[Football] Bad Boy Batty

Fast forward to mid-May, the epidemic is still raging around the world, but many countries and regions have begun to relax their restrictions in stages. Lockdown is a costly job, and not every country has the courage and ability to fight the virus to the end.

On the afternoon of the 16th, the English Football Association held a meeting. All Premier League head coaches, chairmen, and captains were invited to attend. The UEFA president and officials also attended the meeting. The theme and purpose of the meeting was only one, which was to restore the normal schedule.

There were hundreds of people attending the meeting, and everyone had a different accent and internet speed. Batistuta had a headache listening to all the people. In addition, Augustus, the captain of Manchester United next door, also sent him a private message. So the annoyed Manchester City king turned the volume down to the lowest level, recorded a video of himself attending the meeting seriously and played it on a loop, while he lay on the sofa comfortably eating grapes.

Fortunately, the fraud was not discovered until the end.

This is all thanks to Augustus, who called Batty in advance to remind the organizing committee that it was time to vote, so Batty pretended that the network card successfully switched to his real self, and generously sent Augustus a pink heart in a private message as a reward.

The voting content is simple.

[Do you agree to resume offline training on May 5th as required? ]

After briefly understanding the situation, Batty voted in favor.

In his opinion, people have been locked up at home for so long that even if there is still a virus outside, it should have lost its ability to infect. Besides, haven’t experts said that people should stay in open and ventilated places? What could be more open and ventilated than training?
The FA soon announced the results of the vote.

Those who agreed to resume training were successful with an overwhelming advantage of 42 to 13. Starting from May 5, the Premier League will resume offline training. Quarantine personnel will conduct virus tests on players and club staff twice a week, and all equipment in the club's training base will be disinfected every day. Training will be conducted in groups, with no more than 19 players in each group and a duration of no more than 5 minutes. At the same time, players must always maintain a social distance of 75 meters from others.

"It sounds weird." Loach commented, "It's normal for a small scale, but no physical contact - how to train without physical contact, I mean confrontation without or with the ball."

"Just give up." Batty shrugged. "The epidemic is not under control yet, and hundreds of people are infected every day. It's good enough to resume training. Don't ask for too much."

Yes.

The situation has not improved much now. Although the British Culture Secretary has publicly expressed optimism about the epidemic and hopes that the Premier League can resume in June so that people trapped at home will not go crazy, most people are still skeptical.

Moreover, among the Premier League players, many who live with their families are very worried about this. Due to regulations, they cannot take a shower in the club, so they have to take their dirty clothes home by themselves. If these clothes carry the virus, their wives and children will be in danger.

It's like a scale that can never be balanced.

There are risks both left and right.

"Don't think too much, Batistuta. Since you have made the decision to return to the training ground, don't worry about being infected. We have made sufficient preparations. The rest will be left to God."

After finishing the last online training at noon on the 18th, Aguero called Batistuta. Perhaps he noticed that Batistuta was a little absent-minded in training, so the Argentine striker immediately comforted his captain.

"I know." Batty shrugged his nose at the glass. "I understand what you're saying, but I can't help it--"

"Don't worry about it, put aside all that mess and relax." Aguero said cheerfully, "You are in the first group. You will be able to return to our beautiful Etihad training ground tomorrow morning. Now, friends, come and play games with us!"

Batty took a deep breath and then chuckled.

He should have thought of Aguero as this purpose.

But it's okay to just have fun. What that saying says is true. Anyway, the decision has been made. No matter how much you worry about it, it can't be changed and there is no better solution. So why worry about it?

"Okay, come on." Batty pushed his hair back from his forehead. "Are you live, Kun?"

"Yes," Aguero admitted, "but I'm not at the computer right now, they (the audience) can't hear our conversation."

"That doesn't matter." Batty didn't mind being heard. "What do you want to play?"

"Among Us is a game that's suddenly become popular recently. I haven't tried it yet, but I heard that it's very interesting. It's a space version of Werewolf." Aguero introduced, "And to win this game you need to be able to lie, so I thought of you first."

"Ha! Is that a compliment?"

"Why not? Among all the people I know, no one is better at telling lies than you."

"Okay, I'll take that as a compliment." Batty chuckled, and then he asked, "Who are you playing with? Is it just the two of us?"

"I'm with my friend, Ibai, who is a professional streamer from Spain," Aguero said. "This game requires 10 people to play. Ibai and I already have 7 of us, including you, so there are 8 of us. Can you call two more?"

"it is good."

……

After hanging up the phone with Aguero, Batistuta went to ask Loach and Joline. Loach was a little strange and hid in the house and refused to see him. Joline was not interested and could not understand Spanish very well, so Batistuta called Neymar.

