Chapter 77 Stop selling, I'm really scared :)...
On the 14th, the roeCN Summer Tournament Finals officially kicked off.
This year's highlights seem to be more focused off-field than on-field.
As HYG entered through the player entrance, fans on both sides erupted in enthusiastic cheers, accompanied by several shouts of "Yux, keep going! Let us see your sister-in-law!" which also elicited bursts of laughter.
"I have a favor to ask."
Before the game, Pigeon, as usual, came to visit the locker room.
He gripped the doorframe, his words earnest: "Um, Yux, if you lose today, could you secretly send me a picture of your sister-in-law? Just a quick snapshot will do; if you really don't trust me, I'll look at it on your phone. No other meaning, I just want to admire your sister-in-law's beauty—"
“Brother, don’t you think it’s a bit offensive of you to ask us how it is that we lost in our lounge?” Milk interrupted him coolly from the side.
Pigeon: "Oh, I was just saying... Hey hey hey! I'm here!"
He was taken away by his own coach, Ash. Before leaving, he looked longingly in Yux's direction and gestured wildly at him.
At 5 p.m., the match officially began, with both teams' players, dressed in their team uniforms, entering the stage one by one from backstage.
You Xin entered the stage behind his two teammates according to their positions. When he stepped into the spotlight, the reaction from the audience was exceptionally enthusiastic. A male fan in the audience shouted at the top of his lungs, "Look at your sister-in-law!!!" His voice was so loud that even the audience's mute function couldn't drown it out, and it could be heard clearly in the main live broadcast room.
Hahahaha
[Are you there? Let me see your sister-in-law. Are you there? Let me see your sister-in-law. Are you there? Let me see your sister-in-law.]
"...They're already popping the champagne?"
[Did I enter the wrong live stream? Is being in a relationship something to brag about these days? Shouldn't we be proud of our achievements?]
Standing before you now are the 2024 Spring/Summer Season champions and World Invitational Tournament runners-up—people who are guaranteed at least a finalist just by playing in tournaments. Now tell me, who had a bad record?
Where does the team that plays the smurf game make its fortune?
[What's there to argue about? It's just about today's match. If you win, celebrate; if you lose, criticize. Can't we argue after the game is over?]
I wouldn't object to him becoming a gay man if I won the competition.
【？】
[yux: Is there really such a good thing?]
[If you win this year's World Invitational again, I won't say another word, I'm begging you, Yux, please lead us to victory one more time! [crying][crying]]
The players took their seats in turn. In the studio, the commentators enthusiastically described the situation on the field: "The first map selection has begun... Jungle! Both sides have a very high win rate on this map! The draft phase has started, and WD's strategy seems to be targeting yux. Since yux's return, he has completely changed the landscape for other teams facing HYG..."
"The camera focuses on head coach Mike from HYG's side. He looks to be in good form today. I wonder if HYG will have a coaching rotation strategy today? It seems like the coaching staff at WD is under a lot of pressure..."
After both teams completed their lineup selections, the two coaches shook hands in the center of the stage and then left the main stage together from the back.
The first match of a best-of-five series.
Once the map was loaded, the players began to climb and jump, controlling their characters.
Within two minutes of the start of the match, almost everyone realized WD's intention: they paired up and flanked from two directions, trying to catch Yux, who was acting alone.
Nan Zhiyi sat in the spectator room and saw WD's main DPS begin to nock an arrow and draw his bow. The director switched to his main perspective, clearly showing him aiming at Yux, who was about to pass by, from the shadows.
With a clang, the hidden arrow flew out.
At the same time, Yux's character paused in his steps.
He made an extremely subtle dodge, and the arrow flew past the character's hair almost perfectly.
The damage calculation is displayed on the side of the large screen: 0.
"He dodged it! That's the reaction of a young man!" the commentator exclaimed excitedly. "I dare say that no more than one percent of all the players in our region could have dodged that arrow! Yux is very focused, and he's in excellent form today!"
