Chapter 43: Family

"A 6-1 start. It seems this 'nice' isn't feeling nervous at all from his first time on stage; on the contrary, he's performing quite well." Li Wenzhe, acting as the commentator, asked from the desk, "What's his background? I have zero impression of him. How did he suddenly join VP?"

Ma Xixi pondered for a few seconds before saying, "I actually have some impression of this guy. 'nice' is quite skilled. He absolutely crushed both me and Wanjiqi in the ladder previously."

Ma Xixi waited for Baldy Li's feedback, but only heard two seconds of silence before the reply came: "Isn't beating you and Wanjiqi a given? How does that count as 'quite skilled'?"

Ma Xixi: "???"

This remark was incredibly stinging, but Ma Xixi had no way to refute it.

Right now, he wanted to put a watermelon strip on his head and blurt out the devil's words: "Family, ___!"

Still on the commentary desk, Ma Xixi decided to let Baldy Li off for now and continued, "They started with a 3-0 lead, and now we're entering the full-buy round. 5power is buying five AK-47s directly; they need to find a way to get their first point. Let's see how they handle this round."

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"Pasha, do you want to AWP? I can drop an AWP for you," Xu Beifang asked.

Faced with the temptation of the sniper rifle, Pasha was a bit moved, but ultimately shook his head: "Not for now. Our economy is decent. 'nice', you pick up a rifle and hold A. We're starting 3B-2A this round; I'll go help out at Banana."

An AWP could be bought, but if it were lost, it would be too damaging to their economy.

With submachine guns available for now, Pasha didn't intend to upgrade their weaponry on a large scale yet.

Xu Beifang indicated that was no problem. He picked up an M4 with utility and made his way to the area below the Shed, starting to gather information on the Side Path.

Because of the double-A setup, and Byali's habit of primarily defending the Pit, his main area of activity was around the Bomb Site and A1.

With no one standing in the Connector, Xu Beifang had to push up a bit further to prevent the opponents from entering the Connector unnoticed.

However, he wasn't under much pressure because he had accumulated plenty of economy from the previous two rounds using submachine guns. With a full set of utility, he could constantly use grenades to assist in controlling the map.

"'nice', you can head back now. No one's at Banana; I'm rotating back," Pasha reminded him.

Hearing this, Xu Beifang quickly jumped back to the rear of A1.

Almost the moment he returned to cover, a Terrorist from the Boiler Room peeked out and sprayed.

"One in the Boiler Room, and there are footsteps in A2 as well. Byali, watch out!"

Hearing this, Byali immediately heightened his vigilance.

Xu Beifang chose a new position, eventually standing below the familiar Grass Car. This somewhat unconventional spot watched the A2 Balcony.

With a teammate in the Pit helping to cover his back, it was very difficult for the opponents to deal with his position.

"5power is starting their explosive bomb attack. A Connector Smoke is thrown, and they push through the Mid smoke, having gained the information that A1 is empty."

"Xiaosa Ge in A2 caught the timing of Pasha rotating back to the Connector and sprayed down the careless Pasha in one burst!"

"The attacking side has secured the first kill. Is there something to this play?!" Ma Xixi's clear voice echoed throughout the venue, making everyone look forward to the outcome.

Danking was sweating bullets in the audience. Although he was so angry at Xu Beifang's black-bellied behavior that his back teeth were almost shattered, seeing Xu Beifang in the match, he still looked forward to it along with the viewers in the stream.

With Pasha dead during the retake, only Xu Beifang and Byali remained on the A Bomb Site, and given the positioning, the difficulty was truly high.

After intercepting Pasha in A2, Xiaosa Ge pushed out directly from A2.

Byali in the Pit knew his teammate was helping watch A1, so he never exposed himself, focusing entirely on holding A2.

Xiaosa Ge was thrilled to get a kill and was just about to rush out.

"Da-da-da~"

【Byali killed Xiaosa Ge with M4A4】

"Byali took down Xiaosa Ge in A2 directly. Why didn't 5power throw any utility for this attack?" Li Wenzhe was somewhat surprised. Although the attacking side was out of flashbangs, they still had two smoke grenades. Pushing forward with a smoke would have broken the stalemate.

