Chapter 173 Familiar figure
After the four returned to Nirvana Club, Xie Mingzhe looked nothing, and Chen Xiao finally couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You really know how to act, and you pretend to look for a fat uncle in the crowd?"
Xie Mingzhe gave an irrefutable reason: "There are too many people, and I'm afraid of being beaten."
Among the top 32 contestants who went to get the registration certificate today, the most famous one is "Fat Uncle". Several of them are fans of Fat Uncle. If they were told that the gentle, tolerant and loving "Fat Uncle" in their hearts is a 18-year-old boy, they would definitely be disillusioned. In anger, they might do something impulsive.
Xie Mingzhe changed the topic and said, "Brother Chen, aren't you afraid of losing your vest? It is said that among the top 32, there are several reserve players from major clubs. Maybe someone knows you?"
Chen Xiao said in a very vicissitudes of voice: "I am just a little transparent person who has been outdated for a long time, so no one knows him."
Xie Mingzhe comforted: "It doesn't matter. When you return to the league, you will no longer be a little transparent. You will definitely surprise everyone who has despised you and laughed at you. Especially that Shao Bo, he will probably be so angry that he vomits blood."
Chen Xiao smiled faintly, found a cigarette and lit it, took a few sips. The man's handsome face was hidden in the smoke, and he couldn't see his expression clearly. He said in a low and slightly hoarse voice: "I used to think that one day I can return to the league, and I must win the championship, so that the surname Shao regretted everything I did to me and my brother... But now, what does the surname Shao think, I don't care at all."
Chen Xiao turned around and looked at Xie Mingzhe seriously and said, "It's actually not interesting to play the game with a revenge mentality. I want to win the game and win the prize. It shouldn't be for the sake of my enemies, but for myself and you teammates."
When Xie Mingzhe heard him say this, a warm feeling rose in his heart. He smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Brother Chen, I admire you for being so open-minded! You are right. We don't need to bother with those villains, just treat him as a cloud in the sky. We will definitely get better and better in the future, and Shao Bo will definitely get worse and worse. If you think about it this way, why waste time to deal with him, right!"
Chen Xiao smiled: "That's the reason. So I'm not afraid of being fucked. Anyway, in the offline competition in the quarterfinals, we have to show our faces. Players with high-level qualifications in the league can recognize me at a glance, sooner or later."
Just then, Chen Qianlin came out of the coach's office. Chen Xiao heard the familiar footsteps and immediately pressed the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can next to him. He sat upright on the sofa, pretending that he had never smoked. Xie Mingzhe was also speechless - he was such a bunch of drama masters!
Sure enough, the next moment, Chen Qianlin came from the corner and saw Chen Xiao and Xie Mingzhe sitting on the sofa chatting. He walked up and said, "The list of groupings for the top 32 stages has come out. Xiao Xie is in Group A, Chen Xiao B, Yu Ke and Qin Xuan are in Group F and G respectively. What are your plans? Want to try your best to win the prize, or just fight?"
Both of them have obtained the registration qualifications of professional players, and the rankings in the Masters stage are not very important to them. But Xie Mingzhe still said seriously: "It's better to try his best to win a prize. If we can win the prize, Nirvana Club will be more respectful!"
Chen Xiao nodded in agreement: "That's right, Xiao Xie and I have a rich deck anyway. Just don't use mainstream decks, and you don't have to worry about exposing the tactics in advance. We will do our best in the final round."
Xie Mingzhe looked expectant: "It would be best if Brother Chen and I can meet in the finals. In this way, our Nirvana team can win the championship and runner-up. If Xiao Ke is more powerful, he will win the third place and get all the trophys in the Masters. Not only will there be a large prize, it will also be a publicity for our Nirvana."
Chen Qianlin said calmly: "Your idea is too beautiful, but it will be difficult to realize it."
He turned on the light brain, and called out the detailed information of the two players, introducing: "I watched the top 100 positions in the rematch stage. One of the strongest ones is Zhou Xingchen from the Temple of the Gods. The id is called Xingguang. Judging from his style, it should be brought out by Ling Jingtang himself. The cold weapon critical strike streaming style is very decisive and fierce; the other is Ye Binbin from the Dark Night Capital Club, the id is called Binbin Yougui. He is a talented player with original ability and uses the Curse Stream deck."
All these news were found by Chen Qianlin. As Nirvana's coach, he has not been idle for this period of time. He will carefully read every game and give a score to the contestants, among which Zhou Xingchen and Ye Binbin are the players he thinks are the strongest.
Seeing that his brother looked serious, Chen Xiao put away his smile and asked seriously: "These two should be the seed players of the Temple of the Gods and the Dark Night Capital Training Camp? Why didn't they even enter the top 32 last year's Masters?"
"It's a coincidence that one makes mistakes when he is sick, and the other has something to give up." Chen Qianlin said, "There are four reserve players, who are also very good at strength, but they are slightly worse than these two."
