CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

Chapter 157 Niko is no longer worthy of his salary
In the last round of the first half, the score was 7-4.

Team A calls their second timeout in Diagram 1.

My cousin held the water bag in his hand and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with the other team? It's the last round of the first half, and they still have to call a timeout to delay time."

He finally got his touch today, and under the shadow of his three big brothers, he played a luxurious 9-9 KD.

Despite being in such a hot state, the opponent suddenly paused.

If he hadn't been in a game, he would have smashed the ".un" to pieces.

Niko pulled a can of Coke from under the table, covering the label. After taking a long gulp, he smiled and said, "Can't we call a timeout? If the score is 7-5 in the first half, they'll have a chance of a comeback if they win the pistol round in the second half."

"But if it's 8-4, I think the opponent will lose the fighting spirit in the first map. The difference between two points and four points is still a big one."

要说CSGO时期的玄学分是9-6的话，那么CS2的就是7-5了，都是一个手枪局能够解决的分差。

If it was 10-5 or 8-4, the score would be twice as different. If it were a team with a bad mentality, they would probably want to end it early and prepare for the next map.

Taz behind him reminded, "Even though the opponent paused, we shouldn't overthink it. We should stick to our original strategy and not be affected."

Niko nodded and began to plan the tactics for the spear round:
"The opponent's backcourt has been difficult to enter from the front these past few rounds..."

"Let's attack directly from the outside in the second half and try to control the police's outside field."

"Nexa, don't go to the bandit hall this round. Stay outfield at the start and cover our retreat. You can also help throw some props."

Hearing this, Nexa felt a little embarrassed.

Since Team A was always trying to find ways to "ABGO" against the Qing Bandit Hall, this resulted in extremely poor stats in the first half, with KD only having a pitiful 2-9.

Its role on the map is the same as the true eye in the League of Legends, and its main function is to provide early warning to teammates.

However, no one blamed Nexa. Before, whenever the four of them went outside, Nexa was the pressure-resistant character in the bandit hall, so it was normal for him to give it away for free.

Nowadays, even Faze's ropz's data on the attacking side in this map will not look good, because he is often assigned to the single-handedly cut off the bandit hall by his cousin.

After hearing Niko's plan, Su Zhe briefly simulated the tactics in his mind, and then asked in confusion: "Don't the bandit hall leave a rearguard? What if the enemy circumvents?"

Niko smiled after hearing this and turned around to answer, "Don't worry, although Team A is playing very aggressively on the defensive side and has been frequently counter-clearing, they are all doing it for a purpose. They will definitely not leave the bandit hall."

"Really..." Su Zhe thought thoughtfully.

This conversation between the two actually made the child in the middle laugh. He was a bit introverted and seemed a bit reserved with strangers, but very familiar with acquaintances.

Su Zhe is of similar age to him, and after spending some time together recently, their relationship has become closer.

The child looked at Su Zhe who seemed a little puzzled, and took the initiative to say: "You are still lacking in competition experience. You have encountered them too few times."

"Do you think Team A is the kind of team that's very stable and likes to stay back and fight straight?"

"Uh..." Su Zhe recalled it briefly and found that what the child said was really damn right.

Before he got to know Team A, he did have this stereotype, so the opponent's frequent counterattacks today caused him a lot of trouble at the start of the game.

After the reversal, Team A gave him a particularly aggressive impression, feeling that they were the kind of team that would press forward when given the opportunity.

The child looked at Su Zhe's expression and continued with a smile, "Actually, Team A is the kind of team that tries every possible way to gain control of the map. Sometimes they're even more aggressive than those teams that prefer to just go for a one-shot victory."

"But after gaining control of the map, they lack discipline and 99% of the time won't move forward and risk losing..."

When the child said this, Su Zhe already understood.

To put it bluntly, it means only taking risks that are within your expectations and avoiding any risks beyond that.

Talking about this, Su Zhe suddenly remembered a short video he saw some time ago.

The UP host above said that in 21 and 22, Tom Cruise's first kill attempt rate in competitive games was almost the same as Simple's.

When he saw that set of data, he cursed in his heart, "What a wild list!" Tom Cruise has always been a steady sniper, how could he be so aggressive.

Now that I think about it, it was because my prejudice was too deep.

