The Trending Topic Herself: The Villainess is the Superstar!-Chapter 147: Team Assignments

What good can come from two newbies sticking together?

Brian Bennett slowly began speaking, his voice still tinged with amusement: "Next, I’ll talk about everyone’s group arrangements."

Everyone instantly became anxious because cooperation between partners is extremely important. If you end up with unreliable teammates, like those who drag the team down...

The original host in the variety show industry is quite famous; she flaunts her temper tantrums on set and works fanatically just to attract attention during recordings. She completely ignores the team’s interests, almost turning a variety show into her personal stage performance.

Although Ryan Spencer would help her with connections in post-editing, the effect was merely pulling her from "extremely problematic" to just "problematic." After all, he couldn’t delete all the variety show scenes. Due to this, the original host was criticized by several gossip accounts, and for ten days after a show aired, gossip accounts found no need to look for new material.

Although Maya Monroe performed well in "Survival," who can assure us she won’t revert to her old ways? After all, a person’s character is hard to change and doesn’t suddenly transform.

All the guests looked at Maya Monroe with somewhat complex expressions. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Maya Monroe noticed quite a few people nervously watching her.

What does this mean? Afraid of being grouped with me?

Not only did Maya Monroe not feel sad, but she even raised her eyebrows happily.

As a qualified villain, obviously, you should be hated by thousands. Especially for someone like her, who has relatively few appearances as a vicious female supporting character, there’s no need for intelligence or pretending—just being nasty and sending challenges for the main character is enough.

Then Brian Bennett announced the group results.

"Bella and I are the captains of the red and yellow teams, respectively. I lead the yellow team, and Bella leads the red team. Let me first talk about the guests on my team, which includes members of the FREE boy band and Alisa Shelby. Since we need to balance the numbers, Kiki is also placed on my red team."

Brian Bennett held the cue card and looked up.

A cheer echoed, as James Wallace ran up to Brian Bennett and gave him a hug, instantly maxing out the variety show effect.

"Brian Bennett bro, we’re in the same group!"

Then other yellow team members also rushed to Brian Bennett’s side.

Miles Wallace was the slowest, almost dragging himself over, showing no expression on his face.

Bella Sanford raised her voice: "I’m leading the red team, which includes our ’Wandering Beyond the Horizon’ leads..." She said pretending to be regretful, "Wait, to balance the numbers, Kiki went to the yellow team."

Brian Bennett raised the microphone and smiled: "Next, let’s have our guests change clothes because we’re about to start our first game!"

Maya Monroe followed the crowd to the dressing room to change clothes, just a set of red sportswear.

But she quite liked it; compared to complicated and elaborate clothes, she actually preferred a simple and comfortable style.

This outfit was clearly her taste.

Maya Monroe tied her hair into a high bun, leaving only a few strands of hair on her forehead, looking neat and tidy.

Ryan Spencer walked over: "Your stage performance just now..."

"Forget it; it’s already passed, no need to mention it again. You have to perform well later, and don’t slack off like before. Have you forgotten what I’ve told you? If you don’t say anything and just drift along, not even post-editing can save you."

Maya Monroe straightened her collar, feeling it rub against her neck.

She casually replied: "Got it."

The stage started up again.

Both teams had changed into their respective team uniforms—red team in red sportswear, yellow team in yellow sportswear.

Maya Monroe followed the red team and stood on the right side of the stage. Her red sportswear was youthful and exuberant, possessing a unique vitality.

Kiki Monroe knew her makeup wasn’t quite suitable for the sports outfit, same for Alisa Shelby. One had a pure makeup look, the other an ethereal makeup style, honestly neither very fitting for sports-themed attire.

There was limited time for changing clothes; they couldn’t possibly run back to the makeup room to redo their makeup.

It seemed as if every second, they wanted to crush the enemy beneath their feet, as Kiki Monroe subconsciously sized up Maya Monroe across from her.

At that moment, she instantly regretted, feeling a bit of unspeakable jealousy.

Brian Bennett and Bella Sanford also changed clothes.

Bella Sanford specially tied her hair into twin ponytails, adding quite a youthful vibe.

"It seems our two groups of guests have already changed clothes. Next, let’s start our first game—upgraded Green Light Red Light!"

For specific rules, please look at the big screen.

As Bella Sanford waved her hand, the screen immediately rolled out light blue text, with a voiceover explaining the game rules.

"Upgraded Green Light Red Light" is an innovation on the regular "Green Light Red Light."

Members of the red and yellow teams participating are named with different colored carrots, randomly selecting one group as the starting group. The starting group members do squats while saying the command, and upon finishing, point to the corresponding carrot group.

If the group called doesn’t exist or when the starting group points their finger at members that don’t match their words, the starting group loses points, and the opposing group gains points. The reverse applies otherwise.

The upgrade from the normal version lies in using a points system instead of elimination, with the team having the highest total points winning the game.

Brian Bennett withdrew his gaze from the big screen: "There’s one more thing I want to emphasize: to increase the fun of the game, each time a member fails, they must complete a truth or dare challenge set by the winning team. There is no limit to the number of times..."

Maya Monroe roughly understood the gist but felt a bit overwhelmed.

Wouldn’t it be better to just sit down and chat rather than play these messy games!

Bella Sanford asked: "Those are the rules, and unlike the usual Green Light Red Light, it uses the points system and adds truth or dare challenges from the winners to the losers. Do our guests have any other questions?"

Apart from Maya Monroe, everyone else clapped to show their expectations for the game.

Then came the naming phase where each guest had to take on a "× Carrot" nickname for themselves.

When it was Maya Monroe’s turn, she didn’t even lift her eyelids: "I’ll just be Red Carrot."

Bella Sanford replied: "Nope, Red Carrot’s already taken by James Wallace."

"Can’t repeat?"

Bella Sanford smiled helplessly: "Of course not; it’s clearly stated in the rules."

"Oh..." She lazily drew out her tone with a casual response, glancing at James Wallace.

James Wallace had been calmly standing opposite, but for some reason, when Maya Monroe’s gaze swept over, he suddenly felt somewhat inexplicably complicated.

He awkwardly turned his head away, avoiding Maya Monroe’s gaze.