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Highlights from Super Bowl LVII
Leo the Patriotic Lion: (narrating) Leo the Patriotic Lion here. Even if I had not been elected President of the United States, which I was, we would still be attending Super Bowl LVII in person, because the NFL has been inviting us to that game as an annual tradition since they started, and it helped that because we were there in person, it would add to any extra security needed if they needed us. However, the sheer numbers of the C.I.D.F. alone were enough to give the organization the peace of mind it needed. It also helped that everybody around the globe was making people sign contracts saying they would behave themselves or be banned forever (although Argentina was still playing all its soccer games with no audience whatsoever as a consequence of that country's history of rioting over soccer games).
What we have here are a collection of highlights from days leading up to the big game and on the day of the big game itself, plus what was happening around the globe.
This is a long one, so please bear with us. It was also held in Glendale, Arizona, where the Arizona Cardinals usually play their home games. Being in that state, the NFL got the brilliant idea to ask the Jocko and his fellow tribeswolves of the Moon Dweller Tribe to join any marching bands and military personnel involved in the opening ceremony. Pop artist Rhianna was selected as the halftime show performer, since the NFL still can't get the furry performers to do the halftime show. They were that furious over people kneeling during the anthem; thank goodness that's all died down. Sadly, CNG was killing people that were doing that.
*Later, Luong and his administration arrives in Los Angeles for vacation for the upcoming Super Bowl in Arizona.*
*Los Angeles, CA, USA*
Civilian 1: Wow; Luong's administration looks very casual.
Chuong: Because not everybody who votes wear business suits at work.
Civilian 2: I'm quite surprised you and the others chose economic seating. Don't you guys have your own private jets or something?
Chuong: The thing with business class seats and above is that they're actually designed for office-style work and projects on the go. We're on vacation, so we don't need those things.
Civilian 2: Interesting. Well, welcome to America. I hope you will enjoy your stay.
Chuong: Oh, we will! *He and the others line up and notice the automated minibuses.* Whoa...
Civilian 3: Like what you see? Think of them as self-driving taxis, but you only have to pay for the distance traveled, not the time spent in it. And you don't even have to tip! Isn't it cool?
Chuong: Nice to see our donations put to good use. I knew you Americans would recover from this!
Civilian 3: But one thing about these minibuses is that it's card only. No cash. I hope Luong knows this.
Chuong: He knows.
Luong the Hidden Lion: (narrating in English) Of course I do. I got into the habit of charging it for everything, but the fact is I do always pay all my bills in full.
*Chuong and the others use the minibuses to get to their hotel rooms to unpack and relax in briefly before hanging out together in public.*
V-Fox: California is as stellar as ever!
Chuong: With more tech, of course!
Anh: I haven't been to California a long time. And is Glendale a big city in Arizona?
Chuong: According to satellite images and public camera images, doesn't look big to me but it's sprawling and still got construction. I just hope there isn't a crowd crush there when the Super Bowl comes.
V-Fox: That's why we have reserved suite seating with our American counterparts.
Chuong: But even that, a lot can go wrong. I hope their police is ready.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
*The police chief continues to train their police in crowd control in hopes that a crowd crush does not happen on Super Bowl day.*
Police Chief: Remember, the big stars go in first. Everybody else is next. Remember your list of Super Bowl VIPs! They will be coming in hours early before the others arrive!
Police 1: Check your equipment make sure they're up to date and have no problems!
Police 2: It's going to be busy! Remember, Jocko and his bands will be featured as drum performers for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Super Bowl! It's gonna be huge everybody!
Civilian 1: Oh, boy; it's going to be nuts.
Civilian 2: I don't remember when was the last time we held an event as big as this but it's going to be busy. Leo and his VIPs are coming! We gotta make sure that we look good as a city here.
Civilian 3: I run an automated store so hopefully it will be no problem for the Super Bowl crowds here!
Civilian 4: You ready for the big day? I sure am!
Civilian 5: Yup! American flags are propped high everywhere too! It's so wonderful that streetlamps these days double as flagpoles too. Just have the lights below the flags since they'll be flying high.
Civilian 6: Aren't we supposed to alternate them with the Arizona state flags?
Civilian 5: That's on normal days. Today, this is a major American event, where Americans across the nation will be watching the Super Bowl, hence we're going all American flags instead of the normal alternating pattern with the state flags. And the private businesses fly their Super Bowl flags and banners, if applicable.
Civilian 6: I see. I just bought my Super Bowl flag, so I'll be flying that on top of my house instead of my usual American flag. It just arrived to my house.
Civilian 5: Excellent! May the best team win!
*GVS, AR, USA*
*Because the opening ceremonies and parades have Jocko and his tribe involved, the tribeswolves rehearse intensely.*
Jocko: Drums of Native Americans involved; normally do not mix with marching drums. But we use both drums here. Drums beat rhythms of life.
Warrior Wolf: It's a good thing we have Drumbums helping us out, then.
*LA, CA, USA*
Luong: *in English* I'm aware of that; I've been using my credit card anyways. Responsibly, of course.
*elsewhere*
*Others rehearse for the big day. Because the NFL still can't get Furry Fury or other rock bands to perform for its halftime shows, Rhianna will be the featured halftime performer. But the Moon Dweller Tribe, Forsythians, etc. do play in the opening ceremony, so Rhianna comments that she thinks that will get louder applause than she will. She's not bothered by it, however.*
*LA, CA, USA*
Chuong: Yes. Or as the Koreans claim, it's also for security purposes. Like for example, if you disappear suddenly, the police can use your credit card history to help find you.
V-Fox: Yes but he has a point since credit card fraud is still out there; just not as common as it once was. Even with the alert settings, its still out there. Remember, as technology changes, so do the criminals.
Chuong: Of course I know this well. Just like my dad told me, people change with technology because it's part of what we call adaptation.
V-Fox: He's right. This is also why supervillains exist. But then you have us superheroes and G-52s.
Chuong: Correct. But then, we have humanoid robots, even if they're in their experimental stages, they're advancing quickly.
V-Fox: That's part of Earth's evolution and survival. As Levon would say, everything happens for a reason.
Anh: And he's actually right about that.
*GVS, AZ, USA*
*The locals cheer for Jocko and his tribe.*
Civilian 1: Y'all gonna do great in Glendale!
Civilian 2: Y'all gonna bring lots of shine to the Super Bowl! You got this!
Leo: (narrating) Now we start with the global highlights.
Renata the Maori Lion: (narrating) Over in my homeland, we had just started recovering from the flooding issues we were having, but disturbingly, we found dead GSAF soldiers in the mix. Apparently because CNG is dead now, nature decided to pick up where it left off, because it was killing the dead GSAF terrorists.
*Auckland, New Zealand*
*The flood is finally draining even though it is taking a long time. It was discovered that a GSAF squad died in the flood.*
Soldier 1: Yup; a squad of GSAF terrorists died here.
Soldier 2: Poor timing on their part.
David S.: Looks like they're scoping out this city before the rest of New Zealand to plan their attacks. At this time we still have to keep people out of Auckland, as it is inhabitable until the flood drains completely. Then we have to clean up the mess before checking for buildings that needs to be demolished if they fail to meet safety codes.
*Houston, TX, USA*
*The city raises its city walls for the upcoming river flooding at least as the other cities and towns in the same county that Houston is in does the same. Due to this, several businesses plan to close early before the rain happens, as several residents plan to vacation out in Arizona just to be near the Super Bowl and to get away from bad weather.*
Civilian 1: Geez; we haven't had any sun for like a week at least now.
Civilian 2: I'm ready to go to Arizona.
Civilian 3: Me, too! Made sure my home is tightly locked and secured with curtains down just to be extra safe.
Civilian 4: We should be good. I hope we don't have any strong winds and if we do, we should be safe.
Lenarth the Naval Lion: (narrating in English) Meanwhile, over in Denmark, the government was trying to eliminate a holiday near and dear to all our hearts: Great Prayer Day. In its place would be increased funding for our military. The prime minister had evidently forgotten that because of the huge surpluses resulting from all those times Cripto pulled money out of thin air, there was no need to cut anything for anything reason. Yet as the number of believers in Jesus arises, so do the challenges; Satan isn't going to stop until he meets his ultimate doom as prophesied in the book of Revelation.
As a result, they brought me in to set the records straight. Even if we got rid of the holiday, let's be honest, people would still celebrate it on their own.
*Copenhagen, Denmark*
*The politicians explain to Lenarth about conscripting female citizens and the idea of eliminating Great Prayer Day from being a public holiday in favor of increasing funding for the military.*
Politician 1: *In Danish* First off, it's just four months. But we still want to include female citizens into this so we can train them important skills, such as first aid. Second, nurses are always going to be in high demand. According to statistics, females make for better nurses and are the majority in that field.
Politician 2: *In Danish* Yes, we have world peace, but we can't drop our guard down. Look at the social programs we have. In return, we expect a sense of duty from our people. So let's say the GSAF attacks us and our troops do get hurt. Yes, we have male combat medics, but most of our combat medics on base and reserve are females, so they serve as backup. In other words, we like to have backup plans when things go wrong here.
Politician 3: *In Danish* And NATO is serious about Europe's ability to defend themselves when needed. That's why many European countries have all these social programs to help maintain themselves when the military is needed. Denmark is not at war, and hopefully we stay that way. We are hoping no enemies like the GSAF attacks us. But at the same time, we can't drop our guard. Now you see why we include females in this.
Alpha: *In Danish* Understandable.
Politician 4: *In Danish* Even those who identify as other than female or male will still be required to serve. Everybody must be ready to defend themselves and provide support to those on the front lines. Another reason for our conscription plans during peacetime is to encourage our people to join our reserve units and grow their careers from there. You know very well that if you want peace, you must always be ready for war, even if you don't see it coming. When our enemies see us that we're ready for them, they'll think twice before attacking us.
Alpha: *In Danish* Are we still going to have Great Prayer Day?
Politician 4: *In Danish* Of course, but I don't think it should be a public holiday. The companies can still have that holiday for their employees. It's not like the Bible specifically states that we must have such a day. We have it because of traditions. Sometimes, the church doctrine may differ from the Bible.
Alpha: *In Danish* Right... No wonder why there's a massive peaceful protest outside about this.
Politician 4: *In Danish* You still need troops to defend that day as part of defending Denmark.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* Come on, government! Can we please keep Great Prayer Day as our national public holiday? You can still increase funding of our military without eliminating that day as our public holiday!
Civilian 2: *In Danish* Our church is not happy with this! You already know that Denmark is a Christian country and that per our constitution, Christianity is our national religion!
Civilian 3: *In Danish* I shouldn't have to pray to God that you keep Great Prayer Day as our national holiday! Listen to us!
Civilian 4: *In Danish* Keep it as a national public holiday! This whole thing is dumb! You can increase funding for our military without giving up that day!
Civilian 5: *In Danish* Denmark is not a secular country! Please respect the wishes of our church!
Civilian 6: *In Danish* God is above you! Do not upset Him! Remember, when you die, you will answer to Him!
Civilian 7: *In Danish* We're going to pray on Great Prayer Day anyways, so you might as well keep the holiday!
Politician 5: *In Danish to Prime Minister Frederiksen about her plan.* Yeah your plan was a bad idea. Surely we can keep the holiday and still increase funding for our military.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* I can work that out. But at the same time, our national conscription law should apply to all of our citizens, not just males. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair for the purpose of our social programs. I think I should wait for Lenarth's opinions about this. If he joins the opposition against my plans, then I will find a way to boost our military and still keep that day.
Politician 5: *In Danish* Knowing him, he would prefer that you try that instead.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* Bring him to me then.
Politician 5: *In Danish* Yes, ma'am! *In Danish to Lenarth.* The Prime Minister is ready to see you now about her plans to eliminate Great Prayer Day from being a public holiday in favor of boosting our military, even though we can still do that without eliminating that day.
Civilian 8: *In Danish* All right, Lenarth! Speak your mind to her! We're ready to listen to this!
*LA, CA, USA*
Luong: Exactly.
*New Zealand*
Renata: It figures. There's too many terrorists form that twisted organization dying from bad weather. On the other hand, good riddance.
*Denmark*
Lenarth: *in Danish* Very well.
*He is brought to Frederiksen.*
Lenarth: *in Danish* So why do you want to get rid of this holiday? Do you not know how many people are angry over this? Do you not know how angry you would make the Lord over this (possibly)? Even if you get rid of the holiday, people are going to continue to celebrate it as if you didn't.
*He goes on with the speech.*
Frederiksen: *In Danish* People will be allowed to celebrate it, but making this a public holiday would mean our government services are shut down that day.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish as he enters.* I like to say that this idea, upsets me. You know, mad.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* Could you elaborate?
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* You see, the rise of technology allows repetitive and boring jobs and services to be provided without the aid of a person. The person serves to expand the business and to bring life to society. And then, there's the government. Governments invest a lot in technology to allow them to provide automated services without the aid of a bureaucrat. And when it comes to customer service for the government, you have surveys and word clouds, which allows what issues need to be addressed once the data scientists sort them out for you. Now as for the military, yes, go ahead and include females and the others, but in a time of peace, let them celebrate Great Prayer Day as well, even though it's not specified in the Bible, but prayer is mentioned a lot in it.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* But if an enemy-
Alpha: *In Danish* Soldiers will automatically defend. In Israel, their soldiers celebrate their holidays but know that if someone threatens their peace, they will be expected to perform their duties. Take a lesson from the Israelis and the Americans on how they can maintain and strengthen their military without sacrificing holidays. Think. Just think. You have everything under you.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* You can totally increase funding for our military and still keep Great Prayer Day. It's possible. Just try it.
*As everybody shouts "DO IT!" in Danish, the rest of the politicians decide to join them and sign a petition demanding that Great Prayer Day must be kept as a Danish public holiday.*
Frederiksen: *In Danish* Fair enough. Then we will keep the holiday and increase funding for our military. We will include all citizens, regardless of gender identity, to join our military for at least four months. *to herself* What have I done?
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Not everything has to require sacrifices. You have everything you ever need and more; you just have to be creative in your management skills. Take a lesson from the Zanicchi Administration.
Alpha: *In Danish* Holidays do not affect budgeting. Just because America does not have a Christian holiday as a public holiday doesn't mean we should go that way. If our constitution says that we are a Christian country, it's there for a reason. That means Christian holidays established by our church here are public holidays. Many of us are part of that church, and so am I.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Work smarter, not harder.
*Everybody lets out a sigh of relief.*
Civilian 1: *In Danish* I wonder if Lenarth does enough Christian preaching to us here?
Alpha: *In Danish* He did plenty. Understand that in the United States of America, they do not have a state religion, therefore Leo must be careful when talking about Christianity and should avoid promoting the religion to his people. Here, it is the opposite because Christianity is our state religion and promoting it, especially our Christian holidays, is acceptable and encouraged here. Of course Lenarth, like us, must understand that there are many Danes of the Asatruar religion due to our Viking roots, and that will never go away here. Super C is aware of these differences between his country and here.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* But like America, no homophobic and transphobic messages here. Leonid vowed to protect LGBTQ+ people in Russia, so Lenarth, of course, knows to do the same here.
Alpha: *In Danish* Of course.
Politician 1: *In Danish* We finally reached a deal!
Politician 2: *In Danish* A solution that everybody can agree on!
Politician 3: *In Danish* Why didn't I think of that? I feel like such a dummy!
Alpha: *In Danish* Oh; I've heard worse. In Korea, they used to ban children from playing online games past midnight. Now, they only require government permission through their parents, which is still as stupid.
Politician 3: *In Danish* That is indeed stupid.
*Ottawa, Canada*
*Many doors leading to outside are frozen shut due to heavy snow.*
Courtney: Well, that's just great! Just another winter in Canada. *On her smartphone to Levi P.* Hey, Levi! Want to take your administration on vacation to meet our American counterparts for their Super Bowl to get away from this wretched weather?
*Washington D.C., USA*
Zax: Our Vietnamese counterparts have arrived in Los Angeles. I hope our Canadian counterparts are okay since Canada is, once again, snowed in.
Juno: Minnesota isn't really much better.
Shadow Lord Coy: Shadow Lord Roxbury lives there in Rochester, one of the cities that serves as America's major medical research labs.
*Rochester, MN, USA*
Shadow Lord Roxbury: So glad I could work from home because it's beyond frigid outside. But I do look forward to a vacation down in Arizona for the Super Bowl. I hope the minibuses are still working. *He packs for his trip in his suitcase.*
*The Netherlands*
*A Dutch chip company announces expansions in their factories in Canada.*
Civilian 1: *In Dutch* While the United States is excellent for our operations, Canada is even better with more land and stability! They have the workers as well!
Civilian 2: *In Dutch* The Peterson Administration in Canada has provided better deals to increase semiconductor and computer parts production in his country. We will be among the first companies to invest in Canada for this ambitious project! When it comes to North and South America, also known as the New World, Canada shall be key in the production of semiconductors and computer parts there.
Civilian 3: *In Dutch* As our global civilization grow, so will the demand for these parts to drive our global economy. Live data will flow around the world faster than water allowing projects to be completed earlier for the world.
Civilian 4: *In Dutch* And with this, it leaves one great opportunity for the world: the promotion of sports in our leisure to promote and maintain our health as part of improving our global civilization. This will be an interesting and fun topic that I hope will be covered next in Switzerland by the WHO and other global organizations.
Civilian 5: *In Dutch* Sporting goods companies rely on our technology to put their products to the test before sale. Thus the expansion of our business in Canada is more than just a great feat for us, but also necessary for the world.
*Everybody claps and cheers for the company.*
*Denmark*
Lenarth: *in Danish* Good. I'm glad you're finally listening to reason. Besides, we're undergoing a surplus right now. Remember when Cripto funded the world? I know he overreacted, but he gave us enough money to last until the end of time.
*Canada*
Levi the Mountee Lion: *on phone* You read my mind; I was about to call and suggest the same thing. You're good at mind-reading me. I'm not bothered by the cold, though; I am used to it. I wonder if any other of my counterparts are coming? Well, besides Leo.
*His smartphone allows him to talk to Courtney and use other parts at the same time, so he texts Leo on the G-52 app.
*Netherlands*
Ludo the Merchant Lion: *in Dutch* Congratulations on your expansion.
*Washington, DC, USA*
Leo: They're doing just fine. In fact, Levi just texted me and said that at Courtney's request, his administration is also going to the Super Bowl. And let's not forget, speaking of that, that the wolves in the Moon Dweller tribe (including Jocko) are part of the parades and opening ceremony. The bad news, if you call it bad news, is that the NFL still can't get the furry performers it wants for its halftime show, so Rhianna is the featured performer. Cater to the humans; that's what I always say.
Tom: They still won't perform?
Leo: I think some of them were still angry at Colin Kapernick for kneeling during the national anthem. Cripto hasn't done it because, well, he doesn't care about football in the end. He will if the Bengals get to the Super Bowl again.
Tom: I know his parents are Chiefs fans, but with Patrick Mahomes hurt, it's not looking very likely.
Leo: No. It isn't. (narrating) For his sake, I prayed that Patrick would heal in time.
Cripto: (narrating) Spoiler alert in case you missed it: the Bengals didn't beat the Chiefs. However, I didn't mind. I had to be impartial because my family were Chiefs fans, and besides, middle American needs to catch up to the west and east coast teams in terms of Super Bowl wins.
*Denmark*
Alpha: *In Danish* Cripto's donations also contributed to the rise of fertility rates around the world as well. Denmark may seem like a small country on the map, but we have more room than you think. The towns have plenty of room, and all we have to do is grow upwards.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Our fertility rate is at least 3. Israel is twice of that ahead of us. We can do way better. I'm sure the rest of that surplus can be used to encourage our people to have more children.
Politician 1: *In Danish* We can't argue with that.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* Now that I think about it, I think I can have two more children. I just don't want to stress myself out, but at the same time, our government takes good care of our children to make our jobs easier.
Civilian 2: *In Danish* You'd be much happier with more children. Trust me on this, I got seven children.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* How are you not stressed?
Civilian 2: *In Danish* We live in the future where paths are established for continuous growth. After high school, there's trade school, conscription in between or not. And from there, the trade workers will decide if they want college later in life or not. And did I mention that I have seven kids? It makes it easier to buy a tall suburban home for the family with the government tax credits they give for big families. They basically cover your mortgages when you have lots of children. Much cheaper than paying that off along with utility bills.
Civilian 3: *In Danish* We have our social programs and pay taxes to them for a reason.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* You know what? I'm growing my family in hopes that one day, I can move out of an apartment and into a house in a smaller city nearby!
Alpha: *In Danish* That's what I'm talking about right there! Do it for Denmark's future! The future is now!
Danger Drummer: *In Danish* Don't worry about the costs of raising your family. We pay high taxes for that. You'll be a great father of this modern era.
Civilian 4: *In Danish* The Radford family in Britain is the prime example of how the world's families should be like. Many British look up to them as examples of how to raise their families to their country's future.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* Over 20 children... For now, I will be praying to God for all the strength and energy for me to raise as many of my own children as possible for this country.
*Canada*
Courtney: Our Vietnamese counterparts are here for starters.
*Washington D.C.*
*Leo and his administration takes the train to Glendale to meet their foreign counterparts for the Super Bowl.*
Zax: Time to ride.
*Mexico*
*Politicians explain to foreign media about their new smoking laws, which is among the strictest in the world.*
Politician 1: In our country, we have designated smoking areas, and you will see them marked. If you don't see them, don't smoke.
Politician 2: Our beaches are indeed beautiful, but we share them with the environment. Hence the hefty fines we put on smoking here. If you smoke in our beaches, you will get caught and fined.
Politician 3: We want to keep our country as clean and beautiful as possible. We do not want to smell like an ashtray.
Politician 4: *In Spanish to Leandro.* And this is how our smoking law works. Basically do not smoke anywhere but the clearly marked designated areas in this country. This is for the sake of our national health here. Vaping is also smoking because it uses nicotine too. As the world says, if it looks like smoking, smells like smoking, then it's smoking. Nobody wants to smell that in enclosed crowded spaces.
*Denmark*
Lenarth: *in Danish* So let's now focus on keeping the holiday as a holiday and using the surplus for military funding boosts, and to get people to have as many kids as they see fit. Some people can only handle one to two kids, but when you force families to have only one child as the Chinese once did, your nation suffers. Thank goodness that's gone now. And I do remember reading about the Radfords; that mom has given birth to at least 22 kids. The most I've ever seen prior to have is 17.
