Chapter 121:
They had the provocation from Sacred Sword’s captain in front and Shi Luo’s post-match counterattack in the back. The conflict between Free and the Sacred Sword was officially brought front and center.
Even the in-game push notification about the World Championships has content related to the two teams, allowing players to evaluate each team’s performance in this World Championships.
Sacred Sword wasn’t even past the Group stage. They really didn’t have any performance that could be evaluated. But in terms of the strong words laid down by the linchpin of each team——
Sacred Sword’s captain said that they were only here to play the finals. And Shi Luo said that he wouldn’t lose another match before the end of the World Championships. Comparing the two, Shi Luo’s words actually came out a lot tougher.
Sacred Sword’s captain only booked the finals for themselves in advance while Shi Zai, this newborn calf who wanted to f*ck up the tiger, already crowned themselves king in advance.
“Sigh, each is more superb than the other… I was actually worried Shi Luo would have nabbed the trophy on his way out after the interview today. And then the organizers here would have to call the police to report us for stealing… Really, given how he was acting during the interview, he really might have just gone through with it.”
Puppy, this money-grabbing genius, after qualifying for the group stage, ate dinner with the rest of the team and returned to the hotel. While the game replay session hasn’t yet started, he opened a live broadcast with his hair still wet.
Puppy borrowed a selfie stand from a girl among the club’s staff. He propped it up in the hotel training room. While wiping his hair, he a.n.a.lyzed with the fans, “You guys tell me. Now that we’ve gotten to this point with the strong word; later if we, our team and Sacred Sword, run into one disastrous defeat after another and get sent home in the quarterfinals… Tsk, that scene. I dare not even think about it.”
The people in the live chat were scolding Puppy for having a crow beak. Puppy was helpless. “There’s wins and losses in every compet.i.tion. It wasn’t completely impossible that we have even lost in the Group stage. There are 16 teams from all over the world and there’s one champion. You think those other fifteen just die? They’re alive, you know…It’s not completely outside the realm of possibility.”
While talking, Yu Sui and Chen Huo also entered the training room. Seeing that Puppy was doing a live broadcast, Yu Sui bypa.s.sed the camera and sat to one side and played with his phone. Puppy deliberately turned his phone towards Yu Sui to show the fans and he continued to talk on his own. “It’s not impossible for both of us to wipe out in the quarterfinals. We’re the first seed in Group A and we can no longer meet Sacred Sword in the next stage. I don’t know who will wind up fighting with who. In any case, this is the situation. If we don’t wind up in the same half during the drawing of lots for the quarterfinals, then we won’t even meet them in the semifinals. It’s not easy to tell. Stranger things have happened. Both of us could wipe out in the quarterfinals…What? You’re asking if Sacred Sword is the first seed in their group? That’s just nonsense.”
“So, we won’t encounter Sacred Sword for at least half a month. The only thing we can do is to mouth off indirectly to each other like this.” Puppy squinted to look at the live chat and read, “Did-you-regret-laying-down-those-strong-words……”
Puppy sneered, “What’s so wrong about laying down some strong words? Sacred Sword can smear dirt on our faces to mouth off and we can’t fight back? Please be considerate of your Luo Zai. Really, if he weren’t still an active player and one that has to continue to fight in the Championships, he probably wouldn’t have just ended it with some strong words today.”
Yu Sui looked at the phone and suddenly said, “Watch what you say.”
“I know, I know. I’m watching it.” Puppy continued to talk to his mobile phone, “I know you all have good intentions. You’re afraid that later on, we’re going to be slapped in the face. You don’t want us to say too much. But it really isn’t necessary. We’re not afraid so what are you afraid of? Your Shi Zai isn’t afraid either. Think about it carefully. Aren’t the only times he has ever gotten angry at the sprayers was when it involved a certain slag man? Shi Luo isn’t afraid of being sprayed himself. You don’t need to protect him like this.”
