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

Chapter 188 "I respect every contestant"

Su Zhe got a triple kill in the last round with a finishing shot, and he's in high spirits and on a roll.

He had just finished fist bumping with his teammates and was preparing to make a big push in the first half to widen the score gap and end the game early when this sudden technical move caught him off guard.

Su Zhe looked up at the players' seats opposite him and found that staff members had indeed walked to Green Leaf's players' seats. The INS player opposite him was pointing at the headphones in his hand and saying something to the staff member next to him.

"Again?!"

Su Zhe considers himself to have a pretty good temper, but he has already faced two technical timeouts in just one half. The last time it was ten minutes, and he doesn't know how long it will be this time.

This made Su Zhe uncomfortable, regardless of whether the other side did it intentionally or if the equipment was really malfunctioning. He even started to dislike the Green Leaf team on the other side.

The pause time ticked by, and ten minutes had passed, but the INS player was still negotiating with the staff.

Clearly, the equipment problem had not yet been resolved, and Su Zhe's patience was dwindling, while anger was rising in his chest.

'That idiot makes a lot of trouble.'
Su Zhe silently complained to himself, then noticed that the cameraman's lens was moving towards him. So he simply followed Jee's example, closed his eyes, and leaned back on the headrest of his gaming chair to rest.

Finally, after another seven or eight minutes, Su Zhe heard a voice instructing Xigua through his earpiece:
"Alright! Alright! Quickly adjust your mindset, don't let the other side affect you, and try to get the remaining two points in the first half!"

Su Zhe opened his eyes and saw that INS on the other side was indeed wearing headphones.

Seeing INS still chatting and laughing with his teammates, Su Zhe's anger flared even more, and he focused his attention on the game in front of him with a sullen face.

What Xigua said is right. The most important thing now is to win the first two points.

Although they have already scored eight points, if their mentality is affected and Green Leaf scores four points into the second half, it's really not safe against Anubis's big offensive plan.

Judging from some of the betting opportunities in the first half, it's clear that Green Leaf has done a lot of research on LVG, but Su Zhe basically managed to "overcome all obstacles with sheer force".

If Green Leaf switches to the offensive position and specifically targets the defensive areas where Su Zhe is not, then the outcome of the first map is really hard to predict.

Therefore, we should try to score as many points as possible in the first half, so as not to give the opponent any chance to turn the tide in the second half.

After Xigua finished arranging the tactics, the countdown ended just as everyone started walking towards their respective positions. Su Zhe followed Starry from the terrorist jump to the outside of Hall A.

Their attack intention in this round was also very simple: Jee's sniper rifle would be positioned on the terrorist ladder to block the location of the dark room and prevent the enemy from obtaining underwater information.

The free agent, Xiaohua, was tasked with applying pressure to the B gate with items at the start of the game, while also keeping an eye on the middle lane to prevent Green Leaf from pushing forward.

The rest of the group were testing Hall A to see if they could make a quick push and storm the bomb site.

At this point, Starry had already gotten close to the archway. Seeing that the opponent had used a fireball to prevent a rush, he also used a fireball to block the groove of the iron gate.

Seeing that the anti-rush fire at the entrance of Hall A was about to dissipate, Xigua, who was located at the underwater rear point, immediately took out a flashbang.

"I'm going to flash in! I'll get in early and capitalize on the timing!"

Upon hearing what the watermelon said, Starry immediately understood and prepared to pull out the watermelon.

"Give it to me!"

As the flashbang was fired, Starry seized the opportunity when the opponent dodged and used a powerful pull to look into Hall A.

To his surprise, Vexite, who was standing on the red table in Hall A, did not flinch when he saw the flash. He pulled out and ran right into the gun barrel, where he was shot down.

Seeing Starry fall to the ground, Su Zhe, who was behind him, crouched and aimed at the spot where the gunshot had been heard.

After seeing the opponent's exact location, the crosshair quickly makes a second positioning correction.

