After letting everyone else go back to rest, Yanagisawa left only a few team members, but he couldn't say anything for a while.
"It's only the first day of the game, why are you talking so hard?"
After a long time, Shen Ye lit a cigarette and looked up at him, "This is not the first time our team has had an accident. It's not all the fault of one person. There will be a lot of opportunities in the next few days. Lao Liu, you are the coach now, not before. You are a player who is so angry with the sky and the earth that he cries into emojis on the field, and you still want me to tell you these truths?"
"...Don't mention my dark history. I know all about it, but I'm really furious." Yanagisawa looked around, his Adam's apple rolled for a long time, and then slowly exhaled, "Did you know? He seems to be still with Hunter Shadow. Human contact - I admit, the game "Chicken Fighting" was only released last year. At that time, the e-sports sector was in dire straits, but the Chinese gun king was willing to transfer this project. It was a reward, who wouldn't want it? So I sold my butt to him and helped him He communicated with the team about a short-term contract, and just wanted to keep this giant Buddha and help lay the foundation for the team - everyone knew that if he renewed the contract for the second year, he would definitely need to increase money, and the team acquiesced. But what does he want to do now? Pull the strings ruthless?"
"As you said, don't you change your tactics after you get the person? Why don't you ask my uncle to mediate between you two?" Shen Ye saw the resentment on his face and replied, "Is there any evidence?"
"... Is there any concrete evidence?" Liuze didn't know whether he was guilty or confident, "Just... I often see Qi Xingzhou's profile picture on his screen. I pass by and he minimizes it. Is it an affair?"
Shen Ye was silent for two seconds and answered: "... How normal is that? You are not allowed to exchange pornographic film addresses with people outside the team? You started to think about it before the two games were completed. It's too much. You clearly know how we play. After the change of pace, he has to adapt to a lot of pressure."
But despite Chen Ye trying to smooth things over, Yanagisawa still couldn't calm down, and only said: "You guys should pay more attention to him... It's really not feasible to play two games tomorrow. The coaching staff will consider it again."
Everyone under the light was a little tired, but Qin Jue had been sitting upright since just now, looking like he was worried and wanted to speak. Shen Ye keenly caught this, and immediately turned sideways to block Qin Jue's sight, and said to Liuze first: "What should you pay attention to? Are you collecting money to fix matches?"
Yanagisawa couldn't hold it in any longer: "...fuck, did I say he was paid to fix matches?"
Half a second later, he cleared his throat again: "Well, I-I was just a figure of speech. Even if he really wants to collect money, he has to be able to collect it. Chicken eating is not a one-on-one game. Just buy one. Can this team be guaranteed to be ranked first? Are SE and Awakening vegetarians?"
Shen Ye didn't answer, but lowered his head and laughed. Liuze couldn't help but feel inexplicably impatient. He had to stiffly throw down the cigarette butt, leave a few words and leave: "... I want you to pay attention to him, don't be wronged by me." Hang him in front of the team!"
There was a soft knock on the door, and there were only three people left in the lounge. Shen Ye's first question was: "What did you want to say just now, nonsense?"
Qin Jue, who was named, had the word "guilty" tattooed on his face and did not answer.
It was Qi Ji who touched his back and whispered, "It's okay, you can tell me." Then he looked away and said, "Is there no way to balance...? It's Cui Shen's business."
- To put it bluntly, now that the team's personnel structure has stabilized, the coaching staff has deliberately assigned Cui Xuezhi a series of chores such as reconnaissance, driving to explore the road, and replacement of fallen players.
However, it is indeed unlikely that the once-famous gun king will be favored by foils and sacrifices in line with his own expectations.
"But this is the most normal tactical arrangement." Shen Ye looked at Qin Jue calmly for a while and suddenly asked, "... Do you know something?"
But Qin Jue nodded halfway, and Shen Ye smiled before him: "You really admit it? You are too naive, aren't you Yan Shen?"
