Chapter 118: NiKo: I am still young

【The crippled NiP really is hopeless, they can't even beat an Asian team.】

【Well, they did put a Coach in.】

【I think the biggest problem is the map pick; the uncertainty of Vertigo is too high.】

【But that Ori is too insane, he pulled off several multi-kill plays.】

【It's terrifying, relying on his reaction time to raw-dog the opponents with an M4A1.】

【aumaN is also crucial! Those three Jump-throws changed the situation; otherwise, NiP would have reached 12 points, and their Economy would have recovered.】

The above are the normal evaluations from foreign netizens inside and outside Iru's stream.

And on the famous betting site HLTV, the data page has already been flooded with nearly a thousand posts, starting from:

【EZ4NIP】

【Should be a stomp.】

【The outcome is boring, better play the over/under.】

To later ones:

【Damn NiP is throwing for the over again.】

【This acting is a bit obvious; NiP stomped VG in the first half, but it's the opposite in the second.】

【Trust me, after the 11-point over, NiP will take the match! The final score will be 11:16.】

【NiP, time to chase the score!】

【14:12 now, time to start the comeback!】

【15:12, they wouldn't have bet on overtime themselves, would they?】

Finally:

【Oh, no! This is a total match-fixing! Refund!】

【I think we should investigate 0ri's equipment; there are several suspicious shots.】

【Strict investigation! 0ri must have taken stimulants during the halftime! Otherwise, why would he be so exhausted after the match?】

The old white man York was so angry he smashed his beer bottle; the 1.37 odds were simply a trap. Perhaps this was a setup by the bookie and both teams, and even his favorite retired player Iru had taken dirty money.

With a light tap of his hand, most of his savings were gone. He had been thinking about making a small investment to open a shop or something, but now it had all come to nothing.

Damn it!

If he could have figured out the trickery, wouldn't he have made a fortune by supporting VG instead?

Or perhaps, he should have been more prudent and not touched these one-round minor matches!

There was no room left in York's mind for pain; it was all about how to win his principal back.

He looked at the stream once more, at the new match starting in the stream—

On the other side of the world, past 3:00 AM, the chat in Wanjiqi's stream was non-stop.

On screen, aumaN was accepting a post-match interview.

【Wanjiqi, I got a perfect score on the College English Test Band 6, and full marks on TOEFL and IELTS, do you believe me? If you don't believe me, why aren't you translating?】

Seeing the chat, Wanjiqi was just about to turn on translation mode—

But a female voice came directly from the screen: "The host asks: Is Jiaoyang okay?"

【What's going on? Voice change?】

——

【The voice is so nice.】

【No wonder Wanjiqi is usually so sweet; turns out he was a sweet girl before the gender swap.】

【This definitely isn't Wanjiqi; it's missing that unique charm of a mature man.】

Wanjiqi was amused by these idiots in the chat and simply decided to wait and see.

The screen switched to Jiaoyang sitting in his seat resting; other than his lips being a bit pale, he was fine.

aumaN said: "Uh... should be that he's too tired? The training these past few days has been super intense, plus it was exhausting to go all out against NiP. Only an experienced player like me can withstand the pressure."

After listening to An Wenxin's selective translation, the host nodded and praised: "No wonder you were able to win today's match; it's clear you were fully prepared for the map Vertigo."

After the compliment, the host continued with a formulaic question: "How do you view your next opponent, FaZe? Is there anything you want to say to them?"

After hearing the translation, aumaN recalled for a moment: "We don't care who the opponent is, as long as we know the result is victory. Regarding FaZe, Jiaoyang told me before that replacing karrigan was definitely a wrong decision. The problem back in Boston wasn't the Commander; how a player withstands the pressure of the venue is a great field of study."

Here he even polished it up for Jiaoyang. Jiaoyang's original words were: "Don't be afraid. FaZe without karrigan, letting a pressure-cooker rifler like NiKo be the Commander is just insane. They couldn't handle the pressure and were self-blaming to the point of overheating in the finals back then, and now he has to be the Commander? Won't he just explode on the spot?"

An Wenxin, who had also heard Jiaoyang's original words, was slightly surprised that aumaN could actually improvise, then translated aumaN's words exactly as they were.

The host, however, sensed something intriguing. Where did the "pressure of the venue" come from?

The 2018 Boston event was held in the United States, and the C9 that FaZe faced was the pride of American teams, possessing a natural home-field advantage.

Whether it was cheering, booing, or even calling out positions, it caused pressure on the players to a certain extent, which is why many people felt FaZe

had reasons for their loss in that regard.

And this DH Dallas is also in the United States. Although C9 is not among the participating teams, Liquid is the pride of North American teams.

Was Ori implying something? Or perhaps reminding Liquid fans?

As an American, the host couldn't help but overthink it, but it was only the first round of the group stage, so it was too early to talk about the venue, and he didn't take it to heart.

"Then I hope Ori can recover as soon as possible. We can't wait to see his performance in the next match against FaZe."

""

In the hotel Training Room, a giant red F icon was pasted on the door.

——

"What do you think, NiKo?"

After watching the entire stream of the VG vs. NiP match, Coach YNk asked.

The relationship between the Coach and the Commander is very close; YNk took over the position left by RobbaN, who was promoted to the team's management.

At that time, karrigan was already in an inactive state, so YNk had always been part of the Coach-Commander duo alongside NiKo.

Usually, it was the two of them who analyzed the match content and then organized the training.

"Very strong, no wonder you wanted to recruit him back then." NiKo did not pay attention to that final evaluation; the team's progress always required someone to leave, it just happened that it was karrigan who left at the time.

This was everyone's decision, it was just that he was currently bearing the pressure.

"I only regret now that the club doesn't have a Dota 2 team."

After learning about Ori's other identity, YNk knew how ridiculous the price he had offered back then was.

The problem lay right there; FaZe did not have a Dota 2 division, so it was simply impossible to offer two salaries.

Thus, for FaZe, Ori was destined to be an opponent.

"It's nothing, GuardiaN is quite good."

"NaVi already has the intention to buy back GuardiaN," YNk reminded him.

"Oh? Is Zeus also going to leave after Edward?" NiKo frowned.

After s1mple took the 2018 top 1 spot, did NaVi finally realize how much of a burden these two old players were?

YNk nodded: "Although I don't think highly of GuardiaN's performance in the new NaVi, I have to say, the situation of this NaVi is a bit better than ours."

This was what NiKo was worried about; perhaps if GuardiaN left FaZe, he could have more opportunities, just like karrigan!

This also meant that if one thought for the sake of a brother, then one should choose to let go————

"At least finish the Berlin Major first!"

NiKo sighed; this was likely the last chance. He was still young, but GuardiaN could no longer wait.

The culprit who caused all of this, just as Ori said—

Was himself!

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