- Crazy Yellow Ball -

Shinsu stage appeared as the field for them with colors on it.

The rules of the game was quite simple. It was just that the player who had the ball should run to the opponent and reached their goal post to win the game.

The game will start when the whistle was blown. The team with the ball could move towards the opponent. When they move, they could just move two spaces and after that, they should pass it to their opponents. If a person held the ball for more than ten seconds, then the yellow ball he was holding will turn into the "crazy yellow ball". To prevent that from happening, then they must pass the ball around.

In five minutes, they arranged the positions and prepared themselves for the game.

First line striker on their team was Charlotte. The second line defender was Hanwool Kang while the second line defender on the opponent's team was Pierre. In Bam's team, the goalkeepers were Rak and Boro. Knowing that he was just a mere goal keeper, Rak felt annoyed.

Boro found it weird. According to the rules, the defenders can't move to another space. So why would Yura Ha place Pierre on the defense line? Didn't that mean that she has to attack and defend in the same time? He had an ominous feeling about this.

"It's a shame that I can't play there" Hana Yu said. Seeing how her favorite idol was on the arena playing, she began to regret her decision as now she can't see Yura Ha from close. "I shouldn't have agreed on her words...."

"She did that for your own good" Altaira responded and opened Charlotte's fan to fan himself.

Earlier, since Charlotte was going to play on this game, she can't use her fan as she found it inconvenient. She left her fan to Altaira and let him take care of it.

"That Yura Ha....is she that crazy like what Charlotte said?" Celeste asked Altaira.

"I told you she isn't crazy!"

Ignoring Hana Yu, Altaira answered, "You will see on your own."

Celeste just simply nodded her head. She nodded her head while her hand carefully moved towards Altaira and then snatched Charlotte's fan. After she snatch Charlotte's fan, she fanned herself.

Altaira, "....You are still mad for not participating?"

Celeste, "You think?"

Altaira, "......"

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Arena

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"Let the game begin! Tip- off!"

When the yellow ball jumped out, the game has started.

"Jump ball!"

Bam jumped high on the air and then caught the ball.

"Nice! He got it!" Rak said while Boro found it strange why Yura Ha didn't react towards the ball.

When Bam caught the ball, Charlotte immediately ran towards him, knowing that she would be called. Bam passed the ball towards Charlotte and Charlotte ran towards the opponent.

"Little girl, do you think you could pass me?"

Charlotte passed the ball towards Bam and then Bam used the [Reverse Flow Control] to stop their opponent, surprising the others for his performance.

"Team Bam has advanced two spaces. Yura Ha's Team gets the ball for the next turn to attack."

Charlotte looked at the idol. Like what she expected, she didn't look worried at all. In fact, she looked like as if she had expected all of this.

"Now, it's Team Yura Ha's offense!"

While pulling her blue luggage, the woman walked towards them calmly.

"Bravo, as expected from two former slayer candidates" Yura Ha said to the twins. "You seem pretty useful. I even want to take you to the Hell Train with me. But of course, all tickets will be mine."

"You....who are you?" Bam asked. "How do you know that?"

By the time Charlotte looked at Yura Ha pretending to be cool towards them seriously made her blood boil. For some reasons she was irritated when she saw her. Could it be because they were not only opponents but enemies? It seemed so as she had never feel hostility towards her teammates and friends before.

"Rachel-"

"We all know that Rachel told you" Charlotte purposely cut off her words. She can't hold it anymore. "Don't think I can't see that you are working with that lass to gather all the tickets together with FUG."

"Oh? It seems like you've known about it long ago" Yura Ha said with a smile.

"What?! Rachel is in the train?! Where is she?"

Seeing how Bam looked surprised and anxious to meet Rachel, Charlotte couldn't help but to feel a little disappointed. Well, disappointed or not, she had already chose to walk over this path and to follow him until the end. This will happen sooner or later, she thought.

But even though she had considered it like that, she still couldn't help but to sigh.

Yura Ha challenged them. If they could block her on the next round, then she would give her ticket and tell about Rachel's whereabouts.

Of course this method successfully attracted Bam.

