01. Lori Passerby King

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May the youth always be hot-blooded, and the hot-blooded forever young

The bathroom is brightly lit. With a slight movement of his wrist, the cold light reflected by the scissor blade swayed and stabbed from his eyes to his heart.

Go crazy.

Take a gamble.

Ann Zai stood in front of the mirror with her slender fingers running across the mirror, outlining the outline of the reflection in the mirror inch by inch - the little face with collagen overflow can be blown and broken, the dark round eyes are silent when they are lowered, and they are cunning and agile when they are wide, with a straight nose and a small mouth... Except for a pair of bushy thick eyebrows that grow savagely, they seem to be coming to the door, and they are incompatible with other facial features.,It's really a pretty and lovely Lori face.。

Lori tilted her head, and the waist-length hair behind her seemed to have a premonition, and she shivered behind her and then stopped.

Ann flexed her fingers again and teased the girl in the mirror in the void.

Farewell, little beauty.

The knife fell from the hand, and the hair was broken all over the ground.

Recently, there has been a lot of news in the e-sports circle, in the popular game "League of Legends", a mysterious player has ranked first in the national service and Hanbok double server, dominating the list for 45 days, more than 300 points ahead of the second professional player. A week later, the same ID won the North American championship.

Compared with other game gods, this person has no live broadcast, no friends, and the few conversations with players are tactical instructions, and other than that, there is nothing else.

"Mysterious genius is born, and the major teams are recruited with heavy money" The title of the game website is still exaggerated, and there is a lack of interest among esports fans. After all, more than eighty percent of e-sports players have embarked on professional paths with various arrogant titles, and their results have been mixed since then. Some people are at the peak of their debut, some are short-lived, and even more have ended their short and bleak careers in obscurity in third-rate teams, without applause, glory, or even remember.

Today, LPL's results in the S-level World Championship are still sad and tearful. Every time you lose, a group of people say "goodbye youth" and leave gloomily.

Even so, major e-sports clubs at home and abroad are still eager to try and intend to take them under their command. But the message was never answered. This "genius player" seems to have evaporated overnight. For the next month, no one saw him again.

Mysterious.

This player is mysterious, and no one knows who he is or where he is. In the forum, there were many discussions among friends from all walks of life.

"I've met him in the ranking, he collapsed in the early stage, and he was a bloody mother in the later stage! A strong horse! ”

"I'm afraid it's not a primary school student, and my parents have caught me doing my homework?"

"Plug-in dog bot!"

"Pretending to be very forced.,That's it.,It's not as strong as me.,Cut"。。。。

Some netizens made three summaries of this person - "The god of technology flow, the god of stream of consciousness, and the supergod of pretending to be a supergod." ”

Jian Hao, CEO of OD Club, closed the forum, and the cigarette butts that had been extinguished were restlessly splashed, and he poured half a beer and closed his eyes in contemplation.

Headache, very headache.

Just a few hours ago, he had seen this mysterious and sought-after item with his own eyes. And the truth makes people laugh and cry.

Rewind to a week ago. Jian Hao received a cover letter, similar to a lot of cover letters for a career, but this ID surprised him - ZAI.

ZAI? Isn't this the "mysterious genius"? It's really hard to find nowhere to step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it! The king of passers-by, who wanted to hook up all over the world but couldn't, actually took the initiative to give him a hug?!

Jian Hao's old tears spanned three thousand miles, and the long-lost sense of pride from the OD name arose! Who said that we OD are quite old! Is our yin charm still good!

In his cover letter, ZAI enthusiastically expressed his admiration for the ancient OD and expressed his willingness to join the OD e-sports club, throw his head and spill his blood, and fight for the revival of OD!

After a few letters were exchanged, the two met face to face.

And the one who appeared in front of Jian Hao on time turned out to be a little girl??

WHAT? The legendary "god of technology flow, stream of consciousness god, pretending to be a super god" of the mysterious person ZAI, is actually a pink**white, underdeveloped cute girl? Jian Hao's jaw smashed the top of his foot.

The cute girl has waist-length hair, a slender and tall figure, and a pair of fawn eyes blinking, flashing with the light of "I knew you would be so virtuous". The legendary god ZAI sits down and generous, with his legs together and his hands on his knees, delicate and soft like a porcelain doll that does not eat fireworks in the world.

"You are... ZAI? Jane Howe wanted a negative answer. However, the facts...

"I'm ZAI, my real name is An Zai. The first of the three kings. Recently, I stopped for a month because of the school exam, but the score will come back soon. Don't judge people by their appearance, I, really, really, are amazing! ”

The little girl raised her good-looking chin slightly, and her arrogance flowed out naturally.

