Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

If you say so...

She blinked, and suddenly thought of a way to spice up the game.

"TSTV, listen up. This game is professional... No, it's only been out for a few months. How can there be so many small-time players with all the bells and whistles to be touted as superstars? They just played a few insignificant matches. It's meaningless."

"...Wait, you know this is an interview... a formal interview, right?"

"Of course, you can publish as much as you want."

TSTV was surprised by Man's attitude, but saw a hint of cunning in his eyes.

TSTV then asked, "So, do you think the Spring Split is the time to show true skill?"

"Almost. At least it's far more valuable than those small online competitions used for training. So, I don't know anyone yet, but strong people worth getting to know will gradually emerge... As for the Diao Mao you just mentioned, he probably doesn't fall into that category."

"...And what about you?"

"I'm lucky enough to be competing under the greatest coach ever, so I should do well."

"I'll see."

Afterwards, TSTV asked many formulaic questions, but nothing interested Yu Man, so she just answered them calmly.

At this moment, "Shi Guang" who heard the noise came over.

"Who is this?" TSTV asked.

"You can interview our teammate Blackbird."

TSTV's eyes lit up, this was a newcomer they had never seen or heard of before.

Not only that, the blackbird's appearance is also extremely beautiful.

"Please accept my interview." TSTV immediately became excited.

"What kind of words do you want from the wandering poet?"

"……what?"

“In such cases, the value of words often depends not on the creator but on the questioner…”

Listening to "Time"'s words and looking at the stunned interviewer, Yu Man left with satisfaction.

……

"Cat Laoliu, damn, the game is today."

"...What else?"

After shaking off the interview, Yu Man broke into the room and went straight to his room.

Senior Cat is making preparations for the battle - but it's already in the final stages, and it's really hard work for this cat.

"Why didn't anyone notify me?" Yu Man scratched it.

"...No, do I need to tell you? You're so confident every day, and everyone thinks you're the one with the most problems. And now you tell me you don't know when the competition will be?"

"Fuck."

Senior Cat bit the hand that was scratching him, smoothed his fur, and then continued speaking.

"Well, I'm telling you now—after lunch, go check out the venue. The opening ceremony, livestreamed worldwide, will begin at 4 PM. The first act will be the contestants' entrance and the draw. Then there's the boring performances and introduction to the competition venue..."

"So when exactly will it be fought?"

"About after dinner. After the drawing, the performance and introductions, the team will be researching and preparing for the battle. So, the battle actually begins right after the drawing... But it doesn't matter. I've prepared the preparation materials. This USB drive has the information I compiled."

Yu Man stared at the USB flash drive and wondered where Senior Cat got the money to buy this thing?

Senior Cat casually explained, "I'm a top guide author, a friend to newbies, a master of laning in the forums, and a rival to online gamers. Occasionally, someone will send me a private message for paid consultations. Actually, Senior Cat has saved up a little money."

I don’t know where she got the account and payment method... Forget it.

Yu Man plugged the USB drive into his laptop, and the detailed and complex information was displayed in it.

Almost all the public information, internal information, and rumors about each team are written in it.

Based on the current situation of "Snake Restaurant", Senior Mao also sorted out clear ideas and examples for all BP strategies and countermeasures.

"As expected of our coach... How long did it take you to do this?"

"Hey little tip, I'm pretty free, I don't have anything else to do anyway... Anyway, you're responsible for any on-the-spot changes, but follow my general direction."

"I understand what you mean."

"Then—Xiao Man."

Senior Cat stared at Yu Man and gnashed his teeth very seriously.

"I've revealed all my secrets to you. You should know how long I've waited for you to come. If you act like a jerk here and can't even let me return to the old world, I swear I'll go crazy immediately and take you with me to death, and let this world be buried with you."

"……clear."

"That's good—come on."

……

Yu Man didn't think about the future when Senior Cat returned to the old world, but just focused on the present.

And now it has arrived.

……

After lunch, their boat docked.

A bus with the "Sheshe Restaurant" logo printed on it was already waiting there.

Drivers, security guards, organizers, reporters, and photographers.

Did other teams receive the same treatment? Yu Man didn't know.

But that's all there is to do.

"Okay, race badges, sponsor badges, team badges—oh, all of them."

Xiaolu checked and everyone was fine.

Liu Tong Qi Hua was so nervous she could barely walk. If it weren't for the sleep-mode device, she'd probably be one of those kids who'd suffer from insomnia for three days straight.

