CS: You are only 16 years old, and you want me to make a comeback?

Chapter 329 It was so close, I almost lost my touch.

Saturday, September 2022, 11.

For CSGO esports enthusiasts, the start of another weekend and the official opening of the Legends Tournament is a win-win situation.

Jiang Yang, as a player, got up very early on the day the Legendary Group competition started.

NIKO is also quite disciplined, getting up early to wash up. Now, with a mouthful of foam in her mouth, she mumbles, "It's strange that there haven't been any upsets in the Challenger Group this time."

Jiang Yang was waiting for NIKO to finish using the toilet, while lying on the bed playing on his phone.

Hearing this, he replied, "There were upsets, why isn't BNE an upset?"

The Rio Major Challenger Series has concluded, and this Major saw relatively few upsets.

The eight teams that ultimately advanced from the Challenger Group are:
BNE, the internet cafe team, is full of passion...

Mouz, led by siuhy...

German senior Big...

The Brazilian home team, Black Panthers...

The VP was forced to compete as an outsider due to political reasons...

C9, formed from the reanimated remains of the old Red Star...

The little bee who stumbled and struggled but barely made it to the next round...

And Spirit, who struggled to make it into the Legends group...

At a glance, apart from BNE, most of the teams that advanced from the Challenger Group were familiar faces.

Jiang Yang casually browsed the forum posts and found that many netizens were discussing the homework guessing game.

[The Challenger Group has successfully secured their spot, becoming the silver coin of Rio, and is now on their way to the gold coin!]

It would be strange if they couldn't win against the Challenger Group this time, okay? After all, there are so many popular teams; it's the less popular, hidden gems who would suffer a crushing defeat.

What did I do wrong by picking 9Z, Imperial, and EG to advance?

[IHC only managed to win one map in the end, which is a bit of a shame.]

[The Legends bracket is going to be much more interesting from here on out; I'm going all in on the Falcon!]

I still believe in Faze clan!!

Although the little bees have had a bumpy ride, I have a feeling they have the potential to win the championship.

All I want to see right now is watch the Falcons play. If the Falcons really crash and burn, Hooxi will be the laughingstock of the world.

[There was definitely some pressure on the first day. It was Falcon's first day playing against C9, and I had high hopes for C9.]

"Let's play C9 today." Jiang Yang stretched and got out of bed.

"It's alright." NIKO came out of the restroom. "If there were no audience, I would really feel some pressure playing against C9, but with the Rio Major format change, C9 didn't perform as well."

Unlike previous Majors, the Rio Major is held in Brazil. Considering the enthusiasm of Brazilian CS players, the organizers decided to include spectators from the Challenger Stage onwards.

In other words, the Major has already started in the venue from the Challenger Group stage.

This is not good news for C9, who are under some pressure to compete in the arena.

Coincidentally, this was perfect news for Falcon.

Because right now, all the players in the Falcon group are show-offs.

The cheers from offline venues will only become a catalyst for them.

"Don't be so careless," Jiang Yang reminded them. "C9 fought their way out of the Challenger Group, and they're on fire right now."

While the Challenger Group teams were fiercely battling it out, Falcon, as a member of the Legends Group, could sit back and relax, enjoying the show without getting too tired from the entire competition.

But many things have two sides.

Although C9 played very hard, they also brought their shooting skills to their peak.

CSGO is ultimately a shooting game. If your shooting skills are good enough to confuse your opponent for several rounds in a row, you might even be able to wipe them out in one fell swoop.

So when they actually face C9, they still feel some pressure.

NIKO opened the door nonchalantly: "Let's try it this afternoon then~"

As he spoke, he confidently took a step forward.

……

The moment NIKO's feet firmly landed on the field, he felt the passion from Brazilian CS.

Cheers, shouts, music, screams...

Joyful and excited voices came from all directions, instantly igniting his emotions that had been dormant for several days.

They have arrived at the Rio Convention Center, the venue for the Legends competition. The match between Falcons and C9 is about to begin, and the players are slowly entering the venue.

