Sweetest In The Universe Chapter 11

There was another compet.i.tion in the same building that occurred after YYg's interaction activities with their fans.

After a quick discussion within the YYg team, they decided to stay backstage and leave after spectating this compet.i.tion, because this time, it'd be Team tSD versus Team SAg.

tSD, of course, would need no explaining. It was the team that Ye Bo was in, and was the third team in the three strongest and most prestigious teams in the league. Ever since it had been created, in any season, it had never missed any after-season-compet.i.tions.

As for SAg, it would be considered a relatively new team. It had only been created two years ago, and its' compet.i.tion ranking had always been around in the middle of the league. But occasionally, they would defeat strong teams. For instance, during the spring compet.i.tion, they'd won against YYg, who had just created the Galaxy Battleship.

“This team plays with stable tactics,” The YYg coach stayed behind with them, “Especially since they've gotten a new Support and Top player. Maybe they'll surprise everyone this season.”

“Boss Su and Bone. It's an idiot move for SF to let them go,” Yin Yuanxia said, sighing. “Especially, Boss Su. Now, when you look at it, SF's new Top player is too sucky, if you compare them.”

TL Note: I think Boss Su and Bone are like the original players for SF? Not sure, but I think so

Zhou Tian: “Their new Support is also too sucky when compared to Bone. If we were facing Bone today in our match, then I'd never dare to call you to the mid path before hitting the five minute mark.”

“Hehe, I won't comment on someone who plays the same position as me, or else it'd seem as if I'm boasting or praising myself,” Yin Yuanxia said, smirking, “Anyway, everybody knows the truth.”

The computer screen in front of them lighted up as soon as Yin Yuanxia stopped talking, and tSD's first team walked onto the stage, one by one.

Zhou Tian glanced through them and unconsciously said, “Ah,” when she realized that her idol wasn't there.

Her teammates that had heard her say “Ah,” all turned their heads around to look at her, asking her what happened.

“Oh, it's just that I didn't look at the players list, and I thought that Ye Bo would be in the first team,” Zhou Tian explained.

“He hasn't been onstage that much, ever since last season,” the coach said at first, “He was only competing for two matches, once tSD made sure that they would get a good result in the compet.i.tion. You can see that he really is aging, and his controlling skills are getting pretty old.”

Being an e-gamer was exactly like this. Even if you were once the best, time wouldn't have mercy on you just because of that and make you age slower.

Ye Bo's situation was better than most. At least he still had a good mindset even if his controlling skills were getting behind. His mindset would at least help him and it was better than nothing. It was no problem for him to compete in compet.i.tions that were not that important or compet.i.tive.

Ye Bo's situation was better than most. At least he still had a good mindset, even if his controlling skills were getting behind. His mindset would at least help him, so it was better than nothing.

“Also, at least he can still direct his teammates,” the coach said, “I'm willing to be that finding a Jungler as good as him isn't the primary concern of tSD. Instead, it's getting someone who can direct even just half as good as him. Otherwise, they wouldn't have contacted us to try and ‘buy' Song Chu before this compet.i.tion. Song Chu isn't much younger than Ye Bo.”

"Didn't they think that Captain Song was too expensive?"

“Mhm. And Song Chu didn't want to go to tSD either. He said that if he went, he'd probably picked and compared to Ye Bo every single day. It's simply too much pressure for him. He's already been in the e-game industry for so many years, and so he didn't think that it was necessary.”

Hearing this part of their conversation, Zhou Tian suddenly thought of something. So, she said: "…To be honest, tSD contacted me too."

"Wait… WHAT?!"

"What the f.u.c.k?"

"Wait, when? This is too much, even for stealing players!"

Zhou Tian waved her hands and explained: "No, no. It was during the time when I was still live-streaming. But, by then, I'd already taken Lin ge's offer, so I declined their offer."

"Wow, this is definitely news to me!" Yin Yuanxia exclaimed as he swiveled around to look at Xie Yi, "C'mon Xie ge, spill some tea. Does Ye Bo know this?"

It was rare for Xie Yi to cooperate. "I never mentioned this to him, so he probably doesn't know."

Otherwise, with his personality, he would've made a big deal out of it and asked Xie Yi to pay for dinner.

“So, knowing this, we really have to thank Lin ge for being so quick, and also doing such a good job at keeping it a secret,” Yin Yuanxia said, “Otherwise, if Tian went to tSD and took over her idol's position… We would've been defeated really badly, again, by tSD in the summer compet.i.tion.”

“…Can you people be more careful with your words with Zhou Tian here…?” The coach felt as if he had a headache, “Don't—”

Yin Yuanxia immediately shut up, but Xie Yi, who'd never talked much, retorted: "She herself is never careful with her words."

Zhou Tian: "…" Sorry, please stop. I know that I don't act like a normal girl, okay?

"Alright alright, let's watch the match," The coach spoke up again, "Bp is starting."

TL Note: Bp = ban pick, if you've forgotten.

"Starting with the Jewelry Instrument Girl, huh? This combination is never highly prioritized in this version… And banning lower path heroes at the beginning is easy to backfire on, why didn't they get a good top hero first?"

TL Note: Jewelry Instrument Girl = Hero, I think.

"Maybe tSD came up with some new tactics?"

The small group of people crowded together backstage, loquaciously discussing about the match that was going on in the computer screen that was in front of them.  

Although everyone knew that team SAg had improved a lot this season, but since they were competing against tSD, everyone thought that tSD would win when the compet.i.tion started.

But n.o.body knew that, at last, SAg won, with a clean sweep, 2-0. Their rounds were also a lot shorter than YYg versus SF, too. You could even say that they completely destroyed tSD.

"This…"

"This is just…"

The YYg that crowded backstage were almost all shocked.

"Okay then. The headlines in our circle definitely won't be Zhou Tian tonight." w.a.n.g Ren said, "Everyone will probably be more interested in 'Since tSD was created, it's the first time that they were destroyed in the first match in a compet.i.tion.'"

Yin Yuanxia, however, thought that it would not necessarily be true.

"I think that compared to tSD's scores, Xie ge's fans would definitely be more interested in how Zhou Tian was the reason why Xie ge was unable to kill all five players in the match. Oh, you don't believe it? I'll bet you for dinner."

Zhou Tian: "…"

"You don't have to gamble. I will pay for the dinner tonight." Xie Yi said.

At this moment, the match was over, so they had no reason to continue to stay backstage. And so, they all stood up and followed Xie Yi out.

Zhou Tian was still caught up on her thoughts because of the match between SAg and tSD, and was walking at the end of the line. She didn't even notice that Xie Yi, who had originally walked at the front of the line, stayed behind to wait for her when they walked out of the building.

When she looked up and saw the tall guy standing underneath the glowing street light, she was startled for a moment.

"Don't let what those people said bother you." Xie Yi actually came to find her, just to tell her this.

Zhou Tian: "…??" Wait, what people?

Just as she finally realized that he meant the fans who would probably hate her for making him unable to kill all five players, he continued to say: "You did great tonight."

His voice was cold and flat and sounded as if it was very indifferent. But in fact, it was solemn.

credits: sydney & katimu