*Canada*
Levi: We'll see the American counterparts as well. Well, Leo, anyway. I don't know about the others. There's also Clyde and Ulysses, for instance.
*Mexico*
Lenadro: *in Spanish* I personally wish no one would smoke, period. But do whatever you have to do, especially since you have big fines for it.
*Denmark*
Alpha: *In Danish* Yes, but didn't the Bible encourage people to "be fruitful and multiply"?
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Yes, but as those who see fit.
Politician 1: *In Danish* What he said.
Politician 2: *In Danish* 17 is still an impressive number. Just having more than just 5 children is a huge deal in today's world.
*Later, Leo and his counterparts meet up in Glendale.*
Chuong: *To Bob as he hugs him and pats his back.* My condolences to your team. You were very close. I saw the replay, and it was intense.
Bob: You said it would be the Year of The Cat. It just wasn't our luck this season. But we tried. Cripto saw the game and it was a good game.
Zax: I don't see it as a loss for Cripto. He is from Wildcat City, and more than half the people there are Chiefs fans, so he still has a team representing him anyways.
Juno: But guess who the Chiefs are taking on this Super Bowl. Remember 2017?
Zax: I remember. The police chief in Philadelphia told us that they only have so many cops to go around and so much C.I.D.F. soldiers to go around. They said that if people there decide to act like idiots and put themselves and others around themselves in danger due to their stupidity, the cops will have to let them because the police chief doesn't want to put their police in danger of others' stupidity. Philadelphia right now is jam-packed with Eagles fans to the point that the Pennsylvania National Guard has to close off the city's entrances, so that the city doesn't become a fire hazard from overcrowding.
Marshall: We told Philadelphia's police chief and their city government that if their fans decide to burn down their own city like they did in 2017, we will not go there. They agreed, and I just wished Philadelphia deserved better. It may not be my favorite city, but it's still an American city worthy of protection. Yet their biggest threat is their very own residents and the fans of their football team. Just ironic.
Diamond Knight: You can only do your best in convincing them to be civilized. Grease up the poles so people don't climb on them if you have to. You can only do so much.
Chuong: Well, that's just great. I knew the fans of the Philadelphia Eagles are passionate, but I still remember that incident, too. Stupidity knows no bounds these days. It's like they want to compete in being the stupidest fans in the world.
V-Fox: Now that I think about it, this would be a test for Leo during his presidency. In 2017, he wasn't President yet. Whatever he did back then to keep himself calm, he should do the same.
Chuong: Not easy if you are an elected representative of that city through a national position. *To Leo.* So... Win or lose, let's say people in Philadelphia decide to go nuts and burn down their own city like they did back in 2017. How would you handle this situation?
Kirk: *To Cripto* Sorry to hear that your team lost. Very good game and your team still proved themselves to be among the best here.
Mechayote: As long Joe Burrow is with the Bengals, you have little to worry about.
Shadow Hunter: *To Peyton the Patriotic Eagle.* Your team has made it to the Super Bowl again. Let's hope your fans in Philadelphia don't act up like they did back in 2017.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers have blocked the city entrances, but kept the exits open.*
Soldier 1: *To a C.I.D.F. soldier.* Yeah. We don't want a repeat of 2017 here.
Soldier 2: So as you know, this city is full! We're talking about every hotel room being booked and every store being full of customers here. The city of Philadelphia has stopped ticket sales to this city meaning no more visitors here until after the Super Bowl. That way, no place becomes a fire hazard from overcrowding.
Soldier 3: There's only so much of us around here to go around, just like how there's only so much cops to go around here. Remember, the number of these Eagles fans outnumber all of us here. So all we can do is pray and hope that they don't burn down this city over the Super Bowl.
Police 1: Heavens forbid they go nuts here again... It was just 6 years ago when they rioted!
Police 2: Remember, your life goes first. If they act stupid, let them act stupid. Their fault for getting hurt.
*The city's hospital workers are stressing out over a potential repeat of the 2017 riots.*
Doctor 1: No, no, no! Our team is in the Super Bowl again! I swear if our fans act like Neanderthals again...
Doctor 2: Medical sales rep claim that our surgical robots will treat our patients accurately and precisely in less time, but I'm not sure if they are meant to treat every of those idiots who decided to put themselves and others in danger.
Doctor 3: Look, you chose to be a doctor; therefore, you chose to accept this duty for this community.
Nurse 1: The administrators did stock up on our supplies ahead of time.
Nurse 2: But will it be enough?
Nurse 3: They said it will be enough.
Nurse 4: I can't believe I have to prep our rooms and areas for idiotic fans.
Nurse 5: You're always going to have idiots for patients. You chose this occupation; therefore, you accepted the risks that comes with it.
Nurse 6: The rowdy crowds will be a headache for ambulances and EMTs...
*Wildcat City, KS, USA*
*There are lines of Chiefs fans at the train stations and airport ready to go to Glendale for the Super Bowl.*
Chiefs Fan 1: Onwards to Arizona!
Chiefs Fan 2: Man those Bengals are tough! But I don't know if we'll beat the Eagles.
Chiefs Fan 3: Look, the fact that we made it this far proves that we are among the best. We won the Super Bowl before, so this time, win or lose, at least we get to vacation in Glendale in Arizona.
Chiefs Fan 4: I hope Glendale is big enough for us and those Eagles fans.
Chiefs Fan 5: They are. If not, we'll just hang around in Phoenix.
Chiefs Fan 6: I'm going there because cheaper hotel deals than in Glendale. I got all of my Chiefs gear with me for this Super Bowl.
Chiefs Fan 7: With us in Glendale, that will give Wildcat City plenty of space to go around about until after the Super Bowl.
*Glendale*
Cripto: Well, you're not going to win them all. Still, you have to give the Bengals credit, because last decade, they were nobodies. Now look where they are.
Leo: How would I handle the Eagles fans destroying Philadelphia? I'd avoid the city at all costs, sort of like how we went to Japan to be on the safe side, but I'd just let them make idiots of themselves. Then I'd wait and see if and when they would be forced to confess their sins to the world.
Tom: And I do remember last time; some people said it was as if Norsemen had entered the town and pillaged it, except it didn't stack up how it would look if Lennart was the one doing the pillaging.
Leo: I even showed Lennart photos of the damage, and he said, "That definitely looks like a Viking raid."
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
C.I.D.F. Soldier 1: We do not want a repeat of that either; that's why there's at least 139,000 of us on round-the-clock patrol. Overreaction, possibly, but we're not taking any chances. The day of the Super Bowl, we are tripling our numbers to help you.
*WC, KS, USA*
Chiefs Fan 8: I think I'm instead going to visit GVS if that is the case. My kids heard many stories about Nickelback Nathan and his posse, and were hoping to see them in person.
*Glendale*
Chuong: Fair enough. There are several factors to consider when things go wrong there. Asides from the sheer amount of men alone, you got alcohol, and these fans are pent up for the Super Bowl. Not a good combination alone there.
Marshall: Being a bartender sucks in Philadelphia right now. With a crowd of customers pressuring you to give them more alcohol, but you have to refuse, it can be stressful. Bartenders have been fired for serving more alcohol than the legal limit, you know. And with such a crowd, the streets aren't much better, so getting rideshare services will be tough.
Chuong: That's not a good combination right there.
Marshall: Stores sell alcohol, so people can buy them to make their own shots to share with their friends at home.
Chuong: So basically that beautiful city is a ticking time bomb?
Marshall: Yup! Unless a miracle happens to prevent people from acting like full-blown idiots.
Chuong: Great... So I'm looking at crowd crushes, vandalism, public intoxication, accidental manslaughter, oh good heavens no...
Zax: We just rebuilt that city like 6 years ago for heaven's sake! It's going to take more than just concrete and steel to keep the idiots in check. Homes in Philadelphia have rolling steel covers over their windows because of what happened then.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Soldier 1: That's not an overreaction; that's a smart decision.
Soldier 2: Anything to minimize the damage when our fans decide to go Planet of The Apes.
*The city politicians decide to come up with a plan to pay visitors to leave the city and cover their hotel cancellation costs to try to reduce the city's chance of crowd-related injuries. Their plans in doing that have been successful with visitors who brought their families.*
Politician 1: Better to use our tax money for this than to have a repeat of 2017.
Politician 2: Or at least reduce the risks of crowd-related injuries.
Politician 3: There goes downtown traffic with all these crowds. Let's hope for the best!
Politician 4: We're a ticking time bomb since there are fans who managed to climb up on the traffic lights despite being greased.
*WC, KS, USA*
Chiefs Fan 9: GVS is going to have a lot of Super Bowl fans there, too.
*Glendale*
Leo: I do hope for a miracle if that is the case. If Argentina's people can control themselves after winning the World Cup, surely the people of Philadelphia can do the same thing.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
C.I.D.F. Soldier 2: Exactly the way our people used to describe the people of Argentina with all that soccer rioting. Miracle, it was, that it didn't happen after they won the Cup.
C.I.D.F. Soldier 3: Oh, yes; that was incredible.
*Eagles serving as Drumbums play music to reinforce the constant patrolling the C.I.D.F. is doing.*
*Glendale*
Chuong: Well, the problem with that is that the Super Bowl is a domestic event here, so they're probably not going to care about the Japanese.
V-Fox: But Japan has the X-League, which is their equivalent to the NFL here.
Chuong: But that's Japan. We're in America, a whole different world and the fans here are encouraged to be as loud as possible to show their passions.
Zax: Doesn't mean to trash up the public and not fear the consequences for that. Philadelphia must continue to remind their fans the consequences if they act up.
Chuong: *He notices a live video of the Drumbum eagles in Philadelphia.* Drumbum eagles in Philadelphia? They're still there despite what happened 6 years ago?
Zax: That's probably their hometown.
Chiefs Fan 1: Check it out, guys! The Kelce brothers are taking on each other!
Eagles Fan 1: First time a Super Bowl has brothers on opposing teams facing off against each other as players. This is big news!
Chiefs Fan 2: Emotions are going to be running high and all over the place.
Eagles Fan 2: Same back in Philly. I'm here just in case our fans decide to act like full-blown idiots back at home, so I'm at least safe.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*Some of the reporters speak to the Drumbum eagles.*
Reporter 1: So you're not bothered by what happened 6 years ago?
Drumbum Eagle 1: Not at all. This is our hometown and if the fans want to act up, we just move aside and look for safety so we're not in their way. We're not the ones acting stupid so the fault goes on them.
Drumbum Eagle 2: We have the C.I.D.F. with us and everywhere, so I'm not worried about being in harm's way if they act up.
Reporter 2: So despite all of that, you're going to continue to perform in public here?
Drumbum Eagle 2: As long they behave, we will continue to perform here.
Drumbum Eagle 3: Though some of us have fled to other places like Wildcat City, I'm still going to stay here. The spirit of Philadelphia will always be here so even if the fans decide to burn down this city, the spirit of our city will be there. All we will do is rebuild and live life as if nothing happened. Because in the end, they're the ones who will lose their jobs and have a hard time finding employment if they act up. The thought of such consequences should scare them into behaving.
*Kansas City*
*The city becomes full of Chiefs fans to the point that the city has to close down their entrances and stop train and plane ticket sales to the city to keep extra visitors out to avoid a crowd crush.*
Civilian 1: Oh, man; the Eagles are tough...
Civilian 2: But one of them has a brother playing for us. We got this.
Civilian 3: At least we don't burn down our city. But let's hope for the best for the Chiefs.
Leo: (narrating) So we have two potential disaster zones, but there is a major difference between middle America and the east coast; America is one nation of 50 states, but sometimes you'll feel like you're in a whole different world if you go to a different state. Philadelphia has always had the worst sports fans according to people I talked to in the past, but I cannot tell you who has the best sports fans.
Leocadio the Gaucho Lion: (narrating) But if you want the world's worst sports fans, people always said they belong to River Plate or Boca Juniors, the teams of our Superclasico. The last one we did was behind closed doors, however. Boca won that last meeting 1-0, but both teams were good sports and congratulated one another. Both sides were also more worried about my health, and so after the game, some players from both sides (including both goalkeepers) got on a video chat with me and asked me how I was doing. That was a nice gesture on their part.
I told them I was doing much better, and that I had converted to Christianity, which was a long overdue decision for me. That was just one factor in my health improving, but it was a big one.
*Cincinatti*
*Although the Bengals lost, the city still gives them a big welcome when they return home.*
*Glendale*
Leo: I wonder what Ryo thinks about the X-League?
Tom: Not sure. Then again, it differs from the X-League in this country, which I don't watch.
Leo: Neither do I; the wardrobe is disturbing. Why? It's a women's league. Nothing against those women, of course.
Super C: How did you discover it?
Leo: By accident.
Super C: Then it's not worth a demerit.
*Philadelphia*
*The Drumbum Eagles continue their music with a drum cadence.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Chuong: I wasn't aware that America has their own version of the X-League. As for what Ryo thinks about his country's X-League, I wouldn't know, but I don't imagine gridiron football to be popular in Japan.
Zax: You never heard about this and whatever Leo just mentioned, you never heard about it. Nobody knows about this. I never heard of this before myself but let's just say, we don't talk about that here.
Juno: Yeah. You never heard any of this.
Diamond Knight: Alright we didn't hear it.
V-Fox: Alright. I heard nothing.
Chuong: Alright. Glendale is indeed bigger than I thought and I noticed that there were what appears to be a hotel resort with shopping outlet malls nearby.
Zax: That's for the families with children there.
Chuong: I still worry about Philadelphia because it's such a gorgeous American city, some say its America's equivalent to Paris in France. It even has lots of fancy museums too.
Zax: Yes, but let us Americans worry about it. That's not your city to worry about.
Marshall: Their sports fans will drive you crazy.
Juno: And some people there tend to hate on the state of Texas a lot too. I hate to say this but as beautiful as Philadelphia may be, Dallas has way more to do and enjoy there than what Philadelphia has. I and Zax live there so we know. But darn I can't believe Dak Prescott didn't perform so well.
Zax: I was hoping he'd bring us to the Super Bowl.
Marshall: No matter how much you pay for the best athlete, nothing is guaranteed. Feel free to explore this city before Super Bowl day comes. We saved you a spot in our suite in the stadium.
*Cincinnati, OH, USA*
*The Bengals banners and flags have been put away before they are replaced with the city flags of Cincinnati, state flags of Ohio, and the national American flags. Some fans are still wearing Bengals shirts and hoodies, though.*
Civilian 1: We got Joe Burrow. He's proven that he can lead our team into victory.
Civilian 2: At least nobody will think we're nobodies.
Civilian 3: Nobody will say we're among the worst.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: I think it's best we just let nature take its course.
Tom: I'm sorry I brought it up.
Super C: We forgive you, Tom. Just chill and enjoy the festivities.
Leo: (narrating) So we're now ready for the big day, and a huge chunk of my international counterparts were with me, showing the world just how powerful a force "Leo's army" is.
*Later, it's the Super Bowl and the VIPs arrive early for ID check before practice as others go in to relax and enjoy the early moments before the main crowd arrives.*
Police 1: Get ready to show your IDs at the entrance!
Police 2: VIPs first this way! In this line!
*Once the VIPs are in, the stadium staff and police prepares for the main crowd.*
Chuong: Wow... First time I've been inside a stadium with an early view.
Zax: With the Zanicchi Administration for the Super Bowl. Wait until you visit our suite.
*We visit the reserved suite.*
Chuong: Quite a view with a lot here.
Juno: Like what you see?
Chuong: Yeah. *To Luong.* And from here, this is where we watch the magic of the Super Bowl and the crowd.
Mechayote: And marching bands, of course. Don't forget those.
Jack: The Kelce family is very pleased to watch their own two sons compete against each other. This is the first time where two brothers of opposing teams compete against each other in the Super Bowl. In the end, the Kelce family wins.
Chuong: I would imagine emotions would be all over the place for everybody and not just the Kelce family.
Jack: Very likely and because of that, the Kelce family are VIPs. To them, its the Super Bowl to end all Super Bowls.
Marshall: I would be very surprised if Philadelphia is spared from rioting.
Diamond Knight: I was surprised when Argentina did not riot when we won the World Cup.
Zax: And Levon is Armenia's ambassador to our country and he's with us. Perhaps, why not pray for Philadelphia to not repeat 2017 and learn from the Argentines where they can celebrate peacefully?
Chuong: I'm not American, so I probably wouldn't be part of this prayer. But I do not want Philadelphia to be destroyed by their very own fans.
Zax: Just because Philadelphia is not your city or concern does not mean you can't pray for their safety. God made this world for us to share you know. And don't forget the "love thy neighbor" part, especially with foreigners.
Chuong: Then we're in, even though we're not Christian.
Zax: The Bible does not exclude foreigners and outsiders as our neighbors.
Jack: We have different viewpoints, but Philadelphia is a part of our planet. *To Levon* Shall we all collectively pray for Philadelphia so that they don't repeat their 2017 riots?
Chuong: Win or lose, civility is very important for Philadelphia.
Levon: Yes; that's a good idea.
*Levon leads us in saying prayers for the city of brotherly love. Those who do not participate still are respectful of this. After the prayers, everybody continues on as usual as the stadium staff slowly lets the main crowd in.*
Chuong: I think I should explore.
Eagles Fan 1: It would be nice if our team won, but then our fans have to not destroy their own hometown like they did back in 2017. The city of brotherly love would love to have the Kelce brothers after an Eagles win, but it's up to the fans if they want to act welcoming to invite them or keep them out by acting like complete idiots.
Eagles Fan 2: You can only do so much. But in the end, what matters is that we are here. What they do is their own choice and whatever happens after that is on them, not us.
Chiefs Fan 1: I have finally arrived! The wait is over!
Chiefs Fan 2: Wow; Arizona has more to do than I thought.
Chiefs Fan 3: First time being here?
Chuong: Absolutely! I've never been to this city before, and this is the very first time that I've been to a Super Bowl event.
Chiefs Fan 3: Interesting. So what brought you from Vietnam?
Chuong: Well, it's a long story. It all began with California being pounded by a series of storms, and it was really bad. So I decided to financially donate to California, and Luong joined in on this because Cripto bailed the world out from debt, so we decided to pay it back by donating to California. California has a very large ethnic Vietnamese population, so it's kind of personal to me since I know people there.
Little did I know was that the entire world was donating to California, and it was donations after donations after donations in waves. So once California was rebuilt, the Zanicchi Administration invited me, Luong, and the others over to see what California has become after our donations to help them rebuild before we go here for the Super Bowl. There was a lot of technology, automated stores, and cool vending machines in California, complete with more tourists, so it was something.
Chiefs Fan 3: That's very cool! Even cooler is that this is the first Super Bowl where two brothers of opposing teams face off against each other. I think it's going to be the most emotional Super Bowl in history because, well, what are the odds of this happening?
Eagles Fan 3: The Kelce family is very proud for this moment watching their own two sons compete against each other. It's like a big family reunion of sorts. The fact that this is your first time being in the Super Bowl today is a perfect time to experience this very exciting event. It's going to be very emotional, so there's going to be a lot going on.
Chuong: Let's hope nobody hyperventilates and pass out from this.
Eagles Fan 3: You ain't gotta worry about that since your pals and allies are everywhere here when that happens.
Eagles Fan 4: Our boy Jason Kelce brought his pregnant wife and her doctor for the Super Bowl today.
Chuong: He what? Pregnant wife in an enormous rowdy crowd with her physician next to her?
Eagles Fan 4: Yup! This Super Bowl is the Super Kelce Bowl!
Chuong: They allow that here?
Eagles Fan 4: Yup; it's the norm here! It's all about the big moments and the memories after that! Think about the epic stories she's going to tell her child after they're born.
Eagles Fan 3: If I was a superstar and my wife was pregnant, I'd want her to be as close to me as possible with her doctor to make sure she's okay.
Chuong: Wow... Sounds kinda uhm... Risky me thinks. Where I'm from, when the wife is pregnant, she must either remain with her husband, at home, or in the hospital, to avoid unwanted spiritual disturbance to her child. I don't know about here, but in Vietnam, you're not going to see a pregnant woman outside during nighttime.
Eagles Fan 3: Interesting.
Zax: Oh hey guys! And yes, Chuong, it is normal in American culture for a man to bring his pregnant wife to events like this for the sake of moments and memories, especially if they are a direct part of it like Jason Kelce. It is also normal for pregnant women to request to have their obstetrician with them at events like these.
Chuong: Sounds like American obstetricians really love their jobs in getting to go to events like these with their patients.
Juno: Yes, but it can also be very intense and stressful, too, since they're in charge of their well-being, and let's just say, if in an event an unexpected birth happens, they are there to assist in providing care. But you also have to understand that these wives also have personal security with them in case that happens to keep the paparazzi from barging in. On top of that here, the police are not only notified when pregnant wives of VIPs are present, they also send additional backup near them for their protection. And of course, don't forget the C.I.D.F. here in protecting them as well.
Zax: And you're not going to be able to see them easily since they have their own suite reserved for them, and it's tightly secured. You know, kind of like our suite we share with you, Chuong.
Chuong: Wow... That's very interesting. I learn something new everyday here. What do you think of that, Luong?
Luong: That is helpful information. Good to learn new things. It's good they have their own suite so that if we don't want to see it, we don't have to.
Chuong: I would assume her physician also has at least an EMT/ambulance team in the suite as well. As for nurses, for an event like this, I'd imagine there's more than one nurses in the suite.
Jack: Of course, she has the entire team ready when she goes into labor during the Super Bowl.
Zax: Oh, hey; that's a good way to advertise to people to be interested in the clinical field so that they get a chance to work closely with the superstars.
Jack: Yes, but also stressful also, because when working with superstars, it's a high-security situation. They got bodyguards for protection and privacy. So if anyone, including the media, tries to ask clinical staff or other healthcare workers if they've dealt with a specific superstar by name, they must say no and deny such events. HIPAA and global privacy standards, you know. Strict stuff.
Chuong: Hence the average person enjoys life more than the superstars, because at least they have privacy, and not have to get stressed from the fact that everybody knows them and wants to see them constantly in person at every hour. I never thought I'd be part of my country's central administration; yet, here I am with Luong.
