For Love of the Game - Chapter 198

    The group stage is over, and the final eight teams are China’s Xiaolang, WG, Maple Moon, South Korea’s Rider, ACK, Japan’s Sukura team, and the United States’ PD and D2 teams.

    In addition to Fengyue, the remaining teams are also old teams that have entered the quarterfinals many times. It is a pity that the Live and ShowTime teams, two teams with both popularity and strength All fell into the fierce group stage.

    But in any case, no matter how competitive the group is, it can still be regarded as a real strong team and the charm of the group stage.

    On the second day, the official announcement of the group draw results of the quarter-finals, A group VSB group, C group VSD group, the rule is group first VS group second.

    Fengyue is the first in Group A, the opponent in the quarter-finals is the Japanese Sukura team in Group B, the opponent of Xiaolang is the Rider team in Group B, and the WG team The opponent is the second PD team in Group C.

    After the schedule of the quarter-finals was announced, the anchor introduced the highlights of each game in detail, and almost every game was a life-and-death contest, like the old enemies of WG and PD, ACK and D2 Of course, there are two most interesting battles.

    One of them is Xiaolang and Rider.

    This game of Xiaolang can be described as a near death.

    The two teams played in the world finals last year, and the Xiaowolves lost the runner-up trophy by one point. It can be said that the first game of this year’s quarterfinals is the finals level competition.

    Netizens are very worried about this. The strength of the Rider team is actually stronger than the Xiaolang team. It is not that the Xiaolang has no hope of winning, but it is difficult to say. And if this game is lost, Xiaolang will stop at the top eight.

    The strength of the Xiaolang team this year has improved compared to last year. It is called the most promising Chinese team by the media. Netizens naturally don’t want them to lose, but Rider is indeed a big mountain.

    On the other hand, if Xiaolang defeats Rider, the road to the championship will be unstoppable.

    The second is Maple Moon and Sukura.

    In terms of strength, the Sukura team’s highest record so far is only the semi-finals. Judging from the current momentum of Fengyue, the hope of winning is greater, but there is no need for netizens to worry too much about the promotion Problem, but this is a match that is very likely to end Miura Takuma’s ranking of the world’s No. 1 assassin for four consecutive years.

    Miura Takuma has been playing Assassin since the S2 season. The Assassin was really strong at first, but as the version weakened, the Assassin was not as good as before. Those Assassin players who had shined in the S2 season have After changing careers and playing strong professions such as swordsman, elemental, and qigong, Miura is the only world-class player who insists on playing assassin from the very beginning.

    He said that he initially played assassin because ninjutsu-style assassin was the dream of every Japanese man when he was young. Too ingrained.

    In the past four years, Miura’s Assassin has been weakened year by year, but in the field of Assassin, he is still a well-deserved god.

    However, that was before Shen Huai appeared.

    Almost everyone who has watched Shen Huai’s game realize that this year’s Assassin rankings will be updated, and it is difficult for Miura to continue to hold this position.

    Chinese netizens are full of confidence in Shen Huai, because the name “Cang Yu” has never let them down!

    After the end of the group stage, the organizer finally opened the interview channels of various countries, and held an official interview meeting before the quarter-finals officially kicked off. All players who made it to the quarter-finals must be present interview.

    Fengyue naturally went too. The interview location was in the central hall of the competition site. All the stands were reporters, with different skin tones, different looks, and different styles of clothing. regular.

     Hai Xing glanced at it and immediately retracted, “It’s like a National People’s Congress outside, it’s too scary!”

    Zhou Ning smiled, “It can be scary, otherwise how can people know our stars?”

    Shi Yi comforted, “It doesn’t matter, there are seven other teams besides us. With so many people on stage, it’s like singing a chorus, so you won’t be afraid when you get on stage.”

    “I’m not afraid!” Starfish jumped up immediately, “I didn’t expect so many people!”

    As soon as Shi knew that he had said something wrong, he quickly followed him, “Yes, I’m actually a little nervous too.”