"It's so much more fun offline." Jiang Yang confidently reached out to interact with the audience, loudly responding to NIKO, "I can't wait to play a match."

Breathing out, he raised his hands and said, "Let's start enjoying ourselves!"

The C9 players had already entered the arena, and the photographer was standing behind them, taking a close-up shot and capturing the Falcons players in the distance, their confidence practically overflowing.

Once the falcon arrived above the stage, both teams quickly began their warm-up preparations.

Facing the Falcon, which is currently on a winning streak, even the former online champion felt immense pressure.

"Just adjust your mindset and enjoy the game. You're no worse than them," C9's coach comforted sh1r0, noticing his serious expression.

“Of course I know that,” sh1r0 said, turning around. “It’s just that it’s hard not to feel pressured when facing those monsters.”

Ah Le, who had become chubby from taking medication, leaned over and said, "It's okay, Young has Nafany to handle it."

This abrupt statement struck sh1r0 as odd.

Ah Le laughed and said, "After all, they are friends. Shouldn't friends resolve their own conflicts?"

Unsurprisingly, this statement made nafany roll her eyes.

"Alright, let's start the draft phase," the C9 coach reminded everyone. "Stop chatting."

The first game is a ban phase featuring Falcon.

After careful consideration, Falcon banned Fallen Tower and Ancient Ruins.

This was a best-of-one (BO1) match. Falcon banned two maps first, then C9 banned three more, leaving two maps for Falcon to choose from, and C9 to choose sides.

“We definitely have to ban Nuka Maze.” Nafany circled on the tactical paper. “We definitely have to ban Anubis. They really crushed FaZe with Anubis during the RMR phase. We can’t let them be allowed.”

"Then let's ban Lost City and Nuke again?" nafany asked, confirming the decision after his teammates had no objections.

Ultimately, the town and amusement park remained for the falcons to choose from.

"Should we attack the small town or the amusement park?"

Inside the Falcon training room, he asked his teammates for their opinions.

He personally prefers playing in amusement parks, but Falcons is a team that relies heavily on star players, so finding the leader's comfort zone is more important.

"Let's attack the small town," Jiang Yang replied. "C9's amusement park is pretty strong; there's no need to provoke them."

C9's amusement park is famously strong, and it even once held the title of the world's number one amusement park.

Jiang Yang didn't think his amusement park was no match for the other side; he just didn't need to be so stubborn as to increase his own strength.

"Alright, let's take over the town today." With that, Breath locked down the town.

Amidst the cheers from the audience, Jiang Yang rubbed his hands together expectantly before logging into the competition server.

……

falcons vs C9
Map: Purgatory Town

T:young、hooxi、NIKO、JKS、device
CT: nafany, sh1r0, Ax1Le, Hobbit, interZ
The pistol round has officially begun!
Breathing serves as the command to begin arranging the offensive tactics.

He turned around and glanced at his teammates' positions.

"Yang, I'll throw you a P250. JKS, you also need to equip yourself a set of items. Don't rush at the start. Let's wait for C9 to launch a counter-attack combo before we decide what to do."

Breathing decisions should be made to proceed slowly, and map control should be used to adapt to changing circumstances.

Jiang Yang picked up the P250 and started walking towards Banana Road.

Inside the CSBOY live stream room.

Ma Xixi has already greeted her fans.

"Alright, the pistol round is officially starting. Let's take a look at the weapon configurations of both sides."

"The Falcon, as the attacking side, is equipped with a P250, but has two sets of equipment."

MO said, "C9 only has one pair of pistols and two flashbangs. They are in a 2-1-2 formation. Nafany, who is in position 9, is in the corridor. He can use flashbangs to help whenever there is pressure on both sides."

With the advantage of firearms, Jiang Yang did not rush into the banana passage. Instead, he stayed at the entrance of the banana passage, peeking at the barrels and slabs while aiming, waiting for the opponent to come out and spawn.

But he patiently peeked for a while and didn't feel any pressure.

“I’ll hold you up, you guys clear the way ahead,” Jiang Yang said.

Upon hearing this, both Breathing and Device began to push forward rapidly.