If you love privacy, you'd be happier being a free civilian with their own rights than you would being a public servant bound by their own people. I just don't think people should be running for office when they realize the realities of being in the government in charge of major decisions that could impact your country on a national level. And when you finish your term and leave the government, everybody knows you.
Privacy is such a luxury, that no amount of money could even equal to its value. That's why I donate my pay from office, and even donated to help you out in California. Nobody should be in the government just for the money when the price is their privacy.
Zax: I agree, and it all makes sense. You're right about that!
Juno: You got a good heart.
Chuong: Yes, but Cripto donated to the world to set us on a path towards a better future. And part of that is paying back to this country, which is his homeland. Let's just say, because of Cripto's kindness in donating to the world, one day, when America cries for help, we give back and help out. Not to mention this country gets all sorts of crazy weather everywhere, up, down, left, right. Kansas City is right between two American states that are infamous for tornadoes.
Zax: We do indeed get a lot of crazy weather. Dallas is a frozen winter wonderland, that people can be seen ice skating throughout the city's streets at least. But not the first time we had that there.
Juno: And you know very well that we Americans are very adaptive when it comes to bad weather. We rebuild and adapt because we're just so good at that. *His smartphone beeps and speaks on it in Spanish.* Keep calm there, amigo. You don't want to be fined.
Leandro the Revolutionary Lion: (narrating in English) Hi there; sorry to interrupt, but while the Americans were having their Super Bowl, down in Mexico, there were problems with tourists disobeying the laws about being near specific monuments and national landmarks. However, one man decided to take the law into his own hands. That was a mistake.
What I did, however, was a totally different story; it accidentally started a new wave exploiting the stupidity of these specific people. I feel bad because of what I said, probably because of how I said it, but why is our world so dumb?
*Mexico*
*A Mayan indigenous man knocked a tourist out with a bamboo stick because he tried to climb up on a Mayan temple, which is forbidden and offensive to Mexico's indigenous communities. Shadow Lord Dominguez and several of the country's indigenous communities protest that images of Mexico's ancient ruins should be removed from tourism advertisements and that tourism services must stop taking tourists near them there.*
Mayan Vigilante: *In Spanish as he's arrested by the police for assault after the tourist is sent to the hospital by ambulance.* I am sick and tired of these foreigners disrespecting our ancestors! Those temples are meant to be looked at, not climbed on! Our areas are not your personal playgrounds, and this needs to stop! Do the foreign tourists not respect our ancestors these days?!
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish through a megaphone.* Those temples are not for tourists to play with! The graves of our ancestors must be respected with dignity! Second, for those who have seen movies like Indiana Jones, do you want the situations from those movies become a reality to you? Do you not realize how dangerous it is to go to those places without knowing what's in them? We ask that the Mexican government and our tourism agencies to cease the use of any image depicting our temples and sites! Those are meant to be only looked at, not to be touched, or even posed with up close! Those places are not for your social media antics! Just stop!
Mayan Vigilante: *In Spanish to Leandro.* Tell these foreign idiots to stop climbing on our temples and disrespecting our ancestors! Make it stop!
Police 1: *In Spanish as he pushes the vigilante into the back of his car.* Into the car, now!
Police 2: *In Spanish* You don't assault people for any reason!
Indigenous Protestor 1: *In Spanish* Hands off our temples!
Indigenous Protestor 2: *In Spanish* Our homes are not your playgrounds! Respect our ancestors or stay out of our areas!
Indigenous Protestor 3: *In Spanish* Look but no touch! I'm sure your parents taught you that!
Indigenous Protestor 4: *In Spanish* Respect the temples of our ancestors by not touching them! Hands to yourselves!
Indigenous Protestor 5: *In Spanish* Come on Mexico! Your tourism industry needs to do better in respecting our ruins!
Indigenous Protestor 6: *In Spanish to Leandro.* You know our lands are off-limits to those foreigners! Our government must act with our demands! We don't want these foreigners near our ruins anymore since we keep having idiots trying to climb on them! Apparently the English signs telling them to not touch our ruins isn't enough! Because of that, we don't want tourists near our ruins!
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish through a megaphone.* Respect Mexican indigenous people and sites!
Politician 1: *In Spanish* Great... Those stupid tourists really got on their nerves.
Politician 2: *In Spanish* Time to act fast! If they don't want tourists near their ruins and sites, then we will not let the tourists near them!
Kyu the Hwarang Lion: (narrating in English) And while he was dealing with that, look at what we had to deal with.
Ryo the Samurai Lion: (narrating in English) The people in the Yuxi circle had always hated one another for various reasons, as we saw when Chuong ranted at the 20 spoiled Korean brats. Now the Koreans were giving us more reasons to hate them, even though my parallels and I were fighting hard to put a stop to it.
*Korea*
*A Korean judge rules in favor of the Japanese claimant over a Buddha statue because they proved that the statue was legally obtained through trade with Korea about 700 years ago. The Korean claimants, who stole the statue during a trip in Japan, claimed that the statue was stolen by Japanese pirates back then. Because of this, the Korean government returns the statue to Japan and jails the Korean thieves.*
Moon Mage: *In Korean to the thieves.* You guys are complete idiots. You were asked to prove that it was stolen seven centuries ago, but couldn't come up with compelling evidence. You embarrassed us in front of the Japanese when they provided compelling evidence that were immediately substantiated.
Thief 1: *In Korean* Japanese always steal from us throughout the centuries.
Thief 2: *In Korean* How could Japan legally claim that the statue was obtained from a trade with us when they had the Genko War? Japan had a civil war back then, so, yes; we believe that Japanese pirates were out pillaging our country back then.
Moon Mage: *In Korean* But you failed to provide evidence that happened. Then again, what am I suppose to expect from idiots like you?
Civilian 1: *In Korean* Wow... First off, we had a case of our idiot ultranationalists claiming that Tsushima was ours as the island of Daemado, where the judge in that case had to refute their claim by referencing a document from nine centuries ago, known as the Samguk Sagi, which officially stated that Tsushima is Japanese territory.
Civilian 2: *In Korean to Kyu.* Our history idiots are at it again! This time, over a Buddha statue. I am so speechless...
Kang-Dae: *In Korean* I'm not going to bother commenting on dumb cases like this. No wonder why the Americans and the United Nations don't take us seriously when it comes to history from centuries ago.
Civilian 3: *In Korean* Probably because America did not exist back then. But then again, why would the Americans want to get involved in dumb cases like this when their historians are still digging up their own past with Native Americans?
*Japan*
*The stolen Buddha statue from Korea is being returned back to its rightful place in a temple as people celebrate.*
Civilian 1: *In Japanese* Our statue has returned to us!
Civilian 2: *In Japanese* Those Korean thieves are nuts! Where are they getting these ideas that we stole a statue from them about 700 years ago? None of us were alive back then.
Civilian 3: *In Japanese* That statue was legally obtained through trade back then and we still have proof of that. *In Japanese to Ryo.* I can't believe we have to go there because a small group of Korean idiots decided to steal something from us and claim that we were robbing their kingdom back then. We had a civil war back then, called the Genko War, way before you were born.
Civilian 4: *In Japanese* Kenmu Restoration, which is at the start of the Muromachi Period. At the time, our currency was called the ryo, before we have the yen today. I figured I mentioned that since your name is Ryo.
Civilian 5: *In Japanese* Way before the Edo Period, where Ryo was born in. Before the Edo Period, Japan was basically separate entities fighting for unification.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
*Our communicators beep, showing us what happened in Mexico.*
Leo: There's another person CNG would have killed. Well, both of them; the vigilante and the intruder.
Super C: And now Mexico doesn't have any tourists. Leandro didn't do anything worthy of a demerit. The fault is those who made assumptions about it.
Leandro: (narrating) Now you see why I regret saying what I said.
*Mexico*
Leandro: *in Spanish* There's no excuse for what you did either. However, this is a place that should be forbidden to any tourists; you're correct about that. *Now he talks through a megaphone to the tourists.* Be grateful CNG is dead; if it was still alive, it would have killed all of you in a heartbeat because you disrespected this monument.
*The tourists gulp at the thought of it, and then flee forever.*
Leandro: *in Spanish* No; you don't have to leave the country! You can stay! *to himself* Oh, drat!
*He then messages the government telling them about this, and giving them the suggestion that such a place should be off-limits forever. The government immediately passes a law banning tourists forever from places like this, forcing all television game shows who give away trips to Mexico to strictly limit them to places such as Acapulco. Meanwhile, he keeps calm, but his conscience is bothering him about it to a certain degree.*
Stupid Tourist 1: I have to get out of here; I can't be disrespectful to this!
Stupid Tourist 2: I'm never leaving the United States again. In fact, I won't ever leave my hometown of Joplin, MO ever again. It's just not worth it. Up with the workaholics!
Stupid Tourist 3: My grandma told me not to travel outside the U.S. I disobeyed her. Now I've paid the ultimate price for this! I don't mean death, but still, I failed! I hope the Lord will forgive me for this!
Leandro: *in Spanish* What's their problem?
Mexicat: *in Spanish* I think they think their actions are going to lead CNG to come back from the dead.
Civilian 1: *in Spanish* Us offering Americans to live in Texas when we controlled it was a big mistake. Now the temptation is to start wishing for our land back.
Civilian 2: *in Spanish* That may be, but don't. Remember, if Germany had won WW1, they would have found ways to make us part of the US and taken our culture away from us. Remember the Zimmerman telegram?
*Korea*
Kyu: *in Korean* O ungrateful and unbelieving generations of idiots, how long am I going to put up with you?! As if the one impersonating me (the Joeson One) wasn't bad enough.
*Japan*
Ryo: *in Japanese* I'll never understand why these things happen. These morons are trying to rewrite history. That's the biggest crime in the book.
*around the world*
*Other nations employ stricter punishments for tourists who violate said policies identical to the one at the Mayan ruins. As a result, tourism starts dropping because people start spreading rumors that CNG is going to come back from the dead to kill them all.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Juno: Did Mexico just shut down tourism?
Chuong: I hope that country is ready for strong deflation.
Juno: They'd deflate anyways. The only difference is that if they allow tourism but through intense vetting, the deflation would be much slower.
Chuong: Nationally enforced guided tours are common policies in vetting troublesome tourists out. Right after COVID-19, Vietnam enforced that policy before allowing regular tourism. In Bhutan, their tourism policy is very strict; tourists must pay hefty tourism fees before going on guided tours, which are said to be among the best the world has ever seen, even surpassing American guided tours. Then again, almost like Iceland, Bhutan tends to have villager mindsets, even though they do plenty of international trade and business.
Juno: It's also where smoking is strictly banned everywhere, including vaping.
Zax: Global deflation was steadily happening, but with tourism dropping, that's going to accelerate.
Chuong: Big sales and deals everywhere! But then that also means business is slow and cannot hire much people.
Marshall: Dropping tourism and advancing AI would accelerate global deflation. That means recession in the international economy, meaning it will be more challenging for people to do businesses overseas.
*Mexico*
Politician 3: *In Spanish* Why shut down our tourism industry?
Politician 4: *In Spanish* Gives us time to develop plans for guided tourism in Mexico to keep them away from those ruins.
Politician 5: *In Spanish* Every time a foreigner gets hospitalized in our country, their representatives start drilling us over them questioning our capabilities in providing public safety and enjoyment for the foreigners. On top of that, we all know that the more foreigners get hospitalized, the higher healthcare costs go. Then to top if off, hospital staff gets stressed and go on strike over that because per common sense, they are expected to take care of citizens first.
Politician 4: *In Spanish* That. We want to prevent situations that could get foreigners hospitalized. Mexico is one of Earth's most popular tourism destinations, but at the same time, we have quite a lot of areas that are off-limits to them. So I think we can do guided tourism for now. We just need to come up with a policy to have quota limits with the tourists so it is easier to provide public safety for them and our people.
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish* Do whatever you have to do to keep them off our sites! If you have to copy Bhutan's tourism policies to protect foreigners and our people, so be it, even though it may not be ideal to many of us Mexicans. Better be that than someone desecrating the Mayan ruins and exposing themselves to whatever dangers lurks there. I prefer that we have a general tourism quota limit for guided tourism every day at least, or week, even. Just vet the tourists before letting them in, whatever it takes.
Politician 4: *In Spanish* We will do what we can then.
Lautaro: *In Spanish to Dominguez.* You sure a national guided tourism policy with heavy vetting is best for our country?
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish* Yes. Also prevents stupid tourists from smoking on our beaches now that we have our new smoking laws, which basically states that only areas that are clearly marked for designated smoking will be allowed for that, otherwise, smoking is forbidden in many parts of Mexico.
*London, UK*
Politician 1: Lionus, it seems that we may need to allow security at the British Museum to invest in more lethal automatic weapons, including machine guns. The reason behind this is that if Korean criminals can steal a Buddha statue from Japan and argue that the Japanese allegedly stolen from them seven centuries ago, then it is very possible that criminals from around the world will try to steal artifacts from the British Museum and claim that the artifacts in question were stolen by us, even though we have paperwork to prove that we obtained them legally for preservation and education purposes.
Politician 2: I think we need to start investing in the British Museum's security. What do you think?
Politician 3: Might as well. That means signing a new deal with Israel to import their automatic weapons for the museum's security team to use, even though these weapons were originally made for war.
Politician 4: The British Museum is both a tourism and criminal magnet. It's very concerning, so might as well arm their security with more lethal weaponry.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: I'm sure it will wear off and be back up and running in no time. The tourism industry, I mean. But I think it shows just how powerful rumors are when you start spreading them.
Super C: The C.I.D.F. have confirmed CNG will never come back from the dead. I think I need to institute a new policy stating that CNG should not be mentioned if it's not absolutely necessary, because it can easily be used as a scare tactic. Leandro isn't in trouble, however.
*He messages Leandro about it via the G-52 app, and Leo does the same on his, mentioning it to all other parallels. Cripto tells his "army" the same thing, and they also help spread the word about the new policy.*
Tom: But surely the supernatural still exists.
Super C: It does.
*Mexico*
Leandro's reply: Duly noted. I think it was the way I said it that upset them, but before I could apologize to them for hurting their feelings, they fled. Some of them vowed they will never leave their hometowns again, but it's not healthy to become a workaholic, is it?
Super C's message: No, it isn't. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; you know this. As my Australian recruit Boomerang Bison would say, "If you think this isn't true, then you don't know jack."
Leandro's message: Isn't that a vulgar expression?
Super C's message: It is, but he limits the number of times he says it, and he's not saying the profanity used in the full sentence, so he's not in trouble for it. Neither are you, even though you should watch the tone of voice. However, I also have a problem with that. Many of us do. But the fault is the public's fault for making you look bad because they took your comment out of context and lied to themselves. That was the action that hurt my feelings. I share your frustration.
*London, UK*
Lionus: Let us do that then. We have the C.I.D.F. volunteering to add to the security, so that helps. Let us also pray hard the tourists come back in the end, because no tourism means rapid deflation, making everything almost worthless. In fact, I just learned that Peru has closed down Machu Picchu because of people doing things they shouldn't, and some of them died in the end. Mexico has also shut down its tourism, but the most irritating part was the tourists themselves spreading rumors that spread like wildfire. As a result, everybody's acting as if CNG isn't dead, and that it will kill them if they don't ever leave their hometowns, let alone their county. This is truly disturbing.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Shadow Lord Coy: Of course it does. I'm sure Dominguez knows that, too; hence he's among Mexico's indigenous peoples who rightfully expressed their anger at all of this.
Marshall: Indigenous rights is still an ongoing issue around the world.
Chuong: Thus I think the NFL did the right thing by inviting the Moon Dwellers to perform at the opening and closing ceremonies at least. I'm just here to relax and watch the Super Bowl. Looks like they're getting ready.
*London, UK*
Politician 1: Don't worry about Peru, because their issues are domestic. Let us worry about the British Museum.
Politician 2: All righty, then! Time to invest in the big guns from Israel for our museum.
*Peru*
*Combat Coyote, a Peruvian G-52, talks to Boluarte, the current female president of Peru and alleged right-wing dictator.*
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* You may have given permission to me to kill the communists, but as a G-52, per the Code of Conduct, murder is unacceptable.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* But you learned that communists are not people. Second, I already told the people that we will be having an early election soon. All of this around you, it's a domestic issue among us.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* I also work for Interpol, and I can only do so much within our powers. I cannot abuse my powers and authority. Second, I spoke with our people, and the best I can do is to let our people decide the fate of our country on our own with no foreign interference. We already made sure that no tourist is here and that they're all back at home. I also need to get to the French city of Lyon for, uhm...shall we say, business purposes. You know, projects in global stability and security, especially with the rise of security technologies.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* Then go. Who's going to stop you anyways other than the communists? When you come back, you know your duties.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* They call me Combat Coyote, not Killer Coyote. I prefer to keep my bladed weapons clean and free of blood. Children look up to superheroes a lot, and ours look up to me a lot.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* But in the end, your true duty is to save Peru no matter what. If it comes to killing communists, so be it.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* Then I will be an antihero, the type that would never be allowed in the G-52s. The people who kill under your commands and sleep comfortably with blood on their hands will be on you.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* I have prepared a private jet flight for you to get to Lyon. *She hands a plane ticket to Combat Coyote.* Good luck.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* Thanks, Boluarte. *He accepts the plane ticket and uses it to get on his private jet flight to Lyon in France.* Some of my important friends and allies are in America for the Super Bowl. I'll just vacation out in France and work with Interpol more just to get away from this chaos back in Peru. I hope my country doesn't explode into a bloody civil war with a military coup. *He silently prays to himself.*
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: Looks like it. This is going to be good.
*London, UK*
Lionus: Right; sorry. I'll get the order going.
*He searches for the contact information with the other politicians, and then gets help in placing the order.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
*Later, the fan crowds slowly enter the stadium in an orderly manner.*
Zax: The opening ceremony is going to be starting soon.
Juno: Stay on this level because the lower levels are crowded.
Chuong: I won't get lost!
Marshall: We're going to be having food here in the suite soon!
Tom: No doubt this is going to be good.
Leo: I'll be looking forward to this.
Chuong: *Looks through the windows.* It's a sea of people outside!
V-Fox: We're in the Super Bowl; of course it's a crowd out there!
Chuong: I just hope this city can handle such a crowd.
V-Fox: I'm sure they can. Besides, you have nothing to worry about when you see C.I.D.F. agents everywhere here.
Chuong: You're right about that. Wait... Let me guess; the Marching Wonder and his bands are part of the opening ceremony here at least?
V-Fox: Good question! *On his communicator to Leo.* Is the Marching Wonder leading his bands for the opening ceremony on the pitch?
Chuong: I think they call it a field here since this is American gridiron football, not the football they call soccer here.
Anh: We should go back up with our friends in their suite just to be safe.
Leo: As a matter of fact, the Marching Wonder is involved in this. Jocko requested it.
Tom: And with the Marching Wonder in charge, it has to be good.
V-Fox: Excellent to hear!
Chuong: So he is here.
Anh: I think we should go back up. The crowd is picking up quickly here.
*Chuong and the others return back to their suite with their American friends as everybody settles in on their seats for the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony begins.*
Zax: And there's the Marching Wonder and his bands!
Shadow Lord Coy: There's Jocko and the Moon Dwellers!
Chuong: Right on time for the opening ceremony!
*When you add it all up, there are a total of 2,000 performers on the field. The music is an unorthodox mix of Native American drumming, marching band, and even some taiko drums.*
Chuong: Taiko drumming in the Super Bowl? Who decided that?
Zax: Probably an experiment to bring more musical diversity and performance to add more dramatic elements to the opening ceremony. But still an all-American event. The coin toss will be done by four Pat Tillman scholars because Donna Kelce, the mother of the two brothers of opposing teams in the Super Bowl, said Pat Tillman made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, so the scholars in the program named after him will do that instead. Pretty much the NFL pays tribute to our troops.
Juno: Even though America is no longer at war with anyone, we still pay tribute to our troops. You don't know what some of our troops have done. Some could've been sent to our embassy in Moscow to protect our ambassador when Putin was being disposed out of power, and who knows what was happening during that time. You know, we have troops who do observation work in volatile areas so just because they're not fighting doesn't mean they won't see anything graphic. Our troops do more than just defend our country and world; they are also the eyes of our nation in this world.
Chuong: Nice to see that America still support their troops as usual.
Zax: As it should be.
Chuong: *To Leo.* This opening ceremony is much more elaborate than I thought. I wasn't expecting taiko drumming here but it really works well here.
Leo: Indeed it does. The difference is it isn't the Taiko Tigers performing; it's other animals.
*The taiko drummers are a mix of bulls, bears, and buffalo, and even a Minotaur, but it's not Marcus the Minotaur.*
Chuong: How did you get the others to join in on this? Wait, let me guess; Wildcat City furs of other species saw the Taiko Tigers performing and wanted to be a part of this. Did I guess correctly?
Leo: I don't know how to answer that because I had nothing to do with it. The Marching Wonder is a huge inspiration to so many furs. I think you are correct to say Wildcat City's animal population volunteered for this, but they wouldn't have talked to me; they would have talked to M.W. and the NFL authorities.
Chuong: Then me thinks it is the Marching Wonder.
Zax: Don't forget that the national anthem is next before the game starts!
Chuong: Oh right that. That's when we all stand and face the pitch.
Zax: Close! The American national flag will be displayed across the field. It's really, really, big. The flag that is. You'll see it.
Leo: Might take a while, though; if the flag is to be that large, everybody needs time to get off the fields. However, all the marchers in question are playing the anthem.
Chuong: I now wonder how they unfold and fold such a large flag so quickly. There's no way a flag that size can be flown.
Zax: We have ways and lots of people to handle it. Second, a flag that size is solely made for events like this.
*Uniformed soldiers of the United States Marine Corps are present as they help unfold the giant flag across the field. The stadium announcer asks everybody to stand for the national anthem as everybody, including the foreign guests like Chuong, do so. The national anthem is then being performed. Leo and administration salute to the anthem. All the musicians who march play the anthem from off to the side; Jocko and his tribe, plus the taiko drummers, do not play the instruments here.*
*After the national anthem, the Super Bowl begins.*
Zax: So there's a weird tradition in Philadelphia where people put the jersey of the Eagles's opponent on the statue of Rocky Balboa each game. In this case, it's donning the jersey of the Kansas City Chiefs. Pretty much it's a curse they put on their opponent so the Eagles can win. The origins of this is unknown to many, but apparently it's a thing in Philly.
