The Esports Big Shot Wants to Cuddle His New Teammate Every Day chapter 52

Chapter 52

Shen Xiao stepped down, and Yuan joined the team.

Although Xu Ziyan found it strange internally, he didn’t say anything. Looking at the expressions of the others, they clearly had expected this situation, which made him start to doubt himself. Am I really that insensitive to changes in team strategies? It wasn’t mentioned in previous meetings or chats either.

As if to answer his doubts, Xie Wei said, “After the version update, instances of the defending side using double front-liners will increase.”

Xu Ziyan immediately understood his meaning. Everyone’s health was increasing, and assaults would have extra initial shields. As long as the medic paid attention to replenishing shields, the difficulty of killing two front-line assaults would rise significantly.

Yuan Shaofeng quickly adjusted his various settings and turned on his mic. “I’m ready.”

“OK.” Xie Wei led the team into the room.

Today’s scrim opponent was FTK. For the playoffs, they had poached a sniper from UNC to strengthen their lineup. Their original 2-2 strategy (Sniper/Assault group, Medic/Assault group) had also been further improved.

Since it wasn’t an official match, the atmosphere was much more relaxed. FTK’s medic even greeted Yuan Shaofeng in the public chat.

[FTK-Lin: Fengfeng, long time no see~]

[TWG-Yuan: Who are you?]

[FTK-Lin: ?]

[FTK-propro: Hahahaha dying of laughter, why is Fengfeng so bad.]

[FTK-Lin: I am your daddy.]

Yuan Shaofeng obviously hadn’t really forgotten who he was; he let out a short laugh.

[TWG-Yuan: Okay then, obedient son.]

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Xu Ziyan asked curiously, “Acquaintance?”

“Yeah,” Yuan Shaofeng said. “We were good buddies back in youth training.”

“TWG youth training?”

Yuan Shaofeng said, “No, I transferred to TWG from FTK’s youth training.”

So that was it. No wonder the people from FTK seemed so familiar with Yuan Shaofeng.

[FTK-Elia: Ice~ God Ice~ I’m your fan, can I add you on Line?]

[FTK-Elia: T T During the preseason I never found a chance to talk to you, and you ignore Weibo DMs! I can only chase stars here.]

Elia was a veteran medic of FTK. Her performance was stable, and her personality and temper were very good. She spoke softly and gently; a very cute Beta girl.

Xu Ziyan didn’t expect her to be his fan. He hurriedly typed to explain that he rarely used Weibo and sent his Line ID along with it.

[FTK-Propro: Hahaha, ever since Elia got hammered by God Ice’s medic in the last match, she’s directly transformed into a God Ice fangirl. She clamors every day for us to play the medic-assassin backline-cutting strat too, forcing me to team up as double assault with this idiot Lin.]

[FTK-Lin: You think I want to?]

The chat box instantly erupted into a quarrel again.

While several team members were noisy together, on the other side, Xie Wei was confirming the map selection and mode for the scrim with FTK’s new sniper.

Xu Ziyan lowered his head to accept Elia’s friend request and, seeing this, said, “Isn’t this job usually done by the captain?”

“Propro used to do it,” the person answering his question was Bai Chen. “But ever since this new sniper joined their team recently, he’s completely become a hands-off leader.”

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Shen Xiao, who was still in the voice channel, chimed in, “Propro, that guy, is just a pure lazy dog. Before, when FTK didn’t have anyone reliable, he would reluctantly do some work. Once Quit arrived, he completely slacked off.”

Xu Ziyan let out an “Oh” of realization, then realized something was wrong and asked curiously, “How come you all know this so clearly?”

“What’s there to be clear or not clear about? Everyone is in the same group chat, so naturally, we all know,” Shen Xiao said, then suddenly realized something. “Wait, Ice, you haven’t joined the player group chat yet?”

Xu Ziyan genuinely didn’t know this thing existed. He hadn’t been in the group when he was in the second string, and he knew even less about it upon arriving at the first string.

