Chapter 100: CTs cannot lose A Long, just as the 3D section cannot be without Tifa!

The twentieth round.

The economy accumulated previously meant VP faced no pressure this round, easily able to afford long guns and plenty of utility.

Conversely, Team Kinguin, having won the previous round, could only force-buy with Galils and AKs; their economy was far worse than the last round.

Anyone who hadn't carefully tracked the economy would find this scene particularly strange.

After all, the winning side had a worse economy, while the losing side had a better one.

Xu Beifang was positioned closest to A Long this round, and Neo, as the IGL, gave no special tactical instructions, sticking to the standard default routine.

Thus, his early-round task was to contest control of A Long.

As the countdown ended, he knifed out and sprinted toward A Long, then threw a fire over A Door while turning away to avoid the flash.

byali followed closely behind, ready to trade, while pasha threw two pop-flashes over the A Long CT spawn area, providing support for Xu Beifang's contest.

This time, Xu Beifang was hit by two of the opponents' flashes, but after opening his eyes, he still didn't spot any enemies.

A Long had been successfully taken.

"The Terrorists have three people gathered outside A Door at the start; are they planning to take control of A Long in the second wave?" Wanjiqi speculated.

"After the CTs took control of A Long, they only left nice alone to defend it. If they push A Long in the second wave, nice's situation really isn't looking optimistic."

Wanjiqi soon breathed a sigh of relief, as the two Terrorists outside A Door began moving toward Mid, intending to execute a Mid map control play.

While the Terrorists were busy making a scene with their Mid control in the second wave, Xu Beifang still had a full set of utility in hand, and he didn't rush to throw it.

Instead, he crept toward A Door, aimed slightly, and threw an HE grenade, clearing all potential direct-hold angles at close range.

Xu Beifang then jumped to the other side of A Door, finding no one holding directly from the Yellow Car outside.

No default at A Door?

He found it strange; were they not gathering any information on A Long at all?

But based on his current judgment, he couldn't be sure if anyone was hiding in the dark spots on or under the boxes at A Door.

"I'm pushing up to A Door; byali, can you move toward my side?" Xu Beifang called out.

This way, even if he lost the duel and was killed instantly, A Long wouldn't fall immediately, preventing the team from falling into a passive state.

"Wait." byali threw a smoke toward A Short and began rushing toward A Long. Only when he saw the position was about right did he reply, "Okay, go ahead."

They had grown accustomed to Xu Beifang's aggressive playstyle, and their protocols for dealing with his forward pushes were already very practiced.

Xu Beifang hugged the wall at A Door, peeking half his body out bit by bit, his focus highly concentrated.

He didn't see anyone on the boxes at first glance, then peeked at the dark spot under the boxes, finding no enemies there either.

"Phew..." Xu Beifang exhaled. "You guys at B Site and Mid be careful. I've pushed up to A Door; there are two sets of footsteps in the A Short tunnel."

Forward pressure represents high rewards.

Successfully pushing into A Door, even without advancing further,

meant that if anyone wanted to enter A Door later, he would have a massive advantage!

After all, from Xu Beifang's current position, he could see the shadows of the opponents entering the door first.

On the map Dust II, the sun shines from the direction of the Back Garden, so if the Terrorists intended to sneak back into A Door, they should prepare to be a free kill for him. This spot is similar in effect to the Vase spot at A1 on Mirage.

Moreover, compared to A1, it is harder for Terrorists to pre-aim inside A Door; they usually just clear it superficially and won't deliberately pre-aim.

Xu Beifang had secured control of A Long. byali thought for a moment and added, "I'll finish the setup for you."

He immediately threw an incendiary grenade not far behind Xu Beifang.

"The A Long guy should be around the Pit," mouz reported the information to his teammates.

With the main force of four controlling Mid, he only needed to hold the A Door exit to prevent the opponent from pushing forward; he was even feeling a bit bored now.

The Mid Door smoke thrown by the CTs slowly dissipated, but taz still didn't dare to order the team to push Mid in one wave to gather information on both sides.

"Let's try A Short first. Get the information on A Short; at the very least, we have to force them into the bomb site."

The map structure is too simple. If the attacking side wants to fake, they must force the defensive side's positioning into the bomb site, making it harder for them to coordinate between the two sides.

Otherwise, if you want to execute the classic A Short fake, real Mid-to-B split, the CT spawn counter-play will make you understand what pain is!