Neymar was also playing games on the live broadcast, but he was playing "Call of Duty". After learning that Batistuta was also going to use the computer, he invited Batistuta to join him.

Batistuta was very loyal and did not abandon Aguero. After rejecting Neymar's invitation, he went downstairs to find Lucas, who readily agreed. Although he was playing "Fortnite" with his former teammates when Batistuta called, he quit the PS4 without hesitation when he heard Batistuta ask if he wanted to play together. At this time, Batistuta had not even finished saying what they were going to play.

"You can play whatever you want." Lucas went over and hung on Batty's shoulders. "It's all to kill time. How can I refuse you?"

Batistuta was very satisfied with Lucas' cooperation. Compared with a guy who sometimes didn't even answer the phone when playing shooting games, he was much better.

Lucas got it done, and there's still one spot left.

Who to look for?
Batty was in a dilemma when looking at the list on the screen of his mobile phone. It was not that he could not call anyone. Even if he closed his eyes and clicked randomly on the screen, the person he clicked would basically not refuse him. It was just that Batty always felt in his heart that this was an opportunity and he couldn't just find anyone.

As for what the opportunity was, he didn't know.

Just as he was thinking about it, Batty received a text message from a guy who hadn't contacted Batty for some days and was about to forget him.

Courtois: Hey
Courtois: Do you have time to chat, Batistuta?
Courtois: A bit boring
Courtois: (Roaring Seagull)

This is not just right.
Batty bit his lip and quickly sent a message.

Batty: Of course.
Batty: What about you?
Batistuta: Aguero and I are preparing to play a game
Batty: Are you coming?

Looking at the invitation from the other side, Courtois was stunned for a moment. He didn't know why Batistuta asked him if he wanted to play games with Aguero. He thought the implication of the message he sent just now was already very obvious.

Just then, Batti sent another new message.

Batty: It's live.
Batty: Kun and a few anchors invited me, and I immediately thought of you
Batty: On Twitch, everyone can see it
Batty: (Do you understand what I mean?jpg)
Batty: Coming?
Oh, so that’s what you mean.
Courtois didn't hesitate this time and sent a reply quickly.

Courtois: Come on
……

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【Li Tao】 Is the Manchester City Little King a gift to his son?

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My friends, I really got it!
(Celebration)
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Why is this building up again?
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What did you get? Let me tell you what you got!

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Batty is playing "Space Werewolf" live with Tights. Yes, you heard it right, Tights!
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? ? ? ?
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#Teacher Ding enters the live broadcast room

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Here's what happened, family members, I was browsing Batistuta's Instagram today and happened to see his latest Instagram story. He said that Akun asked him to play games live, but he couldn't find anyone to play with him, so he found Courtois. He also tagged pantyhose on his Instagram story! What is this? It's obviously for Teacher Ding to see!

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Slowly type one out?
The train of thought is strange. The JB group has already been defeated. It is more realistic to say that BBB did it for Teacher Ding than to say that Pantyhose took the opportunity to poach and succeeded.

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Impossible! My JB group will not be, absolutely impossible!
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I don't think it will be. It is true that BBB and Teacher Ding had a quarrel, but the possibility of reconciliation in the future cannot be ruled out. Have you seen the online interview with Teacher Ding a few days ago? BBB was mentioned in it.
"Bati has a bit of a temper, we all know that. Sometimes when he says something, it is hard to tell whether he really means it or is just saying it on purpose. Batistuta is not mean, we get along very well, or I can say that I have figured out some of the routines in interacting with him, and also, I like challenges." These are the original words of Teacher Ding.

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!!!
When was this interview!!
What a big candy!
Come on! Tell me!
Let me eat it!!!
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【20200511 Interview with De Bruyne-Link】

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I have seen this, and I can say for sure that Teacher Ding still loves BBB
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No one cares about the title anymore, the post is crooked

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This thread has always been crooked, saying whether Li Tao BBB is giving birth to a son, but in fact it is all about BBB-related CPs eating sugar and sending knives. If you scroll up, you can even find the cult that is as cold as the Arctic Circle, such as Gua Shui Di Luo

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(LeBron is puzzled)

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It's the CP of Guagua and Batistuta. It's not that unpopular. Guagua and Batistuta were popular for a while before. Many people said that Guagua was pampering Batistuta like Messi, with red roses and so on. There were also many people who supported it.

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I'm not Sister Li, but I was shocked

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In fact, I think that Gua and Batty are more in the world than Pantyhose and Batty. Considering the incident between Pantyhose and Teacher Ding, Batty and Teacher Ding are quarreling again. His sudden appearance gives me a weird feeling that Batty is taking revenge on Teacher Ding.

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The truth upstairs

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Oh my god, as soon as I entered Aguero's live broadcast room, I heard Batistuta and Pantyhose cursing at each other like a young couple. Help me, I'm going to betray Teacher Ding.

