"Welcome~" After opening the door, a clear female voice came. It was a maid cafe. It was hard for Artoris and Lilith to imagine that that guy Kazan would choose this kind of place to meet.
It was in the afternoon, and the top 16 competition was still going on. There was a display inside the coffee shop, and the live broadcast of the results was now being played. At this time, everyone's attention was on the game, and the streets were empty, so neither of them wore a cloak when they went out this time.
The maid who greeted the guests at the door recognized the two of them and was obviously a little surprised, but her excellent qualities made her calm down quickly.
"Please come in~"
This time period was probably afternoon tea time. Normally there would be quite a lot of people on this occasion, but after I came in, I found that except for a few maids and bartenders lying in front of the counter watching the game, there were no other customers.
"The atmosphere in the cafe is a bit solemn when watching the game. Normally there would be more people in the pub."
"That's right." After hearing Lilith's explanation, Artolis nodded. Then her eyes fell on the corner of the coffee shop, where she saw the person who wanted to meet her.
"So, what's the purpose of Mr. Kazan's appointment with me this time?" Artolis didn't like to be polite, so she went straight to the point when she opened her mouth.
Watching the waiter bring two glasses of milk drinks, Kazan felt dumbfounded.
"In that case, I don't recommend the signature coffee here. In fact, it was not my original intention to ask to see you this time."
"Eh?" The two of them were stunned when they heard what the other party said. Before they could recover, they heard a familiar female voice.
"Ah! Artolis and the little...little witch sir!" Artolis and Lilith recognized the person at a glance.
"Kukuchi!"
"Kukukukuki!"
So why is this girl so calm when talking to herself, but when she sees Lilith and others, she becomes nervous and incoherent. Fake fans are real!
Seeing Kukuqi sitting next to Kazan, Atoris seemed to understand something.
Kazan shrugged helplessly: "Let me introduce you, this is my sister Kukuchi Negron."
Although they had guessed it, the two of them were still a little surprised when they heard Kazan say it. This meeting was indeed proposed by Kukuki. When Artoris attacked the Blood Song rear formation during the game, Kukuki said that her brother's return was to kill Artoris when she was not prepared. Killing is to win without force.
For this reason, Kazan was also very helpless: "Kukuqi must ask me to apologize to you in person, and I also hope to get your forgiveness."
This is nothing, Artolis couldn’t laugh or cry. During the competition, everyone was fully immersed in it, just like a real battlefield battle. In many cases, there really wasn’t that much emphasis on it. What's more, it was really his negligence at the time. By the time Kazan attacked him, it was already too late to respond.
Although she said that, Kukuchi was very determined and kept begging Artoris to forgive her brother, even though Artoris didn't care much about that matter.
Finally, under Kukuchi's persistence, Artolis reluctantly accepted Kazan's apology. Seeing Kukuchi and Artoris enjoying themselves, Kazan smiled and stood up.
"That's it. There are some things in the guild that I need to deal with, so I won't accompany you for now."
Is this really the reason why you specially invited yourself to come out to meet? Watching Kazan leave, Artolis felt mixed emotions in her heart. It's a strange feeling that that guy obviously looks tall and rough, but he is so attentive in this regard.
"Your brother is very kind to you." Lilith seemed to feel something, and said to Kukuqi.
"I don't think so. He always excuses himself by saying that he is dealing with guild affairs and is busy every day. He is obviously still a student of Honglan College."
"That just shows how outstanding his abilities are. You know, even though I am a key member of the Demon Hunter Adventure Group, I almost don't need to handle the affairs of the group. The reason is just that I don't have that ability." Lilith retorted. .
"For being able to take time out of his busy schedule to spend time with you, I think he is quite competent as an older brother."
"Congratulations to the Chinese team for winning this game!" The audience cheered from the screen, but Kukuqi looked a little lonely.
"Haha..." He looked into Atoris's eyes with a half-smile, and then Kukuchi said something that shocked both Atoris and Lilith: "Atoris, do you know why the competition system is A one-time knockout?”
Why do you say this suddenly? Artoris was puzzled. The competition system was set by the competition team after discussions with the upper management, and hadn't this competition system been implemented for more than a hundred competitions?
"Is it because there are so many participants?" Lilith expressed her opinion.
"No." Kukuchi shook her head: "Please listen to what I have to say."
Seeing Kukuchi's serious look, the two looked at each other, then nodded.
"In fact, if it is just to hold a competition, then for the sake of enjoyment and fairness of the competition, the most correct competition system should be to eliminate the qualified players through multiple rounds of knockout, and then conduct a round-robin and group points competition, and for the sake of fault tolerance, the rules are set as Best of three games and best of five games. In the end, the champion player and team will be selected.”
Listening to Kukuchi's words, Artolis thought about it and felt that it made sense, but said: "This will make the schedule too long. At least it will take two quarters."
"Yes, but if it is just a regular game, the competition team will be eager to extend the schedule, and will the audience be bored with too many games?" Kukuqi's reminder, the two people immediately reacted. Indeed, the only gimmick of the World Youth Championship right now is that more than 200 people in each session can qualify for promotion to the second level. But if it is only a one-round elimination system, the error tolerance rate is too small, and the luck component of the game is quite high.
If this kind of competition is regarded as a big competition, the upper management cannot be completely convinced. unless……
"Unless the real purpose of this competition is to select outstanding warriors for the higher-ups!"
Listening to Kukuchi's words, Artoris raised her eyebrows. If this was really the case, it would make perfect sense. When facing enemies on the battlefield, if you make a mistake, you may lose your life, and once the fight starts, there will be no room for regrets. The single-round knockout system is designed to cultivate players' coping abilities. If a war breaks out in this world, the capabilities of all opponents on the battlefield are unknown. Without strong adaptability, it is impossible to survive on the battlefield. You die or I die, and you still expect to win two out of three games?
Although it was most likely what Kukuchi said, why did she tell herself this? Artoris's eyes returned to Kukuchi.
"You should remember my brother's cornerstone talent."