    “Hey! Shen Huai!” A loud voice came from the door, it was Zhang Jiayan.

    Shen Huai’s eyes lit up and he immediately greeted him, “How are you? Are your legs better?”

    “It’s okay, as long as I don’t walk too fast now, no one will find out that I’m injured.” Zhang Jiayan quickly changed the topic, “I watched your game, it’s okay, Even Xiaolang lost to you?”

    Everyone felt proud to hear him say that.

    Shen Huai said with a smile, “I also watched your game, and you are invincible and have no rivals.”

    Zhang Jiayan waved his hands again and again, “I haven’t met an expert. If it is assigned to Group A, it will be difficult.”

    The two teams exchanged a few words of greetings, and the Japanese team entered.

    The battle between Shen Huai and Miura for the number one assassin in the world has become a topic of discussion among netizens all over the world these days. look.

    As soon as Miura entered the door, she met Shen Huai’s line of sight. He didn’t come to say hello, but just nodded lightly and led the team to the farthest corner from Fengyue.

    Fang Ze snorted, “This Miura is quite proud.”

    Shen Huai said, “Probably not good at speaking.”

    Zhang Jiayan also said casually, “Miura and Shen Huai have only met a few times, and they are not familiar with each other, so there is nothing to say.”

    Fang Ze twitched the corners of his mouth, thinking that you are just as simple as Captain.

    The interview started very soon. Everyone from Fengyue entered the arena and sat down in the Chinese team area. When they came on stage, everyone put on a serious face and raised their hands with extreme caution.

    The press conference covered reporters from 16 countries and regions qualified to participate in the World Championship. Everyone prepared questions in advance and spoke unequivocally.

    The first person to be asked was Zheng Zhiyi, the captain of the Rider team and the world’s number one magician.

    He is very good in English, and he can answer questions from foreign reporters fluently. Most of the questions are about whether he has the confidence to win the championship this year, whether his performance in the group stage is not as good as in previous years, and so on. plan to retire.

    Zheng Zhiyi’s answer is very official, and people can’t pick out any faults, but after thinking about it carefully, I found that he didn’t give any nutritious answer at all.

    The reporters let him go, and then began to interview Kim Seung-joon.

    Jin Chengjun did not take a temporary job in the Rider team, but he is a well-deserved ace, and he is also known as the world’s No. 1 Solo God. Currently, the single-player Solo winning rate is higher than that of Guan He. They are all well-known figures, and they are also very favorite interview subjects of reporters.

    Jin Chengjun has a lazy personality, and he speaks slowly. In addition, his English is not as good as Zheng Zhiyi, his answer is stumbling, but he is very sincere.

    Reporters like him very much, and the questions are relatively simple.

    “Spade, how do you feel about yourself this year?”

    “Good.”

    “Are you confident to win the championship?”

    “Yes.”

    “This year’s God of War’s Xiao Zhang player failed to participate in the World Championship. The position of the world’s No. 1 qigong master should be yours. Do you feel that you are missing an opponent?”

    Jin Chengjun paused, and said with a blank expression, “It’s not a rival.”

    Shi Yi and Fan Jingming laughed at the same time, Hai Xing couldn’t understand what they were saying, and could only look at them with eager eyes.

    The reporter asked again, “Do you think there are any players who can be called your rivals in this year’s competition?”

    Jin Chengjun remained calm, and answered simply, “No.”

    Song Xueyang raised the corner of his mouth slightly, seeing that the players of other teams didn’t react. It was not the first time that Jin Chengjun said this.

    After the reporters interviewed the Rider team, it was Xiaolang’s turn.

    The Three Swordsmen’s fast break style is famous all over the world, and it is also the favorite team to win the world championship every year, and it is also the focus of reporters’ interviews. It’s just that Xiaolang didn’t go well in the group stage this year. The direct consequence of qualifying second in the group was to meet the old rival Rider in the first game of the quarter-finals.

      And whether he lost his state to Shen Huai twice in the solo Solo and so on.

