Sister, Choose Me, I'm Super Sweet [Esports] - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Practice Match, New Fire vs. Silver Wing

Bai Bai had a nonchalant expression. After banning the first hero of the second round, she spoke again. “You said yourself you only heard. Now that New Fire has been acquired by a big corporation and promoted to a top-tier team, it’s not impossible that Qu Feng changed her mind.” Bai Bai guessed.

Meng Shu listened to Bai Bai, and her resolve wavered. After a moment, she said, “…It really could be Qu Feng.” She hadn’t heard of any powerful jungler going to New Fire, and the top teams hadn’t finished their Spring Split yet, so trying out at this time wasn’t according to the rules.

After the BP phase ended, both teams’ lineups were similar: both had jungle-core junglers and utility mid-laners. The only difference was the marksman. Silver Wing had a carry marksman, and their lineup was a double-core of jungler and marksman. New Fire’s marksman was a self-sufficient marksman, and they were playing a pure jungle-core lineup.

“Strange…” Meng Shu felt that something was wrong. Can Can, the jungler, also spoke quickly. “Qu Feng can’t play a pure jungle-core lineup. Not unless she wants her jungle to be useless.”

Bai Bai laughed at Can Can’s words. “Don’t let her get a single buff this game,” Bai Bai said. Can Can glanced at Bai Bai, a spoiled look in her eyes. “Okay, Captain. I’ll go invade her jungle right away.”

Soon, the game started. In the small training room at the New Fire team’s base, all five players were mentally and physically tense. Even the confident Song Jin-yuan was a bit nervous now. After all, this was her first practice match since joining a professional team.

After the BP was over, Li Qinghan had stopped talking. She was now sitting in the corner in front of a computer, wearing a headset and spectating. She seemed much more relaxed.

“Welcome to the Arena!” With the sound of the female robotic voice, the match officially began.

Tong Yi was New Fire’s commander. Based on her understanding of the Silver Wing team, she judged that they would definitely underestimate them in this game, so they would definitely try to invade their jungle. And since Can Can’s jungler, [Yun Chuan], was a hero that relied heavily on the blue buff, Tong Yi thought they would first try to invade their blue side.

So, as soon as they left the base, Tong Yi started giving commands. “Marksman and support start mid-lane. I’ll defend our blue side. Jungler, go invade their blue side,” Tong Yi said calmly. The players who were called replied with “copy” and went to their assigned positions.

Just as Tong Yi had predicted, Silver Wing’s jungler brought her support over to invade their blue side at the start of the game. Can Can was stunned when she saw that only Tong Yi was in the blue area. She immediately gave a signal. “Jiu Chong Tian isn’t in her jungle.” The signal meant that they didn’t have vision of New Fire’s jungler. She could be in her red area or could be invading their jungle. Before she showed up, the marksman needed to stay under the tower as much as possible to avoid being caught.

Can Can and her support couldn’t retreat now. If they didn’t steal New Fire’s blue buff, they would be at a huge disadvantage. But with Tong Yi defending the blue, it was a bit of a hassle. Although [Ye Xuan Ying]’s skill damage wasn’t high, the freezing and slowing effects were very annoying. After a few tug-of-war situations, the blue buff had been reset three times.

Can Can started to get anxious. “Damn it…” At this moment, New Fire’s marksman and support, who had quickly cleared the mid-lane, had already arrived at the blue area to help. Can Can also quickly called over their mid-laner. Both sides started a small team fight in the blue area.

But Silver Wing’s mid-laner had already been depleted to half-health, so she didn’t dare to fight. After the team fight, Silver Wing’s mid-laner was killed by New Fire’s marksman.

—First Bl00d!

—New Fire. Ginger Qing Lang Xuan has defeated Silver Wing. April Jiang Hong!

“Nice! Good job, keep it up!” Tong Yi immediately said to encourage them. This was the first time Jiang Yi had gotten First Bl00d in a practice match. For a moment, her hands were trembling with excitement.

“Captain, I got First Bl00d! I got First Bl00d!” Jiang Yi said to Tong Yi happily.

Tong Yi also smiled and praised her again. “You’re awesome! Keep it up!”

Jiang Yi nodded hard. However, just as Tong Yi finished her words of praise, she heard Song Jin-yuan next to her let out a disdainful “Tsk.” Tong Yi thought she had misheard and couldn’t help but glance at Song Jin-yuan. Song Jin-yuan, without moving, said, “Sister, you can’t look away during a game.”

Hearing this, Tong Yi immediately looked back at her screen and continued playing. Although they had gotten a kill on Silver Wing’s mid-laner, the jungler and support had still managed to escape. Can Can had even escaped with a sliver of health, which was a bit of a loss. But it was still a very good start.

After defending their own blue area, Jiang Yi and her support rotated to the other lane. Since New Fire was on the red side in this game, the duo lane was next to the blue area, which was very convenient. Tong Yi also quickly returned to the mid-lane. Can Can had already guessed that New Fire’s jungler had gone to invade their jungle. After having her teammates check for vision, she found that her blue area was completely cleared out. So, Can Can had no choice but to cut her losses and go to her red area.