Chuong: Interesting. But by that logic, the Eagles would be the only ones winning every Super Bowl every time. Sounds like black magic superstition to me.
Zax: It kinda does. The same could be said of the video game covers of the Madden NFL series where a featured player on the cover would suffer an injury during their game. Many Americans, even the most of hardcore football fans, don't believe in this kind of superstition. Some say it's coincidence these days.
Juno: Black magic and football sounds suspicious but the more I think about these superstitious beliefs, the more how I can see it makes sense to some people. Some people bet on these football games so sin, black magic, and gambling kinda goes hand in hand.
Chuong: Interesting... But the Eagles even rarely make it to the conference rounds though. I didn't know people in Philadelphia actually believe in this stuff where by putting their opponent's jersey on the statue of Rocky Balboa, it would help the Eagles win.
Zax: Apparently it's a Philly thing; you wouldn't understand.
Chuong: *To Leo* I didn't know there was such a curse that your people in Philadelphia believe in, where by putting the jersey of the Eagles' current opponent on the statue of Rocky Balboa, it would make it easier for their team to win. In this case, the Rocky Balboa statue is wearing the Kansas City Chiefs jersey. Sounds like the fans of the Eagles have full faith that their team would win the Super Bowl because of this. What do you think of this superstition?
Leo: Sad, but true. However, I don't believe in superstitions. We have seen that proven false because the Eagles have not won every game. Who starts these crazy rumors, anyway? But yes, it's a Philly thing. Philly has a reputation for the worst sports fans in this nation, although they didn't stack up to the Argentine soccer rioting. Still, there's no excuse for that behavior.
*The musicians, as a thank-you, are seated in special V.I.P. seats, although Jocko and the Marching Wonder (me) are brought up to the suite where Leo's administration is at. Note that the drummers in the drumline played cadences as the teams came out on to the field.*
Leo: Once again, the bandmaster has outdone himself!
M.W.: *me* Thanks; it was a pleasure performing for everybody.
Jocko: Tribe grateful to participate in opening ceremony. Do not care for halftime show; no disrespect to performer, of course.
M.W.: Right. And until I heard Rhianna was the halftime show performer, I didn't even know who that was.
Chuong: *To M.W. and Jocko.* You guys are amazing out there! The taiko drummers are a nice touch to this for the Super Bowl!
Zax: *To Mechayote.* I'm still worried for Philly.
Mechayote: But it's out of your control. The city's fate rests on the hands of their fans tonight.
Zax: If they riot and go nuts, we are canceling the Super Bowl White House victory party regardless who wins or loses.
Shadow Hunter: We have the C.I.D.F. in Philly.
Zax: Even that, if they act up, someone is getting hurt for sure. The hospitals in that city have stocked up on their supplies to prepare for the worst.
Mechayote: That's all they can do and second, it's their fault if they get hurt from their own stupidity.
Konrad: Don't forget the risk of crowd crushes.
Mechayote: Again, it's out of our control, and it's up to those fans if they want to behave or not.
Jocko: Thank you; happy to perform.
Marching Wonder: I wanted to portray world unity through the power of different drums, since the world doesn't move to just one beat.
Leo: Something that was emphasized in my review last year. No wonder people hail you the greatest Forsythian ever.
M.W.: Thanks, but I don't like to let it go to my head.
Leo: And it is true that if there's rioting, win or lose, we cancel the party. It would have to be delayed either way; I haven't had a chance to give George D. Higgins a chance to do his press conference yet.
M.W.: Who's that?
Leo: The political cartoonist Billy Bob Jolson was after.
M.W.: Oh, right. Now I remember.
*Philadelphia*
*The Drumbum Eagles still present join in the C.I.D.F. on heavy patrol around the city so that nobody acts up or gets angry.*
Civilian 1: Is that what we get for electing Leo?
Civilian 2: No; this would have happened regardless of who was in office. I know Wildcat City is a city where there's nothing to do (allegedly), but it's still the big city everybody should model themselves after.
Civilian 3: I have family there. They've shown me why, as they put it, "middle America is the REAL America." And by the way, I actually voted for Leo. I'm not somebody that wanted Joe Biden, and then had the vote changed to Leo because CNG was punishing the world's humans for existing.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Warlord Wolf: Speaking about those people who write the letters to us, I'll be speaking to Peter Weber after the Super Bowl. He's one of those people who developed an AI that pretty much destroyed the porn industry and he told me that the AI is evolving in a way that will keep porn dead for sure, but how it does it is rather horrifying. But he prefers to have his identity kept a secret with us since porn is full of human traffickers.
Shadow Hunter: I've heard about the AI part but never knew the people behind them.
Warlord Wolf: Peter lives in Germany, and in the same state that Luitpold lives in, which is Bavaria, the state that produces many of Germany's stereotypes.
Captain Cosmo: And the recent letter Leonid got about Prigozhin, that was dark. But then again, Prigozhin was one of Putin's henchmen so it's no surprise that's how it came to be. I just wished my country's history wasn't so dark and graphic.
Warlord Wolf: In Germany, especially in the state of Hesse, we have two words: Brothers Grimm. Fairy tales in their actual forms are dark yet Disney made them very sweet and magical. The later being is because their intended audience are children.
Zax: I have a feeling the Eagles will be soaring tonight.
Eagles Fans: FLY, EAGLES FLY!
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Civilian 4: Whatever happens at the Super Bowl, win or lose, people better not riot and destroy everything here like they did back in 2017.
Civilian 5: Don't forget the looting, too. The police here made a warning that if anyone tries to loot, they will be shot by police snipers. It's not what we wanted, but it's the only way to stop looters on their tracks. The C.I.D.F. knows about this, too.
Civilian 6: Those stores are other people's income and lives. That's their properties they invested into. Some of them are family-owned, too. And then there's the others that are family-owned for generations as well.
Civilian 7: You've got to do what you have got to do. Second Amendment is there for a reason. There's a reason why we encourage store owners to have firearms with them. Rolling steel doors and windows can only do so much protection alone.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Luong: Just the thought of that makes me sick.
Leo: Try not to think about it; you'll be just fine.
Super C: *to Cosmo* I feel for you; I really do.
Jocko: *to Zax* Put money on Chiefs if I was to gamble. Am not doing that.
M.W.: Not me either.
Chuong: *Looks at the TV monitors in the suite.* Oooh; a live video of Kansas City and Philadelphia.
Zax: You can select which public camera you want to view it from within those cities there.
Chuong: Current view is good. I worry for Philly, even though their crowds are the ones controlling its fate tonight.
Chiefs Fan 1: Come on, Chiefs; let's go!
Chiefs Fan 2: Here we go!
Juno: You can switch the video to a view from Wildcat City from Jabowitz's office, but he seems to come off more as a Bengals fan.
Mechayote: He can root for the Chiefs. *He switches one of the live videos to a view from Mayor Jabowitz's office.* You can communicate through the systems here. *He turns on live communication to talk to Mayor Jabowitz.* A lot of your Chiefs fans are here in Glendale. How are you doing?
*WC, KS, USA*
*Jabowitz is watching from his office in his house, not his place of work.*
Mayor Jabowitz: Oh, hi; how's everybody doing over there? I'm doing well, and as you might have guessed, I was wanting the Bengals to win. They've been to three Super Bowl games, and they lost all three. But you can't have everything, can you?
Leo's voice: A lot of us are praying there's no rioting, win or lose, in both cities.
Mayor Jabowitz: So are we. We all remember the 2017 riots. What did you all think of that opening ceremony?
Leo's voice: A big success; one of the best accomplishments we have seen from the Marching Wonder in such a long time.
M.W.'s voice: Thank you. Thank you all so much!
*Later on, there is more wild cheering.*
Zax: Looking great so far!
Chuong: Woot, woot! I have a gut feeling that the Eagles may win but we'll see.
Eagles Fans: FLY EAGLES, FLY!
Leo: I wouldn't be surprised; the Chiefs kicker keeps missing crucial field goals. He isn't going to last long if he keeps missing like that. I have a feeling this game would be a lot more competitive if the Bengals were the ones playing.
Mayor Jabowitz's voice: I have to second you on that.
*later*
*The Eagles lead 24-14 at halftime.*
Super C: Not really your taste, is it?
Leo: It's not, but I'm actually grateful to see people like her performing. It's proof that the CNG effects are starting to wear off at last; prior to that, everything was entirely being shunned if it wasn't something I liked. Cripto was even suffering from it.
Tom: That's true. There was a huge uptick in traditional symphonic music, including film scores, and also jazz. Everything else was taking a plunge.
*Philadelphia, PA*
*No rioting so far. Some people are upset, but this is due to the fact they had relatives who were guilty of looting and rioting in 2017. CNG had ultimately killed them off.*
C.I.D.F. Soldier 1: Makes you glad CNG is dead, doesn't it?
Civilian 1: It does. I had a cousin that was involved in the looting; I think black and blue CNG was what ultimately killed him off. Too bad we didn't think of doing heavy security like this when we won it back then.
C.I.D.F. Soldier 2: That's true. It didn't really start until Leo got elected. But that's just a coincidence.
*later*
*It then becomes 24-21, Eagles. Then a field goal is scored to make it 27-21, Eagles, at the end of the third quarter.*
Leo: (narrating) It was a back-and-forth affair, it seemed. It seemed to me that whoever was going to have control of the ball when time expired. (Football doesn't use a buzzer as far as I know, but the NFL discontinued its tradition of firing a pistol to end each quarter in 1994.)
Sadly, we didn't get the results we wanted in the end, but I am not speaking of the game when I say that.
*Later, the Chiefs lead a shocking victory against the Eagles at 38-35. Everybody celebrates wildly.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Chuong: What?! No way!
Zax: *To Jocko* You were actually right about the Chiefs beating the Eagles!
Mechayote: *To Leo* Your hometown's favorite team just won the Super Bowl during your presidency!
Juno: Uhm... I don't know if we should proceed with the White House Super Bowl party or not. *He points at the TV monitor showing rabid Eagles fans acting up in Philadelphia, even though the rioting wasn't as bad as back in 2017, where the city is safe with some damage.*
Chuong: Oh great it's Planet of The Apes in Philly.
Marshall: Let us Americans handle that. You just stay put here.
Wrangler Wolf: Unless there's collapsing buildings and heavy debris than just overturned cars, I'm going to stay here to protect our guests here. I still remember in the last World Series, a pizzeria in Philly refused to deliver to a group of Astros fans.
Marshall: But you represent them too as an American G-52.
Wrangler Wolf: Yes, but if they're going to act like ungrateful idiots, I'm going to treat them like one. After all, there's way more than enough C.I.D.F. agents there. And if they want to act all foul against my kind because we're from Texas and we love our Astros, well, I'm going to give them a taste of their own medicine by letting them suffer by their own acts. But seriously, at least one of us needs to protect our guests from overseas here just to be safe. Cripto can join me on this since if he ain't gonna see whatever unbiblical acts they do in Philly, then why should I see that?
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*Rabid Eagles fans go berserk as many of them act like crazy gorillas and make ape noises during their antics.*
Civilian 1: Oh come on; it's just a game!
Civilian 2: You're lucky that we actually made it this far!
Civilian 3: Hey! Get off that drum!
Rabid Eagles Fan 1: *Jumps up and down on a timpani drum in anger like a spoiled brat.* We were so close to our second Super Bowl victory!
Rabid Eagles Fan 2: *Pounds on a steel door several times in anger.* {BLEEP} you Mahomes!
Rabid Eagles Fan 3: *Climbs up on a building.* That's not fair! I thought we were going to win!
Rabid Eagles Fan 4: The Rocky Balboa statue curse is not working! I also thought the winner of the coin toss will also be the loser of the Super Bowl!
Civilian 4: I don't believe in football superstitions and the statue curse is all lies. Stop thinking using black magic against our opponents would work!
Civilian 5: Come on dude! That cop car didn't do anything to you! You didn't have to overturn it and set it on fire!
Rabid Eagles Fan 5: {BLEEP} the police! {BLEEP} the Chiefs!
Civilian 6: Well {BLEEP} you too!
Civilian 7: Hey! I don't want to hear that language! There's kids nearby!
Police 1: Yup; they just overturned my car.
Police 2: Oh; come on!
Police 3: Knock it off!
*A group of rabid Eagles fans overturn another police car before they jump on it before it catches fire. Firefighters arrive to the scenes to help put out the flames.*
Firefighter 1: Like I'm surprised at this.
Firefighter 2: Cleanup is going to be a mess, though not as bad as it was in 2017.
Civilian 8: Yeah; real classy Philadelphia! No wonder why the Houston Astros rightfully defeated us in the last World Series.
Civilian 9: *Uses the G-52 app on his phone.* Help! The rabid Eagles fans have gone Planet of The Apes bananas! They're overturning cars and vandalizing stores!
Police 4: We're going to have to get our SWAT snipers involved. *On his headset.* Go ahead and start shooting. They're trying to loot the stores.
*The police snipers start shooting to deter the looters.*
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: Drat; I was hoping there wouldn't be any rioting. There was even heavy patrolling from the C.I.D.F. Party cancelled; that's an order!
Tom: So much for being "the city of brotherly love." All I can do is bow my head and say, "Father, forgive them. They don't know what they are doing!"
Super C: *to Wrangler Wolf* He and I are both with you on that one. Even worse is the fact police are shooting them (and possibly killing them) because they're looting. But, we have the C.I.D.F. working overtime.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*One Drumbum eagle pushes the rabid fan off the timpani.*
Drumbum Eagle 1: Give me that! That's not a trampoline, you moron! Ugh! Now I have to pay $5,000 just to get this fixed!
Civilian 3: Why not bankrupt him and make him pay for it?
*The C.I.D.F waste no time in apprehending the rabid fans and pushing them into various recall pods, sending them to prison.*
Civilian 5: I'm sorry, but I hope we never win another Super Bowl again!
Civilian 3: I hope we never win anything again! We're that worthless! CNG was right to kill those relatives of ours in 2017! We didn't redeem ourselves like the Argentinians did when they won the World Cup last year.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Wrangler Wolf: Y'all know that back in Texas, looters are expected to get shot at. Anyone tryin' to rob anyone is expected to get shot immediately. We have state constitutional carry, where you don't need a state permit or license to carry a small firearm. Not too long ago in Houston, a robber was stealing phones of other people in a taqueria so one customer shot him dead and returned the phones back to their owners. The guy wasn't charged and was allowed to go free because of this.
Zax: That's Texas, so people there are expected to protect themselves, their families, and their properties by any means necessary.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Civilian 4: *To Drumbum Eagle 1.* Not really when the public cameras have AI, facial recognition, and advanced scanning to produce evidence for the court. That bill will be stuck on the idiot who jumped on it. *To Civilian 3.* Exactly. They want to act like fools, they'll be treated as one.
*Later, everybody returns home, but Leo and his administration visits the city of Philadelphia to address the hooliganism.*
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Politician 1: We did prepare for this. There was shootings, vandalism, all the sorts, but we were prepared for all that.
Politician 2: We even went as far as to use the city's tax profits to pay visitors, especially those who brought their families here, to leave before the Super Bowl because we knew things were going to get wacky. We reimbursed them for their hotel cancellations, too.
Zax: Well, clearly you did what you can to minimize the damage, so that's good.
Politician 3: As expected, it was like something off of Planet of The Apes but at least it wasn't like back in 2017, when it looked like the Vikings raided and pillaged this city.
Mechayote: Is everybody all right?
Civilian 1: Not really. I saw a guy hurl a beer glass at the TV screen when we lost! Things were quite barbaric last night.
Civilian 2: There were lots of emotions, many behaved, but some acted up, as usual here in Philly during the games.
Civilian 3: There weren't much damage so everything was easy to cleanup and all, but I'm still upset that people acted the way they did.
Police 1: There was looting and vandalism, so we had to do what we had to do before someone gets hurt. We didn't have a choice.
Police 2: They overturned several cars and set them on fire, many being our police cars. Firefighters were involved, of course, and were able to put all the flames down before things got bad, like it did back in 2017.
Police 3: We did everything we could. Oh hello Mr. President. I guess you're here to address the hooliganism here today. The press is over there.
Marshall: And this right here is why the Chiefs won. *He and the others lead Leo to the media press.*
Reporter 1: Mr. President! How would you address the hooliganism from last night?
Reporter 2: Would you be expecting some of the Drumbum Eagles moving to Wildcat City over this?
Leo: I wouldn't be surprised. Wildcat City is the music and marching band/drum corps capital of the world. Please note there were times where we have been trying to get our own major league teams, but it never materialized. In any event, I hope this town is ashamed of themselves. This is supposed to be the city of brotherly love. All the people have shown is hatred! And it's just a sport, for crying out loud! It is not the end of the world. Do you people really want to lower yourselves to the people of Argentina back when they rioted over soccer matches? Mind you this did not stack up close to that, but still, why does it mean that much to you? I want answers, even if you don't have them.
Zax: Leo, those people are in jail. They will be answering to the judge here instead.
Shadow Hunter: Thanks to AI and recognition technologies, the damage those idiots caused will be fined to compensate them since the court will automatically have the videos of their damages. This also includes the timpani drum being damaged from being used as a trampoline. Those are not cheap instruments! They are very expensive!
Zachary: A lot of work went into making those timpani drums, even with advanced machinery and 3D printing.
Juno: *To the media.* For heavens sakes! It's just a game! Not to mention, it's also a game where two brothers of opposing teams were playing. This was a night to bring the families of everybody together! No game is worth going that nuts over! *To Leo* Anything else you wanted to say?
Leo: Oops; sorry. They're already in jail. That's what I would say to them if I was talking to them. Does that work?
Reporter 2: That works for us.
Leo: Being a percussionist, I was highly insulted by the use of timpani as a trampoline. A timpani's purpose is to make the orchestral music you are hearing exciting, or add to the fanfare of a majestic king.
*Wildcat City, KS, USA*
*Timpani Tiger records a timpani solo after a short rant he makes about that scene (but it was not something Super C fined him for), and then he speaks.*
Timpani Tiger: Now THAT is how you properly use timpani! It is never to be used as something to jump on!
Timpani Tiger: (narrating) This is twice now that somebody has done this; the first time was during the chatoic Twitter meltdown, and I had to witness that one in person. I abruptly thrust the man off the drums, and into a recall pod. I think my military days were coming back to bite me because I was a top-ranking military officer of Bengalia, just as the Snare Soldier was to Ratatat, and the Macho Major was to Leonine. It's partially how we became the Drumbum leaders. Tons of other animals followed afterwards.
Note that the solo was a solo I was to do anyway, being on the musical payroll system. The payroll allowed me to make the rant.
Super C: (narrating) He was not given a demerit for it, however.
Leo: (narrating) Just to confirm, Philadelphia will always have plenty of Drumbum Eagles, but one (and only one) performing unit did flee the city forever, and guess where they now reside? You guessed it. Wildcat City. A city with no major league sports teams (unless you count the teams of the roller derby league Danger Dawg presides over), but we have a few minor league teams in baseball and soccer. We wanted a major league team, but CNG said no. Now that it's dead, we'll keep trying until we get one, but if we do get one, it will probably be a soccer team. Why? It's the sport that made us the best offers.
In any case, there are your highlights from our perspective of Super Bowl LVII. The opening ceremony was a powerful image, and it is the Marching Wonder's biggest accomplishment. It almost seems insulting that Rhianna would be the halftime show performer to some, given how different those two are, but I didn't have a problem with it. In fact, I made the comment that we should be grateful that she was performing, even if she possibly did things that upset some people (whether she did or not, I don't know), but even she was predicting that the animals in the opening ceremony were going to get much louder applause than her, and she was right. Why should we be grateful, you ask? CNG is dead. It was taking a long time for its effects to wear off, but remember, it was going after humanity first. With it dead, those who were and are fans of Rhianna got to enjoy her perform without any embarrassment, or fear of what the stuff was going to do to them for being fans of her.
Still, you can see proof of how its effects are taking forever to wear off, because the furry performers got louder applause than she did. It's not just politics; the music industry and show biz are also suffering because of the whole fad that states, "Humans are out, furries are in." It's not fair to the humans, really, but it also the human race that was turning on itself by starting this fad without knowing they were under the influence of CNG. Thus, I campaigned hard to have deprogramming centers all over the nation open up, and offering counseling to these people at no cost to them.
However, because the people of Philly rioted, I cancelled the occasion where I would have carried out the tradition of inviting the champs to the White House, and instead chose to focus on letting George D. Higgins hold his press conference, so that he could expose himself as the political cartoonist who drew all those pictures of me, popularizing the idea of me as the "Galactic Emperor of the Universe," and also pictures of Zachary Chandler from his days as the dictator. Higgins had no context for what Zachary's goals actually were as dictator, and so he portrayed him in the most negative light possible. After Zachary's reforms, though, Higgins began showing the new him, and when the two met not so long ago, each one clarified to the other one what they were doing and why.
The conference kept getting delayed by multiple circumstances, including bad weather, Billy Bob Jolson going after Higgins, the Super Bowl, and now, Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. It was coincidentally Juno's birthday on that day, and so we opted to celebrate that. We'll be presenting those highlights in another journal entry.
For now, take care, behave yourselves, and remember, sports are just sports!
THE END
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Highlights from Super Bowl LVII
Leo the Patriotic Lion: (narrating) Leo the Patriotic Lion here. Even if I had not been elected President of the United States, which I was, we would still be attending Super Bowl LVII in person, because the NFL has been inviting us to that game as an annual tradition since they started, and it helped that because we were there in person, it would add to any extra security needed if they needed us. However, the sheer numbers of the C.I.D.F. alone were enough to give the organization the peace of mind it needed. It also helped that everybody around the globe was making people sign contracts saying they would behave themselves or be banned forever (although Argentina was still playing all its soccer games with no audience whatsoever as a consequence of that country's history of rioting over soccer games).
What we have here are a collection of highlights from days leading up to the big game and on the day of the big game itself, plus what was happening around the globe.
