Chapter Ten
On the day Zhang Jiale reported to Tyranny, Liu Shaoyou was watching the trainees' matches at the training camp. Although she was Tyranny's boss, Liu Shaoyou rarely went to the training camp or participated in team personnel adjustments, but since she suddenly wanted to go watch, no one could stop her.
Liu Shaoyou looked around for a moment, then stood next to Qin Muyun. Compared to the sixteen or seventeen-year-old teenagers around him, Qin Muyun, who was twenty-one and hadn't even debuted yet, was an anomaly. The team manager had some reservations about Liu Shaoyou's decision to sign Qin Muyun. Liu Shaoyou smiled and asked him, "You were able to force Jia Shiming into debuting as the successor of Desert Lone Smoke, but I can't sign a genius that you've buried?"
She patted his shoulder: "Didn't Liu Boqi tell you when he asked you to come over? I'm not someone who's easily fooled."
The team manager broke out in a cold sweat.
Liu Shaoyou leaned close to his ear and whispered almost in a breath, "Now, get out of here."
As soon as he opened the door, he saw the team manager scrambling away. Han Wenqing gave Liu Shaoyou a puzzled look.
"It's nothing, Captain Han, don't worry about it." Seeing Zhang Jiale following behind the three of them, Liu Shaoyou gave a bright smile: "Welcome to Tyranny, Zhang Jiale."
She took out a jade pendant tied with a red string from her suit pocket. "A little something to give you."
After placing the pendant in Zhang Jiale's hand, Liu Shaoyou left without lingering.
Zhang Jiale held the pendant, completely bewildered: "??? What's this?"
Lin Jingyan leaned closer for a look and chuckled, "It's a little tiger. Why don't I have one?"
Lin Jingyan looked at Han Wenqing, who replied, "...I don't have any either."
Zhang Xinjie pushed up his glasses and looked at Zhang Jiale: "Only you have it."
Zhang Jiale looked horrified: "What does this mean?"
He joined Tyranny to win the championship; he's all about his art, not his body!
"This means you're really unlucky." Liu Shaoyou suddenly appeared behind everyone, startling Zhang Jiale so much that he jumped up on the spot, only to realize that he had overreacted.
Liu Shaoyou looked at Zhang Jiale with sympathy and said to him with concern, "Don't take it off, or you might have a bloody accident soon."
"???" Zhang Jiale only heard the threat to his person in the sentence.
Liu Shaoyou, a registered Taoist priest in Jingshan, is also making a cameo appearance as a charlatan in the game "Ba Tu" today.
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On the first day of August, the challenge registration began. Zhou Qiao had sent her account card to H City in advance by express delivery. After receiving it, Chen Guo messaged her on QQ to ask for her identity information. After seeing Zhou Qiao's ID card photo, Chen Guo exclaimed in surprise.
Chasing the Mist: Xiaoxiao, how come it's Zhou Qiao...?
Online dating: I'm super sweet. I've changed my name.
Online dating: I'm super sweet. My parents divorced, so I changed my name.
Zhu Yanxia: Okay.
Chasing the Clouds: I'll send you the card by express delivery tomorrow.
Online dating? Choose me, I'm super sweet: Thank you for your hard work, Guoguo, *kissing sounds*!
After Happy raised the banner of challenging Excellent Era, the forum's popularity gradually increased. When Zhou Qiao saw this, her project was perfectly completed. As a celebration, Yan Yu treated her to dinner at a newly opened Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles restaurant.
While it can't compare to the shop opposite the Baihua Club, this rice noodle shop is quite authentic for a place outside of Yunnan. Perhaps it's precisely because it refuses to adapt to local customs that its business isn't thriving.
Zhou Qiao and Yan Yu started talking about Happy, and then Yan Yu changed the subject: "Tyranny signed a trainee."
"Oh." Zhou Qiao was busy eating rice noodles and reacted indifferently.
Have you considered Mr. Liu's invitation?
Zhou Qiao put down her chopsticks: "So this is a trap?"
