My Bro, You're NIKO! (Combined)

Chapter 17: Bro, Are You NIKO?! (Combined)

My niece went for tutoring, and my cousin's wife went to work.

It was just the two of them left at home. The lunch was already cold, but neither of them had any desire to heat it up. They just gulped it down with the tomato and egg soup.

While filling his stomach, Jiang Yang checked his gains within the system.

He had been too engrossed in playing this morning, focusing solely on climbing ranks.

By the end, he realized that [Hunter's ECO Special Attack] had changed once again.

[Signature Move: Hunter's ECO Special Attack (Intermediate)]

[Progress: (12/5000)]

[Feature: When hearing the ECO gunshots of the opponent, activate the 'You guys... are on ECO, right?' BUFF. The ID will exert immense deterrence on the opponent, affecting their feel to a certain extent. The more ECO kills obtained, the greater the effect.]

What the heck!

This is that powerful?

This skill can even affect the opponent?

But after thinking about it carefully, it actually made sense.

After all, in the world of CS:GO, there was the famous "fear of the forest" team NIP in the professional scene.

Whenever NIP encountered S1mple, the entire team would play timidly, as if intimidated by S1mple's ID.

If Jiang Yang could perform exceptionally well in anti-ECO rounds during a match, the opponent would naturally pay attention to his ID.

The improvement in his skill made Jiang Yang even more confident.

As long as he won three more matches, he could officially reach the top rank for amateur players, S.

Jiang Yang finished the last bite of his meal and prepared to embark on his rank-climbing journey.

Ma Xixi, however, called out, "Just stream the main perspective this afternoon, I have some things to do outside."

Hearing this, Jiang Yang rolled his eyes. "When do you not have things to do in the afternoon?"

Ever since he knew Jiang Yang could handle the stream, Ma Xixi's true nature had been completely exposed, transforming into the ultimate slacker.

Previously, Captain MO often streamed the main perspective in the afternoon. Now that he knew Jiang Yang was covering it, he logged on every evening.

However, Jiang Yang didn't refuse, as he had planned to start climbing ranks in the afternoon anyway.

Since he was going to climb ranks regardless, streaming would allow him to chat with the viewers and boast, making it less boring.

After finishing his meal, Jiang Yang ordered a lemon water from Mixue Bingcheng and then spent some time reviewing recordings of his previous few matches on the computer.

He mainly focused on matches where he made mistakes, looking for areas to improve.

When the lemon water he ordered arrived, Jiang Yang pondered a title before typing it in:

Cousin's not home, I'm lonely, let's climb ranks passionately

The CSBOY account had over a million followers. As soon as the stream started, many viewers flooded into the channel.

[Cousin, you know how to clickbait]

[Sigh, I thought I was going to watch a pro team's demo]

[Just playing CS, sigh]

[CS players are all timid and lustful]

[All of you are perverts]

Seeing the last two bullet comments, Jiang Yang immediately retorted, "Don't spread rumors, I'm quite brave!"

"And let me clarify, I'm not old!"

Jiang Yang's nonsensical remarks made the 'Steel Helmets' in the stream laugh heartily.

[Cousin, are you going to sit in hell rank again today?]

[Haha, climbing ranks every day, getting stomped every day, cousin's stream is much more interesting than Ma Xixi's rank matches]

[Every time I think about cousin being stuck in A division for so long, my own rank losses don't seem so bad anymore]

[If you ask me, cousin should go play PL and let Ma Xixi play in B+ division. That shorty belongs in this division.]

"System Notification: 'Ma Xixi, stop standing and casting' has been silenced for 5 minutes by moderator 'CSBOY'."

The stream's entertainment value instantly skyrocketed.

Knowing that Ma Xixi was watching the stream, the chat instantly filled with comments like [Ma Xixi, I'll crush you to death].

Jiang Yang was also amused, but he quickly steered the momentum back.

"Today's program is mainly about climbing ranks. We'll simply aim for S," Jiang Yang calmly stated his intention.

The bullet comments, however, started to find it amusing.

[Five days ago, Little Jiang said he was going to aim for S, but he's still stuck in A]

[Grand pronouncements before climbing ranks, silence during climbing, rambling nonsense after climbing]

[Today's Rank, Tomorrow's Goal]

[Forget it, little Jiang, C+ is your eternal home! You're a bit far from home, it's time to rank up back to C+!]

[This is family tradition, understand the Ma brothers' CS!]

The viewers in the livestream chat were questioning him one by one.

This was actually normal. When Jiang Yang first reached A, he said he wanted to push straight to S, and many of them believed him.

However, after struggling in this rank for several days, he was still saying the same thing, so naturally, those people didn't believe him anymore.

Moreover, they all felt that Jiang Yang's overall skill was still a bit lacking compared to those S-rank players.

After all, he didn't have enough playtime.

Ma Xixi's cousin was indeed talented in CS, but he still needed time.

Jiang Yang originally wanted to create some entertainment value as usual, but he suddenly froze.

[At thirty years old, you want to challenge the highest rank on the platform, but you're facing doubt from your viewers. As an Old Timer destined to make a comeback, you need to break the doubt with your strength!]

