CS: I became Top 1 by grinding my skill level

"Squeak—"

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the door to the training room was gently opened.

Han Tianxia, ​​who was closest to the door and had just finished a ranked match, instinctively turned his head to look, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Zhang Zhen? Didn't you say you were going to stay home today...?"

"I received too many spam calls, so I threw away my SIM card."

"All social media accounts have been deleted."

Yesterday, Zhang Zhen was bombarded with countless personal information. It's clear that after the video of Beihai went viral on multiple platforms, the personal information of Zhang Zhen that he released was also spread across the entire internet.

The news of Zhang Zhen cheating has spread to his boosting platform, WeChat friends, classmates, even his class group, and his younger siblings' school. I can't understand how a top CS streamer in Beihai could have such a huge influence. Is it worth spending so much money to buy traffic just to target Zhang Zhen?

Han Tian found Zhang Zhen's actions extremely strange. The CS community in China is still relatively small, so it's hard to believe that no one was deliberately targeting him.

Ike jumped off his chair and ran over. "What about your family...?"

"I'll explain it to them properly after I win the championship."

He emphasized the word "champion".

He showed no sadness or anger; only a trace of stubbornness remained etched on Zhang Zhenqian's thin face.

"Please... win this championship, right now... it's really important to me."

Ike, who was usually all smiles and laughter, was seeing Zhang Zhen, who was usually taciturn, speak in such a... pleading manner for the first time.

"..." The thick-skinned Ike was momentarily at a loss for words.

"Clatter—"

Han Tian left his seat and went to the door, opening his arms to hug Zhang Zhen tightly.

"Whether as a teammate or a friend, I will help you."

Ike's eyelids twitched. "Snap—"

Ike gave him a big hug, "You're all fucking buddies! If you win the championship, I'll show you how to curse Beihai!"

The three boys awkwardly hugged each other in the training room, looking rather comical.

It was a little past three in the afternoon. The sun, which was shifting westward, passed by, and a beam of sunlight slanted through the French windows and shone on them. The golden light swept across them, and the shadows of the three people huddled together were stretched extremely long, looking just like a trophy.

......

Two hours later, Du Sinian returned to the training room with takeout for three people and was surprised to find that the three team members were quietly practicing props and map running. Even Ike, who usually liked to slack off, was now concentrating on practicing the Yellow Cloth Smoke from the Fallen Tower.

After having dinner with the members, Du Sinian learned the whole story about Zhang Zhen. To Han Tian's surprise, the captain remained calm, as if he had known about it beforehand. He simply said, "Focus on the competition. I will make sure Beihai gives a satisfactory explanation afterward."

"besides"

Du Sinian clapped his hands at the members, signaling everyone to look over.

"Offline competitions need to have a coach to handle some off-field matters with the referees."

"However, due to time constraints, our club cannot find a suitable coach at the moment."

"So, probably the day after tomorrow, which is the day before the start of the competition, our team manager and temporary coach, um... my sister, will come to the training room to say hello to everyone."

"It's just that...her personality is a little...difficult to get along with, please...be tolerant of her."

Han Tian noticed that the team captain hadn't seemed this nervous when they almost lost the match yesterday and couldn't qualify for the offline finals. Was his sister that scary? She was so hesitant to even mention her.

"Huh?! She's coming?!"

Ike almost dropped the cola in his hand; it seems he's witnessed the captain's sister's prowess before.

"I didn't want her to come either... She funded half of this team, and even the name was her idea."

Du Sinian rubbed his forehead in anguish. The usually composed and elegant young master Du was now sweating. His sister had messaged him saying she would be returning to China the day after tomorrow and would come straight over to inspect her troops.

"I knew it! How could someone as serious as our captain come up with a name like Orange Team?"

"So, what kind of person is the captain's sister?"

Han Tian was starting to get curious.

......

"drop--"

"Student ID card!"

At eight o'clock in the morning, after eating the fried egg breakfast made by his mother, Han Tian boarded the bus. Watching the scenery outside the window gradually recede into the distance, Han Tian was thinking about tomorrow's match. Last night, the captain posted the match schedule for the quarterfinals of the Electric Snake Cup in the team group.

Four teams, including their Orange Team, were placed in Group B. Their opponent tomorrow is a team called "PL". Just like the name suggests, all five members are 5EPL players and veterans in various ranked tournaments.

The main reason is that their team's sniper, Routing, is a formidable player. I heard that he spent more than a year in OGseed's youth team in the European region. He left Europe and returned to China for some unknown reasons. Some well-known domestic teams, such as VG and IG, have made offers to him, but I heard that he unilaterally rejected them all.

Last year at the 5E National Tournament, he led the Yanbei City team to win the championship with a rating of 1.47 across all events. Many professional players in China said that he could go straight to the professional scene.

But why Routing doesn't go pro and instead is still renting a random team to play in these small tournaments is something only he knows.

"Ding-dong—"

Han Tian saw the bus stop sign near the training building and pressed the stop notification button.

The driver also stopped the car near the bus stop.

Just as he was about to get off the bus from the back door, he suddenly noticed that the sunlight to his side was blocked. Han Tian turned his head and saw a burly man, who looked to be over 195 cm tall, standing next to him, seemingly waiting to board the bus from the back door.

This big man—well, I wouldn't call him a big man, judging from his appearance he was just a burly young man in his early twenties—wasn't looking at Han Tian at the moment, because he was holding a corn cob and munching on it.

Perhaps sensing the gaze, the humanoid tank turned its head slightly and glanced at Han Tian.

"What are you looking at?" Although he didn't say it, Han Tian could clearly understand from that gaze that this guy, who was as strong as a bear, ate like a bear—a bit possessive of his food.

"There are all kinds of people here." Withdrawing his gaze, Han Tian turned left and left the bus.

"I wonder who's taller and stronger, him or Pasha." On his way to the training room, Han Tian, ​​who was 183 cm tall and not short, kept thinking about the overwhelming sense of pressure he felt the moment he saw this person.

Pasha was the former sniper for the VP team and one of the famous actors in VP Pictures. Because of his love for fitness and his tall stature, he looked like a Titan in front of shorter players like Get_Right.

It's a pity that Han Tian will never meet this guy who bought countless pianos for his daughter on the field again, because in January 2019, this legendary sniper chose to retire.

"But I should be able to run into him as a guest," Han Tian thought to himself.

When he arrived at the training room, it was not yet 8:30 in the morning. Han Tian guessed that he was the first one there, and skillfully pushed the door open and went in.

"Squeak—"

"What's going on?" Han Tian found that his seat had been taken and his training computer was on.

"Who is this person?" Han Tian looked closely and then noticed the person "fitted" into his chair.

The girl, who looked to be about seventeen or eighteen, was comfortably reclining in a chair, her arms outstretched, simultaneously manipulating the mouse and keyboard, intently staring at the screen, playing CS:GO.

Han Tian didn't choose to interrupt her immediately, but instead watched the girl's actions from the side, taking the opportunity to observe her appearance.