As the players of both teams entered the field, the crowd’s attention also turned to them. When it was discovered that the Black Rose team did not send You Jing in the 5V5 game, it caused a lot of reactions, but soon after the analysis of the two commentators, everyone focused on the officially launched match.
In fact, except for replacing You Jing with the fledgling priest, the other players were all the expected ones. In this round, compared to the calmness in the previous 3V3 game, the Black Rose team seemed much more proactive. As soon as the map was loaded, all the team members clearly received unified instructions and scattered in all directions.
According to previous routines in team competitions, the team that maintained a tight formation should have the advantage. However, in this year’s League, the Black Rose team has repeatedly acted contrary to the routine, which has shocked many people. As for this time, it was another unexpected dispersion strategy. The audience glanced at the Blitzkrieg team, who was obviously not aware of it yet and couldn’t help but silently sweat for them.
However, the head coach of the Black Rose team, Li Bochuan, who was in the preparation zone, was even more nervous than the audience.
He knew better than anyone else the instability behind the tactics used in this battle.
Although this tactic had been practiced hundreds of times before, the instability still remained.
For this match, after repeated consultations with Shen Changyu, he had given full command to Lin Xiao, but it did not mean that he could be completely assured.
After all, Lin Xiao was just a newcomer.
In this stage, full of challenges and unknowns, no matter how good a rookie’s performance was, it still was a very risky choice to make him the core figure in a team game. In addition, this type of tactics had pretty strict requirements for normal tactical commanders.
It could be said that the key to winning or losing depended entirely on the commander’s prowess.
Li Bochuan was not sure whether his bet was correct, and now was the time to find the answer.
He took a deep breath and subconsciously glanced sideways.
His eyes fell on You Jing’s figure, half-leaning on the chair, quiet and elegant as ever. The look in his eyes was calm and focused, with no trace of nervousness.
For a moment, he had a vague illusion regarding this captain who unknowingly had become irreplaceable in his team. No matter how he searched his memory, it seemed that he had never been seen showing any signs of nervousness.
Was he really that confident, or did he not care?
While Li Bochuan was still a little dazed, You Jing took out his mobile phone, put it to his ear, and whispered a few words. Then he frowned slightly, stood up from his seat, and said: “Manager Li, I’m going out for a moment.”
It was bound to be something very important for him to leave at this point. Li Bochuan did not ask, just said: “Come back soon.”
You Jing nodded and said nothing.
After seeing him leave, Li Bochuan once again focused on the competition on the field.
At this time, the situation in the field suddenly became tense. The priest White Switch, who had been acting alone on the edge of the perimeter, fell into the sight of the Blitzkrieg team, and the game was about to break out…
…
The cheers in the e-sports stadium were getting louder and louder. The sound of the game-ending music faintly passed through the empty corridor and reached a secluded corner in the back of the venue.
Did they win? You Jing’s eyes flickered slightly, and he subconsciously glanced in the direction of the sound.
His imperceptible movement did not escape the eyes of the man in front of him. Dressed in a classy suit, there was an indescribable elegance even in his way of speaking: “It’s just a game, is it really so attractive to you?”
You Jing’s attention was drawn back by his voice, and he said without any emotion: “You’re meddling too much.”
The man smiled softly, “Perhaps. It’s just that after all those years, it’s time for you to wind down. You should know that his patience is limited, and the reason why I could let you fool around so much was only because I thought that you were just having a whim like before. Who knew that this time, you could actually hold out for so long.”
There was neither joy nor anger in You Jing’s tone, “Did he ask you to come?”
The man shrugged: “This is what I wanted to say. Of course, he also knows it.”
You Jing remained silent.
The man glanced at his expression and said, “Actually, it’s not impossible for you to continue playing if you really want to, it’s just that there’s no need to stay in this half-assed team you’re in now, right?”
You Jing frowned, “This is none of your business.”