He said, “No…”

Yuan Shaofeng said, “Then I’ll pull you in later.”

A question mark slowly appeared above Xu Ziyan’s head. Yuan Shaofeng only joined the first string today, yet he had already joined the player group chat??

He pondered for a moment, turned his face, and looked at Xie Wei with narrowing, scrutinizing eyes. “Captain?”

Shen Xiao also realized where the problem lay and hurriedly backed him up. “Captain Xie, what’s going on? I thought you had already pulled Ice into the group. It’s been months!”

Xie Wei’s expression didn’t change. While submitting the match map, he said, “I forgot.”

“Bullshit!” Shen Xiao wanted to say more, but he was ruthlessly kicked out of the voice channel by Xie Wei.

Xie Wei said, “Unrelated personnel should not loiter in the voice channel.”

Shen Xiao was nearly purple with rage.

However, he more or less understood Xie Wei’s initial intention for not pulling Xu Ziyan into the group.

When Xu Ziyan first joined the main team, malicious speculation online was rampant, resisting and opposing his existence, with endless questioning voices. Introducing him to the group at that time was definitely not the right moment.

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As for later…

The atmosphere in the player group chat was lively, often full of loose talk, and mostly comprised of Alphas and Betas, with very few Omegas.

When Qu Qingyue first joined the group, she immediately became the center of attention, like the moon surrounded by stars. People often jokingly persuaded her to join their teams. Privately, she was added by countless people, with droves of suitors, to the point where she was bothered every day.

For a period, Shen Xiao was even so angry about this that he couldn’t sleep.

Xu Ziyan was beautiful, his medic skills were sharp, and the next version would suit him perfectly. It was only because he didn’t really use social platforms like Weibo much; otherwise, his inbox would definitely be full every day.

In the end, it was just Alpha possessiveness.

Shen Xiao glanced into the training room at the two people sitting close together and sighed faintly: He didn’t know where his own Omega and love were located.

Loading match map: Philadelphia, Western Town.

An extremely classic Payload Escort map. Unlike other maps, the escort objective in Philadelphia was parked inside a ranch. This meant that to escort it, one not only had to pass checkpoints but also first attack the ranch to secure the payload.

However, correspondingly, there was one fewer checkpoint to pass.

Next to the ranch was a Western tavern. The map details in Resistance were done very well; leaning against the window by the tavern, one could hear the laughter and cursing coming from inside, as well as the sound of clinking glasses.

Round one: Defenders FTK, Attackers TWG.

This town was winding and convoluted. Although there were many high sniping points, the visibility for people below wasn’t very good. It was very easy to turn a corner and “meet love,” getting ambushed and killed by a spray of bullets.

A map extremely unfriendly to the attacking side’s medic.

Xu Ziyan abandoned the pistol, carrying only the healing vial and taser. The terrain was complex enough, and the sniping points were high. This meant he had to utilize positioning to play ring-around-the-rosy with the assaults coming to cut him, relying on Xie Wei’s support to escape predicaments.

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He trusted him.

Preparation time ended. Yuan Shaofeng slung his gun on his back and confirmed with Xie Wei, “Captain Xie, I’ll flank and prioritize cutting the medic, right?”

“Yeah,” Xie Wei said. “Take the alley by the east hotel.”

Hearing this, Yuan Shaofeng immediately knew that this was a spot Elia was accustomed to holding. He raised an eyebrow in surprise. He and Elia had been teammates for a while and often duo-queued, so he knew this.

But for Xie Wei to know even the small habits of a player from another team on a specific map… He had long known God Xie was amazing, but the feeling of actually being on the same team was even more different. He suppressed the excitement in his heart, flexed his fingers, and said, “OK.”

Xu Ziyan darted into a nearby hut to hide. Hearing the surprise in Yuan Shaofeng’s tone, he nodded to express understanding.

