Did The Captain Catch Up With The Coach Today [Esports] Chapter 17
byChapter 17
Yue Xia, female, is a streamer in the gaming division of JJ Live City, primarily playing Hero League. She is a dedicated duo-lane player, often using Abyss Gaze and Needle Rain Thousand Leaves as her Marksmen and Water Gunner as her Support.
Reaching the Overlord rank means frequently matching with E-sports Players or high-skill streamers, but she had never encountered a situation like this—
Everyone on her team, except for her, was an E-sports Player, with all their Professional IDs bearing team prefixes. The opposing five IDs had no prefixes. It was hard to say if they were ordinary players, but there were definitely experts among them!
“Are we going to lose this match?” Yue Xia asked before the game even started.
[Shouldn’t you be guaranteed a win?] a viewer responded in the chat.
“It’s hard to say when playing Hero League,” Yue Xia replied. “When you think you’re definitely going to lose, you might end up winning as you play. When you think you’re guaranteed a win, your teammates usually pull a big one on you.”
[Too real.]
[It shouldn’t be that bad this time, right? So many E-sports Players.]
[But the opposing Jungler is To Be Continued!]
[Who is To Be Continued?]
[World Server Rank 1.]
[A seriously awesome expert.]
Players who care about their rank often check the leaderboard and click through the homepages of the top experts for observation.
Wei Xiao firmly held the World Server Rank 1 spot, and his homepage was like a landmark—everyone who came by had to take a look.
Yue Xia had certainly seen it. “Yes, the opposing Jungler is very strong. He’s probably being targeted by the system, but even if he 1v9s, he might not lose. EN’s Jungler might not be able to handle him. We need to play safely this match.”
As soon as she said this, dissenting voices immediately appeared on the screen.
[E-sports Player can’t handle an ordinary player?]
[Why is everyone so harsh on EN’s Jungler?]
Yue Xia didn’t speak; she just focused on maximizing her survival—taking Flash and Sprint as Summoner Spells, maxing out movement speed attribute bonuses, and adding a little attack speed.
Three minutes into the match, those who had a filter for E-sports Players and a filter for EN fell silent.
—The opposing MID and Jungler coordinated perfectly, consecutively taking down Yue Xia’s MID and Jungler!
MID’s Mid-laner was duo-queuing with Yue Xia. He had been so aloof that he hadn’t even joined voice chat, but after being killed, he opened the voice chat and immediately started raging: “Is EN’s Jungler a pig or something!”
[Damn.]
[Protect!]
“Level 2 Phantom can’t beat Dog! F*ck!” MID’s Mid-laner was so angry he swore.
Yue Xia jumped in surprise: “Bro, I’m streaming. Bro, please watch your language.”
She didn’t want to be taken down by the moderators, and she certainly didn’t want to see her teammate besieged by EN fans.
The MID Mid-laner heard the words “streaming,” and slammed the voice chat shut, maintaining his aloof demeanor.
However, after that, the opposing Jungler seemed to hold a grudge against him, relentlessly ganking him until his mentality collapsed.
He couldn’t bear it anymore and opened the all-chat, not to flame the enemy, but to flame his own Jungler.
As a Mid-laner, being killed 1v1 by the opposing Mid-laner meant he was weak.
Being killed by the opposing Jungler during a 1v1 meant his awareness was weak, which ultimately still meant he was weak.
But how many times had the opposing Jungler come? Their own Jungler had only come once at the start, and it was to feed a kill.
MID’s Mid-laner was 1v1ing the enemy Mid-laner. Although he couldn’t gain an advantage, he wasn’t at a disadvantage either. The mid-lane collapsing like this was entirely due to the opposing Jungler’s ganks.
Who wouldn’t be angry at this Jungler gap!
Then, immediately after, Yue Xia and her viewers witnessed a major annual drama unfold—
MID’s Mid-laner complained that EN’s Jungler was inferior to Wen Shi Yu.
To Be Continued agreed with him.
MID’s Mid-laner probed To Be Continued about the follow-up to playing against DIE, but To Be Continued brushed him off.
