Did The Captain Catch Up With The Coach Today [Esports] Chapter 44

Chapter 44

MID is one of only two teams in the top eight that relies on the MID-laner to set the pace.

The other team is last year’s third-place winner, CHIP.

Although CHIP relies on the MID-laner to set the pace, their Jungler always cooperates. Rather than being a pure MID-core team, they are more of a MID-Jungle core, where whoever gets ahead—the MID or the Jungler—can lay the foundation for victory.

Unlike CHIP, MID’s MID-laner is more of a lone wolf, but his skill supports his independent play. He once used Ri Xi to achieve a 1v5 Penta Kill in an official match.

Therefore, MID’s MID-laner has a large number of individual fans, even surpassing the number of MID’s team fans.

Zhou Miao Miao is one of his fans.

What? Doesn’t Zhou Miao Miao fan Wen Shi Yu?

No one ever stipulated that a person can only fan one E-sports Player.

In Zhou Miao Miao’s eyes, Wen Shi Yu is an insurmountable high wall, a sacred and eternal statue in the Hero League pantheon, while MID’s MID-laner, Phoenix, is a shining star of this era.

Their statuses in Zhou Miao Miao’s heart are different, but both are worthy of his affection and respect.

“Hurry up, hurry up!” Zhou Miao Miao couldn’t wait to have a thrilling battle with his idol!

Finally, the appointed time arrived. MID announced that they had already Created Room. FHM searched for the room number, found, and entered the match room named “Friendship First, Competition Second.”

In a private match room, the mics on both sides are open before entering the game.

Wei Xiao was the first to find the room. After entering, he enthusiastically greeted them: “Good evening, friends from MID! How’s your form today? Can you beat us?”

A burst of laughter came from the opposite side.

Then a bold male voice rang out: “Wei Xiao, right? You’re seriously awesome. The way you roasted EN before the match was so satisfying!”

“Ah? What did I say?” Wei Xiao blinked blankly.

He genuinely forgot, but the other party remembered clearly and repeated it word for word: “A team that can’t even figure out team fights should just roll out of the top eight early!”

“Holy cow! I said that? I’m that cool?” Wei Xiao was impressed by himself.

He is not the type to make enemies and rarely speaks such harsh words.

However, since the opponent was EN, there was indeed no need to show any respect.

The second person to enter the room was Zhou Miao Miao, who couldn’t help but complain immediately: “Friendship First, Competition Second. What a rare slogan. Isn’t the current trend ‘Competition First, Friendship Last’?”

It was still that bold male voice: “This is just a training match. If it were an official match, we’d change the slogan.”

“Oh, I see!” Zhou Miao Miao suddenly realized, then easily recognized the voice, “Phoenix, my idol! Are you going to play Ri Xi tonight?”

“If you dare to let me have it, I dare to pick it!”

That’s right, the one who spoke with that bold male voice was MID’s MID-laner and captain—Phoenix.

Before long, everyone in the room was present.

FHM’s side all clicked Ready, but the room was slow to start.

Just as Wei Xiao asked, “Aren’t we starting?” someone on the opposite side immediately followed up with, “Is God Yu watching?”

“Nonsense, he’s our coach, of course he’s watching,” Wei Xiao replied.

“Then let him say something?” one person tentatively asked.

Another person excitedly shouted: “God Yu, God Yu, God Yu! Can you hear our voices? Can you see our raised hands! Your fans are calling you!”

Wen Shi Yu: “…”

Wen Shi Yu raised a hand to rub his forehead, thinking of the line on MID’s encyclopedia profile: “All members are God Yu fans”… Was it actually true and not just a joke? Could it be that the MID members themselves edited that in?

Unable to resist the enthusiasm from the other side, Wen Shi Yu put on his headphones, picked up his laptop, and walked over to Wei Xiao, naturally reaching out to take his mic.

His movements were very gentle, as if to avoid startling Wei Xiao.