"...No way." Qin Jue rubbed Qi Ji's arm a little aggrievedly, but Shen Ye raised his voice: "I am teaching you the rules of survival for a wealthy team. The most important one is to never interfere with your teammates and the team. The contradiction between them is because you can’t tell who is a human and who is a ghost.”
After all, the current situation is commonplace for Shen Ye - he has seen many star players join a team and find it difficult to convince each other. Everyone’s popularity and strength are equal, but who is willing to be the green leaf in the tactical plan? Once this kind of thing is not handled well, no matter how close the relationship is, brothers may break up.
Therefore, as the captain and conductor, Shen Ye could only tell the two young men to go to bed first, while he got up and put on a smile, but at this time, Qi Ji suddenly stopped him.
"Let's go with you, Captain."
Before Shen Ye could react, Qi Ji lifted the silent Qin Jue up and said, "My manager is very familiar with senior, and I sensed that he wanted to tell Cui Shen."
***
After a while, they returned to the dormitory. Shen Ye made several calls, and Cui Xuezhicai appeared at the door like a ghost.
"Are you eager to share your property with me, Luo Ye?" He closed the door, his expression showed nothing strange, and he didn't look at anyone.
Shen Ye joked with him: "No, the two kids have something to tell you."
Cui Xuezhi was silent for a while, then sat on the edge of the bed: "What did you say? Are you going to act like mom loves me again?"
The light shines on his slightly chapped lips. These days, the training matches have really created a big psychological gap for him. It is impossible to say that he has no complaints at all.
There were many teams that offered him an olive branch. The IS team's bid was not low, but it was by no means the highest.
He is not a new player, so at the beginning, he naturally has to consider his own interests.
But just as his relationship was heating up and changing, no one expected that setbacks would come so quickly—even if he obeyed the team's arrangements, the results would still be minimal.
But he still thought that the one who would communicate with him would have to be Yanagize or Shen Ye.
However, at this moment, the one who kept talking to him was Qin Jue, who was so nervous that he couldn't speak clearly—
"At that time... I was fighting against the Awakening Team. If Cui Shen hadn't explored the way to attack the tower in K City first, I wouldn't have been able to do a double kill."
"Cui Shen... Maybe I changed my tactics because I came here, but you don't know, I really like you."
"I think everyone's role is very important in this orphan game. As the leader, the captain has to make so many decisions in one game. He makes a lot of mistakes and still has to believe in himself. His ability to withstand pressure is even a little bit overwhelming."
"Xiao Qi and I won't talk anymore. We press the gun repeatedly every day to practice our hand skills. We even have to feel the bullet speed and damage attenuation over and over again. I know you are as tired as us, but the worst, the worst is Xiao Qi. Qi! Look at him... He hasn't touched me in almost a month."
At this time, even Qi Ji, who had been encouraging Qin Jue to speak, looked surprised and shy, but Qin Jue, who was unaware of it, was holding back his energy and was still talking.
"So if you have any pressure, you can tell us directly and we will share it. Why are you talking so much to that Qi Xingzhou?"
"At worst, you can let the captain hold you to sleep—"
"If I am more powerful than all of you and that led to this situation, I, I can apologize anyway."
But as his face turned red, Shen Ye looked at the ceiling in despair: "...Are you sure you are saying good things, my God of Words? Come on, come on, if you can't speak, just say more."
Cui Xuezhi, who was on the side, was slightly stunned after hearing what he said. What was his reaction: "That day... it was you who ran away from the restaurant? I didn't see anyone when I came out, so I thought it was the rabbit raised by the LOL branch."
-In the past, Qin Jue, no matter how good everyone was to him, he always maintained a sense of distance. It was unclear whether it was alienation or self-protection. So the two old fritters thought that they would always be able to watch him get close to Qi Ji alone. However, at this moment, they realized that he could also expose his inner temperature so straightforwardly.
So Cui Xuezhi's eyes couldn't help but calm down, and it took a while before he continued: "Did you misunderstand something?"
Qin Jue took a breath and then became anxious again: "Didn't you promise them the transfer?"
