CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

"Six points left! Guys! Let's get another six!"

"Did you hear that? The audience is cheering for you! They're all hoping you can lift that trophy! Don't let them down!"

"Take it one point at a time! Your skills deserve the championship!"

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During the break, Taz kept saying encouraging words, repeatedly boosting their confidence.

This made Su Zhe, who was leaning back in his gaming chair with his eyes closed, twitch the corner of his mouth.

He even suspected that Taz wasn't a professional esports player before, but rather a self-help guru, the kind who says things like "Clap your ear!"

But it must be said that what he said was indeed infectious, making the G2 players think that even the world's number one FaZe was nothing special.

The three-minute halftime break ended quickly.

The teams switched sides, and G2 became the attacking side in Inferno.

NIko sat up straight again and began to plan the pistol round tactics for the second half:

"At the start, we'll just do the default settings normally. If it's the banana path, we'll just take control of the stone slabs first."

"Nexa, you can be a little more aggressive on the flank. See if the enemy is retreating to defend Area A. Make some harassment and noise."

"Cousin, this round, you light up a smoke grenade, stand at the back, and wait for my command to throw it into the window of the banana path and flash..."

The countdown ended and everyone walked towards their respective positions.

As the first player in the banana path, Su Zhe immediately dove into the tree cover in the banana path at the start of the game.

While peeking at the information on the stone slab to prevent the enemy from suddenly pushing forward and clearing the area, he also kept an eye out for the possibility of the enemy suddenly throwing two grenades from behind the stone slab.

After all, the pistol round strategy of using two grenades to blow up trees was too classic, and he was afraid that he might accidentally become the loser.

Fortunately, Faze played cautiously in this round and didn't seem to have much interest in controlling the banana path, which made Su Zhe feel much more relaxed.

Just as everyone was enjoying the leisurely life in this Italian town, a scream suddenly coming through their headphones instantly jolted them awake.

The volume of the audience's shouts also increased by several decibels at this moment.

"There's one on the second floor! The pickled radish is a must-try! That damn ropz!"

After hearing the sound of Nexa's red temperature breaking through his defenses, Su Zhe glanced at the kill information.

ropz killed nexa with a stun gun.

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No wonder he was so vulnerable. Being killed by a stun gun is the most humiliating way to die, even more infuriating than being stabbed.

Add to that the agent's agonizing scream upon death, and any human being would be emotionally affected to some extent, especially since this happened during the finals.

Niko automatically filtered out Nexa's nonsense and, after a brief analysis, directly issued the order to attack.

Since ropz dared to stand on the roof of A2 to defend, it means that someone must be watching the boiler room for him.

With such an aggressive defensive formation, NIko absolutely refused to believe that there weren't at least three people at point A.

After Niko gave the order, her cousin launched the Banana Path Attack Flash, which he had already aimed at.

"Give it to me!"

Upon hearing the flash explosion, Su Zhe, who was in the first position on the banana path, immediately started his engine and rushed straight towards the stone slab.

"They gave me the second one too!"

Su Zhe dodged slightly and then jumped off the stone slab.

Upon seeing the Yellow Wall erected by Han Wang, Su Zhe landed and immediately fired, but the enemy still managed to withdraw their guns.

Su Zhe instinctively lunged forward, only to see out of the corner of his eye that the child behind him had been instantly killed by Han Wang during his retreat.

'That unlucky kid'
Su Zhe's thoughts flashed quickly, but his hands didn't stop moving at all, wanting to pounce on Han Wang and kill him before he could get into cover.

But soon a B Company defensive smoke grenade exploded at his feet.

"Go straight in! Finish them off! There are only two at point B at most!" NIko shouted from behind.

We're already outnumbered, so slowing down our attack would be no different than waiting to die. We might as well go all out and take a gamble.

Upon hearing NIko's words, Su Zhe strode out of the defensive smoke, and immediately everything in front of him turned white.

Su Zhe remained silent, simply firing based on his instincts.

After Faze's anti-flash effect ended, his screen displayed a message indicating that their turn had failed.

"G2's attack in this round was indeed a bit too hasty. Nexa's loss of position on the side lane directly caused G2 to lose half of the map information."