Wei Xiao was not startled, but he was stunned, his gaze fixed on that beautiful hand, following its movement.

He instinctively wanted to swallow to relieve a momentary tension but managed to hold back—what would it look like to swallow saliva while staring at Wen Shi Yu’s hand?

Wen Shi Yu didn’t notice his strangeness. After taking the mic, he chuckled and said, “So you guys are mainly here to chase a star, and playing a training match is just secondary, right?”

“You found us out!” Phoenix responded.

As for the other members of MID…

“Ahhhhhh! God Yu’s voice! Ahhhhhh!”

“Ahhhhhh! Why do you guys get to have God Yu as a coach! You bastards are too lucky!”

“God Yu, I love you! Go FHM!”

“I can die without regrets! 0-5 is fine today!”

There was a “slap” sound, indicating someone on the opposite side was hit, most likely the one who said 0-5 was fine.

FHM’s side burst into laughter, and Wen Shi Yu couldn’t help but smile too.

Wei Xiao looked at him, unconsciously raising the corners of his mouth.

When Wen Shi Yu wasn’t smiling, he resembled a god, possessing a height that humans could never reach.

When Wen Shi Yu smiled, he resembled a god of beauty, the kind that humans would fall madly in love with at first sight.

Wen Shi Yu was attractive and appealing at all times.

It wasn’t until a voice, presumably their coach, urged them from the opposite side, and the game interface on the screen changed, that Wei Xiao snapped back to reality.

Wen Shi Yu had already climbed back onto the sofa with his laptop.

But Wei Xiao still had the illusion that his hand was gripping his mic, and he could even smell that pleasant, faint scent on him.

No, wake up, it’s the match!

Wei Xiao forced himself to ignore the phantom on the mic and focused his attention on the game.

Once the Ban/Pick phase began, the two sides could no longer hear each other’s voices.

Wen Shi Yu’s voice came through the headphones—Wen Shi Yu’s mic was connected to theirs in a different way.

“For the first game, let Phoenix have Ri Xi,” he said. “Let you feel how violent his Ri Xi is.”

Phoenix’s Ri Xi might not be the strongest, but it is definitely the most violent.

In terms of pursuit of damage and thirst for kills, his Ri Xi is no less intense than Wei Xiao’s Overlord Blade.

“Let him have it, let him have it!” Zhou Miao Miao was so excited it was as if Phoenix’s Ri Xi wouldn’t be targeting him first.

But it’s a training match; compared to winning, knowing yourself and your enemy is more important.

So FHM not only let Ri Xi through but also let through the signature heroes of MID’s other players, only symbolically banning a few Meta Picks.

Unexpectedly, MID was even more ruthless, going for five empty bans!

That is, all five ban slots were left empty, without banning any hero, waiting for the countdown to finish on its own.

Tang Li hissed, “Does this mean they want us to pick whatever we want?”

“Wouldn’t it be rude to their generous hospitality if I didn’t pick Overlord Blade?” Wei Xiao was itching to play it.

“I’ve locked in Bamboo,” Qin Jin Yao decisively picked his Bamboo Forest Swordsman.

Wen Shi Yu looked like he wanted to say something but ultimately compromised: “Pick it, you can pick anything, pick whatever you want.”

He had originally thought that if they could win even against Phoenix’s Ri Xi, FHM would have nothing to fear when facing MID in an official match.

But since the opponent intended to treat the first game as a friendly match, they should put aside the calculations, show more sincerity, and fully enjoy the game.

“Then I’m really picking Overlord Blade?” Wei Xiao confirmed with Wen Shi Yu.

“Pick it,” this time, Wen Shi Yu gave a more decisive response, though he added a teasing remark, “Anyway, you’re the one who’ll be stuck in jail, not me.”

“Heh, it’s not certain who’ll be stuck in jail!” Wei Xiao confidently locked in Overlord Blade. “I’ll show you a 1v!”