Chapter 32

## Chapter Guide

The Ranked Battle Cup commences, What will happen?!

## Plot

Goggles, Headphones and Bobble Hat have assembled for the Preliminary Round of the Ranked Battle Cup, Goggles was on time, even though he was in pajamas, They need to clear the preliminary round and win the tournament! Headphones wonders about where Specs is, and soon after, an injured Specs arrives, on a stretcher! The rest of Team Blue are shocked, How did he end up like this?! Specs explains that he was stung by wasps during his morning practice! He might not be able to battle and Team Blue has a player shortage! Then Crusty Sean offers Team Blue some food to raise their spirits and to do their best.

Then the Crust Bucket blew up! with Emperor managing to escape the explosion by Inkjet, He was helping out in the Crust Bucket to learn more about the commoners, but he turned the heat on too high! Both Team Blue and Crusty Sean are in trouble! Emperor is still in training so he doesn't carry money on his person. Then Team Blue realized something, The tournament's bonus prize is that you can open a new cool shop!

The next team up is Team Blueperor, which is quite unexpected as other Inklings are confused, Why would Emperor be on stupid Team Blue? they said. Specs tells them the four different Ranked Battle Modes; Tower Control, Clam Blitz, Splat Zones and Rainmaker. In these modes, Team Blueperor has to fight according to the rules of each mode! The preliminary round is Tower Control, Specs explains to Team Blueperor that they need to ride the tower closest to the goal. and warns them that the Ranked Battle Modes are tougher than turf war! Team Blueperor's match is set in Blackbelly Skate Park and their opponents are Team Green, who lost to Team Blue and they think they won't lose in a Ranked Battle! Backwards is surprised that Emperor is on Team Blueperor. the competing teams are gathered and the match commences.

The match commences and Team Blueperor inks away, Emperor deciedes to use Emperor Road as he think's it's always flawless. Specs tells them to get on the tower, and Team Blueperor gets on it , He then instructs them to ride it all the way to the goal, then Backwards spattled down everyone except Emperor! There's no point if they cannot stay on it! Then he and Beanie got on the tower and then Emperor defeats the both of them to take the tower back! Team Blueperor advance forward through the first checkpoint and are advancing slowly! and as they were between Checkpoint 1 and 2, Backwards defeats Goggles, Safari Hat defeats Headphones, Cleats defeats Bobble Hat and Emperor dodges an attack from Cleats, A fierce attack from Team Green on their garden; Blackbelly Skatepark! They took the tower and rode it past Checkpoint 1, They pasted Checkpoint 2 and 3 and are advancing to the goal, Team Blueperor is in big trouble! Team Green are overrunning them! and Backwards thinks that Team Green are making it into the Main Round!

Then Emperor comes from behind and takes out Safari Hat, Beanie and Cleats! He used the territory to go around and do a surprise attack from their blind spot! Now that 3 members are down, Team Blueperor heads off to stop the tower and Backwards went ruthlessly on them, Then Goggles has an idea, He climbs the tower… and hit Backwards right on the butt and he falls off!

Team Blueperor has the tower back! They advance towards the goal and Team Green are determined to stop them, Backwards attacks Headphones but she evaded it by using the tower to block attacks, Safari Hat climbs up it to attack but Bobble Hat defeated him with a Suction Bomb, Emperor went around defeating opponents along the way, Backwards uses his sloshing machine and… Goggles puts laundry in it thinking that it’s a washing machine! Team Blueperor are finally getting the hang of Tower Control! They pass the 2nd and 3rd Checkpoints and they’re almost to the goal! But then Backwards attacks and forces Headphones off the tower in a last ditch attempt to stop them! But Goggles was ready for him, He uses Splashdown to get him off and Team Blueperor wins the match!

They’ve made it into the main round, Specs congratulates them for winning and Goggles pantsed him, and gets optimistic. but Specs warns him about X-Blood; the team they met the other day during the Splatfest. Apparently X-Blood were the fastest to make it through the Preliminary Round!! Emperor tells them that he’s heard of X-Blood and explains that His team: Team Emperor was “the King of the Turf War”… and X-Blood is “the Conqueror of the Ranked Battle”. He tells Goggles that this could be an interesting tournament and that he’d like to stay on his team. Goggles responded to it by pantsing him!

Team Blueperor has made it the main round next and decide to go and win this tournament!

**Who will they face next?**

## Characters

### Team Blueperor

* Goggles
* Emperor
* Headphones
* Bobble Hat

### Team Green

* Backwards
* Safari Hat
* Beanie
* Cleats

### Others

* Specs
* Crusty Sean

## Quotes

* “The Ranked Battle Modes are tougher than Turf War, Be careful”

## Trivia

* Specs was stung by wasps and therefore Emperor substituted for him in the Ranked Battle Cup
* This marks the first time a character (in this case, Goggles) wears pajamas.
	+ Goggles will wear his pajamas again in Chapter 62 and Chapter 66.
* This is Team Green’s first appearance in Inkopolis Square
* In this battle, Emperor is the only player to have not been splatted in action

## Gallery

Emperor defeating Team Green members