Chapter 14: Holding Court

Following a series of kills by Jiaoyang, the CT economy completely recovered.

Conversely, Wanjiji's side was stretched thin and fell into distress.

After losing the 10th round, they lost two consecutive Chang qiang rounds, and the score went straight to 9:5.

The fifteenth round, which was the final round of the first half.

At the start, Wanjiji threw two Flashbangs to Boston View-Watching Expert.

"I hope I can see those two flashes."

"I don't think I can throw them, because I need to be Holding the Car Position at the Terrorist Entrance," Boston View-Watching Expert explained.

"Then just throw the flashes out, damn it." Wanjiji was a bit irritable and muttered two more sentences: "Playing without flashes is like playing like a piece of shit."

He did not notice that the other three teammates were going through the side path, and no one had picked up Boston View-Watching Expert's flashes.

After throwing an Incendiary Grenade to burn the car position, the opponent sent him a luxury combo of Smoke Grenade, Incendiary Grenade, Flashbang, and High Explosive Grenade.

Forced into the Recess by the fire, Wanjiji shivered and said tremblingly: "They threw a FaZe Smoke, I need a High Flash."

"High Flash!!!"

Responding to him was the death of a teammate—

【VG's Ori himself used AWP to kill Boston View-Watching Expert】

"Stone Slab sniper," Boston View-Watching Expert's death rattle triggered.

"I know there's a Stone Slab sniper..."

Just as he was about to say the opponent was going to rush over to clear him, the familiar figure indeed appeared.

【VG's Ori himself used AWP to kill C9's Shroud himself】

"Damn it, no one ever throws flashes, I don't even know what I'm doing."

Wanjiji's emotions were like a lit powder keg, and at this moment, they completely exploded.

"No Window Flash, no Board Flash, no B-Site Flash, no Sandbag Flash, no Mid Flash, no A1 Flash, no Connector Flash, no Second Floor Flash, no Banana Path Flash, no..."

"There's nothing, how are we supposed to play this round?!"

Just as he was frantically listing off the items, the sound of gunfire directly interrupted his chanting.

Four kill notifications popped up in the top right corner; the three teammates traded one for four and broke into A Site for Bomb Planting.

"Holy shit, nice." Wanjiji immediately changed his tune, "Oh! Two versus one!"

"Oh, the teammates are too amazing. Holy shit, too fucking good."

"There was no need for flashes at all!"

"Just needed the two brothers to blast the opponents and play a Bosnia-Herzegovina brother Clutch."

Hearing the footsteps of the opponents, Wanjiji stopped trying to curry favor with his teammates in the voice channel and switched to live-stream commentary mode.

"Footsteps from Big Pit, one at close range, Little Ghost Headless has been taken out."

"A 1v1 duel, can Clueless Waste do it?"

"Clueless Waste chose the Headshot Position."

"The gun barrel is already exposed, it's a big sniper! Ori didn't choose to switch weapons!"

"This is a ninety-degree side profile, wide peek, take it!"

Sure enough, the round ended.

【VG's Ori himself used AWP to Headshot kill Clueless Waste】

?

"Holy shit, is this human?! I didn't even see clearly how he flicked," Wanjiji gasped, saying in disbelief.

【Quack!!!】

【And it was a Blind Snipe, damn】

【If you covered the ID and said it was s1mple, I'd believe it】

【Stop talking, let's hold court】

Having been chased for nine consecutive rounds, plus Jiaoyang's three quad-kills, the morale on Wanjiji's side had already collapsed.

After losing the Pistol Round, there was no more resistance, and they were taken out 16:5.

Wanjiji looked at his 0.78 rating, compared it to the opponent Ori's 2.02, and looking at the screen full of "hold court" live stream comments, he clicked the 【Demo Recording】 button.

"Let's hold court."

"Since you all strongly requested it, then let's hold one."

The bullet comments feared the world wouldn't be chaotic enough; hearing there was drama, they scrolled even more happily.

