Mist in the Air Chapter 3

[nsngu]: [He will go to the warm-up match with your team next Monday. Whether he will play or not is yet to be determined.]

【nsngu】：[Don’t cause trouble when you see me.]

【nsngu】: [You are not a child anymore. ]

[nsngu]: [I shouldn’t have said this originally, because I was worried that if you suddenly knew about this, it would affect the game.]

[nsngu]: [Although winning or losing the warm-up match will not affect the team's annual points, I don't want to win unfairly, so you should adjust your mentality in advance.]

Nolan Shi had laughed enough and stared at the screen in a daze.

I wonder if Soren Yu is next to Quinn Gu’s computer in the NSN base at this moment.

Are you watching Quinn Gu giving you a vaccination?

Nolan Shi rubbed the back of his neck and typed back: [Adjust what?]

【nsngu】：[？ ]

[iacevil]: [Will I fight him at the stadium?]

【iacevil】: [These are old things, I have long forgotten them.]

[iacevil]: [By the way, Captain Gu, you have brought a big rhythm to your team. I am live streaming.]

【nsngu】：[...]

【nsngu】：[...you.]

Nolan Shi smiled and typed: [Captain Gu’s hand speed is too fast, I can’t stop him.]

After knowing that Nolan Shi was live streaming, Quinn Gu stopped talking, and Nolan Shi also stopped talking. The two of them pushed the opponent in silence, and then after the game was over, they left the map without saying goodbye.

Naturally, the various e-sports forums were not so calm at the same time. After Quinn Gu revealed such a big news, the forums immediately exploded.

There were too many things that players wanted to say. Some imagined that NSN would win the world championship next season, some regretted that NSN still lacked a powerful sniper, some watched the fun and regretted that Soren Yu could not be on the same team with Nolan Shi, and some still remembered the old hatred and cursed Soren Yu for being a traitor who did not deserve to come back. Rational discussions and personal attacks flew together, and there were countless people who took the opportunity to spread rumors and discredit players. The forum administrators were so busy blocking posts that they almost broke down. It was not until four or five in the morning that the Xiuxian Party gradually couldn't stand it anymore and took a break.

After enough quarreling and cursing, the remaining people calmed down and suddenly realized one problem: today is already Saturday.

It's Saturday!

In other words, one day left is next Monday!

Every year, there is a three-month rest period after the end of the Fog World League and before the start of the new season. During these three months, other teams have to replace their own blood openly or secretly, the professional league teams that failed to stay in the league last year have to play in the qualifiers, and the newly transferred players and coaches have to get familiar with the new team and new teammates... In order to retain the attention and stickiness of players during these three chaotic months, the league inserted a one-month pre-season, which Quinn Gu called the "warm-up match".

Winning or losing in the warm-up match does not affect the team's points. It is purely for profit, to maintain popularity, and to allow transferred players to practice and prepare for the next season.

The warm-up match is a single round-robin BO1 match, with the winner determined by one game. Except for the two teams that failed to avoid relegation last year, the ten teams still in the league will participate and play against each team in turn. The opening match of the pre-season next Monday is between Nolan Shi's IAC team and Quinn Gu's NSN team.

ia, a game that was originally very popular has now become more and more popular due to the participation of Soren Yu. However, in two days, fans of the two teams and Soren Yu's local fans have driven up the ticket price of this warm-up game by more than ten times. On the day of the game, the outside of the competition venue was surrounded by fans. Nolan Shi fans and Soren Yu fans were even competing with each other, and the cheering signs on both sides were getting bigger and bigger.

In the IAC team's nanny car, manager Finn Zhao looked out through the passenger window and said, "Scary... Nolan Shi, your fans are not as gentle as usual today. They are so tense."

Nolan Shi said nothing. He leaned back in the car seat with his eyes closed, put on headphones, and blew his chewing gum, making a popping sound.

Finn Zhao looked back at Nolan Shi and said, "You're wearing headphones again, can you hear me? Sigh... To be honest, the boss is also going to watch the live broadcast of the game today. He's paying close attention to it. He was just sending me a WeChat message. Tell me the truth, what do you think our chances of winning are today?"

Nolan Shi chewed gum and took off one of his headphones. After a moment, he said, "Twenty percent."