"You call Crossing-the-Bridge Rice Noodles a Feast at Hongmen?" Yan Yu asked with sympathy.
"...No. To be honest, I haven't considered making a comeback."
Yan Yu grasped Zhou Qiao's hand: "Did I force you?"
“No.” Zhou Qiao shook hands back, their palms facing each other. “I genuinely want to help Ye Shen win the Challenger Tournament. As for what happens after that, I haven’t thought about it yet.”
Whatever your choice, I will support you.
After school started, Zhou Qiao went to the rice noodle shop a few more times. One time, after ordering, she noticed a familiar-looking man sitting at the next table. Zhou Qiao sat down opposite the man: "Senior Sun?"
Although it is a question, it is expressed in an affirmative tone.
Sun Zheping gave her a look. Zhou Qiao introduced herself: "It's been a long time, senior. I'm Xiao Xiao, an assassin who debuted in Tiny Herb in Season 4."
Although he couldn't recognize the face, Sun Zheping knew the name—after all, in the fifth season finals, it was Wang Jiangnan who risked his life to take down Baihua Liaoluan, causing Baihua to fall at the last step in their championship run.
"Sleep another summer?" Zhou Qiao was quite certain of this—unless that the berserker was an alt account created by Sun Xiang. Sun Zheping nodded: "It was me. Have we met before?"
He tried to recall, but couldn't remember ever encountering an assassin with amazing skills.
Zhou Qiao cleared her throat: "Senior, I have an invitation." She paused, then emphasized, "An invitation from Ye Qiu."
"Didn't he retire?" Sun Zheping frowned slightly. "And why would I team up with Ye Qiu?"
"Because it's fun." Zhou Qiao clenched his fist with his fingers interlaced. "Excellent Era has fallen to the Challenger League. Wouldn't it be fun to team up and start from there, defeat Excellent Era?"
Sun Zheping stared at her for a while, and Zhou Qiao became a little nervous—although Sun Zheping's eyes were calm, there was an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Sun Zheping asked her, "Address?"
After the rice noodles were served, Zhou Qiao breathed a sigh of relief amidst the rising steam.
Online dating? Choose me, I'm super sweet: beep beep beep.
Online dating, choose me, I'm super sweet: Ye Shen, Senior Sun Zheping wants to send you off from afar.
Jun Moxiao: ? ? ?
Jun Moxiao: You ran into him?
"Choose me for online dating, I'm super sweet": Mm.
Online dating: I'm super sweet. Isn't this a great achievement? How can I not get a raise?
Jun Moxiao: Okay, you'll defend the title once the competition starts.
Online dating? Choose me, I'm super sweet: ? ? ?
Online dating, choose me, I'm super sweet: Me, the king of one-on-one in the fifth season, the creator of the league's twelve-game winning streak record, let's go to the ring?
Online dating: Choose me, I'm super sweet! Wouldn't it be great if I let you dominate the singles competition?
Jun Moxiao: Perform well.
Online dating? Choose me, I'm super sweet: ...
On the day the schedule was announced, Zhou Qiao held Yan Yu's hand and rubbed it for a long time before finally opening the official website.
Yan Yu: "What are you doing?"
Zhou Qiao: "Transfer Ceremony".
Yan Yu: "..."
In response, Yan Yu ruffled Zhou Qiao's short hair in a flurry, successfully making it look messy.
She touched the new black hair growing at the roots of Zhou Qiao's hair and asked, "The color seems to be fading a bit. Do you want to get it touched up?"
Zhou Qiao lifted a strand of hair and looked at the split ends: "Forget it, I can wear a hat anyway since it's getting cold."
Yan Yu: "...It's only September now."
Perhaps the transfer ceremony worked, as Happy and Excellent Era are in two different regions, and at least the two teams will not meet before the offline competition.
Zhou Qiao: "Yay!"
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Chasing the Clouds: Xiaoxiao, Esports Home is coming to interview you, would you like to be interviewed?
Online dating: I think they wouldn't care about a contestant who hasn't even appeared yet.
Online dating: I'm super sweet. Let's just say I'm an ordinary sharpshooter player.
