Blow Up the Pros! (Monthly Vote Request)

After seeing the kill register, Su Zhe finally let out a sigh of relief. When he had noticed movement in Side Path just now, he had failed to pay attention to the smoke blooming at Archway.

The moment he spotted a faint CT silhouette at the edge of the Smoke Grenade, he reacted almost reflexively, snapping his crosshair over with a sudden flick of the mouse.

"Not bad! You killed another NIP pro." Fat Brother's praise came through the headset.

"Got lucky. I just reacted in time." Su Zhe did not dwell on the kill and instead communicated with his teammates over voice chat. "One dropped at Archway. Let's smoke Side Path and pinch A through Archway."

After reaching S Division, the teammates all had a certain grasp of the situation. With the idea of blowing up the pros in mind, everyone played aggressively.

"Alright! A1 and A2 will sync up and draw their crosshairs first. You guys look for an opening through Archway!"

The CTs had already been on a Desert Eagle force-buy round. They simply could not withstand the terrorists' fairly organized A pinch. After k0nfig took down the terrorist at A2 from Jungle, he was caught by the terrorists at Archway before he could adjust his crosshair.

Rat-tat-tat!

[Cape's Number One Breakthrough Player killed k0nfig with an AK-47]

With the two pros down, the remaining players were only at the normal level of A+ to mediocre S Division players. The terrorists quickly cleaned them all up.

"It's fine, just hang in there for now. It'll feel good once we get to the Full Buy Round," Es3tag said to k0nfig.

The comforting words left k0nfig both amused and helpless. Did he really think they were playing an official match?

As NIP's in-game leader and Captain, es3tag really did like saying things like that whenever his team was at a disadvantage in matches.

Under the clumsy, English-mixed calls of the two pros, the CTs Ecoed for two straight rounds before finally reaching the first Full Buy Round of the game.

"Let's go! Speed it up and hit A with utility this round. I'll entry; just throw utility behind me and trade me." A few rounds later, the red-hot Su Zhe spoke over the mic.

Everyone accepted the suggestion. After briefly discussing who would throw which smokes, the round Countdown ended at just the right time.

After replenishing his utility, Su Zhe went straight outside A1 and waited for the CTs' first wave of damaging utility to end.

"Connector Smoke is out!"

"I'm throwing a Flashbang!"

"Go!"

As the first man in, Su Zhe immediately hit the gas and charged forward. After leaving A1, he first Pre-aimed Long Box. Finding no one there, he instantly moved toward the Bomb Site, stretching out the team's firing line.

An entry fragger was like the front of a train. Whether an attacking formation spread out well or not depended heavily on the front car.

This was also something he had realized from studying donk's techniques. After receiving so many utility resources, what was the point of buying utility if he did not rush in quickly and get kills?

"A site! A site!" K0nfig called out the position to his teammates in clumsy Chinese.

His spot beneath A2 Floor was a standard one, and the terrorists easily forced him out with a Molotov.

When he saw the back of the first terrorist and was about to fire, his brain stopped his hand in time.

The first man hadn't cleared the site! They didn't know where I was!

K0nfig knew his chance to harvest kills had arrived.

Sure enough, three terrorists emerged from A1 in a row without checking his position. Looking at their fat, tempting backs, he immediately switched into roll-call mode.

From right to left, with the fundamentals he had built over years of professional play, he only needed two or three seconds to kill them all.

But to his surprise, the instant he fired, the terrorist in the first position suddenly turned around. He hurriedly dragged his crosshair left, but he was still a step too slow. Coupled with the M4A1-S's slow fire rate, he only landed two body shots before being sprayed down by the AK's recoil control.

Rat-tat-tat!

[Cape's Number One Breakthrough Player killed k0nfig with an AK-47 headshot]

"What fast Reaction!" K0nfig said in surprise. He had seen it clearly from the corner of his eye: the first terrorist had reacted the moment he heard the gunfire. "If his second crosshair adjustment had been any faster, I think I would've been killed the instant I got the first frag."

K0nfig compared himself to the opponent. Maybe he would have had that kind of Reaction at eighteen, but at twenty-six... forget it. These days, he relied more on experience when competing.

"Was that some kind of lucky twitch shot?" K0nfig decided to keep watching.

This round, the CTs chose a Mid-heavy setup so the terrorists would not gain Mid control so easily.

Once the CT beneath Second Floor dropped, combined with the obstruction from the Smoke Grenades, all the CTs defending the A bomb site were pinned to the Archway side.

After glancing at the Minimap information, Fat Brother immediately pulled out the bomb and planted a safe short-box plant.

After getting the kill, Su Zhe immediately went to seize CT Spawn. However, he did not rush straight into CT Spawn to proactively Look for Kill. Instead, he kept jiggling his position and held the crossing angle, waiting for the opponents' retake.

He liked playing entry, but he was not stupid. Now that they had secured the Bomb Site, pushing forward would just be throwing his life away, wouldn't it?

Just as he focused on holding the angle, a CT suddenly wide-swung into view. His Reaction was swift as he immediately tracked the target with his crosshair.

Rat-tat-tat!

[Cape's Number One Breakthrough Player killed Simple D+ Boy with an AK-47 headshot]

However, after taking a headshot from A1 at the same time, he was easily traded by the following CT.

"Sigh, once my Reaction is maxed out, I should put points into my [Positioning] Attribute Points." The dead Su Zhe sighed.

The advantage of holding an angle while moving was obvious: it made it difficult for a wide-swinging opponent to locate your head the First Time.

But the drawback was just as obvious. Your crosshair moved as well, making your own Positioning more difficult.

When the CT wide-swung just now, he had reacted at the First Time, but the opponent had still fired first and tagged his head. Otherwise, he could have relied on the AK's advantage to take down another player.

However, the situation on the field was already very clear. With Su Zhe having killed two, his teammates successfully planted the bomb and entered Hold Position mode.

Although es3tag was still alive, at this point, it was more about whose aim was stronger.

He only found an opportunity to get one kill before the terrorists traded him out.

After smoothly winning the Full Buy Round, Su Zhe's blue teammates shouted excitedly, "Holy shit! Are we really going to blow up the pros? It's already 5-0!"

The other teammates chimed in as well. "Come on! Come on! If we actually win, I can Blow For A Lifetime!"

The terrorists were full of momentum!

Meanwhile, the CT side was still trying to communicate with the pros, asking whether they could type "!drop" so they could play around with their Gem Butterfly Knife.

In the following rounds, es3tag and k0nfig gradually got serious to avoid embarrassment. However, the Score Difference was already too large, and they had major communication issues with their teammates.

Once the Bomb Site defense was scattered by the terrorists' rush, it became difficult for them to organize an effective retake.

If some young pro aim demon had taken over the game, there might have been a chance to come back. But one was twenty-eight and the other twenty-six; in this Ladder match where everything came down to aim, they really could not keep up.

The other side did not play mind games with you at all!

Dry wide-swings! Speed up! Dry wide-swings, speed up!

When the game finally ended, the score was locked at 13-10.

"Woohoo! We won! You guys are awesome!"

"We're the champions!!"