The ground trembles. The stadium shifts — metallic walls rise from below, enclosing the four teams in separate sectors. Spotlights flicker overhead, casting shadows on the cracked arena floor. A mechanical hum grows louder, like something massive is awakening beneath.
MINNIE (voice crisp, excited): "Alright~ Now that everyone's been sorted… here are your team lineups!"
Team A
RAPHAEL
ALI
LUCAS
MYLES
ASH
ZAYDEN
Ali (smiling politely): "Captain, I hope we can work well together."
Myles (grinning at Lucas): "Bro, we're so lucky to get the captain!"
Lucas: "Yeah! But… not so lucky with Luca gone."
Luca (patting his brother's shoulder reassuringly): "It's okay, bro. I'll do my best on my side!"
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Meanwhile…
Ash (pouting): "Aww, Armin… we're not on the same team?"
Armin (laughs softly): "Haha, it's fine. Maybe next round."
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Team B
YUUTO
RENJI
ZHANG HAO
REN
SAMUEL
DANIEL
Nike & Wonbin (grinning, holding Samuel's shoulders): "Yo! Our boy's with the MVPs. Let the midfielder SHINE!"
Samuel (blushing): "Hey! That's embarrassing!"
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Team C
WONBIN
ASAHI
ETHAN
SHAM
DION
MIKA
Mika (dramatic sigh): "I wanted to be on the captain's team…"
DION (calmly): "It's okay. I'm here with you."
Mika (startled): "Oh wow—! You're good at surprises, huh?"
Dion (stone-faced): "...No."
Wonbin (sneaking up behind them): "BOO!!"
Mika: "AHH!! Bro, what the heck?!"
Wonbin (snickering): "Hehehe~"
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Team D
MILES
ERIC
ARMIN
NIKE
LUCA
LEON
Nike (fist-bumping Leon and Armin): "Let's wreck those robots!"
Armin: "Heck yeah!"
Leon: "I'm all in!"
Luca (smiling): "Let's do our best together."
Eric (grinning at Luca): "Of course. We've got the youngest player — we'll protect him, right?"
Armin & Nike: "Definitely!"
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MINNIE: "And those are your official teams! NO COMPLAINTS ALLOWED!"
Everyone (in unison): "We weren't gonna complain anyway!"
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Suddenly...
A low growl echoes beneath the arena. Giant metal doors open one by one. The crowd gasps. From the shadows, four massive robots stomp forward — each unique in design.
One floats with rotating energy blades.
One has massive armor and a built-in cannon.
Another moves like liquid metal — fast and unstable.
The last is smaller… but emits a strange, unreadable signal.
MINNIE (nervous glitch in her voice): "Introducing… your opponents. Level X-Class Battle Droids. Custom-designed for extreme stress tests."
(Raphael narrows his eyes.)
RAPHAEL (murmuring): "Something's not right… That last one… it's not part of the original system."
(Minnie freezes for a moment.)
MINNIE (voice static): "...Launching combat simulation in 3… 2… 1… GO!"
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(Metal clashes. Sparks fly. Each team rushes into formation. But beneath the chaos, a faint signal pulses from the rogue robot — something is watching…
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TO BE CONTINUED…