Chapter 85: Little captain (1/2)

Back at Montem school in front of the school gate, there was a small group of people. Hershal had just arrived at the school two hours earlier than expected and the students of Montem were excited to see who their opponents were going to be.

The coach from Hershal stepped forward and walked over towards Alex. The presence of the man was suffocating. Just by looking at the man Alex thought if he said one wrong thing, that the man would eat him alive for it.

When the Coach arrived, Alex was surprised to see the coach offering his hand for a shake.

”Nice to meet you, the names Burney.”

Alex looked at Burney's hand before shaking it, as well as Hershel's team who were still stood in a line behind him.

”Alex,” Alex said as he shook the man's hand.

”I was hoping that we might be able to start the match earlier than planned, you see our students are very busy.”

This was what Alex was afraid of. The fact that Hershal arrived two hours before the scheduled time most likely meant they had planned to start the game early. Alex didn't know this but this was actually all deliberately planned by Burney.

He wanted to put pressure on the enemy team by doing something unexpected and if Novis and the rest where there, Alex would have most likely said yes anyway.

”I'm afraid the rest of our team members haven't arrived yet so that's not possible.”

Burney kissed his teeth making a tutting sound. Burney thought that Montem would have taken this match and tournament more seriously. What players would turn up just as the game was about to start.

”I can't believe how unprofessional you guys are but if that is how it is, then so be it. Guide us to the match hall please so we can prepare ourselves.”

Alex didn't like the man's tone of voice or attitude. He could clearly see that Burney felt like him and his school were above them.

Alex then led the Hershel team to the school Gym. The Montem students were surprised that the VSW members of the Hershel team were the only ones to get off the bus. Usually, when playing an away game, they would at least bring some supporters to cheer them on.

Montem didn't have any when they went to Eton but that was because of Mac as well as the fact that everyone thought they were going to lose.

Burney had made this decision though because he didn't want anything distracting his team. They needed to perform the same no matter if they had people cheering them on or not.

Finally, Alex and the Hershal team had arrived at the school Gym. The other students had kindly set up the VR headsets and projector for them and there were already many students in the gym waiting for the match to start.

”You can practice in here until the game starts if you want,” Alex said.