I'm a little bit burned out and I'll be starting my new semester soon, so huge apologies ahead of time if I start slipping up. As always, thanks for reading.
After the first matchday of the Rank Wars, Inkopolis is buzzing with reactions and thoughts regarding the Rank Wars, becoming the main talk of the city and nearby towns. The first matchday produced positive results that pleased many as many newcomers earned their stripes and stars already through victories and close-call losses, gaining attraction from the media based on their initial performances and creating their fan bases. The big news on social media was that Kidvel led the standings after their convincing victory of 2-0 over the Tigercrabs, a team which had a losing record that didn't define them their performance in general. A telling sign that'd been displayed during opening day was that the future of the school looked to be in bloom with talent springing forth with a march. Statistics and records got updated immediately as the clubs affiliated on campus sprung to crunch numbers and prepare for the rest of the season in hopes to keep entertainment booming. The journalism club was also getting to work with writing articles and doing their own coverage on teams to simulate a professional setting. Also created was a nationwide voting poll for everyone following the Rank Wars to vote for their favorite team as well as influence the numbers for the power rankings; the actual standings for the competition weren't of any importance since it was only one day, but power rankings showed insight to the teams that had momentum going into the following day.
Squid Academy Power Rankings
1. Kidvel-Pastelle
2. Legion-Mason
3. Sea Lions-Todd
4. Squidcom-Azule
5. Rebels-Zaneki
Based on the power rankings, those are the five best teams in the competition although the standings dictated differently based on record. Kidvel, the most popular team in the competition, made good on their season debut as they grabbed a convincing win and took the attention of the school and outer media as the frontrunners to represent the school and offer a challenge to the big 4 of the nation, though some people were skeptical if they could live up to the expectations set by the Elites. The second team that dominates the power rankings are Legion, the surprise team made by Mason. Filled with a flamboyant cast reminiscent of the Jin Ika led Special Forces, Legion caught the eyes of many with their refined style of play that masked their ruthless nature of crushing their opponents. The third team was the new team formed by ex-Rebels leader Todd, leading a team that was rumored to have formed the night before the competition even started! The last team was the fifth slot occupied by the Rebels under the new leadership of Zaneki, a third year who got his hands on the fiery team that belonged to the first year Todd. Squidcom's impressive comeback against Deadquake and the emergence of Azule's Midnight mode fueled the promise that Squidcom would prove to be a team that'll make an appearance at the end of the competition, but questions lingered on whether they could ever play to the level of the team above them or even hold onto the slot they were in since many of the teams under them were already showing promise. Being one of the few veteran teams, they had a target on their backs.
Today is Thursday-the second matchday for the Rank War and also a day off from school for the students since the schedule in Inkopolis worked much differently to the other nations. Even though it was a day off, the campus was as lively as a regular school day with many students in clubs helping out with activities related to the Rank Wars.
"Man, crazy to believe that people are so busy. I heard that club students had usually come in to do work on days off but I didn't think it'd look like this…" Reice said with minor shock at the many students roaming around campus as he looked out through the window from upstairs; he-along with the rest of Squidcom and Kidvel were upstairs using one of the senior classrooms to hang out together.
Sally laughed, "I'm guessing Fuchsia will be busy with her club, not that she wouldn't mind doing work like that."
"Say… how do you guys feel? Finally, the four of you got to play together again." Pearl said as she sat on Taylor's desk, making her teammate blush a bit.
"It's inviting. To know that this is only the first of many, I'm excited." Azule answered warmly as he looks at his teammates.
Pastelle beamed, "I'm looking forward to when we'll meet you guys in week 4! I marked it on the team schedu-"
"Matchday 16. The student council and the organizers of the Rank Wars knew that our meeting would be very influential, and probably the matchup of the year considering the history between our teams and the connections to the Elites." Parker chimed in as he cut off his girlfriend.
"H-hey! Don't go inter-"
"It'll be March by the time we get there." Violet said as the thought entered her mind.
"Yeah, the Spring invitationals is supposed to start in late March to early April. Summer Nationals should be sometime in June or July if I remembered right…" Sally said.
"G-guys! Not you to-"
Azule springs up with energy, "That means these weeks will go by swiftly and we got to do the best jo-"
"STOP CUTTING ME OFF!" Pastelle shouted with steam like a boiling pot of water; she caught Azule by surprise to the point that his face froze with a dumbfounded expression. "As I was saying before being interrupted, you juniors better pull your weight." she commanded as she pointed a finger at Squidcom, "Don't go losing to anybody until you face us in week 4. If you do, I'll make you pay tenfold! Got that, Azule!?" She said with a fiery expression as she turned to her ex-student.
