Everything is explained.

Why did Clown suddenly disappear halfway through the regular season? Why did R.H consistently let Boulder, whose skills were not as good as his, play as a starter? Where did Clown go during this time, and what did he do? The answers to these questions seem to be written on that fine scar.

Physical therapy, surgery, reconstruction. For a while, the hospital seemed to be Qi Xian’s second base. With his disabled hand, he smiled while watching his teammates sweep through Korea and dominate in Europe during live broadcasts.

He wanted to go back, he had to go back.

The touch of the mouse and keyboard, the silence at the moment of putting on the headphones, felt like being in another wonderful space.

Then, he heard the calm command of the captain, the gentle taunts of his younger brother, and Cheese’s excited shouts.

He used to be like a clown, a Clown who only wore a smile in front of others. Many things that had once moved him had successively disappointed him.

Whether it was family or love, no matter how hard he tried to fight for them, in the end, nothing could be retained.

Only his teammates, E-sports, and dreams would always wait for him.

The short separation must be for a better reunion.

R.H dismantled Lawman’s tactics against the support, and R.H easily took the first map.

Shi Du asked with a smile: “How was it Brother Xian, do you feel good?”

As soon as he spoke to his teammates, Qi Xian’s eyes narrowed again: “It’s great, there’s nothing better than this.”

Yu Zhaohan strongly agreed with Qi Xian. There is nothing more enjoyable than playing games.

However, Shi Du couldn’t agree, “Well… it depends on individual preferences.”

Yu Zhaohan: …Huh?

Cheese was only killed three times in the Mars base. Compared to the dozens of deaths in a single game against Lawman. He was not in prison; he had successfully escaped and could even frolic in Lawman’s face.

“Hahaha, that Rattler’s Gladiator cut me once, and I put him to sleep once! He even gave an ‘uppercut,’ and I uppercut his uncle—Captain, guess what my sleep dart hit rate was last game?”

Yu Zhaohan: “You used the sleep dart 20 times, hit 15 times, a hit rate of 75.”

Cheese’s career average sleep dart hit rate was 70, and this 5% improvement was paid for by Timeless’s merciless assassination thousands of times.

Cheese said in surprise: “What? Can you see my data?”

Yu Zhaohan: “No, but I remember that I can count.”

Cheese was moved and said: “Captain, you pay so much attention to me.”

Yu Zhaohan was indifferent: “Clown, how does your wrist feel?”

Qi Xian smiled and said: “It’s okay. I can last three more rounds, no more.”

Yu Zhaohan remained silent for a moment and said, “There won’t be a fifth round.”

During the short break between rounds, players stayed on stage, and coaches entered the voice channel below the stage.

Lu Youshan: “Lawman didn’t say there was going to be a substitution, so the next game will definitely be a double short-gun.”

Cheese: “Are they still targeting me? Come on, if I were afraid, my surname would not be Zhi!”

Yu Zhaohan: “No.”

Lu Youshan: “Shine is right. Rattler has been practicing viruses like crazy recently, and he just topped the US server yesterday.”

Rattler is specialized in Virus, while Yu Zhaohan has always been a main long-gun player, occasionally practicing other positions.

It was well known that Virus is the core of the operating system.

Qi Xian: “So, is Lawman going to compete with us in operations?”

Shi Du: “I thought Lawman would continue to be stubborn. After all, if you can’t beat them, join them.”

Yu Zhaohan thoughtfully said: “If Rattler is specialized in Virus, we may not be able to catch him just relying on luck.”

Cheese didn’t understand the captain’s meaning, but Shi Du smiled, “Captain, you’re good at holding grudges.”

Yu Zhaohan: “Learned it from you.”

Shi Du: “You learned well.”

In the second round, Lawman as the losing side, picked a map suitable for the Virus to perform, with many small rooms.

Commentator B: “It’s not hard to see, is Rattler doing a mirror image?”

Commentator A: Commentator A: “The heroes for everyone else have been selected, but not Shine. Shine seems to be hesitating between the Busy Cowboy and the Virus… Wait, he didn’t select either; he locked in Big Sister!”

Big Sister was a relatively unpopular long-gun hero. Her range was not as long as Black Swan and Archer, and her assassination line was relatively low. The damage of a headshot was not enough to kill the opponent in one shot; generally, it took two to three shots.

However, she has advantages that other Long Gun heroes do not. Her main skill was to throw a small incendiary bomb, which did not explode automatically. It needed to be ignited by her shot to cause significant continuous damage to enemies in the area.

In other words, Big Sister has group output capabilities.

Both were female heroes who use long guns, but Big Sister and Black Swan have completely different personalities. Black Swan was synonymous with elegance and nobility, while Big Sister was domineering, looking down on everyone, always with an attitude that she’s the best wherever she goes.

Big Sister has a classic line that players often use to mock the opponents – “It’s time to take out the trash.”

Yu Zhaohan has used Big Sister Head only a handful of times this season. As soon as he takes it out, the commentators are speculating on his intentions.

“Big Sister is indeed effective on this map. Anyone who uses her knows. Force the enemy into a small room, then ignite an incendiary bomb at the door, burning all four of them.”

