Did The Captain Catch Up With The Coach Today [Esports] Chapter 4

Chapter 4

He thought it was a 2v8, but it turned out to be a 1v9.

However, if it’s a 1v9, then it’s a 1v9. Although Wei Xiao was scared, giving up was out of the question. After all, his goal was the championship.

He was so impressed by Wen Shi Yu’s skill that he decided to dive into the game Hero League, aiming for a professional career from the moment he downloaded it.

Although Wei Xiao wasn’t a professional E-sports Player yet, he had long held himself to professional standards.

E-sports Players do not surrender!

E-sports Players never admit defeat until the very last moment!

Since his top-laner was unreliable, and the enemy top-laner was overly cautious after narrowly escaping death, Wei Xiao had to turn his attention to the MID and BOT lanes, which he hadn’t planned on focusing on at the start.

To his surprise, the MID laner was playing quite well. A magic Assassin who hadn’t even learned all his skills was actually able to keep the long-range poke mage pinned under the tower.

After the enemy MID laner was poked down to low health, he retreated behind the tower, intending to recall.

That position was out of range for his own MID laner, but Wei Xiao could reach him! With a single dash, he flanked the enemy and, with two quick strikes, stopped the enemy MID laner mid-recall!

[System Notification] Blade Shadow Dancer, First Kill!

Securing the kill refreshed his dash. Wei Xiao timed his dash perfectly, using it just as the tower damage was about to hit him, dodging the attack and exiting the tower unscathed.

The Blade Shadow Dancer’s dash, “Shadow Flash,” grants a brief “untargetable” state, allowing it to dodge tower damage just like the Summoner Spell Flash.

But because the hero skill cooldown is faster than the Summoner Spell, Wei Xiao never used Flash when he could use his dash.

In 1v1s, he used Flash as if it cost nothing, purely because he knew the opponent had no teammates.

“Nice, nice, so cool!” the MID laner praised.

Hmph, are you trying to lull me into a false sense of security and then fool me? I won’t fall for it!

Wei Xiao ignored him, ambushed the enemy Jungler in the enemy top jungle, and took him out with a combo.

[System Notification] Blade Shadow Dancer, Double Kill!

The enemy top-laner didn’t dare enter the jungle, so Wei Xiao brazenly cleared all the jungle camps before dashing gracefully to the BOT lane.

As a Jungler, he always habitually pulled up the camera view while farming.

He checked the state of the lanes, looked for low-health targets to kill, admired any impressive plays by his teammates, or silently watched his teammates miss skills and inwardly chuckled without making a sound.

So, even though he knew his BOT lane consisted of two trolls, Wei Xiao still habitually pulled the camera down to the BOT lane while stealing camps in the enemy bottom jungle.

And what he saw made him jump up—wow! Two low-health targets!

Low health equals kills, equals gold, equals items, equals a rampage!

Wei Xiao lost interest in farming. He abandoned the half-cleared camp and rushed to the BOT lane, charging in without even bothering to place a ward!

He didn’t expect his ADC and Support to cooperate, so he didn’t ping.

But the moment he engaged, the Support flashed over and landed a crowd control ability.

The timing and angle were impeccable.

The enemy ADC and Support were rooted and unable to move. Wei Xiao quickly cleared their health bars with two swift strikes.

[System Notification] Blade Shadow Dancer, Triple Kill!

[System Notification] Blade Shadow Dancer, Quadra Kill!

What? It’s still within the time limit?

Does that mean there’s a chance for a Penta Kill?

Wei Xiao turned back to look for the recently resurrected enemy MID laner, and as he turned, he casually remarked, “Good control.”

No exaggeration, the Support’s control was excellent.

“You’re welcome,” the Support replied in his cold voice. After a moment, he added, “Next time, say something before you attack.”

Say something, so you can stop your muscle memory from taking effect?

Wei Xiao felt that the Support’s reaction just now was an immediate, thoughtless response.

Truly worthy of an E-sports Player—fast reactions, quick and accurate skill usage. Even playing blindfolded, he performed better than the top-laner who sold him out.

Wei Xiao decided not to ping before ganking anymore! He would just let these E-sports Players cooperate with him using muscle memory!

So, upon reaching the MID lane and locking onto the enemy MID laner, Wei Xiao dashed straight onto him without a word!

The MID laner followed his rhythm, dashing in as well!

The burst damage from two Assassins was too much for the squishy mage, who died instantly!

[System Notification] Blade Shadow Dancer, Penta Kill!

[System Notification] Unstoppable!

Good, good, this is how we play! We can win!

Wei Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, feeling the clarity of seeing the blue sky after the clouds parted.

Carrying a massive gold lead, he recalled to buy a round of items.

Then he heard the MID laner say, “Oh my god! That was close! Say something before you gank!”

No, no, I won’t say anything. If I do, you’ll mess it up!

However, the MID laner’s next sentence was: “I almost stole your Penta Kill!”

Huh?

Wei Xiao blinked, a little slow to react.

What did that mean?

Wei Xiao pondered the MID laner’s meaning, not daring to speak.

“If you can’t use voice chat, you can ping. Didn’t you ping when you ganked top?”

Zhou Miao Miao, the MID laner for FHM, was the one who went downstairs to call Qin Jin Yao up to play.

Although Wen Shi Yu told them not to chatter and disturb “Unfinished Brother” while he managed the battlefield tempo, Zhou Miao Miao couldn’t hold it in anymore.

He had never played a game this quietly!

“I focus heavily when laning and might forget to look at the minimap. It’s best if you ping to remind me before you gank, or it’ll be awkward if I don’t follow up.”