As everyone was talking, Team A's one-minute timeout quickly ended and the game continued.

After the countdown ended, Su Zhe walked towards the outfield.

However, they did not directly hand in the props to speed up the outfield, but chose to do the default first and observe the tactical changes of Team A after the game was suspended.

"G2 is using a standard outside attack rhythm. The raid hall is constantly going crazy. Nexa is constantly getting cleared. Look, CT cleared it again this time!"

"Bro handed in a defensive smoke bomb at the entrance to the bandit hall. It seems he has no intention of climbing the stairs to the third floor of the bandit hall."

The G2 team set up a default position in the outfield for nearly half a minute, but no CT showed up in the outfield.

Nikko glanced at the score on the screen and saw that there was only one minute and twenty seconds left in the round. He then gave the order in a deep voice, "Nexa, throw a large smoke bomb at the back post. Cousin, prepare to jump from the water tower to the main gate."

"After we cleared the CT at the main gate, we split into two groups to occupy the third police building and clear the warehouse."

Under NIko's instructions, everyone in G2 began to take action.

Su Zhe observed his cousin's movements on the water tower, and then threw a shot straight out.

"Give it to me!"

My cousin had already jumped onto the main gate, and after hearing Su Zhe's voice, he jumped down.

"There is indeed someone!"

My cousin was happy at first, but then he was shocked because he found that the CT scan at the main entrance was not in vain at all.

Then, while his body was still in free fall, the screen instantly turned black.

"Wow, this flash isn't white at all. My cousin couldn't even stand still before he was knocked away by the Jabbi at the main gate."

"But Niko is already close to the main gate. Can he finish off this guy? He pulls out to finish him off! But Tom's sniper is also outside the police station!"

"Brother Tom's sniper didn't miss a shot, and he successfully took down Niko's back!"

The situation on the field changed rapidly, and Niko had no idea that Tom's position would appear in the police's outfield.

He was killed and hurriedly shouted in the voice chat: "Go directly to K1 and go underground! Everyone!"

In this round, the kid didn't use an offensive sniper, so Tom Cruise, who was far away, was basically unstoppable. If he retreated to attack the bandit hall, he would not have control of the map, so now he could only bite the bullet and try a wave of underground.

After Niko made the decision, the kid immediately threw a smoke bomb to cut off the police's gun line outside the field.

Then Su Zhe took the lead and rushed directly into K1. He quickly aimed and pushed forward all the way. After reaching the corner of K1, he pulled out horizontally and just put the crosshairs on the stairs outside the trap door, when he suddenly saw a CT figure flash at the exit of the pipe.

It was almost a subconscious action. After Su Zhe noticed the figure on the CT, he swung the crosshairs directly to the upper left corner as if it were sucked.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills Staehr with an AK-47 headshot.

"Holy crap! Arrow's breakthrough!"

The shot was so fast that the player was so shocked that he cursed subconsciously. Then he realized something was wrong, and the rest of the commentary was like being electrocuted:
"Staehr wanted to wait, but also wanted to go head-on, but there was no way. He was the second one to come down the pipeline, so he was a bit too impatient. Or was Arrow just too fast and accurate!"

The number of players on both sides came to 3V3 again, but the situation was still unfavorable for G2.

There is a high probability that a CT has already filled in the iron plate and passed the point, and people may be sent down in the back road or pipeline at any time.

"G2 chose to split up their attack. Arrow went after the door alone, while Kid took the mine and Nexa to the door. They still chose to attack the front first!"

"The kid opened the dead end and threw a cigarette, intending to mix it with the cigarette to plant the package. The bro under the iron plate fired two shots but missed, allowing the kid to successfully plant the package!"

With the placement of the bomb pack, the pressure on G2 was greatly reduced. Su Zhe walked quietly towards the control room.

The child and Nexa retreated from the death gate, intending to ensure the safety of their retreat first.

But at this time, Tom had already thrown away the sniper rifle, changed to AK in the outfield, and then quietly walked down from K1. When he looked at K2 horizontally, he just found the exposed nexa.

Nexa was still on guard against the location of the pipeline, and was caught off guard and killed instantly by Tom Cruise.

