The Failed Knight of Full-Time Master

"Are you so confident? Then I'll have to look forward to it."

After hearing An Ning's words, Ye Xiu also said to An Ning with a smile.

"Don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you."

An Ning held Ye Xiu's hand and said solemnly.

In the new competition system, all maps will be randomly selected by the system. Although the Xingxin team is composed of a group of veterans who have played for many years, it does not mean that An Ning will be afraid of them.

An Ning has always been the kind of player who gets better at critical moments, and the uncertainty brought about by the random map selection makes An Ning find it even more interesting.

Let’s put championships aside for now.

This may be the last time that An Ning meets Ye Xiu in a professional competition.

Of course, it would be better to have fun playing.

After all, Ye Xiu back then also made An Ning’s debut particularly impressive.

Naturally, An Ning also wanted to leave a deep impression on Ye Xiu before he retired.

“I’m really looking forward to it.”

After shaking hands with An Ning, Ye Xiu went to shake hands with the next player of the Thunder Team.

After the two sides shook hands, they returned to the rest area and waited for the post-match interview.

After all, this is the second game of the finals. If the two teams do not tie in this game, then this game will decide the champion of the tenth season.

Both the Stars and the Thunder are entering the finals for the first time. Whichever team wins the championship will break through team history.

Therefore, this also attracted many media to send reporters to interview the new champion after the game.

What they didn't expect was that the two teams ended up in a tie in this game with no winner determined.

The suspense of the game was dragged into the subsequent extra games.

All I can say is that e-sports is full of randomness.

Although these reporters missed an explosive hot spot.

But a draw was enough for these reporters to write a report.

But this game didn't decide the winner after all, so the questions raised by the reporters were not too tricky. They just asked about the expectations of both teams for the next extra game.

The reporters' questions are less tricky, not because the reporters have become friendlier.

And the questions asked simply because of the result of a draw between the two teams could never touch the pain points of the players of the two teams.

Therefore, no matter how tricky the questions are, they are not enough to break down the psychological defenses of these players. Instead of simply offending people without getting any favors, it is better to ask both teams about their plans for the next game.

In response to the reporters' questions, neither Ye Xiu nor Xiao Shiqin revealed anything.

Although Ye Xiu and Xiao Shiqin both knew that there might be a tiebreaker, neither of them was fully prepared for it.

Not to mention the reporters' questions, even Ye Xiu and Xiao Shiqin themselves didn't know where to start, so how could they answer the reporters?

In the end, it was all condensed into one sentence: it is not convenient to disclose.

"Excuse me, player An Ning. Including this match, you have defeated Ye Xiu's Jun Mo Xiao twice in small-scale battles in team competitions. Do you still have this confidence in the next match?"

The last reporter from the Thunder who asked a question also directed the question to An Ning.

Compared to the fact that the Thunder team broke through the team's history, what reporters were more concerned about was that An Ning had defeated Ye Xiu's Jun Moxiao in two consecutive games.

Although it is true that the Thunder Team has made it to the finals for the first time, the problem is that among the members of the Thunder Team, An Ning and Chu Yunxiu are both players who have made it to the finals.

Although Xiao Shiqin has never entered the finals, these reporters all know that Xiao Shiqin’s failure to enter the finals has nothing to do with Xiao Shiqin himself.

Therefore, instead of interviewing Xiao Shiqin and others about how they felt about Thunder's first appearance in the finals, it would be better to ask An Ning how he overcame his inner demons to defeat Ye Xiu, the number one player in Glory.

"If possible, I hope this scene will not happen."

An Ning's words stunned the reporter.

Before asking this question, the reporter imagined many possible answers from An Ning, some arrogant and some humble, but he did not expect An Ning's answer to be a denial.

It seemed that fighting Ye Xiu one-on-one and defeating him was not something to be proud of.

You know, in today's Glory League, being able to kill Ye Xiu alone...

This honor is no less important than winning the Glory Championship.