"WD's suppression of Yux has failed, resulting in a significant loss of resources. Milk has already opened all his treasure chests and is now heading towards WD's territory..."
Nan Zhiyi breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Mike and the analyst behind him gave each other a high five.
“A very good start,” Mike said confidently. “WD’s game design is completely messed up. They’re too focused on Yux’s actions, and they can no longer control the pace of the game.”
In 25 minutes, thanks to the butterfly effect of their initial encounter, HYG's snowball effect grew larger and larger, and they won the first game effortlessly.
When WD's head coach Ash returned to the stage for the second game, his expression was noticeably more serious. During map selection, the director gave him a close-up; he was clasping his hands together, almost making a wish with his eyes closed. When he opened his eyes and discovered that the randomly selected map was [Ruins], which WD was least proficient at, he almost fainted.
"WD's win rate on [Ruins] is shockingly low, barely over 50%..." The commentator studied the data given by the director, "But HYG is very stable, 86%, an amazing number. This summer, HYG's data on all maps is very even, and it's an outstandingly good average... This shows their near-dominant level of strength."
"To be honest, I'm really looking forward to seeing how this team performs at Worlds."
In the second game of the BO5 series, HYG once again easily won on their advantageous map, with yux leading the game with an overwhelming 45% DMG score.
The score is now 2-0, and HYG holds three match points.
The main live stream room was now completely buzzing with excitement:
[The Legend of the Fastest Way Home from get off work]
Yux can't wait to fulfill his promise to win the championship.
[A phenomenal performance! A phenomenal play! Everyone was on fire today!!!]
With this kind of performance, I wouldn't object even if you announced ten different relationships, let alone any new ones.
"Well, maybe I still have some objections?"
[WD is no good. They pushed HYG to the decisive game before, and I thought they could pull through in the finals.]
Don't blame the draft picks; the player stats were too disparate. Even if you swapped coaches, HYG would still win.
I feel like we're going to win the championship this year.
Is this the championship they're about to win? Have they asked YT and OTG?
[WD is really past its prime. Playing a full BO5 series was already a sign of their decline. They've exhausted all their resources, and HYG has figured them out. It seems like HYG's newly reorganized training team this year is quite impressive.]
"The camera panned to the WD team, who were briefly reviewing the game in the spectator room. Everyone's expressions looked rather pessimistic."
"They have to change their strategy this time. I think Ash should have considered this possibility, and they should be prepared..."
After a short ten-minute break, the eight contestants returned to the stage.
Coach Ash followed at the very back of the athletes, bent down to fiddle with his hair a couple of times, then straightened his tie, took a deep breath, and looked up—
Seeing Nan Zhiyi holding her notebook, standing on the other side of the stage, he smiled slightly after meeting her gaze.
ash: "?"
"My God, HYG actually changed their draft picks in the final game of the decisive match!" Even the commentators couldn't help but chuckle. "Ash looks really bad right now... This is a fatal blow for him."
"Now he's pulled out his notebook and is writing things down at lightning speed..."
[ash: Dead Hand, hurry up and write!]
[HYG really trusts Angel's will too much!]
[We're already up 2-0, what's wrong with playing one more game?]
You call a match point game "playing around," huh?
[ash: If only it were just for fun :)]
"This is a new map, and our strategy is simple." Nan Zhiyi put on her headphones and glanced at the WD team sitting on the other side, just in time to see Pigeon secretly looking towards HYG.
Their eyes met, and Nan Zhiyi gave him a bright smile.
Pigeon was immediately horrified.
“…It’s about WD’s command.” Nan Zhiyi withdrew her gaze and continued what she hadn’t finished saying earlier, “They rely heavily on Pigeon’s command on this map. Once Pigeon is killed, the quality of the information he gathers from his teammates’ perspectives will inevitably drop significantly.”
"In short, just catch him and kill him."