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???

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Is it so magical?
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It's quite magical, even more outrageous than when the UK locked everyone in Batty's house during the epidemic lockdown.

……

Two rounds of the game have passed. Batistuta was an ordinary crew member both times, and was killed first both times. What made him even more annoyed was that the person who killed him was the same person, Courtois, whose ID was jirafa (giraffe).

The rules of this game are very simple. There are 10 players, 2 of whom are impostors. Their goal is to kill everyone and prevent them from completing tasks. The remaining 8 are ordinary crew members. They have to complete some tasks in the map, which are very simple games. It should be noted that there are ventilation ducts on the map for the impostors to move quickly. If the crew members are not careful, they are likely to jump out suddenly to scare you and kill you.

The person who finds the body can call an emergency meeting, where everyone will discuss who the murderer is. The dead person will be prohibited from speaking. Note that everyone can call, including imposters, so be wary of them pretending to have just arrived at the scene and found a body to hide themselves.

"I know! I knew there was something wrong with him!"

Batistuta was going crazy in front of the gray screen. The 3 viewers in his live broadcast room were swiping the screen frantically, at a speed so fast that it was difficult to see the content clearly. Yes, at Aguero's suggestion, he also opened a Twitch channel.

"I saw him (Courtois) passing Kun. He wanted to do it. He hesitated for a moment. I saw it clearly. Then he came towards me. I wanted to go to where there were a lot of people. Of course, I should go there at this time. But I forgot that there was a well in that passage. He jumped out from there. Damn it!"

Courtois' lying skills were not that good and he only lasted until the third round of discussion before he was voted out. When his character was thrown into space and the words "Jirafa is a fake" appeared, Batistuta almost jumped up from his chair and cheered.

In the end, the game ended with the crew winning.

"Thibaud, Thibaud! Why are you targeting me!" After the connection was restored, Batistuta first rushed to Courtois to ask for an explanation. "Just now, you saw Kun and wanted to attack him, and then you saw me, gave up on him, and turned around to kill me. This happened twice, and I was always the first to die. There was no gaming experience at all!"

Batistuta kept complaining and Courtois just laughed, as if the stronger Batistuta's reaction was, the happier he was. He occasionally interrupted to defend his behavior, but if you listened carefully you would find that everything he said was deliberately trying to provoke Batistuta's emotions, such as "I swear I didn't mean to kill you, it's you who always appear in front of me at the most appropriate time, so I can only kill you."

No one else stopped him.

Everyone knows that Batistuta and De Bruyne are teammates, and everyone knows about De Bruyne and Courtois. The more Batistuta criticized Courtois, the better the response in the live broadcast room.

They are all anchors, and the program effect is the most important.

As he was speaking, Courtois's headphones suddenly had problems. The sound became very low, and nothing he said on the public frequency could be heard clearly. His own words also became unclear.

"Don't pretend, I know you did it on purpose!" Batty said, holding the earphone with one hand, "Tibo, you must be pretending that the earphone is broken because you can't argue with me and can't find a better reason."

"No, no, I'm not pretending." Courtois answered loudly, "It's true, there's something wrong with my headphones. I can hear you talking, but when you hear my voice--"

"You're lying!" Batty suddenly shouted, "No headphones can make it so that others can't hear what you say while you can hear them clearly! You secretly adjusted the headphones yourself, and then you completely shirked the responsibility!"

"I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?" Courtois also raised his voice, "I did kill you twice, but Batistuta, is it possible that I didn't target you on purpose, but you died because you don't know how to play this game? If it was someone else, the result would be the same."

"What!" Batty's eyes widened in anger, "Are you saying I'm a loser?"

"You heard it, that's great." Courtois smiled and applauded him. "Now that you know, can we focus on the headphones? My headphones--" Perhaps because he was turning the button next to the headphones, his voice on the public frequency jumped back and forth between 'enough to deafen people' and 'so quiet that it is inaudible'.

"Stop it! You're trampling on my ears!"

"I'm trying!"

“Then try harder!”

Looking at the skyrocketing number of people and the increasing number of comments in his live broadcast room, Spanish anchor Ibai was extremely satisfied with his decision to invite Aguero and let the other party call Batistuta. The situation was better than he expected.

but--

Batistuta and Courtois?
How did they know each other?
Ibai is not only a host, he is also a very famous Real Madrid fan. Courtois is the goalkeeper of Real Madrid. Last season, he shared his games with the audience many times in the live broadcast room, but Ibai had no idea that he knew the King of Manchester City.

To find out, he sent a private message to Aguero.

Ibai: How did Batistuta and Courtois know each other?
Ibai: From the way I see them, it seems like they are more than just acquaintances.

