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

On his second day in Dallas with the team, Su Zhe had just adjusted to his routine when the media day arranged by the tournament organizers arrived.

After a day of shooting promotional photos and signing autographs for the players, the IEM Dallas tournament officially kicked off the following day, May 28th!
Similar to the format of IEM Chengdu, the first round consists of best-of-one (Bo1) matches to determine the winners and losers, followed by best-of-three (Bo3) matches.

G2 was also quite lucky, as they faced the relatively weaker South American team 9z in the first round.

As expected, G2, strengthened by Su Zhe, easily crushed their opponent with a score of 13-4.

The entire match turned into a personal marksmanship show by Su Zhe and the child.

Su Zhe achieved a rating of 1.71 throughout the match, while Xiao Hai's rating was similar. However, Xiao Hai achieved a rating of 1.78 thanks to the advantage of having fewer sniper deaths.

As for Niko, he slacked off the entire game, but there really wasn't much room for him to perform. He often couldn't even see the opposing players, so how could he possibly rack up stats?

After winning the first round and advancing to the winners' bracket, they were sitting relaxed in the lounge, waiting for the second round to begin.

"By the way, who's our opponent in the next round?" Niko asked after playing with the child for a while.

Taz had just checked the schedule and casually replied, "The results aren't out yet. It all depends on which team, Green Dragon or Falcon, will win."

"Green Dragons and Falcons... I guess the next opponent will be Green Dragons." After thinking for a moment, Niko made a prediction about the outcome of the two teams.

He then breathed a sigh of relief at his past decision.

At the end of last year, the Falcon team offered him a sky-high contract to poach him and promised to build a new roster around him.

After making his decision, Niko chose to stay with G2, whose roster was more stable, and tweeted "I stay".

Looking back now, his decision was quite correct, as the Falcon team, which had a full roster of top-tier professional players, had performed extremely poorly in recent tournaments.

Forget about getting top finishes in international tournaments; they didn't even get a sticker at the Copenhagen Major.

Taz nodded and said, "The prediction is correct. The green dragons are already at 10-6. If nothing unexpected happens, we can start discussing how to deal with them in advance."

"Green Dragon."

Upon hearing his upcoming opponent, Su Zhe's ears immediately perked up.

To be honest, he really wanted to play against Donk, since the first skill insight he gained about professional players when he received the system reward was from Donk.

At the time, I was completely impressed by the opponent's skills. The opponent's various spraying and movement maneuvers resulted in multiple kills with ease, which made me feel excited.

So he also wanted to see how big the gap was between himself and this 17-year-old true prodigy.

Moreover, this was their first encounter. Su Zhe had anticipated meeting Green Dragon in this tournament, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon, on the very first day of the competition.

“Green Dragon,” Breathing thought for a moment before speaking, “I haven’t studied Green Dragon much, and I don’t know much about Donk’s movement habits, let alone his Super Break tactics…”

"We'll have to wait and see how things go before making a decision."

Actually, it's not surprising that G2 is facing Green Dragons with Donk for the first time today, so it's normal that they don't know their opponent's style.

However, he is very confident in his ability to make impromptu decisions during the game, which is also one of his best command methods.

Afterwards, since everyone had nothing to do in the lounge, they watched the live broadcast of the match between the Green Dragon and the Falcon.

As expected, the Green Dragons defeated the Falcons 13-7, making them their opponent in the next BO3 series.

As the star player of the Green Dragons, donk achieved a terrifying rating of 2.13 in this BO1...

This data is beyond what can be described as "fishing" (a Chinese idiom meaning extremely hot), and it also shows that Donk is currently on a terrifyingly hot streak.

……

At 8:30 pm, the prime time for live streaming, Su Zhe had just finished setting up his equipment and was already warming up on the Aimbotz map.

The two sides then quickly entered the BP phase. After two rounds of map selection and banning, the three maps for both sides were finalized.

Figure 1: Ancient Ruins

Figure 2: The Scorching Sand City

Figure 3: Anubis

"Alright guys, get your minds in check, the match is about to start." After confirming the map, Breath reminded everyone via microphone.

NIko responded enthusiastically: "I'm on fire, just waiting for a massacre!"

He chuckled, but still preemptively offered a word of caution: "While winning or losing a match is important, it's not always that important."