The man laughed, “Maybe. I’m just reminding you that you are more than capable of going to a current tier 1 team, so why stick with a team that has a slim chance of even making it to the finals? If there really was potential for development, he would not make such a fuss about your matter.”
“It has nothing to do with me…” You Jing was about to say something when a careless voice cut his words off: “Hey, hey, hey, that’s not a nice thing to say, what do you mean the chances of even making it to the finals are slim? We obviously want to win the championship, okay, sir?!”
There seemed to be displeasure in the visitor’s tone, but there was a faint smile on his face and no trace of unhappiness. Drawing all attention to him, he only raised his eyebrows slowly, came closer, draped his arm over You Jing’s shoulders, and spoke to the man, with a smile that was not a smile: “We will win the championship, sir.”
The man didn’t expect that someone would suddenly appear. He subconsciously glanced at You Jing and saw that he had no intention of interrupting, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. Due to his excellent self-control, he did not get angry but put on a polite smile: “You should be You Jing’s teammate.”
After the game finished and he still didn’t see You Jing, Lin Xiao asked Li Bochuan and came over directly. He was wearing the Black Rose team’s uniform, so faced with this obvious reasoning, he acquiesced noncommittally: “Hello.”
“Hello.” The man smiled faintly, “I haven’t seen you before. I guess you are a new member of the team, right? I have heard before that there are many arrogant young people in the e-sports circle, and it seems that is indeed the case. It’s good to have passion, but championships can’t be won just by talking.”
Lin Xiao nodded: “Indeed, the championship can not be won by talking.”
The man didn’t expect him to agree so readily. Just as he was about to say something else, he heard him again: “It will be better to win it with actual actions some other time. It’s boring to talk about it.”
“Ahem…” He choked on his words as soon as they reached his lips. He could only turn to You Jing and say, “Ahem, your new teammate is quite interesting.”
Since this conversation was going nowhere, You Jing glanced at Lin Xiao and finally cut off the pointless exchange between the two: “Go back and tell him that this season, I’ll be back with a trophy.”
The man looked at him meaningfully, then glanced at Lin Xiao, and said with a smile: “You should know that he doesn’t have much patience anymore. If this time is the same as before…”
You Jing said: “If it doesn’t come true this time, I will announce my retirement.”
Before the man could speak, Lin Xiao’s hand on his shoulder suddenly became so heavy that he almost fell: “Retirement? What are you talking about?”
You Jing did not answer but looked at the man quietly: “So, you can go back, brother.”
The effect of this sentence was obviously more drastic than the previous one. At least Lin Xiao stopped rambling for a while, and the man called “brother” was no less shocked either. After a moment of stupefaction, he pursed his lips with a complicated expression, “You haven’t called me that in years.”
You Jing didn’t answer, just turned around and left.
His figure gradually faded away but the footsteps echoed very clearly.
It was not until the entrance of the arena that he suddenly stopped, looked back at Lin Xiao, who had been silent, and said, “What do you want to say?”
Lin Xiao had been walking a few steps behind, and his sudden stop made him almost bump into him. After knowing that the man was You Jing’s brother, he became very curious about their family relationship, but hearing such a vague sentence, he was speechless for a moment: “What is there to say, it’s not like you’re going to retire anyway. After all, we’ll be the champions this season.”
You Jing glanced at the unmovable confidence in this man’s eyes, swallowed back the words he wanted to say, turned around, and walked in.
Inside the venue, the lights were bright, and the spectators had already left one after another. The team members who were waiting for them in the preparation area saw them walking side by side and greeted them with smiles.
In the 5V5 match now, the Black Rose team won handsomely again, defeating the Blitzkrieg team at a high score. That meant they had laid a very favorable foundation for entering the second half of the playoffs and the semi-finals. As long as they did not make large-scale mistakes in the next games, they could steadily enter the next round of the fierce competition.
As for what happened in the corridor, the two tacitly did not mention it to anyone else.
