GTRSH Chapter 5

“Come, come, come!”

The other three immediately took action, helping to turn on the computer, clean the mouse, and even pulled out the chair to wait for He Ci to sit down.

Their seats happened to be arranged in the same way as the game positions, with He Ci sitting to Yu Xinche’s left.

HIT had a function that allowed you to view the real-time status of the top 100 players in the national server, including the heroes they were using and their specific battle records, etc. You could also click in to view the specific game battle records.

Even if the privacy mode was turned on, the top 100 players could only choose to hide their ID and other personal information, but cannot refuse to be watched.

These past two days, people have been watching the game on PURE’s account from time to time. Yu Xinche felt a little pressured by being watched, so he borrowed an account from a senior student to play first.

As soon as I got on the bus, my cell phone rang.

Seeing that others were still busy congratulating their friends, Yu Xinche stood up and took two steps to answer the call.

It was a call from his part-time job.

He was a tutor for a high school boy. The boy’s parents were very busy with their business and only called him once every two weeks to check on the situation.

Yu Xinche chatted politely for a while. He paid attention to the movements on the computer screen. After the game queue started, he also found an opportunity to finish his report.

“Yes, he’s been doing pretty well lately. I plan to discuss his summer homework next week.”

“Yeah, no problem. He’s very well-behaved.”

“Okay, bye.”

I sat down in front of the computer and just entered the hero selection interface.

Yu Xinche still remembered the liar who claimed to be He Ci. He was unwilling to give up and wanted to verify it again. As soon as he sat down, he looked at He Ci’s game ID.

【Player 4】

I forgot, he turned on the privacy mode, so his name couldn’t be seen when he entered the game.

In this game, neither side banned [Tide], and Qi Han directly helped Yu Xinche grab it on the first floor.

“Is playing Tide okay, Xinche?”

“Sure.” Yu Xinche said.

Tide was the top support in the current version. He has a handsome model and a high win rate, and he was a must-ban.

“How about Ci Shen, is this support okay?”

“It’s up to you, just pick the one you want to play.” He Ci picked [Rain] based on the lineup next.

Tide was a hero with two forms: low tide and high tide.

When the tide was low and the sea was calm, the hero was a handsome guy with short straight bright blue hair. During this period, when you activate the ultimate skill, waves will recede in front of you, and the enemies on the road will be knocked back.

When the tide was high, the wind and waves surge, and the hero becomes a mad and aggressive person with long dark blue curly hair. The ultimate move was to summon the tide, which rolls the enemy to himself like a wave.

Tide could attack and defend. The advantage was that the hero has a lot of control skills, but the disadvantage was that it had no damage at all.

The Rain hero that He Ci chose filled this gap very well.

Rain was set as a damage dealer with three forms: light rain, moderate rain and heavy rain. Her original skin was a cool and sassy lady with silver curly hair.

This hero was full of damage, but lacks the ability to protect herself.

With the knockback of Tide, Rain could deal damage with confidence.

Yu Xinche was a little surprised to see He Ci choose Rain.

Rain doesn’t have any life-saving skills, so choosing Rain means putting your life in the hands of the support.

This hero was rarely seen in regular ranked matches, and even if she does appear, she was mostly played by couples or as a substitute player.

Unexpectedly, He Ci could trust him so much. Yu Xinche sat up straighter and rechecked the configuration of runes and equipment so as not to let him down.

Of course He Ci, sitting next to Yu Xinche, also noticed Yu Xinche’s little action. He Ci moved his fingers slightly and replaced his own hero’s rune on the equipment recommendation page.

The system immediately pops up a reminder on the public screen:

——【Rain】: Heavy rain, the canyon rains non-stop! Professional player TZ.FIX-Ultimate Output Rune has been equipped, the back is handed over to teammates, and the pentakill is in my hands.

Yu Xinche’s body stiffened for a moment.

He asked He Ci tentatively: “Do you think this set of runes is too radical in the rank game?”