Breathing and Device approached the stone slab, then the two of them double-staffed themselves onto the slab, scouted behind the sandbags, and confirmed that no one was hiding near C9.

"Want to go for a B round?" device asked.

After considering it for a while, he ultimately gave up on the decision.

They have far too little information. Right now, this bombing is all about head-on collisions. In a position like B tunnel, quick follow-up shots don't offer them much of an advantage.

Having control of the map, he chose to use that control to his advantage.

"Yang, I have a task for you."

Jiang Yang raised an eyebrow. "Go on."

Breath replied, "You take JKS with you to fight A. The final result doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you get the kill or get killed."

With control of the map, you can start playing the feint and stalling game.

Breathing also planned to use Jiang Yang's ID to distract the opponent's formation.

NIKO added at the end: "The mission can only fail, success is not an option!"

This strange statement made Jiang Yang laugh. He picked up the P250 and began pushing towards the middle lane.

As Jiang Yang moved, the director's camera moved to him.

"The main Falcon force is gathering in Banana Lane, but my cousin went off alone to attack A. Is this a ploy to trick us into a fake attack on A?"

"A 3B2A attacking formation," MO commented. "This is a very sincere fake."

"Now we'll see how well the main force performs in this feint formation."

Jiang Yang arrived at the T-junction in the middle of the town. He first peeked at the corner of the road to make sure no one was around, and then rushed out together with JKS.

I searched all the straight frames in the connecting grooves and under the stables, and confirmed that there was no one in the middle.

JKS threw a smoke grenade at bomb site A, creating the illusion that they were going to block the bomb site and hit the two pits. Then they peeked over and threw a large pit fire grenade.

While throwing the fire peek, he spotted a fly's head inside the pit.

"What a huge pit!"

Jiang Yang understood perfectly well that this was a simple fake, which is why he played so aggressively.

He had already started charging forward when JKS threw the item.

With the location of the large pit confirmed and the bomb site covered by smoke grenades, Jiang Yang stayed close to the wall on the side of the A1 barrel the entire time, aiming at the large pit in advance.

InterZ, who was inside the large crater, was burned out by the incendiary bomb, but he did not linger near the large crater. Instead, he moved towards the smaller crater at an extremely fast speed.

Ah Le is hiding in the graveyard. If the opponent wants to finish him off, they will have to expose their back to Ah Le, which will be a perfect crossfire.

“There are a lot of people in A1, can you help defend?” Ah Le felt some pressure and asked for help in the voice chat.

Although he had temporarily formed a crossfire with InterZ from the small pit, he was unsure if there were any other enemies in the link. If there were still people in the link, he would be a sitting duck if he got up.

Jiang Yang kept his eyes on the large pit as he approached, but he didn't see a second enemy next to it. At this point, he knew that the enemy was moving towards the smaller pit.

There was no rush; I first looked for the location of the second CT scan.

Jiang Yang turned around and fired a few more smoke grenades at the ninja in the bunker, preventing JKS's smoke grenades from becoming a one-way smoke for the opponent.

Without receiving any feedback, he boldly rushed into the bomb site through the smoke grenade.

The smoke grenade blocked the view, but it wasn't a wall. The enemy's attention was all on the bomb site, so Jiang Yang was thinking of launching a surprise attack.

His playing style is indeed a bit bold, but it doesn't matter much, because breathing isn't a major requirement for him in the tactics anyway.

All you need is for his information to appear in the upper right corner.

"My cousin boldly slipped to the other side of the smoke grenade the second time. Ah Le got up and aimed at A1, but he didn't expect his cousin to already be at the bomb site. His cousin took him out!"

"The last one is definitely in the small pit. JKS moves forward to find it, and my cousin moves to the outer edge of the bomb site and sets up his gun. InterZ can only get up and fight back, but my cousin's shot doesn't give him any chance at all!"

Jiang Yang's positioning was indeed a bit arrogant. After taking down InterZ, he was hit by a bullet from behind.

His exceptional agility allowed him to turn around in a very short time, then he quickly fired several shots at Nafan. Both of them tried their best to move within a small area to avoid being hit on the head.

