Falling into your smile

Chapter 9

On the other side, outside the arena.

Tong Yao ended the call and walked back towards the arena. She heard the two commentators talking about today's matches.

Commentator A: {It's 2 to 1 now. ZGDX leading by one. If CK still underperforms on the next one, they will probably lose the Spring season championship and the chance to go to the MSI mid-season tournament!}

Commentator B: {This match is equally important to ZGDX as well. It's not just the ticket to the mid-season tournament, it's also the finale of Ming god's professional career. I think, no matter what, he would like to have a perfect ending......}

"......"

Tong Yao checked the time and found that three hours had passed since the first round. The prolonged games were a test on each player's ability to handle mental stress, it was especially disadvantageous to ZGDX's mid, Ming god, considering his current condition.

Tong Yao had learned from the manager, Rui Ge, that the reason why Ming god abruptly decided to retire was because of an injury he suffered on his wrist which had a sudden turn for the worse half way through the Spring season. It happened suddenly, without any warning signs. He woke up one morning to find that he could no longer last through high intensity training. He couldn't even hold a cup of water without shaking after a long and intense game......

Fortunately, most regular competitions were a best of three rounds. So his injury didn't affect the team performance too much. ZGDX was able to go into the semifinals directly after they came in first in their division. Every match from the semifinals onwards was a best of three, but they were strong enough to quickly beat their opponent 3 to 0 in the semifinals. The whole game finished in less than an hour.

However, CK was a tough enemy.

Three hours had passed, and she wondered whether Ming god could keep going with his injury.

Tong Yao returned to her seat somewhat worried. The fourth round was about to begin. All the players came out of the rest area to sit back at their seats. Tong Yao checked on Ming god first and found him looking somewhat tired with a brace on his wrist.

He held a cup of water with his left hand.

Tong Yao's heart skipped a bit, she had a bad premonition......

Then she turned to check on CK. Jian Yang quietly sat on his seat with his head lowered, staring at his computer screen. She had seen him like this two years ago when Jian Yang just started his professional career. Though he had gotten the first jungler position on the team, he wasn't stable yet. There was one time when he lost a match and there was a flood of criticism on the internet about his performance. He looked exactly like this when he video chatted with Tong Yao after he had gone back to their base.......

At the time, Tong Yao went to sleep after talking with him for a while.

The next morning, she woke up to find that he had maintained the same posture before she went to sleep, only he was now playing games. Tong Yao checked his record. He hadn't lost a single round the whole night and he had carried his teammates every round. He had been promoted from Diamond 1 all the way to the Challenger on the Korean servers, with a hundred extra points to spare.

Tong Yao, "......"

It seemed like he was about to explode?

Tong Yao thought about it and frowned. She bit her fist...

Could it be that because what she said to him about making Ming god look bad with his lousy play had fired him up?

................................... it couldn't be?