[Temporary Mission: Reach the Perfect S rank within 24 hours. Reward: Random Pro Player Signature Move]

Jiang Yang raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected that besides 'main quests' and 'daily quests,' there was also a 'temporary mission' category.

But it came at just the right time.

Ever since he got the system, the pro players' Signature Moves had greatly accelerated his understanding of CS: GO.

After just purchasing [NIKO's pre-aiming], he was still in debt in the system store, meaning he couldn't get any further upgrades from the store for now.

This temporary mission was really well-timed.

Then, he clicked on matchmaking in his room and showed his rank to the livestream audience at the same time.

"Only 3 more wins needed, today I'll let you all know what a prodigy is!"

"Little S, I'll take care of it easily!"

Some viewers in the livestream were surprised that Jiang Yang was only 80 points away from ranking up, but most still didn't believe him.

Because sometimes, at a specific rank, when you're about to promote, you'll always get matched with some bizarre teammates.

They felt Jiang Yang wouldn't get promoted that easily.

The match was quickly found, and Jiang Yang excitedly rubbed his hands together, ready to unleash carnage!

Meanwhile, on the Huya League of Legends section.

A player in the livestream, who looked like 'Xie Jian,' confidently said to his viewers after seeing the match being found:

"With my skill, I should really go play professionally for Tyloo."

"My aim is just insane!"

The 5E Play Platform client was undergoing maintenance today, which forced Crystal Brother to switch to the Perfect World platform to play.

He had his own account on the Perfect World platform, but his overall rank wasn't high. For him, it was purely a stomp-fest.

Crystal Brother was naturally very arrogant.

Then he saw a mole in the comments reminding him: [Looks like you've matched with Ma Xixi's cousin].

Crystal Brother immediately laughed.

Although he was a League professional player, he actually preferred playing CS.

He even got into the professional scene for League of Legends casually.

His ID in League was derived from a Swedish player from the CS 1.6 era.

He also paid close attention to things in the CS: GO scene and naturally knew about Ma Xixi's cousin, who had recently become a bit popular in the community.

He took a glance, and the ID matched.

Seeing this, Crystal Brother laughed triumphantly: "Today, I'll let little Jiang taste the dangers of high-rank games!"

"I'm going to kill 80 people this match! Make him unable to sleep tonight thinking about this game!"

Looking at the comments on the secondary screen calling him out for stomping, Crystal Brother shrugged helplessly: "This Perfect World matchmaking is forcing me to play, I can't help it. I really don't know how I could lose this match."

His livestream viewers burst into laughter.

[Gangzi's mouth is really tough!]

[He's like an old general on stage, covered in flags]

[Little Jiang over there also vowed to reach S, looks like Gangzi caught him this time]

Crystal Brother's confidence was well-founded.

Among the major CS: GO matchmaking platforms in China, the skill level on 5E is relatively high. Crystal Brother's skill is already at the top tier for a casual player.

For Perfect World's normal S rank, his skill is significantly higher.

Crystal Brother looked relaxed, ready to easily win a match and gain some rank points.

After officially entering Dust II, while waiting for his teammates to join, Jiang Yang learned from the bullet comments that he had encountered Crystal Brother in a match.

He knew Crystal Brother.

He was the victim of that BO10 in the LPL. Crystal Brother, as one of the most outstanding ADCs in the country, had even undergone a top-tier "bloodletting" therapy after that BO10, causing his subsequent performance to decline sharply, and he slowly faded into obscurity.

But Crystal Brother actually played CS:GO, and seemed to be quite skilled, which surprised him.

When he used to watch League of Legends matches, he felt quite regretful for this player.

Now that he had suddenly encountered a player he used to like, he immediately typed in the public chat.

Miss, get out of the way: "Crystal Brother, I'm your fan."

Crystal Brother, who was bragging to his viewers, saw this and his face instantly darkened.

[Why was my factory pinged again?]

[The fan buff is stacked, Gangzi is going to get stomped]

[Feels like the streamer on the other side is also a troll]

Crystal Brother calmed down. What if the opponent really was his fan? He typed a reply in the public chat.

Bot, please be gentle: "Bro, when did you start following me?"

Miss, get out of the way: "Since One Fish Four Eats."

Crystal Brother leaned back, "Another damn Little Hater!!"

'One Fish Four Eats' was a classic moment for Crystal Brother. He had been hit by the enemy Fizz's ultimate, and then used a mobility skill to make his other four teammates take the full damage of the ultimate.

It was considered one of the legendary moments.

This exchange proved that Jiang Yang was indeed Crystal Brother's fan, but a hater fan.

The viewers in both streams were dying of laughter.

After Jiang Yang pulled off his stunt, the last teammate entered the game.

The match officially began!

This time, Jiang Yang was on the attacking side at the start. He opened his mic to communicate, "What do you guys think, how should we play the pistol round?"

"I'll smoke CT spawn and go A," replied his teammate Blue.

With a plan, the group immediately followed.

It was a simple pistol round rush, but mostly a gunfight.

Jiang Yang didn't get any kills in the pistol round and died to an unknown bullet while pushing.