However, Nafany was facing firepower from two people this time, and ultimately panicked first.

As a Glock bullet struck his head, Nafany fell to the ground.

...[young used a P250 to headshot and kill Ax1Le]

[young+JKS headshot interZ with a P250]

JKS+young used a Glock to headshot and kill nafany.

Notice the three kill notifications in the upper right corner.

The two CTs in B area immediately began to rotate back to defend. Sh1r0 had just run to the well when he suddenly realized that the chances of this situation were slim: "Should we just give up? There's no chance of making any plays in this 2v5 situation."

With 2 against 5, and their gun positions already lost, plus they don't have any grenade launchers, their chances of turning the tide are indeed slim.

There's really no other way, since none of the three players at point A have been traded, leaving little room for maneuver when defending.

Hobbit had just run to the end of the corridor when he heard this, he turned around and cut his knife, intending to go to the three dead spots to make a cross-cut.

But at that very moment, a bandit appeared crouching in his field of vision.

"Snapped!"

[NIKO used a Glock to headshot and kill hobbit]

A crisp sound of a headshot rang out as Hobbit exclaimed incredulously, "B-Tong is here!!"

Upon seeing this, sh1r0 immediately went to fix it.

He was incredibly terrifying during the gun-saving phase. He pulled out and immediately used a positioning shot to kill NIKO. When he saw the second terrorist pulling out horizontally, he used positioning to finish him off.

But Glock's bullet had already pierced his head, and his entire field of vision was shaking.

Then another bandit rushed out and opened fire, rendering him unable to fight.

[hooxi+device kills sh1r0 with a Glock headshot]

"This silence is incredibly clever!" NIKO exclaimed, praising the breathing. "C9 never expected that we would still be in Sector B at this point in time."

Device nodded and said, "A brilliant mid-term decision."

This mid-term breathing maneuver is really good.

Of course, Jiang Yang and JKS's kills at point A were quite impressive and played a decisive role.

Even if the two guys at point A didn't fake out that much, they still managed to create space, so the pressure to take down point B wasn't too great.

He smiled and said, "You all played well, keep it up!"

The score on the big screen is now 1-0, with Falcon winning the pistol round.

On the other side of the stage, the C9 members also realized what was happening only after a while.

"The opponent was just faking an attack, wasn't they?"

This information left them speechless.

This means that Falcon adopted a very bold two-pronged strategy in this pistol round.

Even more outrageous is that this strategy actually made the Falcon successful.

An idea flashed through sh1r0's mind at that moment.

The famous CSGO show "CSGO Dream Team" always features top-tier teams.

At this point, netizens would often joke that with the five of them together, they could just start by giving instructions while the enemy was AFK, and then meet up at the police spawn.

The Falcon actually scored that point.

A jumble of thoughts flashed through his mind. Following nafany's instructions, sh1r0 picked up a sniper rifle and immersed himself in the match.

After losing the pistol round, it's quite normal to have around 2000 gold to force a buy on the small town map.

The close-quarters firefights gave them a chance to turn the tide.

After the countdown ended, he went straight to the Yellow Wall with an unarmored sniper rifle.

Nafany made a bold move in the early part of this round, heavily defending the 4A1B point, allowing him to use an unarmored sniper rifle on the single B point.

He calmly set up his position at the Yellow Wall, and only switched to a prop at 1 minute and 40 seconds to add a Yellow Wall smoke.

But the timing in CSGO is so amazing; the moment he threw the item, he saw a terrorist appear next to the yellow wall.

With sh1r0 practicing intensively recently, he has mastered the details and was not killed by the opponent's AK. Instead, he bravely peeked through the opponent's body and shot him.

“NIKO was hit by sh1r0’s sniper rifle, and immediately used a grenade to finish off the wound, but it didn’t take off much health.”

"At the second moment, Nafany also came over to cover sh1r0, and the formation became 3A2B. Falcon did not rush to push forward."

With the advantage of having items, Falcon calmly waited for the opponent's first wave of banana-shaped fake items to disappear.