What was the angel's mouth saying? "Just kill them?"
Who are you going to kill?
[Kill the two carries, who else can we kill?]
No, judging from his lip movements, he was probably saying "kill Pigeon," hahaha!
【…? ? ? ? Isn’t this a bit too brutal?】
[Song Baiyu's sins throughout his life have finally come to fruition today. First, Yux's off-field interference left him distracted, and then Angel's Will commanded the entire team to issue a kill order.]
It turns out that the viewers in the live stream are all level 10 lip-reading masters.
Not long after the match began, yux and milk, the two most recognized carry players in the region, had already launched a relentless pursuit of the enemy commander in this version that favors late-game team compositions before engaging in fights.
Song Baiyu felt that he spent almost half the time shouting "Holy crap, help me, someone save me!" and "These two bastards are messing with me again!" while the other half of the time he stared blankly at his black and white screen, aimlessly dragging the camera around the map to get some meaningless junk information.
When the game ended, he slumped back in his chair numbly. For the first time, when he lost a game, he didn't feel resentment, but rather, "Damn, I'm finally free."
Old Xu was the first to react, and with his short legs, he ran faster than Mike, rushing onto the stage to hug each of his teammates. Lemon was also winning the regional championship for the first time, and he was so excited that he seemed possessed, his extroverted personality defeating his introverted personality, and he even shook hands with Yux sitting next to him a few times.
In contrast, the remaining three seemed much calmer: Rock gave Lao Xu a token hug and patted the shoulders of the other teammates; Milk was fixing his messy hair in front of the big screen behind him; and Yux remained expressionless until Nan Zhiyi followed Milk over and secretly touched the back of his hand from behind, at which point he turned around and gave a very slight smile.
Golden ribbons fluttered down as everyone at HYG picked up the heavy silver-blue trophy. After tidying up backstage for a while, they came out again for an interview.
Because the victory was almost overwhelming, the questions the host asked were mostly irrelevant, and the audience's attention was completely elsewhere.
Why is Yux standing on the far right? We were the last ones to be interviewed, it's urgent!
It seems like my teammates don't want to answer the questions at all.
[milk keeps glancing at Yux, hahaha, so eager to see what's going on!]
Believe it or not, he stood on the far right because he's about to pull off a big stunt and didn't want to hinder his teammates, so he deliberately stood at the back.
After dawdling for fifteen minutes, the host, Xiaoya, with a beaming smile, finally approached You Xin with the microphone.
She first asked him a few questions about his feelings about winning the FMVP today and his decisions during the game, and only at the very end did she finally ask the question that everyone was most concerned about at that moment—
"Yux, I believe everyone is curious right now...when do you plan to fulfill your promise to win the championship?"
Upon hearing this, You Xin raised the microphone.
“Anytime is fine,” he said. “Now?”
As he spoke, he made a gesture as if to reach into his pocket for his phone.
"Wait...wait a minute!" Little Sprout was immediately shocked. "Now? It's going to be released right here? Right here?!"
Isn't this a bit too much of a case of keeping one's word?
You Xin thought for a moment, then suddenly turned his gaze to a certain spot below the stage.
“Okay,” he said immediately.
The live stream chat was immediately flooded with "???", and even the audience members below the stage couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
Does this mean my sister-in-law is also here?
Several photographers immediately pointed their lenses at the direction he had just been looking, and the director quickly switched the footage to the big screen.
Then, everyone watched in disbelief as Old Xu's bewildered expression appeared on the big screen.
audience:"?"
The photographer moved back a little. Then everyone could see the two HYG head and assistant coaches, Mike and Angel Yi, standing behind Lao Xu.
This caused an uproar in the live stream.
What does this mean? What does this mean? What does this mean?
Can you please stop teasing us?
[I was just watching Angel's Will, oh my god, they're not even acting anymore.]
“Uh…” Xiaoya on stage also got stuck. She glanced at her script, which did not include the segment where “yux announced that he would fulfill his championship promise on the spot.”