"With Xiaosa Ge dead, the player count is 4v4. The attackers started dry-peeking forward, but there was an insidious 'nice' hiding under the Grass Car! He caught Dobu from the side and took him out."

"Byali threw another flashbang. Kabal at the back of A1 was fully blinded and taken out by 'nice'. Michu, rotating back, dealt with the two Terrorists in the Connector alone. This 5power A1 attack only traded for Pasha!" Li Wenzhe felt it was an eyesore.

Ma Xixi felt the same way, only smiling and saying, "There's still a lot for 5power to learn from this attack. Let's see how they adjust later."

This attack lacked detail, lacked utility, and lacked gunplay. How could Ma Xixi and Li Wenzhe praise it?

On the contrary, the young player 'nice' on the opposing side had very eye-catching positioning and coordination with his teammate in the Pit during this round.

'nice' got the first kill, and Byali's flashbang followed immediately; it was clearly communicated beforehand.

This wave easily cleared the screen, resolving all the crises at A1, and 'nice' didn't even lose a single drop of health during the whole process.

The gap was clearly contrasted.

And 'nice' had already reached 8/1/1 without anyone noticing. Only 4 rounds had been played, averaging 2 kills per round. This data was already on par with Morelz, who played yesterday!

【Alright, next 5power needs to find a way to make 'nice' not get a single kill, then they can win this game.】

【What kind of Morelz reenactment is this?】

【Little Xu is playing quite well!】

【Actually, he didn't kill many; he was mostly playing as an Eco Warrior.】

【Even excluding the Eco Warrior kills, 'nice' still has 4 kills. Don't be biased.】

The viewers in the stream were discussing it heatedly, but the match continued.

Having finally saved enough money for a full-buy round, only to lose without even being able to plant the bomb, 5power entered the half-buy ECO round again.

In this round, they played a simple and straightforward rush to the Second Floor, just happening to run into Byali, who was holding A2.

Then Byali took the title of Eco Warrior from Xu Beifang, scoring a triple kill, and with Pasha on the Bomb Site, they killed everyone on the opposing side. 5power didn't even manage to rush out of A2.

Seeing this scene, Ma Xixi and Li Wenzhe couldn't help but sigh.

This was the general environment of CNCS right now. In a half-buy ECO round, they were only willing to equip one flashbang, playing without any method or logic.

As for Tyloo, they were no longer in this general environment; they had already pulled away from the entire CNCS and even Asian CS, existing in a league of their own in Asia.

And teams like 5power were the ones that could better demonstrate the true level of CNCS.

Unfortunately, the level demonstrated was not ideal.

The score reached 5:0. 5power seemed to have heard the complaints in the hearts of the two commentators and finally made a wise decision.

Qka's AWP took out Pasha, who was pushing forward alone, securing the first kill of the round.

Immediately after, with one person taken out by Neo in the B area, they quickly rotated, launching a Connector-to-A pinch.

Xu Beifang, standing on the Bomb Site, traded one kill but was also quickly focused down by 5power's trade kills. Byali in the Pit had intended to seize an opportunity to hide and ambush.

But Qka was in the zone, killing him instantly the moment he peeked out.

5power finally secured a point for the team in the 6th round of the match, relying on a fierce assault.

VP didn't care much about this result; they didn't intend to beat the opponent 16:0. After all, there was no Thunder God among the opponent's members, so achieving that feat was quite difficult!

But immediately after, 5power seemed to have suddenly cleared their meridians, playing a 30-second rotation in the following round, easily taking the B area and forcing the A-area trio into a retake state.

Pasha and Byali, anxious to retake, were killed at lightning speed by Qka, who was standing on the One Box with an AWP. Xu Beifang, who had just run to the Sewer, faced this 1v3 clutch and chose to save his weapon.

Having lost two consecutive rounds, VP's economy wasn't that great.