After all, Ye Xiu created the feat of 37 consecutive wins in the singles competition, which also shows how terrifying Ye Xiu's suppression power is in one-on-one games.

Although An Ning and Ye Xiu's confrontation this time was in a team competition, for most of the two games, neither Ye Xiu nor An Ning received any external support, so it can be seen as a rather weird singles competition.

In this kind of competition, An Ning defeated Ye Xiu twice. If it were some more arrogant players, they would have started bragging about themselves a long time ago.

But An Ning's performance really surprised the reporters.

But only An Ning herself knows the reason.

Although An Ning is indeed a knight player with a messy playing style, if possible, An Ning still wants to fight with the team instead of being isolated like now.

"Then can you tell me why?"

Finally, the reporter continued to ask.

"That's nothing, I just think that as a knight I can provide more help to the team."

An Ning was also telling the truth, and he had no intention of hiding anything on this point.

After asking this question, the interview with the Thunder team was completely over, while on the other side, the interview with the Happy team had already been completed.

Originally, An Ning wanted to go to the Xingxin team with Xiao Shiqin to test the waters.

But they didn't expect Ye Xiu to be so fast. By the time Xiao Shiqin and An Ning reached the Xingxin side.

I only saw a few staff members of the Xingxin team packing up the items brought by the Xingxin team.

So An Ning and Xiao Shiqin had to return empty-handed.

After the interview, the Thunder team returned to their hotel.

The extra time for the two teams is scheduled for 6 o'clock in the evening the day after tomorrow, and the venue is still the Thunder team's home court.

But this time, the Thunder Team did not have any choice of map.

As mentioned before, under the new competition system, the map selection for the additional team competition and team competition will be randomly selected by the official.

The map selection for the finals extra game will be announced at noon tomorrow.

This means that both the Thunder Team and the Happy Team only have half a day to adapt to the map.

This really tests the two teams' ability to understand the map. If they are randomly assigned a map that neither team is good at, then half a day is not enough time for one team to get familiar with the map.

But it is this randomness that makes the extra games in the finals so exciting.

An Ning was the last person to return to the Thunder Team base.

In fact, theoretically speaking, Xiao Shiqin’s should be included.

But after returning from the Xingxin lounge, An Ning and Xiao Shiqin had already separated.

Originally, An Ning planned to come back with Xiao Shiqin, but Xiao Shiqin said that he wanted to stay in the Thunder team's home court for a while.

So An Ning had to come back alone.

When An Ning returned to the training room of the Thunder Team base, he found that all the players of the Thunder Team except Xiao Shiqin were still sitting in the lounge.

It is already 11:31 in the middle of the night, but the players of the Thunder Team did not choose to rest. Instead, they all sat in the lounge inside the base.

"Why haven't you left yet? Are you planning to train at this time?"

Looking at the members of the Thunder Team, An Ning also made a joke.

This is a training room after all, and in a training room, one must train.

The reason An Ning came here was to get the notebook she used to record the competition.

An Ning planned to try to figure out the tactics that Team Xingxin might choose in the extra game tomorrow morning based on the notes he had taken down on Team Xingxin's playing style.

That's why I chose to go to the Thunder team's training room during this time period.

But unexpectedly, all the players of Thunder Team were here.

After seeing An Ning, Dai Yanqi, who was sitting closest to the door, stood up immediately.

"Brother An, what should I do? I'm so nervous that I can't sleep!!!"

The moment she saw An Ning, Dai Yanqi collapsed instantly and said to An Ning.

"Why are you so nervous? Isn't it just one more game?"

After hearing what Dai Yanqi said, An Ning felt a little helpless.

"This is different. What should we do if we lose the next game?"

It was mentioned before that An Ning and Chu Yunxiu noticed that something was wrong with Xiao Shiqin.

But apart from An Ning and Chu Yunxiu, Dai Yanqi and Fang Xuecai, who have been with Xiao Shiqin for a long time, couldn't possibly not feel it at all.