Knowing what happened down there, Altaira couldn't help but to shook his head and sat down on the bench, leaning his head on the wall.

"What's wrong?" Celeste asked at him.

"That boy.... I know that I should have beat him up or at least make the two of them forget each other" Altaira said out of blue.

Celeste who can't understand his words was filled with question marks. But she was able to tell that there must be something to do with Bam and Charlotte. She looked again at the arena.

"I wonder what they're talking...." Hana Yu said.

It took Celeste a moment to find a way for it before she opened her palm, letting a white butterfly flying near the arena. But she can't get too close otherwise it would be too dangerous for her small butterfly.

"A butterfly!" Hana Yu immediately walked close next to Celeste. "How did you do that?"

"I will tell you later" Celeste answered.

For Celeste, aside from being weapon, her butterflies could also serve as her senses. With these butterflies, she could hear, see and talk through it. Now that she let one of them flew near with the arena, she was curious with what happened down there.

Yura Ha told them that she met Rachel one year ago where she met Emily who said that if she wanted to get whatever she desired, then she should climb the train with Rachel. The two of them quickly became friends and Rachel's enemies were also her enemies.

"The rope that you choose is nothing but a backstabber" Charlotte said to Yura Ha. Hearing her stories, she looked frustrated that she seriously needed her fan to hit her head for a bit. "Miss, you are only wasting your time be friending with her."

"I heard that Rachel once took great care of you" Yura Ha said to Charlotte. "Seeing you badmouthing her, then I guess you are the backstabber one."

"What a joke" Charlotte nonchalantly said with a mocking smile. Yura's words really going to make her laugh. "Ask her by yourself, what has she done to those who genuinely want to help her? But considering that you are one of Rachel's fans, I guess even when you know the truth, you will still blindly follow her. A peacock is following a good-for-nothing chicken...." She shook her head and sighed as she put both of her hands on the pockets, "No wonder they said that stupidity could be infectious. I've seen it today."

Charlotte was indeed right that no matter what happened, Yura Ha will always follow Rachel. She was sure that Rachel was her friend and her enemies would be her enemies. This would never change and Yura Ha would never let anyone to slander her friend.

Yura Ha's proposal was simple. If Bam could stop her with the [Reverse Flow Control], then she will tell Rachel's whereabouts and give him a ticket. But if he failed, then he would have to give her a ticket. In order to find Rachel, Bam agreed without hesitation.

On the second round, when Yura Ha was near with Bam, Bam tried to use the [Reverse Flow Control] again but failed in all sudden. The [Reverse Flow Control] he was using didn't work on her at all!

Yura Ha could only move one space and she had held the yellow ball for ten seconds. If she didn't pass it, then something bad will seriously happen.

But who would have guessed that she was crazy enough to throw the ball on one of her teammates and let the yellow ball explode! Once the yellow ball explode, it killed her teammate and didn't even left a corpse! She didn't even show her remorse for it.

Now that Hana Yu witnessed it, she understood Charlotte's words earlier.

"Are you insane?" Charlotte asked, completely not surprised. "He is your teammate and also your fan. How could you possibly kill your fan without remorse?"

"He's just one fan to me" Yura Ha coldly answered with her smug smile. "I still have lots more."

Her words seriously hurt Hana Yu who heard it clearly.

Celeste glanced at Hana Yu. She must have not expected that the Yura Ha who she thought as an angelic person turned out to be that kind of person.

Celeste knew it clearly that Charlotte realized that she had sent one of her white butterfly to watch the game from close. She had noticed and purposely throw that question to Yura Ha. Charlotte had expected this kind of answer and purposely let Hana Yu heard about it clearly.

Hanwool Kang was seriously frustrated when he heard that Bam was going to try it once more. Anyone could tell that it was a trap. So why he still want to try it?

"Hey, do something to your brother!" Hanwool said to Charlotte. "Convince him!"

Hanwool didn't know that no matter what she said to Bam, Bam would never change his mind to stop looking for his light. And besides, she was trying to follow Bam, to respect whatever decisions that he made. She wanted to try.

With a smile, she used this a chance to annoy someone.

