Chapter 297: The hype (1/2)

( The generals office)

It was a celebratory mode inside the conference room today , as Japan had another good day with three contestants making it to the fifth day finals.

Every match was exhilarating in their own rights , however ,Karna really shined brightly in the cliff fighting event. His opponent in his group finals , was a user of a special Sonar type sound technique that helped him locate his enemies , hence he used a smokescreen to blind Karna on the fighting stage.

It was a tense moment , and nobody knows what happened inside the smoke , however after a short while , it was shockingly the opponent that was sent flying down the cliff to his doom. Karna managed a win!

The opponent did not know Karna had the minds eyes special move , him using the fog to blindside Karna was basically playing right into his hands.

Neatwits finals were also interesting , his rise considered an anamoly as except for himself , everyone else was a thief / assassin / ranger class player. Swordsmen were not especially known for their blinding speed , however Neatwit managed his first blood match victories through incredibly nimble movements. It was a fun short exchange match to watch.

Compared to those two , the longer fights featured Rudra, whose real strength was just shrouded in mystery, he was a pool that nobody seemed to figure out was actually a bottomless well.

Well , parallax was going to find it firsthand soon enough.

Just as the matches for all groups ended , Rudra logged out of the game. His opponent for tommorow was Parallax , he needed to prepare for the match.

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( Rudra's room , real world , the upside)

Rudra logged out of the game , and came down to the dining room , where his family was watching news about him and his coming match on the big screen.

When they saw Rudra , both his parents smiled , while father Rajput said ” Good fight kid ”. Rudra smiled and took a seat beside his father , as he munched on a light snack looking at the TV.

The news channels were already branding tommorows match as a fight between bitter rivals , etc etc.

Clips of Fatty Kalash saying that Parallax was not worthy of being a respectable opponent in Rudra's POV was being played .

Animations of him inside Omega on one side with a big VS sign in the middle and parallax on the other , like traditional boxing matches was being played.

Rudra chuckled at the cringe , but he would not lie , the animations and the teasers did hype him up a little. However what he saw next , completely baffled him , it was unexpected.

After Parallax won his group , apparently he did an interview with a reporter and the contents of it were something like this ” Tommorow I will beat the pi** out of that arrogant Shakuni , for my country and for my pride. I don't like that guy, I haven't ever met him , have no vendetta , however I just hate his guts , him beating me in beat the clock will forever be an unwashable stain in my memory ”.

Then the reporter asked him about what were his thoughts on his strategy to fight Rudra ” Well ofcourse I have a solid strategy , but I can't quite reveal it on camera , however it's out of disgust that I'm making strategy , his ridiculous strength is no joke , however against me , it's only but a stupid mistake. He doesn't put me in his eyes ..... Hence I will put him in his grave”.

The interview was overall filled with Parallax taking jabs at Rudra. Rudra was not affected by this at all , he even found it very funny at how rattled he had made parallax without even doing anything.

Rudra analysed Parallax's character and found a fatal flaw in his personality , which was vanity. He had a strong sense of self importance and glory , he was hungry for respect and dignity , he fought for the spotlight ..... In other words..... He was a fool!

Rudra initially planned to study tapes before his fights tommorow , however seeing Parallax's personality a wicked plan formed in his mind as he immediately called Ethan Grey .

His request was very simple , he wanted to mess with Parallax's head before the fight even started , hence he gave a script of questions to be asked to him in a press conference and told Ethan to arrange one within 30 minutes.

With the news channels being more than willing , and about 50 private helicopters owned by Ethan flying people in , it was made possible within 30 short minutes.

Rudra sat in the centre with Ethan being seated at his right , as the left seat was left vacant. The live interview then convened.

Within the last 30 minutes , the live press conference was heavily promoted on every channel across the globe and hence more than 200 million people were watching this thing live , across the globe , including parallax.