This is a long one, so please bear with us. It was also held in Glendale, Arizona, where the Arizona Cardinals usually play their home games. Being in that state, the NFL got the brilliant idea to ask the Jocko and his fellow tribeswolves of the Moon Dweller Tribe to join any marching bands and military personnel involved in the opening ceremony. Pop artist Rhianna was selected as the halftime show performer, since the NFL still can't get the furry performers to do the halftime show. They were that furious over people kneeling during the anthem; thank goodness that's all died down. Sadly, CNG was killing people that were doing that.
*Later, Luong and his administration arrives in Los Angeles for vacation for the upcoming Super Bowl in Arizona.*
*Los Angeles, CA, USA*
Civilian 1: Wow; Luong's administration looks very casual.
Chuong: Because not everybody who votes wear business suits at work.
Civilian 2: I'm quite surprised you and the others chose economic seating. Don't you guys have your own private jets or something?
Chuong: The thing with business class seats and above is that they're actually designed for office-style work and projects on the go. We're on vacation, so we don't need those things.
Civilian 2: Interesting. Well, welcome to America. I hope you will enjoy your stay.
Chuong: Oh, we will! *He and the others line up and notice the automated minibuses.* Whoa...
Civilian 3: Like what you see? Think of them as self-driving taxis, but you only have to pay for the distance traveled, not the time spent in it. And you don't even have to tip! Isn't it cool?
Chuong: Nice to see our donations put to good use. I knew you Americans would recover from this!
Civilian 3: But one thing about these minibuses is that it's card only. No cash. I hope Luong knows this.
Chuong: He knows.
Luong the Hidden Lion: (narrating in English) Of course I do. I got into the habit of charging it for everything, but the fact is I do always pay all my bills in full.
*Chuong and the others use the minibuses to get to their hotel rooms to unpack and relax in briefly before hanging out together in public.*
V-Fox: California is as stellar as ever!
Chuong: With more tech, of course!
Anh: I haven't been to California a long time. And is Glendale a big city in Arizona?
Chuong: According to satellite images and public camera images, doesn't look big to me but it's sprawling and still got construction. I just hope there isn't a crowd crush there when the Super Bowl comes.
V-Fox: That's why we have reserved suite seating with our American counterparts.
Chuong: But even that, a lot can go wrong. I hope their police is ready.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
*The police chief continues to train their police in crowd control in hopes that a crowd crush does not happen on Super Bowl day.*
Police Chief: Remember, the big stars go in first. Everybody else is next. Remember your list of Super Bowl VIPs! They will be coming in hours early before the others arrive!
Police 1: Check your equipment make sure they're up to date and have no problems!
Police 2: It's going to be busy! Remember, Jocko and his bands will be featured as drum performers for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Super Bowl! It's gonna be huge everybody!
Civilian 1: Oh, boy; it's going to be nuts.
Civilian 2: I don't remember when was the last time we held an event as big as this but it's going to be busy. Leo and his VIPs are coming! We gotta make sure that we look good as a city here.
Civilian 3: I run an automated store so hopefully it will be no problem for the Super Bowl crowds here!
Civilian 4: You ready for the big day? I sure am!
Civilian 5: Yup! American flags are propped high everywhere too! It's so wonderful that streetlamps these days double as flagpoles too. Just have the lights below the flags since they'll be flying high.
Civilian 6: Aren't we supposed to alternate them with the Arizona state flags?
Civilian 5: That's on normal days. Today, this is a major American event, where Americans across the nation will be watching the Super Bowl, hence we're going all American flags instead of the normal alternating pattern with the state flags. And the private businesses fly their Super Bowl flags and banners, if applicable.
Civilian 6: I see. I just bought my Super Bowl flag, so I'll be flying that on top of my house instead of my usual American flag. It just arrived to my house.
Civilian 5: Excellent! May the best team win!
*GVS, AR, USA*
*Because the opening ceremonies and parades have Jocko and his tribe involved, the tribeswolves rehearse intensely.*
Jocko: Drums of Native Americans involved; normally do not mix with marching drums. But we use both drums here. Drums beat rhythms of life.
Warrior Wolf: It's a good thing we have Drumbums helping us out, then.
*LA, CA, USA*
Luong: *in English* I'm aware of that; I've been using my credit card anyways. Responsibly, of course.
*elsewhere*
*Others rehearse for the big day. Because the NFL still can't get Furry Fury or other rock bands to perform for its halftime shows, Rhianna will be the featured halftime performer. But the Moon Dweller Tribe, Forsythians, etc. do play in the opening ceremony, so Rhianna comments that she thinks that will get louder applause than she will. She's not bothered by it, however.*
*LA, CA, USA*
Chuong: Yes. Or as the Koreans claim, it's also for security purposes. Like for example, if you disappear suddenly, the police can use your credit card history to help find you.
V-Fox: Yes but he has a point since credit card fraud is still out there; just not as common as it once was. Even with the alert settings, its still out there. Remember, as technology changes, so do the criminals.
Chuong: Of course I know this well. Just like my dad told me, people change with technology because it's part of what we call adaptation.
V-Fox: He's right. This is also why supervillains exist. But then you have us superheroes and G-52s.
Chuong: Correct. But then, we have humanoid robots, even if they're in their experimental stages, they're advancing quickly.
V-Fox: That's part of Earth's evolution and survival. As Levon would say, everything happens for a reason.
Anh: And he's actually right about that.
*GVS, AZ, USA*
*The locals cheer for Jocko and his tribe.*
Civilian 1: Y'all gonna do great in Glendale!
Civilian 2: Y'all gonna bring lots of shine to the Super Bowl! You got this!
Leo: (narrating) Now we start with the global highlights.
Renata the Maori Lion: (narrating) Over in my homeland, we had just started recovering from the flooding issues we were having, but disturbingly, we found dead GSAF soldiers in the mix. Apparently because CNG is dead now, nature decided to pick up where it left off, because it was killing the dead GSAF terrorists.
*Auckland, New Zealand*
*The flood is finally draining even though it is taking a long time. It was discovered that a GSAF squad died in the flood.*
Soldier 1: Yup; a squad of GSAF terrorists died here.
Soldier 2: Poor timing on their part.
David S.: Looks like they're scoping out this city before the rest of New Zealand to plan their attacks. At this time we still have to keep people out of Auckland, as it is inhabitable until the flood drains completely. Then we have to clean up the mess before checking for buildings that needs to be demolished if they fail to meet safety codes.
*Houston, TX, USA*
*The city raises its city walls for the upcoming river flooding at least as the other cities and towns in the same county that Houston is in does the same. Due to this, several businesses plan to close early before the rain happens, as several residents plan to vacation out in Arizona just to be near the Super Bowl and to get away from bad weather.*
Civilian 1: Geez; we haven't had any sun for like a week at least now.
Civilian 2: I'm ready to go to Arizona.
Civilian 3: Me, too! Made sure my home is tightly locked and secured with curtains down just to be extra safe.
Civilian 4: We should be good. I hope we don't have any strong winds and if we do, we should be safe.
Lenarth the Naval Lion: (narrating in English) Meanwhile, over in Denmark, the government was trying to eliminate a holiday near and dear to all our hearts: Great Prayer Day. In its place would be increased funding for our military. The prime minister had evidently forgotten that because of the huge surpluses resulting from all those times Cripto pulled money out of thin air, there was no need to cut anything for anything reason. Yet as the number of believers in Jesus arises, so do the challenges; Satan isn't going to stop until he meets his ultimate doom as prophesied in the book of Revelation.
As a result, they brought me in to set the records straight. Even if we got rid of the holiday, let's be honest, people would still celebrate it on their own.
*Copenhagen, Denmark*
*The politicians explain to Lenarth about conscripting female citizens and the idea of eliminating Great Prayer Day from being a public holiday in favor of increasing funding for the military.*
Politician 1: *In Danish* First off, it's just four months. But we still want to include female citizens into this so we can train them important skills, such as first aid. Second, nurses are always going to be in high demand. According to statistics, females make for better nurses and are the majority in that field.
Politician 2: *In Danish* Yes, we have world peace, but we can't drop our guard down. Look at the social programs we have. In return, we expect a sense of duty from our people. So let's say the GSAF attacks us and our troops do get hurt. Yes, we have male combat medics, but most of our combat medics on base and reserve are females, so they serve as backup. In other words, we like to have backup plans when things go wrong here.
Politician 3: *In Danish* And NATO is serious about Europe's ability to defend themselves when needed. That's why many European countries have all these social programs to help maintain themselves when the military is needed. Denmark is not at war, and hopefully we stay that way. We are hoping no enemies like the GSAF attacks us. But at the same time, we can't drop our guard. Now you see why we include females in this.
Alpha: *In Danish* Understandable.
Politician 4: *In Danish* Even those who identify as other than female or male will still be required to serve. Everybody must be ready to defend themselves and provide support to those on the front lines. Another reason for our conscription plans during peacetime is to encourage our people to join our reserve units and grow their careers from there. You know very well that if you want peace, you must always be ready for war, even if you don't see it coming. When our enemies see us that we're ready for them, they'll think twice before attacking us.
Alpha: *In Danish* Are we still going to have Great Prayer Day?
Politician 4: *In Danish* Of course, but I don't think it should be a public holiday. The companies can still have that holiday for their employees. It's not like the Bible specifically states that we must have such a day. We have it because of traditions. Sometimes, the church doctrine may differ from the Bible.
Alpha: *In Danish* Right... No wonder why there's a massive peaceful protest outside about this.
Politician 4: *In Danish* You still need troops to defend that day as part of defending Denmark.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* Come on, government! Can we please keep Great Prayer Day as our national public holiday? You can still increase funding of our military without eliminating that day as our public holiday!
Civilian 2: *In Danish* Our church is not happy with this! You already know that Denmark is a Christian country and that per our constitution, Christianity is our national religion!
Civilian 3: *In Danish* I shouldn't have to pray to God that you keep Great Prayer Day as our national holiday! Listen to us!
Civilian 4: *In Danish* Keep it as a national public holiday! This whole thing is dumb! You can increase funding for our military without giving up that day!
Civilian 5: *In Danish* Denmark is not a secular country! Please respect the wishes of our church!
Civilian 6: *In Danish* God is above you! Do not upset Him! Remember, when you die, you will answer to Him!
Civilian 7: *In Danish* We're going to pray on Great Prayer Day anyways, so you might as well keep the holiday!
Politician 5: *In Danish to Prime Minister Frederiksen about her plan.* Yeah your plan was a bad idea. Surely we can keep the holiday and still increase funding for our military.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* I can work that out. But at the same time, our national conscription law should apply to all of our citizens, not just males. Otherwise, it wouldn't be fair for the purpose of our social programs. I think I should wait for Lenarth's opinions about this. If he joins the opposition against my plans, then I will find a way to boost our military and still keep that day.
Politician 5: *In Danish* Knowing him, he would prefer that you try that instead.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* Bring him to me then.
Politician 5: *In Danish* Yes, ma'am! *In Danish to Lenarth.* The Prime Minister is ready to see you now about her plans to eliminate Great Prayer Day from being a public holiday in favor of boosting our military, even though we can still do that without eliminating that day.
Civilian 8: *In Danish* All right, Lenarth! Speak your mind to her! We're ready to listen to this!
*LA, CA, USA*
Luong: Exactly.
*New Zealand*
Renata: It figures. There's too many terrorists form that twisted organization dying from bad weather. On the other hand, good riddance.
*Denmark*
Lenarth: *in Danish* Very well.
*He is brought to Frederiksen.*
Lenarth: *in Danish* So why do you want to get rid of this holiday? Do you not know how many people are angry over this? Do you not know how angry you would make the Lord over this (possibly)? Even if you get rid of the holiday, people are going to continue to celebrate it as if you didn't.
*He goes on with the speech.*
Frederiksen: *In Danish* People will be allowed to celebrate it, but making this a public holiday would mean our government services are shut down that day.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish as he enters.* I like to say that this idea, upsets me. You know, mad.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* Could you elaborate?
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* You see, the rise of technology allows repetitive and boring jobs and services to be provided without the aid of a person. The person serves to expand the business and to bring life to society. And then, there's the government. Governments invest a lot in technology to allow them to provide automated services without the aid of a bureaucrat. And when it comes to customer service for the government, you have surveys and word clouds, which allows what issues need to be addressed once the data scientists sort them out for you. Now as for the military, yes, go ahead and include females and the others, but in a time of peace, let them celebrate Great Prayer Day as well, even though it's not specified in the Bible, but prayer is mentioned a lot in it.
Frederiksen: *In Danish* But if an enemy-
Alpha: *In Danish* Soldiers will automatically defend. In Israel, their soldiers celebrate their holidays but know that if someone threatens their peace, they will be expected to perform their duties. Take a lesson from the Israelis and the Americans on how they can maintain and strengthen their military without sacrificing holidays. Think. Just think. You have everything under you.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* You can totally increase funding for our military and still keep Great Prayer Day. It's possible. Just try it.
*As everybody shouts "DO IT!" in Danish, the rest of the politicians decide to join them and sign a petition demanding that Great Prayer Day must be kept as a Danish public holiday.*
Frederiksen: *In Danish* Fair enough. Then we will keep the holiday and increase funding for our military. We will include all citizens, regardless of gender identity, to join our military for at least four months. *to herself* What have I done?
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Not everything has to require sacrifices. You have everything you ever need and more; you just have to be creative in your management skills. Take a lesson from the Zanicchi Administration.
Alpha: *In Danish* Holidays do not affect budgeting. Just because America does not have a Christian holiday as a public holiday doesn't mean we should go that way. If our constitution says that we are a Christian country, it's there for a reason. That means Christian holidays established by our church here are public holidays. Many of us are part of that church, and so am I.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Work smarter, not harder.
*Everybody lets out a sigh of relief.*
Civilian 1: *In Danish* I wonder if Lenarth does enough Christian preaching to us here?
Alpha: *In Danish* He did plenty. Understand that in the United States of America, they do not have a state religion, therefore Leo must be careful when talking about Christianity and should avoid promoting the religion to his people. Here, it is the opposite because Christianity is our state religion and promoting it, especially our Christian holidays, is acceptable and encouraged here. Of course Lenarth, like us, must understand that there are many Danes of the Asatruar religion due to our Viking roots, and that will never go away here. Super C is aware of these differences between his country and here.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* But like America, no homophobic and transphobic messages here. Leonid vowed to protect LGBTQ+ people in Russia, so Lenarth, of course, knows to do the same here.
Alpha: *In Danish* Of course.
Politician 1: *In Danish* We finally reached a deal!
Politician 2: *In Danish* A solution that everybody can agree on!
Politician 3: *In Danish* Why didn't I think of that? I feel like such a dummy!
Alpha: *In Danish* Oh; I've heard worse. In Korea, they used to ban children from playing online games past midnight. Now, they only require government permission through their parents, which is still as stupid.
Politician 3: *In Danish* That is indeed stupid.
*Ottawa, Canada*
*Many doors leading to outside are frozen shut due to heavy snow.*
Courtney: Well, that's just great! Just another winter in Canada. *On her smartphone to Levi P.* Hey, Levi! Want to take your administration on vacation to meet our American counterparts for their Super Bowl to get away from this wretched weather?
*Washington D.C., USA*
Zax: Our Vietnamese counterparts have arrived in Los Angeles. I hope our Canadian counterparts are okay since Canada is, once again, snowed in.
Juno: Minnesota isn't really much better.
Shadow Lord Coy: Shadow Lord Roxbury lives there in Rochester, one of the cities that serves as America's major medical research labs.
*Rochester, MN, USA*
Shadow Lord Roxbury: So glad I could work from home because it's beyond frigid outside. But I do look forward to a vacation down in Arizona for the Super Bowl. I hope the minibuses are still working. *He packs for his trip in his suitcase.*
*The Netherlands*
*A Dutch chip company announces expansions in their factories in Canada.*
Civilian 1: *In Dutch* While the United States is excellent for our operations, Canada is even better with more land and stability! They have the workers as well!
Civilian 2: *In Dutch* The Peterson Administration in Canada has provided better deals to increase semiconductor and computer parts production in his country. We will be among the first companies to invest in Canada for this ambitious project! When it comes to North and South America, also known as the New World, Canada shall be key in the production of semiconductors and computer parts there.
Civilian 3: *In Dutch* As our global civilization grow, so will the demand for these parts to drive our global economy. Live data will flow around the world faster than water allowing projects to be completed earlier for the world.
Civilian 4: *In Dutch* And with this, it leaves one great opportunity for the world: the promotion of sports in our leisure to promote and maintain our health as part of improving our global civilization. This will be an interesting and fun topic that I hope will be covered next in Switzerland by the WHO and other global organizations.
Civilian 5: *In Dutch* Sporting goods companies rely on our technology to put their products to the test before sale. Thus the expansion of our business in Canada is more than just a great feat for us, but also necessary for the world.
*Everybody claps and cheers for the company.*
*Denmark*
Lenarth: *in Danish* Good. I'm glad you're finally listening to reason. Besides, we're undergoing a surplus right now. Remember when Cripto funded the world? I know he overreacted, but he gave us enough money to last until the end of time.
*Canada*
Levi the Mountee Lion: *on phone* You read my mind; I was about to call and suggest the same thing. You're good at mind-reading me. I'm not bothered by the cold, though; I am used to it. I wonder if any other of my counterparts are coming? Well, besides Leo.
*His smartphone allows him to talk to Courtney and use other parts at the same time, so he texts Leo on the G-52 app.
*Netherlands*
Ludo the Merchant Lion: *in Dutch* Congratulations on your expansion.
*Washington, DC, USA*
Leo: They're doing just fine. In fact, Levi just texted me and said that at Courtney's request, his administration is also going to the Super Bowl. And let's not forget, speaking of that, that the wolves in the Moon Dweller tribe (including Jocko) are part of the parades and opening ceremony. The bad news, if you call it bad news, is that the NFL still can't get the furry performers it wants for its halftime show, so Rhianna is the featured performer. Cater to the humans; that's what I always say.
Tom: They still won't perform?
Leo: I think some of them were still angry at Colin Kapernick for kneeling during the national anthem. Cripto hasn't done it because, well, he doesn't care about football in the end. He will if the Bengals get to the Super Bowl again.
Tom: I know his parents are Chiefs fans, but with Patrick Mahomes hurt, it's not looking very likely.
Leo: No. It isn't. (narrating) For his sake, I prayed that Patrick would heal in time.
Cripto: (narrating) Spoiler alert in case you missed it: the Bengals didn't beat the Chiefs. However, I didn't mind. I had to be impartial because my family were Chiefs fans, and besides, middle American needs to catch up to the west and east coast teams in terms of Super Bowl wins.
*Denmark*
Alpha: *In Danish* Cripto's donations also contributed to the rise of fertility rates around the world as well. Denmark may seem like a small country on the map, but we have more room than you think. The towns have plenty of room, and all we have to do is grow upwards.
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Our fertility rate is at least 3. Israel is twice of that ahead of us. We can do way better. I'm sure the rest of that surplus can be used to encourage our people to have more children.
Politician 1: *In Danish* We can't argue with that.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* Now that I think about it, I think I can have two more children. I just don't want to stress myself out, but at the same time, our government takes good care of our children to make our jobs easier.
Civilian 2: *In Danish* You'd be much happier with more children. Trust me on this, I got seven children.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* How are you not stressed?
Civilian 2: *In Danish* We live in the future where paths are established for continuous growth. After high school, there's trade school, conscription in between or not. And from there, the trade workers will decide if they want college later in life or not. And did I mention that I have seven kids? It makes it easier to buy a tall suburban home for the family with the government tax credits they give for big families. They basically cover your mortgages when you have lots of children. Much cheaper than paying that off along with utility bills.
Civilian 3: *In Danish* We have our social programs and pay taxes to them for a reason.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* You know what? I'm growing my family in hopes that one day, I can move out of an apartment and into a house in a smaller city nearby!
Alpha: *In Danish* That's what I'm talking about right there! Do it for Denmark's future! The future is now!
Danger Drummer: *In Danish* Don't worry about the costs of raising your family. We pay high taxes for that. You'll be a great father of this modern era.
Civilian 4: *In Danish* The Radford family in Britain is the prime example of how the world's families should be like. Many British look up to them as examples of how to raise their families to their country's future.
Civilian 1: *In Danish* Over 20 children... For now, I will be praying to God for all the strength and energy for me to raise as many of my own children as possible for this country.
*Canada*
Courtney: Our Vietnamese counterparts are here for starters.
*Washington D.C.*
*Leo and his administration takes the train to Glendale to meet their foreign counterparts for the Super Bowl.*
Zax: Time to ride.
*Mexico*
*Politicians explain to foreign media about their new smoking laws, which is among the strictest in the world.*
Politician 1: In our country, we have designated smoking areas, and you will see them marked. If you don't see them, don't smoke.
Politician 2: Our beaches are indeed beautiful, but we share them with the environment. Hence the hefty fines we put on smoking here. If you smoke in our beaches, you will get caught and fined.
Politician 3: We want to keep our country as clean and beautiful as possible. We do not want to smell like an ashtray.
Politician 4: *In Spanish to Leandro.* And this is how our smoking law works. Basically do not smoke anywhere but the clearly marked designated areas in this country. This is for the sake of our national health here. Vaping is also smoking because it uses nicotine too. As the world says, if it looks like smoking, smells like smoking, then it's smoking. Nobody wants to smell that in enclosed crowded spaces.
*Denmark*
Lenarth: *in Danish* So let's now focus on keeping the holiday as a holiday and using the surplus for military funding boosts, and to get people to have as many kids as they see fit. Some people can only handle one to two kids, but when you force families to have only one child as the Chinese once did, your nation suffers. Thank goodness that's gone now. And I do remember reading about the Radfords; that mom has given birth to at least 22 kids. The most I've ever seen prior to have is 17.
*Canada*
Levi: We'll see the American counterparts as well. Well, Leo, anyway. I don't know about the others. There's also Clyde and Ulysses, for instance.
*Mexico*
Lenadro: *in Spanish* I personally wish no one would smoke, period. But do whatever you have to do, especially since you have big fines for it.
*Denmark*
Alpha: *In Danish* Yes, but didn't the Bible encourage people to "be fruitful and multiply"?
Ice Pirate: *In Danish* Yes, but as those who see fit.
Politician 1: *In Danish* What he said.
Politician 2: *In Danish* 17 is still an impressive number. Just having more than just 5 children is a huge deal in today's world.