Azule gave a confident smirk, "Big words you're giving us, but the same goes for you."
Everyone shares a laugh together as they laugh off the worries and anxiety that clouded them for the past weeks when they were preparing for the Rank Wars, and some of that anxiety was directed towards the threats made by Ixia, the infamous hacker group. Though Ixia didn't make a move on opening day, the worry that they still might try something made it all the more worrisome since in a few hours when it'd be after noon, the second matchday would begin.
"While we're on the subject of Ixia, I did some digging around and found info… wanna hear it?" Kosami asked as she propped up her shoulders.; everyone was open to what she found and quickly, she signaled to Jory to close the sliding door while motioning to Azule and Reice to open the windows to let in air. "So, I looked around and learned some things about Ixia in regard to their identity and their tendencies. As imagined, they are indeed a group-containing thousands of members across the content and operate through cyberspace. However, only ten of these people are important. These ten people are thought to be the leaders of this organization, and are all located within Inkopolis, though scattered across to avoid being captured. Their tendencies are that they tend to be spotlight hogs-always wanting the spotlight on them at each turn. To do this, they wait to the most opportune time to launch cyber-attacks, meaning that we won't have to worry about them until later in the season when the games with have more weight to them as we near the playoffs."
"Wow Kosami, you've been working pretty hard. Nice job!" Azule commends as he gave thumbs up.
Pastelle's serious face showed as she lifts her fingers to her chin, "That's their game, huh? This is helpful..."
Kosami gives a nod with a smile, "I hope I can be of help. Seeing you guys all try your hardest, I don't want some weirdos on the web ruining that so that they just have a quick laugh."
The response is positive as everyone in the classroom smile at her, thankful that she showed such care for them and their wishes. Around that same time, Sky was on her way to an important meeting with contacts of Principal Telfin. On the way there, Sky's mind had been occupied with what she witnessed yesterday in seeing her brother unleash Midnight, that was until she got a message of Pastelle filling her in on information about Ixia, even making a case to include Kosami on the team to help in tracking down the hacker group.
"I'm impressed that she found all of that by herself. I'll have to recommend her after this meeting is over…" she thought aloud as she pulled into the parking lot. Arriving at an office building deep in the city, Sky steps out the car dressed in business attire. This meeting was an important gather between a representative of Squid Academy and some acquaintances of Principal Telfin on how to handle Ixia. Exiting the elevator, Sky arrives to a scenic sight of glass doors everywhere in a fine pathway and follows the signs leading to the designated conference room; seeing the other skyscrapers and even the ocean out in the far distance helped calm her a bit as she worked her way around the floor, finding the conference room after making a series of turns. Slowly opening the glass door, a receptionist guided her to a large pair of mahogany doors where everyone sat.
"Hello..." she said as she entered; taking a quick glance at the dozens of people in the room, Sky immediately spotted Principal Telfin.
"Miss Royale..."
"Oh no, just call me Sky. Miss Royale is for my older sister."
"R-right, well then. Let's get started."
The point of this meeting was to try and figure out how to take down Ixia. From the growing concerns of the public in the wake of Ixia's growth to the dangerous connections that Ixia was making with shady groups. As it stood, Ixia was more than just a hacker group that looked to terrify and damage the good name of the turf war industry but were also leaning towards the boundaries of terrorism with their latest actions as they turned political with aim at the government of Inkopolis. Today's meeting was to discuss a means to end that, sharing information and coming up with prevention methods to fight against their cyber-attacks. An hour goes by of discussion before Sky begins to lose patience, irritated that she had to spend her time here instead of watching the Rank Wars.
"Ixia is a dangerous group, but what should be done to contain them is to add anti cheat. PAACA has already done so in most of the esports, it shouldn't be too difficult to implement that into the turf war industry." Sky suggested as she looked at her phone, seeing the updates on social media.
"Even if we add anti cheat, who is to say they can't override it or even disguise themselves as smurfs. They managed to hack our systems and do as they please. Besides, they'd still be a threat to us thanks to their connections with certain syndicates and organizations that are proving to be a thorn in our side. For all we know, they could be aiding radical extremists that'll look to destroy our way of living and throw Inkopolis into anarchy!" one politician shouted gradually.