"Brother, do you need my help?" Charlotte asked.

"I could do this on my own" Bam answered.

"Alright then."

"HEY!!!"

Hanwool Kang was seriously frustrated. He walked around in circle yet there was nothing he could do but to accept his fate.

Boro and Rak didn't know what happened but they heard from the host saying something. The host said,

"According to the deal that Bam and Yura Ha made, one of Bam's tickets goes to Yura Ha's team."

Boro, "What are those two up to? What they are planning?"

"A goalkeeper from Bam has left the team."

Boro, "WHAT?!"

Boro was wondering what happened over there as he can't hear anything. When he was trying to guess what they were talking about, Rak disappeared.

Now, he was getting even more worried.

"For your information, a defender is allowed to move one space in each turn. Apart from the striker that did the jump ball, the substitute striker can't participate in defending.

Then let the game resume!"

Charlotte who held the ball ran again towards the enemy.

"Not a chance, lass!" her opponent shouted.

"Humph!"

Charlotte jumped high on the air while holding the ball, giving the others impression that she was going to do something with that serious expression and killing intent. The regular who was ready to catch the ball was prepared as he thought that something might happen to him when Charlotte just casually passed the ball towards Bam.

"What the....?"

"What?" Charlotte asked at him. "Do you really think I'm going to do something to you? Chill down, I'm just messing for a bit."

The regular really thought that Charlotte was going to do something. While she paid no care at him and crossed her arms while watching her brother's performance, the regular was left speechless.

Charlotte thought that if they weren't too focused on winning or killing and harming each other, this game would have been fun. She missed the old times where she played with her friends without needing to worry that her life was on the line.

Bam who was faced with a regular who used two bangs used three bangs at him and passed through him. He went ahead to Yura Ha who grinned.

Yura Ha was seriously looking down on her brother. Therefore, she didn't realize that the one that Bam was going to stop wasn't her, but the ball he was holding. When the ball was going to explode, Yura Ha immediately let go of it and shielded herself with her luggage.

Although Bam has advanced one space, he had let go of the ball. This round was a tie.

"I heard from Rachel that you are going to follow us on the train" Yura Ha said while holding the ball. "She wants to run away from you. You are the worst. Clingy type guy. By all means, I will get you off from Rachel's back."

Honestly, hearing her words, the one who should be irritated was Bam. But Charlotte who heard about it was irritated instead of him.

"Who cares about her?!" She asked to Yura Ha with loud voice. "If you didn't show up in here in all sudden and mention about her name, who will know that she is on the train? Since you are so eager to separate both of them, then make sure in the future, she doesn't look for my brother anymore!"

For a moment, Yura Ha forgot that Bam had a loyal sister around him. But hearing her words, she couldn't help but to smile wider.

"If you don't look for her, then why should she care for you?" Yura Ha asked.

Veins were bulging on her head when she heard that.

'This Yura Ha....she didn't have a single idea about the future yet she behaved as if that is something that will definitely happen' Charlotte thought while gritting her teeth.

On the fourth round, Bam began to wonder why Yura Ha was carrying luggage with her. But before he could do something about it, Yura Ha surprisingly threw the ball to someone else and not him.

She threw the ball towards Hanwool.

Fortunately Charlotte had seen this coming and then caught the ball with both of her hands.

"The ball is turning into crazy mode."

"NO! PUT THE BALL DOWN RIGHT NOW!" Boro shouted. "DAMN IT! HEY, GIRL!!"

Hearing the word 'girl', it didn't take long for Altaira to figure out that the one who Boro was shouting was his little sister. He immediately stood up and rushed to see what happened on the arena.

Charlotte held the ball with both of her hands. She heard what Boro said clearly, she knew what she should do. But she didn't do it. She just hold the ball and her eyes were focused on it.

"Charlotte, put that ball away!" Noah worriedly said next to her. He waved his palm in front of her as she wasn't responding, "What are you thinking?"

Charlotte didn't react. She just bit the bottom of her lips.

The yellow ball had turned into a crazy yellow ball and then exploded. Right when it exploded, Charlotte hissed as she bear the pain.