This scared the child behind him, and he immediately squatted and walked forward, wanting to use the spring head to take away Tom Cruise's head.

But just as he was squatting, the stavn of the pipe was pulled out and just caught Timing on his side.

"The kid was completely hooked by Tom Cruise! He didn't even notice the pipeline. Team A played a fantastic game."

"It's a 1v3 endgame, and the pressure is on Arrow again. Can he still do it?"

When Su Zhe was searching the control room just now, he saw Nexa being killed and turned back to help, but the two died too quickly, leaving him alone before he could reach his destination.

Su Zhe quickly thought about the endgame in his mind, and finally decided to take the initiative.

Su Zhe first walked quietly down the stairs of the control room. After looking through the trap door and seeing that there was no one at the place, he turned his head and looked at the location of K1.

The disadvantage of the low slope made Su Zhe only see a scalp passing by, and even made him doubt whether he saw it wrongly, because his sight was blocked by the body of Ye Bangge who he knocked down when he went down K1.

However, after a little hesitation, he chose to trust his own reaction and directly pressed the fire button, risking exposing his position.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills Device with a headshot from an AK-47

After getting the kill, Su Zhe didn't stay for long and turned around and walked towards the control room.

Fortunately, the kid had considered the opponent's route to defend and did not choose to place the bomb behind the pillar, which made it easier for Su Zhe to defend the bomb site.

He first glanced at the location of the iron plate through the glass of the control room. When he found that there was no one there, he waited silently for the other party to unpack.

At this time, Lei Bao's voice became more and more urgent, and there was not much time left for Team A.

"It's a 1 vs. 2 situation! Arrow's position has been locked! Stavn wanted to rush out of the trap door and head straight for the glass house, but he hesitated, afraid he couldn't win, so he just stepped back and closed the trap door."

"Two people, one setting up and one demolishing, chose to directly force the demolition. Jabbi has been setting up the control room. As long as the trap door is not open, he doesn't have to worry about going sideways."

After hearing the sound of unpacking, Su Zhe moved from his squatting position to the rightmost wall of the control room.

He quickly stood up and took a look at the buns. After confirming that both of them were there, he understood what the other person was thinking.

"One by one? Can you handle me?"

Su Zhe looked up again, and after determining the opponent's final position, he swung the crosshairs directly.

With his current reaction, he is able to perform many operations in an instant.

He chose to first fix his gaze on the CT head holding the gun, then quickly pressed the fire button, and the AK barrel in his hand quickly sprayed out flames.

"Da da da~"

Arrow kills stavn with a headshot from an AK-47

Su Zhe got a triple kill in his turn.

The teammate beside him fell to the ground, which made br0, who was halfway through unpacking the package, feel a chill in his heart. He immediately gave up the action of unpacking the package. He didn't think that the opponent could kill him in more than a second.

So Bro quickly looked towards the control room. As long as he could kill the bandits immediately, he would have enough time to open the bag. But when he looked, he found that the bandits had retracted their heads again. Just when he thought they were waiting for him to open the bag before showing their heads again, another head popped out from his crosshairs.

There was also the sound of a bullet piercing the head.

"Da~"

Arrow kills Bro with a headshot from an AK-47

The audience at the scene had been suppressing their emotions since G2 fell into a disadvantage.

As Su Zhe harvested heads one by one, a mixture of excitement and nervousness began to surge in their throats.

Finally, after getting Su Zhe's last head, they could no longer hold back and shouted at the top of their lungs at the young man on the stage.

In an instant, the entire venue was buried in cheers.

"Nice!! Nice!!"

“This ticket is really worth buying!”

"Xiaozhe, you're so awesome!"

"Holy crap! All four kills this round were headshots. Xiaozhe is such a jerk!"

"Alban, why didn't you agree with Niko's suggestion a few days ago? If you had called him up, the team could expand into the Chinese market faster, right?"

Carmac stared at the live broadcast in front of him and asked the current CEO of G2 with a hint of playfulness.

Alban took a sip of the red wine in his glass and said with a smile, "As an ESL executive, don't you know what I'm thinking?"

Carmac smiled helplessly. "What ESL executive? That's a thing of the past. I'm now a consultant for G2."

"As for your thoughts, I feel like you want to recruit this new person."