"A Short is very cautious. Knowing VP still has the economy for a sniper rifle, they first burned the Sniper spot with fire, then threw a flash to double-peek and gather all the information."

"Because nice pushed up again, they gained huge map control. Now byali has returned to the CT spawn to provide cover; VP overall has a 2-2-1 positioning biased toward Mid."

"If the Terrorists are planning a classic A Short fake to B, VP's response will be quite brutal."

Hearing the movement at A Short, pasha, who was at the bomb site, immediately threw an incendiary grenade to stall for time.

It was too early; if they let the opponent take control of the forward points too easily, they wouldn't be able to hold if the tempo accelerated later.

Neo looked at the mini-map to check their positioning and took the initiative to adjust:

"pasha, you still have one piece of utility. Once the A Short fire goes out, go directly to the A Long tunnel and hold A Short. You can abandon the bomb site directly."

In a 2-A formation, if facing an A Short speed-up, you really can't count on pasha's AWP to do much, especially in an isolated situation like the bomb site.

pasha realized the problem upon hearing this and decisively abandoned the bomb site, moving to the sniper's classic position—the middle of the A Long road.

The A Short fire slowly faded, and taz finally gave the next attack order.

They still had plenty of utility left, so they could play a bit more fancy.

"Execute a 3-2 split on A. One person go help rallen control A Long, then I'll throw some utility to fake Mid, and A Short will start moving at the same time."

This kind of fake is actually quite obvious, but its real purpose is sometimes just to stall for time.

The A Short incendiary ended, and the time reached 40 seconds; the attacking side began to move.

A CT spawn smoke, a fire on the Mid close-range, the fake was done, and A Long and A Short began to move.

—Bang!

pasha, holding the AWP, didn't miss this time, killing the Terrorist who crossed the point with a horizontal strafe.

All the attacking side's utility was focused on restricting the bomb site; they hadn't guessed he would move directly to A Long.

Xu Beifang stood inside A Door, finally waiting for the enemy.

"Da-da-da..."

His vigilance was maxed out upon seeing the shadow, and he headshot and killed the opponent the moment they appeared.

【nice headshot and killed rallen with M4A4】

"He pushed up inside A Door!!!" rallen shouted loudly. He really hadn't expected this information.

mouz, who was behind, also hurriedly strafed out to trade.

"Da-da-da..."

But after rushing in and firing only one shot, he was headshot and killed.

【nice headshot and killed mouz with M4A4】

It can only be said that enemies outside A Door trying to find someone inside A Door are far too passive!

That shadow naturally exposed their information.

"nice pushed up to inside A Door; this information was gathered perfectly. rallen actually came to scout the Yellow Car situation in the second wave, but byali's fire was too invincible; it made mouz think the inside of A Door was always safe."

"Now, without any precaution, two were picked off directly. This exchange turned the attack into a 2-vs-5 clutch. pasha didn't get greedy and retreated directly to hold the A Long angle with his AWP."

"taz is planting the bomb, reatz is still looking for kills, pasha is unerring, taking out the enemy on the slope with one shot."

"taz planted the bomb and killed the rotating michu, but facing neo, he is truly helpless!!"

【Little Xu likes to push too much】

【He really can push. I was still watching pasha hold the angle, and suddenly found he had pushed into A Door】

【But he's getting steadier lately. During IEM, he didn't just stay inside A Door】

【Why does it feel like the weapon best suited for Little Xu is the Bizon!】

【Back to the "Guess where my Bizon is" segment】

【...】

The consequence of not managing the economy well is that after losing a long-gun round, even if the bomb is planted, you can only save up and play with half-armor pistols.

They finally chose to go to B Site to trouble michu and neo, successfully trading michu in this round.

The score reached 13:8.

In the following long-gun round, they finally woke up and contested A Long.

But as the saying goes—

CTs cannot lose A Long, just as the 3D section cannot be without Tifa!

Sensing the opponent's intention to contest A Long, Neo, who was at the Sand Pit, immediately rushed over to help.

Even though rain wasn't participating in the match, it was raining cats and dogs on Dust II.

The flash was so white it made people unable to open their eyes.

But in the end, the CT side's timing and utility restriction were better. Although Xu Beifang was killed,

the exchange in this A Long engagement was 1-for-3; VP profited massively!

And with the bomb dropped at A Long, they set up a net at A Door, winning the round just by holding the angles.

