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

Chapter 60 The Terrifying Blue Star
Night has fallen completely.

The three of them seemed a little silent as they walked out of the restaurant and headed back to the hotel.

k0nfig was a little worried, thinking about how to communicate with the club to keep his old friend, and he kept smoking one cigarette after another.

es3tag was also confused. In fact, he hadn't said anything yet. THREAT was planning to demote not only him, but also k0nfig and headtr1ck.
He had wanted to tell the two players early on to prepare themselves mentally, but now the transfer window had passed, and it would be difficult for them to get in touch with a new team even if he informed them in advance.

He couldn't say this somewhat cruel news out loud himself, so he decided to let the manager tell it himself later.

Su Zhe kept his head down the whole time, thinking about how to help the team maintain its current lineup.

It could be the first time he goes out to work, or it could be the help the other person gives him in life.

Su Zhe cares about everyone in the current team, even though the team's results may be better if someone changes people.

But he still wanted to play the game with the four people he got along well with.

"Making it to the knockout stage in Katowice?"

The next day at noon, the second round of the loser group officially began.

When Su Zhe followed his teammates to the player seats, he also saw the famous Blue Star player EliGE from a distance.

Ranked among the top 20 players by HLTV for five consecutive years.

When he was on Liquid, he helped the team create a record in CS:GO professional history, speedrunning and winning the Intel Grand Slam in just 63 days.

Before this, only the Peak A team had won such a Grand Slam honor, but it took more than a year.

Although EliGE is 27 years old this year, he still dominates the field. No first-line or star player will underestimate him when facing Blue Star.

"Play your best and don't let what happened yesterday affect your mentality." es3tag looked at Su Zhe who was standing still, patted his back and gestured for him to take a seat.

Speaking of this, es3tag also has a feeling of complaining to k0nfig. Why didn't he just eat yesterday? Why did he bring Arrow with him?
In es3tag's mind, the 18-year-old Arrow is still a child and can easily be affected by factors on the field.

If he doesn't perform well in the next games, he thinks THREAT wouldn't mind adding another ID to the list of those who will be demoted.

After all, there are too many newcomers who perform well right after entering the game. Arrow performed well, but he has not yet consolidated himself.

Only when you are studied by your opponents for a long time but still perform well can you gain a foothold in the first-line arena.

After hearing what es3tag said, Su Zhe nodded and began to sit in his own seat to debug the computer settings.

He had only slept four hours from last night until now, and thought he had insomnia because he was thinking too much.

As a result, he silently recited the line "If your heart is as cold as ice, you won't be startled even if the sky falls" all night long. This was a line he learned from watching the TV series "Feng Yun 2" when he was a child. It was the sentence that the protagonist Nie Yun would shout when he was possessed by the devil.

When he was a kid, he would repeat this sentence over and over again to fall asleep whenever he was daydreaming, but last night it had no effect and he finally fell asleep at three in the morning.

This morning he woke up naturally around 7 o'clock, and was full of energy. Only then did he realize that it was the effect of the skill [Energetic].

Only four hours of sleep a day is enough to replenish a whole day's fatigue, and the role of skills is far more than that...

This skill is more useful than Su Zhe imagined.

Soon, at the referee's notice, the captains of both teams began to ban and select maps. After a battle of wits and courage, the three maps for the BO3 of both sides were determined.

Figure 1 is the Death Building chosen by Blue Star

Picture 2 is the desert city chosen by Nip

Picture 3 shows us arriving at Purgatory Town

"Come on! We will definitely win!" k0nfig was more excited than usual today, bumping his fists left and right and shouting loudly to encourage his teammates.

headtr1ck and REZ were confused and thought it was because their opponent was very strong, but under the encouragement of k0nfig, their emotions became lively.

es3tag felt the change in the team's atmosphere and said with a smile, "Keep going!"

Su Zhe focused his attention on the game early on, thinking about how to play the first map later.

He was not very good at the Death Building map, but he had done some research in advance.

Blue Star's recent win rate on this map is around 70%, and they have recently defeated strong teams such as Little Bee and G2 on this map.

This map is also a weak map for NIp, second only to Anubis, which is never played.

However, 70% is not 100%. Su Zhe believes that as long as his personal condition is good, there will be no problem in striving for that %.

CSBOY live broadcast room.

"Hello, everyone. I'm the commentator Masisi."

"I'm the commentator, captainMo."

"I'm Assistant Asuka Haru~"

"You are?"

After the usual opening remarks, Masisi and Mo chatted before the game started.

Masisi said with a smile: "To be honest, I never thought Nip could make it to the second round of the loser's bracket. I thought it was amazing that they could make it to the main draw, but they actually defeated the Falcons yesterday."

Mo nodded. "Indeed! If these two teams met in a Major, I'd guess 90% of people would bet on the Falcons to win. On paper, the difference in strength between the two teams is indeed huge."

