"Fine," the captain said, stepping aside. He wanted to see what this arrogant girl thought she could possibly pull off.


    Juniper walked to the terminal, leaned over slightly, and ced her fingers on the keyboard. A momentter, the WKL eSports login page appeared on the massive screen. It dawned on everyone, both on stage and in the audience, at the same time. Her proof was logging into Demon''s personal ount.


    "You" The captain''s pupils dted as he watched Juniper expertly type in the username and password, the screen quickly transitioning to a personal profile page.


    Holy crap! It was really Demon''s profile. A live login, impossible to fake.


    "Demon!"


    "Juniper is Demon!"


    "Can someone please tell me what happened in thest two years? How did Demon go from a guy to a girl?"


    "There''s only one exnation: he took a little trip."


    "Oh, shut up!"


    "Demon..." MystiCat stared at the profile, then back at Juniper, too stunned to form aplete sentence. He had imagined reuniting with his boss countless times, but never like this. His boss... had changed gender!


    "Aah—" MystiCat''s legs went weak, and he nearly copsed, but his teammates quickly caught him.


    "Pathetic," Juniper said, ncing at the devastated Mysticat. She gave a faint smile and addressed the entire arena. "I originally presented as male because I was young, and my family was worried I wouldn''t be able to handle the inevitable criticism and gossip."


    It was true. Female yers were virtually nonexistent in the professional scene for games like this. Even female streamers were constantly judged. To avoid trouble and save her family the worry, she had simply disguised herself as a boy. And it had worked like a charm.


    "The game''s rules don''t ce any restrictions on gender, do they?" Juniper finished her exnation and looked at the referee, her tone polite and friendly.


    "No," the referee stammered,pletely bewildered by the revtion.


    "Therefore," Juniper''s lips curved into a smirk, her eyes darkening as she spoke with firm conviction, "Neverfall Navigators did not vite any rules. The results of this match are valid. And the championship still belongs to them."


    "That''s right! Neverfall Navigators broke no rules! They are the champions!"


    "Wee back, Demon!"


    "Long live Demon!"


    The roar from the crowd was deafening, putting all the pressure on the referee.


    "Wait!" Before the referee could


    But


    speak, the captain of Digital Sabers interjected again, his voice strained "How do we know you''re not an imposter? Demon is the captain of Neverfall Navigators, It''s noto


    impossible that he gave you his ount password just so his team could win!"


    "A fair point," Juniper said, having anticipated this usation. She turned back to the keyboard. A few secondster, a dozen pages of transaction history for WKL in-game skins and peripherals appeared on the screen. The name on the linked bank card was clear: Juniper Payne.


    "And if you''re still not convinced, I have a little more evidence," Juniper said, pulling out her phone and quickly connecting it to the big. screen A series of photos showing her applying makeup appeared. "If you all have the time, I don''t mind giving a live demonstration of a woman disguising herself as a man."


    A hush fell over the venue. The evidence was irrefutable.


    The members of Digital Sabers stood frozen, their faces pale and drawn. They were


    utterly speechless.