Carmac suddenly realized something, turned to look at the newly appointed CEO, and asked uncertainly: "Do you want to give Niko a warning?"

Alban put down his wine glass and sighed, "It's all because of that fourth-place finish. The players below have too much say."

"Even though Ocelote (former CEO) said it was wrong to give the players control of the team, I feel like he hasn't taken back enough power."

"When I changed into Nexa some time ago, NIKO actually dared to come to my office and talk back to me."

Carmac raised his eyebrows. Although he did not agree with the nexa deal at that time, the man next to him was his current boss.

So he continued, "So, you're planning on signing with Arrow?"

Alban shook his head. "There's no need to rush. I've only just started to notice this player. I've already had someone research his specific commercial value. It should be out in a week. I'll make a decision then."

Carmac nodded. This was indeed Alban's style. He was never radical in making important decisions.

Then he thought of something and asked, "A week from now? The ESL19 tournament is about to start. Is it still in time?"

Alban shook his head and smiled, "It doesn't matter. It's just one tournament anyway. It won't affect anything. Cologne and the Major are still a while away."

"Hmm," Carmac suddenly thought of something and asked, "Aren't you afraid that other teams will intercept you?"

Alban smiled, crossed his legs, and said confidently, "I've done my research. Arrow only wants to join a team that can compete for a championship."

"But there are only a few teams in the world that are competitive enough to win the championship, and none of them need to make substitutions. Otherwise, why would they come to the team to serve as a substitute for Qixi this time?"

"Don't worry, if we suppress it a little this time, we can reduce this player's contract salary a bit, and maybe even reduce Niko's salary a bit."

"While his skill level is still high enough to be a star player, it's no longer worth the contract terms we offered him."

Niko, who was still at the competition site in Chengdu, had no idea that his boss, who was more than 8000 kilometers away, had already made clear arrangements for him.

He just turned his head and cheered towards Su Zhe: "Nice! Arrow! Those kills of yours were so clean and neat!"

What Niko meant by clean and neat was the killing efficiency, which is also the most important point in the face-to-face gun battle.

Just like the new Aim_Rush map from the workshop.

Why can some players face the challenge of five bots without losing any blood?

Some players, when pulling out to get a kill, were killed by the bot before they had time to control their position.

The details of controlling your body position, the speed of positioning, and the speed of reacting to fire are all included in the killing efficiency.

In Niko's opinion, although Su Zhe's body control is still a little lacking, it is only at the average level of professional players, but the latter two have reached the level of star players.

Thinking of this, Niko smiled and said, "By the way, Arrow."

"Ok?"

Su Zhe was smiling happily when he heard the praise from his teammates, but he made a puzzled sound when he heard Niko suddenly calling him.

"I think you could definitely ask the kid to learn how to control his body position next. Don't be like Senpo back then, where his body movements were terrible and he became silent when he was not in good condition."

In Niko's opinion, Su Zhe was just like Mori Po at that time, with average body movements, but a particularly strong aiming ability with his right hand.

"Oh? Kid, you have this skill?"

After hearing what Niko said, Su Zhe looked at the child and asked. He had always focused on the sniper and ignored the child's physical skills.

"Haha, of course! My agility level is no worse than my sniper level!" When talking about agility, the child also laughed confidently.

"Then I'll have to ask you for advice after the game." Su Zhe also extended an invitation to the child after the game.

"No problem!" the child agreed cheerfully. "I'll tell you..."

"Okay, let's talk about these things after the game. Let's find a way to win this Bo3 first!" Taz, who was behind him, saw that everyone was talking and went off topic, and reminded them helplessly.

"The score is now 8-4. Let's try to win the second half of the pistol round and not give the opponent any chance to come back!"

After being reminded by Taz, Niko also remembered his role as commander, and began to discuss the tactics for the pistol round before the end of the half-time break.

The second half of the game soon arrived.

After the two sides switched sides, G2 came to the defensive side.

After the game started, my cousin threw out two double guns. Su Zhe and the child each picked up one and put on half armor.

Niko arranged a 122 defensive position in the pistol round, with two people standing in the inner field, two people standing on the iron plate, and he alone collected information in the outer field.

Su Zhe and the child each held two guns to hold the iron gate and iron plate in the inner field, which could effectively prevent Team A from launching a wave of bombs.