"Da da da~"

Arrow killed Vexite with a headshot using an AK-47.

After trading one for one with CT, they had made a small profit. After seeing the kill information, Xigua behind them immediately had the idea of ​​speeding up, but after hearing Su Zhe's words, he calmed down.

"The enemy has smoked at A gate. Judging from the item trajectory, they're at the closest point."

If you rush out with a smokescreen and fail to dodge the enemy's flash, it's very likely that you'll end up like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandfather, dying one after another.

However, this wave of attacks failed to penetrate directly, which put Watermelon in a dilemma. He was unsure whether to rearrange the attack or turn around and double-team B.

Su Zhe noticed Xigua's hesitation and, while holding up a smoke grenade at A gate, asked, "Did they get any information from the black room?"

Jee, who had been holding a sniper rifle in the dark room, replied, "I haven't seen any missed."

"Xiaohua, how about you over there?"

"nor."

After gathering the information, Su Zhe made a decision and said, "Jee, throw out a smoke grenade and come straight at us. Xiao Hua, you also start pushing towards the middle lane."

"We'll immediately use explosives to speed up and unleash a burst of A."

After Su Zhe finished speaking, he slowly retreated to the entrance of Hall A to prevent the other side from suddenly flashing and clearing him.

His idea was simple: since he couldn't figure out the opponent's defensive positioning, he might as well take a gamble, since there was no better way anyway.

If you really want to get specific information about the location, you'd have to risk lives to fill it out. And harassment might not even be effective; it might just encourage the other side to get all the information and start defending earlier.

The LVG team began to act according to Su Zhe's decision. Su Zhe also threw all his items behind him, preparing to be the second breakthrough point.

"In that case, LVG's offensive intentions have been exposed, but Green Leaf's Black Room and B Gate have not pushed forward, so they can reorganize a wave to attack A."

"But what the hell is this Liazz at point B?! They've already started covering the A bombsite from underwater, gambled on a second-time 3A, did Green Leaf get this gamble right today?!"

"Should LVG still play in Hall A?"

Masixi has stopped acting altogether, and the commentator's tone is clearly biased towards LVG.

When Su Zhe was with NIP and G2, he at least restrained himself a bit, but now, facing LVG, a team of five Chinese players, Ma Xixi, as a neutral commentator, is naturally completely neutral.

When he saw Xigua standing underwater gesturing with the props in his hands, and Jee also started moving towards Hall A, he could only pray in his heart for Su Zhe's breakthrough and Jee's sniper rifle to finish him off.

Once Su Zhe saw that Jee had reached his vicinity, he stopped dawdling and began to quietly make his way into Hall A. Jee, behind him, kept his scope in and was ready to finish off any stray bullets.

Liazz took a risky gamble with 3B, not because they had obtained any information, nor was it purely a gamble based on luck.

After walking down the water to the location of Paradise, he stopped and casually pulled out a flashbang.

His role in covering A is simply to help Kunkun and aliStair, who are close to the A door, by throwing a flashbang to clear the area. If there is no one in the entire A hall, he will immediately lead his teammates to defend B, which can be considered a form of dynamic defense.

"The anti-Qing forces have given up!"

As Liazz used his item, Kunkun immediately used a powerful pull after hearing the flash explosion.

When he saw the scene inside Hall A, he was immediately overjoyed.

He just happened to see a bandit hide behind the iron gate, leaving only the bandit with a sniper rifle on the main road, jumping around and dodging the gunfire.

Kun Kun quickly located the target and easily secured the sniper's kill. He then quickly used a wide-angle view, where objects appear smaller as they are closer, to try and get the bandits at the iron gate.

To his surprise, the bandits behind the iron gate took the initiative to pull it out first, and before he could react, the screen in front of him turned black.

"Da da da~"

Arrow used an AK-47 to headshot and kill Dexter.

"Finish him off! Iron gate!" the fallen Kun Kun shouted anxiously.

