Chapter 210.1: An excuse to hug right out in the open! (1/2)
The national finals were different from other competitions. As the grand finale for the entire competition zone, the game organizers naturally hoped that the teams could play out the most wonderful games that they were capable of, so there was a short backstage rest after each match.
The players got up and left the stage, returning to their backstage lounge from two separate directions.
The commentators were still going over the game just now. Both FTW, who’d won the match, and TPT, who’d lost the match by a narrow margin, had shown absolute strength.
“TPT’s system of four protecting one always has strong firepower. Eurostar exerted his strength in the mid and late stages and forced FTW to trade two people for his life.”
“FTW chose the right time. It’s hard to say what the result would be if they’d continued letting it drag on.”
The game was already over, so the commentators didn’t have to be so stiff. They spoke more freely, their comments were more accurate, and the audience also listened very carefully.
The camera panned over the audience slowly, stopping on the row with the Team of Gods.
It was a fleeting scene, but the audience in the live broadcast room had seen it clearly.
Yan Jiang, Xie He, Kim Sung-hyun, and Yuan Ze were all silent, as though the game in the canyon hadn’t ended, and they were still watching.
The haters immediately began to flame, “Shocked, aren’t you! Shocked by our local competition zone!”
“Wake up, traitors, FTW’s still awesome without you garbage!”
“I really don’t know what they’re doing here. Are they just here for self-humiliation? What Team of Gods was this? Be a bit less shameless, traitors!”
The scrolling comments swept by quickly. The room moderators had to carefully go through the comments from these haters in order to delete them in a timely manner. Meanwhile, there were more rational fans sighing––
“Although God Yan’s face was expressionless, although God Xie was frowning slightly, although God Kim’s expression was cold, and although Scum Man Yuan’s peach blossom eyes were downcast, I feel that they were actually happy.”
“Glad that their Lulu has a new partner?”
“What do you mean, new partner? It’s that he finally has a partner!”
“Holy shit, what’s the matter with you, previous poster? Why do your words hold so much…”
“Don’t you guys have any awareness of how our great demon king’s life has been over the past three years? Why should I hold back? Start crying with me!”
“As a career fan, I’m feeling a little arrogant. Fellow brothers, I want to see FTW get a 3:0 championship!”
“Not only are you arrogant, you’re also dreaming. Are you treating our TPT like they’re vegetarian!”
“If it was the FTW from the past, TPT might still have had the strength to fight back. But to be honest, no one can stop FTW in their current state!”
“When was the last time there was a 3:0 for the finals…”
“The Team of Gods three years ago!”
“F*ck!”
“I’m sorry, I’m feeling crazy too. I want to witness the birth of a new Team of Gods!”
In the backstage lounge, FTW was in high spirits.
Tang Chen was waiting for them at the entrance. When he saw Little Ning coming, he gave him a big hug. “Beautiful!”
Little Ning’s hands had been trembling from when he stepped off stage until now. “Brother Tang…” He was whimpering.
Brother Tang was really a very busy person at the moment. Seeing that Yue Wenle was approaching, he released Little Ning and went to hug him, too. “Badass!”
Granny gray, who was hovering between crying and not: “……”
Yue Wenle was in a daze. “Oh.”
He was obviously out of power. He looked like he needed some potato chips to continue on living.
Brother Cai didn’t want this hug of love and tried to avoid it. Unfortunately, Comrade Tang was too broad and blocked the entrance, stopping him with an arm and giving him a hug.
Brother Tang: “Cool!”
Bai Cai: “……” He was about to get strangled to death!
Wei Xiao and Lu Feng came at the end. Brother Tang wanted to hug Wei Xiao.
Wei Xiao turned back and pounced on Lu Feng, poking his head out to say, “Brother Tang, me and the captain will just hug each other. There’s no need to bother you with it!”
Lu Feng: “……”
Wei Xiao ignored it. This was an excuse to hug right out in the open! He’d be missing out for nothing if he didn’t hug!
Chen Feng was responsible for pouring cold water over them, “You’ve only won a small match, yet you’re acting like you’ve already won the national championship?”
Great.
Brother Tang gave them support, and Chen Feng cooled down the atmosphere. This made the small tails of the little ones in the team droop right back down.
Chen Feng would adjust his tone according to their state.
He could encourage them if they were downcast, and pressure them if their egos were inflated. This kind of psychological assistance was part of his job as a coach.
They’d played well in the first match and won beautifully, but there were still many problems. Chen Feng picked out the key points and had them calm down for the next hard fight.
“The entire China competition zone knows that TPT is a team that warms up slowly. Losing the first game is a common occurrence for them, so don’t take it lightly…”
The FTW lounge was lively and bustling, while TPT’s side was unusually quiet.
After sitting down on the sofa, Eurostar picked up a bottle of mineral water and drank down several gulps of water in one go.
He always liked to laugh and mess around and had a lively personality, but there was no smile on his face right now. The dimples that could often be seen had disappeared.
They’d lost the first match.
They often lost at the start of a game, but the atmosphere had never been as tense as it was now.
What they’d lost wasn’t just the first match, but their invincible system of four protecting one.
TPT was very serious about this national final. When it came to their opponent, FTW, they’d also shown absolute respect.
There was no need to test the waters, no need to grope around. They didn’t want to lose a single kill or a single match. They’d put in all their effort into this fight, and yet as a result…
They’d lost.
Eurostar felt a little flustered in his heart.
This was a major drawback to the four protecting one system.
Four of the players had put the hope of the entire team on one person, trying to create space for him to develop and giving him all the farm he could get.
Eurostar had lived up to expectations, playing strongly in the middle and late stages and had almost led their team to victory, but…
He’d been killed.
The advantage that they’d built up with so much difficulty had collapsed in an instant.
Guilt, remorse.
Eurostar couldn’t help hating himself. He still wasn’t strong enough, and he was still a long way off. Otherwise…
Zhuang Ruishi patted him on the shoulder. “It’s okay. It’s just the first game.”
Eurostar bowed his head, his short hair covering his eyes as he stared at the mineral water in his hand. “Mm.”
Wei Ji spoke up too, “We’ve already played really well. That’s the peak level top-jungler combo in China.”