Sky's eyes turn cold as a glare appears, "Don't raise your voice at me."
The room went dead silent. The man apologized afterwards. "Anyways, we need to do something to take care of Ixia...but what? They've been throwing out cryptic messages and threats from left and right. Our security is having trouble handling such talented hackers."
Sky thought for a moment, but Telfin had the answer. "This Ixia group have been terrorizing our nation in many ways, and we've turned a blind eye to it. But, the moment they decided to pick a fight with my school, it got personal. I've assembled a team to track them down and bring them to justice. All that I ask is that you lend a hand and grant them permission to explore certain restricted areas that might have a lead."
"You want us to rely on children!?" one man scoffed.
"You're not being serious, are you?" another questioned.
Telfin crosses his arms, "I'm confident that my students will find Ixia before any of you old geezers can even setup a plan. The plan I've devised along with the multiple sheriff of nearby counties along with some of the detectives who've been on the case of catching these hackers are that we need to track them down. However, that might seem a daunting task thanks to their size of their network and following, but if we can find them and arrest them-we'll snap the head off the snake-so to speak."
"What about the illegal deals? Surely those transactions won't simply fall because the heads are captured…"
"You see, I thought about that. We dispatch different teams to take down these underground crime bosses as well."
The old gentlemen scoff at Telfin's pitch, "Take them all down!?"
"Yes, we have Agent 5 on duty with her squad. Pair them with the strongest forces you can make and divide the territories into different sections and have each team be responsible. For example, we'll have a search team responsible for tracking down the Ixia members and they'll be accompanied by an armed unit. The armed unit's mission is to roughen up the Ixia members and get them to squeal on information about their partners and once that's taken care of, we dispatch our units on standby to bust whoever we can. We can clean up the underground in one fell swoop!"
"Who is to say that they won't sque-"
"I'll make them talk." Sky said harshly as she cuts off the old man, her glare still filled with disgust.
"Still… to get the help of a girl in the militia-"
"I have the support of Cap'n Cuttlefish and his fellow agents. The Squidbeak Splatoon have a great track record of getting things accomplished in the dark prior to their recognition as a force in the military."
An older gentleman who seemed to be the leader of the discussion laughed, "Ahhh Telfin, you've always been that way. You'll always try to get what you want. Fine then, we'll leave this in your hands since you seem confident about meddling in these affairs despite your position. Just don't expect us to cover for you if this plan ever goes awry."
"Look, PAACA was established back when these hackers first showed up. At the time an anti-cheat policy was implemented that seemed to do the trick and somehow lowered the frequency that hackers got involved, but when Ixia arrived and showed that they could bypass our defenses-a sloppy effort, might I add-they began to thrive yet again and bring a new sense of corruption and terror. If anyone will be stopping them, I would prefer that it not be you folks."
Sky crossed her arms with a grin, "Don't worry, we'll have this wrapped up before the conference at Ravia. Knowing Ixia's intentions, they'll have something planned for that event."
The response to Telfin's comments were mixed as some of the people didn't want to rely on Telfin and a bunch of children to handle work meant for adults, but after a strong push from allies of Telfin and Sky's case, they submitted and handed over the investigation to Telfin and his students. With the help of the police, the special teams from Squid Academy tasked with tracking down Ixia was under way. As afternoon arrived, so did the Rank Wars. Matchday 2 of the competition was set as teams began their fight to grab another win and extend their win streak to 2 while others were looking to level their tallies and avoid staying winless. The day went by smoothly for the most part as many of the favorites from the previous matchday grab their second victory such as Mayhem led by Evelyn and Legion led by Mason, along with the emergence of Todd's new group, Sealions, grabbing their second consecutive victory. Squidcom's opponents for today were a group called Ice Jaws, a team clad in glacier green, blue and white and sporting blue ink, Squidcom were the away team and to sport pink colors with pink ink. Taking place at the Kelp Dome was yet another Tower Control match, but it was ferocious one...
