properly...
"So you're here. We thought you'd already gone back, Fox."
Fenrir's familiar voice rang in my ears.
Su Tianqing continued stretching, turning her head towards the source of the sound: her companions were standing at the edge of the audience, watching her, with cats, rabbits, dogs, and two-colored Alices all present.
Why is Tian Nanxing here too? The sight of these two dogs, one big and one small, all together is always hilarious, no matter how many times you see it.
"Wait a minute, were you just about to call me a dog?" Fenrir keenly anticipated Heartmoon Fox's thoughts and interrupted her in advance.
"Of course not." Su Tianqing chuckled.
"Stop talking about that, I'm starving! Let's go get some midnight snacks!"
Bern Mountain dog girl poked her head out from beside Alice, wagging her tail vigorously as she spoke to the fox girl in the audience who was directing her familiars to tidy up the venue.
But as a member of the Hyacinth Squad... isn't it a bit inappropriate for her to run off to the villainous squad so frequently? Su Tianqing couldn't help but think.
"Aren't you going with Hyacinth and the others, Tian Nanxing?" Su Tianqing asked curiously.
"Hyacinth and the others are too tired and need to go home to rest, woof. I looked around and everyone said they were too tired to play tonight and wanted to rest, so I had no choice but to come find you guys, woof."
The Bernese Mountain Dog Girl jumped around excitedly a few times, even using her tail to create a hazy afterimage of particles behind her, which was wrapped in magic.
"Hmm... So, what do you all think would be a good choice for our celebratory supper tonight?"
Su Tianqing naturally didn't want to disappoint her expectant companions. Besides, she was indeed hungry and thirsty at the moment and couldn't wait to find a place to sit down and have a drink, so she simply went along with the conversation.
"I heard Haidilao has a night session with huge discounts!" "They actually offer that? That's amazing! Let's go eat at Haidilao!"
"Isn't hot pot a bit too oily for dinner...?" "How about a tomato and savory hot pot?"
The people of Chongqing made their final compromise – a hot pot with two separate broths.
Seeing his companions reserving a table and discussing, the golden fox gave Hellcat a helpless look, and the two smiled at each other.
"I'm exhausted today, I had to recite so many lines!"
As soon as it got close to the catgirl, the golden fox immediately transformed into a pendant, hanging next to Nan Jiayu as a fox pendant, and began to mutter to itself.
"Then let's get a good rest tonight, and we can sleep in tomorrow." "Yay—"
Tonight is peaceful and serene.
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