Chapter 40: Doubles Competition (1/2)
Everyone at the scene was boiling with excitement, “Yes, yes!”
“Quiet’s really fierce!”
“This is clearly him expressing that he doesn’t accept Marshal!”
Everyone had heard the conversation between Wei Xiao and Yuan Ze earlier.
Yuan Ze had said that his captain couldn’t play doubles, and Wei Xiao had said that there wasn’t anything his captain wasn’t good at.
At this moment, he was seizing the opportunity to prove it right away!
With such an indisputably confrontational tone, this young man clearly had backbone and spirit!
Regarding Close, people both loved and hated him.
They didn’t like to meet him in the singles, but they loved watching him play.
For him to come up on stage, regardless of whether it was for a solo match or doubles, was enough to make everyone happy.
If they just so happened to draw Kim Sung-hyun and Li Heran in the doubles match…
Ah, taking his new teammate to crush his old one would be the best!
Yuan Ze spoke quietly to Wei Xiao before stepping off the stage, “You will regret it.”
Wei Xiao was just about to open his mouth to reply, but Yuan Ze had already left.
He spoke the words to himself internally: I’ll definitely never regret it!
Off-stage.
Chen Feng pushed Lu Feng lightly, “Little Lunatic Wei is waiting for you.”
Lu Feng came back to his senses and frowned.
Chen Feng knew what he was worried about and said, “It’s fine, it’s just a performance match.”
Lu Feng: “Mm.”
He got up, walked through the aisles and came to the brightly lit stage.
From his first match at the age of 17 until now, he had stood at that place in the limelight countless times.
There had been team competitions in the global finals and individual competitions in the global finals; he had experienced many peak events that made professional players so nervous their arms and legs went numb. He’d been nervous before, excited as well, but not uneasy.
This time, it was clearly just a doubles performance match, but Lu Feng experienced the feeling of uneasiness.
Chen Feng’s left hand was against his lips as he bit his nails.
Tang Chen knew about this bad habit of his where he would bite his nails whenever he was nervous, “It’s just a performance match.”
Chen Feng was really defeated by his obliviousness, “Close cares too much about Wei Xiao.”
Tang Chen: “It’s a kid that he brought back with much difficulty. Of course he has to care.”
Chen Feng smacked the back of his head, “Can’t you grow some f*cking brains!”
Bai Cai’s ears were perked up super high. He asked curiously, “Speaking of which, it seems that the captain has never played in a doubles match before.”
Chen Feng closed his eyes, “It’s already like that for 5v5. How can he play in a doubles game?”
Bai Cai was stunned.
Ning Zhehan was a newcomer and understood even less, “What do you mean?”
Yue Wenle sighed and explained to Little Ning, “Think about the training match you played in when you first joined the team.”
Little Ning thought back for a moment and went back into seclusion for an instant, “I’m such trash.”
Indeed. In those training matches, his eyes had been filled with the word TRASH in capital letters, packed densely like scrolling comments.
Chen Feng sighed, “A doubles match relies more on cooperation than in a 5v5 game.”
Tang Chen wasn’t worried, “It’s fine, there won’t be a problem with Little Lunatic Wei.”
Chen Feng wasn’t as optimistic as he was.
Solo and doubles were two different things.
Doubles and 5v5 were definitely different, but there was a lot of relationship between the two.
For example, if they could cooperate well in a doubles match, then it would absolutely not be a problem in 5v5.
Another example was that if they couldn’t coordinate with each other in the doubles match, then it would become a hidden danger in 5v5.
Chen Feng never wanted Close to play doubles with anyone in the team, but he hadn’t had time to tell Wei Xiao this. Of course…
There was a high chance that telling him would’ve been useless.
However, he definitely wouldn’t have wanted to have the two of them play doubles in this kind of scene, under the attention of so many people!
L&P.
Gary: “Speaking of which, I’ve never seen Close play doubles.”
Yuan Ze looked at the two people on the stage, “He can’t play doubles.”
Old G was curious, “Why? Have you guys played together before?”
Yuan Ze: “Yes.”
He controlled the smile at the corner of his lips.
There was also someone asking the same question on the Pro side.
Kim Sung-hyun sighed, “Please don’t draw the two of us.”
Li Heran: “……”
Kim Sung-hyun: “I don’t want to play a doubles game against Close at all.”
Regardless of whether it was as a teammate or an opponent.
In that year’s FTW, the FTW that was like the sun, this all-around team had been eager to try the doubles competition, just like they had with the team competition and the individual competition.
At the time, the coaching team tried desperately to find the right match for the starting line-up.
As a result…
No matter how they paired them up, it was all rotten. Even the support position could end up in a fight with the ADC, and they were really unable to participate in the doubles competition.
Later on, Close joined the team. The 17 year old talented player looked cold, but after all, he was still a rookie, and he was a genius who could play in any position.
The coaching team was excited, thinking that this newcomer might be able to match up with one of these four hedgehogs and win them a doubles championship.
So, the pairing started again.
One week later, the coaching staff went into seclusion.
To hell with the f*cking doubles, FTW didn’t care about that small bonus!
Yuan Ze spoke to Gary, “When Close and I played doubles, he was only 17 years old. In the first game, I thought to myself, what is this? How could someone of this level enter FTW? Is the coaching team crazy?”
Gary was surprised, “Is Close really not good at doubles?”
Yuan Ze laughed sarcastically, “He did it on purpose.”
Gary blinked, “Why? What’s the point of that?”
Yuan Ze continued to withhold information, “Watch. You’ll know soon.”
As soon as Lu Feng came up, Wei Xiao’s entire mental state improved. He gave Lu Feng the right to draw opponents right away.
Lu Feng looked at him, “You do it.”
Quiet, who refused to give way when faced with Yuan Ze, was very humble now, “You’re luckier than I am.”
As soon as he said this, all the players off-stage were a little puzzled. Quiet’s luck had been pretty good last time, and he’d gotten Ali and Ayu. They were strong enough, but their experience was insufficient, which was why he and Yuan Ze had had a chance to win.
Wei Xiao’s next sentence was, “Maybe if you do it, we can draw the doubles champion from last year.”
Everyone: “………”
Alright, your definition of lucky isn’t the same as ours.
Lu Feng didn’t say anything else. He accepted the button and pressed it.
Wei Xiao looked eagerly at the big screen…
Kim Sung-hyun grabbed Li Heran’s arm, “Don’t be me, don’t be me, don’t be me…”
Li Heran: “……”
Kim Sung-hyun: “F*ck!”
The two names on the big screen––Pro.Kim Sung-hyun, Pro.Li Heran.
Wei Xiao spoke in surprise, “You’re really lucky!”
He’d really managed to draw the doubles champions from last year!
Off-stage, Chen Feng slapped Tang Chen’s leg.
Tang Chen: “Ow.”
Chen Feng: “Hurry up and find the network cable and pull it out for me!”
Everyone in FTW: “…………”
Was that necessary? Little Lunatic Wei, who wasn’t even afraid of soloing with the great demon king, would be afraid of playing a doubles game with the captain?
Kim Sung-hyun came up onto the stage with the support of his own milk dad.
Pro’s teammates were also wondering about it, “Is Close so strong in doubles?”
“Our vice-captain… doesn’t he love to abuse thieves?”
“Wake up, that’s Close’s thief.”