Chapter 13

Qiezi quickly entered the game. During the warm-up, he carried his sniper rifle and began dueling the opponents in Mid.

Taking out a Terrorist carrying an AK-47 at T Spawn with one shot, Qiezi said to the viewers in his stream: "Look at that, just flicking it around, easy peasy!!"

A teammate on the same side threw a smoke at T Spawn. He still casually flicked a shot into the smoke. Seeing the kill notification appear in the top right corner, Qiezi raised an eyebrow and sighed: "Sigh, I can even kill them while they're in the smoke; I really don't know how I could lose!"

The viewers in the stream were immediately amused:

【Popping champagne before the match has even started】

【Qiezi has been a bit arrogant lately】

【Watch out, they might destroy you!】

【Qiezi is just hard-jinxing himself】

Qiezi glanced at the chat and answered confidently: "That's right, I am arrogant! If you have the skill, you aren't afraid of jinxes, you know."

The teammate playing CSGO on a Xibaowang finally loaded in, and the ladder match officially began.

Qiezi looked relaxed; after all, he didn't belong in this rank bracket, he had only dropped a few hundred points recently because he kept running into toxic players.

With two low-ranked players on the other side dragging them down, winning wouldn't take much effort.

……

Entering Mirage full of anticipation, Xu Beifang pressed Tab and his eyes suddenly lit up when he saw two familiar IDs.

danking on his side and young man. qzhmtv on the other.

danking was the future main sniper for Tyloo and the backbone of CNCS in the late CSGO era, even though he never managed to get his own player sticker before CS2 arrived.

But in his past life, he had also encountered this highly competitive player. Even now, he could recall the scene of danking slapping himself due to a mistake on stage, so he still had a very good impression of this player.

And that familiar ID on the other side was Qiezi, who was destined to leave a mark in the history of CNCS.

This former professional player was surrounded by controversy. Once a star as Tyloo's main sniper, he was disqualified during the 2016 IEM Taipei Station because his account was detected with a VAC (cheat ban) history from 2013. The team's chance to advance to the Major just vanished like that, and Qiezi faced heavy criticism, eventually being forced to leave the professional stage.

However, there were many different opinions on the internet regarding the truth of this VAC ban. After all, in that era, sharing an account online was a very common thing, though some people still believed Qiezi was a cheater.

Xu Beifang didn't really believe Qiezi cheated. After all, the level he displayed on stage wasn't exactly exaggerated. If that was judged as cheating, then the likes of s1mple and Zywoo would be even more beyond words...

But regardless, Qiezi's massive popularity attracted countless fresh blood to join CSGO.

So, Xu Beifang quite liked Qiezi as a person.

However, liking him is one thing, but he still had to take Qiezi's points today.

After a simple knife round to choose sides, the Maoming native became the whetstone and failed to win the right to choose.

Xu Beifang and Ma Dong chose to start on the CT side.

"Good evening, brothers! How should we defend? Any ideas?"

During the preparation phase, danking turned on his mic to ask. Although the team's average score was relatively low, his immense strength meant he wasn't worried about it; instead, he wanted to chat and brag with his random teammates to pass the time.

danking was actively looking to communicate with teammates, and Xu Beifang immediately responded: "Let's just do a standard 2-1-2 defense."

Just as he answered, he heard danking ask: "Flourishing, I see on Bilibili that everyone says you had an epiphany after cheating. Did you turn anything on?"

He said this somewhat unclearly, as if he were chewing on something.

Ma Dong turned on his mic and said: "I'm his roommate, we're both in the dorm right now. If he were cheating, I would've punched him already."

"Haha, no malice, just curious." danking laughed, carrying his USP as he ran to VIP.

Xu Beifang didn't continue speaking. Even if Leon Kai helped him make a clarification video, not everyone would believe it. As long as a portion of people believed he wasn't cheating and were willing to offer him advice on how to get stronger, then once he embarked on the professional path, these rumors would collapse on their own.