"This forced them to speed up their attack on B, and FaZe really did a good job this round."

"First, there was the fancy stun gun from the A2 building owner, then the big brother at the B bomb site also gave a good flashbang while clearing the area, and Han Wang's USP was also accurate enough."

"Is this the true strength of the Three Rat Heroes?!"

While playing against the machine, he hoped G2 could win the championship, but under such circumstances, he couldn't help but reveal his formula for resolving the situation.

Ma Xixi almost lost her composure upon hearing "the three heroes of the rats," but she maintained her professionalism as a commentator and replied seriously:

"After losing the pistol round, G2 opted for a pure E strategy, so it seems the score will be tied again. Now it all depends on how the rifle rounds go."

After force-buying with pure E, NIko initiated a second push down the mid lane.

But it didn't have much effect. Under the intersection of Faze's stable and the connection, they only managed to take down one of Rain God's MP9s.

The score came to 7-7.

As for who will take the lead in scoring in the second half, we'll have to wait and see how the long-range rounds go.

After exchanging fist bumps with his teammates to comfort each other, Niko began to think about the offensive rhythm in long-range rifle rounds.

Although everyone jokingly calls Faze a "low-end car," it's really hard to find any flaws in Faze when the other car has a full tank of gas.

Whether it's Han Wang and Da Biao Ge at point B, or Yu Shen, ropz, and Xilanhua at point A, they are not easy to break through.

"Let's focus on map control this round," NIko said after considering it.

"The other side should still have two MP9s left. They probably won't be upgrading their weapons on a large scale, so we have the advantage in gunfights."

"Arrow, you come with me to control Banana Lane, and the other three of you control Building A2 and the middle lane. After we've compressed the opponent's space, we'll decide which point to attack."

NIko devised the most appropriate tactics based on the firearms available to both sides.

Faze's economy definitely won't allow Broccoli to draw out defensive snipers. As long as they avoid close-range firefights when controlling the map, it's still quite easy to control the map.

After the preparation time ended, just like in the pistol round, Su Zhe, in the first position, quickly rushed into the banana lane again.

However, this time he didn't start by standing in the tree position, but instead crawled into the groove to prevent his opponents from exploiting his movement habits and using damaging items on him.

"Bang~"

A Molotov cocktail exploded at his feet, followed by smoke from Niko's fire extinguisher.

"Throw a smoke grenade for me, I want to see if the enemy has pulled out any to counter-attack!"

After Su Zhe observed that Faze was no longer giving out damaging items, he spoke to Niko in the terrorist's mouth, while simultaneously throwing out a fully lit fire made from a wooden barrel and a stone slab.

"Fine, it's gone!"

As the smoke grenade temporarily detonated, Su Zhe, who was clinging to the recessed cover, immediately peeked out horizontally to take a look.

Only after finding no one did he move forward.

Niko arrived at the banana tree location at this moment. He jumped on the barrel and glanced at the information behind the stone slab. Then he turned on his microphone and said, "No one is in the yellow wall. We can start clearing the sandbags."

After hearing this, Su Zhe cautiously peeked at the yellow wall from behind the stone slab. When he pulled himself out, he saw a CT carrying an MP9 rush out.

Su Zhe immediately shrank back into the cover, the back-and-forth movement of his body was extremely fast.

The older cousin's bullets, fired while running, all hit thin air. Just as he was about to return to the yellow wall, the ruthless bandit's figure appeared again.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills Karrigan with a headshot from an AK-47

"Oh~ Han Wang's Banana Path Anti-Qing Flash didn't work! Arrow took down Big Brother's head directly!"

"This first kill was absolutely crucial! It completely put Faze on the defensive!"

"However, Hanwang used his smoke grenade very quickly, which made G2 lose the idea of ​​continuing to push forward. Now it all depends on A bomb site!"

"Nexa and her cousin went up the VIP and spiral staircase respectively to try to take control of the A2 floor."

"ropz had already thrown a smoke grenade for defense at A2, but he wanted to counter the smoke grenade and get timing! He thought the opponent wouldn't expect him to use a smoke grenade!"

"But Nexa didn't care about any of that! She just took down Ropz!"