"Our main purpose in participating in Dallas this time is to use the game as practice and accelerate the integration of our lineup. If there are any mistakes in the game, we can adjust them slowly after the game."

The message they wanted to convey was simple: even when facing adversity in a match, they shouldn't have too many negative emotions, as their team still has a lot of room for improvement.

Don't let temporary wins or losses cause other excessive consequences.

Su Zhe nodded as he listened to the breathing, then looked up at the Green Dragon players' bench opposite him.

Donk, who looks like a little kid, is chatting and laughing with his teammates. Judging from his petite appearance, no one would have expected him to be so fierce in the game.

After taking a deep breath, Su Zhe continued to focus on the warm-up.

Following the referee's instructions, both players then entered the match server.

Map: Ancient Ruins

Green Dragons: chopper, sh1ro, magixx, zont1x (leader), donk
G2: Hooxi, Niko, huNter, m0NESY, Arrow
As the Green Dragons' map pick, G2 chose to start on the defensive side.

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As I watched the live stream, which was reaching new heights in popularity, I couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"Damn, the audience still prefers to watch matches by teams with hype and high viewership! This audience is even larger than the Major finals a few months ago!"

Not only is Su Zhe looking forward to facing Donk, but countless viewers are also eagerly anticipating this match between G2 and Green Dragon.

When Su Zhe first emerged as a breakthrough player, viewers inevitably compared him to Donk.

Although Su Zhe has temporarily filled in for the free agent in G2, there are still other interesting aspects to this match.

After all, when talking about the history of breakthrough players in the development of CSGO, Niko is always an insurmountable figure.

As Donk has been the most outstanding penetrator recently, viewers naturally want to see what the result will be when these two penetrators, one new and one old, collide.

Furthermore, Su Zhe will often engage in gunfights with Donk on this map, and the final outcome is also unknown.

Therefore, this match has garnered much more attention than expected, which can be seen from the comments in the live stream.

Before the player even had a chance to "set the tone" for the game, a heated discussion broke out in the live stream.

[The G2 vs. Green Dragons match, what's the difference between this and the Spring Festival Gala?]

[Predicting the result: Green Dragons will take down G2 2-1. Donk will leave the newly assembled super team G2 completely bewildered.]

[Forget it, with G2's current three-pronged attack, even if Donk uses all his strength, it won't be enough.] [That's not necessarily true. If Donk gets into form, no one can stop him.]

It really depends on the form of both teams. They're both strong teams anyway, so whoever has the better touch has a higher chance of winning.

[Go, Xiao Zhe!]

【.】

Wanji glanced at the live stream chat and was just about to say something funny about the two teams when the live stream suddenly changed.

The match between the two sides has begun!

"Alright, enough talk, let's take a look at this pistol round. Oh! Neither of these teams has any utility items!"

"As expected of the muscle-bound team! Are they planning to start shooting right from the start?!"

"G2 is using a standard 3-1-1 defensive formation, while the Green Dragons are preparing to group up and launch a fast attack!"

Su Zhe is currently positioned as the main defender of bomb site A on the Ancient Ruins map.

After the countdown ended, he put on half armor and headed straight for bomb site A. He then pressed the W key repeatedly and entered the A lobby.

Generally speaking, the probability of bandits attacking A on this map is quite small, so Su Zhe wanted to take a gamble and get the green dragon's attack intentions as soon as possible.

After arriving at Hall A, he peeked out from his cover to gather information about the area outside. As soon as he stepped out, he saw at least four bandits entering Hall A.

Su Zhe mentally cursed himself for just passing by, then turned and started running towards the back of Area A, shouting into his voice chat:
"I saw four in Hall A! But no bags!"

After arriving at the three crates of cover at bomb site A, Su Zhe stopped and began to set up his gun from a distance.

Breathing wouldn't gamble on a 5A just because of a bandit's starting position information, so he simply sent his cousin and the child to take a closer look.

My cousin started by standing in the VIP area to gather information in the mid lane, and he arrived very quickly.

"Cousin, you go directly through the ruins, we'll cross paths," Su Zhe communicated over the microphone.

"it is good!"

As his cousin arrived at the entrance to the ruins, the Green Dragon finally made up his mind to launch an attack.

Su Zhe focused intently on the exit of Hall A, and when he saw the bandits appear, he immediately swung his crosshair in their direction.