"...Aren't you nervous? The boat is about to dock... We're about to go to the competition." Liu Tong Qi Hua asked everyone instead.

Yu Man was a little nervous—that was the truth.

But she knew very well that this did not mean fear, and tension and victory were not contradictory.

Therefore, she exuded more sharpness and confidence than before, as free and easy as a sword out of its sheath.

The little deer is the same as always, and it seems that nothing can shake its heart.

70 was comforting Liutong Qihua, using her usual flawless rhetoric and impeccable demeanor to soothe her anxieties. Clearly, this young lady saw her teammates' nervousness as part of the challenge—and was more than happy to rise to the occasion.

"Time" is pressing the calculator, and you can imagine what it is calculating.

In this posture, the group stepped onto the shore and took a bus to the venue.

Many teams - the same is true.

Then converge.

……

at the same time--

TSTV finished its own interviews, completed the handover with the organizers, and temporarily put an end to the video editing and YouTube work. As a result, she had some free time, although it was not much.

Unlike the top gaming blogger, she had another face.

"...Let me see... the current odds..."

She has a spare mobile phone, which she uses specifically for investment and financial management.

Starting from riding on the trend and marketing herself as a beautiful woman——

Then she started to create content in a down-to-earth manner, relied on herself as a beautiful and capable woman to gain a firm foothold, expand her market, and become a top YouTube blogger in the gaming industry.

Until the emergence of the Old World, she was lucky enough to become famous for her video interviewing eels——

She made quite a bit of money.

Although it is insignificant compared to the prize money of the spring season, for an ordinary person like her, it is a huge sum of money that can easily change her life.

In order to keep the money, she naturally started trying to invest and manage her finances.

Although it is in the form of betting.

In TSTV's view, this is actually no different from people who throw money into the stock market and fight against their own vision, desires, and cognition. She has extremely high confidence in her own vision of the game... and in fact, she does win more than she loses.

Now that the spring season is here, there is certainly an undercurrent of gambling going on with a huge plate.

Before the closure of a specific period, the odds change in real time based on the news.

She happened to be a marginal figure close to the center, so she would not be investigated, but could get the news faster.

"Snake Restaurant's odds of winning... are really strange. Eel Master was right..."

Everyone knows that "Snake Restaurant" is a weak tourist team that relies on connections to get its quota.

Maybe the two IDs "Eel" and "Jian Dumpling Lulu" are famous enough, and maybe "Liu Tong Qi Hua" is equally famous.

But - they are only active in the PVE field and have not had any good actual performance in professional competitions.

Even though they were exceptionally skilled, their other two teammates were unknowns. Therefore, as a team, they were flawed. As long as there were obvious weaknesses, they couldn't win in this format.

However, among various bookmakers, "Sheshe Restaurant" has inexplicably favorable odds, which is very abnormal.

This left many analysts very confused, with only a few rumors circulating saying that they had beaten the determined "Xiankan", forced a team of domestic players to retire, and even beat a European team into paying hush money.

But such rumors—who would believe them?

"But I believe."

TSTV placed a huge amount of bets on "Snake Restaurant".

Because the pie is incredibly large and the channels are old and formal, such large bets are even possible.

Anyway - I originally earned the money from YouTube by interviewing the Eel Master.

If you lose, it means you can’t hold on to the money and it’s not yours.

But - if I win...

……

ps

(It feels like the year has just begun, and I've only just started creating characters, but why is it already mid-October?)

251 Opening

The buses carrying the contestants, escorted by police cars, piled up in a line and drove onto the road that belonged to them.

Even with the car shell and glass blocking the way, the noise from the audience still came with the heat waves.

Yu Man pulled aside the curtain and looked out at the street.

Outside the brand new large venue, a tide of people gathered.

Not many of them had tickets and were able to enter the venue, but even though they could only watch on the big screen outside the venue, they still came from all over the world.

Why? Yu Man wasn't quite sure.

But there's nothing wrong with that.

At least - they are embracing reality.

"—How lively." Time was also looking out the window. "A sea of ​​colorful people, they all gathered here to watch others fight insignificant battles in another world."

Yu Man really wanted to ask Niao Laowu if he could get a commission from the ticket sales, but gave up.

Soon, the bus slowly but steadily drove into the museum, along with other cars.

They deliberately slowed down their pace in getting off the bus and just looked at the other contestants.

Various and miscellaneous.

As always, Yu Man didn't recognize any of them.