Chapter 603: Substitute? Mascot?
Shen Xing glanced at the direction Shi Jingming left, then walked in.
The glass door was closed again, and the slightly plump boy in the middle said to Shen Xing, "My name is Guan Zhe, and I'm the captain of the team. We'll have training soon, and you can watch from the side."
Upon hearing this, Shen Xing blinked in confusion: "Training, I won't participate?"
The tall, thin boy scoffed at the words and asked, "How many people are in a game team?"
"Five." Shen Xing said.
"That's it, there are five of us training, so does someone have to make room for your substitutes?"
Shen Xing: “…”
The other two just glanced at Shen Xing and turned around to wash up and get ready.
Several people looked as if they had just woken up.
Shen Xing looked around and didn't dare to walk around, so he sat down on the sofa in the hall.
Senior Guan Rui had specifically told him that the team would start training at 1 p.m. and asked him not to be late. However, he came panting but was not even qualified to train.
So what's the point of him coming?
Just watch them train as a spectator?
As I was sitting there, someone came to the door again. A dark and thin boy unlocked the door with his fingerprint. When he entered the door and saw a strange face, he was also stunned.
I thought I had taken the wrong path: "Huh?"
Shen Xing stood up and greeted politely: "Hello, senior, I am the new substitute player Shen Xing."
"Substitute?" Wu Changlin was stunned, and asked in surprise and shock, "You are the substitute?"
Shen Xing was a little confused by his reaction, but still nodded honestly: "Yes, I was recommended by Senior Guan Rui from the e-sports club."
Wu Changlin nodded in understanding, then grinned, revealing a row of neat, white teeth beneath his dark skin. "My name is Wu Changlin, and I'm also a substitute on the team."
"Senior, are you also a substitute?" Shen Xing reacted and suddenly felt that the person in front of him became friendly.
He felt less uncomfortable having someone who was a substitute like him around.
"I didn't expect the club to act so quickly. Huazi just quit the team yesterday, and they brought you in." Wu Changlin said as he walked to Shen Xing and sat down naturally.
Seeing this, Shen Xing also sat down and looked at Wu Changlin curiously and asked, "Senior, did you say that someone left yesterday?"
"Yes, our team originally had two substitutes, but Huazi quit the team yesterday, so I'm the only one left."
"Quit the team? Why?" Shen Xing asked in confusion. The autumn season was about to begin. Wouldn't it be a waste of a season's opportunity if he quit the team at this time?
Wu Changlin, however, smiled disapprovingly and said in a relaxed tone, "He got tired of it and wanted to quit a long time ago because he thought it was boring here."
"Boring?" Shen Xing was even more confused.
This is the training base of the Longda e-sports team. They should be training every day, so how can they be bored?
People who love playing games will not find it boring.
Wu Changlin looked at the door inside, then moved closer to Shen Xing and said, "Do you think it would be interesting for us to train every day and be together as a group?"
Shen Xing nodded seriously.
Wu Changlin curled his lips and sneered, "You're so naive, brother. We're just substitutes, and they're the regular players. We're in a group of five for training, so how can you get a spot? During a match, unless someone is seriously ill or has a stomachache and can't play, then we substitutes have a chance to go up. Normally, we just sit on the bench. To put it nicely, we're substitutes, but to put it bluntly, we're no different from mascots."
"ah?"
Shen Xing was completely confused. This was different from the substitute players he knew.
He has played in professional games. The substitutes of those professional teams are on standby at all times. As long as someone in the team is not in good shape, the substitutes will come on the court to replace them.
Some teams will even develop hidden playing methods among their substitute players, and let the substitute players come on the court to achieve unexpected victory at critical moments.
How did this become a mascot?
"Then don't we usually train with them?" Shen Xing asked.
Wu Changlin shrugged. "Anyway, I've been here for a year, and I've trained with them no more than five times. Every time, it was because someone was absent, so I went up to fill in the numbers."
"Well, it's because the five of them have been playing together since the beginning. They originally signed up for an offline city-level competition and made it to the top twelve, so they formed the school team. We substitutes are all outsiders in their eyes."
After hearing this, Shen Xing's face wrinkled into a little bun.
"Senior, why are you still staying here? You don't even have a chance to play."
"Because we're rich, my silly junior!" Wu Changlin said bluntly, "We have sponsors, and we're on the school team. We have both school subsidies and monthly salaries from sponsors. It's not as much as regular team members, but it's still a lot of money every month. I don't have to train or play, I can just be a substitute and get paid for nothing every month. How great is that?"
As he spoke, he looked at Shen Xing with a smile and asked, "Silly boy, you didn't come here to play in the game, did you?"
Shen Xing stared into the other person's eyes and was speechless for a moment.
He is.
He thought so too.
But it seemed that everything was different from what he thought.
"Oh, relax." Wu Changlin patted Shen Xing's shoulder and said, "Now that we're here, we should make the best of it. Isn't it nice to get paid every month without doing anything?"
"But I'm not short of money." Shen Xing blurted out.
Wu Changlin's smile froze, and then he pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "It's a bit rude of you to say that."
"That's not what I meant, senior." Shen Xing apologized quickly.
Wu Changlin laughed again: "I'm just kidding, everyone's situation is different. You're not short of money, but Huazi is really fed up with it. Because if you want to make this money, even if you don't have to do anything every day, you just have to come."
As he spoke, he raised his chin towards the fingerprint unlocker at the door: "Did you see that thing? You have to clock in. If you're late or leave early, you'll be fined. That's why Huazi left."
Shen Xing took a deep breath when he heard that. What’s the difference between that and prison?
It's really a place that wears down one's will and spirit.
"So what are we supposed to do while they're training? Just sit here?"
"That's not the case. You can do whatever you want. You can also go in and watch them train." Wu Changlin asked Shen Xing: "Do you want to watch? I'll take you in."
Shen Xing hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Since I'm here and can't participate in the training, I might as well take a look. At least I can understand the level of the team.
Wu Changlin smiled when he saw this, glanced at the clock on the wall, stood up and said, "It's almost time, come on, I'll take you in."
Update.
(End of this chapter)
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