Pink Lotus Mining Company

"Explain the ship more? You have decided to hire me?"

"Why did you think I would hire you when I would explain a ship? I have decided to hire you tough."

"Woah, I'm happy~ But why?"

"Because you will win the tournament and give me the prize... It's 40.000 petals for first place... Second place is also okay, 20.000~ I'll give you the Head of Fundraising Division, so give me more money..."

Eli looked speechless. "*sigh* I don't even know if I can pass the first stage.. So don't have your hopes high

... And what is with that name? Usually it's named Finance Department right?"

"It is just temporary name, we need money fast so we can start mining. Fundraising is the best name for now..."

"Hey, I still hired even when I lose right??"

"As long as you didn't intentionally losing, it's okay."

...

We walked to tournament venue. We then looked for participant check in desk. Because there is still time before Eli's match, we just watch the other group match.

I realized, I underestimated this tournament. This match that we watch two people play very good, he dodge his opponent attacks. After dodging, he attack, and it missed.

I tought this tournament is just above amateur. But looking from this match, it is just one or two grade below professional scene. Maybe only this match that have this grade. I looked at other match... I totally underestimated this tournament. There are many match that the player is good. Some even better than the player that I watched first.

Uhh, I tought Eli will win this tournament easily... But she need to use more effort. It is okay, she can still win.

"You can win a match against that player right?" I pointed at a character in screen that displayed a match between two man character. The character that I pointed is a pro, at least that's what I think.

"I can see his move, I think I can win."

"It's alright then, you can win this tournament."

...

It is time for Eli's match. She come in to the venue while I go to information screen searching where her match will be displayed. Ah, there it is, screen 1532, where is screen 1532?

I look around and not long after, I found it. The match is still not started... I wait and wait, soon 5 minutes passed and the match still not started. Her opponent didn't show up? I wait a bit more, and then the display changes. It displays a bracket and schedule. "Ah, she get a free win. Her opponent really didn't show up. And her next match is ... in 10 minutes."

In match 2, her opponent showed up. Eli's character moved first, she kicked her opponent leg. Her opponent can't move and Eli use this opportunity to unleash a combo, ending this round very fast. In round 2 of this match, her opponent give a fight, but Eli did not let him hit her. She moves her character to dodge attack, and sometimes she attack. Her opponent HP slowly reduced, while her HP is still full. The round ended, Eli win this match.

Every match have a maximum 3 round, and you need 2 round win to secure a match win.

"When is her next match? Ah, in an hour. The next 2 match is from group 4, and then a 30 minutes break..."

This tournament is divided in sessions, each session is 30 minutes long. Each session can have two match, so each match have a maximum time of 15 minutes. That 15 minutes is divided again into 5 minutes waiting time, 9 minutes for 3 round time and a minute reserve time.

First session is group 1, second session is group 2, third session is group 3, fourth session is group 4. After the fourth session, the remaining participant numbered 4096 people.

After the break, all 4096 people across 4 group will enter the venue and start the match together. Even when the match is happening together, the group is not affected.

There will be no break until there are only 256 participant, or 64 people per group. It is just a match after match for 4 match.

...

Eli keeps winning with a 2-0 score troughout the first stage. After an hour of break, she is now ready for the second break. Of course I didn't forgot to encourage her "You can win this, I believe in you... Win this and get me the prize~! Haha, sorry sorry. This is serious now, I believe you can win this.."