"What operation do you want to see, Zhengyin will show you!?"

ZAI took out his notebook from his bright yellow backpack, crackled and logged into his account, looking at Jian Hao eagerly with a pair of big eyes.

"Ah, oh. No hurry, no hurry... Jian Hao was stared at by the cute girl and felt uncomfortable, her ass was twisting on the sofa, and she was uncomfortable no matter how she sat on.

"Unexpected, isn't it! It's okay, it's okay, I know you know I'm a girl, it's definitely like this! After all, there are a lot of straight men in the game! In the world of straight men, girls are rookies when they play games. I know! The cute girl's mouth opened and closed, and she spit out a string of sassy words in one breath.

"But in esports, food is the original sin, gender is not. I don't cook, I want to play professionally. You see, the news said that there was once a professional female player who appeared in the world competition, and the game official has not said that girls can't play professionally! ”

"Words. . . That's what I said. Jian Hao, who has always been talkative, felt unable to catch the words for the first time. AT PRESENT, THE PING VALUE OF THE BRAIN IS A LITTLE STUCK, EXCEPT FOR TRYING TO CLOSE THE MOUTH WIDE OPEN, UNABLE TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE.

"I love OD and worship OD Ancient Dynasty Generation. Although the OD performance in recent years has not been very ideal, the slogan will not change - OD is faith! ZAI waved his small fist as if swearing, "My goal is simple, champion, it's OD's!"

A cute girl is a cute girl, and the childish words that come out of the mouth of the cute girl are pleasing to the eye.

Jian Hao was silent.... Tangled .... He predicted that this Internet celebrity player would put forward all kinds of harsh conditions, but he didn't expect such a dilemma in front of him. Reason told him not to make any reply at this moment.

"Wait for me for five minutes" Leaving the next sentence, Jian Hao got up and walked out of the café.

An Zai flashed a pair of big eyes, and his gaze followed Jian Hao, who was in the middle of nowhere. The moment the figure disappeared, the innocent smile vanished, and a cloud of sorrow and anxiety that could no longer be concealed poured out.

"OD is faith," Ann muttered in a low voice.

Jian Hao smoked one puff after another on the side of the road, as if the ethereal smoke could reach the brain to help think.

Talented player ZAI! The light of esports, ZAI! Sister... ZAI....

OD was established in the blink of an eye for 6 years, from the glory of being hailed as the "dynasty generation" to the bleak departure of the "decline of the dynasty", his 6 years and OD have been up and down. Jane is glad that a game has survived for 6 years and is still standing at the top of the game, and resents why the game didn't decline with their ascent to the top. If that, if that! They will be able to carry the eternal glory and carry the youth of countless players into the annals of history!

The reality is that their dynasty has gone into decline with the retirement of a generation of players - reversed, overturned, and killed.

Once upon a time, a team would be honored to beat them, shouting "Accomplishment, defeat OD!" "Nowadays, they burn incense and worship the Buddha just so that they don't lose too ugly. OD,Onward! OD, our dreams!, a name that carries the dreams of countless players, has become a joke.

"Our dream is not to have the Linglong Pagoda today..."

Looking back on the past 6 years, Jian Hao feels desolate.

He could see the vitality and fighting spirit in ZAI's eyes, and he didn't doubt the authenticity of this girl's glorious achievements. But... Is esports genderless? No. If there is one place in modern society where sexism exists, the gaming industry must be the hardest hit area. The stereotype of the game world is that the girl = pit = I don't understand, and the girl needs to bring the game to play, girl, hehe...

What's more, a few weeks ago, a certain Yin Star player blew up Weibo due to private life problems. The dark side of the esports industry is exposed before the public. The 36-hour hot search shook the entire e-sports circle, and social reporters used one article after another to strongly question this profession that was not accepted by society.

A group of problem children, a group of dropout teenagers, a dream place for Internet addicted teenagers to turn over overnight, fame and fortune.... In the initial stage of the vigorous development of the e-sports industry, the public's misunderstanding and defense of this group, questioning and resistance are unavoidable facts for e-sports practitioners. Batch after batch of e-sports practitioners are crawling and eating chaff, and the spring ushered in is still precipitous.

Youthfulness and bloodiness are the natural attributes of esports. The players are young and fearless, and they are also naïve and lack self-control. Teenagers become famous, temptations are riddled with temptations, and in addition to the results of the competition, the club is also responsible for the lives of these young people. A young and beautiful girl enters the team, in addition to bringing in strength and vitality, perhaps.... And more... Negative... What unbearable words will the public add to this already side-eyed group?

