The moon is bright and the stars are scarce, a tavern by the Thames.

Lipp and Nico walked shoulder-to-shoulder towards the door, followed by the rain god, Neo, and Olaf.

"It's too dark for you guys to go to such an expensive place and kill pigs." Li Pu recalled the taste of the Spanish roast suckling pig that he had just eaten, and said casually.

Hearing this, Niko was immediately unhappy, "It's not their problem, it's yours." And we all said that the wine was not good, you still order. ”

"No, do you really think buddies care about this little money? I still invited a meal, the wine is the atmosphere, and I haven't drunk it, so it's not good to give it to you? Lipp said as he patted Niko on the shoulder.

"You don't care if I care, rich guy take me live." The Norwegian on the side said, his face full of wine.

Looking at the familiar faces sitting in the tavern, Li Pu scratched his head, "It's a bit lively, are there so many people?" ”

At this moment, a little fat man got up from the tavern and greeted him, his English condition was still not very ideal, "Brother Pu, come quickly!" Just talking about you. ”

"What did you say about him? Loads. Niko looked familiarly at all the professional brothers present, including the Danes who were sitting in the middle of the clearing where the resident singer was supposed to be.

"It's awesome to say that Brother Pu is awesome, really." One day is enough time to make the naturally optimistic Frenchman smile, even as an emperor, a character that can be both good and bad.

Lip looked around, found a table where no one was sitting, and led the person over, "We will go to Montpellier next week, what do you say?" Take a few buddies to have fun? ”

"Okay, okay, I can take you to eat bread, the branch of the store where I used to work is delicious." Zai sat down and said, in fact, he had some doubts and wanted to get Lipp's advice.

"No, you're going to invite us to baguettes?" Niko quipped with a laugh.

"Who's to say there's only baguettes, I'll make a lot of other breads." Zaiwu said that he really didn't know what to do in Montpellier, he hadn't been to Montpellier before, and the most disappointing thing for him was that the little bees did not qualify for the EPLS9 finals at their home stadium in China, and their team went to watch the game and train to prepare for Cologne.

Li Pu declined the wine glass brought by the waiter, "Just kidding, what's wrong, is there something?" ”

"Well, let's go out and talk, Brother Pu." Zai nodded, and he stood up.

After looking at the noisy environment and noticing his little bees, Team A, and the Brazilian Panthers, Lipp stretched out his hand to say hello and took the initiative to walk out the door.

"Is the relationship so good?" Behind him, Niko said, looking at the backs of the two.

Olaf took a sip of beer and said with a light smile, "That's for sure, they knew each other before they played professionally, and their strength was still considered to be open, and there was definitely a feeling of sympathy." By the way, do you still have a connection with that ropz? I remember you believed he didn't open the ......."

Outside the tavern, the evening breeze was blowing.

As the load is narrated, Lip realizes that the little bee also defeated the liquid in the previous season 4 villa cup to win the championship, and the little brother in front of him is the most valuable player of the event.

“…… I had a hard time, Brother Pu, no one in the team listened to me, even if my judgment was right, it, this group of people still quarrel every day, and they are annoyed. It seemed that he drank a little wine and poured beans to talk about his troubles.

"You French are old-fashioned, and you can't do anything about it, unless you can convince the management to change their blood." Li Pu knew what was wrong as soon as he heard it, and he said casually, the contract for carrying goods has not ended in the first year, so he can't let the little brother who has taken such a few achievements run away directly.

"But you can try to play a little bit more and without hurting the team, and that's what my personal advice is. You don't shirk responsibility, sometimes, it's time for you to take the hero gun and take the initiative to get it, what's wrong with the person with the strongest personal ability using the best weapon? You don't have the confidence to get a gun and kill someone to lead the team to win? I don't believe it. ”

"It's definitely impossible to make a substitution. And I'm a newcomer, so even if other French big brothers take care of me, there is a limit. Zaiwu was puzzled, his style of play has always been like this, to give colored pen teammates guns, make up for shortcomings, and it doesn't matter if you take the guns from the garbage point yourself, keep the team's lower limit.