With the score at 52-88 in favor of the Ice Jaws, Squidcom were on the attack as they split into a man-to-man setup with each member going their separate way while Ice Jaws tried to retain the tower yet again. Azule took the farthest route from the center to go up the ramp, Violet took to the upper level on the grated walkway and kept her sights on the tower, Sally took the opposite path of Azule and looked to engage in direct battle with them while Reice was already near the tower looking to wreak havoc until his team got on the objective; 2 minutes were left on the clock, plenty of time for Game 3 of the match. In the previous games, both teams managed to grab a win and go into the deciding game with something to play for. Squidcom managed to win game 1 in convincing style as they pummeled Icejaws and relied on the vanguard of Azule and Sally to contain the pressing opponents, but in game 2, it was a completely different contest than the first game. As if napping from the start, Icejaws came out with explosiveness that caught even the audience off guard after the way they performed. It was there that Icejaws took advantage and stole a game from Squidcom and forced it to a third. Much like the current series, the audience watching the game from the school auditorium and gymnasium were split for this game. Many were rooting for Squidcom in the hopes that Azule would unleash his Midnight yet again and remind everyone that indeed, he was Sky's little brother. But others wanted to see an upset with an Icejaws victory.
"Claw your way to a victory no matter how difficult! We'll grab the knockout by any means necessary!" Azule yelled prior to this game starting, and now he was about to make a push from the rear of his opponents. Smelling blood in the water, Azule targeted the backs of his enemy; all four were wide open, their hands full with the troublesome Reice and Sally that plagued the front with their assault. Taking out his tenta missiles, Azule readied his aim but…
POW POW POW POW!
Four thunderous shots fired in a row that left pink ink flying everywhere as the bodies on the tower disappeared like stardust. Looking to the left on the upper path was a cool-headed Violet who gave her captain a nod and wink, letting him know that she stole his splats and wiped out the entire team. The audience goes insane as the sniper of Squidcom heads to the enemy respawn to eradicate her opponents; Azule heads over to support from below while the sibling pair of Sally and Reice take the tower. Violet face tensed up as she spots the respawning inklings.
"Captain be ready!" Violet shouted as she threw out her subweapon in the inkmine, letting her captain know to be ready; Azule gave a confident nod as motioned for here to retreat and cover the others, for he'd handle these guys. Waiting at the choke of the enemy side of the map, Azule breathes heavily in anticipation of an enemy falling for the trap, knowing someone would try to come this way instead of the linear path straight for the moving tower. The longer he waited with bated breath, the more fidgety he got when suddenly, he felt his skin crawl…
"Huh!?" he sounded quickly as felt somebody's presence behind him; with a piercing glint in his eyes, his instincts woke up at the right moment and forced his body to move out the way of his enemy as a pool of light blue ink covers the floor where he stood.
"I finally get my chance to go against you, Azule Royale." a girl with a very dark complexion said with intimidation as she lifted her brella and propped it on her shoulders.
Uh oh… Azule thought as he realized his situation.
A dualie user against a brella user. One was the ultimate class of mobility, the other sat as the ultimate defense class. Garnering attention thanks to the surprise 1v1, it was obvious why this was happening. Azule knew-as well as the viewers-that this was an attempt by Icejaws to remove the dangerous Azule from interacting with his lethal team. As Azule took a quick glance at the girl's arms, he saw her captain's armband and knew immediately what she was asking for, recalling the advice Pastelle gave him one time during their training together.
"Beware of those who'll look to single you out." Pastelle said with a sigh after having defeated Azule in consecutive battles and leaving him exhausting on the floor.
"How come? Can't I just go off on them and take over the game?" Azule forced as he tried to recover his breathing, unable to open his eyes from the fatigue.
"No!" Pastelle responded as she karate chopped him on the head, luckily, he caught her hand in time. "When a person looks to single you out, tehre's usually a plan revolving around taking you out the match. Some people are willing to sacrifice their role for the sake of a victory. It's at moments like that where people can seem frustrating and try to make you lose your temper that you should remain at your calmest. People who seek nothing but power without a reason aren't worth the effort.
"Y-yes!"
Remembering the words spoken by his former mentor, Azule came back to reality as the glaring captain of Icejaws kept her watch on Azule. The score was getting closer to be a tie but had ran into a stalemate as Icejaws tried to hold Squidcom back and prevent them from extending the push. The score is now 52-64 in favor of Icejaws, but Squidcom were rallying as Sally, Reice, and Violet all grit their teeth with determination to grab another knockout victory. But Icejaws weren't going to sit back and suffer the same fate as Deadquake did yesterday, for they wanted to make a name for themselves, and what better place to start than by taking down one of the most popular teams in the entire competition. As the sides exchange shots with one another, spilling ink from left to right onto the turf below and onto the tower, they fall from left to right…
"W-whoa! Icejaws landed a hit on Violet!"