Wei Xiao stood in the fountain, silent.

Don’t bother me, he was busy barbecuing.

Just then, the Support spoke up: “Is his headset broken? Can he not hear us? Why don’t you try typing?”

“Ah? Why didn’t you say so earlier! Then all that chattering I did…” Zhou Miao Miao cleared the minion wave, clicked recall, and started typing furiously.

[Team] FHM-miao (Blazing Feather): Unfinished Brother, please ping before you gank! Love you, heart sign!

After the message was sent, the voice chat was filled with sounds of “Yuck.”

ADC: “Yuck—I don’t think he’ll want to gank MID again.”

Support: “Yuck—scared to death by a gay man.”

Wei Xiao: “Yuck—”

ADC: ?

Support: ?

Zhou Miao Miao: ?

“Did Unfinished Brother just ‘yuck’ too?” the ADC asked uncertainly.

Zhou Miao Miao hurriedly explained: “I’m not gay! I’m not! I’m just trying my best to express friendliness!”

Scared to death by a straight man—Wei Xiao complained internally, no longer pretending to be mute. He tentatively opened his mouth to ask, “Are you guys here for me? Why?”

He realized he might have misunderstood something at the start. It was probably true that he had crushed their coach, but the coach wasn’t here for revenge; he was here to approach him.

What else would a professional team coach want when approaching him?

Sure enough, the Support’s response was: “E-sports. Interested?”

Yes, very interested.

But what team was FHM? He had never heard of them.

“Sorry, I already have a team I want to join,” Wei Xiao replied.

“Ah…” Zhou Miao Miao sighed, looking up at Wen Shi Yu’s expression.

Wen Shi Yu was expressionless, just staring calmly at the screen.

Zhou Miao Miao had already given up. He felt his own skill level truly didn’t match this World Server Rank 1 Jungler.

But the Support, Tang Li, hadn’t given up yet.

He calmly asked, “What team?”

“None of your business,” Wei Xiao replied.

He didn’t even know which team he would ultimately join, so how could he answer?

If he said CHIP now, and then wasn’t on the roster during the competition, wouldn’t that be awkward?

Tang Li hesitated, also glancing at his coach, Wen Shi Yu, unable to gauge his thoughts.

With the MID laner and Support defeated, the ADC, Lu Qing Yang, felt his chance had arrived!

“Brother, listen to me. Don’t go to a top-eight team. They won’t let you be a Starter. Come to our FHM, and you’ll be a Starter this season. The only reason our Jungler position is still empty is to welcome you. Our coach really likes you!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wen Shi Yu slapped him lightly on the head—Who likes him? Don’t use language that causes misunderstandings.

However, Wei Xiao didn’t even register the last sentence. He was already annoyed after hearing the words “They won’t let you be a Starter.”

“What makes you think I can’t be a Starter on a top-eight team?” Wei Xiao retorted while continuing to play the game.

He counter-jungled, ganked, and missed neither jungle camps nor kills.

After taking down both the enemy Jungler and ADC, he pinged to gather and started attacking the first public objective that spawned on the map.

Lu Qing Yang and Tang Li helped him attack, but they were silent in voice chat.

Indeed, what right did they have to ask the other party to give up a Starter position on a top-eight team and join their new team, which had yet to achieve any results?

Ten minutes into the game, the enemy team still had 0 kills and surrendered immediately.

FHM’s top-laner, Qin Jin Yao, didn’t want to surrender, but he was outnumbered and could only watch helplessly as the system notification “Your team has chosen to surrender” appeared on the screen.

Wei Xiao glanced at the stats. Under the pressure of what he mistakenly thought was a 1v9, he had managed to collect all the achievement badges.

Highest damage, most kills, highest gold, highest participation rate, Triple Kill, Quadra Kill, Penta Kill.

Exiting the post-game summary, the four FHM members persistently sent him friend requests.

Wei Xiao accepted the requests from the MID laner and Support based on his mood, then got up and went downstairs to buy coffee.

After taking the high-speed rail and the subway today, he was already feeling a bit sleepy, even though it was still early. He needed coffee to refresh himself before continuing to play.

At the same time, Wen Shi Yu turned and walked out.

“Brother Wen?” Zhou Miao Miao called out hesitantly, “Should we still…”

“Continue. Play until he agrees. Consider it early practice,” Wen Shi Yu coldly threw out the sentence and left the room.

He usually slept at three or four in the morning, but last night he lay in bed at 11 PM and couldn’t fall asleep. Today he woke up early to stake out the person, and now he was very tired.

Wen Shi Yu didn’t like the smell of mint, so he hadn’t eaten the box of candy Qin Jin Yao brought up. He planned to go downstairs and grab a bottle of coffee.

However, as he reached the second floor and was about to descend to the first, his foot slipped, and he was about to fall backward onto the stairs.

“Hey, you!”

Accompanied by a gasp, a hand quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him forcefully back onto the second floor.

Wen Shi Yu stumbled forward into a solid embrace, met by a faint, lavender-like scent—refreshing and calming.

“Sorry,” he apologized softly, lowering his head, feeling a bit embarrassed and relieved that those brats hadn’t followed him down.

However, after he apologized, the person holding him didn’t let go. Not only that, but their body stiffened.

Wen Shi Yu looked up in surprise, meeting a pair of bright, shocked eyes.

“Excuse me, are you… Wen Shi Yu…?”

Wei Xiao asked in a small voice, his face instantly flushing red.

He casually saved someone and it turned out to be his idol, and he was holding him in his arms…

Was he dreaming?