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Chapter 22 - It starts now

The game of 1 pointers all ended shortly after and Adam successfully won. Adam gained 1 point so now he has 2 points, he can't wait to talk with Greg about it as he arrives back at the hotel where all the players are now. He sees Greg with someone else sitting at a table with their back facing to Adam.

Adam: Hey! Greg! I'm back!

Both Greg and the other person turn around, and Greg does not say a word at first.

Adam: Oh- It's you... H-Hi.

Todor: Hi, and congratulations on your victory, you are not half bad at all.

Adam: Yeah... Thanks.

Todor: I think I should go now... and Greg, see you the day after tomorrow, I wish you good luck.

Greg: Yeah, you too. See you then.

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Adam: So, uhm, Greg?

Greg: Don't worry about it, he just walked up here to me when your match started, asking if he can watch your match with me.

Adam: I see, so uhmm... I won.

Greg: Yeah, and it was quite an interesting match, especially the ending, you remembered that if someone does not play anything in within 5 minutes then it's considered as if you played "No Action", and with that, you broke that 4-way tie situation so that only you win, how cruel by you.

Adam: Well, unlike you I didn't see any advantage in letting them get a point as well.

Greg: It's okay, our styles are not the same and that's okay, you don't need to try and copy me.

Adam: What?

Greg: While you were playing, at one point you asked yourself "What would Greg do?", didn't you?

Adam: Well... yeah-

Greg: What I would do is not necessarily the best thing, I only do what I think would be the best to do in the situation. You should play like you would, and not how I would.

Adam: Y-Yeah, okay. So, what will your strategy be? You will play against Brielle, Oli and... Todor, right?

Greg: Yeah, and I don't know. I don't even know if I can come up with a strategy this early that could end up being usable on him.

Adam: Is this one of the games you think you have a great chance against him?

Greg: Maybe yeah, I think. Also, there's always some luck to this game. I feel like, if he can't control that factor, then I might win. By the way, I don't think it's worth talking about it now. We will only see it when the time comes.

Adam: Hmm, and will it be the day after tomorrow then?

Greg: Yeah, today was the 1 pointer matches, tomorrow will be the 2 pointer matches, and then the day after finally, the 3 pointers. Oh yeah, do you remember Tomi? The one I played against in the first game.

Adam: Oh yeah, of course I do, do he have 2 points and will play tomorrow?

Greg: Yeah, I just found out that, I think if we want to watch a match live, then we should watch him.

Adam: Of course, also if he ends up losing then I potentially could end up playing against him next game.

Greg: Yeah, that's really possible.

The rest of the day nothing interesting happened, the next game will be held next day, so it's just people waiting for their games to start until then, until tomorrow, now, the 2 pointer matches about to start

Adam: I wonder if Tomi has any trick in his sleeves this time. Hey Greg? Are you paying attention? The game just started!

Greg: Ha, I'm just checking something, I can't see Todor anywhere, does he not care about these matches at all?

Adam: I mean, maybe he cared about mine because I already played with him before? And he also knows that he will play with you next?

Greg: Does not matter anyway, you should just pay attention to the match.

Adam: Yeah, of course, hmpf... Oh, it seems like Tomi is in the lead right now so far.

Greg: The first round ended already? So only he used "No Action"? I see.

The game went by and shortly after, about only 20 minutes later, the match ended, and Tomi did not succeed to win in the end.

Adam: Oh! It was pretty close! But he lost, so he now has 2 points still.

Greg: This match didn't take long, most matches are still ongoing.

Adam: Yeah, you're right, as if they barely spent any time thinking about their moves.

Greg: I think I will go back to my room now. If not sooner, then see you tomorrow morning.

Soon, the 3rd day of the Action Game has ended, and the 4th, and with that the final day started, it's now the morning and it's only hours away now to the last matches to start.

Adam: Hey, good morning Greg, it's not so often that I wake up earlier than you.

Greg: Yeah... Seems like today it's one of those few days.

Adam: There's still some time until the match starts, but by this time of the day I got information about who will be our referee and where we will play.

Greg: Okay, let me check. The referee does not really matter, I don't know them and they follow a strict protocol for every match so it doesn't matter, I mean, does it even matter where I will play? Oh, I found it, and I think that room is inside this hotel.

Adam: Really? Good for you!

Greg: Why? These are not affecting the game at all.

Adam: By the way, have you seen Todor since then? Because I'm not.

Greg: I think at this point we will only see him at the match. Maybe he doesn't like to be around a lot of people.

A few hours have passed, the match will start in less than half an hour.

Adam: The TV live already started.

Greg: Yeah, just like in an usual show, they start the live show and talk about what happened so far in the previous games.

Adam: Oh! They showed me as I won!

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