"Violet's out! She got splatted!"
"Wait, someone from Icejaws got taken down by Sally, too!"
"Watch out Reice, they're targeting you!"
Fans yell from left to right as bodies explode before their eyes like fireworks. While this went on, Azule had to keep avoiding the aggressive play of the captain for Icejaws who was relentless in her pursuit.
"Show me that side that you showed Okabe!" she yelled as she fired her brella, sending the cover at Azule; Azule side steps the brella and found himself nearing the spawn area unwittingly. She was hungry to go up against Midnight Azule, and surely anybody would after having seen how terrifying of a player he becomes when he enters such a state; a gung-ho player like her would want to test her might against him, but that only irritated Azule.
"Sorry, but I won't use that mode again!" Azule yelled as he attracts the eyes of the respawning Icejaws player, who tails Azule along with his captain.
"Why not!? Jasper! Leave him to me!"
"Yes captain! Handle him like I know you can!" Jasper cheered with encouragement as he took the pathway to the grated rail to join back in the battle.
Azule swiftly turned around and fired a pair of shots before using his rolls to retreat, or so he thought. She follows him, chasing him across the map and ignoring the team objective and making it apparent to Azule that she had no intentions of trying to win the match, but was just after his blood. "Don't you care what happens in the match? My team might take the lead, or even win!"
She shook her head, "I trust my teammates that they'll slow you down. We were able to take you by surprise in the last game. We can do it again now that you're separated from them." she said with confidence as she kept firing her brella at Azule, giving him no chance to counterattack with that defense of hers.
"You WHAT!?" Azule scoffed with disgust as he realized that indeed, his opponent was the type that Pastelle warned about. Azule's head lowered as he covered his eyes with the darkness of his cap, "You're pissing me off…" he said under his breath as stopped to turn to her; eyes turn to them as Azule looked to have taken the bait and give her what she wanted. "What is your name." Azule said with growing anger.
"Elise Knightley." the girl responded with her brella aimed at Azule.
"Elise, huh? That's a pretty name…"
Elise blushed in surprise, "What? Pretty? T-take this seriously!"
"I am taking this seriously. I asked for your name because you've managed to make me angry. I don't usually get angry."
"Oh? Did I? I'm glad. Maybe I can take down that crazy mode of yours while you're at it."
Azule shook his head, "You aren't worth it…"
A moment later, he was gone. Feeling drumbeat in her heart, Elise had to take a few steps back as she saw a dodging Azule with a scary look in his eyes rush as her with his dodge roll. Azule throws his burst bomb, but Elise blocks with her brella-a huge mistake. As if seeing her life flash before her eyes, she saw the terrifying glare in Azule's eyes as he had his dualies aimed at her head; it felt as though time slowed as she saw the loads of ink that shot from his guns, feeling the painful splat a moment later.
"Don't underestimate my team." he said with fire beginning to burn in his eyes, showing flashes of midnight as he contained his fury. His teammates meant everything to him, and someone trying to disrespect the efforts, the sacrifices, the growth that they fought to get to where they are, deserved nothing more than to be exterminated by him. By the strength blessed to him, Azule was going to protect his teammates to the end. He wouldn't allow another teammate to slip from his grasp.
"Ohhhhh! He just took down the fiery captain of Icejaws. Ironic that she got defeated by the cold blooded Azule!"
"Wait, the match is nearing its end!" another person pointed out as he pointed to the scoreboard.