Jian Hao held the trash can to extinguish the last cigarette, and made a decision with lasagna tears in his eyes-

"I'm sorry, I can't let you join OD."

The girl's big eyes were instantly dimmed.

"Just because... I'm a girl? ”

Disappointed? No. This is an expected answer. Angry? No, it was originally her whim. Frustrated? No, she hasn't had her head bleeding yet, she hasn't given up yet! She's just a little helpless.

17 years old, 17 years.

How many dreams have you ever had? How many things do you want to stay the course? Long hair may be a one, but it's not a dream.

His parents are university professors, archaeologists, and are away all year round. She was raised by her brother Ann, who was 8 years older than her. Throughout her long childhood, she was always Anyi's little tail, a little tail that struggled to catch up.

An Yi played basketball, she liked it, An Yi said, "It's a girl again, go over there and dance the rubber band." ”

An Yi played games, she liked it, An Yi said, "It's a girl again, don't go to the Internet café." ”

An looked at the film and took her out in advance, "Then it's a girl, go see Tutu with big ears." ”

.... enmmmm...

6 years ago. At the age of 11, An Yi smiled like a fool that day, lifted An and threw it into the air, "OD is in the finals!" It's the final! ”

Ann doesn't know what OD is, but she's happy that Ann didn't throw her out when he turned on the computer! Watching the little man on the screen glow on a green background and make a "hey, ha" sound, it looks amazing.

5 years ago, An Zai and An watched a competition, OD won, An Yi spent half a month's pocket money to buy a lot of beautiful pictures - An Yi said, that is called skin.

Four years ago, OD veterans retired one after another. Since then, it has begun to decline.

In the summer of graduating from junior high school, An Zai registered his first game account as he wished, and followed An Yi across the summoner's canyon.

I played novice teaching, played qualifying, and one day became the king. An Yi looked at his sister, who was eight years younger than him, in amazement, and for the first time realized that this little girl actually had an amazing talent for games. She operates gorgeously, thinks clearly, has a calm mentality, and transmits... Legendary gaming genius?!

An Zai looked at An Yi with the posture of a king at the right time, and enjoyed the freshness of letting his brother become his little tail before and after the saddle.

Season after season. Finally, that year's OD was once again shut out of the Worlds.

An Yi said "Goodbye, youth" and turned around and flew to the other side of the ocean, leaving her alone, stubbornly insisting.

Maybe Anyi's youth is over, but she's just beginning. He was a teenager, he cheered passionately for victory, and he was hoarse for defeat. Youth should not end in loneliness. She is young, she is excited, her youth should burn. Crying for failure, cheering for victory, youthful spirit, growth and transformation, dreaming, and never giving up, this is what she is obsessed with.

That day, An cried again and sent An Yi away, and since then, except for her parents, who occasionally appear, no one has cried and laughed with her. She continued to gallop through the green canyons, dashing, killing, and with a sense of accomplishment in every victory. Out of the national uniform, she is still the king. Even she herself began to believe that she was a genius.

As a good student from a scholarly family, even if she only has time to play games every day, she is still very strong.

One day she had a dream that she was standing on the stage of the World Finals, and the cheers and expectations belonged to her - ZAI! She operated like the wind, swept the battlefield, and she lifted the supreme trophy....

Perhaps this is the case with young people, who make a ridiculous decision for the sake of a dream of nothingness. The second middle school girl wants to gamble on her youth.

The 16th birthday wish is a lunar year, and at this time, I am brave and determined to make my dreams come true. On the same day a year later, her original intention remained the same.

The age of 17 is no better, it meets professional standards, and it still has the courage to do anything for its dreams. Blowing out the candle, she sent out the cover letter that had been prepared for a long time.

Jian Hao regretted it a little as soon as he said it. Even though the word dream has been ridiculed, it is something that has been held on to and believed in along the way. Nowadays, killing a young man's dreams is tantamount to a crime.

Pressing reality or gambling dreams is always a cruel choice. Ann is still young and thinks unrealistically. When you're blinded by your dreams, you don't feel like you're on a thorny path.

Jian Hao had to act as a villain and put the bloody reality in front of her.

"I admire your abilities and your courage, but there are some things that cannot be taken at face value. It's not that there are no women's esports teams, so why not choose them? ”

"No," Ann sighed lightly, "the women's team needs a long time to develop. What's more.... I know that when you watch girls play, you will pay attention to a lot of other things besides ability..."

"Not pure, is it?"

"Well—" Ann felt her heart thrust again.

