Chapter 204
Let her be the acting vice-captain of the Golden Ule School Team as soon as she joins the team... Is it really her?
Is this really possible?
The same question kept changing the arrangement and combination of words in Jiang Yunu's mind, repeatedly choosing words and re-forming sentences, but it could not be separated from the central idea over and over again - [Is she really going to be the acting deputy captain? ?]
Sorok told her affirmatively: "Really."
The other members of the school team also kindly confirmed, "It's true."
This school team decision, which sounds strange and is even stranger when it actually happens, was not opposed by any of the veteran players in the team.
"...No one wants to raise any objections?" Jiang Yunu asked weakly.
Even tough battles couldn't make her feel intimidated, but titles and responsibilities that came to her suddenly could.
Senior Jin Qing laughed at the conference table, as if she could no longer hold back. She said, "It seems that no one except you has any objections."
The Golden Uriel team itself had no official vice-captain; there had always been only one captain. Now that Jiang Yunu had been announced as the "acting vice-captain," she could effectively be considered the same as the official vice-captain. "Acting vice-captain" was better described as "acting captain," as there was no difference in function between the two.
The only difference may be that the former makes the responsibility sound a little lighter, and it won't make the newcomers who have just joined the school team want to quit overnight.
Jiang Yunu: "..."
It took Jiang Yunu almost a week to accept this reality that only she disagreed with. Then she quickly adjusted her mindset and began to learn from Sorok how to be a good "acting deputy captain" with amazing adaptability and self-regulation.
"First, you need to understand your players, understand their roles within the team, and their strengths and weaknesses," said Sorok. "Once you have enough basic information about them, you should also be familiar with their personalities and understand when their personalities might affect their performance, potentially turning a favorable situation into an unfavorable one, or even turning a disadvantageous situation into a complete comeback."
Jiang Yunu said, "Captain, what you said at the beginning, is this the reason why I had the seniors take turns teaching me during the school competition?"
Sorok smiled and said calmly, like a good old man, "Yes."
The famously good-natured captain of the Golden Uriel school team also said, "When I saw you, I guessed you were a 'practical person.' You'd be better suited to learning different people's characteristics and fighting styles through direct combat than through purely theoretical indoctrination. So I had them 'test' you, and teach you their characteristics and fighting styles directly through combat."
The result is obvious—
Jiang Yunu did remember the characteristics of the school team members through personal combat.
Even though she only played against a few school team members in the "Challenge Cup" school competition, she also played against other school team members who also advanced in the district competition that followed.
This even includes the young senior Ye Li who is "limited by family teachings."
According to rumors, after senior Ye Li finished his match with Jiang Yunu in the district-level competition, he received a call from his family that night. The call lasted almost half an hour, causing him to miss a quarter of an hour of training that night.
These are all gossips from the accommodation period at the district competition camp.
No matter what, Jiang Yunu at least understands senior Ye Li's playing style.
Sorok taught her in every detail and was really training her to be the next full-time captain of the Golden Uriel Academy.
When Jiang Yunu is immersed in battle, he sometimes loses sight of everything else and devotes his whole heart and soul to his opponent. Sorok said, "But now you are the captain, leading your team. As the core and soul of the entire team, you must take into account the entire battlefield and the situation of everyone."
He had to learn to take the overall situation into consideration when engaging in combat, and not let his attention be completely focused on one point. He also had to learn to switch his attention quickly, which consumed some of Jiang Yunu's extracurricular time.
When she suddenly looked up, she suddenly realized that September, which symbolized the "back to school season", had passed.
The arrival of October means that there are only a few days left until the start of the senior league in mid-October.
The senior league seems to be coming soon.
Sorok personally walked Jiang Yunu through the application process for the Advanced Ability Schools Inter-School Competition. He explained, "Although the list of schools eligible to participate in this year's league has been released since the district-level competitions in the upper three districts, the basic application process still needs to be completed according to the regulations. This is also a necessary ritual for participating in the advanced league."
Jiang Yunu watched Sorok fill in the long list of information with familiarity, and checked each line of the form one by one to see if it was correct.
She watched carefully, because she knew the hidden meaning behind Sorok's action:
[By this time next year, you will be responsible for filling in these things.]
This is the message hidden behind the captain's demonstrative actions.
Jiang Yunu watched Sorok finish filling out the information. A question had been lingering in her mind since she was appointed "Acting Deputy Captain." With no other team members around, she finally asked, "Captain, why me?"
Sorok clicked "Submit" on his personal terminal screen, and then pressed "Confirm" on the pop-up window.
