FCY Chapter 10

Settling Accounts (Filler)

Settling Accounts (Filler)

“I’m sorry.” Cen Xi spoke first, his tone sincere. “Although I’ve lost my memory, I will try my best to make up for the mistakes I made and the responsibilities I shouldered.”

Wu Xinshen and Wu Xinming hadn’t expected things to develop this way. The two brothers exchanged a look. Shouldn’t they have been the ones to launch the attack first and seize the initiative? With Cen Xi apologizing first, they felt a little awkward. The resentment in their hearts lessened a bit, but upon closer thought, this was indeed Cen Xi’s style—daring to act and daring to take responsibility. That’s why they were willing to wait for him, believing he would return. And Cen Xi hadn’t disappointed their expectations, returning before they retired. However, the match they needed to play still had to be played.

“Esports players solve problems with esports methods.” Wu Xinshen immediately adjusted his expression, pretending not to care about Cen Xi’s apology, and spoke coldly.

“Of course.” Cen Xi accepted the challenge readily.

“The competition method is simple: 1v1, three classes, one round for each class, best two out of three. To save time, each round is 15 minutes, and we’ll use the ‘Two Fortresses’ map.” Wu Xinming said, describing the competition method as he walked to his esports desk. “How about it?”

“Sure. Where do I play?” Cen Xi stood up, stretching his fingers. It had been a few days since he’d touched a computer, and he felt a bit clumsy.

“Yan Yan’s computer.” Wu Xinming pointed to Luo Yan’s seat. “The password is your birthday.”

“Okay.” Cen Xi was a little touched hearing the password for Luo Yan’s computer. He walked to Luo Yan’s seat, turned on the computer, entered his birthday, opened the computer, and started the game. But he hesitated when entering his account. One of the conditions for him leaving WSW was leaving his account within the WSW team. He couldn’t use that account again, nor could he let others know he was Xi Xue. They planned to find a sniper with a similar play style to him after he left the team, have them take over the Xi Xue account, and let the sniper appear in competitions to attract traffic. Besides, he didn’t have a smurf account. So, he currently had no account and had to register a new one.

“Do you have a smurf account? Can I borrow one?” Cen Xi looked at Wu Xinming, who had already created the room.

“Huh?” Wu Xinming looked at Cen Xi, puzzled. “Don’t you have your own account?”

At the same time, a guess popped up in Wu Xinming’s mind. Could it be that after losing his memory, Xi-ge hadn’t touched the game? Could he still win? What if he couldn’t win? Would his brother and he really not let him rejoin the team? Yan Yan would kill them both. They swallowed their pride to forgive him, but would they be shameless? Then why was he so confident in accepting the challenge? Was their offering of this step just for show?

Wu Xinming opened his brother’s chat window and told him his thoughts, typing the message and then glancing at Wu Xinshen from time to time. But before he could get a response from Wu Xinshen, Cen Xi said something that put him at ease.

“I have one, but I can’t use it for some reason.” Cen Xi lowered his eyes. It was a little hard for anyone to give away an account they had worked so hard to build up. But if he didn’t give it up, he would have to stay in WSW until he retired. He didn’t like the atmosphere of WSW and didn’t want to stay abroad. He wanted to return home, so he had to bite the bullet and part with it.

That’s fine, that’s fine. Wu Xinming felt relieved. “You can use your account from three years ago. Switch accounts, and you should see ‘X’. You probably don’t need to enter the password, right? I saw Yan Yan log in once a few days ago. If you need to enter it, then use my smurf account, but my smurf account is a bit trash….”

“Okay.” Cen Xi found “X” in the account switching list. The game system didn’t require a password if you had logged in within three days. Cen Xi smoothly logged into his old account.

“Okay, I’ll adjust the equipment.” Cen Xi opened the game character settings and found that his account had everything it should: equipment, clothing, and gun stats, especially the sniper rifle. It was clear that someone had been logging in regularly and spending money on it. He felt a warm feeling in his heart and silently said thank you.

Cen Xi slightly adjusted the attack power and accuracy of his usual sniper rifle. For sniper rifles, there was an inverse relationship between accuracy and attack power. Adjustments before the match were a must for snipers.

“I’m ready.” Cen Xi, after adjusting everything to his advantage, waited for Wu Xinming’s invitation.

“Okay.” Wu Xinming invited Cen Xi in. “Assault, I’ll play against you. Beast Master, my brother will play against you. Sniper…”

Wu Xinming hesitated. He couldn’t do it; he would be crushed. He didn’t want to experience Cen Xi’s demonic sniping. He tugged on Wu Xinshen’s sleeve and whispered, “Brother, you do it?”

Wu Xinshen’s eyes revealed refusal, full of, “You’re asking me, someone who doesn’t even hold a gun on the field, to hold a gun at this time? Are you kidding me?”