The score sat at 52-30 with Squidcom still fighting for a knockout. While Azule was having his hands full with Elise, Squidcom got serious and took over the match in convincing fashion with Sally baring her fangs and making light work of Icejaws, punching them in the mouth and leaving them unable to attack as she shatters their spirit. By the time Azule regroups with them, it's almost over as Icejaws make a desperate attempt to defend a losing battle. As the losing Icejaws try to stop the intruding Squidcom, Violet ends them before they can land even a splat of ink, knocking them down like bottles lined up on a shelf. Squidcom win on knockout, grabbing a 2-1 victory in the series and securing their second consecutive victory. Impressing more people by the dozen, Squidcom were improving their reputation as they went from being one of the most hated teams in the school to one of the shining rays of hope for their future. Even so, while Squidcom won their match, the day wasn't over for them as they had to sit through the other games and take notes with the rest of their team, scouting their future opponents. Enjoying the rest of their evening after the Rank Wars, Squidcom went their separate ways after spending an hour going over the recent notes taken of the other matches while also going over the stats of the previous two games and making points of emphasis for matchday 3. When the following day came, a different air surrounded Squidcom as they went from an anxious team that scraped through their previous matches to a completely different team; they looked focused for some reason. Whether it was the notes and film study done late into the evening or the fact that they somehow dropped a spot on the power rankings despite moving up to 4th in the standings, Squidcom had something to prove as they welcomed their opponents known as the Warriors. Serving as the home team for this contest, Squidcom wore their blue kits as the Warriors donned a kit clad in white, green, and purple. The Reef is the venue for the day as matchups heat up throughout the day thanks to another off day from school. The piercing rays engulf the asphalt and make the turf feel as hot as a sizzling sauna, but the cooling sensation of the ink covering the blazing asphalt felt like a splash of water as Squidcom and the Warriors engage in their fierce battle. The narrative hadn't changed since the first game: Squidcom had control over the course of the game, but in the latter end of the match, they struggled to close the deal. Although Squidcom managed to win game 1 of the series, if they made a similar mistake like they did yesterday where they allowed Icejaws to win game 2 and force game 3, they'd run into trouble. The score is tied at 41 as both teams managed to wipe each other out, leading to the tower returning to its original spot in the middle of the map.
"We can't let them take a game, not when we're so close to victory! Sally, flank from my left and head for the tower and Reice, backer her up. Violet take to the bridge and snipe down anyone in your sights, I'll sneak around their rear and try to take down at least one of them. Violet cover me if anyone is in my blind spot." Azule barked as he led his team out of spawn.
"Roger!" Everyone responded, taking to their assignments.
A match that drained away at their stamina, Squidcom were feeling the frustrations of the constant matches that invoke such a threshold of energy, with the stresses of trying to do their best to survive in the standings and avoid making any mistakes, Squidcom needed to pound the nail into the coffin and bury the Warriors; the Warriors wanted the opposite, of course, knowing that if they won this round-the match was theirs. Figures swim in the pink and green ink as they race to the tower with some throwing out their supportive sub weapons. As heads pop up, the battle for control began as Sally stuffs bubbles down their path on one side of the tower as Reice takes the other side and uses the fling technique to shoot his ink and block shots as well. As the duo try to fight off the onslaught of attacks from the four warriors, a thunderous splat breaks up the pack before three get picked off in no time and force the final one to retreat; Violet's marksmanship was improving with each match that came. Squidcom captures the tower and make their break to defend the tower with all three of them taking residence in the ink and listen to the tunes of the tower, all the while their captain made his contribution to the attack by taking down the last remaining enemy with a burst bomb after trapping him in his ink. Looking at the sight before him, it wouldn't take too long for his team to deliver the tower and get the knockout, but if he wanted to trap the enemy and gain an advantage, he'd need help. Without even having to look over and signal for a teammate to come over, Violet was already at his side-her eyes sharp like a knife as she smells blood in the water. Having the right range to get hits from where she stood, Violet fires her shots blindly but knew they were having an effect as she read the minds of her opponents and waited for their next action, and soon she was put to the test…
All four of the enemy Warriors popped up from different locations as the tower came ever so close to a knockout, a risky attempt to try and save their hinds at the last minute and draw out the despair that'd lurk from within Squidcom if they managed to lose. But, that moment never came. Like gunslinger that saw the bottles lined up on a shelf, Violet moves an inkling possessed as she went from on inkling to another, firing her shots at a rapid rate with enough accuracy to either splat or weaken them enough for the fellow marksman Azule, or chaos filled Sally and Reice to end them. Just like that, the match ended in a knockout without the Warriors even having ability to fight back as they get shut down by Squidcom's sniper.
"Another magnificent victory for Squidcommmmmmmm!" the commentators for the match shout with excitement as Azule secure the knockout and finish the match with a sweep.
The number of people that watched the competition from the shops was so crowded that it resembled the popular shopping day of Black Friday. Grabbing their third victory in a row, Squidcom once again were entertained in the conversation as potential favorites to win the entire Rank Wars, or so, that's what was thought until the team known as Mayhem came on afterwards and left the cheering audience stunned to silence as they swiftly ended their match without it entering over 40 seconds of time. The teams of this competition are frightening…