Masisi gave a long "hmm" in agreement. He didn't mean to look down on Nip, but rather that he had relied heavily on the newcomer Arrow in the previous rounds. The biggest characteristic of newcomers is instability, and they quickly lose their voice in the competition if they are even slightly targeted.

So what surprised him the most was that Arrow could still continue to exert his strength when facing a strong team like the Falcons. He was also looking forward to today's game more and more.

"Okay, the game is about to start, Mo, come check the time."

Map: Death Building

COL: hallzerk, Grim, floppy, EliGE, JT
Nip: es3tag, k0nfig, headtr1ck, REZ, Arrow
As the map pick for Blue Star, Nip chose to start on the defensive side.

At the beginning of the pistol round, es3tag performed a 4A1B defense to prevent Blue Star from seizing control of A slope in the first place.

The importance of A Dapo in the Death Building map is equivalent to the Banana Road in Purgatory Town. Once control is lost, it is difficult to guess the bandits' attack intentions and you can only passively defend.

Unexpectedly, Blue Star double-teamed two players in the third and second B at the start. Su Zhe, who was guarding B alone, had just killed one person on the front battlefield when he was killed from behind by the bandits who came around the middle.

In the 4V4 defense, the Blue Star mine pack had been planted. With the advantage of occupying the gun position, the CT basically caught one after another.

After Nip lost the pistol round, Blue Star brought the score to 0-3.

"Come on! It will be much easier as long as we win the spear round!" es3tag encouraged in the team voice.

In order to be safe in this round, he set up a normal 3A2B defense.

As soon as Su Zhe and REZ gained a foothold at point B at the beginning of the game, they heard their teammates say that there were a lot of props at the bottom of slope A.

"REZ, give me a flash, I'll clear the stairs." Su Zhe wanted to play more proactively. As long as he could get control of the bottom of the stairs, REZ could go to the middle lane or point A to help as soon as possible.

When REZ heard about such a risky move, he wanted to warn him, but in the end he chose to believe it.

While REZ was dodging, Su Zhe began to walk quietly towards the stairs.

I planned to aim and pull with the flash, but suddenly I found a bandit's head appeared on the double-rack position of the stairs.

He reacted immediately and aimed the crosshairs.

"Da da da!"

Arrow kills Floppy with a headshot using an M4A4.

"There's another one down there! Get out of the way and jump!"

Su Zhe wanted to help the team break the deadlock so much that he naturally would not miss such a good opportunity to kill.

So the moment REZ flashed over, he flashed out and stepped on the stairs.

Brother Ji might have been afraid of being dodged before, so the moment he saw the black spot at the bottom of the stairs, he turned his head and dodged, and Su Zhe just took advantage of the opportunity to move sideways.

"Da da da!"

Arrow kills EliGE with a headshot using an M4A4.

"NIce! Nice gun!" es3tag praised after looking at the kill information in the upper right corner of the screen.

The game started with a numerical advantage of 5 vs. 3. After Su Zhe got a double kill, he planned to push straight to the end.

When we reached the underground bridge, we saw some bandits standing straight ahead.

After thinking about it, Su Zhe did not take the initiative to fight with a gun, but instead set up his gun on the spot to block the bandits' retreat route.

After struggling, the three bandits decided to deal with the CT who was trying to escape first, and then find a place to keep their guns.

As a result, Su Zhe caught two of them by himself.

The remaining Grim was then killed by k0nfig who came down from the big slope of A.

After winning the crucial rifle round, teammates immediately started shouting to vent the pressure of losing points in the previous rounds.

"Arrow! You got a quad kill in your first spear round! That's awesome!" es3tag excitedly gave Su Zhe a fist bump.

Su Zhe also responded with a smile, and the atmosphere in the team reached an extremely good state for a while.

Just when they were about to make a concerted effort to score points, Blue Star, who had re-entered the spear game, demonstrated to them how he achieved a 70% win rate on this map.

At the beginning of the game, under the cover of his teammate A Xiaoyan, Brother Ji found his way to the small path and caught k0nfig who was looking for an opportunity to mix in the smoke. Then he used his shooting skills to kill es3tag who wanted to finish him off.

The fall of the two people at the front point put headtr1ck's sniper at the A site into a passive position. In the end, after catching only one person, he was directly blown away by two grenades.

Su Zhe and REZ didn't even have the chance to return to defense and could only choose to protect their guns.

In the subsequent game, the Blue Star players' touch was completely improved, and their offensive rhythm was getting better and better.

es3tag even called for a 4A wave defense, but still failed to win the last-shot phase.

Su Zhe looked at the score that was falling behind and wanted to push forward again to find an opportunity for the team, but he was noticed by Blue Star in advance and made a default plan, and directly got a kill for free.

Nip and his men tried to find various ways to fight back, but were defeated one by one by Blue Star led by Brother Ji.

They didn't score a single point in the following rounds.

By the end of the first half, the score was 11-1.

(End of this chapter)