In the end, Wu Xinming was defeated and said somewhat dejectedly, “Sniper, I’ll play against you.”

“Okay.” Cen Xi didn’t object to this arrangement. “Start first?”

“Assault.” Wu Xinming kicked Wu Xinshen out of the room, and the two entered the game. Wu Xinshen watched from the sidelines.

“Welcome to the world of Territory Control, players. The game begins.”

The two were teleported to the east and west sides of the map, respectively. The first reaction of a professional Assault class player after entering the game was to plant flags and take territory to gain an advantage for their teammates. Wu Xinming was no different. He was the first to enter the territory closest to him, running as fast as he could towards the flag planting point.

But Cen Xi wasn’t thinking about taking territory first. Instead, he ran towards the flag planting point farther away from him, which was the place Wu Xinming wanted to go. Peaceful development wasn’t Cen Xi’s style. He wanted the first kill and the first territory. Moreover, this 1v1 didn’t require teamwork at all; he could act freely according to his own ideas.

The two met at the flag planting point, and the battle began.

In a direct assault, higher attack power was of course more advantageous. Wu Xinming liked to play the Assault class by taking the stealthy route, so his gun was generally suppressed, making it stronger for stealth attacks than for direct assaults. Relatively speaking, the attack power was smaller. Cen Xi’s gun was equipped by Luo Yan, who preferred direct assaults.

So, at the 5-minute mark of the match, Cen Xi, according to his plan, got the first kill and the first territory. Wu Xinming entered a 30-second respawn time.

In the first battle, Wu Xinming also realized that his attack power was not as high as Cen Xi’s. He was now at a disadvantage, so he had to play cautiously. After getting what he wanted, Cen Xi was no longer aggressive. It was unlikely that he would be able to engage in a direct assault with Wu Xinming again, and the possibility of being ambushed was greater. So, he allowed Wu Xinming to take another territory, waiting for Wu Xinming to ambush him. He was a sniper, and listening to footsteps and gunshots was his strength. Therefore, he was confident that he could immediately locate Wu Xinming’s position after he fired the first shot. Moreover, he had already experienced the sound suppression effect of Wu Xinming’s gun.

At the 10-minute mark, Wu Xinming cautiously entered Cen Xi’s territory. He waited for a while in his own territory and found that Cen Xi didn’t make any movements. Finally, he couldn’t help but act. If he didn’t attack, the match time would be up, and he had to take a chance.

Cen Xi stood in a place with few obstacles, waiting for Wu Xinming with full concentration, listening carefully to the surrounding sounds. Finally, at the 12-minute mark, he heard the sound he wanted to hear. He manipulated his character to walk in that direction. Wu Xinming noticed Cen Xi’s movements, and he hid behind an obstacle, but he didn’t give up. Seeing Cen Xi approaching, he aimed at Cen Xi’s head and fired…

But Cen Xi didn’t die as he had imagined. Cen Xi had a sliver of health left. After hearing a faint sound, he turned sideways, and the bullet didn’t kill him instantly. Cen Xi immediately fired back, and Wu Xinming dodged as well.

Then, Cen Xi hid. At this time, there was only one minute left. Wu Xinming didn’t have time to pull out the flag and plant it. He could only rely on killing Cen Xi once to get a draw. Cen Xi didn’t want to fight head-on either. He prepared to play cautiously until the last second. He observed Wu Xinming. At this time, he was in the dark, and Wu Xinming was in the open. He slowly moved with Wu Xinming’s movements. When Wu Xinming walked, he walked as well, changing places to hide, using Wu Xinming’s footsteps to cover his own footsteps, getting farther and farther away from Wu Xinming. But Wu Xinming also realized that there was a problem with his search direction, and he changed his search direction to Cen Xi’s direction.

In the last 8 seconds, Cen Xi gave up moving and hid behind the stone directly opposite Wu Xinming. Wu Xinming finally gave up searching behind each obstacle and chose his intuition, running towards the stone 100 meters directly opposite. In the last second, Wu Xinming saw Cen Xi hiding behind the stone, but time was up, and he didn’t have time to fire. Cen Xi won the first round.

The game ended. Wu Xinming looked at Wu Xinshen with his head drooping. If he hadn’t tried to take the territory at the beginning and had gone straight for the stealthy route, then his chances of winning would have been much higher. But he made the wrong move in the first step, causing him to lose.

Wu Xinshen stood behind Wu Xinming, touched his head, patted him on the shoulder, leaned down, and whispered in Wu Xinming’s ear, “I’ll win back later. But let me remind you now, adjust your mentality. In the last round, you’ll lose even more miserably.”

Wu Xinming glared at Wu Xinshen, puffed up with anger, and turned his head, not wanting to pay attention to him.

Wu Xinshen didn’t care, but used Wu Xinming’s account to pull himself back in, kicking Wu Xinming out.

The second game begins…