Although his teammates were strong, in the final 1v1 clutch, Crystal Brother still managed to win and defuse the bomb.

"Unfortunate, unfortunate," Jiang Yang consoled. Pistol rounds were like that, with too many unexpected situations, and anything could happen in a 1v1 clutch.

"What about the second round, should we buy or eco?"

Thanks to the teachings of 'Teacher Leon Kai', Jiang Yang knew the importance of 'communication' very well. He was very proactive in communicating in ranked matches, and sometimes even took the lead as a shotcaller when his teammates were silent.

As he spoke, he saw that his teammates had already purchased their weapons.

Naturally, there was no need to say more, they were going all in this round.

After consideration, Jiang Yang bought a fully armored Desert Eagle, along with one smoke and one flashbang.

The countdown ended, and he headed straight for A1.

The enemy didn't throw the initial A1 smoke, which made Jiang Yang even more cautious.

His understanding of pre-aiming was much higher than before, and he also knew the positioning on Dust II. So in A1, he felt like NIKO at this moment, transforming into a sweeping robot.

However, he didn't rush. He first held an angle to guard against a potential enemy push, then pre-aimed the vase position, adjusted his crosshair, peeked A1 close to the wall, and held.

Then he peeked under the platform, the sandwich spot, the platform, and then crouched and cleared the corner near spawn.

He didn't get information from inside A1 immediately. If the enemy pushed early, they could have gotten close.

In the CSBOY stream, there weren't many armchair experts.

Most players had a decent skill level.

In CS:GO, it was very clear whether someone had skill or not.

So when Jiang Yang first streamed for Ma Xixi, everyone said he was pure C+.

But this time, Jiang Yang's movements and pre-aiming were truly too smooth.

For players with higher ranks, just watching this pre-aiming process gave them a sense of exhilaration.

Jiang Yang was unaware that the 'Steel Helmets' in his stream were about to climax. He concentrated and didn't pay attention to anything else.

He pre-aimed all the way forward, then gestured with his Desert Eagle behind the A1 wall a few times, flicked towards the long box, and as he gained information, he saw bullets flying from behind the long box.

Jiang Yang immediately re-peeked.

"Bang!"

"In this rank, I can just kill anyone I want." Crystal Brother casually bragged to the chat, then noticed a figure flashing by A1. He immediately opened fire.

The next second, an opponent slid out, and he heard a crisp headshot sound.

[Miss, get out of the way used Desert Eagle to headshot Bot, please be gentle]

"Damn it!" Crystal Brother quickly reported in voice chat, "They're pushing out from A1, I got one-tapped!"

After taking down Crystal Brother, Jiang Yang also called for his teammates to move towards A, but he didn't stop. He continued to pre-aim forward.

After clearing the long box, he pre-aimed towards spawn. There was no one at spawn for now, so he slowly searched the positions hidden around the bomb site.

Then he heard the sound of a flashbang and realized it was a classic counter-push from downstairs A2. He immediately turned to dodge. The moment the flashbang detonated, he was already aiming.

"Bang!"

Before the opponent could even fire a shot, Jiang Yang took him down with his Desert Eagle.

With two kills secured, Jiang Yang's heart surged. This round had a chance to turn around!

He had cleared the bomb site and the short box. Combined with the information from the minimap, there was one player at VIP and one at the archway. That meant the last one should be at B site.

Jiang Yang pre-aimed VIP and then moved left, crouching down.

A sniper rifle was aiming at him from the jungle. Jiang Yang immediately opened fire.

"Bang!"

[Miss, get out of the way used Desert Eagle to headshot Turtle's Black Head]

Jiang Yang quickly moved into the bomb site. There was an MP9 downstairs A2, but he didn't pick it up.

He planned to go to the long box and let the enemy pick up the M4.

As he was moving, he saw the enemy CT from the archway appear on the platform and spray him with a burst of bullets as he was crossing. He was narrowly killed.

Infuriated, Jiang Yang pulled back and shot him.

"Bang!"

[Miss, get out of the way used Desert Eagle to headshot Liyue Breakthrough Keqing]

"Guys, A site is broken, hurry and bring the bomb to A!" Jiang Yang shouted confidently in voice chat.

How could he not be confident? This round, he had four kills with the Desert Eagle, completely breaking through A site.

This was a moment every CS:GO player dreamed of.

Instantly, his teammates erupted in cheers and praise in voice chat.

"Holy crap, brother, are you NIKO?! You just wiped them all with the Desert Eagle!"

"Awesome, I'm bringing the bomb over!"

"This is so crucial!"

Listening to his teammates' cheers, Jiang Yang took his hands off the keyboard and gave a sinister smile to the camera.

Meanwhile, the chat on the secondary screen was also going wild.

[No, this isn't right]

[Is he hacking?]

[He actually wiped them all out?]

[Are they bots? He got four kills?]

[What's up with little cousin? Did he suddenly have an epiphany?]

[Is this still Xiao Jiang?]

[It's over, next round they won't have money, can Xiao Jiang continue to dominate?]

Looking at the surprised comments, Jiang Yang's smile was wider than an AK.

I didn't sleep well last night, my brain is a bit slow, and I'm having some writer's block. My apologies.