Xu Beifang threw his M4 to a teammate and picked up a FAMAS for himself.

Pasha didn't employ any strange tactics, sticking to the conventional 3A-2B defensive formation. They were still in a dominant position and didn't need to play too riskily.

"I'm on the A2 Balcony. Byali, you watch A2 later; I'll help you watch A1," Xu Beifang said, communicating with his teammate on the same side to perform better.

People were constantly wallbanging on the Side Path, and immediately after, the sound of a Connector Smoke came from Mid.

5power easily used a few flashbangs to gain information on Mid.

But after the Mid map control ended, 5power suddenly went silent, which made him a bit worried.

"I'll probe inside A2. Byali, get your utility ready. The moment I die, you throw fire into A2."

As a CT, pushing forward at such a time was extremely risky.

But high risk is often accompanied by huge rewards!!

"After securing their first point, 5power has finally woken up, switching to a flexible rotation mode. This tactic is also quite successful. They are planning to use the same trick again this round."

Ma Xixi looked at 'nice's position on the mini-map and shouted again: "But 'nice' is very smart!! He directly crept into A2 silently and cleared the entire A2 area!!"

"Pasha and Byali started rotating to B directly, and another Connector Smoke popped on A, but this is just covering one's ears to steal a bell."

"5power thinks this rotation is good, but what awaits them is a 4-man frontal defense, plus one person pinching from the rear."

Neo got the information and didn't hesitate to throw a cut-off smoke, blocking the opponent's path and compressing their attack time.

Although Xu Beifang played aggressively, he wasn't aggressive all the time. As an old-six (lurker) flanking from behind, he couldn't engage in combat right now, or he would die too quickly, and the opponent might still have the possibility of rotating.

With 20 seconds left, the frontal explosive bomb attack finally unfolded.

CT Spawn Smoke, Coffin Smoke, Three Boxes Fire, all accompanied by flashbangs; 5power's attack was grand in scale.

But with 4 gun lines between the Bomb Site and CT Spawn, how could they get in?

Seeing two consecutive kills appear in the top right corner, Xu Beifang also started pushing forward into Banana.

The failure of the first wave of attacks made Qka and the others hesitate:

"Should we save? We can't get in; there are at least three in B."

"Let's try it anyway!"

5power still didn't intend to give up and was just about to throw a Bomb Site flashbang to continue rushing forward when the bullets from a FAMAS hit their skulls from behind.

"Banana is here!!" Qka shouted, reminding his teammates to turn around, but it was already too late.

【'nice' killed Qka with a FAMAS headshot】

【'nice' killed Kabal with a FAMAS headshot】

【'nice' killed Dobu with a FAMAS】

"Too critical!! 'nice's bold push into A2 gathered all the Terrorists' attack directions, completing a dumpling-style encirclement on 5power. He even flanked them and took out three people!!" Ma Xixi laughed, "This young man plays very interestingly; he chooses flexibly and isn't rigid, and his gunplay is solid. His kill count is now first on VP. It's really quite good. After buying Morelz, VP has rebounded from the bottom; they've found a treasure."

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This chapter is 3.3k words. There's another chapter in the afternoon. Don't say it's short, or I'll have to put on the watermelon strip.

Thanks to 'Cat Who Loves Fish' for the 100 point reward.

Thanks to 'I Am a Serious Reader' for the 100 point reward.

Thanks to 'Take a Name to Make Me Autistic' for the 4000 point reward.

Thanks to 'knot' for the 1500 point reward.

Thanks to 'Book Friend xxx1086' for the 1500 point reward.

Thanks to 'Dian Ban Jiang' for the 1000 point reward.

Thanks to 'Fangtian Huaji Lu Xiaobu' for the 1500 point reward.

Thanks to 'Singer of the Already Destroyed World' for the 200 point reward.

Thanks to 'Book Friend xx2517' for the 500 point reward.

Thanks to 'ankh' for the 100 point reward.

Thanks to all the bosses. There are still many I haven't thanked; I'll thank them in the next chapter.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 44 =====