"I'll look at the detailed grouping," Xie Mingzhe opened the official website grouping information, glanced at it, and said: "Zhou Xingchen is in Group E, Ye Binbin is in Group F. Judging from the schedule, the top two in each group will enter the top 16, and then a vs. H, b vs. G. We have never encountered it!"
"Yes, in the quarterfinals and quarterfinals, you will not meet. If you want to meet, it is likely to be in the semi-finals." Chen Qianlin said, "These two have been training with the masters, so you can't underestimate them. Since you want to win the prize, just prepare well."
Xie Mingzhe and Chen Xiao looked at each other and saw confidence and fighting spirit in each other's eyes.
The Masters are not a heavyweight competition, they are just a necessary path to the league, but since they have already embarked on this path, they want to take every step well.
If you have the ability to win the prize, why not fight for it?
No matter who the champion is - it cannot be given to others anyway, it must be won by the Nirvana player!
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Dark Night Capital Club.
When Ye Zhu saw the newcomer who went to get the registration certificate back, she took off her helmet, ran over quickly, and asked with her eyes: "Binbin, did you see the fat uncle today?"
Ye Binbin is the most talented newcomer in the Dark Night Capital. The cards he knows are very special, called "curse card". All cards in his decks carry various negative talisman states, and the goal is to curse the opponent to death, which is quite special.
Pei Jingshan took advantage of his talent and signed him in advance to train him. He was only a few months younger than Ye Zhu, but Ye Zhu relied on his seniority to call him "Xiao Binbin" every day. The two had a very good relationship and almost talked about everything.
Knowing that Ye Zhu is a black fan of Uncle Fat, Ye Binbin paid special attention to Uncle Fat today, but he did not see anyone in the crowd who matched the id image of "Uncle Fat". He had to smile awkwardly at Ye Zhu's expectant gaze and said, "I didn't find out who Uncle Fat is. I have carefully observed every contestant who went to get the qualification certificate today. They are all young people, and there are no ones over 25 years old."
Ye Zhu was stunned and scratched her hair in confusion: "Is Uncle Fat a young man?"
When Pei Jingshan heard this, he walked over and said, "Xiaozhu, I think you were misled by subjective thinking. Uncle Fat is just his id in the game. In reality, it is not necessarily a fat uncle. On the contrary, I think he is probably a young and tall boy."
Ye Zhu: “…”
Seeing his face gradually twisting, Pei Jingshan hugged his shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be angry, I know that you actually respect Fat Uncle Fat, and have always regarded Fat Uncle as a senior. Knowing that he is a young man, you will find it difficult to accept..."
"Who, who respects him!" Ye Zhu interrupted the other party in anger, "I am obviously his number one black fan!"
Pei Jingshan smiled and said, "Oh, black powder - is it natural powder darkened to the depths?"
Ye Zhu: “…”
He glared at Pei Jingshan hard, and Ye Zhu walked away with her head hanging down, looking as sick as a frost-beating eggplant, obviously suffering a lot of blows.
Ye Binbin chased him over and wanted to comfort him, but was stopped by Pei Jingshan. Pei Jingshan glanced at the stiff back of the boy and said, "Don't worry about him, Xiaozhu's anger comes and goes quickly, just turn around and sleep. Did I take a photo I asked you to take?"
Ye Binbin immediately turned on Guangzhu and called out a photo, saying, "There are many people on the scene today, and it is very chaotic. I only found the opportunity when the meeting ended. I took a short live video. Team Pei, take a look."
This video was only half a minute, and more than 30 people walked out of the conference room. The scene was very lively. Among them, a tall and burly boy shouted: "Uncle Fat, who is Uncle Fat? Can you get to know him?"
Then, everyone looked around with curiosity, as if looking for the fat uncle in the crowd.
What surprised Pei Jingshan was that he actually saw a very familiar face in the crowd-
The man is tall and handsome. Among a group of teenagers in his 17 or 18 years old, men in their twenties seem much more mature and steady. Today, he is wearing slim trousers and a light gray shirt. After cutting his hair short, he looks very energetic. His hands are in his pockets of his pants, and his body is lazily leaning against the wall. His smile on his face is a little playful, and his eyes are faintly sweeping across the crowd, as if he is watching a good show.
When you meet the man's faint gaze from the video, Pei Jingshan's pupils shrank slightly and said, "...is it Chen Xiao?"
Ye Binbin looked confused: "Captain Pei, who is Chen Xiao?"
It is normal for a player who debuted late to never heard of Chen Xiao, because Chen Xiao only played dozens of individual games in the fifth season and kept losing, with a very low presence.
However, Pei Jingshan was deeply impressed by this player.
Pei Jingshan was still in college at that time, and his friend Tang Muzhou went to compete in the league, so he had been paying attention to Tang Muzhou's game. Once, Tang Muzhou and Chen Xiao met on the court. In that game, Chen Xiao lost 0:2 and was defeated by Tang Muzhou. After the game, he shook hands with Tang Muzhou calmly, and when he turned around and left the court, his spine was straight.