Niko was still thinking about whether to shorten the attack time, but when he saw another kill, he was instantly overjoyed.

He immediately turned on his microphone and shouted, "Let's go! Let's go straight for A with the bomb!"

In a 5v3 situation, with the pressure on area B in place, speeding up the attack on area A is the best option.

But to Niko's surprise, his cousin's command was even more decisive than his! He directly made Hanwang abandon the defense of point B and gamble on a second-time 3A attack.

The world's top commander's decision-making was evident at this moment: either G2 went to attack B, which would have saved three long guns, and they could continue to build up all their units in the next round.

Either attack A, or 3A's defense can easily block the attack.

At this moment, Su Zhe and Niko had switched from the banana lane to the middle lane, Nexa and his cousin began to push the A2 building, while the kid moved towards the smoke connection point to prepare for the second time to cover the rear.

NIko also strode deep into A1.

"The rain god on the A2 floor wanted to stand straight, but after hearing two footsteps, he chickened out and wanted to switch to the pit as soon as possible!"

"Nexa heard footsteps! She came out from the second floor and took Rain God's head!"

"But there's another one down in the graveyard! He caught Nexa's head! Oh! He even caught his cousin who was finishing him off while he was spraying bullets and moving around!"

"A1's Niko followed up with a follow-up shot! But he didn't expect Han Wang to also be in the ninja position! He directly took down Niko's side!"

The situation on the field changed rapidly, and in an instant, a 2v2 endgame situation was formed. Moreover, the kid had already connected with the defensive smoke and reached the arch position.

However, they also gave the smoke grenade to the study area this round, and this smoke grenade used by the CTs to attack has now become an obstacle for the kids to flank.

Furthermore, C4 was also dropped on the second-floor balcony after the cousin was eliminated, which completely negated G2's early advantage.

Su Zhe also moved closer to A1 at this moment. He quickly glanced at the information on the mini-map and found that the child had already reached the door of the study.

"Kid! The enemy team isn't sure where you are yet, I'll hook you from the front! You get ready to sneak in through the smoke and catch them from behind!"

Su Zhe didn't want to give the other side too much time to change positions. After communicating via microphone, he immediately moved to the wall on his right to create a wide-angle gunfight view for himself.

Immediately afterwards, he quickly took a small step forward and aimed at the peek, looking towards the location on the ground below the grave.

Once he couldn't see anyone, Su Zhe quickly took another small step and peeked.

Upon seeing a small head above the barrel in headshot position, he quickly adjusted his crosshair slightly to the left and pressed the fire button simultaneously.

"Da~"

Arrow kills Broky with a headshot from an AK-47

Upon hearing A1 fire a shot, the child, who was hidden in the smoke, immediately strode out of the smoke and into the bomb site.

But to the child's surprise, Han Wang was aware that he was at the connection point and had even heard his footsteps.

"Tete~"

[frozen used an M4A1 with a silenced smoke grenade to kill m0NESY]

"Behind the box at the bomb site!" the fallen child immediately reported.

"Another disadvantageous gun position."
Su Zhe tilted his head slightly forward, focusing intently, then aimed directly at the top of the bomb site box and pulled a powerful shot. 'Damn! They've moved to the right side of the box!'
Su Zhe quickly heard the sound of being hit on the head. He didn't panic and immediately swung his aim to the right.

"Da da~"

Arrow kills frozen with a headshot from an AK-47

"Oh! Another headshot kill! This AK is practically a god-tier weapon in Arrow's hands!"

The commentator summarized: "In the early game, G2 gained a numerical advantage by defaulting to a certain number of units. In the mid-game, Big Brother used a gamble to turn the tide, but in the end, Arrow decided the outcome of this round!"

"G2 won this point entirely through sheer strength! That's incredible!"

After winning the long rifle round, G2 regained the lead in the score.

Furthermore, since G2 goes straight to pure E after losing the pistol round, FaZe only has around 3000-4000 gold per player after losing the rifle round.

So Big Brother once again opted for pure E to accumulate economy, and the score reached 9-7 at one point.

G2 regained the lead, but in specific rounds of the match, Faze still exerted tremendous pressure.

In truth, they all had reasons why they couldn't afford to lose.