Chen Huo was caught by Shi Luo’s unrestrained speech and he still hadn’t recovered from it. He couldn’t help slapping the table and saying, “There’s really no use trying to persuade us. We’re not usually like this, but this time we weren’t the ones who started this, they were. I’ve had enough. We weren’t doing anything to them and they actively tried to provoke us. Then, I have nothing good to say. See you in the finals.”
Puppy smiled at the live chat, “Actually, everyone thinks this way but only Evil dared to say it. Why didn’t we say it before…”
Puppy laughed mockingly at himself, “…I was educated by the sprayers. I learned how to behave.”
“I’m really not afraid of the sprayers. It’s just that after a few incidents, I just found it troublesome. Every time I said something, I would be asked about it again and again. It was like beating a dead horse. It was annoying…” Puppy dried his hair and threw the towel aside. “To be honest, I admire this about Shi Luo. I’ve played for a few years longer than him but in this respect, I really am not as good as he is.”
“He’s the kind of player who’s not afraid of being hit and who won’t learn to behave.” Chen Huo was also playing with his mobile phone and said, “Would you believe me if I told you that even if we lose in the quarterfinals this time, if he encounters a similar interview in the future, as long as the other party dares to provoke him, he would still say those fighting words right back? That’s his character…the sprayers should just give up on trying to teach him to behave because it’s useless.”
While Shi Luo himself was not there, in a rare display, Puppy and Chen Huo said a few good things about Shi Luo.
Puppy felt that his teeth were tingling from the cringey-ness so made a timely end to that topic. The live chat was filling up with calls for Yu Sui. Puppy was left with no choice. He turned his head around and called to Yu Sui. Only after yelling to Yu Sui several times did Yu Sui say, without even raising his head, “I’m busy.”
Puppy zoomed in and out, so that fans in the live broadcast room could see Yu Sui more clearly, “What’s do you mean you’re busy? Who are you talking to on WeChat?”
“The person-in-charge for the Chinese division.” Yu Sui said calmly, “Zhou Huo couldn’t eat or sit still during dinner. On a whim, he decided to contact the person-in-charge for the Chinese division and asked them to prepare in advance a draft for our quarterfinal knockout victory. He was afraid they wouldn’t be able to make a good one later because they would be strapped for time.”
Puppy was dumbstruck. “He’s already booked our victory in the quarterfinals? You really had him make it?”
“No.” Yu Sui raised his hand to show Puppy his mobile phone screen, “The person-in-charge contacted me and I told him that Zhou Huo was gotten a bit addle-headed recently so he should just ignore him.”
“Tsk, Shi Shen can be really harmful; really harmful. It’s gotten too much into his head.” Puppy was watching the live chat calling out for Yu Sui. In order to attract more traffic to his broadcast, he began to talk about Yu Sui and Shi Luo.
“How are Yu Sui and Shi Luo? They’re fine, of course…” Puppy smiled, “Hey, do we have any girlfriend or boyfriend fans here? You’re not going to feel jealous now are you? If you’re not then I’ll tell you something about them.”
The live chat was one in saying that they wouldn’t feel jealous. Those few who said that they would be and were telling Puppy to shut up were quickly squeezed out.
“A certain slag man…really, it was quite unexpected. Before, Chen Huo and I never expected that he could be this doting on someone that he was dating.”
Puppy looked back at Yu Sui and when he saw that Yu Sui hadn’t gotten up to beat him, turned back and continued on, “Before we played in the first round of the Group stage, we would train for so long every day. We didn’t get enough sleep and we couldn’t really rest too much. Especially the two strikers. Players who choose to be strikers can’t really rest. If they get the slightest bit lazy, they lose the feel in their hands. You can’t say that they have to get plenty of rest because of the compet.i.tion. Then, they would really will become wastes. We needed to do high-intensity training even when we were about to play in the match. Then that day, after we just played in the Group stage, everyone was sleepy and Evil was the sleepiest.”
“I’ll let you see what our team lounge is like.”