To Be Continued asked for the location of the EN Jungler, and MID’s Mid-laner happily pointed the way.
EN’s Jungler was muted for frequent swearing.
[Hahaha, maximum streaming effect!]
[Phoenix is so bold, protect him!]
[Home Pretty, you should learn from Phoenix! He curses without a single dirty word, and hasn’t received a single warning despite flaming so many times!]
MID’s Mid-laner’s nickname was Phoenix. EN’s Jungler was Yi Jia Jun, and because his Professional ID was “homepretty,” he was jokingly called “Home Pretty.”
When Yue Xia saw Yi Jia Jun get muted, she couldn’t help but laugh out loud, then mentally chanted for peace for a long time.
They probably wouldn’t win this match, but since she didn’t want to be penalized for passive play, Yue Xia continued to farm and lane normally, then took the time to type a question.
[All] JJ-Yue Xia (Abyss Gaze): Playing DIE?
Did DIE mean the DIE E-sports Club? Why was To Be Continued playing DIE? And it sounded like they had played more than one match, just stopping when they felt like it, somewhat like a scrim.
What important information had she missed?
MID’s Mid-laner Phoenix opened voice chat. His tone was much better this time; his collapsed mentality had been rebuilt because the EN Jungler was muted.
“To Be Continued is also going pro,” he said.
“Wow, which team?” Yue Xia was curious.
“FHM.”
“Uh, I don’t recall them. Not a top eight team?”
“No, a new team.”
“Oh, I’ll look into them later,” Yue Xia said.
A team that To Be Continued joined must be researched! Otherwise, she’d be clueless when commentating.
Yes, Yue Xia was not only a game streamer but also an E-sports commentator.
Although To Be Continued had joined a team she had never heard of, she believed she would definitely have a chance to commentate on his matches.
After all, that was To Be Continued, the person she had once mistakenly thought was Wen Shi Yu’s smurf account.
Wei Xiao didn’t know the opposing Marksman was streaming. After he stopped ganking mid-lane, he first entered the enemy bottom jungle, clawed the EN Jungler to death, and then went bot.
Just as he arrived in the bottom lane, he saw the opposing Marksman, Abyss Gaze, use Flash followed by Sprint, “Whoosh—” flashing past him, running straight from the first bottom tower back to the fountain.
Wei Xiao was stunned: “Holy crap! This Marksman runs faster than a rabbit!”
Wen Shi Yu also watched the enemy Marksman’s icon on the mini-map zip away and couldn’t help but chuckle: “Look how much you scared them.”
“What did I do? I only got 5 kills and the highest economy on the field. This guy is too exaggerated!” Wei Xiao left a “Where are they” emote and left the bottom lane.
Wen Shi Yu didn’t comment on his inhuman statement.
But he kindly reminded him: “The opposing Marksman is a woman.”
“Oh, sorry!”
The voice chats of the enemy and allied teams were not connected, so it was unclear who he was apologizing to.
Wen Shi Yu asked him curiously: “Do you usually watch professional matches?”
“Yes, I do.”
“Then you should have an impression of her Professional ID.”
“Why?”
“Because she is a regular league commentator.”
“Oh…” Wei Xiao opened the scoreboard and looked at the opposing Marksman’s ID. He had an impression, but not a strong one. “Maybe I’d recognize her voice.”
After pushing down the mid-lane first tower, Wen Shi Yu started linking up with Wei Xiao.
Wherever Wei Xiao went, he went. Whoever Wei Xiao targeted, he targeted.
Many heroes in Hero League can be played both Top and Jungle, but in terms of playstyle, the Mage Assassin’s playstyle is the most similar to the Jungler’s—relying on roaming and ganking to get kills, build an economic advantage, and control the entire map.
As a carnivorous Jungler, Wen Shi Yu hated being tied down to one lane. So, although he knew more Warrior heroes than Mage heroes, he preferred playing MID over Top.
Wei Xiao thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of roaming with Wen Shi Yu. He could feel Wen Shi Yu consciously coordinating with him, following his rhythm to gank. They practically got a kill everywhere they went.