Finn Zhao's face turned bitter when he heard this, but the other players in the car instantly relaxed. Nolan Shi said that there was little hope of winning, so it was normal to lose! No need to take the blame, no need to be scolded!

The other three teammates relaxed a lot and started to joke around. Finn Zhao didn't give up: "Don't, can we boost their morale? NSN's snipers are just average, and they haven't gotten used to each other yet. I think we still have a good chance. As for that... I told you, the boss is watching."

"Whether the boss watches or not, it's still 20%. "Nolan Shi didn't want to issue a military order to please the club owner. "Our winning rate against NSN was only 50% before, but now..."

Nolan Shi paused for a moment and continued, "Now that they have changed the medical staff and fixed the team's shortcomings, our chances of winning will inevitably decrease. Isn't this a fact?"

Finn Zhao naturally understood the reason. He smiled and said, "There is such a thing as extraordinary performance on the field. Okay, okay, I won't put pressure on you. Just do your best in a while."

The fans' cheers faded away, the nanny car drove into the underground garage, Nolan Shi put on his team uniform and prepared to get out of the car: "I will do my best naturally."

The IAC players and their entourage went to their lounge under the guidance of the venue staff. They walked through the long corridor and passed the lounge with the NSN team logo. Nolan Shi paused and glanced sideways at the closed door of NSN.

Manager Finn Zhao's heart instantly rose to his throat.

Although Nolan Shi was normal these two days, they have worked together for two years after all. Finn Zhao could clearly feel that the young master had been suppressing his anger since he learned that Soren Yu had returned to China, and this anger was definitely not small.

He was now very worried that Nolan Shi would suddenly kick open the door of the NSN lounge due to a disagreement and create social news.

Fortunately, Nolan Shi just took a glance.

Nolan Shi wore headphones, blew a big gum bubble expressionlessly, and walked into the IAC team's lounge carrying his peripheral bag.

IAC's coach took the time to emphasize the key points to each player and adjust everyone's pre-match mood. He had no instructions for Nolan Shi and the coach usually didn't waste time talking nonsense with him. Today, he broke the norm and asked Nolan Shi: "What does evil think?"

Nolan Shi had been looking down at his phone. He looked up when he heard this: "What's your idea?"

The coach was not as cautious and meticulous as Finn Zhao, and said bluntly: "We are all new on the team, and you are the only one who is familiar with whisper. Is there anything you want to mention? What should we pay attention to?"

The coach said: "You should know Whisper's playing style best, right?"

Nolan Shi put away his phone.

No one could be more familiar with it than him.

Nolan Shi's medical skills were developed by Soren Yu step by step, detail by detail. Nolan Shi was known as the "little whisperer" at that time, not only because he was good at medical skills, but also because his game style was almost completely copied from Soren Yu's.

No one knows Soren Yu's usual playing style better than Nolan Shi.

Nolan Shi nodded: "Of course."

The coach assured, "This is a big advantage for us. In the early stage, you must listen to Nolan Shi's command. You must pay attention to Whisper. You must not treat him as a medic. He can kill people. Don't let him get the kill. In the early stage, it is best not to let him get even the auxiliary points. Once this person can use the public economy, it will be very scary. If he buys three photon shields in the later stage, it will be even more difficult to fight. Pay more attention, Nolan Shi..."

Nolan Shi looked up, and the coach emphasized: "Don't focus all your attention on Quinn Gu when playing against NSN today. Pay more attention to their medical staff and target Whisper. Is that okay?"

Finn Zhao looked at the coach in fear, with an expression that said "Aren't you afraid of death by always mentioning whisper?"

To Finn Zhao's surprise, Nolan Shi said calmly, "Targeting whisper is no problem."

The coach emphasized a few points that needed attention. When there were still ten minutes left before going on stage, the staff of the venue came to confirm the team members' information for the last time, and then informed: "The starting lineup of the opposing NSN team is sniper Rod, assaulter Quinn Gu, assaulter Rhett Xin, and medical technician Kai."

Nolan Shi glanced sideways: "What?"

Everyone in the iac was stunned. Finn Zhao confirmed, "The medical technician on the opposite side is Kai? Whisper can't go?"

The staff nodded: "Yes."