    After Xiaolang, it was WG’s turn. WG’s current performance this year is not particularly surprising. The victory is steady and steady, and the group stage results are very good.

    Zhang Jiayan’s answer has his usual warm-blooded style, which can basically be summed up as “confidence”, “sure to win” and “the champion is ours”.

    To Haixing’s surprise, Zhang Jiayan looked rough and his English was not bad, especially when he used some unfamiliar words when introducing the team’s progress this year compared to last year, Haixing didn’t understand at all.

    The reporters later interviewed Liang Minghui and Jia Yunge. Liang Minghui has always been calm and answered very formally. As for Jia Yunge, Zhang Jiayan answered it completely. detail.

    After that, the reporters interviewed the three teams of ACK, PD and D2 in turn. The questions were similar, but they were very concerned about Gina’s emotional problems.

    Gina glanced at Shen Huai and said generously, “I like boys like Wing, but I can’t beat him, so forget it!”

    The remarks made the audience laugh, and then it was the Sukura team’s turn.

    The overall strength of the Sukura team is average among the top eight teams. This year’s performance is similar to that of previous years, but this year, Shen Huai has joined. The reporters are obviously very interested in the battle for the world’s No. 1 assassin. Can’t wait to ask.

    “Captain Miura, you should have watched Maple Moon’s Wing game, Wing won the 1v1 arena with one opponent and three in the wild card match, and defeated them in the group stage. Many great gods, which do you think is more powerful, Wing or you?”

    Miura’s eyes swept over Shen Huai lightly, “Wing’s style of play is very different from mine, and I can’t say who is more powerful.”

    The reporter asked again, “Netizens all think that your position as the world’s No. 1 assassin this year may not be preserved, what do you think?”

    “I don’t think so,” he finally answered the question directly, “Wing’s assassin is very strong, and his style of play is very interesting, but after seeing his performance in the wild card tournament, I am Thinking about the loopholes in the blood assassin, now there is an eye.”

    The reporter hurriedly asked, “You mean you have already thought of a way to deal with Wing?”

    Miura said, “Yes.”

    Shi Yi muttered dissatisfiedly, “This Miura was very polite to Master when he was backstage, but now he is saying this in public.”

    Starfish asked curiously, “What did he say?”

    “Go back and tell you.”

    “…”

    Miura concluded, “Japan is the birthplace of the assassin profession, a Japanese player, and my belief. I will prove to everyone that Japanese assassins are invincible.”

    After he finished speaking, he bowed deeply and sat down, and he refused to accept any more interviews.

      When they were interviewed, the reporters were scrambling for each other, and there was some confusion for a while.

    “It has been many years since there have been new faces in the World Top 8. How are you feeling now, Snow?”

    Song Xueyang took the microphone, “I’m very happy, it’s every professional player’s dream to show his game skills to the audience all over the world.”

    “Fengyue performed very well in the group stage, defeating two teams, Live and Xiaolang, and many teams that entered the World Championship for the first time only stayed for a short period of time, and then they Never been able to appear on this stage again and forgotten by the audience, how long do you think it will take for Fengyue to be remembered by audiences all over the world?”

    Song Xueyang smiled and said, “21 days.”

    The reporters were stunned at first, but they soon understood that it was just 21 days from today to the world finals championship. Does he mean that Fengyue is going to win the championship?

    This is really arrogant, but the reporters did not take it to heart.

    “Snow, you showed your amazing marksmanship in the match against the Live team, may I ask you the secret of making every shot?”

    Song Xueyang smiled slightly, “If you’re not sure of hitting, don’t shoot.”

    The reporters burst into laughter, “If you say that, I’m afraid I won’t be able to fire a single shot.”

    I asked Song Xueyang, and the reporters immediately pointed the microphone at Shen Huai, this time there were more questions. Starting from why he abandoned the shadow, to the game talent, to the feeling of winning the group stage, and then straight to the theme.

