Chapter 225: After the Match
After the referee announced the result, the entire stadium erupted!
This was, after all, Skyspire City, Sea Carp's home turf!
When the home team was at a disadvantage, they could only be meek, but when the home team had the advantage, when the home team won, if you didn't cheer with all your might, were you even human?!
"Sea Carp, victory!!"
In an instant, the entire stadium transformed into a jubilant ocean!
The spectators spontaneously organized a human wave, one after another.
In the online live stream of the match, the "bullet curtain" comments also reached a peak!
Besides congratulations, a considerable portion of the comments expressed shock and disbelief.
Because this victory was something very few people had predicted before the match.
Although Arthur already had considerable fame online, to the professional circle, he was still just a rookie.
Even though he had been on a battlefield live stream during the Star Brilliance incident, due to the restrictions of the military's confidentiality agreement, his achievements were not detailed publicly online, only vaguely stating that he was awarded merits for the matter.
Coupled with the widespread rumors of the "evil sword" later on, most people's assessment of Arthur's strength before this match was shrouded in mist, making it difficult to distinguish fact from fiction.
More people knew of him thanks to Suicune.
After all, in an era of peace, the gossip-loving masses always preferred beauty over heroes.
A large part of Arthur's current popularity had to be attributed to the incident where Suicune appeared at the Pokémon Center in her fairy-like human form.
At least half of his fans were probably plotting how to become his godfather every day…
This often led Arthur to feel that "this world is not worth it" after spending too long on Starbo.
That was why the Otter Team's fanatical fans had previously dissed him so unscrupulously, claiming his fame was all due to riding on a Legendary Pokémon's coattails and slandering him for creating hype.
But now, Arthur had slapped all these people back in the face with a single duel!
I have no strength, and my fame is all from hype? Then what does that make your team's ace pair that lost to me? A nobody?
At this moment, the group of middle school students in the stands who had steadfastly supported him finally felt vindicated, as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun, sweeping away all the gloom!
"Haha, that feels good!"
"I've kept a record of the IDs of all those who flamed me. I'm going to send them private messages one by one when I get back, hmph!"
"I'm going to make a post when I get back, haha! Piss those guys off! Laughing at our Bro Arthur for being an internet celebrity? Now let's see who the real trash internet celebrity team is!"
Although everyone knew it wasn't good to flame people like this, the joy of a fan is sometimes just that simple, unadorned, and dull.
Since Liu Yingwen had been doxxed and harassed, they had been holding it in for a long time.
At this moment, they could only say they felt vindicated and thoroughly refreshed!
And at this time, the ones who were also feeling refreshed were the players and coaches on the Sea Carp Team's side.
The moment Arthur and Asher came off the field, everyone surrounded them, excitedly hugging and patting their bodies.
"Well done!"
"That was a great fight!"
"To actually win, that's amazing!!"
Arthur remained calm. In Asher's words, this guy was still an introvert, putting on a good show of being cool.
Asher himself, however, was currently light-headed, as if he were drunk, his responses often delayed by half a beat.
He also hadn't expected to actually win!
He was a veteran; this wasn't his first time facing this ace pair from Otter.
But in the past, he had never won, not even once!
He had previously tried using a Ground-type Nidoking to counter their Raichu, but that Raichu's trainer also had a Kingdra with the Swift Swim ability that could be rotated in.
No matter how he constructed his team, he had never won against this opposing pair before.
And today, a rookie had helped him break this curse!
It truly felt like he was in a dream.
At this moment, even the usually taciturn head coach spoke up.
"You two... fought very well."
Then, maintaining his cool demeanor, he stood up steadily and said, "Let's go. It's time for the interview."
The post-match interview—the privilege of the victor!
After the coach left first, the group of players whispered behind him.
"Tsk, what a poser!"
Except for situations like this, they rarely dared to openly diss their head coach.
But today was an exception because everyone was too excited.
A victory in the first battle, and against a league powerhouse that had competed in last year's Champions Cup.
With the prestige of this first win, quietly bad-mouthing the coach a bit should be fine.
Probably…
In the subsequent post-match interview, Arthur, not surprisingly, became the absolute C-position of the day. Neither the main players nor the captain received as much attention as he did.
For a rookie, this was truly pulling out all the stops in terms of prestige.
Throughout the interview phase, the team's overall atmosphere was very lively.
The only one who might have had somewhat complicated feelings was probably Elijah.
Because the team had previously said he would rotate with Arthur and Asher. As a result of this match where Arthur's pair won in such a morale-boosting way, if he wanted to get on stage again in the future, he was afraid he wouldn't know until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse…
But seeing all his teammates with joy written all over their faces, he could only bury this worry deep in his heart.
His inner bitterness was known to no one.
After all the interviews, recordings, and photo sessions were over, it was almost evening.
Someone on the team suggested relaxing and going for a drink together. The coach, for once, didn't stop them.
He only instructed them that they must not be late for morning class tomorrow.
Professional players also had morning classes. Even after leaving the youth training camp, basic teaching and simulated command classes would never stop, and the requirements would only be higher and stricter than in the youth camp.
No matter the competition, being a professional was never child's play.
However, it was a rare big win today, so for this one night, the coach wasn't so unreasonable.
"Want to come along, Little Artie?"
Perhaps too excited from today's win, Bella's form of address for Arthur had now drifted.
Arthur shot her a sideways glance, thought for a moment, and still refused, "No, I still have some things to do, so I'll head back first."
Asher couldn't help but mutter again, "Introverted little brat!"
The group parted ways outside the stadium.
Time flew by, and it was nine o'clock at night.
As women, Luna and Bella didn't party until the end and came back a step earlier.
Returning to the team base, they first launched a surprise raid on Arthur's room, wanting to see what kind of secret business he was up to.
As it turned out, the moment they entered the door, they found Arthur, with all his Pokémon, sitting on the small living room sofa, reviewing today's match recording.
Greninja still had bandages on its body and occasionally needed to suck on a nutrient pack with pain-relieving effects.
But even so, it still insisted on sitting up and listening to Arthur's analysis, rather than lying down directly.
This scene was completely unexpected for both Luna and Bella.
After they had forcefully pushed the door open with great momentum, they were somewhat stunned by the scene before them.
"You said you had something to do, and this is it? But the coach will lead everyone in a debrief tomorrow."
Bella asked foolishly.
Arthur just smiled.
"The coach's debrief has to cover all the matches, so it will inevitably be a bit brief. I'm mainly reviewing my own match, which will be more detailed."
"You…"
For a moment, Bella didn't know what to say.
And Luna, who had been training with Arthur for over a month, was even more deeply moved at this moment.
In the past, she could never figure out how this kid knew so many things at such a young age. And his personal strength was like that of a little monster, it was simply against all reason!
But at this moment, she suddenly had some understanding.
Perhaps, behind every miracle in the eyes of others, there is such a continuous and lasting period of persistence and effort.
"Did you used to debrief like this every time?"
When Luna asked this question, she actually already had a vague answer in her heart.
Sure enough, Arthur answered coolly, "Yes."
(End of Chapter)
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