Besides, if you aren't suspected of cheating, the professional path seems a bit incomplete.

s1mple, ropz, Zywoo—which of these top-tier players didn't start their careers under the reputation of being a 'cheater'?

Although he didn't have as powerful a talent as these human-like cheats, he could rely on hard work to keep getting stronger and eventually reach the level where he could compete on the same stage as them!

Tactics in ladder pistol rounds are never too complicated; throwing two pieces of utility and just rushing is very common.

Qiezi led his team in a direct speed-up rush to B Site. The two random teammates couldn't hold off the siege of several big men and both died at B, leaving a 3-on-5 clutch situation.

"This 3-on-5 is a bit difficult!" danking said unclearly.

B Site fell too quickly. After the sides switched, they had neither a numbers advantage nor a positional advantage.

They could only hope for their aim to carry them.

Xu Beifang, at the Phone Booth, rotated to reinforce Supermarket, while danking had already engaged the opponents.

After gaining the advantage, the Terrorists didn't let up and rushed straight into Supermarket to cause trouble for danking.

danking relied on the cash register cover to sway with small movements, exposing as little of his body as possible.

His excellent aim allowed him to secure two more kills in a short time. Just as danking wanted to brag, he saw another Terrorist rush out of the Supermarket entrance and blow him away with one shot!

"How is there still someone pulling out!! Three rushing Supermarket, do you even know how to play!!" danking was stunned; he thought two rushing Supermarket was the limit for the Terrorists, never expecting a third person to trade.

"Someone entered Supermarket, be careful."

After cursing, he quickly reminded Xu Beifang while watching his perspective.

Xu Beifang arrived at the Supermarket entrance, thought about the opponent's position in his mind, adjusted his crosshair, and peeked straight to the right.

That pre-aim is a bit sloppy... danking was chewing betel nut and about to complain, when he saw Xu Beifang, whose pre-aim was off, flick a shot to the left and instantly headshot the Terrorist hiding and holding the angle by the shelves.

That secondary positioning is actually quite interesting!

After taking out the Terrorist in Supermarket, the situation on the field became 2-on-2. Ma Dong actively pushed forward from B Small and soon exchanged a spray with the Terrorist around the sofa, successfully landing a headshot for the kill.

He continued to push forward. There wasn't much time left for them, and without a defuse kit, they had to resolve this battle quickly.

Qiezi stood on B2, holding the crossing point, and pulled the trigger to tap-fire when he saw Ma Dong walk over.

"Pop!"

【young man. qzhmtv used USP pistol to headshot kill RNG's Qiaodan Benren】

After entering the clutch state, Qiezi didn't chat with the viewers in the stream. The position of the other person was confirmed; facing the bomb site, he wasn't in a rush to make the next move. It was his bomb, and the initiative was in his hands.

"B2!" Ma Dong reported the info to Xu Beifang after being killed.

Actually, Xu Beifang had also confirmed this info from the sound of the gunfire. He carried his USP and carefully pushed forward, placing his crosshair at the B2 exit, ready to aim toward the window at any moment.

The beeping sound became increasingly urgent; there wasn't enough time left for him to go find Qiezi.

Xu Beifang took a deep breath and tapped the bomb.

Fake defuse!

Hearing the beeping sound, Qiezi controlled his position and peeked out, exchanged a shot with the opponent, and immediately pulled back after realizing it was a fake defuse.

Xu Beifang moved two steps to the left silently, tapped the bomb again, and kept his crosshair directly on the B2 exit.

Not even 3 seconds had passed, and Qiezi had already pulled out.

In the dorm, Xu Beifang saw this scene and smiled confidently:

"Got him!"

"Pop!"

The bullet pierced the skull, and accompanied by the crisp sound of a headshot, Qiezi fell to the ground.

Xu Beifang also quickly turned his head and pressed the "E" key, starting to defuse the bomb amidst the heavy breathing of the nine people on the field.

But his action and the ten-second countdown started almost simultaneously; they were all waiting for the answer:

"Can he defuse it?"

……

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