After the countdown ended, Su Zhe walked directly from the birth position towards the main gate, then got close to the iron gate and squatted in the groove of the pipe.

In this way, Team A will flash into the inner field, and his position can also be used to flash back and counterattack using the advantage of guns.

"Team A has five people gathered in the bandit hall. They've started a smoke and a fire, and the rest are small armor. Are they planning to attack from the backfield?"

Then when he saw the movements of Team A, he was a little puzzled.

"No one from Team A has gone through the third floor. Are they going to rush out and set fire to the main entrance?"

Su Zhe was waiting for the storm to come in the groove, when suddenly the iron gate in front of him was opened, which immediately made him concentrate his attention.

Just as he was ready to dodge backwards, he suddenly saw a cigarette thrown in from outside the iron gate.

Su Zhe:?
Although his brain was extremely confused, his body's reaction was very honest. When he saw the smoke bomb thrown, he immediately took the initiative and pulled it horizontally out of the iron gate.

Then I saw a bandit who had just thrown away his props and was pulling a gun out of his crotch.

Seeing this, Su Zhe did not hesitate at all and quickly clicked the left mouse button with his 18-year-old single hand speed.

"Papa papa ~"

Arrow kills Jabbi with a headshot using dual Berettas.

Then the cousin standing at the pillar of the bun also got something, and got a kill with the USP straight rack.

Wan Ji Zi and Ma Xixi, who were sitting at the main commentary desk, burst into laughter when they saw this scene.

"There wasn't even a grenade to blow up the iron gate. Rat Brother opened the iron gate himself and threw the cigarette, but he was caught by Arrow throwing the props."

"Brother Tang from the Yellow Room also ran out of the Yellow Room to set the third floor on fire, but he was caught by my cousin. Fortunately, Brother Ye Bang took the head off my cousin."

"But isn't Team A a bit disrespectful? Did they think G2 would set up their guns from a distance?"

However, although they had the advantage in numbers, Su Zhe was the only one in the backfield at this time, and the other teammates were still on their way back to defense.

After seeing the bandits coming out of the yellow house one after another, he did not desert, but took the initiative to meet them with two guns.

"Pah pah pah pah~"

Arrow kills Staehr with a headshot using dual Berettas.

Arrow kills br0 with dual Berettas

In the close-range firefight, the Glock was no match for the double pistols, and the members of Team A who came out one after another were instantly shot to pieces.

Su Zhe was shot by stavn only after he killed several people in a row, and this was when Team A opened fire.

If he had been allowed to guard the Huangfang from the start, he would probably have transformed into Yan Shuangying and taken on all four people leaving the Huangfang by himself.

In the 1V3 endgame, stavn picked up the grenade pack and tried it again, but the G2 players had already returned to defense.

The kid on the third floor of the inner field jumped up and knocked down the last bandit who was busy planting his bag.

After the pistol round of playing on the machine was over, I was still a little obsessed with Team A's performance in the pistol round.

"Team A's bombing this time was really too dry. How is this any different from Age of Empires 2, where you put a catapult into someone else's base and then smash the castle?"

After the pistol round, the score between the two sides was 9-4.

Tom Cruise looked at the score at the top of the screen and then came to his senses. What had he just done?
He had completely forgotten how he called out the pistol round tactics.

However, the outcome was already decided, and a feeling of powerlessness came over him, because he knew that their match in Figure 1 might be over!

Then Team A only played a shared Desert Eagle in the strong start, but it did not achieve any good results and the score difference was widened again.

Then came the spear round, which was also Team A’s last chance to turn the tables in this map.

But they still didn't seize the opportunity. A wave of attacks from the outside field was unleashed by Niko's personal ability, and he caught two people in a row at the beginning.

Later, Su Zhe came out from the main gate and also completed a one-for-two exchange of numbers.

br0, who was on the third floor of the bandit group, was helpless when he saw his teammate fall to the ground in an instant. He could only go home in shame to save his gun.

The gun was saved, but what about the lost points?
In the end, G2 team worked together and did not give Team A any chance, winning the game in Map 13 with a score of 4-.

They are only one step away from stepping onto the final stage of the finals.

(End of this chapter)