Aguero: They have been chatting
Aguero: It started last year
Ibai: Last year?
Aguero: Yes, I remember it was during the Champions League group stage, around the second or third round, someone in the team noticed Batistuta was chatting online
Aguero: Someone asked, but he didn't say who
Aguero: This is his privacy. We talked about it a few times in the locker room, and then we didn't care about it anymore.
Ibai: And then?
Ibai: How do you know it's Courtois?
Aguero: I don't know
Aguero: Neymar told me
Aguero: We talked about this once, and it happened that we had just finished the match with Real Madrid, and he told me that Batistuta was chatting with the Real Madrid goalkeeper.
Ibai: God
Ibai: It’s incredible
Aguero: Yeah
Aguero: We all feel that way

Putting down the phone, Ibai looked up at the screen, and suddenly an idea flashed through his mind. Aguero said that Batistuta started chatting at the beginning of the Champions League last year. The second round of the Champions League group stage was probably in November, and Manchester City at that time in November——

Ibai's eyes gradually became terrified, as if he had discovered something extraordinary.

January.
Halloween.

Wasn’t that exactly the time when rumors spread online that Batistuta and De Bruyne had a quarrel and their relationship had reached a freezing point?

……

After a long time, Courtois' headphones finally fixed themselves and the game continued.

In the third game, Batistuta was still an ordinary crew member, but this time he was very cautious and was not the first to be killed. The first to die was Aguero. Batistuta was not killed until he was about to guess who the impostor was.

Batty leaned back in his chair as he watched the screen go gray again.

Someone in the live broadcast room was posting a screenshot of him and Courtois together. Batistuta thought it was quite interesting and saved it. Then he looked at the screenshot and suddenly came up with a "bad" idea.

He sent a text message to the other party.

Batty: (Screenshot)
Batty: Do you think I should send it to Kevin?
Courtois:
Courtois: (Roaring red-eyed seagull)

Batty: You don't stop me
Batty: Want to see Kevin's reaction?
Courtois: I don't know
Courtois: But I know it will be exciting
Courtois: He won't talk to me
Courtois: You are miserable.
Batty: (Heartbroken)
Batty: sad
Batistuta exited the chat with Courtois, turned around and opened WhatsApp to send the screenshot to De Bruyne. Batistuta kept looking at the interface until it showed that the message from the other party had been read, then he curled up the corners of his mouth.

but--
1 minutes passed.
3 minutes passed.
10 minutes passed.

Batistuta finished both games, and in one of them he killed three people as an impostor, successfully surviving to the end, but De Bruyne did not respond to him.

Tsk.
Boring.

Batistuta took the phone and looked at the conversation interface with De Bruyne. The last time they chatted alone was the night he tried to steal the jam.

"What are you looking at? Come on, it's about to start!"

Batty came to his senses and put down his phone.

"Why rush? I'm here."

……

But that's how the world is, there are always unexpected things happening.

Just when Batistuta finished the fifth game, he received a message from De Bruyne, and it was not on his phone, but in the game, a friend request from De Bruyne.

This gave Batty a big surprise.

Kevin De Bruyne hardly ever plays computer games, and the only few times he did so were during the 16-17 season when he forced others to play.

Since Batistuta's computer screen was broadcasting live, De Bruyne's friend request was broadcast live. The result is predictable, the live broadcast room exploded.

Batistuta didn't pay attention to what was being said in the live broadcast room. After quickly accepting De Bruyne's friend request, he typed to remind the other party.

Batty: You didn’t play computer games before, what happened today?
Batty: By the way, I'm live streaming
Batistuta: You're on TV, say hello to my viewers
The other side's response was not slow.

De Bruyne: I know you are live streaming
De Bruyne: I don't care
De Bruyne: I didn't play before, but now I do
De Bruyne: Pull me in

hiss--
This tone.

Batty narrowed his eyes and covered the lower half of his face with his cell phone, trying not to smile too obviously. Obviously, he achieved his desired goal.

But at this moment, an accident happened.
That directly led to the postponement of the reconciliation that could have been brought forward.

In Batistuta's imagination, this live broadcast of him playing games with Courtois will become an opportunity for him and Kevin to resume communication. Although the scene may not be so beautiful and there will be a little violent elements, they will eventually reconcile.

But unfortunately, the plan fell through.

Qiao Lin rushed in wearing a thick mask, and without caring whether it was a live broadcast or not, she sprayed disinfectant directly at Batty.

"Hey!" Batty was almost sprayed in the eyes as he couldn't dodge in time. "Oh my God, why did you suddenly start again today? I haven't even gone out to train yet!"

"No." Qiao Lin shook her head, "It's not because of you, it's the loach."

"What's up with him?"

"Bati, listen to me." Qiao Lin looked at him seriously, "Loach, he's yang."

(End of this chapter)