In fact, after seeing Daiyangqi and Houxuecai, An Nian knew what these two people were thinking.

On the Thunder Team side, it was Xiao Shiqin who had always arranged the training and tasks for each player in advance.

During the finals, Xiao Shiqin also arranged training and other matters during the home and away games.

But today's extra game was an exception.

Xiao Shiqin did not arrange a training plan for the extra game in advance, which resulted in Dai Yanqi and Fang Xuecai suddenly having nothing to do, and thus became panicked.

It would be fine if there was no training plan, but with the pressure of playing in the extra games, it would be a different story.
This is especially true for Dai Yanqi.

Dai Yanqi was very scared. She was also afraid that she would become the team's weakness due to her lack of knowledge of the map.

As a result, the Thunder lost the game at such an important moment and ultimately missed out on this season's Honor League championship.

After hearing Dai Yanqi express her concerns, An Ning couldn't hold it in anymore.

Although it is true that Dai Yanqi's understanding of the map is not enough, this is not something Dai Yanqi should worry about, but something An Ning and Xiao Shiqin need to worry about.

"Heh, your captain and I haven't even bothered about this yet, and you, a mere substitute, are still complaining here. Don't worry, even if we lose, it's not your turn to take the blame."

An Ning also took the notebook containing the tactics and hit Dai Yanqi on the head.

As far as the Thunder Team is concerned, Dai Yanqi is just a soldier, and the responsibility for the victory or defeat on the battlefield cannot be put entirely on the soldier.

"Go back to sleep quickly. You've been playing for most of the night and you don't even know how tired you are."

An Ning looked at the other players of Thunder and said.

An Ning knew that the Thunder players had long regarded Xiao Shiqin as their backbone.

Only after seeing Xiao Shiqin, these contestants will truly feel relieved.

So An Ning simply made the matter clear, saying that Xiao Shiqin had just gone out to change his mood, and that they would not be able to wait for him here, so the players of the Thunder Team began to disperse.

After the players of the Thunder Team left, An Ning looked at Chu Yunxiu, who was sitting in the chair and remained silent.

"Aren't you leaving yet, Sister Yunxiu?"

An Ning said as she looked at Chu Yunxiu who was sitting there with a pen in her mouth and looked distracted.

"Brother, do you think we have no chance this season?"

Chu Yunxiu said something quite discouraging for no reason.

But this is exactly Chu Yunxiu's usual style.

Previously, Chu Yunxiu was criticized for the fact that although the Yanyu Team could still continue to work hard, Chu Yunxiu, as the captain, suddenly seemed to lose his energy, causing the Yanyu Team to lose the possibility of winning.

But this time there was something different.

What Chu Yunxiu said actually makes a lot of sense.

Even An Ning had to admit that the Thunder team was still a little unprepared this season.

At least Dai Yanqi and Qin Jingyin still lack a lot of skills.

But this is not their problem, but the Thunder Team’s growth in strength was too abrupt.

In just two seasons, the Thunder have gone from a team struggling on the edge of the playoffs to a team competing for the championship.

This speed is really too fast, causing the Thunder to fail to catch up in many aspects, one of which is the depth and quality of the Thunder's lineup.
The only shortcoming of the Xingxin team is An Wenyi, but with the other four members of the Xingxin team sharing the shortcomings caused by An Wenyi, this shortcoming does not seem to be so obvious.

But it’s different for the Thunder team.

Dai Yanqi and Qin Jingyin's lack of knowledge of the map can actually be made up by Xiao Shiqin's command.

But the problem is that if this is the case, then Xiao Shiqin's control over the general direction will be much worse.

So at this stage, it is necessary to activate Chu Yunxiu and let Chu Yunxiu be the commander in the general direction, while letting Xiao Shiqin personally direct the movements and operations of Dai Yanqi and Qin Jingyin.

But no matter which one it is, it will weaken the original strength of the Thunder Team.

This is inevitable. (End of this chapter)