【Master Wan has arrived! Hold court!】

【Wei~ Wu~】

"We won't watch the Pistol Round."

【?】

【That hits the spot, 6657 doesn't have Pistol Rounds!】

【The streamer is being executed and won't even watch it, right?】

Wanjiji dragged the progress bar directly to the second round, the one where Jiaoyang got a Desert Eagle quad-kill.

"The suspect's positioning isn't very professional; there's a pillar and Triple Box right next to him, yet he's standing in a place without cover."

【This is a Non-Pre-aim Position, what the hell do you know】

"He didn't choose to aim at first, but chose to crouch directly; how is he like a newbie?"

"Reaction is very fast, aiming directly at the opponent's head. Fire, Headshot."

"Holy shit, this second transfer is too fast and too mechanical! What kind of aiming talent is this?"

"Crouching, pulling, then standing up for a wide peek, the Counter-Strafing is very precise. In an instant, the Aim Point is on the head again!"

"Even Shroud from C9 himself couldn't out-duel him!"

【No, no, no, how did you link these together?】

【If this isn't a hack, I'll eat it!】

【I don't think so, it can still be defended.】

"Did the chat notice? The bullets hit him, but he doesn't lose any health at all."

【I know this one, he bought a Butterfly Knife and stacked evasion.】

【A decoy?】

【Just luck, plus you guys didn't track the target well, you whiffed.】

【How are there still people defending a hacker?】

"The last one is also easily taken out, let's look at the next round."

After watching this quad-kill, Wan Jiji's judgment was different from before; he previously thought it was a lucky shot, but now he feels there is a bit of natural talent for aiming.

"Seventh round, the suspect didn't buy any utility."

"Teammates gave it away for free, the suspect picked up a Grenade—"

"At this moment, Shroud from C9 himself is behind the Stone Slab..."

"Damn, wasn't the Aim Point thrown toward the Terrorist Entrance? How could it explode right there?"

Wan Jiji already knew the result, but he didn't expect this Grenade to explode in such a way.

【Holy crap, what kind of genius utility usage is this.】

【The streamer must be possessed by Electronic!】

【Is the opponent just lucky? Or did they know your position?】

【Could it be a utility-assist hack?】

Eighth round, a teammate threw the AWP they had captured to Jiaoyang.

Because he had no teammate to throw a flash, Wan Jiji was sniped and killed; there was nothing strange about that.

He dragged the progress bar directly to Jiaoyang's AWP quad-kill.

"The opponent threw a flash, blinded two."

"The suspect fired a shot while blinded, then retreated to the Bomb Site."

"Why did he run into the wall?"

"Why didn't the opponent finish him off? Do they even know how to play CS: GO!"

【The opponent blinded Wan Shen and killed him, there's definitely some personal vendetta in there.】

【Why do I feel like he was aiming at Wan Jiji to snipe him? So many people walked past and he didn't shoot, but he specifically shot Wan Jiji.】

【Don't talk nonsense, he bought Flash Goggles.】

【He doesn't even know how to walk, it's definitely a hack.】

"Holding the Point at the Triple Box with a Submachine Gun, whoa, this reaction speed, truly worthy of a 'professional player'."

"The AK is here, no time to scope in, a Blind Snipe hits."

"Did this AK not kill him even at point-blank range?"

Although he had seen his teammate's perspective, Wan Jiji still felt it was miraculous; was the luck just too good?

【This is definitely a fake body, right? With that many bullets, even if you were blindfolded you'd have sprayed him to death.】

【That's hard to say, my friend can't even beat a USP with a Galil.】

At this moment, Wan Jiji found it hard to judge whether the opponent was actually hacking.

Although there was no obvious evidence, it was all just a bit too coincidental.

Including the final Blind Snipe, it was also very clean and decisive.

If it wasn't a hack, then they must be a rare, top-tier expert.

However, based on his understanding of CNCS, Wan Jiji believed the former more.

Of course, as a streamer, he wouldn't make a judgment easily.