The next moment, NIKO was left alone hanging in the banana tree spot.

Jiang Yang and device arrived at the T-junction in the middle lane.

"I'll give the link a smoke, JKS, you pick up a firecracker under the stable, we'll clear the mid lane a bit, then turn around and go for the banana lane." Breathing was making mid-game adjustments.

Having an advantage in firearms and equipment means you have to constantly convert those advantages into usable resources.

After applying pressure down the middle lane, they confirmed that there was no one near the middle lane, which meant that C9's counterattack speed would be relatively slow if they continued to bombard the banana lane.

They will have more options for where to stand.

They left JKS in the mid lane to harass, creating the illusion that they were going to attack the back lane, while the main force headed towards Banana Lane.

The four people gathered inside the banana path, while JKS, who was linked to them, was making a big show of seduction.

As the link explodes with a cigarette, a wave of links (B) has already formed.

However, JKS did not expect that there would be a sniper rifle on standby in the connecting corridor. He peeked out to try to suppress people with his gun, but was hit by a bullet from the sniper rifle.

"--boom!"

sh1r0 used ssg08 to headshot and kill JKS

"There's one in the connecting corridor! There shouldn't be many people at point B!" JKS quickly reported the location after being killed.

The team inside Banana Lane wanted to use their bombs to speed up their progress the moment JKS was killed, but after careful consideration, they realized that the enemy's B tunnel smoke would dissipate in just a few seconds, so they decided to wait a few more seconds for the bombs to be ready.

"Police smoke, coffin smoke, three boxes of firecrackers, and flashbangs are all being used in conjunction with the bombs! A frontal assault on Site B is accelerating!"

"It took Falcon a little time to coordinate with the equipment. sh1r0 pulled out from the smoke screen and sniped device first! Nafany, who was behind the box, headshot Breath with an FN57 and then killed the low-health device!"

Masi shouted, "He's wielding an FN57, slaughtering everything in his path! He's within his killing range! Is there a third one?"

"My cousin followed up and successfully finished off the remaining shot! This left a 2v4 situation, and the bomb and even the Falcon hadn't been put down yet. This situation is not easy to win."

In the 2v4 situation, Jiang Yang and NIKO had a weapon advantage, but C9 had a numerical advantage.

It's hard to say which side has the advantage in this endgame.

The moment Jiang Yang got the kill, he quickly moved towards the three boxes: "I'll choose a position first."

NIKO nodded: "I'll plant the bomb."

Instead of rigidly placing a coffin bag down, he went to the next box and placed a relatively safer box next to it.

NIKO's excellent awareness made it clear that their firefight had dragged on for quite some time, and the smoke grenades at the police spawn point were about to dissipate.

Even if the cigarette smoke didn't dissipate, he wouldn't dare to plant a bomb like that, because Jiang Yang couldn't show him several locations at the same time.

NIKO quickly put down the grenade pack, and as he did so, he reminded, "The smoke from the coffin has dissipated."

He briefly thought, "I'll fire the first shot, and you follow up."

Jiang Yang said, "If you engage in combat, I'll immediately pull the police back to their base."

As the smoke from the police station and the coffin gradually dissipated, C9 began to take action.

NIKO stood on a box with a coffin upright against the side of the banana path. His position was locked, and soon someone saw it being pulled out horizontally.

But NIKO's attention was always on this area. The moment he saw the person appear on the crosshair, he crouched and pulled to the left, and the crosshair was instantly positioned.

"Da da da!"

Upon hearing the gunfire from NIKO, Jiang Yang, who was behind the three boxes, didn't hesitate and immediately pulled out after aiming at the police.

The moment he pulled it out, he saw that the police had two CT scanners.

One was directly below the flower bed, while the other had only a small part of its arm showing, stuck in the police's position.

Jiang Yang made a slight adjustment to the crosshair, bringing it directly to the fly's head below the flower bed.

"Da da!"

Two short bursts quickly headshot him. Jiang Yang then repositioned himself to shoot the CT on the left, but the CT on the left showed no intention of engaging and simply retreated.

