Chapter 453 - Unable to Speak (1/2)

“You guys…… had it all planned beforehand?” Chen Guo finally understood. Ye Xiu didn’t need to explain anything to her.

It was true that Lord Grim had joined Guild Heavenly Justice, but it had never been said that Lord Grim would join the team. Everyone had only thought that.

Now that Team Heavenly Swords made everything clear, Ye Qiu was in a great spot. With this sudden turn of events, the players would think that they had made a mistake. They might even think that Lord Grim wasn’t Ye Qiu.

“Pretty much. I was really only there as a guest performer to help Loulan Slash publicize his team.” Ye Xiu said.

“Who guest performs like you? The amount of attention you got was even more than their team!” Chen Guo said.

“That’s what happens when you borrow someone else. It’s how you get everyone’s attention!” Ye Xiu said. His QQ made a noise. Loulan Slash saw that he wasn’t in-game, so he went to see if Ye Xiu was on QQ.

“Nice!” Ye Xiu replied: “That was a great press conference!”

“Ha ha ha, too splendid. When those reporters heard that we were going to open a press conference, they immediately gathered there. We prepared the answers to questions relating to you a long time ago. The moment those reporters heard the spokesman say that Ye Qiu definitely wasn’t joining Team Heavenly Swords, you should have seen the expression on their faces! It was amazing!” Loulan Slash said and sent a few pictures of the dumbstruck expressions.

“They really are amazing.” Ye Xiu appreciated them.

“Ha ha ha.” Loulan Slash was very happy. Their plan had gone perfectly. There wasn’t much else to talk about after saying that. It was clear that the reporters were mainly for that one question. First, they asked a few questions regarding the team out of courtesy and then immediately switched to inquiring about Lord Grim.

The spokesperson repeated his statement again and for the questions asking about Lord Grim, he simply replied saying his weapon was a secret and couldn’t be revealed to the public.

“Why did Loulan Slash cooperate with you?” Chen Guo wondered.

“I helped publicize his team. Why wouldn’t he cooperate with me?” Ye Xiu said.

“But if he used your ident.i.ty as Ye Qiu, he could have gotten even more attention. He could have also pulled in a whole bunch of your fans, no?” Chen Guo’s reasoning was also logical. Even though most people had been angry at Ye Qiu after the previous reports, there were also quite a few who defended Ye Qiu. These few were clearly loyal fans of Ye Qiu and supported their idol unconditionally.

“However, I really wasn’t going to join them. That’s the truth. It would have been seen through sooner or later.” Ye Xiu said.

“But with the way they did things, they’re also just making everything unnecessarily complicated. Lord Grim is you. That’ll be revealed sooner or later too. Doing it this way won’t win much of a favorable impression either, no?” Chen Guo said.

“It’s different. The way they did things is simply a trick to hype up everyone. There will be many chances in the future to slowly dissolve the situation. But if they directly said that I had joined their Team Heavenly Swords, then they would be lying. Once their lie came out, they would provoke a lot of hate from the players and it wouldn’t be easy to dissolve the situation. Loulan Slash wants to be relevant in the Alliance for a long time, so he doesn’t want that type of stain.” Ye Xiu said.

“Oh…….” Chen Guo acted like she understood, even though she didn’t. Today, she hadn’t done any fighting in the game, but the several waves of news, made her emotions go up and down all day. It was even more of a thrill than fighting. Chen Guo was now convinced that the compet.i.tion in the pro scene wasn’t just as simple as characters fighting in matches.

“Are you still going to play today?” Chen Guo asked.

“It’s better not to for now! I’ll be taking a look at the situation after the announcement.” Ye Xiu said. After the Spring Festival, Ye Xiu’s work and rest schedule had been slowly changing to a normal person’s. Before, he had to stay up all night because he had to take up the night s.h.i.+ft. But now he only had to focus on the game, it didn’t matter whether he played during the daytime or during the nighttime. With Chen Guo’s frequent shouts, he would probably be heading towards a healthier schedule.

The newly released statement naturally lifted another huge wave.

The thoughts of the players were about the same as Chen Guo’s. All of the news being released today made it so their hearts couldn’t take it anymore.

They had just thought that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu, when Team Heavenly Swords clearly said that they hadn’t roped in Ye Qiu.

Just like Chen Guo thought, the players immediately felt that Lord Grim actually wasn’t Ye Qiu.

If Lord Grim wasn’t Ye Qiu, then Ye Qiu’s name didn’t need to be brought into the discussion. As a result, Lord Grim once again became a “mystery man”. Who exactly was he? Everyone began guessing again. This Lord Grim beat Huang Shaotian. He had been acknowledged by the G.o.ds, who had unanimously believed that it was likely that he was Ye Qiu. But he wasn’t actually Ye Qiu. There were only so many G.o.ds in the scene. From the looks of it, it was actually his first time stepping into the pro scene. Was he some sort of immortal that had just come out of closed door training?

When the Clubs saw the reports that night, they were all dumbstruck.

These Clubs were just like the players and immediately felt like Lord Grim wasn’t Ye Qiu. They were suddenly very upset. If he wasn’t Ye Qiu, then why didn’t they try and rope him in? Who told them that Lord Grim was Ye Qiu? Had the pro players made a mistake? After all, no one had personally witnessed Ye Qiu controlling Lord Grim.