After their defeat at the Major, G2 desperately needs a championship to prove their team's strength.

Su Zhe wants to win his first championship in his professional career; he doesn't want to become a tragic hero.

Faze has won two consecutive runner-up titles at the Katowice and Copenhagen Majors, and they don't want to win a third.

All ten players on both sides were giving it their all, hoping to lift the trophy on the stage.

Amidst the intense atmosphere in the stadium, the score remained close between the two world-class teams.

9-8!

11-10!

11-11!

12-11!

When the final match point announcement was made, Su Zhe felt that he could hardly contain his excitement.

Just one step away, a real step away!
"Calm down! Calm down! Win this last point! Don't let them go into overtime!"

NIko noticed that something was wrong with everyone's mood and quickly reminded them.

Having high spirits is a good thing, but if it goes too far, it can easily lead to impulsive thoughts during the game.

They are a team, but also five people, which makes it easy for them to repeatedly give away free kills.

Furthermore, Faze in overtime may be more difficult to deal with than in regular rounds.

NIko sensed that his older brother had figured out his tactics, and that dragging the game out would only increase the chances of losing.

"Alright, let's continue to control the map this round and keep the opponent's space to maneuver, but we need to be careful of their counter-clearing tactics and not be stingy with our items."

"Be extremely careful, extremely careful, and extremely careful!"

In such a crucial match, it's impossible for Big Brother not to prepare for a rush.

G2's attempt to launch a decisive attack with firepower will only result in them being slowly bogged down, just like in the pistol round, leading to a situation where they lack the follow-up firepower.

With preparation time over, this may be the last round of the IEM Chengdu tournament.

The atmosphere in the stadium had reached a new climax. The audience was no longer holding back; they were shouting at the top of their lungs to witness the birth of the champion team.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Su Zhe took his first steps toward Banana Road.

This round, he will once again take control of the banana path.

Although he wasn't in the first position on the banana path, Niko was positioned further back.

At this moment, Niko had already put out the extinguishing smoke from the banana lane at the back post, ready to throw it at any time.

But when Su Zhe arrived at the bandit's den and saw the scene on the banana road, he immediately stopped in his tracks.

Two consecutive fires lit up the path from the bandit's mouth to the treetop, almost covering half of the banana grove, leaving Su Zhe with nowhere to step.

'Faze is starting to put pressure on us now!'

Then another cigarette exploded in front of him, further eliminating his idea of ​​entering the banana grove.

Upon learning of the situation on the banana road, NIko immediately halted the decision to control it.

"Arrow, just stay in the terrorist area and make sure the other side doesn't suddenly show up. We'll come back to invite them later."

With that, NIko strode toward the middle, intending to clear out the area above and below the stables and the connecting area first.

"Faze started with a 3B defensive strategy to control the banana lane. G2 felt the pressure from the utility and chose to turn around and take control of the mid lane first."

"The smoke, the fire above and below the stable, the items provided are very comprehensive, but this round the two A's are backed up to defend, and Big Brother just filled in the connection position."

"Oh! This round, we're leaving Broky's defensive sniper at point B to defend with Han Wang."

They gained control of the middle lane smoothly, but due to their very careful positioning, they wasted a lot of time. After some delay, there were only 40 seconds left in the attack round.

"Does Banana Path still have defensive items?" NIko asked over the microphone.

Su Zhe circled around the bandit's den for a moment, then replied, "They're gone, and I haven't seen anyone."

Niko had already made up his mind. He didn't want to end up like his older cousin in the first half, compressing the offensive time until the very end and dragging himself out of the game.

They didn't want to repeat what happened six years ago, rushing to switch points again after only twenty seconds and putting their opponents into overtime in the small town once more.

He gave instructions over his microphone: "Those in the middle and on the second floor, retreat. We're going to unleash a bomb and go for a quick push. I'll break through."

The sudden decision-making instructions, made without any prior information, left the rest of G2 puzzled.

However, they didn't say anything and chose to trust NIko's command.

"Give me the flash behind the stone slab, as well as the police and the coffin smoke. Listen carefully to my instructions."