Jiang Yang retreated back into cover without hesitation: "The police have another spot where they can use a flashbang, I'll cover for you."

He explained quickly, then peeked out from the left side of the three boxes.

Upon hearing Jiang Yang's report, NIKO understood his intentions, turned around, pre-aimed at the police spawn bomb site, and slid horizontally to the left.

Jiang Yang pulled the three boxes to the left and saw a CT scanner pulling a box horizontally across the coffin. It naturally left a side opening for him. He fired a burst of bullets and easily took it down.

The moment NIKO pulled out, he saw a CT moving horizontally towards the flower bed. The opponent had no idea that he would move horizontally at this time and immediately pulled back to engage.

But NIKO was aiming ahead, and the police's InterZ was like someone crossing the street when suddenly a dump truck hit them and sent flying.

[NIKO used an AK47 to headshot and kill sh1r0]

Young used an AK47 to headshot and kill Ax1Le.

Young used an AK47 to headshot and kill Hobbit.

[NIKO used an AK47 to headshot interZ]

"C9 chose to attack this retake from both the CT spawn and the back garden. They knew there was a NIKO at the first crate. sh1r0 peeked first but was instantly killed by NIKO. Cousin pulled out from the third crate and killed Ah Le at the CT spawn, but the angle of the gunfight between the two Cousins ​​was immediately reversed!"

Ma Xixi shouted, "The coffin man is gone, and the police duo is finished off too!! What's going on with this cousin duo's endgame? This is a 4 vs 2 endgame? How did they all go down in three seconds??"

"My god!! What is all this stuff?!"

MO exclaimed in amazement, "Did you even notice that these two didn't even lose any health after taking on four opponents at once?"

"NIKO's health was taken away by a sniper shot at the start of the game. In these close-quarters situations where they were exchanging gunfire, they were forced to coordinate follow-up shots."

[Two pre-aimed monsters, one facing forward and the other sideways – this perfectly matches my worldview.]

Seeing sh1r0's consecutive brilliant shots with the bird sniper rifle, I really thought C9 was going to turn the tide this game, but they were instantly shut down.

[Are those Nissan Sunny vans driving so aggressively today? It's raining in Rio!]

[No need to watch the aftermath of the cousin duo's game]

[Is this the allure of spaceships? A little terrifying, perhaps?]

This is fucking exciting!

Look at the way Yangyang and Nini are looking at each other; they're practically drooling.

【…】

On the Falcon player's bench.

The moment he won the endgame, Jiang Yang glanced at NIKO with surprise.

NIKO was also winking at Jiang Yang.

Jiang Yang didn't expect that NIKO would be able to fully understand his thoughts.

When he took down the first policeman, he immediately tried to finish off the second one, but the second man didn't come out to fight back.

He couldn't take down the other side for the time being, and there was no benefit in confronting the police. In addition, the other side didn't pose a threat to NIKO for the time being, so Jiang Yang wanted to deal with the coffin side first.

But NIKO completely trusted Jiang Yang at this point and went straight to handle the police's CT scan after receiving the information.

The CT's attention was entirely focused on Jiang Yang, and he never expected NIKO to flank him at this moment, giving NIKO a gunfight advantage.

The two players executed a perfect coordinated attack, pulling and pulling each other to finish off the attacker.

This feeling of perfect understanding between experts is truly amazing.

Both of them were satisfied.

……

The Falcon's bench was filled with passion.

C9 is left with nothing but helplessness.

Nafany and sh1r0 both played exceptionally well in this round, eventually leading to a 4v2 endgame. They both felt they were about to turn the tide and that it was time for them to gain momentum.

They had even roughly figured out Jiang Yang's location.

However, in a very short time, they were wiped out in a 2v4 situation. Even though it was a strong start, it still hurt morale a bit.

But as the commander, Nafany wouldn't blame any of his teammates, even though he had taken on two opponents in the previous round.

Because he was killed early on, he saw the death perspectives of all his teammates.

That basically means whoever gets cut will die.

The opponent crashed into the teammate in the field of vision from the side or the front, smashing them to pieces.

He almost lost his touch.

……

(End of this chapter)