*Later, Leo and his counterparts meet up in Glendale.*
Chuong: *To Bob as he hugs him and pats his back.* My condolences to your team. You were very close. I saw the replay, and it was intense.
Bob: You said it would be the Year of The Cat. It just wasn't our luck this season. But we tried. Cripto saw the game and it was a good game.
Zax: I don't see it as a loss for Cripto. He is from Wildcat City, and more than half the people there are Chiefs fans, so he still has a team representing him anyways.
Juno: But guess who the Chiefs are taking on this Super Bowl. Remember 2017?
Zax: I remember. The police chief in Philadelphia told us that they only have so many cops to go around and so much C.I.D.F. soldiers to go around. They said that if people there decide to act like idiots and put themselves and others around themselves in danger due to their stupidity, the cops will have to let them because the police chief doesn't want to put their police in danger of others' stupidity. Philadelphia right now is jam-packed with Eagles fans to the point that the Pennsylvania National Guard has to close off the city's entrances, so that the city doesn't become a fire hazard from overcrowding.
Marshall: We told Philadelphia's police chief and their city government that if their fans decide to burn down their own city like they did in 2017, we will not go there. They agreed, and I just wished Philadelphia deserved better. It may not be my favorite city, but it's still an American city worthy of protection. Yet their biggest threat is their very own residents and the fans of their football team. Just ironic.
Diamond Knight: You can only do your best in convincing them to be civilized. Grease up the poles so people don't climb on them if you have to. You can only do so much.
Chuong: Well, that's just great. I knew the fans of the Philadelphia Eagles are passionate, but I still remember that incident, too. Stupidity knows no bounds these days. It's like they want to compete in being the stupidest fans in the world.
V-Fox: Now that I think about it, this would be a test for Leo during his presidency. In 2017, he wasn't President yet. Whatever he did back then to keep himself calm, he should do the same.
Chuong: Not easy if you are an elected representative of that city through a national position. *To Leo.* So... Win or lose, let's say people in Philadelphia decide to go nuts and burn down their own city like they did back in 2017. How would you handle this situation?
Kirk: *To Cripto* Sorry to hear that your team lost. Very good game and your team still proved themselves to be among the best here.
Mechayote: As long Joe Burrow is with the Bengals, you have little to worry about.
Shadow Hunter: *To Peyton the Patriotic Eagle.* Your team has made it to the Super Bowl again. Let's hope your fans in Philadelphia don't act up like they did back in 2017.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers have blocked the city entrances, but kept the exits open.*
Soldier 1: *To a C.I.D.F. soldier.* Yeah. We don't want a repeat of 2017 here.
Soldier 2: So as you know, this city is full! We're talking about every hotel room being booked and every store being full of customers here. The city of Philadelphia has stopped ticket sales to this city meaning no more visitors here until after the Super Bowl. That way, no place becomes a fire hazard from overcrowding.
Soldier 3: There's only so much of us around here to go around, just like how there's only so much cops to go around here. Remember, the number of these Eagles fans outnumber all of us here. So all we can do is pray and hope that they don't burn down this city over the Super Bowl.
Police 1: Heavens forbid they go nuts here again... It was just 6 years ago when they rioted!
Police 2: Remember, your life goes first. If they act stupid, let them act stupid. Their fault for getting hurt.
*The city's hospital workers are stressing out over a potential repeat of the 2017 riots.*
Doctor 1: No, no, no! Our team is in the Super Bowl again! I swear if our fans act like Neanderthals again...
Doctor 2: Medical sales rep claim that our surgical robots will treat our patients accurately and precisely in less time, but I'm not sure if they are meant to treat every of those idiots who decided to put themselves and others in danger.
Doctor 3: Look, you chose to be a doctor; therefore, you chose to accept this duty for this community.
Nurse 1: The administrators did stock up on our supplies ahead of time.
Nurse 2: But will it be enough?
Nurse 3: They said it will be enough.
Nurse 4: I can't believe I have to prep our rooms and areas for idiotic fans.
Nurse 5: You're always going to have idiots for patients. You chose this occupation; therefore, you accepted the risks that comes with it.
Nurse 6: The rowdy crowds will be a headache for ambulances and EMTs...
*Wildcat City, KS, USA*
*There are lines of Chiefs fans at the train stations and airport ready to go to Glendale for the Super Bowl.*
Chiefs Fan 1: Onwards to Arizona!
Chiefs Fan 2: Man those Bengals are tough! But I don't know if we'll beat the Eagles.
Chiefs Fan 3: Look, the fact that we made it this far proves that we are among the best. We won the Super Bowl before, so this time, win or lose, at least we get to vacation in Glendale in Arizona.
Chiefs Fan 4: I hope Glendale is big enough for us and those Eagles fans.
Chiefs Fan 5: They are. If not, we'll just hang around in Phoenix.
Chiefs Fan 6: I'm going there because cheaper hotel deals than in Glendale. I got all of my Chiefs gear with me for this Super Bowl.
Chiefs Fan 7: With us in Glendale, that will give Wildcat City plenty of space to go around about until after the Super Bowl.
*Glendale*
Cripto: Well, you're not going to win them all. Still, you have to give the Bengals credit, because last decade, they were nobodies. Now look where they are.
Leo: How would I handle the Eagles fans destroying Philadelphia? I'd avoid the city at all costs, sort of like how we went to Japan to be on the safe side, but I'd just let them make idiots of themselves. Then I'd wait and see if and when they would be forced to confess their sins to the world.
Tom: And I do remember last time; some people said it was as if Norsemen had entered the town and pillaged it, except it didn't stack up how it would look if Lennart was the one doing the pillaging.
Leo: I even showed Lennart photos of the damage, and he said, "That definitely looks like a Viking raid."
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
C.I.D.F. Soldier 1: We do not want a repeat of that either; that's why there's at least 139,000 of us on round-the-clock patrol. Overreaction, possibly, but we're not taking any chances. The day of the Super Bowl, we are tripling our numbers to help you.
*WC, KS, USA*
Chiefs Fan 8: I think I'm instead going to visit GVS if that is the case. My kids heard many stories about Nickelback Nathan and his posse, and were hoping to see them in person.
*Glendale*
Chuong: Fair enough. There are several factors to consider when things go wrong there. Asides from the sheer amount of men alone, you got alcohol, and these fans are pent up for the Super Bowl. Not a good combination alone there.
Marshall: Being a bartender sucks in Philadelphia right now. With a crowd of customers pressuring you to give them more alcohol, but you have to refuse, it can be stressful. Bartenders have been fired for serving more alcohol than the legal limit, you know. And with such a crowd, the streets aren't much better, so getting rideshare services will be tough.
Chuong: That's not a good combination right there.
Marshall: Stores sell alcohol, so people can buy them to make their own shots to share with their friends at home.
Chuong: So basically that beautiful city is a ticking time bomb?
Marshall: Yup! Unless a miracle happens to prevent people from acting like full-blown idiots.
Chuong: Great... So I'm looking at crowd crushes, vandalism, public intoxication, accidental manslaughter, oh good heavens no...
Zax: We just rebuilt that city like 6 years ago for heaven's sake! It's going to take more than just concrete and steel to keep the idiots in check. Homes in Philadelphia have rolling steel covers over their windows because of what happened then.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Soldier 1: That's not an overreaction; that's a smart decision.
Soldier 2: Anything to minimize the damage when our fans decide to go Planet of The Apes.
*The city politicians decide to come up with a plan to pay visitors to leave the city and cover their hotel cancellation costs to try to reduce the city's chance of crowd-related injuries. Their plans in doing that have been successful with visitors who brought their families.*
Politician 1: Better to use our tax money for this than to have a repeat of 2017.
Politician 2: Or at least reduce the risks of crowd-related injuries.
Politician 3: There goes downtown traffic with all these crowds. Let's hope for the best!
Politician 4: We're a ticking time bomb since there are fans who managed to climb up on the traffic lights despite being greased.
*WC, KS, USA*
Chiefs Fan 9: GVS is going to have a lot of Super Bowl fans there, too.
*Glendale*
Leo: I do hope for a miracle if that is the case. If Argentina's people can control themselves after winning the World Cup, surely the people of Philadelphia can do the same thing.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
C.I.D.F. Soldier 2: Exactly the way our people used to describe the people of Argentina with all that soccer rioting. Miracle, it was, that it didn't happen after they won the Cup.
C.I.D.F. Soldier 3: Oh, yes; that was incredible.
*Eagles serving as Drumbums play music to reinforce the constant patrolling the C.I.D.F. is doing.*
*Glendale*
Chuong: Well, the problem with that is that the Super Bowl is a domestic event here, so they're probably not going to care about the Japanese.
V-Fox: But Japan has the X-League, which is their equivalent to the NFL here.
Chuong: But that's Japan. We're in America, a whole different world and the fans here are encouraged to be as loud as possible to show their passions.
Zax: Doesn't mean to trash up the public and not fear the consequences for that. Philadelphia must continue to remind their fans the consequences if they act up.
Chuong: *He notices a live video of the Drumbum eagles in Philadelphia.* Drumbum eagles in Philadelphia? They're still there despite what happened 6 years ago?
Zax: That's probably their hometown.
Chiefs Fan 1: Check it out, guys! The Kelce brothers are taking on each other!
Eagles Fan 1: First time a Super Bowl has brothers on opposing teams facing off against each other as players. This is big news!
Chiefs Fan 2: Emotions are going to be running high and all over the place.
Eagles Fan 2: Same back in Philly. I'm here just in case our fans decide to act like full-blown idiots back at home, so I'm at least safe.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*Some of the reporters speak to the Drumbum eagles.*
Reporter 1: So you're not bothered by what happened 6 years ago?
Drumbum Eagle 1: Not at all. This is our hometown and if the fans want to act up, we just move aside and look for safety so we're not in their way. We're not the ones acting stupid so the fault goes on them.
Drumbum Eagle 2: We have the C.I.D.F. with us and everywhere, so I'm not worried about being in harm's way if they act up.
Reporter 2: So despite all of that, you're going to continue to perform in public here?
Drumbum Eagle 2: As long they behave, we will continue to perform here.
Drumbum Eagle 3: Though some of us have fled to other places like Wildcat City, I'm still going to stay here. The spirit of Philadelphia will always be here so even if the fans decide to burn down this city, the spirit of our city will be there. All we will do is rebuild and live life as if nothing happened. Because in the end, they're the ones who will lose their jobs and have a hard time finding employment if they act up. The thought of such consequences should scare them into behaving.
*Kansas City*
*The city becomes full of Chiefs fans to the point that the city has to close down their entrances and stop train and plane ticket sales to the city to keep extra visitors out to avoid a crowd crush.*
Civilian 1: Oh, man; the Eagles are tough...
Civilian 2: But one of them has a brother playing for us. We got this.
Civilian 3: At least we don't burn down our city. But let's hope for the best for the Chiefs.
Leo: (narrating) So we have two potential disaster zones, but there is a major difference between middle America and the east coast; America is one nation of 50 states, but sometimes you'll feel like you're in a whole different world if you go to a different state. Philadelphia has always had the worst sports fans according to people I talked to in the past, but I cannot tell you who has the best sports fans.
Leocadio the Gaucho Lion: (narrating) But if you want the world's worst sports fans, people always said they belong to River Plate or Boca Juniors, the teams of our Superclasico. The last one we did was behind closed doors, however. Boca won that last meeting 1-0, but both teams were good sports and congratulated one another. Both sides were also more worried about my health, and so after the game, some players from both sides (including both goalkeepers) got on a video chat with me and asked me how I was doing. That was a nice gesture on their part.
I told them I was doing much better, and that I had converted to Christianity, which was a long overdue decision for me. That was just one factor in my health improving, but it was a big one.
*Cincinatti*
*Although the Bengals lost, the city still gives them a big welcome when they return home.*
*Glendale*
Leo: I wonder what Ryo thinks about the X-League?
Tom: Not sure. Then again, it differs from the X-League in this country, which I don't watch.
Leo: Neither do I; the wardrobe is disturbing. Why? It's a women's league. Nothing against those women, of course.
Super C: How did you discover it?
Leo: By accident.
Super C: Then it's not worth a demerit.
*Philadelphia*
*The Drumbum Eagles continue their music with a drum cadence.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Chuong: I wasn't aware that America has their own version of the X-League. As for what Ryo thinks about his country's X-League, I wouldn't know, but I don't imagine gridiron football to be popular in Japan.
Zax: You never heard about this and whatever Leo just mentioned, you never heard about it. Nobody knows about this. I never heard of this before myself but let's just say, we don't talk about that here.
Juno: Yeah. You never heard any of this.
Diamond Knight: Alright we didn't hear it.
V-Fox: Alright. I heard nothing.
Chuong: Alright. Glendale is indeed bigger than I thought and I noticed that there were what appears to be a hotel resort with shopping outlet malls nearby.
Zax: That's for the families with children there.
Chuong: I still worry about Philadelphia because it's such a gorgeous American city, some say its America's equivalent to Paris in France. It even has lots of fancy museums too.
Zax: Yes, but let us Americans worry about it. That's not your city to worry about.
Marshall: Their sports fans will drive you crazy.
Juno: And some people there tend to hate on the state of Texas a lot too. I hate to say this but as beautiful as Philadelphia may be, Dallas has way more to do and enjoy there than what Philadelphia has. I and Zax live there so we know. But darn I can't believe Dak Prescott didn't perform so well.
Zax: I was hoping he'd bring us to the Super Bowl.
Marshall: No matter how much you pay for the best athlete, nothing is guaranteed. Feel free to explore this city before Super Bowl day comes. We saved you a spot in our suite in the stadium.
*Cincinnati, OH, USA*
*The Bengals banners and flags have been put away before they are replaced with the city flags of Cincinnati, state flags of Ohio, and the national American flags. Some fans are still wearing Bengals shirts and hoodies, though.*
Civilian 1: We got Joe Burrow. He's proven that he can lead our team into victory.
Civilian 2: At least nobody will think we're nobodies.
Civilian 3: Nobody will say we're among the worst.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: I think it's best we just let nature take its course.
Tom: I'm sorry I brought it up.
Super C: We forgive you, Tom. Just chill and enjoy the festivities.
Leo: (narrating) So we're now ready for the big day, and a huge chunk of my international counterparts were with me, showing the world just how powerful a force "Leo's army" is.
*Later, it's the Super Bowl and the VIPs arrive early for ID check before practice as others go in to relax and enjoy the early moments before the main crowd arrives.*
Police 1: Get ready to show your IDs at the entrance!
Police 2: VIPs first this way! In this line!
*Once the VIPs are in, the stadium staff and police prepares for the main crowd.*
Chuong: Wow... First time I've been inside a stadium with an early view.
Zax: With the Zanicchi Administration for the Super Bowl. Wait until you visit our suite.
*We visit the reserved suite.*
Chuong: Quite a view with a lot here.
Juno: Like what you see?
Chuong: Yeah. *To Luong.* And from here, this is where we watch the magic of the Super Bowl and the crowd.
Mechayote: And marching bands, of course. Don't forget those.
Jack: The Kelce family is very pleased to watch their own two sons compete against each other. This is the first time where two brothers of opposing teams compete against each other in the Super Bowl. In the end, the Kelce family wins.
Chuong: I would imagine emotions would be all over the place for everybody and not just the Kelce family.
Jack: Very likely and because of that, the Kelce family are VIPs. To them, its the Super Bowl to end all Super Bowls.
Marshall: I would be very surprised if Philadelphia is spared from rioting.
Diamond Knight: I was surprised when Argentina did not riot when we won the World Cup.
Zax: And Levon is Armenia's ambassador to our country and he's with us. Perhaps, why not pray for Philadelphia to not repeat 2017 and learn from the Argentines where they can celebrate peacefully?
Chuong: I'm not American, so I probably wouldn't be part of this prayer. But I do not want Philadelphia to be destroyed by their very own fans.
Zax: Just because Philadelphia is not your city or concern does not mean you can't pray for their safety. God made this world for us to share you know. And don't forget the "love thy neighbor" part, especially with foreigners.
Chuong: Then we're in, even though we're not Christian.
Zax: The Bible does not exclude foreigners and outsiders as our neighbors.
Jack: We have different viewpoints, but Philadelphia is a part of our planet. *To Levon* Shall we all collectively pray for Philadelphia so that they don't repeat their 2017 riots?
Chuong: Win or lose, civility is very important for Philadelphia.
Levon: Yes; that's a good idea.
*Levon leads us in saying prayers for the city of brotherly love. Those who do not participate still are respectful of this. After the prayers, everybody continues on as usual as the stadium staff slowly lets the main crowd in.*
Chuong: I think I should explore.
Eagles Fan 1: It would be nice if our team won, but then our fans have to not destroy their own hometown like they did back in 2017. The city of brotherly love would love to have the Kelce brothers after an Eagles win, but it's up to the fans if they want to act welcoming to invite them or keep them out by acting like complete idiots.
Eagles Fan 2: You can only do so much. But in the end, what matters is that we are here. What they do is their own choice and whatever happens after that is on them, not us.
Chiefs Fan 1: I have finally arrived! The wait is over!
Chiefs Fan 2: Wow; Arizona has more to do than I thought.
Chiefs Fan 3: First time being here?
Chuong: Absolutely! I've never been to this city before, and this is the very first time that I've been to a Super Bowl event.
Chiefs Fan 3: Interesting. So what brought you from Vietnam?
Chuong: Well, it's a long story. It all began with California being pounded by a series of storms, and it was really bad. So I decided to financially donate to California, and Luong joined in on this because Cripto bailed the world out from debt, so we decided to pay it back by donating to California. California has a very large ethnic Vietnamese population, so it's kind of personal to me since I know people there.
Little did I know was that the entire world was donating to California, and it was donations after donations after donations in waves. So once California was rebuilt, the Zanicchi Administration invited me, Luong, and the others over to see what California has become after our donations to help them rebuild before we go here for the Super Bowl. There was a lot of technology, automated stores, and cool vending machines in California, complete with more tourists, so it was something.
Chiefs Fan 3: That's very cool! Even cooler is that this is the first Super Bowl where two brothers of opposing teams face off against each other. I think it's going to be the most emotional Super Bowl in history because, well, what are the odds of this happening?
Eagles Fan 3: The Kelce family is very proud for this moment watching their own two sons compete against each other. It's like a big family reunion of sorts. The fact that this is your first time being in the Super Bowl today is a perfect time to experience this very exciting event. It's going to be very emotional, so there's going to be a lot going on.
Chuong: Let's hope nobody hyperventilates and pass out from this.
Eagles Fan 3: You ain't gotta worry about that since your pals and allies are everywhere here when that happens.
Eagles Fan 4: Our boy Jason Kelce brought his pregnant wife and her doctor for the Super Bowl today.
Chuong: He what? Pregnant wife in an enormous rowdy crowd with her physician next to her?
Eagles Fan 4: Yup! This Super Bowl is the Super Kelce Bowl!
Chuong: They allow that here?
Eagles Fan 4: Yup; it's the norm here! It's all about the big moments and the memories after that! Think about the epic stories she's going to tell her child after they're born.
Eagles Fan 3: If I was a superstar and my wife was pregnant, I'd want her to be as close to me as possible with her doctor to make sure she's okay.
Chuong: Wow... Sounds kinda uhm... Risky me thinks. Where I'm from, when the wife is pregnant, she must either remain with her husband, at home, or in the hospital, to avoid unwanted spiritual disturbance to her child. I don't know about here, but in Vietnam, you're not going to see a pregnant woman outside during nighttime.
Eagles Fan 3: Interesting.
Zax: Oh hey guys! And yes, Chuong, it is normal in American culture for a man to bring his pregnant wife to events like this for the sake of moments and memories, especially if they are a direct part of it like Jason Kelce. It is also normal for pregnant women to request to have their obstetrician with them at events like these.
Chuong: Sounds like American obstetricians really love their jobs in getting to go to events like these with their patients.
Juno: Yes, but it can also be very intense and stressful, too, since they're in charge of their well-being, and let's just say, if in an event an unexpected birth happens, they are there to assist in providing care. But you also have to understand that these wives also have personal security with them in case that happens to keep the paparazzi from barging in. On top of that here, the police are not only notified when pregnant wives of VIPs are present, they also send additional backup near them for their protection. And of course, don't forget the C.I.D.F. here in protecting them as well.
Zax: And you're not going to be able to see them easily since they have their own suite reserved for them, and it's tightly secured. You know, kind of like our suite we share with you, Chuong.
Chuong: Wow... That's very interesting. I learn something new everyday here. What do you think of that, Luong?
Luong: That is helpful information. Good to learn new things. It's good they have their own suite so that if we don't want to see it, we don't have to.
Chuong: I would assume her physician also has at least an EMT/ambulance team in the suite as well. As for nurses, for an event like this, I'd imagine there's more than one nurses in the suite.
Jack: Of course, she has the entire team ready when she goes into labor during the Super Bowl.
Zax: Oh, hey; that's a good way to advertise to people to be interested in the clinical field so that they get a chance to work closely with the superstars.
Jack: Yes, but also stressful also, because when working with superstars, it's a high-security situation. They got bodyguards for protection and privacy. So if anyone, including the media, tries to ask clinical staff or other healthcare workers if they've dealt with a specific superstar by name, they must say no and deny such events. HIPAA and global privacy standards, you know. Strict stuff.
Chuong: Hence the average person enjoys life more than the superstars, because at least they have privacy, and not have to get stressed from the fact that everybody knows them and wants to see them constantly in person at every hour. I never thought I'd be part of my country's central administration; yet, here I am with Luong.
If you love privacy, you'd be happier being a free civilian with their own rights than you would being a public servant bound by their own people. I just don't think people should be running for office when they realize the realities of being in the government in charge of major decisions that could impact your country on a national level. And when you finish your term and leave the government, everybody knows you.
Privacy is such a luxury, that no amount of money could even equal to its value. That's why I donate my pay from office, and even donated to help you out in California. Nobody should be in the government just for the money when the price is their privacy.
Zax: I agree, and it all makes sense. You're right about that!
Juno: You got a good heart.
Chuong: Yes, but Cripto donated to the world to set us on a path towards a better future. And part of that is paying back to this country, which is his homeland. Let's just say, because of Cripto's kindness in donating to the world, one day, when America cries for help, we give back and help out. Not to mention this country gets all sorts of crazy weather everywhere, up, down, left, right. Kansas City is right between two American states that are infamous for tornadoes.
