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The third round's preparation time ended.

Poizon, holding an MP9, followed KRIMZ directly to B site.

Qin Feng, on the other hand, brought his AWP to the middle of A site.

"The enemy hasn't planted the bomb in two rounds, so smooya probably won't get a sniper rifle this round."

After thinking for a moment, Qin Feng peeked mid before mezii's smoke even landed, directly peeking mid with his sniper rifle, scoping in and setting up at the entrance.

It was a bit of a risky play.

After all, there were many common angles for Ts peeking mid with a sniper watching, and most of the time, it was an advantageous duel.

What's more, a sniper directly holding mid would most likely be flashed by a smoke thrown by the Ts from the entrance.

However, ITB's discipline clearly wasn't very strong.

In order to control mid before the smoke exploded, dobbo appeared in Qin Feng's sniper scope before the flashbang even detonated.

"Bang!"

A gunshot, a kill.

[Fnatic.Aether eliminated ITB.dobbo with AWP]

After a swift death, dobbo quickly communicated with his teammates over voice chat: "Sniper mid, be careful."

smooya glanced at the kill feed in the top right corner. "The enemy sniper is Aether from B site, who's rotated mid. B site is likely weakly defended. Let's control the VIP and then rotate to B."

Even though Aether had picked up a sniper rifle this round, smooya still judged that his team had a significant weapon advantage.

As long as they could control the map early on, ITB's disadvantage wouldn't be too great.

However, another gunshot soon rang out.

[Fnatic.Aether eliminated ITB.Tomas with AWP]

"He dared to push out?" Tomas slammed the table in frustration. "His sniper peeked and flanked me from the side. I don't understand how he dared to do that."

Adam9130 comforted his teammate over voice chat.

Sometimes, bad luck just happens, it's understandable.

After getting two kills, Qin Feng didn't choose to push further.

With a 5v3, even with two pistols in their hands, the advantage was already huge.

The reason he played aggressively earlier was because his team was at a weapon disadvantage.

"Let's switch positions, before their smoke comes out from the entrance," Qin Feng said to poizon, who was still hiding in the flowerbed at B site. "I shot twice with my sniper at A, so they'll likely push B."

After a moment of hesitation, poizon nodded, jumped off the flowerbed, and switched to his knife, running towards A site connector.

"What if we go B?" Cypher asked weakly in ITB's Skype voice chat.

He originally thought Aether, who had just joined Fnatic, would be an easy target. Who knew that at the start of the third round, Aether's score would already be a terrifying 6/1.

Who was this guy?

"Then let's go B directly," Tomas took on the role of the spectator commander. "We still have two smokes. After clearing Banana, let's smoke the plant and rush the CT spawn."

"Okay." Everyone nodded. The remaining three Ts lined up and quickly walked towards Banana.

Due to their limited utility, ITB didn't throw a molotov to burn the wooden crates. Instead, they threw a flashbang at the wall and rushed in directly.

No one there.

smooya's mind raced, and he made what he thought was the correct deduction. "No one close by. They're likely feeling at a disadvantage and hiding inside the bomb site."

"Let's smoke the plant, rush CT spawn, and then retake B site from the church."

After a brief exchange, their utility was deployed. Qin Feng had already rotated back to the position near CT spawn, close to the B bombsite.

Seeing the two smoke grenades blocking his vision, KRIMZ quickly warned: "Aether, be careful, they're smoking the bombsite, likely rushing CT spawn."

"Oh?" Qin Feng's eyes lit up.

Such good fortune?

Seeing that KRIMZ wouldn't be in a dangerous 1v3 situation, Qin Feng directly scoped in from a distance at CT spawn, holding an angle for any Ts who might push past.

smooya was the first to peek out, pre-aiming at any defenders potentially hiding in the flowerbed.

"No one in the flowerbed..."

[Fnatic.Aether eliminated ITB.smooya with AWP]

smooya: ...

Before he could finish his sentence, he was sniped by Qin Feng at CT spawn.

"They're going B, they're going B!" Seeing the bomb plant icon on the minimap, Qin Feng transformed into a ruthless information reporter.

The remaining two Ts from ITB looked at the bomb that had fallen off the platform and exchanged glances.

How were they supposed to play this?

The CTs had a sniper, and the bomb fell in a very awkward position.

Seeing his teammates' empty inventories, Cypher's heart sank. "How about we save?"

With 1 minute and 10 seconds left, the remaining two terrorists retreated to their spawn to save their weapons.

Poizon and mezii each picked up an AK.

Fnatic, having upgraded two MP9s to two AKs, also abandoned the idea of surrendering their weapons.

As for the coach Samuelsson, who stood behind his players observing, he was overjoyed and couldn't believe his eyes.

Even though the opponents were just ITB, a third-tier European team, Qin Feng's performance far exceeded his expectations.

Three rounds, a score of 7-1.

Qin Feng had killed more people than his four teammates combined.

Had they found a talented young prodigy from FPL?

No, they had found a god!

Even ALEX, the team's usually stoic in-game leader, couldn't help but praise Qin Feng. "Aether, I feel your future will be no less than s1mple or Zwyoo."

"It's alright," Qin Feng smiled. "The Major in a few days is my real chance to prove myself."

Fourth round.

Besides the two fully armored AKs saved by ITB, the other three players only bought TEC-9s without armor.

Since it was a practice match, the half-buys from ITB didn't involve much strategy.

After a simple control of the side map, they chose to rush A site with flashbangs towards the second floor.

After sacrificing three players, the AK saved in the previous round finally eliminated ALEX in the pit.

4v2.

Poizon, hiding at the bombsite, didn't give the terrorists a chance to plant the bomb.

Two headshots signaled the end of the fourth round.

Although the terrorists didn't plant the bomb, due to the streak bonus, smooya still picked up his beloved AWP.

"Let's continue controlling the map this round. I'll hold B's entrance with my sniper first, and you guys control Banana and the side." Smooya thought for a moment, adjusting his breathing, hoping to calm himself down.

He felt that even if his sniping skill wasn't as good as poizon's, it was still comparable to Aether's.

He wanted to prove to Fnatic that kicking him, smooya, was not the right decision.

"This round, control Banana and then go for B."

"The opponents dropped a gun, but their economy is good. Poizon will likely switch to a sniper too."

"Our economy isn't great, and we don't have many utility items to force the CTs at A site out of position."

"Clear Banana, and then rush B with flashbangs."

Facing Fnatic, who were significantly better than them, ITB clearly found it difficult to win through strategy or gunplay.

Adam9130 nodded silently.

"In a practice match, they probably won't do anything too unconventional with full buys."

"Just clear Banana, and then rush B!"

"The opponents likely have a sniper and an M4. They might not have an easy time defending either."

"We'll smoke CT spawn and coffin, and rush the CTs at the bombsite."

"The first thing we do is smoke CT spawn to bait out their utility."

"After their counter-utility is used, we'll make our second, real push."

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