Sister, Choose Me, I'm Super Sweet [Esports] - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: It’s Just a Basic Move for a Jungle-Core…

Song Jin-yuan had a smug expression. “It’s just a basic move for a jungle-core player.”

Jiang Yi looked at Song Jin-yuan’s gold panel with envy, and she couldn’t help but wonder when she would get to play a marksman-core game and experience what it felt like to have the entire team’s gold given to her. But Jiang Yi only dared to think about that in her head. Her skills were a far cry from the top marksmen in the league, and she was only brought up to the first team because of luck. Now that New Fire was recruiting new marksmen, it was possible that she would be sent back to the second team as soon as a good one came along.

Xia Yun also glanced at Song Jin-yuan’s gold panel and couldn’t help but exclaim. “You’re really good at taking gold. I wasn’t even this good at it when I was a jungler,” Xia Yun said.

“You’re too kind, Sister Xia Yun,” Song Jin-yuan replied.

At this time, Tong Yi continued to command. “Come on, let’s take the mid-lane second tower together. Top-laner, go clear the wave.” The others, except for Xia Yun, all went to mid-lane to push the tower.

In this situation, where Silver Wing was at a huge disadvantage, they were still trying to find a chance to break through. While the two sides were in a standoff, Tong Yi also spoke up. “We can’t drag this game out to the late-game. We’re a single-core lineup, so our margin for error is too low.”

“Understood, Captain,” Song Jin-yuan immediately replied. Tong Yi finally noticed a pattern. Song Jin-yuan would call her “Captain” when she was being serious and “Sister” when she was being cutesy. Of course, all other times, she was called “Sister.”

The two sides were now probing each other, waiting for an opportunity to initiate a team fight. Tong Yi seized on a positioning mistake from Bai Bai and yelled without hesitation, “Get ready to go in!” With that, Tong Yi initiated with a skill, stunning two of the enemies. The support immediately followed up, but was a little slow, which made the team fight not perfect, but it was still enough. Silver Wing was forced into a team fight, and a fight immediately erupted in the mid-lane.

Tong Yi used her exceptional skills to lock down three people, and with Song Jin-yuan’s perfect flanking maneuver, they wiped out the entire Silver Wing team. New Fire only lost their marksman and support, and Xia Yun, who was on the side lane, had already pushed down a second tower. Although Silver Wing was wiped out, they weren’t able to finish the game in one go. By the time New Fire got to the high-ground tower, Silver Wing’s players had already started to respawn. In the end, they weren’t able to take the high-ground tower, which was left with a sliver of health, looking precarious.

“No rush. Wait for the next wave. Let’s go push the side lanes first,” Tong Yi said.

After respawning, Silver Wing became much more cautious. They probably realized that fighting New Fire head-on wasn’t going to work, and they started to plan for the late-game. So, Silver Wing began to farm and push lanes, avoiding fights. New Fire tried to force an attack several times but failed. The game time had reached twenty minutes, and if it dragged on any longer, it would be a disadvantage for New Fire.

“What do we do, Captain?” Jiang Yi couldn’t help but speak up. “They’re not going to make a comeback, are they?”

Before Tong Yi could answer, Xia Yun spoke first. “What are you thinking? There’s no way they’re coming back. They’re just fighting to the death right now,” Xia Yun said confidently.

“Really?” Jiang Yi was a bit doubtful.

“Really,” Tong Yi replied. “In this situation, as long as they make one mistake, this game will be pretty much over.” After all, Silver Wing wasn’t a strong team, so it was easy to find a weakness.

When the next Dragon spawned, New Fire’s players went to take it, but Silver Wing’s players also came over. It was clear they didn’t want to give up the Dragon. If New Fire got this Dragon, they would surely lose. Since they had already suffered from poor positioning before, Silver Wing’s marksman was positioned very carefully, and everyone was protecting her, making it hard to find an opening.

Song Jin-yuan had already started the Dragon. Silver Wing couldn’t get the Dragon in a head-on fight, so they could only try to steal it. While the two sides were in a standoff, Tong Yi found a weakness. With the help of her teammates, they swiftly killed Silver Wing’s mid-laner. However, Silver Wing still didn’t want to retreat. They wanted to take one more gamble.

When the Dragon’s health was down to its last bit, Can Can dashed into the pit, trying to steal it. But not only did she fail to steal the Dragon, she was also killed by a series of skills from Song Jin-yuan. “If you want to challenge my smite, you should go practice more,” Song Jin-yuan said with a faint hint of sarcasm in her tone.

Tong Yi was also generous with her praise. “Xiao Yuan played very well.”

Song Jin-yuan was first stunned when she heard Tong Yi praise her by name, then she quickly smiled. But she didn’t have time to respond to Tong Yi’s praise, because the remaining three players of Silver Wing, seeing that their jungler couldn’t steal the Dragon, all started to retreat.

“Go, go, go!” Song Jin-yuan said excitedly. “Hit the marksman! Hit the marksman!” The other players on New Fire also started yelling excitedly.