When Chang Xian interviewed Xingxin, he asked about Nightless Marquis. He remembered this sharpshooter who was quite famous on the forum last year. Ye Xiu brushed it off by saying that he was a college student studying in another city, and Chang Xian did not ask any further questions.
After all, compared to Blue Rain's first captain, the former number one Mad Swordsman, and the seemingly god-like Ye Qiu, Qiao Yifan, who came from the champion team Tiny Herb, was not lacking either, let alone an ordinary sharpshooter player.
Team Happy had an easy time in the early matches until their opponent, Team Wuji, appeared. Ye Xiu had prepared for this for a long time and even borrowed silver equipment from Team Yizhan.
Zhou Qiao, who had gained a new understanding of the team's poverty level: ...
In the first round of the match against Team Wuji, Team Happy won with a score of 8.5 to 1. In the second round, Team Wuji led 1 to 2 in the individual competition, and in the arena match, the Warlock Leopold successfully defeated two opponents. Such results made Excellent Era fans and Happy haters extremely excited. The viewing channel cheered for Wuji, and content that criticized Happy quickly flooded the screen.
Ye Xiu sent a message to Zhou Qiao.
Lord Grim: I don't want to play team matches, understand?
"Choose me for online dating, I'm super sweet": I understand, you want to play in the playoffs.
Jun Moxiao: ?
As he said this, the Nightless Marquis entered the scene. The Red Flower Pavilion was a very small map. The Nightless Marquis quickly reached the pavilion, set up his sniper scope, and in the gap between the falling red flowers, Zhou Qiao saw Leopold's figure and decisively fired.
One Barrett sniper shot sent the warlock, who had less than a third of his health, to his death.
The match ended so quickly and easily that the chat in the spectator channel fell silent.
The fourth match began quickly. Wuji's Qi Master, Tiannu, spawned on the map and began to maneuver using the few available obstacles. Just like in the previous match, Buyehou swiftly occupied the Red Flower Pavilion. She waited for a while under the pavilion before finally spotting Tiannu.
To Zhou Qiao's surprise, when the two sides met, Tiannu, a class with a relatively short attack range, did not rush forward immediately, but instead jumped up first.
Although he couldn't understand his opponent's choice, Zhou Qiao raised his hand and fired, "Bang bang bang bang bang bang!" After six shots, Zhou Qiao switched hands and continued. After taking several bursts of bullets, Tian Nu finally realized what was happening and rushed over.
Zhou Qiao continued with normal attacks.
Tiannu provoked her on the public channel: "Are you fucking hunting rabbits?!"
This seemed to remind the audience, who then realized their mistake and continued to boo Happy.
Zhou Qiao remained unmoved by the barrage of trash talk. The distance between Tian Nu and Bu Ye Hou rapidly closed after Tian Nu used several dash skills. Just as the two were about to be within the attack range of a Qi Master, Bu Ye Hou struck Tian Nu with a floating bullet.
Because of the consistent six-shot normal attack from the Nightless Marquis, Tiannu ignored the difference between the reload interval and the skill. In fact, because the normal attack damage was too low, he did not deliberately dodge the Nightless Marquis's bullets. As a result, the slow-moving floating bullet successfully hit Tiannu, and the Qi Master was forced to float in the air.
The Nightless Marquis activated his rapid-fire technique, and Tiannu was pushed back by the gun. As Tiannu struggled to break free from his levitation state, he fell into the water with a splash.
Red leaves kept falling from the water, floating around Tiannu. Zhou Qiao looked down from above, alternating between special bullets and normal attacks, making Tiannu struggle in the water, but he was still unable to climb over the bridge railing and get ashore.
In the end, Tian Nu was beaten to death in the water, without even getting close to the Marquis of Nevernight.
After Tiannu withdrew from the competition, He An's face turned ashen.
The previously advantageous situation was changed by the Nightless Marquis. Apart from the depletion of her magic power, she didn't even lose a trace of health, which made He An dissatisfied and somewhat uneasy.
—If we lose, it's really over.
With that in mind, he entered the game.
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