Puppy took a tablet and found a picture for the fans. “See? There are a lot of chairs but only two long sofas. Generally speaking, the players would sit on the sofas here because then we could lean back and rest or catch up on sleep. The staff would have their pick of the chairs. Which means to say that us four players share two couches. Two on each couch.”
Puppy put down the tablet and said, “But…your Shi Shen, because he was too sleepy, was pushed by a certain someone onto the sofa to make up for sleep. He took up the entire sofa. Guess where the other person who was supposed to be on that sofa sat instead? ”
The live chat was saying that Yu Sui took over the other sofa. Puppy smiled, “Yu Shen isn’t that much of a brute…We took the other sofa and your Yu Shen was sitting on the armrest of Shi Luo’s sofa. The down jacket that he usually wears was used to cover Shi Shen. Oh, don’t you know? Your Yu Shen’s long and generous down jacket was bought when we were about to go abroad…and it’s like it was bought for Shi Luo. It’s worth more than 40,000 yuan, right? Tell me what could be wrong with a 40,000 yuan coat? While we’re away from home, that deadly expensive down jacket is your Shi Shen’s quilt.”
Puppy sighed softly, “Tsk…really, are there any girls here? Listen to me, when you look for a boyfriend in the future, look for one like this. Hey, I’ll ask for you if he has any brothers. Yu Shen, Yu Shen… Yu Sui!”
The fans almost exploded the live chat after hearing this. Yu Sui was playing with his mobile phone and listening to Puppy prattle on. After being shouted at by Puppy for a long time, he lazily said, “No, I’m an only child.”
Puppy shrugged. “It can’t be helped. He’s an only child and in the future, all the family a.s.sets will be his. d.a.m.n it.”
Yu Sui raised his eyes, “Are you f*cking…it’s your live broadcast but you do nothing but talk about me all day. Do you think that’s right?”
“Fine, I won’t talk about you.” Puppy smiled, “I’ll talk about Evil instead. Sigh, Shi Shen, every time he arrives the latest. No one can say who…there’s no need to be jealous of Shi Shen. Finding someone like She Shen also isn’t bad. Although he’s a little younger, he knows how to take care of people.”
“It happened during today’s game… actually, it was Yu Sui’s own problem. When we were about to head to the stadium, he couldn’t find his thermos. It couldn’t be helped and he couldn’t bring any hot water.” Puppy squinted to read the live chat. “Why don’t we drink the hot water provided at the venue…?”
Puppy said helplessly, “We generally don’t drink water from outside…especially in stadiums that aren’t our own. Anyway, it’s not important. Where was I? The missing thermos? Ah. For us, it’s fine. We could just drink cold water. But a certain slag man’s stomach… can’t take cold water. Especially in the dead of winter. If he drink cold water, his stomach is done for.”
“We were about to leave but he still couldn’t find it. Yu Sui said it was fine. It was just one afternoon. At worst, he just won’t drink. He didn’t want to let Zhou Huo know because he would be fl.u.s.tered and it would disturb everyone’s mood. So, he didn’t mention it.” Puppy raised an eyebrow, “When we got to the stadium, I saw…your Shi Zai.”
Puppy said sourly, “We arrived at the venue and had already signed in. We sat down to rest and prepare for the dress rehearsal. Your Shi Zai…”
Puppy made gestured, “Pulled open his thick coat and took an ordinary plastic water bottle from out his clothes and handed it to Yu Sui.”
“It was hot water he brought from the hotel. Without a thermos, he filled it in an ordinary plastic water bottle. He was afraid it would get cold so he kept it in his arms bundled with his jacket… None of us, including Yu Sui, knew that he had brought hot water.” Puppy looked back at Yu Sui, “Just so this slag man could drink hot water, Shi Luo was like a schoolboy who s.n.a.t.c.hed hot water for his girlfriend with menstrual cramps.”
“He was afraid Yu Sui would get thirsty and also that he would get cold, this f*cking…”
As Puppy spoke, his temper flared up, “F*ck! This broadcast is done. The more think about it, the more jealous I feel.”