“But I’m a bit worried about Shine’s proficiency with Big Sister. He has played very little this season. Is the intensity really enough to use in the finals?”

“Come on, let’s enter the second map of the finals together – the Terror Asylum.”

Eerie background music, abandoned wards, flickering corridor lights – the asylum is universally recognized as the most sinister map. If you add an invisible Virus walking around you, ready to invade at any time, the terror effect is maximized.

To expose the invisible Virus, either the Virus needs to shoot or use a skill, or it needs to be damaged. So, whenever the opponent’s lineup includes a Virus, everyone randomly shoots at the air, and sometimes, you might just manage to reveal the Virus.

Rattler, as a specialist in Virus, is confident that he will not be easily caught by R.H. After turning invisible, he moves alone to infiltrate the R.H backline.

Soon, he found Shine in a small room. He approached silently, thinking this was a perfect stealth, but Shine suddenly threw an incendiary bomb into the air and quickly ignited it.

Although the incendiary bomb didn’t directly hit him, as long as he was nearby, he would take damage and be forced out of stealth.

Luckily, he was behind Shine, so even if forced to reveal himself, he wouldn’t be taken out by Shine in one shot. He could still shoot Shine twice and accumulate energy for his ultimate.

However, he was a bit naive.

The moment he appeared, Shine turned around 180 degrees and shot him three times.

Gunshots to the head.

[R.H.Shine killed Rattler]

The commentators were astonished by this 180-degree turn aiming, “Shine really doesn’t need aiming time! This accuracy, are we sure Rattler didn’t offer his head himself?!”

Gunner said irritably: “How many times do I have to say, don’t solo against Shine? Can’t you invade with someone else?”

Rattler looked at the gray screen and forced himself to calm down. Losing a team fight in the operating system strategy was okay, as long as he saved his ultimate, won a crucial fight, and then established an energy cycle.

After the resurrection, Rattler followed commands and didn’t go after Shine again. He found Cheese’s position. A C-position going one-on-one with support was a piece of cake for him. To be on the safe side, he also called Umbra and both C-positions went together to take down Cheese.

From Yu Zhaohan’s perspective, Umbra, who was facing off against him, suddenly changed direction and disappeared after climbing over the wall.

Yu Zhaohan thought for half a second and asked, “Cheese, where are you?”

Cheese: “I’m in Ward 202.”

Yu Zhaohan: “Okay.”

He was currently on the third floor, and just below the window was room 202.

Big Sister violently shattered the window, threw an incendiary bomb into room 202, and then sprayed bullets into the room, revealing the invisible Virus and, incidentally, taking down Umbra, who came to support.

Umbra cursed: “!”

Once again, Rattler’s whereabouts were exposed, and he had to retreat, selling out Umbra. He checked his ultimate energy and found it to be a pitiful 20. At this rate, it would take him ages to accumulate the ultimate.

In the third attack, Rattler’s target for infiltration became Clown.

The tank had a large hitbox, making it easy to land shots and convenient for him to gain energy. However, this time, he didn’t even have a chance to approach Clown. Clown’s assassin swiftly teleported behind him and delivered a lethal throat slash.

Rattler stared blankly at his corpse, his mentality crumbling by more than half.

Was his stealth skill fake? Otherwise, there was no way to explain how Shine knew every position he infiltrated!

After the third attempt, the four members of Lawman received greetings from Shine himself on the public screen.

[[All] R.H.Shine: cky?¹‘cky’ is a slang term that stands for ‘cheesed,’ which is often used in gaming to express frustration or disbelief when something unexpected or seemingly unfair happens, like a lucky shot or an unconventional play. It’s a shorthand way of saying that the outcome was due to luck or an unexpected circumstance.]

Cheese widened his eyes and exclaimed, “Captain?! Why are you also…?”

Shi Du looked at the arrogant elder sister carrying a gun in the game and raised the corner of his mouth: “Handsome.”

The commentators were almost laughing uncontrollably, “Haha, for the audience who doesn’t understand this meme, let me explain. In a match in the winner’s bracket, Shine once instantly killed an invisible Tide, and many Lawman fans thought that this seemingly godly operation was just ‘luck,’ or ‘cky.’ Now I want to ask, do you still think it’s luck?”

R.H took the second map with a crushing lead of 2-0.

Rattle regained his composure and let out a furious roar: “Impossible! Can Shine see me?! There’s a bug on this map! Referee? Referee!”

The referee hurriedly stepped forward to stop Rattle from shouting and warned him seriously that if he said one more word, he would be disqualified from the game.

Commentator C: “Rattler is getting desperate! He really deserves a yellow card warning for this.”

Commentator B: “Speaking of which, Shine is quite arrogant today. He wasn’t like this before. Publicly taunting in the chat is more like Timeless’s style – could it be that Shine is possessed by Timeless?”

Commentator A: “No, Cheese and Clown in the first game – all members of R.H were taught bad things by the young master and went crazy!”

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  ‘cky’ is a slang term that stands for ‘cheesed,’ which is often used in gaming to express frustration or disbelief when something unexpected or seemingly unfair happens, like a lucky shot or an unconventional play. It’s a shorthand way of saying that the outcome was due to luck or an unexpected circumstance.