“Not bad.” He Ci put pressure on him, “It should be no problem for the No. 1 support in University City to protect an AD.”

Yu Xinche was silent.

There was finally a crack in his calm expression, and He Ci waited to see whether he would be speechless or angry.

However, in just a blink of an eye, his expression returned to its previous friendly look.

“I thought a master of your level could fight five of us at our level alone.” Yu Xinche made a look of sudden enlightenment, “It turns out that you still have to rely on me to protect you.”

He Ci was not easily provoked and said slowly, “I like to let my teammates feel involved as well.”

Yu Xinche: “Oh.”

The “oh” he said was a bit long and reluctant, and seemed to have a bit of sarcasm.

He Ci pretended not to hear the emotion in his words and continued to choose skins for the heroes as if nothing had happened.

Until the last second of the game, he suddenly changed to a life-saving rune with a blood-recovering effect. Then, as he wished, he saw Yu Xinche take a breath and turn his head to look at him, wanting to say something but hesitated.

He Ci looked inquiringly: “Hmm?”

“It’s okay.” Yu Xinche was too lazy to pretend. He narrowed his eyes and gave him a fake smile without any emotion.

“That’s good.” He Ci also smiled, from the bottom of his heart.

He was in a good mood at the moment.

Yu Xinche’s expression reminded him of a video he saw two days ago, in which a kitten stood on top of the cabinet and meowed at its owner non-stop.

The comments all said “Mao Mao’s curse is so dirty.”

If Yu Xinche could speak cat language, he would definitely take advantage of the fact that He Ci couldn’t understand and scold him madly.

The cat himself was in a relatively stable mood.

Thinking back to He Ci’s criticism of the support in the last live broadcast room, Yu Xinche was mentally prepared to be disliked by him.

However, after entering the game, He Ci never made any mocking remarks. What surprised Yu Xinche even more was that he played patiently according to his own rhythm throughout the whole process, and would occasionally send signals to remind his teammates.

After a team battle, He Ci got a triple kill.

The enemy team was wiped out, and only the mid laner played by Qi Han died on their side.

Several people were saying 666 in the voice chat. After He Ci commanded the team to take down the little dragon, several people had to go back to the base for supplies.

He Ci walked towards the enemy’s blue zone and called Yu Xinche: “Tide, come here.”

Yu Xinche knew at a glance that he wanted to counter the blue buff. He Ci was probably afraid that the opponent would resurrect and catch him immediately, so he asked himself to be his bodyguard.

In fact, Yu Xinche didn’t really want to go.

Yu Xinche’s current condition was not healthy and he had little fighting power. If the opponent really comes, he could only be killed as cannon fodder.

If the opponent doesn’t catch him, He Ci could take him down the blue by himself.

In other words, he would only lose money and never make any money.

While hesitating, Yu Xinche stood still. Seeing this, He Ci said again, “If you don’t come, I’ll take it.”

“Ah?” Yu Xinche asked subconsciously.

“The opposing jungler is alive, hurry up.” He Ci said.

On the screen, Rain stopped moving after reducing the blue buff to a sliver of health.

Yu Xinche finally understood that this was to give the blue to him. He activated the acceleration skill and rushed over to take the buff.

He was a little embarrassed to thank He Ci, so he thought for a moment and said, “Thank you for the gift from the heavens.”

The teammates exclaimed wildly in the voice chat.

“Damn, I would have ran out and bragged to everyone that He Ci gave me a blue buff if I was Xinche.”

“Hahahahahahaha, Ci Shen also helped me kill the dragon. I feel so good.” said the jungler.

Qi Han played a mage and also needed blue. He was so envious that he couldn’t breathe in the fountain.

After that, the opponent began to consciously target He Ci. He was just farming safely under the tower, but was still killed by the opponent who forced his way over the tower.

At that time, Yu Xinche went out to provide vision in the jungle and was a little far away from him, so he couldn’t arrive in time.

“My fault” Yu Xinche took the blame.