After Kun Kun got the first kill, aliStair behind him was ready to finish him off. When he saw Kun Kun fall to the ground, he immediately aimed at Su Zhe, who had already moved out of position.

With a near-certain headshot, aliStair was absolutely confident of finishing off the attacker.

But just as he finished positioning and was about to fire, the person opposite him suddenly turned around at an extremely fast speed.

Immediately afterwards, the CT model he was controlling tilted backward.

"Da da~"

Arrow killed aliStair with a headshot using an AK-47.

"What is this?"

The fallen Kunkun stared wide-eyed at his teammate's death perspective.

That sudden turn of events resulted in two bullets hitting my teammate in the head—what's the difference between that and a headshot?! Is this how things should be after a pause of more than ten minutes?

While Kun Kun was still in shock, LVG's bombs in site A had already begun. Liazz, in the Heaven position, was ready to take direct hits when he saw all his teammates fall to the ground.

But an LVG smoke grenade directly blocked his firing line.

Left with no other option, Liazz moved to the platform to take a direct hit, while simultaneously calling for INS at point B to return to defend.

As soon as he reached his position on the stage and saw the bandits, they also saw him at the same time.

"Da da da~"

Arrow used an AK-47 to headshot and kill Liazz.

"Wow! Beautiful! Arrow single-handedly wiped out Green Leaf's entire team! His reaction and positioning! No one from Green Leaf could stop him!"

"I'll kill gods if they stand in my way! I'll kill Buddhas if they block my path!"

"Only one INS left to defend! If he plants the bomb now, it's a win! He knows he won't find an opportunity, so he retreated to save his weapon!"

"But Xiaohua anticipated his move and bypassed him directly from the middle lane via the B link, stealing INS's side! Green Leaf is out of money next round!"

Su Zhe, who had secured a quadra kill in the round, felt an instant surge of joy upon seeing the round's victory.

Even so, the frustration that had been building up in his heart did not dissipate.

Jee wanted to immediately fist bump with Su Zhe to celebrate, but before he could see, Su Zhe had already stood up and was shouting loudly in English towards the opposite contestants' bench:

"Are these things even useful? Should we kick the computer case a couple more times?!"

"A bunch of bitches!"

It should be noted that Su Zhe usually only gets up to vent his emotions, and he shouts in Chinese, which his opponents cannot understand.

Today, he didn't even bother with pretense; he used English directly and even swore, all to mock his opponent.

Under Su Zhe's gaze, the Green Leaf team, who were initially disappointed because they lost the round, turned red-faced and glared at him instantly after hearing his shout.

Seeing the look in the other person's eyes, Su Zhe felt even more pleased and sat down with a big smile.

"Holy crap! A-God, what did you just yell? Translate it for me?"

Jee couldn't understand English, but when she heard the familiar word "bitch," coupled with Su Zhe's expression and actions, she figured it couldn't be anything but a compliment.

After Su Zhe sat down, he let out a long breath and smiled at Jee, saying, "It's nothing, I was just praising the other team for their good play."

Watermelon understood what he meant and said with some worry, "Won't this result in a fine?"

Su Zhe shook his head. He naturally didn't care about the fine, nor did he care about the amount of money in his bank account.

Su Zhe then responded with a smile, "It's okay, but now that I've finished my mockery, everyone should step up their game and not give the other side a chance to embarrass me."

Jee patted his chest and said, "It's all taken care of! I've been wanting to take down those idiots for a while now, let's just crush them!"

"This isn't the first time the other side has done something disgusting like this. A-God deserves to be scolded!"

"Come on! Come on! Let's win the game first!"

Despite accumulating a large amount of lost economy after losing the long-range rounds again, Green Leaf had no choice but to force buy in the last round of the first half.

As expected, LVG won the first half of the game 10-2.

After a short break, Su Zhe didn't give the opponent many opportunities to score in the second half.

First, they secured a double kill by actively clearing the B gate. Although they were subsequently eliminated, they noticed Green Leaf's offensive intentions and the A area defense quickly moved back to defend.

