Chapter 123 - No Cure For Insecure

At some point that night, Sofia stood in the darkness of her room debating whether she should drink a coffee or just sleep. She knew that Claire was already in her apartment for she had seen Clark's car pull out on their street.

She stretched her body comfortably and a yawn escaped from her lips.

Her brain still wanted to do so many things. Surprisingly, the kind of hustle that she had in her past life was still within her. The urge to make plans and create ventures was running in her system. 

But at the same, she does not want to burn out her new body. It would not be good for her health and she vowed that she would get enough beauty rest after the tournament.

Her foot slowly moved towards a particular drawer in her desk where a single sachet of chamomile tea was placed.

"It's better if I'll sleep tonight. Things can easily analyze after a good rest," she muttered softly while staring at the sachet of chamomile tea in her hand.

She slowly prepared the tea and sat silently on the window. White smoke with a calming fragrance lingered around her.

The only source of light reflected in her place was from the moonlight illuminating above the sky. As she stared at the giant ball with a few clouds hung beside it, Sofia could not help but release a sigh.

"After we cash in the prize money, it's best if we could invest it directly. The earlier we can make our investments, the sooner we will gain profits. But, I don't know what this district lacked yet. I have to make a feasibility study tomorrow," Sofia planned with full of eagerness in her eyes. 

In her mind, she was already envisioning that she was exploring the district 7 to oversee what type of business she should appropriately venture.

It was nothing special. Just a typical matter that any business lords would consider and do before they go and venture for their business.

But, the only difference was that most business lords had their own team of experts that would do the feasibility study for them. There were lots of factors to consider on opening a business, hence, they had to be careful to avoid loss.

Sofia leaned her face on the window and watched outside. Fireflies flew near the pane as if they were entertaining her as their wings glide through the wind.

She was caught in a deep trance as her eyes were directed on the tiny lights moving on the air. It had been so long since she saw a firefly. This creatures were not present in her past home... 

Her phone suddenly vibrated while her mind drifted towards the things that happened that day and the things that she would be doing soon. 

The vibration of her device pulled her out of her reverie.

"What an eventful day!" she muttered and changed her sitting position.

Sofia held the teacup in her left hand and grabbed her phone on the right.

It was a message from Joey on their chat group telling them that he safely arrived at his place. The boy was also asking how they are.

Sofia casually responded to Joey. After few seconds, Clark and Claire also sent their replies... Her members were already going to bed.

The group exchanged their goodnights except for Stephen who did not even seen the message.  Before she closed the chat window, Sofia told her team to get a good rest.

Her thumb gently tapped at the social media app and went to their official page.

For a few minutes, Sofia was just scrolling at their official posts from their admins and the random comments of their followers.

Then, one comment caught her attention...

With the thousands of congratulations and supports coming from their fans, there was one account that already gave their group a harsh comment.

Krista19 commented five minutes ago: BUNCH OF NOOBS CHRONOS! Come fight my squad and We will destroy you.

"Five minutes ago? Hmm," Sofia murmured and scratched the back of her neck. She was not surprised if they gained a basher and hater already. The online community was too diverse and had a lot of trolls.

However, what's interesting was that this comment had gained thousands of replies too!

Out of curiosity, Sofia clicked the replies and saw their fan's responses defending the Chronos squad and scolding the person.

Then, there were other netizens who were instigating for them to go on a match.

More and more replies followed to apprehend the hater and it continued to add up.

After several seconds of scrolling down on the replies from the comment, Sofia realized that the subject of discussion had become pointed to her?

She looked closely at the other comments and confirmed that the hater was really talking to her. 

The hater was not targeting their squad. The topic of discussion was directed to her!

The usual 5 v 5 match was not what the user of Krista19 account was looking for but a direct fight against Sofia. She was challenging Sofia to have a one on one. 

Krista19 replied from her comment: TANK USER FIGHT ME 1 v 1.  You coward! 

This user even repeated such a response three times!

"I have a hater now?" Sofia raised her brows and went to her almost non-existent account. Despite the calmness that the chamomile tea was giving to her body, her chest swelled from the comment.

No, this time it was the instinct of the gamer Sofia that overcame upon her. How could she endure being trash-talked bluntly by some random user?

She quickly changed her nickname on the profile settings of her account to CEO UNRIVALED. Her profile picture also changed to the image of her in-game tank character. The update was done in a blink of an eye.

Not long after, she returned to the comment section and directly replied to one of the three times repeated comments from her hater.

CEO UNRIVALED replied to Krista19: Hello! Have guts to tag me before calling me a coward. There is no cure for the person who is too insecure.

In just a few seconds after she sent her reply, the discussion of the entire gaming forum broke once more! 

This time, screenshots from her actual reply circulated like a wildfire.

The hashtags #burn #nocureforinsecure went directly to the top trending discussion in the forum of the game.

Some players who were not yet aware of the conflict asked the source of the particular screenshots and then made their own comments too. Others shared the exact post pushing the topic to override the other top trending issues.

More so, some pro players have joined the trending discussions and incited Sofia to fight with the user for a one on one battle.

To them, it would be fun to see how far would the conflict go. Since Sofia was the squad leader of the Chronos squad, it was not baffling to them that she would be targeted.

Most squad leaders had also received this kind of challenge. But, they just ignored it. Now that Sofia responded to her basher, the battle would surely ensue.

Sofia finished her tea and waited for her hater to respond. She even took the initiative to make an investigation. 

She clicked the profile of the account Krista19 and looked if the account was legit.

Surprisingly, it was indeed but a real account!

The user of the account was also a female studying in the same university as her. This user was also famous for her videos and streams.

"I see! Young girl, you are too young to pick a fight on me!" Sofia started with a glint of coldness in her eyes.

She examined all the content of the accounts and the posts. At that point, Sofia quickly reflected on why this user was targeting her. The lady must have been looking for quality content to add to her online views!

"Do you think you can use me to gain more popularity? It's fine if you asked for my squad to collab and done this thing in a nice way. But you actually choose this kind of approach. Don't blame me for being rude," Sofia said and decided that she had known enough of the person behind the Krista19 account.

On the surface, this user was expressing hate towards her. The user even dared to call her a coward and noob. But now, she realized that this user only wanted the attention of the public. 

If Sofia would respond to her, it would surely be good content. This kind of sly approach was already seen through by her old soul. 

Sofia waited for a notification ping to see if the user would respond to her, but she had no received any response. In the end, the effect from her tea and finally kicked in and she decided to go to bed and sleep.

In another place, few miles away from Sofia's apartment... a female with a mature and alluring figure was smiling from ear to ear. She was the user of the account Krista19.

As she stared at Sofia's response to her provocation, she could not help but be overjoyed.

The public was indeed giving her some attention. She even received several direct chat messages from random people telling her how arrogant she was. It was surely from the fans of the Chronos squad.

But this female did not care. She could not be bothered by the opinions of the public towards her. All she cared about was the view for her to gain popularity and earn money.