But adhering to the principle of maximizing viewership, she decided to whet the audience's appetite a little longer: "How about this, Yux, to give the audience something to look forward to, let's describe the photo you're about to post... You've already chosen the photo, right?"
You Xin nodded.
[You chose your picks before the match, you knew you were going to win, right?]
[While committing the murder, he was already planning how to play a prank later.]
[...Absolutely outrageous!]
"So, does she have big eyes or small eyes?"
"big."
Long hair or short hair?
"Long hair."
【？？？？？】
[Long hair...]
Oh, it really is my sister-in-law! I thought he was going to post a picture of a dog to stir things up.
[Those of you who were still shipping this couple, aren't you ashamed?]
“Wow…that sounds great.” Xiaoya said with a smile, glancing at the audience below the stage. “I feel like I can’t add any more suspense. The audience is already a bit agitated. How about we give the time to Yux and let him fulfill his promise to win the championship.”
Yu Xin handed the microphone to Rock next to her and started operating her phone.
In an instant, all eyes on and off the stage were focused on him.
A few seconds later, Milk picked up the microphone and said, "I feel even more nervous than when I was playing the game."
The audience immediately burst into laughter.
As You Xin said, he had indeed chosen that photo a long time ago.
About half a minute later, he put down his phone and said, "Okay."
Some people in the audience had already started using their phones, and then the people on stage also started taking out their phones. Even Xiaoya, who didn't bring her phone, couldn't help but move closer to Milk to watch.
For a moment, the lights from the phone screens flickered and rippled throughout the venue, creating a spectacular sight.
[@HYG.Yux: [Image]]
"Wow..." After a moment, Xiaoya picked up the microphone first, "She is indeed a... very beautiful girl."
"that is……"
She didn't finish her sentence.
Xiaoya wasn't quite sure how to describe the photo. It showed a girl with long black hair smiling at the camera, but at first glance, something seemed a little off.
It's not that the girl is unattractive, but rather that there's something inexplicably discordant about the scene.
A few seconds later, Xiaoya finally realized: the person in the photo looks so familiar.
Meanwhile, the live stream chat was already flooded with comments:
Wow, what a beautiful woman! Her taste is amazing; she doesn't look like an internet celebrity at all.
[She looks so innocent! Does Yux like this style?]
[AI image? It looks a bit strange]
This person looks so familiar.
Wait, I feel like I've seen this picture somewhere before...
【star? 】
Wait a minute. Isn't that the face of an angel?
【……？】
【ah? ? 】
Almost simultaneously, the director, who had seen countless people and noticed the clues immediately, switched the big screen and shoved a close-up shot of Angel Yi, who was trying to hide behind Mike but couldn't withstand the 360-degree unobstructed camera, directly onto the big screen. The other half used a split shot that is usually used during competitions, focusing on You Xin on stage, who had succeeded in her trick and was already laughing to the side.
Nan Zhiyi dodged left and right, but realized she couldn't avoid it, so she turned around and waved helplessly at the camera.
【……？？？？】
【ah? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】
[Case solved! This is a screenshot from a video of all the RoeCN members being gender-swapped, hahaha, no wonder it looked so familiar!]
So after all that, the so-called girlfriend photo that Yux posted was just a photo of Angel Yi with her hair photoshopped long? ???
Wow, I have to say, this gender-swapped angel is really beautiful!
[Brother, you smell so good]
【??? I'm disgusted. Yux, how dare you mess with me?! ???】
How do you know he's playing you, instead of just saying this is the real truth?
[...wait, wait...]
[Dude, what are you guys doing with the potions?]
[I'm terrified, what's going on?!]
[I was so scared I cried]
[Is this the ultimate barley bran that these two geniuses managed to produce after four months of not eating wheat? I'm begging you, please don't scare me, this is too terrifying.]
Please, please stop selling... I'm really scared...
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