"That's amazing! Is she really not a professional player?"

"She has a strong sense of command and overall situation. If she becomes our captain, she will definitely lead the whole team~"

"It's just... unlike Xu Zhixian, who only cares about pushing us forward so he can set up the defense and create statistics for him."

After the guild war between Sword and Rose and Northern Dark City ended, Edmund's teammates couldn't help but complain.

There is indeed a big gap between people.

Take the extremely disadvantageous start of Sword and Rose with a score of 10 to 118 for example. As the president, she was not nervous at all. Instead, she maintained a stable mentality from beginning to end. She is the core of the team. When she is stable, the team's morale is stable.

Unlike Xu Zhixian, who only knows how to criticize others when attending important competitions. If the assassin's positioning is not good, he will criticize the assassin. If the hunter's aim is off, he will scold the hunter. Anyway, he is not wrong, it is all his teammates' fault.

"I really don't know how Captain Xu selected Edmund..." a young man complained silently, and asked casually, "Is there some kind of nepotism?"

"Hey, hey, hey! Hush... Don't let the Black Mountain Old Demon hear it, he is Xu Zhixian's number one follower." The person next to him immediately hinted.

The young boy's eyes widened immediately, and he lowered his voice: "Holy shit, is he really a relative?!"

"You're young and new to the team, so you don't know a lot of things. Actually, our previous captain wasn't him, but someone else." As if they'd been holding it in for a long time, the veteran team members couldn't help but confide in the youngster. "She's very capable individually and a great leader, but her coordination with the team is a little lacking. After discussion, the coaching staff decided to set up a match between her and Xu Zhixian. If she wins, she'll stay on Team One, but if she loses, she'll go to Team Two."

To put it bluntly, the second team is the substitute team. They have almost no chance to play, and no one wants to sit on the bench.

"As for the outcome, you don't know. Xu Zhixian won. He spent six months with us, during which time our team didn't have a captain. He was promoted to captain only after we won third place in the Asian Championship."

The young boy was confused. "It sounds like... he doesn't seem to have connections?"

At this moment, all the veteran team members gave her a look that said, "You're too young!" "Didn't I just say that our former captain was replaced because of a slight lack of teamwork?"

Young boy: "Yeah!"

"Then how do you define a slight lack of teamwork?"

The young boy was stunned and scratched his head: "Maybe I didn't follow my teammates' signals during the game?"

"Didn't keep up? Hahaha, she is our captain, she gives all the orders, how could she not keep up?" The old team member laughed.

"That... this..." The young boy was completely confused. "Hey, can you just tell me directly? I can't figure it out."

The veteran patted the youngster on the shoulder. "Alright, I won't keep you in suspense anymore. The so-called lack of teamwork is just an excuse made up by management. They deliberately picked a few insignificant friendly matches and then directly defined our captain as someone with poor team skills."

"That's bullshit! The old captain's strength is obvious to all. If she can't work well with the team, how can she lead us brothers from substitute players to regular members?"

Several of the old players in the first team were once substitutes for the second team.

The reason they were able to make it to the first team was all because of the hard work and training they received from their old captain day and night. If they lost, they were not to blame, but if they won, it was all thanks to everyone.

What a good captain, yet he was played around by capital.

"To put it bluntly, these old guys just want her to step down so that Xu Zhixian can take over!"

Several of these team members had followed the old captain for more than two years, and they knew the old captain's level better than anyone else!

"Our captain was clearly victimized. Xu Zhixian was parachuted in. He found connections somewhere and used that as an excuse for our captain. Our captain was no match for someone with connections. Their match was rigged, and in the end, the captain was forced to give up his position and move to the second team, and Xu Zhixian was parachuted in."

Unexpectedly, his casual guess turned out to be true. After all, the young boy had little experience. After listening to the old team member's story, he asked in disbelief: "But being bad at esports competitions is the original sin. Captain Xu's leadership ability is not good enough, so he should be replaced!"