When he first started playing matches with Xie Wei, he was often amazed by Xie Wei suddenly mentioning an enemy player’s habit. As a result, Xu Ziyan’s positioning became increasingly paranoid; unless it was a map with only one specific route, he rarely stayed in the same place twice during a match.

Xie Wei had absolutely no self-awareness of how much influence he had on others. As soon as he left the safe zone, he climbed to high ground at the fastest speed, calling out the positions of each enemy player to the team.

“Medic entering the alley mouth, sniper position unknown,” Xie Wei said. “They want to guard the intersection.”

Bai Chen gave a “Mn” of acknowledgment. “I’ll coordinate with Yuan.”

Xie Wei said, “Watch out for the opposing sniper. The most likely position is the water tower at ten o’clock, or possibly the second floor of the tavern.”

The first floor of the tavern was inaccessible to players, but the room on the second floor with the terrace was accessible. To get up there, one had to jump from the second floor of other buildings.

Since footsteps in the adjacent building were obvious, the safety of lurking on the second floor of the tavern was quite high. Even if one realized someone was coming to catch them, they could escape in time.

Xu Ziyan camped a sightline for a moment and said, “The opponents… don’t seem to be planning to cut the backline.”

Xie Wei said, “They are training the double-frontline strategy in advance.”

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Xu Ziyan said, “Training it now?” The version hadn’t even updated yet.

Xie Wei said, “Yeah, FTK is the first team playing in the playoffs.”

The implication: they didn’t have much preparation time left.

No wonder they were squeezing in time to practice strategies. Xu Ziyan understood, and his positioning, which had relaxed slightly, became alert again.

At the same moment, inside FTK’s voice channel.

Quit lay prone on the floor of the tavern’s second floor, his cold sniper rifle propped up in front of him. Laughter and chatter from downstairs were incessant. While aiming down the scope, he carefully paid attention to the movement next door.

After a long while, he lightly “tsked.” “No good, the opposing medic isn’t showing his head at all. I can only hit the assault.”

“Normal, it’s Ice after all.” Lin jumped while reloading. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and a sniper bullet flew past his cheek, narrowly hitting his shoulder. His health instantly dropped by more than half. He shivered in fright and cursed, “Damn, Shining is too perverted. I was holding a position and strafing left and right, and he still almost hit my head?”

He indignantly summarized, “How did these two end up on the same team?… Such a good seedling like Ice, how did he go to TWG?”

“Why?” Propro pinned Bai Chen back at the corner, dodging behind a wall to reload. “Even if he came to our team, did you want to replace Elia?”

Elia let out a faint “Oh?”

Lin hurriedly laughed sheepishly. “How could I? How could I? I was joking…”

As he spoke, he retreated. He was guarding the front of the ranch. To avoid being touched by Shining again, he chose to retreat behind the tavern to let Elia heal him to full before going back in.

Just as Lin walked next to the tavern, he sharply distinguished an abrupt footstep from the laughter and chatter inside.

Alarm bells rang in his head. Years of competitive experience told him someone was behind him.

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However, it was too late. The moment he realized it, before his fingers could operate, the sound of a taser rang out behind his head.

His character was instantly frozen in place. Immediately after, a sliver-health Bai Chen jumped out. Seizing the interval where Propro was still reloading, he crisply and cleanly finished off the residual-health Lin.

Lin was startled repeatedly. “Fuck!”

Propro was also shocked. “When did Ice get here?”

Quit frowned and picked off Bai Chen. “…He didn’t come from the second floor.”

The second floor of the tavern was safe, but it also had a downside: footsteps that weren’t coming specifically to the second floor to cut him were almost impossible to detect.

He let out a breath. “My bad, I’ll pay attention next time.”

Propro smiled. “It’s okay.”

With Xu Ziyan succeeding on this side, Yuan Shaofeng stopped crouching and waiting. He charged directly from the hotel alley, taking out Elia, who hadn’t reacted yet.

FTK instantly lost two people and couldn’t continue defending. TWG successfully secured the payload.