"Puff puff~"

After firing several bullets in succession, they finally hit the bandit on the head.

Arrow used a USP to headshot and kill Chopper.

Having gained the upper hand, Su Zhe immediately crouched down to avoid the line of fire.
Seeing that Su Zhe's gunfire had drawn fire, my cousin immediately darted out from the entrance of the ruins to try and catch Timing, but as soon as he peeked out, the screen went black.

[donk used a Glock to headshot and kill huNter-]

"Everyone's in! They've found the bag!" the fallen cousin shouted over the voice chat.

Upon hearing the message, Breath immediately rotated back with Niko from bomb site B.

Su Zhe had originally planned to hide behind the three boxes to delay his teammates' return to defense as much as possible, but after hearing the approaching footsteps, he knew that the other side was taking the initiative to pounce.

Left with no other choice, Su Zhe had to take the initiative to move sideways and engage in gunfights.

As a result, three gun lines were pointed directly at him, and before he could even fire his USP, sh1ro sent him to watch a black and white animation.

"Arrow was focused down and killed instantly. It's already quite an achievement to be able to trade one for one in this situation. The main problem is that my cousin's position was too unreliable; he was almost killed as soon as he showed his face."

"A three-on-four defense! Oh! The kid circled around from the ruins entrance and took down Donk's side-step kill! Is there a second one? The sect leader was also instantly killed! The situation has reversed in an instant!"

"NIko and Breathing's defensive rotations were also very quick. Masi wanted to get the kill first, but he was no match for Niko!"

The exchange of players happened almost instantly, leaving only sh1ro on the Green Dragon's field.

After struggling for a while, he was finally finished off by G2.

The viewers in the live stream were amused by this scene.

Wow, that's pure marksmanship!

When Xiao Zhe fell to the ground, I thought the round was over. Then I remembered that this wasn't LVG or NIP.

[Xiao Zhe: So it turns out you can win by killing one person!]

[Angry.jpg What nonsense! This isn't some trailer truck; this is clearly the power of the team!]

"NICE!! So nourishing!"

After winning the pistol round, the G2 players bumped fists to encourage each other.

He couldn't hold his breath any longer and said, "What kind of tactic is Green Dragon using in this pistol round? They just rush through with all five of them. I almost thought we were playing ranked."

"If the other side gives us a smoke grenade, it won't be so easy for us to get back to defend."

Niko raised an eyebrow, indicating that she didn't understand either.

After losing the pistol round, Green Dragons opted for a rush to farm economy, only to be outmaneuvered by Su Zhe's MP9, who easily secured a triple kill.

By the time the first long-range round of the first half began, the score had reached 2-0.

After considering it for a moment, he arranged, "Let's use the 2-1-2 formation this round. Kid, go to point A and help Arrow out."

Since the Green Dragons accelerated their A bomb site speed for two consecutive rounds, Breath decided to make some targeted defenses. Moreover, the Green Dragons didn't have many utility items this round, so they definitely wouldn't play the map control game with them. They might actually use bombs to speed up and attack the A bomb site again later.

After the preparation time was over, Su Zhe and the child headed towards point A together.

Surprisingly, the Green Dragons once again opted for an attack on bomb site A this round!
However, this time the chopper seemed a little smarter. Instead of speeding up directly from Hall A, he chose to take the middle first and then flank from the donuts.

Su Zhe and the child also anticipated the opponent's attack intentions and immediately used a defensive smoke grenade in Hall A.

However, it seems that Green Dragons' internal communication was not good. As soon as Donk and his two teammates left the middle lane and reached the donut position, Magixx and Chopper went straight out despite the defensive smoke in A Hall.

As a result, the two were instantly killed by Su Zhe and the child the moment they emerged from the smoke, each taking down one of them.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the guy in the middle lane had already given them a heads-up. After the other side gave him a cigarette, he rushed back to point A immediately.

Donk, who was in the lead position in the donut, wanted to tie the score when he was outnumbered. However, just as he revealed himself to cause trouble for the CT on his left, he was caught by huNter- who came from the CT camp.

Next, Green Dragons unsurprisingly lost the long-range round.

The "Spring Festival Gala" that the audience had been anticipating seemed to be nothing more than a one-sided crushing defeat for the green dragon. (End of Chapter)