She didn't make a naïve decision on the spur of the moment, she was sober. The current e-sports environment is so powerless, and there are too many things that a girl needs to carry if she wants to embark on the career path of e-sports, and it is too heavy. Boys play professionally, and they only talk about technology and nothing else. And when girls play e-sports, they have to be talked about their looks, words and deeds, and a lot. A female commentator who appears in the e-sports arena still has to be judged by the rhythm, let alone a player.

Looking at the little girl in front of her who was pressed by reality and her back was becoming more and more bent and about to be clumped, Jian Hao smiled bitterly, laughing at herself and feeling distressed.

"You're very transparent. The entire esports industry is in its infancy, and a lot of frustration takes time to understand. I'm sorry to be the first stumbling block on the path of your dreams. ”

"Don't be sorry. It's not you who are the stumbling block. An Zai's voice was calm, no struggle, no loss.

"Nice to meet you, if there's anything you can do to help, you can come to me."

Jian Hao got up and prepared to leave, his heart was silently dripping blood, rolling and wailing - oh my God! Three-service king! What a seedling! Why, why, why! Boom.....

The little girl did not move, nor answered, but remained silent, as if she had no intention of saying a friendly goodbye.

Jian Hao didn't mind, and wanted to pat the little girl's head to show comfort, but he retracted his hand after thinking about it.

"Wait." Ann straightened her waist again, and raised her head to regain the flying air she had when she first saw her.

"If the reason for rejecting me is gender, can we see each other again on a cloudy day? I will accept the reply at that time. ”

An Zai's words were extremely firm, and his overlord color was faintly shining.

Jane Howe wondered, what is the difference between a cloudy day and today? Are you a women's clothing boss? Thai ladyboys? Can you grow a handful overnight? has already refused once, and the kind-hearted Jian Hao really doesn't have the courage to do it again.

The facts prove that this thing really can't grow. But the makeover is not more difficult for today's young people than it was for Mulan back then.

When they met for the second time, Jian Hao was completely shocked by this short hip-hop boy with small hair. Suddenly, like a night of spring breeze, a Zhengtai pear blossom blooms!

The crisp little short hair can cover the eyebrows, the chest is flat, and the fat hoodie dangles and wraps the slender body. An Zai is extremely tall, although his facial features are still too delicate, but the edges and corners of the boys in the development period are not so yin. Anyone who sees it will think that this is a cute and beautiful handsome boy.

Jian Hao's mind came to mind the e-sports male model raised at home, a crazy and cool stinky face, plus this neutral young tooth Xiao Zhengtai, uh-huh, OD Is this going to start eating with your face?

The young man sat with a big golden knife, crossed Erlang's legs, one arm stretched out on the back of the sofa, and let Jian Hao look up and down with a cold face. That arrogant and arrogant bad boy, where is there still a shadow of yesterday's well-behaved little Lori?

"Tut-tut... I didn't see it. You are still ... It's very fine.。。。 ”

Xiao Zhengtai posed enough, retracted his arrogant limbs and obediently put them together, blinked his eyes and looked at Jian Hao meekly, feeling that he was about to raise his fluffy tail and flick it around in the next second.

An Zai's meaning is self-explanatory. The rusty brain is running fast, the feasibility, risk, investment-benefit ratio, the small keyboard plus and minus in the brain is flying, and the fox ears on the top of the head are about to stand.

In the end, An couldn't hold back any longer, and seeing that the other party didn't speak for a long time, he simply said all the guarantees he could think of from beginning to end: keep your identity secret, train hard, unite and fraternize, and fight for OD to return to the altar! And finally:

"Promise not to fall in love!"

"Ahh Yes???? ”

Jian Hao was a little embarrassed after listening to the final assurance. The little girl is young, but her mind is sensitive and delicate, and she knows what her biggest worry is. Actually... You can't blame him for being dirty, after all, professional players need to focus and unite, and it's okay to fall in love when you're old. Trouble trouble trouble ....

But maybe... Maybe this kid can't stand the boring and heavy training and quits voluntarily? Maybe this kid can really bring hope to the OD who is in dire straits? Maybe you can become a pioneer in the esports circle? Or maybe this is the last straw that overwhelms OD...

Infinite maybe, where to go with the chips of a big gamble, Jian Hao was entangled.

"That's it, after all, there is no precedent for this matter in China at present, and I can't guarantee you anything. Let's be an academy first, we all need a two-way selection process. We will decide what will happen in the future, can you accept it? ”

"Yes, yes, yes! Strength speaks, I know! An nodded again like a chicken pecking rice, smiling happily, "There are achievements, I believe the public will not be too harsh, without results, everything is wrong!" ”

Jian Hao nodded, this kid is still very transparent!

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