Zax: We do indeed get a lot of crazy weather. Dallas is a frozen winter wonderland, that people can be seen ice skating throughout the city's streets at least. But not the first time we had that there.
Juno: And you know very well that we Americans are very adaptive when it comes to bad weather. We rebuild and adapt because we're just so good at that. *His smartphone beeps and speaks on it in Spanish.* Keep calm there, amigo. You don't want to be fined.
Leandro the Revolutionary Lion: (narrating in English) Hi there; sorry to interrupt, but while the Americans were having their Super Bowl, down in Mexico, there were problems with tourists disobeying the laws about being near specific monuments and national landmarks. However, one man decided to take the law into his own hands. That was a mistake.
What I did, however, was a totally different story; it accidentally started a new wave exploiting the stupidity of these specific people. I feel bad because of what I said, probably because of how I said it, but why is our world so dumb?
*Mexico*
*A Mayan indigenous man knocked a tourist out with a bamboo stick because he tried to climb up on a Mayan temple, which is forbidden and offensive to Mexico's indigenous communities. Shadow Lord Dominguez and several of the country's indigenous communities protest that images of Mexico's ancient ruins should be removed from tourism advertisements and that tourism services must stop taking tourists near them there.*
Mayan Vigilante: *In Spanish as he's arrested by the police for assault after the tourist is sent to the hospital by ambulance.* I am sick and tired of these foreigners disrespecting our ancestors! Those temples are meant to be looked at, not climbed on! Our areas are not your personal playgrounds, and this needs to stop! Do the foreign tourists not respect our ancestors these days?!
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish through a megaphone.* Those temples are not for tourists to play with! The graves of our ancestors must be respected with dignity! Second, for those who have seen movies like Indiana Jones, do you want the situations from those movies become a reality to you? Do you not realize how dangerous it is to go to those places without knowing what's in them? We ask that the Mexican government and our tourism agencies to cease the use of any image depicting our temples and sites! Those are meant to be only looked at, not to be touched, or even posed with up close! Those places are not for your social media antics! Just stop!
Mayan Vigilante: *In Spanish to Leandro.* Tell these foreign idiots to stop climbing on our temples and disrespecting our ancestors! Make it stop!
Police 1: *In Spanish as he pushes the vigilante into the back of his car.* Into the car, now!
Police 2: *In Spanish* You don't assault people for any reason!
Indigenous Protestor 1: *In Spanish* Hands off our temples!
Indigenous Protestor 2: *In Spanish* Our homes are not your playgrounds! Respect our ancestors or stay out of our areas!
Indigenous Protestor 3: *In Spanish* Look but no touch! I'm sure your parents taught you that!
Indigenous Protestor 4: *In Spanish* Respect the temples of our ancestors by not touching them! Hands to yourselves!
Indigenous Protestor 5: *In Spanish* Come on Mexico! Your tourism industry needs to do better in respecting our ruins!
Indigenous Protestor 6: *In Spanish to Leandro.* You know our lands are off-limits to those foreigners! Our government must act with our demands! We don't want these foreigners near our ruins anymore since we keep having idiots trying to climb on them! Apparently the English signs telling them to not touch our ruins isn't enough! Because of that, we don't want tourists near our ruins!
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish through a megaphone.* Respect Mexican indigenous people and sites!
Politician 1: *In Spanish* Great... Those stupid tourists really got on their nerves.
Politician 2: *In Spanish* Time to act fast! If they don't want tourists near their ruins and sites, then we will not let the tourists near them!
Kyu the Hwarang Lion: (narrating in English) And while he was dealing with that, look at what we had to deal with.
Ryo the Samurai Lion: (narrating in English) The people in the Yuxi circle had always hated one another for various reasons, as we saw when Chuong ranted at the 20 spoiled Korean brats. Now the Koreans were giving us more reasons to hate them, even though my parallels and I were fighting hard to put a stop to it.
*Korea*
*A Korean judge rules in favor of the Japanese claimant over a Buddha statue because they proved that the statue was legally obtained through trade with Korea about 700 years ago. The Korean claimants, who stole the statue during a trip in Japan, claimed that the statue was stolen by Japanese pirates back then. Because of this, the Korean government returns the statue to Japan and jails the Korean thieves.*
Moon Mage: *In Korean to the thieves.* You guys are complete idiots. You were asked to prove that it was stolen seven centuries ago, but couldn't come up with compelling evidence. You embarrassed us in front of the Japanese when they provided compelling evidence that were immediately substantiated.
Thief 1: *In Korean* Japanese always steal from us throughout the centuries.
Thief 2: *In Korean* How could Japan legally claim that the statue was obtained from a trade with us when they had the Genko War? Japan had a civil war back then, so, yes; we believe that Japanese pirates were out pillaging our country back then.
Moon Mage: *In Korean* But you failed to provide evidence that happened. Then again, what am I suppose to expect from idiots like you?
Civilian 1: *In Korean* Wow... First off, we had a case of our idiot ultranationalists claiming that Tsushima was ours as the island of Daemado, where the judge in that case had to refute their claim by referencing a document from nine centuries ago, known as the Samguk Sagi, which officially stated that Tsushima is Japanese territory.
Civilian 2: *In Korean to Kyu.* Our history idiots are at it again! This time, over a Buddha statue. I am so speechless...
Kang-Dae: *In Korean* I'm not going to bother commenting on dumb cases like this. No wonder why the Americans and the United Nations don't take us seriously when it comes to history from centuries ago.
Civilian 3: *In Korean* Probably because America did not exist back then. But then again, why would the Americans want to get involved in dumb cases like this when their historians are still digging up their own past with Native Americans?
*Japan*
*The stolen Buddha statue from Korea is being returned back to its rightful place in a temple as people celebrate.*
Civilian 1: *In Japanese* Our statue has returned to us!
Civilian 2: *In Japanese* Those Korean thieves are nuts! Where are they getting these ideas that we stole a statue from them about 700 years ago? None of us were alive back then.
Civilian 3: *In Japanese* That statue was legally obtained through trade back then and we still have proof of that. *In Japanese to Ryo.* I can't believe we have to go there because a small group of Korean idiots decided to steal something from us and claim that we were robbing their kingdom back then. We had a civil war back then, called the Genko War, way before you were born.
Civilian 4: *In Japanese* Kenmu Restoration, which is at the start of the Muromachi Period. At the time, our currency was called the ryo, before we have the yen today. I figured I mentioned that since your name is Ryo.
Civilian 5: *In Japanese* Way before the Edo Period, where Ryo was born in. Before the Edo Period, Japan was basically separate entities fighting for unification.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
*Our communicators beep, showing us what happened in Mexico.*
Leo: There's another person CNG would have killed. Well, both of them; the vigilante and the intruder.
Super C: And now Mexico doesn't have any tourists. Leandro didn't do anything worthy of a demerit. The fault is those who made assumptions about it.
Leandro: (narrating) Now you see why I regret saying what I said.
*Mexico*
Leandro: *in Spanish* There's no excuse for what you did either. However, this is a place that should be forbidden to any tourists; you're correct about that. *Now he talks through a megaphone to the tourists.* Be grateful CNG is dead; if it was still alive, it would have killed all of you in a heartbeat because you disrespected this monument.
*The tourists gulp at the thought of it, and then flee forever.*
Leandro: *in Spanish* No; you don't have to leave the country! You can stay! *to himself* Oh, drat!
*He then messages the government telling them about this, and giving them the suggestion that such a place should be off-limits forever. The government immediately passes a law banning tourists forever from places like this, forcing all television game shows who give away trips to Mexico to strictly limit them to places such as Acapulco. Meanwhile, he keeps calm, but his conscience is bothering him about it to a certain degree.*
Stupid Tourist 1: I have to get out of here; I can't be disrespectful to this!
Stupid Tourist 2: I'm never leaving the United States again. In fact, I won't ever leave my hometown of Joplin, MO ever again. It's just not worth it. Up with the workaholics!
Stupid Tourist 3: My grandma told me not to travel outside the U.S. I disobeyed her. Now I've paid the ultimate price for this! I don't mean death, but still, I failed! I hope the Lord will forgive me for this!
Leandro: *in Spanish* What's their problem?
Mexicat: *in Spanish* I think they think their actions are going to lead CNG to come back from the dead.
Civilian 1: *in Spanish* Us offering Americans to live in Texas when we controlled it was a big mistake. Now the temptation is to start wishing for our land back.
Civilian 2: *in Spanish* That may be, but don't. Remember, if Germany had won WW1, they would have found ways to make us part of the US and taken our culture away from us. Remember the Zimmerman telegram?
*Korea*
Kyu: *in Korean* O ungrateful and unbelieving generations of idiots, how long am I going to put up with you?! As if the one impersonating me (the Joeson One) wasn't bad enough.
*Japan*
Ryo: *in Japanese* I'll never understand why these things happen. These morons are trying to rewrite history. That's the biggest crime in the book.
*around the world*
*Other nations employ stricter punishments for tourists who violate said policies identical to the one at the Mayan ruins. As a result, tourism starts dropping because people start spreading rumors that CNG is going to come back from the dead to kill them all.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Juno: Did Mexico just shut down tourism?
Chuong: I hope that country is ready for strong deflation.
Juno: They'd deflate anyways. The only difference is that if they allow tourism but through intense vetting, the deflation would be much slower.
Chuong: Nationally enforced guided tours are common policies in vetting troublesome tourists out. Right after COVID-19, Vietnam enforced that policy before allowing regular tourism. In Bhutan, their tourism policy is very strict; tourists must pay hefty tourism fees before going on guided tours, which are said to be among the best the world has ever seen, even surpassing American guided tours. Then again, almost like Iceland, Bhutan tends to have villager mindsets, even though they do plenty of international trade and business.
Juno: It's also where smoking is strictly banned everywhere, including vaping.
Zax: Global deflation was steadily happening, but with tourism dropping, that's going to accelerate.
Chuong: Big sales and deals everywhere! But then that also means business is slow and cannot hire much people.
Marshall: Dropping tourism and advancing AI would accelerate global deflation. That means recession in the international economy, meaning it will be more challenging for people to do businesses overseas.
*Mexico*
Politician 3: *In Spanish* Why shut down our tourism industry?
Politician 4: *In Spanish* Gives us time to develop plans for guided tourism in Mexico to keep them away from those ruins.
Politician 5: *In Spanish* Every time a foreigner gets hospitalized in our country, their representatives start drilling us over them questioning our capabilities in providing public safety and enjoyment for the foreigners. On top of that, we all know that the more foreigners get hospitalized, the higher healthcare costs go. Then to top if off, hospital staff gets stressed and go on strike over that because per common sense, they are expected to take care of citizens first.
Politician 4: *In Spanish* That. We want to prevent situations that could get foreigners hospitalized. Mexico is one of Earth's most popular tourism destinations, but at the same time, we have quite a lot of areas that are off-limits to them. So I think we can do guided tourism for now. We just need to come up with a policy to have quota limits with the tourists so it is easier to provide public safety for them and our people.
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish* Do whatever you have to do to keep them off our sites! If you have to copy Bhutan's tourism policies to protect foreigners and our people, so be it, even though it may not be ideal to many of us Mexicans. Better be that than someone desecrating the Mayan ruins and exposing themselves to whatever dangers lurks there. I prefer that we have a general tourism quota limit for guided tourism every day at least, or week, even. Just vet the tourists before letting them in, whatever it takes.
Politician 4: *In Spanish* We will do what we can then.
Lautaro: *In Spanish to Dominguez.* You sure a national guided tourism policy with heavy vetting is best for our country?
Shadow Lord Dominguez: *In Spanish* Yes. Also prevents stupid tourists from smoking on our beaches now that we have our new smoking laws, which basically states that only areas that are clearly marked for designated smoking will be allowed for that, otherwise, smoking is forbidden in many parts of Mexico.
*London, UK*
Politician 1: Lionus, it seems that we may need to allow security at the British Museum to invest in more lethal automatic weapons, including machine guns. The reason behind this is that if Korean criminals can steal a Buddha statue from Japan and argue that the Japanese allegedly stolen from them seven centuries ago, then it is very possible that criminals from around the world will try to steal artifacts from the British Museum and claim that the artifacts in question were stolen by us, even though we have paperwork to prove that we obtained them legally for preservation and education purposes.
Politician 2: I think we need to start investing in the British Museum's security. What do you think?
Politician 3: Might as well. That means signing a new deal with Israel to import their automatic weapons for the museum's security team to use, even though these weapons were originally made for war.
Politician 4: The British Museum is both a tourism and criminal magnet. It's very concerning, so might as well arm their security with more lethal weaponry.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: I'm sure it will wear off and be back up and running in no time. The tourism industry, I mean. But I think it shows just how powerful rumors are when you start spreading them.
Super C: The C.I.D.F. have confirmed CNG will never come back from the dead. I think I need to institute a new policy stating that CNG should not be mentioned if it's not absolutely necessary, because it can easily be used as a scare tactic. Leandro isn't in trouble, however.
*He messages Leandro about it via the G-52 app, and Leo does the same on his, mentioning it to all other parallels. Cripto tells his "army" the same thing, and they also help spread the word about the new policy.*
Tom: But surely the supernatural still exists.
Super C: It does.
*Mexico*
Leandro's reply: Duly noted. I think it was the way I said it that upset them, but before I could apologize to them for hurting their feelings, they fled. Some of them vowed they will never leave their hometowns again, but it's not healthy to become a workaholic, is it?
Super C's message: No, it isn't. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; you know this. As my Australian recruit Boomerang Bison would say, "If you think this isn't true, then you don't know jack."
Leandro's message: Isn't that a vulgar expression?
Super C's message: It is, but he limits the number of times he says it, and he's not saying the profanity used in the full sentence, so he's not in trouble for it. Neither are you, even though you should watch the tone of voice. However, I also have a problem with that. Many of us do. But the fault is the public's fault for making you look bad because they took your comment out of context and lied to themselves. That was the action that hurt my feelings. I share your frustration.
*London, UK*
Lionus: Let us do that then. We have the C.I.D.F. volunteering to add to the security, so that helps. Let us also pray hard the tourists come back in the end, because no tourism means rapid deflation, making everything almost worthless. In fact, I just learned that Peru has closed down Machu Picchu because of people doing things they shouldn't, and some of them died in the end. Mexico has also shut down its tourism, but the most irritating part was the tourists themselves spreading rumors that spread like wildfire. As a result, everybody's acting as if CNG isn't dead, and that it will kill them if they don't ever leave their hometowns, let alone their county. This is truly disturbing.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Shadow Lord Coy: Of course it does. I'm sure Dominguez knows that, too; hence he's among Mexico's indigenous peoples who rightfully expressed their anger at all of this.
Marshall: Indigenous rights is still an ongoing issue around the world.
Chuong: Thus I think the NFL did the right thing by inviting the Moon Dwellers to perform at the opening and closing ceremonies at least. I'm just here to relax and watch the Super Bowl. Looks like they're getting ready.
*London, UK*
Politician 1: Don't worry about Peru, because their issues are domestic. Let us worry about the British Museum.
Politician 2: All righty, then! Time to invest in the big guns from Israel for our museum.
*Peru*
*Combat Coyote, a Peruvian G-52, talks to Boluarte, the current female president of Peru and alleged right-wing dictator.*
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* You may have given permission to me to kill the communists, but as a G-52, per the Code of Conduct, murder is unacceptable.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* But you learned that communists are not people. Second, I already told the people that we will be having an early election soon. All of this around you, it's a domestic issue among us.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* I also work for Interpol, and I can only do so much within our powers. I cannot abuse my powers and authority. Second, I spoke with our people, and the best I can do is to let our people decide the fate of our country on our own with no foreign interference. We already made sure that no tourist is here and that they're all back at home. I also need to get to the French city of Lyon for, uhm...shall we say, business purposes. You know, projects in global stability and security, especially with the rise of security technologies.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* Then go. Who's going to stop you anyways other than the communists? When you come back, you know your duties.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* They call me Combat Coyote, not Killer Coyote. I prefer to keep my bladed weapons clean and free of blood. Children look up to superheroes a lot, and ours look up to me a lot.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* But in the end, your true duty is to save Peru no matter what. If it comes to killing communists, so be it.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* Then I will be an antihero, the type that would never be allowed in the G-52s. The people who kill under your commands and sleep comfortably with blood on their hands will be on you.
Boluarte: *In Spanish* I have prepared a private jet flight for you to get to Lyon. *She hands a plane ticket to Combat Coyote.* Good luck.
Combat Coyote: *In Spanish* Thanks, Boluarte. *He accepts the plane ticket and uses it to get on his private jet flight to Lyon in France.* Some of my important friends and allies are in America for the Super Bowl. I'll just vacation out in France and work with Interpol more just to get away from this chaos back in Peru. I hope my country doesn't explode into a bloody civil war with a military coup. *He silently prays to himself.*
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: Looks like it. This is going to be good.
*London, UK*
Lionus: Right; sorry. I'll get the order going.
*He searches for the contact information with the other politicians, and then gets help in placing the order.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
*Later, the fan crowds slowly enter the stadium in an orderly manner.*
Zax: The opening ceremony is going to be starting soon.
Juno: Stay on this level because the lower levels are crowded.
Chuong: I won't get lost!
Marshall: We're going to be having food here in the suite soon!
Tom: No doubt this is going to be good.
Leo: I'll be looking forward to this.
Chuong: *Looks through the windows.* It's a sea of people outside!
V-Fox: We're in the Super Bowl; of course it's a crowd out there!
Chuong: I just hope this city can handle such a crowd.
V-Fox: I'm sure they can. Besides, you have nothing to worry about when you see C.I.D.F. agents everywhere here.
Chuong: You're right about that. Wait... Let me guess; the Marching Wonder and his bands are part of the opening ceremony here at least?
V-Fox: Good question! *On his communicator to Leo.* Is the Marching Wonder leading his bands for the opening ceremony on the pitch?
Chuong: I think they call it a field here since this is American gridiron football, not the football they call soccer here.
Anh: We should go back up with our friends in their suite just to be safe.
Leo: As a matter of fact, the Marching Wonder is involved in this. Jocko requested it.
Tom: And with the Marching Wonder in charge, it has to be good.
V-Fox: Excellent to hear!
Chuong: So he is here.
Anh: I think we should go back up. The crowd is picking up quickly here.
*Chuong and the others return back to their suite with their American friends as everybody settles in on their seats for the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony begins.*
Zax: And there's the Marching Wonder and his bands!
Shadow Lord Coy: There's Jocko and the Moon Dwellers!
Chuong: Right on time for the opening ceremony!
*When you add it all up, there are a total of 2,000 performers on the field. The music is an unorthodox mix of Native American drumming, marching band, and even some taiko drums.*
Chuong: Taiko drumming in the Super Bowl? Who decided that?
Zax: Probably an experiment to bring more musical diversity and performance to add more dramatic elements to the opening ceremony. But still an all-American event. The coin toss will be done by four Pat Tillman scholars because Donna Kelce, the mother of the two brothers of opposing teams in the Super Bowl, said Pat Tillman made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, so the scholars in the program named after him will do that instead. Pretty much the NFL pays tribute to our troops.
Juno: Even though America is no longer at war with anyone, we still pay tribute to our troops. You don't know what some of our troops have done. Some could've been sent to our embassy in Moscow to protect our ambassador when Putin was being disposed out of power, and who knows what was happening during that time. You know, we have troops who do observation work in volatile areas so just because they're not fighting doesn't mean they won't see anything graphic. Our troops do more than just defend our country and world; they are also the eyes of our nation in this world.
Chuong: Nice to see that America still support their troops as usual.
Zax: As it should be.
Chuong: *To Leo.* This opening ceremony is much more elaborate than I thought. I wasn't expecting taiko drumming here but it really works well here.
Leo: Indeed it does. The difference is it isn't the Taiko Tigers performing; it's other animals.
*The taiko drummers are a mix of bulls, bears, and buffalo, and even a Minotaur, but it's not Marcus the Minotaur.*
Chuong: How did you get the others to join in on this? Wait, let me guess; Wildcat City furs of other species saw the Taiko Tigers performing and wanted to be a part of this. Did I guess correctly?
Leo: I don't know how to answer that because I had nothing to do with it. The Marching Wonder is a huge inspiration to so many furs. I think you are correct to say Wildcat City's animal population volunteered for this, but they wouldn't have talked to me; they would have talked to M.W. and the NFL authorities.
Chuong: Then me thinks it is the Marching Wonder.
Zax: Don't forget that the national anthem is next before the game starts!
Chuong: Oh right that. That's when we all stand and face the pitch.
Zax: Close! The American national flag will be displayed across the field. It's really, really, big. The flag that is. You'll see it.
Leo: Might take a while, though; if the flag is to be that large, everybody needs time to get off the fields. However, all the marchers in question are playing the anthem.
Chuong: I now wonder how they unfold and fold such a large flag so quickly. There's no way a flag that size can be flown.
Zax: We have ways and lots of people to handle it. Second, a flag that size is solely made for events like this.
*Uniformed soldiers of the United States Marine Corps are present as they help unfold the giant flag across the field. The stadium announcer asks everybody to stand for the national anthem as everybody, including the foreign guests like Chuong, do so. The national anthem is then being performed. Leo and administration salute to the anthem. All the musicians who march play the anthem from off to the side; Jocko and his tribe, plus the taiko drummers, do not play the instruments here.*
*After the national anthem, the Super Bowl begins.*
Zax: So there's a weird tradition in Philadelphia where people put the jersey of the Eagles's opponent on the statue of Rocky Balboa each game. In this case, it's donning the jersey of the Kansas City Chiefs. Pretty much it's a curse they put on their opponent so the Eagles can win. The origins of this is unknown to many, but apparently it's a thing in Philly.
Chuong: Interesting. But by that logic, the Eagles would be the only ones winning every Super Bowl every time. Sounds like black magic superstition to me.
Zax: It kinda does. The same could be said of the video game covers of the Madden NFL series where a featured player on the cover would suffer an injury during their game. Many Americans, even the most of hardcore football fans, don't believe in this kind of superstition. Some say it's coincidence these days.
Juno: Black magic and football sounds suspicious but the more I think about these superstitious beliefs, the more how I can see it makes sense to some people. Some people bet on these football games so sin, black magic, and gambling kinda goes hand in hand.