“No, they are too excited.” He Ci said.

After being resurrected again, He Ci found that Yu Xinche had changed his style and began to follow him closely.

With the control of Tide, He Ci was no longer timid and felt more at ease even when defeating the minion soldiers.

The opponent came to double-team them again, and He Ci decisively activated his ultimate skill to provide himself with a damage boost, dealing tons of damage.

Yu Xinche, on the other hand, held on to his ultimate skill tightly, and waited until all the enemies were in front of He Ci before releasing the knockback, pushing them all away and leaving Rain with safe space to output damage .

The two’s positioning disrupted a bunch of skills, and in the end they successfully fought back with a sliver of health left, achieving a 0 for 4 exchange.

Seeing the two people left with low health, the opponent’s mentality collapsed. Typing on the public screen:

-The bottom lane is a booster? How much is one game? So awesome!

He Ci and Yu Xinche were not the kind of people who like to interact, so they didn’t reply.

Qi Han spoke on his behalf:

– No

– Opponent: I said no. Rain is still helping Tide to get blue. How can a booster take blue? They look like a couple.

Yu Xinche: “…”

It’s hard to comment on this statement. He plays so well, but just because he’s a support, he cannot get the blue?

Yu Xinche has always hated this kind of remarks, but he was too lazy to waste time arguing with a stranger on the street, so he just pretended not to see it.

Instead, it was He Ci who typed:

– Not a couple.

– Support can be C, what’s the problem with taking blue?

Not expecting him to speak up for him, Yu Xinche turned his head and looked at him in surprise.

He Ci stared at the game screen intently, his expression not changing.

It seemed like the comment was just something that came naturally to him.

After that, Yu Xinche played more seriously and won the game smoothly.

The other two students besides Qi Han were impressed by He Ci’s skills and became his fans. He Ci finally gave a fan service and gave Qi Han a blue buff.

Everyone performed well in this game, and Yu Xinche even won the MVP. His highest damage-taking and team-participation data successfully slapped the faces of the opposing passers-by.

After returning to the game team interface, Yu Xinche looked at He Ci’s game ID again. When he saw it, he was stunned.

Isn’t this the scammer account that he blocked the day before yesterday?

It was after he blocked him that Yu Xinche was frequently contacted and harassed by strangers, so he had a deep impression of this account.

Moreover, his memory had always been good. Even if it was a string of random characters, he could remember it after looking at it several times.

The person who contacted him that day was really He Ci.

Yu Xinche tightened his grip on the mouse, glancing at the “swindler” beside him, with countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

I clearly went to the livestream room to verify that He Ci was not using this account.

Did he change his game account in the livestream so quickly?

And I always feel that the style he displayed during the live broadcast was somewhat different from the two times he played with me.

Yu Xinche wanted to find He Ci to explain, but he was worried that He Ci didn’t care about it and that he was just being too sentimental.

He also wanted to ask He Ci why he said that at the time, whether he really thought his skills were good enough to play professionally, or if he was just in a good mood and randomly picked a passerby to interact with and amuse himself…

Yu Xinche frowned, lowered his eyes, and thought about how to naturally bring up this topic.

At this moment, He Ci’s game status on the screen suddenly changed.

It only took a second or two to recognize this garbled account. The other people had already quit the game and returned to their team room. They were all ready and clicked the [Agree to Continue Game] button.

Only He Ci cancelled the match.

He Ci should probably quit playing.

Sure enough, the next second He Ci took off his headset and picked up the mobile phone mask on the table.

The remaining three people all looked at him in unison. They knew in their hearts that it was a rare opportunity for He Ci to play with them, so they just waited quietly for him to say goodbye, with eyes trying to keep their big shot.

He Ci might have been accustomed to this kind of scene. Faced with the three of them, looking as wilted as frostbitten eggplants, he remained completely unshaken.

Seeing him push away the chair and about to stand up to say goodbye, Yu Xinche made up his mind and spoke before he said goodbye.

“Wait–”

 

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