They then secured the pistol round victory with a narrow escape, thanks to their numerical and weapon advantages.

After winning the pistol round in the second half, the already large point difference between the two sides made the outcome of the first map even less suspenseful, and also caused Green Leaf to lose its last chance to turn the tide.

At the end of the match, the score was 13-3.

After the break, when they entered the second map, Purgatory Town, Green Leaf shook off Anubis's dejected state and prepared to get revenge on Su Zhe.

However, the gap in strength between the two teams was not large to begin with, and with the addition of Su Zhe, LVG's overall strength has made a qualitative leap.

Even though the green leaves tried their best and put in a lot of effort, they still couldn't break through the game against Su Zhe, who was like a demon king.

Even after receiving a "friendly" reminder from Su Zhe, they couldn't even use the technical pause function.

The final result of the match in Figure 2 was 13-5.

Green Leaf didn't even get 10 points in either of the two maps.

"This match was so exciting to watch! They completely crushed the other side!" Ma Xixi couldn't help but laugh and exclaimed loudly when she saw the results of the two images.

Mo, standing to the other side, also spoke with a smile in his voice:

"Arrow is really fierce! It's a complete crushing victory in terms of gun skills. However, LVG has also made great changes. Some of the small mistakes they made before are now rarely seen. Otherwise, they wouldn't have won both maps so easily today."

Ma Xixi nodded and joked, "Yeah! It seems CNCS really has a chance to rise!"

While the two were talking, viewers in the live stream also started sending their own comments.

[Based on the first two rounds, I thought today's match would be a fierce battle to the death. Are the supporting players really that weak?]

[They're not exactly weak; they were, after all, the biggest obstacle for domestic teams to release stickers before.]

It's not that the supporting characters are too weak, it's that Xiao Zhe is too strong. Facing this team is like crushing chickens.

[That was awesome! Xiao Zhe's shout just now really got me going! The faces of Green Leaf and the others turned red instantly.]

[Hahaha! This isn't the first time Green Leaf has done this; it's definitely a beastly tactic.]

Such low-level tactics, yet they were still completely overwhelmed. What's the difference between a supporting character and a clown now?

[Go LVG! One more win and you'll qualify for the main tournament!]

【…】

Amidst the clamor of comments in the live chat, Su Zhe had already completed the handshake session with a blank expression. Naturally, he showed no kindness to the supporting actor who liked to use underhanded tactics.

When Su Zhe returned to his seat, he was packing up his peripherals, preparing to go back to the hotel early, when he saw a male host walking quickly towards him with a cameraman.

'Don't interview me...don't interview me...'

Su Zhe silently prayed, but his prayers clearly had no effect.

The male host walked straight up to him with a microphone and said, "Arrow, is it convenient for me to interview you?"

Su Zhe smiled at the camera and nodded, saying, "Of course."

EPL interviews are quite casual; the host starts the interview right next to the players' seats.

"Congratulations to Arrow for defeating Green Leaf 2-0 today. As the best player today, how do you feel?"

Su Zhe smiled and replied, "I feel great. The equipment provided by the organizers is excellent, and I really like it."

"Oh?"

The host didn't expect Su Zhe to bring up equipment, so after asking a few more simple questions, he went straight to the final question.

"Arrow, you verbally interacted with the Green Leaf team during the first map match today. Why did you do that?"

Su Zhe, anticipating that the other person would ask this question, smiled and answered:

"Let me state upfront that I actually respect every player on the professional stage, and I have never used offensive language to mock them before."

"But the premise of all this is that professional players should also have their own moral bottom line, and if they want to win a game, they should do so based on their own strength..."

Seeing that Su Zhe was not going to continue, the host pressed on, "Do you think that the Green Leaf team has no moral bottom line and does not deserve respect?"

Su Zhe shrugged, raised an eyebrow and smiled, but didn't answer further, returning directly to his seat.

(End of this chapter)