    “Excuse me, Wing, the first match of the Maple Moon quarterfinals is against the Sukura team. Netizens say that this is a match that will determine who is the world’s number one assassin. If Captain Miura is Solo, who will win?”

    Shen Huai said, “Me.”

    “Who do you think is stronger than Miura?”

    “Me.”

    A Japanese reporter was unhappy, and his words were sharp and authentic, “Captain Miura has played assassins longer than you and has more experience in competitions than you. Why do you think you will win?”

    Shen Huai raised his eyes to look at him, “Playing for a long time and rich experience are not necessary conditions for winning.”

    The Japanese reporter was not convinced, “But you have to admit that Japan has developed Assassin for a longer time than China. Since the launch of the S2 season Assassin has always been the favorite profession of Japanese players, our domestic Assassins are active everywhere in the game, and Japanese players are far better than China in their exploration of the Assassin profession. As far as I know, there are very few Assassin players in China, and there are even very few Assassin players in the game. Under the general environment, you should have very little experience against assassins.”

    Shen Huai stopped talking and looked straight at him with cold eyes, which forced the Japanese reporter to take a half step back.

    “On the day of the match between Fengyue and Sukura, will you be there?”

    “Of course.”

    Shen Huai said firmly, “I can show you a Chinese assassin.”

    The Japanese reporter didn’t expect Shen Huai to be so rigid, so he closed his mouth and stopped talking.

    Afterwards, they interviewed other people in Fengyue, Zhou Ning’s full strength and a little bit of play, Shi Yi and Fan Jingming’s alternative duo, and even Haixing was asked two questions, but it was Time to help him answer.

    At the end of the interview, Hai Xing let out a long sigh of relief, “I’m so tired, I’m so tired, I haven’t been tired for this hour after playing three hours of competition.”

    Zhou Ning rubbed his head, “I don’t think you are tired, but too nervous.”

     Hai Xing pouted and muttered, “I’m not good at English, and I can’t understand what they say, can you not be nervous?”

    “Xingxing,” Shi Yi pressed his shoulders and said with a serious face, “You must study English hard.”

    starfish: “…”

    “If I were a scholar, I wouldn’t play e-sports.”

    Shi Yi disagreed with the authentic, “Playing e-sports is only because e-sports is our strength, not because we are not as good as others. Look at the great gods in the circle, which one is not versatile? A capable person, Better than anyone else in every way.”

    Haixing thought about it carefully. Needless to say, Zhang Jiayan seems simple-minded and enthusiastic, but he has also practiced English after leading the team for so many years. Which circle did Shen Huai and Song Xueyang win? All of them are top-notch talents. Not to mention, Zhou Ning was also a scholar who could pass the entrance examination back then.

    If you think about it, you are the worst.

    He was a little depressed, Zhou Jing saw his frown and said, “My English is not good either. When the game is over, let’s sign up for a class.”

    Starfish was instantly grateful, looking at Zhou Jing’s eyes as if she saw a bosom friend!

    “Hmmmm! I’m not going home during the transfer period this year, let’s learn English together!”

    Zhou Jing smiled knowingly, “Okay.”

    Starfish cheered, “Great, I can answer the questions myself in the interview next year!”

    Although each team also has its own translator, Hai Xing still feels that it is a bit embarrassing to let others answer the question for him. He is determined to study hard, at least not to embarrass Fengyue.

    Song Xueyang also strongly agrees with this, “You should study hard, at least, at the award ceremony, you can also give an acceptance speech.”

    Starfish laughed immediately, “Then I will also learn the phrase ‘failure is the mother of success’ and dedicate it to them.”

    It happened that Miura Takuma led the team away, he still didn’t talk to Shen Huai, and he didn’t even nod his head, just looked at him lightly and left.

    Shen Huai looked at his back and suddenly said to Song Xueyang, “Xueyang, I think…”

    “Yes.”

    The author has something to say:

    Shen Huai: You know what I want to do?

    Song Xueyang: I don’t know, but no matter what you want to do, I will support you.