This made Cui Xuezhi's throat knot up for a while, and his smile suddenly became helpless: "Where are you thinking? After playing so many training games, can they not see my current situation?"
Then, after Shen Ye strongly questioned, "Holy shit, are you really ready to hang someone ruthlessly?" Cui Xuezhi relented and explained what happened before in a few words.
"The overall level of Hunter Shadow is very balanced, but it has always lacked a bright spot, so they always felt that they and I are the most suitable and complementary."
"Xingzhou is still young, and he is passionate about me. He thinks that I have been bullied in some way, so I am being used by their team to poach me away. I have already persuaded him to quit and told him not to think too much."
However, Qin Jue was very proactive: "You clearly said that in this case you can consider transferring!"
Cui Xuezhi frowned, thought about it, and sounded even more helpless: "Oh, that's because he was anxious. He said that if I came over, he could treat me to crayfish every day. Didn't I just answer it as a joke? - He knew that I didn't Will go."
The breaths that echoed among the four of them gradually calmed down. After hearing his explanation, Qin Jue's anxious breathing eased. On the contrary, Shen Ye became unhappy: "Laying Ying didn't buy you in the first place, so why are you so unwilling? Why didn't you tell me? I?"
"...I'm telling you? Don't be ridiculous, Shen Ye." Cui Xuezhi glanced at him and asked him for a cigarette, "Whether I tell you or Liu Ze, the final tactics will not change. My original intention is not to give you Just look for trouble and try your best to adapt to it - if I find out that I don't like the current arrangement, will a bad guy like Yanagisawa be unable to sleep for three days? Because he has no other solution."
As he said that, he lit a cigarette that he didn't often smoke: "I didn't expect that my burden was quite heavy. Although my mentality has been adjusted a lot, I still made continuous mistakes today. I always felt that I was beaten first if I didn't handle it well when exploring the terrain. If you beat me to death, the overall game has nothing to do with me—I don’t like this feeling.”
But he looked around through the smoke, his heart still sank, and he knew that he was also at fault: "It's okay, I have a big problem myself -"
Then, as if he didn't want to think about the quarrel with Yanagisawa, he started laughing again: "But now, our Mr. Qin is risking being fucked and bleeding, and he confesses his love to me in front of Xiao Qi. There is no need to think about this matter anymore, how can I really quit the team? - You believe me, after today, you will definitely be able to adjust."
The dull air was still spreading around, but Qi Ji was the only one who was confused, and anxiously defended himself: "I, I have been well prepared... There won't be bleeding—"
He may have done it on purpose, but the two old fritters were caught off guard and laughed at him. Qin Jue also blushed and said fiercely, "You gave me your first blood tonight" - they were arguing for a while before being knocked out. The sound of the door interrupted.
Cui Xuezhi wanted to open the door as usual, but thought of something and looked away: "... You go, Luo Ye."
Shen Ye had no choice but to get up and open the door. Sure enough, it was Yanagisawa outside the door.
The sounds in the dormitory instantly became silent. Liuze hesitated again and again, but walked in and threw a few cartons of scalded milk on the bedside, avoiding each other's eyes with Cui Xuezhi.
"... The words I spoke today were a bit harsh." After a while, he said, "... But I really don't like you getting too close to the people who hunt for shadows. Their team leader and manager don't have the right intentions at all. If you are dissatisfied, you can directly contact us I said."
Cui Xuezhi raised her eyes and looked at him: "Do you think I'm dissatisfied with you? I didn't play well, so you should scold me, but you are the coach now, so you can't make it look like I'm cheating, right?"
"... When did you make such a mistake? It was like a match-fixing." Yanagisawa pursed his lips and replied, "What have you been talking about with Qi Xingzhou all day long? I can't control you anymore?"
"Are you peeking at my screen?" Cui Xuezhi was suspicious for two seconds. He probably guessed what Liuze was thinking about, so he stopped being so angry. He just blew out the smoke and looked at Shen Ye, "If I really want to say it, I talk the most. It’s still night.”