Their team hasn't won an award for more than two years. The only championship was won by Lao Xu as an individual last year.

However, this honor belongs only to him and the club, and has nothing to do with the team members.

The veteran players sighed helplessly, "Hey, so he has a backer, and it seems like they're incredibly powerful. They won't trade him even if the results aren't great. We're just poor supporting characters. Under his leadership, we probably won't even be able to touch a trophy before we retire."

If the veteran players can't make it, the youngsters have even less hope, so he asked, "What about the annual transfer window? Why don't they transfer to other clubs?"

The old team member looked at him helplessly and suddenly became speechless.

"What... happened?" asked the young boy.

The old team member said, "Let's be frank. Edmund doesn't care about the championship. Winning second or third place is enough. 80% of the prize money will go to us. On top of that, the boss will give us an extra bonus. We don't get this kind of treatment at other clubs, so..."

So for the sake of money, they had to give up the so-called e-sports honor and professional pride, and kowtow to Xu Zhixian as a foil.

However, they clearly chose this path themselves, but every time they go to the field and see other teams win the game, their eyes can't help but look at the trophy and medal in the hands of the champion.

What beautiful colors, what glorious honor, that was once their dream.

But they also have to start a family and build a career. The oldest one, Coco, got the marriage certificate at the beginning of the year. He has to buy the wedding house, car, decoration... everything. All these cost money. How can they earn so much by going to other clubs?

The dreams of their youth eventually became illusions, and reality is the only path they have to choose now.

At this point, the young boy completely understood what the old team member said.

However, he suddenly thought of a question: "Who was your previous captain? He was so powerful."

Several people exchanged glances, and finally formed a single word: "Vermouth."

"What?!" the young boy blurted out in shock, "So she was the one who led you guys to win the domestic A-level league championship three years ago!!!"

"But... isn't she playing a fixed match..." The young boy asked cautiously while remaining calm.

Meeting the complicated gaze of the old team member, the young boy suddenly realized: "She was framed?!"

The old team member nodded silently.

In Beiming City, President Beiming quickly got the list of those who had withdrawn from the association in the past few days. He counted them one by one and there were 13 in total.

"Did you bring them all by yourselves?" he asked.

Yuan Qinglan blinked: "Should... should be..."

"Should?" Bei Mingdu's face suddenly turned dark.

Yuan Qinglan immediately glanced at the person behind him. Zhi Zhan Zhishang stepped forward and said respectfully, "President, I have been in charge of recruiting members for the guild recently. Most of them were recruited by us, and only a few applied on their own."

Those who apply on their own initiative are the most dissatisfied because they join the club on their own initiative and their motives may not be pure when they join.

Bei Mingdu handed out the list: "Take a look, are there any of these 13 who applied voluntarily?"

Zhizhanzhishang took the list and spotted two IDs at a glance.

"These two." He pointed at the ID.

Bei Mingdu and Yuan Qinglan both came forward, and the latter immediately opened his mouth wide: "Zhuojiu and Luanying?!"

"They quit the club?!"

Were you all fine before? Why did you just quit without even saying hello?

Yuan Qinglan remembered that these two people were very considerate. They immediately helped to arrange things as she thought of them, so she didn't need to worry too much. She had been thinking of arranging a third-level administrator position for these two people, but they just left quietly like that?

Yuan Qinglan couldn't figure it out.

Bei Mingdu seemed to be thinking: "Do you know these two people?"

Yuan Qinglan nodded vigorously: "Yes, I quite like them both."

"Is he very obedient to your arrangements?"

"Of course."

Haha, Bei Mingdu smiled to himself.

My silly sister, she was cheated but still spoke up for others. I really don’t know what to say.

Yuan Qinglan also noticed that the atmosphere had become tense. She was stunned for a long time before she tentatively asked, "Brother... do you suspect it was them?"

Bei Ming didn't answer her directly, but turned to Zhi Zhan Zhi Shang: "Go and find out which guild these two have recently joined."

