I Am Niko! I Am Niko!

[Rise Points +259]

[Received B-grade reward: Please designate a professional player and randomly obtain one skill insight from them.]

Su Zhe was initially a little disappointed upon seeing the reward; he had thought it would be a skill that improved his innate talent.

But after recalling the improvement he gained from choosing donk's skill insight last time, he became expectant again.

Even now, he couldn't replicate some of the simple actions donk displayed back then. It was like his brain understood, but his hands hadn't fully caught up.

Yet, even with just that, it had brought him significant improvement. That movement and defensive technique was extremely useful even during his tryout with Tianlu.

Moreover, this time wasn't like last time where he chose randomly; he could designate a professional player.

Who should he choose?

Su Zhe immediately thought of Semper, Zai Wu, and Niko. It wasn't just because he and his roommates constantly put on a show in their livestreams...

In terms of pure skill, these three should be the first ones that come to mind.

Su Zhe first ruled out Semper. Semper, once hailed as the best CSGO player, had recently chosen to voluntarily withdraw from NAVI's starting lineup because he couldn't adapt to some of the new mechanics in CS2.

There was no reason for him to choose someone who couldn't adapt to the new version, no matter how strong he once was.

That left Zai Wu and Niko. One was the main AWPer for Bees, possessing extremely stable performances and god-like awareness.

The other was G2's entry fragger. The nickname "Mud Truck" was the best proof of his frontline firepower.

After some deliberation, Su Zhe had made his decision.

[Do you wish to randomly obtain a skill insight from Niko?]

[Yes]

[Randomizing... Congratulations to the host for obtaining Niko's pre-aim skill insight.]

Immediately after, Su Zhe's vision shifted, and he found himself back in the scene where he had gained the donk skill insight.

He quickly became immersed in Niko's gameplay.

The map was Ancient, and Niko was on the attacking side.

This round, he started by solo defaulting for map control outside B site, but his teammates quickly fell one after another in the Terrorist entrance, leaving a 2v5 clutch situation.

Su Zhe could feel Niko's urgency. After all, the score was already in overtime at 18-19, and every point was crucial.

When Niko heard the sound of gunfire from the dark room, Su Zhe instantly understood his thoughts.

A great opportunity to catch the timing! He immediately crept into the smoke B-link that the CTs had smoked, and when he felt he was close enough, he strafed out wide. He saw the CT playing a close angle and immediately opened fire, taking him down.

There was still one person behind the dark room trying to trade the kill, but Niko's AK seemed to have no recoil. His crosshair instantly shifted to the right, landing a headshot kill again.

A 2v3 clutch, and the situation was still not optimistic.

After confirming that no CTs were actively pushing for a kill, Niko decided to push mid with his teammate to make a "sweetheart" push.

He moved from B-link to mid, positioned himself above the mid-pit, paused for a second while aiming at the sweetheart area, and then performed a crouch-peek.

His crosshair landed precisely, like a nail, firmly on the head of the CT holding the angle with the AWP.

Pre-aim, crouch-peek, fire, all in one fluid motion, without any wasted movement.

The sniper, the greatest threat to rifle players, seemed like a toy in his eyes.

After eliminating the close-range threat in mid, Niko let his team's sniper use their weapon advantage to continue the push.

Then, a CT suddenly peeked out from the sweetheart, taking down the pushing AWPer. He then seized the timing of Niko throwing utility in mid and immediately retreated.

The situation once again became a 1v2 disadvantage.

After confirming the approximate positions of the opponents, Niko continued to push deeper into the sweetheart.

In Su Zhe's eyes, Niko was performing segmented pre-aims with every step, yet it didn't look forced, and his pushing speed didn't slow down much.

With another segmented pre-aim, Niko spotted the CT standing in the right pit of the sweetheart.

It was like an action he had performed countless times before.

Stutter-step, fire, secured the kill.

He didn't hesitate after getting the kill, pre-aiming the site entrance and peeking out again.

Stutter-step, fire, recoil control, pentakill, ACE.

Su Zhe was stunned watching it. Was this pre-aim something a human could do?

Wasn't he hacking? He had locked onto them through the wall!

Just as Su Zhe was immersed in the insight, the scene shifted again.

The map was Inferno. This round, Niko started with a push through Banana.

He first hugged the right side of Banana. After his teammate provided a molly on the planks to confirm no one was in the close area, he didn't even aim at the wall. He simply did a small pre-aim peek strafe.

His crosshair then landed precisely on the heads of the two CTs holding an angle behind Yellow Wall with their AWPs.

"Da~"

A single bullet tore through the AWP.

Su Zhe: Huh? You need to pre-aim even for this kind of double-boost position? How much experience does it take to judge this accurately?

After getting a kill with the AWP, Niko pushed into Banana again.

It was the same segmented pre-aim clearing method as before.

No one behind the stone slab, no one behind the sandbags, no one pre-aimed and crouched to peek at the guarding player, then pre-aimed and crouched again under the box.

"Ting~"

Another AWP kill! The same suffocating pressure that prevented the enemy sniper from firing.

The site defended by two Bs was immediately breached, and at this point, Niko was still at full health.

Su Zhe recalled his own Banana push to reach Diamond S earlier.

He had relied entirely on unconventional speed-ups and secondary positioning to break through, the whole process could be described as a reckless charge.

But in Niko's operation, there was only elegance and composure. During his push, either no one was in his crosshair, or it was the enemy's head.

Crouch-peeking, wide peeking, small peeking around corners to gain an advantage – these were all movements that prevented the enemy AWP from locking on immediately.

Moreover, just in terms of pre-aiming, Su Zhe had been doing continuous aim challenges every day for the past month.

In his understanding, it was to train his muscle memory, standing in a fixed position, aiming at a fixed cover, and then strafing out.

Su Zhe had previously wondered why his pre-aiming was different from others', because the opponents weren't bots; they moved unpredictably.

What he could achieve was that after strafing out, his crosshair would be slightly closer to the enemy to facilitate secondary positioning.

Niko's segmented pre-aiming, however, involved imagining every possible place the enemy might appear in his field of vision.

Always maintain doubt!

The most terrifying thing was that Niko adjusted his pre-aim head height based on the terrain to ensure a one-shot kill when facing an enemy AWP.

This method completely overturned Su Zhe's previous understanding of pre-aiming.

Having finished his epiphany, Su Zhe felt his hands were terrifyingly hot, as if Niko had possessed him.

He couldn't wait to start a ranked match to digest his recent insights.

Su Zhe skipped out of the restroom, shouting excitedly, "Hahaha! I got it! I got it! I'm Niko! I'm Niko!"

Fat Brother and Xiao Guang exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts.

Does he have to create a show even when using the restroom?

But you're "Zai Wu," not "Niko"!