Finn Zhao didn't quite understand, so he asked again: "Has Whisper come?"

The staff member said: "It's here. I just saw it."

"Hey." Finn Zhao laughed, "Strange, NSN didn't know how much money they spent to buy Soren Yu, but they just let him sit there for show without letting him play? Could it be that they didn't want to reveal too many tactics in the preliminaries? That's not the case, doesn't Soren Yu need to get familiar with his teammates?"

The staff smiled and said nothing. After confirming the information, they left. Finn Zhao said to everyone happily: "Come on, come on. Whisper is not here. It's much easier to fight now. Nolan Shi..."

Finn Zhao asked: "What is the winning rate now?"

Nolan Shi frowned slightly. He had no idea what NSN was up to. Hearing this, he said, "Forty percent."

Finn Zhao was dissatisfied: "Just now in the car you said that our winning rate against NSN without Soren Yu was 50%, how come it became 40% in just a short while?"

Nolan Shi opened the peripheral bag and took out his keyboard and mouse, saying, "Momentum bonus."

Needless to say, who "momentum" refers to.

Finn Zhao thought about it and it made sense. With Whisper as their trump card, the team would be confident whether the trump card was on the field or not. Finn Zhao smiled indifferently: "It doesn't matter. Just do your best. This is already good news. It's the opening match of the warm-up match. Come on everyone!"

Everyone nodded. Finn Zhao glanced at Nolan Shi again, and felt relieved after confirming that he was calm. Finn Zhao sighed self-deprecatingly, thinking that maybe he was just overthinking it, as Nolan Shi looked perfectly normal.

A few minutes later, after the staff came again to notify the players to go on the court, everyone stood up and followed the staff to the front.

Nolan Shi was walking in the front. As usual, he walked to the front of the stage while having a few final discussions with another attacker in the team. Before they were halfway through the long corridor, Nolan Shi paused slightly and stood still.

Less than five meters away from them, the door of the NSN lounge opened.

The coaches and players of nsn came out one by one.

The coach of NSN walked in the front, followed by Quinn Gu, and behind Quinn Gu were Rod and Rhett Xin, who were arm in arm. Behind them was Kai, and behind them... a man in casual clothes patted Kai on the shoulder.

Perhaps because he joined the team in a hurry, the team uniform with his ID printed on it has not been produced yet.

This man seemed to have not had his hair cut short for two years, and his brown hair was already longer than his shoulders.

The food in Germany is probably not good, and I have lost a lot of weight.

There were so many changes, so many that the other people in IAC were confused and asked, "Who is the tall handsome guy behind Kai?"

Only Nolan Shi recognized his former captain through the completely changed back.

Nolan Shi looked at Soren Yu's back, feeling nailed to the spot alive.

Since learning about Soren Yu's return, Nolan Shi thought he was relatively calm. He never lost his composure, didn't make any noise, didn't cause any trouble for the team, and didn't make any jokes for the haters. He wasn't excited, didn't get angry, and didn't make a scene like he did two years ago.

Nolan Shi originally thought that this was because he had grown up and matured, and was able to face the past and this person calmly.

Unfortunately, this is just "Nolan Shi's own opinion".

Nolan Shi's chest rose and fell slightly, and his right hand was clenching the mouse, which made a clicking sound.

"Nolan Shi, Nolan Shi?" Finn Zhao frowned and patted Nolan Shi gently, "What's wrong?"

Nolan Shi took a deep breath and choked accidentally.

Finn Zhao looked confused. He looked forward and asked, "Who is that?"

Nolan Shi gradually regained his composure and said, "whisper."

"Fcuk you!!!"

Everyone was shocked. Finn Zhao was speechless: "This, this..."

The crowd made quite a bit of noise, and the NSN team members in front turned around one after another, including Soren Yu.

Soren Yu was stunned when he saw Nolan Shi.

Nolan Shi's chest rose and fell more violently. He turned his eyes to avoid Soren Yu's gaze. Unable to bear it any longer, he carried his peripherals and strode past the NSN people without even looking at them.

Nolan Shi walked forward, ignoring the staff who asked him to wait for his teammates. He walked through the waiting area and went straight to the brightly lit front desk. A thunderous cheer instantly broke out from the audience outside.