Jiang Yunu obviously hadn't finished speaking, so he waited a little longer.
Sure enough, Jiang Yunu continued, "Why don't you choose a captain from among the other seniors on the school team?"
It seems a bit leapfrog to put all the opportunities and responsibilities on someone who was just a freshman last year.
Besides, based on Jiang Yunu's observations during the Challenge Cup last semester and after officially joining the team this semester, she feels that the Golden Ule School Team is not short of talent - for example, senior Jin Qing and senior Aoliang who has a somewhat "gentle and yin-yang" personality, senior Ulena who serves as the ace support, and even little Ye Li who has a strict personality but is also serious and responsible.
Each and every one of these people actually has the potential to be trained to become a qualified captain.
Why her, and not someone else who already has experience playing in the league?
"Because the Golden Uriel school team doesn't need a captain who is only capable and responsible and abides by the captain's responsibilities." Sorok turned to look at her and answered seriously.
Jiang Yunu still couldn't understand what he meant, so he asked again, "What else do you need?"
Being competent and abiding by the standards of responsibility, aren't these the qualities that a qualified captain should possess?
What else is missing?
Sorok said: "What we lack is the resilience to hold on to hope in the face of adversity, the confidence to believe we can win despite immense difficulties, and the courage to neither be afraid of being knocked down nor afraid of getting up again."
The captain spoke at a steady pace. He did not have an excited tone or an agitated expression. He just said this long sentence to Jiang Yunu calmly and seriously.
Jiang Yunu suddenly realized that the person in front of her had heard about the school's losing streak before enrolling in Golden Uriel, and had personally experienced the defeat after enrolling.
Jiang Yunu said, "It sounds like the most important thing for a captain is to be able to withstand pressure."
Her tone was a bit relaxed, intended to lighten the mood.
Sorok also smiled and said, "That's right."
I am not a person who can withstand pressure very well. I cannot decide to give it one last try after "hearing about failure" and "experiencing failure myself", and still hold together the school team, which is not very strong to begin with.
Jiang Yunu had one last question. She looked at Sorok curiously, "But why do you think I can do all these things?"
Solok still had his usual good-tempered smile on his face. He stared into Jiang Yunu's eyes and said, "Intuition."
Jiang Yunu and the captain had this secret conversation when registering the competition form.
Not only did she finally understand better why the responsibility fell on her shoulders, she also indirectly deepened her understanding of other members of the school team.
Senior Jin Qing has a good personality and is a good listener. She understands the enemy's movements on the battlefield and the mentality of her teammates in private. However, she also needs external support to share her pressure and needs more trust and support. Otherwise, she easily falls into self-doubt and is prone to internal friction after miscalculating on the battlefield. Her ability to withstand pressure is not very good.
Senior Ouliang was a gentle yet sharp individual, quite capable of sarcasm. His duties on the battlefield were mopping-up duties, often leading to ambushes and attacks from stronger teams. He could only manage a few verbal battles when his combat effectiveness was compromised. This frequent defeat made him prone to giving up when faced with similar "interception dilemmas," and he simply adopted a "talking instead of fighting" mode, relying solely on his mouth to deliver the blow.
Senior Wulaina, a versatile support, is outgoing and forthright, but rather than focusing on the bigger picture, she prefers to hone herself and leave the overall situation to others. She has a clear understanding of herself, telling Solok and Jiang Yunu directly, "My sole responsibility is to make myself a useful team member, a versatile tool. As for how I play on the field, whether I'm collaborating on damage or defense, whether I'm advancing or staying put, follow your instructions. Don't make me think."
Senior Ye Li was the team's secondary DPS. Jiang Yunu had once considered him a potential captain. However, after several unified training sessions with the school team, Jiang Yunu discovered that his fighting style was conservative and his thinking was not very flexible. He would fall for the opponent's unexpected tactics. He was a simple man who could be deceived repeatedly and fall for it. Because he had been deceived for many years, he was particularly self-aware of this. Therefore, Senior Ye Li was honest and never played the role of the overall judge.
Jiang Yunu: "..."
Jiang Yunu looked at the teammate file she had created, and then thought about what Sorok said that day. She completely understood why the other people on the school team had no objection to her position.
She took a deep breath and sighed out the foul air that had passed through her lungs.
You can sigh, but the responsibility on your shoulders is still heavy and cannot be dissipated at all.
The first two weeks of October flew by.
In mid-October, the warm-up for the joint competition among advanced supernatural schools began.
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