Night had completely fallen.
As the three made their way from the restaurant back to the hotel, they were all quiet.
K0nfig was worried, wondering how he could talk to the club and convince them to keep his old friend. He kept lighting one cigarette after another.
Es3tag was just as conflicted. There was something he hadn't mentioned earlier: THREAT planned to send not only him but also k0nfig and headtr1ck down to the bench.
He had wanted to tell his two teammates as soon as possible so they could prepare themselves, but the transfer window had already closed. Even if he told them now, it would be difficult for them to find new teams.
He couldn't bring himself to deliver such a cruel piece of news, so in the end, he decided to let the manager tell them later.
Su Zhe walked with his head lowered, wondering how he could help the team keep its current lineup.
Maybe it was because this was his first time working away from home, or maybe it was because of all the help they'd given him in his daily life.
Su Zhe cared deeply about everyone on the team. Even if replacing some of them might improve the team's results, he still wanted to selfishly keep playing with the four people he'd grown close to.
"Make it to the playoffs in Katowice?"
At noon the next day, the second round of the lower bracket began.
As Su Zhe followed his teammates to their seats, he caught sight of Astralis' well-known player EliGE across the stage.
He had made HLTV's Top 20 list for five consecutive years.
Back when he played for Team Liquid, he'd helped the team set a record in CSGO history, winning the Intel Grand Slam in just 63 days.
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