That night Pei Jingshan and Tang Muzhou had a meal and asked, "Chen Xiao is your master's younger brother, right? I didn't expect that his level was so poor. I saw that there were many negative comments about him on the Internet, saying that he was embarrassing Lin Shen."
A complicated emotion flashed in Tang Muzhou's eyes and he whispered: "You are wrong to think so. I will learn from his master with him. His strength is not inferior to me at all. PK usually has its own victory or defeat, but for some special reasons, he wants to leave the league as soon as possible."
Pei Jingshan was very confused: "So, what do you mean is that he deliberately lost to you today?"
"That's right." Tang Muzhou said calmly, "Only a very strong expert can lose to the other party quietly, but the audience cannot notice it. In fact, he made a prediction of my skills every time, and every time he was slower than me, and it seemed that he was defeated by me because he knew me too much."
"...So that's how it is." Pei Jingshan suddenly realized.
"You know this, I know it." Tang Muzhou reminded.
"Don't worry, I won't say anything." Pei Jingshan paused, "But he did this to blatantly violate the alliance's code, right? Aren't he afraid of being discovered by the alliance?"
"He is indeed a negative game. If he is discovered, he will be warned by the league and suspended for one month. However, he is very careful. Only when I am on the court in person can I know that he did it on purpose and others generally can't see it." Tang Muzhou sighed and said, "He is determined to leave the professional league and destroy himself."
"Is there any problem with the contract of the Holy Land?" Pei Jingshan quickly thought of the reason, "If he wants to sue, I can help."
"It's useless. When the master was suing, he hired the best lawyer in the industry, but he lost in the end. The contract trap of the Holy Land was too big and he didn't take any reason in court." Tang Muzhou was silent for a moment and said confidently, "Chen Xiao will definitely come back. I believe he will never give up so easily. He is so talented, it would be a pity to give up."
Thinking of that past, Pei Jingshan couldn't help but frown.
The Tang family and the Pei family are family friends. He and Tang Muzhou grew up together and are as close as brothers. Therefore, he did his best to help with Master Tang Muzhou at the beginning and knew some inside stories well. Chen Xiao later left the alliance, but it is said that he did not terminate the contract with the Holy Land, and the stubborn boy disappeared from people's sight from then on.
Pei Jingshan felt sorry for Chen Xiao. He did not hesitate to leave the league by destroying himself. It shows how determined he was at the beginning. Even if he was risking being punished by the league, he did not want to make a penny for the Sanctuary. It would be difficult for a boy under 18 to force himself to this point.
After Pei Jingshan joined the professional league in the seventh season, he devoted himself to developing the Dark Night Capital Club and no longer paid attention to Chen Xiao.
But now, when I saw this familiar face, even though my temperament and appearance changed a lot, Pei Jingshan still recognized it at a glance. After all, I had a deep impression at the beginning!
He simply took a screenshot and sent the photo to Tang Muzhou, and asked directly: "Is this Chen Xiao?"
Tang Muzhou replied with a word: "Yes."
Seeing that he was so calm, Pei Jingshan couldn't help but say, "Did you know Chen Xiao be back?"
Tang Muzhou replied: "I know, I also know that his ID is above the sky, and he joined the Fat Uncle Nirvana Team."
Pei Jingshan immediately seized the key: "So, do you know Uncle Fat too?"
Tang Muzhou sent a meaningful smile: "It's hard to say."
Pei Jingshan raised his eyebrows: "What is hard to say?"
Tang Muzhou: "I'm afraid you will hit me if I say it."
Pei Jingshan: “…………”
Tang Muzhou: "For the sake of our childhood, if I get beaten up in the future, please send me to the hospital, thank you."
Pei Jingshan smiled: "You're welcome, I will only help you collect the body."
Tang Muzhou: “…”
My friends are indeed unreliable, and the younger brother is the most reliable. Tang Muzhou reminded Xie Mingzhe: "The quarter-finals are offline competitions, so you can give fans vaccinations in advance."
Xie Mingzhe thought it made sense, so he posted a Weibo post—
"I successfully received the registration certificate today. Thank you very much for your support and encouragement. I will be a formal professional player in the future. I will continue to work hard! However, the quarterfinals are offline competitions. When I see my true appearance, I hope everyone will not be too surprised. I believe that you all like my cards and strength and pay attention to me, not my face, right?"
When fans saw this news, they left messages to comfort him-
"Uncle Fat is right. We like you because of the cards you make, not because of your appearance, so you don't have to worry. No matter how fat or ugly you are, no one will lose their fans!" "Hug Uncle Fat, my skin is given by my parents, and I can't decide. We won't turn into black because you are not good-looking!" "Don't worry, we are not the kind of superficial fans who look at your face. Everyone is mentally prepared. Even if you are a big fat man of 200 pounds, we love you!"
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
When did he say he was not good-looking? Fans were thinking about the crooked building, and it was too serious. Xie Mingzhe always said narcissisticly, "I'm afraid that it will scare you if you are too handsome." So he stopped caring about the fans' messages and focused on the next game.
Chapter completed!