During the halftime break, Brother Ji propped his chin up in the "leaning left" pose and stared blankly at the computer screen in front of him.
He suddenly let out a helpless laugh. They'd actually managed to finish off that 1v4 surround?
He thought back to the moment he'd just been killed, then remembered 2018 and 2019, when he was still on Liquid.
Back then, he'd been in his early twenties, and netizens had called him "the world's number one" and "the aim-training instructor."
In an era ruled by the Big Sniper, he'd led his team to break through with nothing but an AK.
Back then, when he was up against multiple opponents, transferring his spray was second nature. He'd created countless world-class highlights. But this year, he was already twenty-seven.
He lifted his gaze toward the young player sitting across from him.
The kid looked a little bashful amid his teammates' praise, yet still brimming with confidence. He reminded Brother Ji of himself back then.
"EliGE? EliGE!"
"Hm?"
"Your team's playing the Pistol Round on the second half."
"An 8–4 scoreline! If they can win the Pistol Round in the second half, NIP will practically have one foot in the final round of the lower bracket! They only need to win one more Bo3 to make it to the Katowice playoffs!"
Taking advantage of the halftime break, Ma Xixi launched straight into his daydreams.
If it came down to popularity alone, Astralis had far more fans than NIP. But he was a neutral commentator, after all.
Mo joined Ma Xixi in imagining the possibilities, then suddenly said, "If NIP can make the Katowice playoffs, Arrow will have made CNCS history!"
In 2018, Tianlu, the team he led, had reached the heights of CNCS, ranking tenth in the world.