"I told you after signing the contract last year, you have the strength, and you naturally have the right to speak, you see you say a word, will they disagree? will also complain, at most cold violence against you, whether the team can win or not depends on you, in order to win, you must show some star player courage. ”

Lip continued, he didn't know if his words would have an effect, but he wanted to see a stronger load, a genius boy who could have back and forth with him.

"A lot of times, you know? If you shoot a teammate, he can't kill anyone, and he will kill them with a gun yourself, you have to rely on yourself. You know in your heart that I'm talking about the Englishman, who has been isolated by your big French brothers, so he can only come and bully you. ”

"Besides, I'll change it." Zaiwu nodded thoughtfully, and although the little bee has now surpassed Finland's team ENCE in the world ranking to fourth place after this competition, he is feeling more and more lost.

"Don't think about it so much, let's go, you just took me as if I was joking, I really don't understand CSGO."

Patting the little brother on the shoulder, Li Pu walked back in the direction of the tavern.

The fight inside is hot, the chips are staggered, and after the professional brother returns to life, he is no different from ordinary people, constantly chatting and farting, and Li Pu also quietly joins in.

Even the Black Panther's buddies picked up the microphone and began to play cards and gamble after singing, attracting a group of onlookers.

It wasn't until about twelve o'clock in the evening that the song was over, and Li Pu and the prickly prickly man returned to the hotel.

……

A week later, Montpellier, the city of sunshine in south-west France.

As the sun sets and the car slowly drives past the Arc de Triomphe, Lipp observes the pedestrians and scenery on the road, and it is true that people of color are invading France.

"Hahaha! 2K's luggage has been stolen again, this clown. Ma Tianyu, who was sitting on the side, smiled and took out his mobile phone, pointed to the photo posted on the social media of the banana man and smiled, he knew that Li Pu and the banana man had a holiday, but in fact, he didn't like this person.

"Really?" Li Pu also laughed, it seems that there is not a problem with the place, but a problem with the people, why as soon as you get here, the general environment will deteriorate.

"You have to be careful, Montpellier is very safe, and beware of pickpockets on the streets, especially those who are black." By the end, the driver's voice was too small to be heard.

"Thanks for the reminder." Lip relented a little when he heard this, he looked at the statue of Louis XIV outside the window, and the pride of conquering this place surged in his heart, this championship had been booked by him in advance, and no one could take it away.

"George, isn't Nicole here yet?" Neo, who was sitting in the front seat, asked the team leader.

"It should also arrive today, don't worry, we also have to rest and train again." The team leader didn't speak, and the coaching staff opened their mouths to answer the question for him.

"Hmm." 1.6 The old god of war Neo was silent, after the news of his official signing of Prickly Crane broke, many people sang down his command, thinking that he had eaten the dividends of the star players in the team, but in fact, there was no level at all.

But Neo himself knows that letting the four star players in the team play well, how can it not be considered his command, who said that handing the ball to the best player is not a tactic?

In this EPLS9 finals, Neo still wants to help the team win the championship, he wants to prove that he still has gas in the tank, and of course, the more important thing is whether the Bosnian can play as well as he should, because Lip is a stable carry point that Neo has never been worried about.

The hotel where he stayed was not officially arranged by ESL, and there was still more than a week before the start of the group stage.

After Lipp and the team rested, Niko also rushed to the hotel.

After a while, Li Pu and the others returned to the door of the hotel, and they were going to the venue provided by the ESL official for training, which was a helpless thing, after all, not every hotel has this kind of room dedicated to esports.

Running maps, prop coordination and tactics, the tactics manual that has been distributed is on the top, and everything is very detailed.

Lip understands that this is the original coaching staff analyst Stanley wants to win the coaching throne, so he naturally has to spend some effort.

At the end of the day, Li Pu and his brothers' recovery journey was okay.

And because of the friendly relationship between Lip and Zaiwu, as well as the friendly relationship between Prickly Crane and the Little Bee Club, in recent days, the world's No. 4 Little Bee will become a part of the Prickly Klan training tournament.