“I have my ultimate! I have my ultimate! Go, sisters!”

“Go, go, go! Don’t be scared! Don’t be scared! This game is in the bag!”

In contrast, Tong Yi, the main commander, had quieted down. She was just smiling, listening to the excited voices of her teammates in her headset. After New Fire took the Dragon, they pushed all the way to Silver Wing’s crystal in less than two minutes.

—Victory!

When they saw the victory icon on the screen, the New Fire players were stunned for a moment, then a cheer erupted.

“Ahhhhhhh!!!”

“We won!!!”

Xia Yun was the most excited. She took off her headset, cheered, and jumped twice, then she started to pull Song Jin-yuan. After Song Jin-yuan was pulled up and hugged, Xia Yun ran over to Tong Yi.

“We won! We won!” Xia Yun excitedly hugged Tong Yi, her voice sounding like she was about to cry. “Xiao Yi, do you know how long it’s been since I won a match?”

Tong Yi smiled and patted Xia Yun’s back, her voice gentle. “We will win. We’ll keep winning in the future.”

At this time, Jiang Yi was already standing behind Tong Yi, waiting for her turn to hug Xia Yun. “It’s my turn! It’s my turn!” Xia Yun quickly let go of Tong Yi, went to Jiang Yi, hugged her tightly, and patted her on the back several times. “You played very well!” Xia Yun said seriously.

Jiang Yi was so flattered that she felt a little lightheaded, and she didn’t even notice when Xia Yun let go of her to hug the support.

At the same time, the atmosphere at the Silver Wing team’s base was quite tense. Everyone sat in their chairs, their headsets off, but no one got up or spoke. The training room was silent. Meng Shu stood by a desk, holding a pen in her other hand, nervously fidgeting with the clip on the cap. Her face was extremely pale.

Finally, Can Can was the first to take off her headset, tossing it onto the desk with a loud thud. “I’m telling you, that jungler is not Qu Feng!” Can Can said angrily. She was the most frustrated in this game. Throughout the entire game, the number of buffs she got could be counted on one hand. What kind of jungler was that?

Bai Bai thought that Can Can’s words were meant to blame her, and her temper flared. “So what if she’s not? I just guessed wrong at the beginning. Would you not have had your jungle destroyed if I had told you she wasn’t Qu Feng?” Bai Bai retorted.

Can Can was shocked that Bai Bai would say something like that. She looked at her in disbelief, then with a surge of anger. “What do you mean? You think you played well this game? How many times did you get caught? You have terrible positioning and no output. Why are you even playing a carry marksman, you…”

“Enough!” Meng Shu slammed her pen on the table, interrupting their argument. The two immediately stopped, and the other three players lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

“What are you arguing about? You lose, so you start blaming each other, is that it?” Meng Shu scolded.

Bai Bai was silent for two seconds, then started to explain to Meng Shu. “Coach Meng, that’s not what I meant. I…”

“Alright, no need to explain. You two will each have 500 dollars docked from your salary,” Meng Shu said, cutting her off in annoyance. The two had nothing to argue about and fell silent.

Then Meng Shu said, “Next game, I don’t want to see any negative emotions from you in the match. Get your mindset right now.”

“Okay, Coach,” Can Can was the first to reply. The others also followed suit.

The ten-minute break quickly passed, and the second game began. As soon as they entered the lobby, Xia Yun started typing to mock the other team.

Xia Yun: Teacher Bai Bai, what do you think of our last game?

Bai Bai naturally saw Xia Yun’s sarcastic message, but she didn’t reply. But Xia Yun wasn’t going to let her off the hook. She continued to type.

Speak up, Teacher Bai Bai.

Didn’t you just say we wouldn’t get to the third game? Now you should be worried about yourselves.

Finally, after Xia Yun’s relentless mocking, Bai Bai finally sent an ellipsis. When Xia Yun saw the ellipsis, she couldn’t help but laugh.

Li Qinghan turned a blind eye to Xia Yun’s actions. Now that she felt it was enough, she cleared her throat and reminded her, “Alright, you can start the game now.”

“Okay, Coach Li,” Xia Yun immediately replied.

Soon, they entered the BP phase of the second game. This time, New Fire was on the blue side. Before the BP started, Li Qinghan said, “You all played well in the first game. Play well in this one, and don’t feel pressured.” The marksman and support, who felt the most pressure, immediately nodded hard.

Silver Wing was clearly intimidated by Song Jin-yuan’s jungler. In the first round of the ban phase, they immediately banned two jungle-core heroes. Since it was a full BP, Song Jin-yuan couldn’t use Jiu Chong Tian, which she had used in the first game. This left her with fewer jungle-core heroes she could use.

“Look how scared they are. They have no backbone,” Xia Yun said with a playful tone. Just then, Li Qinghan suddenly spoke up. “Xiao Yi, your Yu Heng is unbanned.” When Tong Yi heard this, she was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Li Qinghan.