Chuong: Interesting... But the Eagles even rarely make it to the conference rounds though. I didn't know people in Philadelphia actually believe in this stuff where by putting their opponent's jersey on the statue of Rocky Balboa, it would help the Eagles win.
Zax: Apparently it's a Philly thing; you wouldn't understand.
Chuong: *To Leo* I didn't know there was such a curse that your people in Philadelphia believe in, where by putting the jersey of the Eagles' current opponent on the statue of Rocky Balboa, it would make it easier for their team to win. In this case, the Rocky Balboa statue is wearing the Kansas City Chiefs jersey. Sounds like the fans of the Eagles have full faith that their team would win the Super Bowl because of this. What do you think of this superstition?
Leo: Sad, but true. However, I don't believe in superstitions. We have seen that proven false because the Eagles have not won every game. Who starts these crazy rumors, anyway? But yes, it's a Philly thing. Philly has a reputation for the worst sports fans in this nation, although they didn't stack up to the Argentine soccer rioting. Still, there's no excuse for that behavior.
*The musicians, as a thank-you, are seated in special V.I.P. seats, although Jocko and the Marching Wonder (me) are brought up to the suite where Leo's administration is at. Note that the drummers in the drumline played cadences as the teams came out on to the field.*
Leo: Once again, the bandmaster has outdone himself!
M.W.: *me* Thanks; it was a pleasure performing for everybody.
Jocko: Tribe grateful to participate in opening ceremony. Do not care for halftime show; no disrespect to performer, of course.
M.W.: Right. And until I heard Rhianna was the halftime show performer, I didn't even know who that was.
Chuong: *To M.W. and Jocko.* You guys are amazing out there! The taiko drummers are a nice touch to this for the Super Bowl!
Zax: *To Mechayote.* I'm still worried for Philly.
Mechayote: But it's out of your control. The city's fate rests on the hands of their fans tonight.
Zax: If they riot and go nuts, we are canceling the Super Bowl White House victory party regardless who wins or loses.
Shadow Hunter: We have the C.I.D.F. in Philly.
Zax: Even that, if they act up, someone is getting hurt for sure. The hospitals in that city have stocked up on their supplies to prepare for the worst.
Mechayote: That's all they can do and second, it's their fault if they get hurt from their own stupidity.
Konrad: Don't forget the risk of crowd crushes.
Mechayote: Again, it's out of our control, and it's up to those fans if they want to behave or not.
Jocko: Thank you; happy to perform.
Marching Wonder: I wanted to portray world unity through the power of different drums, since the world doesn't move to just one beat.
Leo: Something that was emphasized in my review last year. No wonder people hail you the greatest Forsythian ever.
M.W.: Thanks, but I don't like to let it go to my head.
Leo: And it is true that if there's rioting, win or lose, we cancel the party. It would have to be delayed either way; I haven't had a chance to give George D. Higgins a chance to do his press conference yet.
M.W.: Who's that?
Leo: The political cartoonist Billy Bob Jolson was after.
M.W.: Oh, right. Now I remember.
*Philadelphia*
*The Drumbum Eagles still present join in the C.I.D.F. on heavy patrol around the city so that nobody acts up or gets angry.*
Civilian 1: Is that what we get for electing Leo?
Civilian 2: No; this would have happened regardless of who was in office. I know Wildcat City is a city where there's nothing to do (allegedly), but it's still the big city everybody should model themselves after.
Civilian 3: I have family there. They've shown me why, as they put it, "middle America is the REAL America." And by the way, I actually voted for Leo. I'm not somebody that wanted Joe Biden, and then had the vote changed to Leo because CNG was punishing the world's humans for existing.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Warlord Wolf: Speaking about those people who write the letters to us, I'll be speaking to Peter Weber after the Super Bowl. He's one of those people who developed an AI that pretty much destroyed the porn industry and he told me that the AI is evolving in a way that will keep porn dead for sure, but how it does it is rather horrifying. But he prefers to have his identity kept a secret with us since porn is full of human traffickers.
Shadow Hunter: I've heard about the AI part but never knew the people behind them.
Warlord Wolf: Peter lives in Germany, and in the same state that Luitpold lives in, which is Bavaria, the state that produces many of Germany's stereotypes.
Captain Cosmo: And the recent letter Leonid got about Prigozhin, that was dark. But then again, Prigozhin was one of Putin's henchmen so it's no surprise that's how it came to be. I just wished my country's history wasn't so dark and graphic.
Warlord Wolf: In Germany, especially in the state of Hesse, we have two words: Brothers Grimm. Fairy tales in their actual forms are dark yet Disney made them very sweet and magical. The later being is because their intended audience are children.
Zax: I have a feeling the Eagles will be soaring tonight.
Eagles Fans: FLY, EAGLES FLY!
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Civilian 4: Whatever happens at the Super Bowl, win or lose, people better not riot and destroy everything here like they did back in 2017.
Civilian 5: Don't forget the looting, too. The police here made a warning that if anyone tries to loot, they will be shot by police snipers. It's not what we wanted, but it's the only way to stop looters on their tracks. The C.I.D.F. knows about this, too.
Civilian 6: Those stores are other people's income and lives. That's their properties they invested into. Some of them are family-owned, too. And then there's the others that are family-owned for generations as well.
Civilian 7: You've got to do what you have got to do. Second Amendment is there for a reason. There's a reason why we encourage store owners to have firearms with them. Rolling steel doors and windows can only do so much protection alone.
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Luong: Just the thought of that makes me sick.
Leo: Try not to think about it; you'll be just fine.
Super C: *to Cosmo* I feel for you; I really do.
Jocko: *to Zax* Put money on Chiefs if I was to gamble. Am not doing that.
M.W.: Not me either.
Chuong: *Looks at the TV monitors in the suite.* Oooh; a live video of Kansas City and Philadelphia.
Zax: You can select which public camera you want to view it from within those cities there.
Chuong: Current view is good. I worry for Philly, even though their crowds are the ones controlling its fate tonight.
Chiefs Fan 1: Come on, Chiefs; let's go!
Chiefs Fan 2: Here we go!
Juno: You can switch the video to a view from Wildcat City from Jabowitz's office, but he seems to come off more as a Bengals fan.
Mechayote: He can root for the Chiefs. *He switches one of the live videos to a view from Mayor Jabowitz's office.* You can communicate through the systems here. *He turns on live communication to talk to Mayor Jabowitz.* A lot of your Chiefs fans are here in Glendale. How are you doing?
*WC, KS, USA*
*Jabowitz is watching from his office in his house, not his place of work.*
Mayor Jabowitz: Oh, hi; how's everybody doing over there? I'm doing well, and as you might have guessed, I was wanting the Bengals to win. They've been to three Super Bowl games, and they lost all three. But you can't have everything, can you?
Leo's voice: A lot of us are praying there's no rioting, win or lose, in both cities.
Mayor Jabowitz: So are we. We all remember the 2017 riots. What did you all think of that opening ceremony?
Leo's voice: A big success; one of the best accomplishments we have seen from the Marching Wonder in such a long time.
M.W.'s voice: Thank you. Thank you all so much!
*Later on, there is more wild cheering.*
Zax: Looking great so far!
Chuong: Woot, woot! I have a gut feeling that the Eagles may win but we'll see.
Eagles Fans: FLY EAGLES, FLY!
Leo: I wouldn't be surprised; the Chiefs kicker keeps missing crucial field goals. He isn't going to last long if he keeps missing like that. I have a feeling this game would be a lot more competitive if the Bengals were the ones playing.
Mayor Jabowitz's voice: I have to second you on that.
*later*
*The Eagles lead 24-14 at halftime.*
Super C: Not really your taste, is it?
Leo: It's not, but I'm actually grateful to see people like her performing. It's proof that the CNG effects are starting to wear off at last; prior to that, everything was entirely being shunned if it wasn't something I liked. Cripto was even suffering from it.
Tom: That's true. There was a huge uptick in traditional symphonic music, including film scores, and also jazz. Everything else was taking a plunge.
*Philadelphia, PA*
*No rioting so far. Some people are upset, but this is due to the fact they had relatives who were guilty of looting and rioting in 2017. CNG had ultimately killed them off.*
C.I.D.F. Soldier 1: Makes you glad CNG is dead, doesn't it?
Civilian 1: It does. I had a cousin that was involved in the looting; I think black and blue CNG was what ultimately killed him off. Too bad we didn't think of doing heavy security like this when we won it back then.
C.I.D.F. Soldier 2: That's true. It didn't really start until Leo got elected. But that's just a coincidence.
*later*
*It then becomes 24-21, Eagles. Then a field goal is scored to make it 27-21, Eagles, at the end of the third quarter.*
Leo: (narrating) It was a back-and-forth affair, it seemed. It seemed to me that whoever was going to have control of the ball when time expired. (Football doesn't use a buzzer as far as I know, but the NFL discontinued its tradition of firing a pistol to end each quarter in 1994.)
Sadly, we didn't get the results we wanted in the end, but I am not speaking of the game when I say that.
*Later, the Chiefs lead a shocking victory against the Eagles at 38-35. Everybody celebrates wildly.*
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Chuong: What?! No way!
Zax: *To Jocko* You were actually right about the Chiefs beating the Eagles!
Mechayote: *To Leo* Your hometown's favorite team just won the Super Bowl during your presidency!
Juno: Uhm... I don't know if we should proceed with the White House Super Bowl party or not. *He points at the TV monitor showing rabid Eagles fans acting up in Philadelphia, even though the rioting wasn't as bad as back in 2017, where the city is safe with some damage.*
Chuong: Oh great it's Planet of The Apes in Philly.
Marshall: Let us Americans handle that. You just stay put here.
Wrangler Wolf: Unless there's collapsing buildings and heavy debris than just overturned cars, I'm going to stay here to protect our guests here. I still remember in the last World Series, a pizzeria in Philly refused to deliver to a group of Astros fans.
Marshall: But you represent them too as an American G-52.
Wrangler Wolf: Yes, but if they're going to act like ungrateful idiots, I'm going to treat them like one. After all, there's way more than enough C.I.D.F. agents there. And if they want to act all foul against my kind because we're from Texas and we love our Astros, well, I'm going to give them a taste of their own medicine by letting them suffer by their own acts. But seriously, at least one of us needs to protect our guests from overseas here just to be safe. Cripto can join me on this since if he ain't gonna see whatever unbiblical acts they do in Philly, then why should I see that?
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*Rabid Eagles fans go berserk as many of them act like crazy gorillas and make ape noises during their antics.*
Civilian 1: Oh come on; it's just a game!
Civilian 2: You're lucky that we actually made it this far!
Civilian 3: Hey! Get off that drum!
Rabid Eagles Fan 1: *Jumps up and down on a timpani drum in anger like a spoiled brat.* We were so close to our second Super Bowl victory!
Rabid Eagles Fan 2: *Pounds on a steel door several times in anger.* {BLEEP} you Mahomes!
Rabid Eagles Fan 3: *Climbs up on a building.* That's not fair! I thought we were going to win!
Rabid Eagles Fan 4: The Rocky Balboa statue curse is not working! I also thought the winner of the coin toss will also be the loser of the Super Bowl!
Civilian 4: I don't believe in football superstitions and the statue curse is all lies. Stop thinking using black magic against our opponents would work!
Civilian 5: Come on dude! That cop car didn't do anything to you! You didn't have to overturn it and set it on fire!
Rabid Eagles Fan 5: {BLEEP} the police! {BLEEP} the Chiefs!
Civilian 6: Well {BLEEP} you too!
Civilian 7: Hey! I don't want to hear that language! There's kids nearby!
Police 1: Yup; they just overturned my car.
Police 2: Oh; come on!
Police 3: Knock it off!
*A group of rabid Eagles fans overturn another police car before they jump on it before it catches fire. Firefighters arrive to the scenes to help put out the flames.*
Firefighter 1: Like I'm surprised at this.
Firefighter 2: Cleanup is going to be a mess, though not as bad as it was in 2017.
Civilian 8: Yeah; real classy Philadelphia! No wonder why the Houston Astros rightfully defeated us in the last World Series.
Civilian 9: *Uses the G-52 app on his phone.* Help! The rabid Eagles fans have gone Planet of The Apes bananas! They're overturning cars and vandalizing stores!
Police 4: We're going to have to get our SWAT snipers involved. *On his headset.* Go ahead and start shooting. They're trying to loot the stores.
*The police snipers start shooting to deter the looters.*
*Glendale, AR, USA*
Leo: Drat; I was hoping there wouldn't be any rioting. There was even heavy patrolling from the C.I.D.F. Party cancelled; that's an order!
Tom: So much for being "the city of brotherly love." All I can do is bow my head and say, "Father, forgive them. They don't know what they are doing!"
Super C: *to Wrangler Wolf* He and I are both with you on that one. Even worse is the fact police are shooting them (and possibly killing them) because they're looting. But, we have the C.I.D.F. working overtime.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
*One Drumbum eagle pushes the rabid fan off the timpani.*
Drumbum Eagle 1: Give me that! That's not a trampoline, you moron! Ugh! Now I have to pay $5,000 just to get this fixed!
Civilian 3: Why not bankrupt him and make him pay for it?
*The C.I.D.F waste no time in apprehending the rabid fans and pushing them into various recall pods, sending them to prison.*
Civilian 5: I'm sorry, but I hope we never win another Super Bowl again!
Civilian 3: I hope we never win anything again! We're that worthless! CNG was right to kill those relatives of ours in 2017! We didn't redeem ourselves like the Argentinians did when they won the World Cup last year.
*Glendale, AZ, USA*
Wrangler Wolf: Y'all know that back in Texas, looters are expected to get shot at. Anyone tryin' to rob anyone is expected to get shot immediately. We have state constitutional carry, where you don't need a state permit or license to carry a small firearm. Not too long ago in Houston, a robber was stealing phones of other people in a taqueria so one customer shot him dead and returned the phones back to their owners. The guy wasn't charged and was allowed to go free because of this.
Zax: That's Texas, so people there are expected to protect themselves, their families, and their properties by any means necessary.
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Civilian 4: *To Drumbum Eagle 1.* Not really when the public cameras have AI, facial recognition, and advanced scanning to produce evidence for the court. That bill will be stuck on the idiot who jumped on it. *To Civilian 3.* Exactly. They want to act like fools, they'll be treated as one.
*Later, everybody returns home, but Leo and his administration visits the city of Philadelphia to address the hooliganism.*
*Philadelphia, PA, USA*
Politician 1: We did prepare for this. There was shootings, vandalism, all the sorts, but we were prepared for all that.
Politician 2: We even went as far as to use the city's tax profits to pay visitors, especially those who brought their families here, to leave before the Super Bowl because we knew things were going to get wacky. We reimbursed them for their hotel cancellations, too.
Zax: Well, clearly you did what you can to minimize the damage, so that's good.
Politician 3: As expected, it was like something off of Planet of The Apes but at least it wasn't like back in 2017, when it looked like the Vikings raided and pillaged this city.
Mechayote: Is everybody all right?
Civilian 1: Not really. I saw a guy hurl a beer glass at the TV screen when we lost! Things were quite barbaric last night.
Civilian 2: There were lots of emotions, many behaved, but some acted up, as usual here in Philly during the games.
Civilian 3: There weren't much damage so everything was easy to cleanup and all, but I'm still upset that people acted the way they did.
Police 1: There was looting and vandalism, so we had to do what we had to do before someone gets hurt. We didn't have a choice.
Police 2: They overturned several cars and set them on fire, many being our police cars. Firefighters were involved, of course, and were able to put all the flames down before things got bad, like it did back in 2017.
Police 3: We did everything we could. Oh hello Mr. President. I guess you're here to address the hooliganism here today. The press is over there.
Marshall: And this right here is why the Chiefs won. *He and the others lead Leo to the media press.*
Reporter 1: Mr. President! How would you address the hooliganism from last night?
Reporter 2: Would you be expecting some of the Drumbum Eagles moving to Wildcat City over this?
Leo: I wouldn't be surprised. Wildcat City is the music and marching band/drum corps capital of the world. Please note there were times where we have been trying to get our own major league teams, but it never materialized. In any event, I hope this town is ashamed of themselves. This is supposed to be the city of brotherly love. All the people have shown is hatred! And it's just a sport, for crying out loud! It is not the end of the world. Do you people really want to lower yourselves to the people of Argentina back when they rioted over soccer matches? Mind you this did not stack up close to that, but still, why does it mean that much to you? I want answers, even if you don't have them.
Zax: Leo, those people are in jail. They will be answering to the judge here instead.
Shadow Hunter: Thanks to AI and recognition technologies, the damage those idiots caused will be fined to compensate them since the court will automatically have the videos of their damages. This also includes the timpani drum being damaged from being used as a trampoline. Those are not cheap instruments! They are very expensive!
Zachary: A lot of work went into making those timpani drums, even with advanced machinery and 3D printing.
Juno: *To the media.* For heavens sakes! It's just a game! Not to mention, it's also a game where two brothers of opposing teams were playing. This was a night to bring the families of everybody together! No game is worth going that nuts over! *To Leo* Anything else you wanted to say?
Leo: Oops; sorry. They're already in jail. That's what I would say to them if I was talking to them. Does that work?
Reporter 2: That works for us.
Leo: Being a percussionist, I was highly insulted by the use of timpani as a trampoline. A timpani's purpose is to make the orchestral music you are hearing exciting, or add to the fanfare of a majestic king.
*Wildcat City, KS, USA*
*Timpani Tiger records a timpani solo after a short rant he makes about that scene (but it was not something Super C fined him for), and then he speaks.*
Timpani Tiger: Now THAT is how you properly use timpani! It is never to be used as something to jump on!
Timpani Tiger: (narrating) This is twice now that somebody has done this; the first time was during the chatoic Twitter meltdown, and I had to witness that one in person. I abruptly thrust the man off the drums, and into a recall pod. I think my military days were coming back to bite me because I was a top-ranking military officer of Bengalia, just as the Snare Soldier was to Ratatat, and the Macho Major was to Leonine. It's partially how we became the Drumbum leaders. Tons of other animals followed afterwards.
Note that the solo was a solo I was to do anyway, being on the musical payroll system. The payroll allowed me to make the rant.
Super C: (narrating) He was not given a demerit for it, however.
Leo: (narrating) Just to confirm, Philadelphia will always have plenty of Drumbum Eagles, but one (and only one) performing unit did flee the city forever, and guess where they now reside? You guessed it. Wildcat City. A city with no major league sports teams (unless you count the teams of the roller derby league Danger Dawg presides over), but we have a few minor league teams in baseball and soccer. We wanted a major league team, but CNG said no. Now that it's dead, we'll keep trying until we get one, but if we do get one, it will probably be a soccer team. Why? It's the sport that made us the best offers.
In any case, there are your highlights from our perspective of Super Bowl LVII. The opening ceremony was a powerful image, and it is the Marching Wonder's biggest accomplishment. It almost seems insulting that Rhianna would be the halftime show performer to some, given how different those two are, but I didn't have a problem with it. In fact, I made the comment that we should be grateful that she was performing, even if she possibly did things that upset some people (whether she did or not, I don't know), but even she was predicting that the animals in the opening ceremony were going to get much louder applause than her, and she was right. Why should we be grateful, you ask? CNG is dead. It was taking a long time for its effects to wear off, but remember, it was going after humanity first. With it dead, those who were and are fans of Rhianna got to enjoy her perform without any embarrassment, or fear of what the stuff was going to do to them for being fans of her.
Still, you can see proof of how its effects are taking forever to wear off, because the furry performers got louder applause than she did. It's not just politics; the music industry and show biz are also suffering because of the whole fad that states, "Humans are out, furries are in." It's not fair to the humans, really, but it also the human race that was turning on itself by starting this fad without knowing they were under the influence of CNG. Thus, I campaigned hard to have deprogramming centers all over the nation open up, and offering counseling to these people at no cost to them.
However, because the people of Philly rioted, I cancelled the occasion where I would have carried out the tradition of inviting the champs to the White House, and instead chose to focus on letting George D. Higgins hold his press conference, so that he could expose himself as the political cartoonist who drew all those pictures of me, popularizing the idea of me as the "Galactic Emperor of the Universe," and also pictures of Zachary Chandler from his days as the dictator. Higgins had no context for what Zachary's goals actually were as dictator, and so he portrayed him in the most negative light possible. After Zachary's reforms, though, Higgins began showing the new him, and when the two met not so long ago, each one clarified to the other one what they were doing and why.
The conference kept getting delayed by multiple circumstances, including bad weather, Billy Bob Jolson going after Higgins, the Super Bowl, and now, Valentine's Day, Feb. 14. It was coincidentally Juno's birthday on that day, and so we opted to celebrate that. We'll be presenting those highlights in another journal entry.
For now, take care, behave yourselves, and remember, sports are just sports!
THE END
Highlights from Super Bowl LVII, as seen from the perspectives of the G-52s and their allies attending the game in person (as well as what's going on around the world).
UN1024s, etc. © Chuong alone; parallels of Leo are joint-owned by him and me
Leo himself, G-52s, C.I.D.F., Drumbums, etc. © me and me alone
G-52 logo drawn by zakavatarz
UN1024s, etc. © Chuong alone; parallels of Leo are joint-owned by him and me
Leo himself, G-52s, C.I.D.F., Drumbums, etc. © me and me alone
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Chuong: Using a timpani drum as a trampoline means risk of severe injury.
Jill: Emergency accidents involving musical instruments are more common than you think. As a surgeon, I can confirm that.
Zachary: And even if they're produced and refined by machines, they're not cheap! Quality inspection in musical instrument factories is extremely intense and has a good amount of people checking them out. We haven't even mentioned the materials used to make timpani drums.
Jill: Emergency accidents involving musical instruments are more common than you think. As a surgeon, I can confirm that.
Zachary: And even if they're produced and refined by machines, they're not cheap! Quality inspection in musical instrument factories is extremely intense and has a good amount of people checking them out. We haven't even mentioned the materials used to make timpani drums.
Timpani Tiger: That's twice in these past two years this has happened. You have no idea how insulted all of us were, especially me.
Macho Major: And me.
Leo: And me, too.
M.W.: And me. If you're a percussionist, you feel insulted.
Macho Major: And me.
Leo: And me, too.
M.W.: And me. If you're a percussionist, you feel insulted.
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