[Time Pause]

She paused the time for a second and dropped the ball while jumping away. She looked at her arms after that. Her arms had been burned, although they weren't that severe.

Bam ran towards Charlotte, "Charlotte! Your hands.....!"

"That's a shame" Yura Ha said. "I expected more from the slayer candidate."

The others rushed towards Charlotte who calmly replied to Yura Ha. The first that she hurt her own arms, it did feel hurt. After that, it didn't feel that hurt anymore. She was still able to smile to Yura Ha and said, "Don't worry, this kind of petty trick won't be able to kill me."

Seeing how Charlotte was still able to smile as her smile now turned into a smirk, Yura Ha frowned.

"Your luggage seems quite heavy" Charlotte said. "Don't you feel tired carrying them around?"

"We have to take care of her-!"

"Brother." While looking to Yura Ha, Charlotte whispered to Bam who was worried about her hands, "Aim for her luggage."

"What?"

"Her luggage is like what you suspected, it is an item made by the Workshop" Charlotte whispered. "As long as she has that thing around her, then your [Reverse Flow Control] won't work."

While Bam was pondering about it, Boro who had watched from afar decided to approach him. He held his shoulder and asked him with the disbelief expression, "Hey you. What have you done? What did you do to give up two of our tickets and make her get hurt? She is your sister!"

When Boro mentioned that Charlotte was his sister, he unconsciously looked at the audience. He looked at Altaira who frowned at him in disbelief, disappointment and anger. Altaira who was too angry decided to left, refusing to watch the match until the end.

He lowered his head, ".....I'm sorry. It's because she told me that she'll tell things about Rachel."

"....What?! You got provoked by that?" Boro found it even harder to believe after he heard it from Bam. "Get to your senses! if you keep losing our tickets like this, we will never get on the Hell Train!"

"Mr. Boro, calm down first, calm down first" Charlotte said and tried to separate the two of them. The two of them were going to be allies and friends in the future; she didn't want them to fight because of her. "First thing first, I took this shot willingly. I am the one who hurt my own hands, it has nothing to do with brother. And second, this round, brother will definitely win the bet."

Boro knew that Charlotte put some faith on Bam. Even when her hands were hurt like that, she still defended and believed in him until the end. A nice and kind person won't receive a good end in this tower. He wanted to say those words but decided to hold himself back. Alas, after all, they were siblings. It was normal for her to believe for her older brother until the end.

But thinking that Bam given up two tickets like this for a woman will drive him mad.

Truly like what they said, in this world or perhaps the tower, aside from treasures and power, women could also be a reason for a man to do ridiculous things. Seeing how Bam was determined to look for this Rachel, he was curious on how special that girl was until he willingly walked to the enemy's trap.

"HEY BLACK TURTLE!" Rak shouted from the audience's seat. He was seriously pissed that he was gotten rid by the system as they were lack of tickets. He hasn't even done anything yet. "YOU TOOK ME OUT AND RUN THIS KIND OF GAME?! BLUE TURTLE IS GOING TO LAUGH AT US IF HE SEES THIS! WE'D BETTER NOT LOSE BEFORE HE GETS HERE!"

"Hanwool" Charlotte called the regular who was currently bandaging her arm. "For the next round, I suggest you to be the striker and pass the ball to brother again."

"What?! You want me to pass the ball at him? When will the two of you be satisfied?" He asked a Charlotte in anger. "You've lost your arms, isn't it enough?!"

"Then count it as I'm begging you" Charlotte said. "Just this once. Brother will definitely win. If he loses, then you could throw him out of the arena and replace him with someone else instead."

If it wasn't for Charlotte, then it would have been Hanwool who suffered from the crazy yellow ball. Now that she had begged him and said those confident words, Hanwool pondered about it for awhile before he decided to agree with it. But of course, he grumbled in irritation.

Charlotte was about to left the arena when Bam called her name.

"Sorry" he said. "I have made you get hurt."

Charlotte heard his words clearly and friendly smiled to him, "It's fine. But if you fail on this round, then we're in serious trouble. I'm counting on you, brother."