VP had unknowingly reached match point.

But after reaching match point, they didn't close it out in one wave.

Team Kinguin seemed to have awakened some "can't play until match point" bloodline; taz pulled off a four-kill.

rallen completed a 1-vs-3.

minise also got a three-kill with the AWP.

Their frantic scoring made people dumbfounded.

The score unknowingly reached 15:12.

The opponent's sudden fierce momentum put some pressure on the VP members.

"Start with the regular opening; don't rush. At worst, we'll just go into overtime and play them," Neo comforted his teammates. "The opponent has no room for error now; the initiative is in our hands."

This was true; that is the advantage of reaching match point first.

They could afford to play a few rounds poorly, but as the chasers, one bad round meant long-term pain!

Everyone bumped fists to encourage each other; the continuous loss of rounds had inevitably affected them.

"The opening is still the standard A Long control routine. mouz is trying it, but his timing is a bit off, so he has to retreat."

"Next is our familiar Mid control segment. Dust II is just that simple; there aren't many fancy tactics, just those few routines back and forth."

"This makes this map a bit like a professional team detector; only teams with solid details and gunplay can perform brilliantly on this map."

The Terrorists' tempo accelerated this round. After failing to take A Long control at the start, they used a few quick flashes to send reatz, who was at B1, directly into Mid.

Neo, at B Site, heard the movement at Mid and hurriedly called michu over to counter-clear: "michu, help me flash; I'll clear Mid Door directly."

"Okay." michu replied while firing a few shots toward B Tunnel, signaling to the Terrorists there that he was holding B Site, so they should think carefully before coming out.

Neo had already crept to the Sand Pit close-range. michu threw a flash that popped, and he looked directly at Mid.

A Terrorist standing against the wall on the right was fully flashed!

Neo pulled his M4 and sprayed a burst over.

【Neo killed reatz with M4A4 and michu's flash】

But before he could retreat, a sniper rifle moved out on A Short.

—Bang!

【minise killed Neo with AWP】

"The Mid engagement was very fast! Both sides traded 1-for-1, but VP didn't profit; the AWP trade was too fast."

"With one dead, they know there's only one left at B Site. Since they took A Long at the start, are the Terrorists planning to speed up Mid?"

taz ultimately didn't give the order to speed up Mid, even though he judged there was only one member at B Site.

The main thing was that no one had left B2; the personnel were concentrated on A Short and Mid.

A direct speed-up, with most members concentrated in the Sand Pit area, was too limited.

And he was very worried about whether pasha was left at B Site with an AWP; the opponent had done this in previous rounds.

Although pasha's form had declined, he wouldn't miss in this kind of target-shooting duel state.

"Wait for time, about 10 seconds, then we'll execute an explosive bomb attack on A Short, then rotate to B," taz said. "minise, just hold the Sand Pit crossing with your AWP; don't let anyone rotate to the left to provide cover."

As long as no one rotated to cover, B Site was likely still defended by one person.

As long as they tricked the CT who might be hiding in the CT spawn back to A Site, their Mid-to-B split would be well-executed.

Xu Beifang was at A Long, his utility gradually exhausted.

With his teammates isolated at B Site, he once again raised his M4 and began to push forward.

"nice pushed up again! A Short has started the explosive attack, mouz just turned his head to walk; what timing this is!!!"

"A Short explosive attack, byali was already rushing to A Site, but hearing the Lü Bu at A Long shouting 'A Long is empty! They might be hitting B,' he hurriedly rotated to Mid."

"Throwing two flashes, taz and minise were flashed white at Mid Door. mouz is walking toward B Tunnel, preparing to meet his teammates."

"But nice gathered all the information and finally struck after tailing them all the way!!"

"First kill the distant taz, then take out minise near Mid Door!!" Wanjiqi shouted excitedly. "A forward double-kill, he directly liberated this Mid-to-B split!!"

The sudden news of death at Mid left the B Tunnel duo dumbfounded.

The only good news was that they had the bomb; as long as the B Site engagement went well, there was still a chance to play the clutch.

But during the push, a burst of bullets came from the bomb site.

【michu headshot and killed rallen with FAMAS】

rallen rushed out of B Tunnel to find someone, but a flash exploded in the sky over B bomb site.

michu strafed out and took his head without any effort.

The atmosphere in the Team Kinguin training room was dead silent—

Long-term pain!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 101 =====