The opponents, except for the Marksman, were all E-sports Players and refused to surrender. They kept ganking and pushing all the way, ultimately winning the game by destroying the enemy base without taking a single objective!
“Again?” Wei Xiao asked Wen Shi Yu.
“No,” Wen Shi Yu didn’t enter the room, taking off his headphones to reply.
Wei Xiao took off his headphones too: “Tired?”
“No, I don’t want to match with dirty things again.”
The “dirty things” he referred to were clearly the EN Jungler.
Wei Xiao felt a little regretful: “Ah, I didn’t focus on killing him much in the late game. I should have dragged the game out and killed him a few more times.”
“That’s not necessary,” Wen Shi Yu said, a faint smile playing on his lips, giving the impression that he was in a good mood.
Wei Xiao looked at him and couldn’t help but lift the corners of his mouth, showing a bright smile: “Okay, I’ll listen to you. The coach makes the call!”
Wen Shi Yu glanced at him, taking in the smile on his face. His heart rate suddenly quickened for some reason.
He raised a hand somewhat awkwardly and touched his nose, trying to conceal something.
Wei Xiao didn’t notice anything unusual and continued on his own: “Brother Wen, I can’t form a bond with you on my main account, but can I on my smurf?”
“You have a smurf?” Wen Shi Yu was surprised.
When he asked Wei Xiao if he needed him to provide a professional account, Wei Xiao had agreed without hesitation. He thought Wei Xiao only had the “to be continued” account.
“Yes, a smurf I don’t play much, it’s just called To Be Continued,” Wei Xiao replied. “I created it to carry my roommates when I first started university and they wanted to play Hero League.”
“And then?”
“Then they thought I played too well and didn’t want to play with me anymore.”
“…” Wen Shi Yu didn’t understand. He didn’t understand the thought process of Wei Xiao’s roommates, nor did he understand Wei Xiao’s actions.
If the same thing happened to him, he wouldn’t create a smurf. He would just tell his roommates—I’ll wait for you in the Overlord rank.
That’s why he had no friends.
However, after hearing Wei Xiao’s experience, he felt that having no friends was better than having them and then losing them.
“So you don’t have a good relationship with your roommates?” Wen Shi Yu asked.
“No, we’re fine,” Wei Xiao replied. “My roommates all like me, probably because I often help them grab seats, take out the trash, and stuff like that. But later, for some reason, I moved out.”
“What reason?”
“Just… different living habits, it wasn’t very convenient.”
This was a lie.
Wei Xiao was highly adaptable; he could be meticulous or rough. If he encountered people who wanted to clean every day and screamed at the sight of dust, he could keep the room spotless, with everything neatly arranged and organized, leaving them nothing to criticize.
If he encountered people who never cleaned and piled things everywhere, he could reduce the cleaning frequency to once a week, only tidying up his own space and ignoring the mess in the common area.
So he got along well with everyone, and everyone thought he was their ideal roommate.
But he was gay.
When his roommates walked out of the bathroom naked without any reservations, and when his roommates found out he worked out and tried to gang up on him to peek at and touch his abs, Wei Xiao felt he couldn’t stay in that dorm anymore.
Ultimately, he chose the latter between coming out on the spot and moving out.
Wen Shi Yu didn’t think too much. He saw that Wei Xiao didn’t want to continue the topic, so he didn’t ask any more questions and naturally skipped over the matter of forming a bond with his smurf.
“It’s a rare day off, let’s go out and have some fun,” he said to Wei Xiao. “There’s a free park nearby.”
“Sounds great!” Wei Xiao immediately shut down his computer and stood up. “Let’s go!”
Wen Shi Yu was stunned for a moment: “I meant, you go alone.”
He was just recommending nearby attractions to Wei Xiao, not saying he would go with him.
“Ah, but I have no sense of direction. What if I get lost and can’t find my way back?” Wei Xiao declared that he was directionally challenged starting today. “I can’t use navigation either.”
Wen Shi Yu: “…”
You could be more deliberate.
Wen Shi Yu stared at his computer screen, tapping his fingers on the desk for a long time.
Finally, after what seemed like an internal struggle, he sighed resignedly and said, “Fine, I’ll go with you.”