Just then, the marksman, Bai Bai, spoke without any hesitation. “You’re playing Yun Chuan, and you lost your blue at the start. You’re useless now. Just let me have this red buff, too.”

Can Can: “…” Can Can was helpless. She had no choice but to clear the small monsters first, then hit the red buff until it had a sliver of health left, waiting for Bai Bai to come and finish it.

“What’s wrong with you? Your support went with you to invade, and you still managed to mess up this badly,” Bai Bai said casually after taking the red buff.

“So what if I lost a blue? It’s already happened. What’s the point of asking?” Can Can said, a bit upset. “Who would have thought Qu Feng had the guts to invade my jungle?”

Bai Bai also knew that what she was saying was meaningless now, so she left without another word. Just then, the kill announcement sounded again. Silver Wing’s support had been solo-killed by New Fire’s jungler. Bai Bai and Can Can were both stunned.

“…Is it just me, or has New Fire’s playstyle changed?” Bai Bai said, hesitating.

Can Can was also a bit suspicious but still said, “Maybe she just got lucky.” She still couldn’t believe that Qu Feng’s jungle strategy had improved so much in such a short amount of time. Giving up two kills at the start of the game was a huge disadvantage.

And Song Jin-yuan, after getting the kill, immediately perked up, waiting for Tong Yi’s praise. However, Tong Yi didn’t say a word. She was still calmly commanding. “Steady, steady, don’t get reckless…”

Just then, Song Jin-yuan sent a signal.

—Mage, come get the blue.

“?” Tong Yi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, “I don’t need it. You take it yourself. You’re the core this game.”

At the same time, Jiang Yi immediately spoke up. “If the captain doesn’t want it, can I have it? I need it!” As soon as she said that, Song Jin-yuan mercilessly used her smite to take the blue buff.

Jiang Yi: “…”

Ten minutes into the match, the Silver Wing players finally started to feel that something was wrong. “Our bottom lane’s first tower is gone… Our mid-laner can’t farm. Our marksman is almost useless from being caught too much,” Can Can said with a serious expression. “How could this jungler be Qu Feng?”

Bai Bai had already guessed something, but she was still being stubborn. “We underestimated them. I should’ve known not to pick a carry marksman this game. If their jungler isn’t Qu Feng, then who could it be? No top jungler would go to New Fire for a tryout!”

Can Can wanted to argue with Bai Bai, but she couldn’t say a word. Because she didn’t know who else would go to New Fire for a tryout. This jungler’s style didn’t match any of the top junglers in the league. And to be honest, those top junglers’ Jiu Chong Tian might not even be as good as the one in this New Fire game. Of course, it was also possible that New Fire was just on a winning streak, and since Silver Wing wasn’t a strong team to begin with, this Jiu Chong Tian seemed particularly strong.

Tong Yi was playing seriously when she suddenly heard a soft “Sister” from Song Jin-yuan.

“Sister!”

“What’s wrong?” Tong Yi quickly asked.

Song Jin-yuan quickly complained. “The marksman keeps taking all the money and won’t give me any resources.”

As soon as she said that, before Tong Yi could reply, Jiang Yi was stunned. “Huh?”

Tong Yi pressed her forehead and commanded through the headset. “Marksman, when you see the jungler coming, wait for her to share the lane. We’re a single-core lineup this game. We need to give the jungler more resources to get the biggest advantage in the early game.”

“Oh, oh, okay!” Jiang Yi quickly understood and agreed. Then, Tong Yi helped to explain to Song Jin-yuan. “There are basically no marksmen who will give up resources. Xiao Jiang has always been a core player, so she subconsciously farms alone.” It was like when she first switched from a mid-core to a utility player. She would also subconsciously take the money and it took her a long time to break that habit.

“Okay, Sister. I understand,” Song Jin-yuan replied quickly. Then Jiang Yi immediately called for Song Jin-yuan to come and share the lane. “Xiao Yuan, come share the lane. Help me take the second tower while you’re at it.”

“Coming,” Song Jin-yuan said, quickly heading to the lane. After a moment, Song Jin-yuan said to Jiang Yi, “You can farm alone in the later stages of the game. You don’t have to worry about me.”

Jiang Yi was stunned for a moment, then answered subconsciously. A little while later, she couldn’t help but wonder who the senior was. How did Song Jin-yuan, a new player who just came for a tryout today, seem more experienced than her?

Fifteen minutes into the game, Song Jin-yuan had the highest gold on the field. Silver Wing was being pushed back under their towers, not daring to come out. They couldn’t get any gold and hadn’t secured a single objective. Jiang Yi, who was secretly delighted, thinking that Silver Wing’s morale must be broken from this game, opened the scoreboard to take a look.

“Holy sh1t!” Jiang Yi exclaimed. “Song Jin-yuan, did you go and rob a bank?!”