A few minutes later, the latter immediately told them the result.

"Hunting for blood."

After a pause, he said, "It's still their management."

Yuan Qinglan was completely stunned.

Management...

It was not that she didn't understand the meaning of these three words. It meant that Zhuojiu and Luanying were either acquaintances of the president, or they had made significant contributions and were promoted.

It is obviously more likely that the two people belong to the latter.

Even if she was not clear-headed before, she now realized the purpose of these two people coming to Beiming City!

"Hunting Bloodthirst wants to use us to bring her down!"

What a good way to kill someone with a borrowed knife!

You really don't take their Beiming Capital seriously!

After figuring out the whole story, Yuan Qinglan was so angry that her lips and face were shaking.

"Brother! They bully us like this, we can't just let it go!"

Isn’t it just the fourth-ranked Hunting and Bloodthirsty? She is not afraid of it.

Bei Ming knew his sister would react like this. He sighed softly, "We can't just let it go like this, but the problem is that we are no match for them. Even if we suffer a loss now, we dare not do anything to them."

He deliberately arranged for Zhuojiu and Luanying to steal the ore from their warehouse, and then fanned the flames in front of Yuan Qinglan, directing the issue towards the female poet. He watched them fight the female poet, while he sat behind them, watching the fire from the other side and reaping the benefits.

Anyway, for the bloodthirsty hunters, it would be beneficial for them if either the poetess or the Beiming City suffered damage.

But Bei Ming couldn't understand why they had offended the bloodthirsty hunters. The two guilds were completely unrelated, and he had never heard of the president or vice-president. So why were they being targeted?

Could it be...

He was about to turn around and ask Yuan Qinglan when the latter spilled the beans himself: "Brother, their leader, Hunter, is so petty. Wasn't it just a fight over a map last time, but he's still holding a grudge against me?"

It was just as he thought.

Bei Ming just felt his head hurt even more. He was offline for just a few days, and his sister ended up getting into a lot of trouble outside.

So he asked, "Did he steal yours that time, or did you steal his?"

"Of course they stole ours! Momo and I were just killing monsters when they suddenly showed up and said they wanted to take over the place and kick us out. I couldn't stand it, so I started fighting them."

"And then you lost the fight?" Bei Mingdu looked at her with a half-smile.

Yuan Qinglan's temper softened instantly, and he said unhappily, "Yes, I didn't."

Then he straightened up again: "We all lost, what else do they want? It's really annoying."

It sounds quite immoral, but being bad at games is a sin. If you can't beat them, you have to give in.

However, Bei Mingdu suddenly changed his mind.

If I could get along well with that female poet, maybe I wouldn't have to suffer so much in the future?

Bei Mingdu sent Zhizhan Zhishang away, and then told Yuan Qinglan about this idea.

You don’t have to guess, Yuan Qinglan’s first reaction was “Brother, are you crazy?”

"Letting us associate ourselves with the Sword and the Rose, that poetess' guild? Don't even think about it!"

Bei Mingdu said with a cold face: "I am your brother and the leader of the association. I am just informing you, not asking for your opinion."

"Okay, if you make friends with them, I'll quit the club!"

Yuan Qinglan couldn't understand why everyone had to flatter such an arrogant guy. There were so many people speaking up for her in the world and on the forums, but what about her? After all, she was a well-known vice president and the younger sister of this guy in front of her, and yet he actually wanted to lick his boots after the guild war?

"People like you are not worthy of being my brother!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and left angrily.

Bei Mingdu looked at Yuan Qinglan's back and rubbed his brows. Having such a spoiled and unreasonable sister, he really couldn't... take care of her.

But he soon cheered himself up, and after some thought, he sent out the post he wrote himself.

#I am Bei Mingdu, the mayor of Bei Ming City. I would like to sincerely apologize to player Yin Yao regarding the iron ore issue.#

Player:?

Holy shit, the president personally apologized publicly?

Unheard of!

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