After giving her final reminder, Niko moved to the first position on the banana path, with Su Zhe following behind, ready to provide follow-up shots at any time.

"Give it to me!"

Niko, who had been quietly approaching the tree, suddenly moved forward like a car starting its engine, taking large strides.

"Bang~"

A sniper shot rang out from behind the stone slab, but it seemed to have been detonated, as no one was hit.

NIko didn't stop, leaping over the stone slab to chase the sniper, but Broccoli still managed to hide behind the yellow wall, followed by a fire.

The fire didn't affect Niko, but it blocked Su Zhe, who was in the second position.

He hurriedly threw out a fire extinguisher and quickly followed Niko's retreating figure.

When NIko arrived at the yellow wall, Broccoli's sniper was nowhere to be seen; it was unclear whether he had hidden in the CT spawn or moved into the bomb site.

NIko made a bold move, cutting his knife and rushing into the bomb site at top speed.

The goal isn't to break through and get kills, but to obtain information about the bomb site and find the sniper's position.

"Bang~"

NIko fell to the ground with a thud, his AK and other items scattered all over the ground.

However, through his peripheral vision, he had already obtained all the information about the buns.

"One in the second box! The sniper's in the third box! Charge in!!!"

At this moment, Su Zhe had already arrived at the position below the first box. After receiving the valuable information, he directly aimed at the position above the second box and moved towards the stage.

Upon seeing his cousin, he quickly pressed the A key to stop, and at the same time, bullets from his AK were fired.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills Karrigan with a headshot from an AK-47

After getting the kill, Su Zhe immediately went to the bomb site to cover the right side of the three boxes, while his cousin, who was three positions away, stood on a box to cover the left side of the three boxes.

"Bang~"

The sniper rifle shot rang out again, and my cousin, who had just stood on a box, fell backward.

NIko felt a little suffocated watching his cousin's first-person perspective; the scene seemed so familiar to him!
But the final result will not be the same as before.

"Da da~"

Arrow kills Broky with a headshot from an AK-47

"Arrow finished off the remaining three boxes of broccoli!"

"A 3v3 clutch! Faze is still defending! G2 has a chance to end this game!"

On the main commentary stage, Ma Xixi and Wan Jiqi couldn't help but stand up and shout their commentary. They were about to witness the birth of the champion!
"Put the bomb down! Put the bomb down!" Niko shouted in the voice chat.

The child with the bag behind him immediately took out C4 and buried it in the flower bed. Nexa, who was bringing up the rear behind the banana path, also rushed to fill the gap.

But his luck was just too bad! While passing through the police station's smoke, he was killed by the rain god's smoke!

Su Zhe was originally holding a coffin cigarette, but after seeing Nexa fall to the ground, he went directly to the police station to counterattack.

"Da da da da~"

After nearly half a magazine of bullets, the effect finally became apparent. Su Zhe could clearly see the CT's figure behind the smoke, and he continued to control the trajectory of the bullets.

Finally, just as I was about to run out of bullets, I saw the kill notification.

Arrow used an AK-47 to kill Rain while shrouded in smoke.

A 2v2 endgame situation!

As Rain God's defensive rotation failed, Faze's rotation speed slowed down, giving Su Zhe and Kid time to adjust their positions.

Su Zhe came down from the stage and set up the police station and Banana Road, while the children set up the church behind the two boxes.

"Bang~"

A flash of light suddenly flew from above the police station, and Su Zhe, who was focused, immediately turned his head to dodge.

A fire followed, burning directly towards the child's location.

Su Zhe realized something was wrong, and he instinctively pulled himself towards the police station.

Two CT scans were simultaneously displayed on the screen in front of me.

"Da da da~"

"Tetete~"

Arrow killed frozen with an AK-47.

[ropz used a silenced M4A1 to headshot Arrow]

"Police! Get closer!"

Su Zhe even felt a little suffocated the moment he fell to the ground. He immediately turned his head to look at the child's screen next to him.

The child standing in the fire had already begun the repeek motion and collided head-on with ropz.

"Bang~"

The sound of the sniper rifle echoed across the map of Infernal Town.

The silenced gunshots came to an abrupt end.

[m0NESY killed ropz with an AWP] (End of Chapter)