Shen Ye couldn't help but cast a curious look, and he gradually frowned and softened his voice: "The audience may not know it, but we all know that you are the core of this team, Luo Ye."
"... Nonsense." Shen Ye sipped the milk and roughly understood what Cui Xuezhi meant.
A big bargaining chip for Team Hunting to attract Cui Xuezhi is that captain Shen Ye can no longer play for two years as a player.
For this team, the marksmanship of others is important, but Shen Ye is the real core person.
With their talented anchors, they can stay in the top three; with highly talented players like Qin Jue and Qi Ji, they can soar into the sky - in other words, as long as Ou Yue doesn't take the other three positions himself, their results won't be too great. Difference.
But if Shen Ye is gone, it is very likely that the entire team will drop to only the middle and upper reaches.
So what the Shadowhunting Team means is: If you stay here, you don’t know what will happen in the future. Anyway, the blame will be on you and that will be it.
"They play the suona as if I don't have much time left."
The atmosphere in the dormitory was very much like a night chat in college. Shen Ye was lying on the side with his arms pillowed on his head, complaining that he could still be hard for another five years. But at this time, Yanagisawa said slowly: "Then... that's all. Come on, do you want me to tell you what I think, Juexue?"
Cui Xuezhi put down the cigarette and nodded, then heard Liu Ze's answer.
"The name Polaris of China E-sports is recognized by everyone. But did you know? The so-called Polaris has never been a name exclusive to any star. It is just the star closest to the North Celestial Pole, which is called Polaris. It guides the north - and the current North Star is "Gou Chen Yi". "
As he spoke, Yanagisawa came closer: "But who can say clearly about the changing of stars? In the future, maybe 2345 will be the closest to the North Celestial Pole, and it will be called Polaris."
Everyone's eyes couldn't help but turn to him, and they heard him say: "I know that your comprehensive ability is not inferior to anyone else, but I have to make a choice, and I also believe that you can handle this complex task - fortunately. , you didn’t listen to what the Shadow Hunting Team said, and you don’t have to listen to it either.”
The light was very quiet. Yanagisawa said, sitting on the bed opposite, and his voice was deep: "Because, I have long wanted to tell you when the time is right. Our expectations for your future have never been an inheritance that relies on the setting of the night to guide the direction." One of them, but instead - replaced."
At this time, there was completely no sound around. Cui Xuezhi gradually frowned and understood what he meant: "What should replace it?? I have never thought about it that way."
But Yanagisawa said: "Don't think about it, it will happen sooner or later anyway."
This made Cui Xuezhi turn around and look at Shen Ye. Unexpectedly, the other party shrugged innocently: "Can I really be tough for another five years? Then I need to prick the acupuncture points with golden needles."
The two looked at each other for a long time, and Liuze patted Cui Xuezhi on the back, stood up and planned to leave: "Don't take it personally, little brother, let's fight well tomorrow."
But before leaving, he still left a message, "Prick his acupuncture points with your needle, I think it's okay." This made Cui Xuezhi, who had always been calm, gritted his teeth and said, "Don't leave, let's take it out and compare," and then chased him. They went out - it seemed that the two wanted to chat for a few more words, so Shen Ye turned his head and wanted to tell the two young people to go to bed first.
However, it was okay not to look at it, but he was shocked when he looked at it. On the other side, Qin Jue couldn't help it.
"When is the captain... going to fucking retire again?"
It seems that this time, Qin Jue is worried about something new, and even Qi Ji can only pretend to be coquettish to divert his attention: Senior behaved very well today, oh, don't think about it, just sleep with me.
As the night deepened, Shen Ye noticed that Qin Jue's attitude had changed recently, and he was finally willing to express his love to the people around him. So he was pleasantly surprised and laughed until his shoulders were shaking, without asking where the change came from. .
In the end, he just swore to God that he would never stop drinking until their wedding, and he coaxed Qin Jue, who looked angry, to get into bed and sleep.