Chapter 2: CF Expert Freak ???? When Feige returned to the internet cafe, he immediately pulled rAn into his office, told him about the match he had arranged and the betting terms, and finally patted rAn on the shoulder, saying, 'Only success is allowed, failure is not permitted! Your brother's reputation depends on you.' Then he turned and left the office. ???? Such a bet undoubtedly put a little pressure on rAn, but he still walked up to his four teammates very casually. 'Be at the internet cafe at 2 PM tomorrow. Feige has arranged a friendly match at a nearby internet cafe. Also come in the morning for some practice. The boss said, only success is allowed, failure is not permitted! I'm leaving, my mom called me home for dinner!' rAn knew that no matter how much pressure was placed on these four guys, they would still face it calmly, so he just said a few words and left. Just as rAn was about to exit the door, Longci, who had just recovered from his earlier shock, grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back. ???? 'Boss, even if you don't say anything before the match, shouldn't you at least give us some extra nourishment, have a pre-match meal or something?' Longci said with a lecherous expression. No sooner had he spoken, Tudou, Jianbao, and Assassin blocked rAn in front of him, their facial expressions eerily similar to Longci's. ???? 'Damn it, scummy people all look the same! Don't believe me? You four go look in a mirror and see for yourselves,' rAn said feigning surprise. Jianbao was stunned by this and just about to find a mirror to check when Assassin grabbed him. Assassin shouted at rAn, 'Cut the act, just tell us where we're eating tonight!' rAn wanted to use some clever trick to create an escape route, but it was exposed by the seasoned veteran. ???? 'Haha! You can't escape this. But guys, isn't it a bit early to think about a dinner before the match is even played? If we beat Phantom and Yiren Internet Cafe tomorrow, I don't think anyone will need me to treat—you'll have someone inviting us to eat. Just perform well!' After saying this, rAn squeezed out through a small gap between Assassin and Longci. ???? 'Once the match is over tomorrow, don't even think about shirking your duties!' Assassin said angrily. Finally escaping a disaster, rAn quickly hopped on his small electric scooter and disappeared into the traffic. Passersby at the door were amazed at how fast rAn moved. ???? Early the next morning, the five of them arrived at MoonCity Internet Cafe.Since it's an internet cafe sponsoring the team, all their expenses in the cafe are covered, and Fei even set up a private room for the five of them to train. This small private room is fully equipped with air conditioning, a water dispenser, a sofa, a refrigerator, and five high-spec computers—everything one could need. Looking at these facilities alone, you can tell how obsessed Fei is with CF. His dream is to have his own team achieve results in official CF competitions, which would not only fulfill his own dream but also raise the profile of MoonCity and expand his internet cafe chain nationwide.
After the five of them settled down, they connected their keyboards and mice and immediately started CF, each looking for team battle maps to warm up. The five of them would never be in the same room during warm-ups or free matches; if they were, the result would be that half the room would disconnect, leaving just the five of them, or they would be criticized as cheating. After an hour of warm-ups, rAn briefed them on several tactics for the afternoon match, and the five squeezed into Shandong District 1, Team 5 channel 10, looking for random team matches. Channels 9, 10, and 11 in Shandong District 1 Team Battle are generally recognized by players as competition channels.
Because competition servers require players to belong to the same team with the same team name, this creates obstacles for small, temporarily formed five-man squads. Gradually, channels with fewer people became places for these small teams to arrange matches, and over time, these three channels became fixed competition channels. rAn's team's training task that morning was to practice 5V5 matches against random teams in channel 10 to rehearse afternoon match tactics. After some time of coordination, the five's cooperation became increasingly smooth. Besides, in the mornings, few CF experts appear in the competition channels, so the five matches they played were all easily won. At lunch, rAn had little appetite. Although he knew there were rarely any CF top players in his city, the first offline match for MoonCity still gave rAn a bit of pressure.
“Boss, eating so little? Don't tell me you're planning to save your lunch for dinner? Ugh, what a loser!” Jianbao didn't wait for rAn to explain and put up his middle finger in front of him.Jianbao has always been carefree, as if he has no brains. He doesn't feel any pressure about any major matters, and it's unclear whether he just has a very good mentality or is inherently heartless. As for the afternoon match, he doesn't care about it at all.