Time is crammed to the brim, and as the king of the team, Li Pu will naturally not let go of this good opportunity to improve his strength.

After a while, other teams also came.

Among them is also Hua Guorong's Tianlu who is in the same hotel as Prickly Crane, according to the little ghost he met in the restaurant told Lip that they had just finished training in Serbia, and they were eyeing Prickly Klan, who was in the same group and was also the first game to be played against.

"So confident?" Li Pu was a little skeptical, after all, Tianlu was still ranked forty-sixth in the world, and there was almost no improvement.

"Rough! That's for sure, don't keep your hands when the time comes, I'll admit it with a shaved head, don't do anything sophisticated, really. The sixth (b) said that he would practice with you. Sun Baodi said.

"Well, then I won't keep my hand, you prepare yourself."

Lip agreed, ready to teach them a good lesson when the time came.

In fact, for the home team, Li Pu's feelings are still very complicated, in his previous life, when he didn't play professionally as an anchor, he swayed between support and indifference, and after playing professionally in this life, Li Pu can empathize with these players a little, but his attitude of indifference is even worse, because this is not a fig leaf for them to fail to achieve results.

Li Pu also noticed that fans often left messages for themselves on social media, asking him to return to China to join the Rong team to play pure Huaguo CS, and lead the team to help Huaguo CS get a better result, so that he reached the top of the world.

But when you think about it, it's almost an impossible thing to do, and it's even harder than the endgame where your teammates die in the first ten seconds and leave Lip alone to play five.

Due to the environment, there is no fresh blood, and the reason why LVG and RA in the previous life can produce results at a certain time is mostly because the club investors have money and generate electricity for love.

And once they see that there is no hope, investors will gather pressure on the players, and various routines emerge in an endless stream, which is still an example of LVG, which did not make it to the major, did not pay the salary, and let the players and children fend for themselves abroad, which is a bit exaggerated.

Maybe one day, when Li Pu reaches the end of his career, he will consider going back to generate electricity for love and discover talents, after all, even if he goes back now, he can hardly speak in the circle.

Also, in the huge China, Li Puzhen can't believe that he can't find these talented teenagers, this is not football in traditional sports, and we have had glory before.

Thinking of this, Li Pu had some expectations.

……

In a flash, it was the day of the competition.

At one o'clock in the afternoon of June 18, dark clouds and light rain fell over the Sunshine City.

In the hotel that was the venue for the group stage, Li Pu was already eager to try in the lounge, and he really didn't have any pressure to play Tianlu, not to look down on the home team, but to the truth.

Everyone in the team casually lay on the couch and looked at the tactics manual from time to time.

Before the game, Niko was also pulled into a long interview about the strengths of the attackers and defenders in the map, about the prickly heat, about the rats, about Boston, and about himself.

It's a topic that will always be hot, after all, the rats also came to this competition, and comparing Niko to Ropz, the event party wants this heat.

At two o'clock, Lipp sat down in the battle room to begin setting up the machine, and they were informed that the match would start in half an hour.

In China, at 8 o'clock in the evening at the same time, this is regarded as a major drama, and hundreds of fans are looking forward to it, whether they support prickly heat or Tianlu, both sides insist on their own words, and the rhythm of the barrage continues.

The fact is that Tianlu did play well, and in the purgatory town of Inferno, which is acceptable to both sides, Bentaite gave the prickly heat a dismount in the pistol bureau, and completed the task of blocking the enemy with three kills.

Even with the follow-up play of Li Pu and others, the score in the first half was quickly pulled away and played to an eleven to four, but Li Pu could see that they did play a lot of things, but those things did not seem to match their nature.

In the second half, Niko didn't give Tianlu hope, even though Cabbage and Little Ghost alone took a four-kill attempt to save the day, but the score finally stopped at 16-6, and Crane got his first victory in Montpellier.

"I didn't spare my hand, little ghost, come on!" In the fist bump session after the game, Li Pu said to Sun Baodi.