Whoever Called Ma Xixi, I'd End His Life!

Whoever Called Ma Xixi, I'd End His Life!

As one of the most reputable bloggers in the scene, Leon Kai had plenty of experience investigating cheats.

He also knew better than to let personal bias cloud his judgment. When investigating a suspected cheater, he approached it from the perspective of trying to clear them. Only when there was no way to explain away the evidence—obvious wallhacks, aim locks, or aimbot behavior—would he "convict" them.

It was a very tedious process.

But that was just how things were with FPS games.

At first, Leon Kai hadn't paid much attention. But the stats for Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You were so outrageous that even he had started to have doubts.

Still, he quickly composed himself, downloaded the demo of the match they'd just played, and began reviewing it.

Then Leon Kai noticed several things that seemed very off. There were parts he simply couldn't make sense of.

"Wait, what is this? Did he adjust his pre-aim in the smoke?"

"Ah! He even adjusted his crosshair inside the smoke, with no reference points at all?"

There were two instances where Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You fought through smoke that seemed incredibly strange to them.

When an ordinary player fought through smoke without vision, their crosshair usually ended up way off. At best, they could aim in roughly the right direction.

But Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You still managed to hold a steady pre-aim through the smoke.

He could even pre-aim as he came out of it.

It was as if the smoke grenade wasn't even there.

"And then there's this." His useless younger brother, Hamburger, said in confusion, "You'd think someone with such excellent pre-aim would be great with pistols."

"But look at how he uses that USP. He's playing like Big Cousin—nowhere near the same level."

In general, players with excellent pre-aim were also good with pistols.

But after watching a few POVs, they'd found that this Ma Xixi fan could use a USP, but wasn't nearly as good with it as they'd expected.

Leon Kai said, "I think it's weird too. With pre-aim that good, he should know these positions inside out, but some of his mid-round decisions and positioning are strange."

"If you want to convict him outright, though, you really can't." Leon Kai scratched his head. "It just feels weird. There are too many things that don't add up."

When there were too many things that didn't add up, it really did start to look like something fishy was going on.

"He's definitely using something," Hamburger said bluntly. "If it were just one weird thing, that might be nothing. But there are too many weird things now. Something's definitely wrong."

Leon Kai quickly said, "We can't convict him yet. He's just acting strange. I watched a few demos, but none of them were enough to nail him. I hope he gets a chance to prove himself offline someday."

He actually thought Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You was probably using cheats. From the POV, the player's grasp of the fundamentals was just too strange—he was extraordinarily strong in some areas and weak in others.

But he also hoped that the player wasn't cheating, and that he was a true young prodigy.

That way, CNCS would at least have some fresh blood.

Jiang Yang had no idea that his long-necked teacher was reviewing his match footage.

After all, he hadn't followed this sort of content in a long time. Even when he browsed on his phone, he mostly read novels or watched POV demos from professional players.

As he kept working hard, his rating continued to climb.

Then, on October 7, he was playing ranked as usual.

Just after matchmaking succeeded, familiar little words appeared before his eyes.

[Temporary Mission: You want to return to the professional scene, but your cousin believes that with your skill, giving up on your dream and working hard at life is the best future for you. When you appear in front of your cousin again, you'll need to prove through your actions that you can return to that stage...]

[Mission: Show your cousin what you can do. Reward: Comeback Points, based on your performance]

Only then did Jiang Yang notice a familiar avatar on the opposing team.

It was a stick figure pushing a wheelchair, with the ID I Have a Tactic.

"Whoa, isn't that my cousin?"

"And it's Mirage, too."

Jiang Yang rubbed his hands together, eager for the match.

Whoever called Ma Xixi, I'd end his life! Mirage Master's runes: equipped.

Inside the CSBOY livestream.

Ma Xixi had just joined the server when he saw the in-game chat filling up with messages. He glanced over, and his face darkened.

The chat was full of:

Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You: I'll top-kill you!!

A CSBOY fan on the opposing team was spamming the chat.

MO, who was duo-queuing with Ma Xixi, couldn't help laughing.

Ma Xixi glanced at the chat on his stream, too. It was also full of messages from Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You.

Little Overlord wasn't in this match, and the game started soon. Ma Xixi said angrily, "It's definitely some Helmet from the stream again. Today, we're going to farm him for points and make him start a whole trend about me!"

Some viewers were telling Ma Xixi to watch out for the guy on the other team, but their warnings were buried under the flood of Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You comments.

Jiang Yang was delighted to run into his cousin in ranked.

As for the temporary mission reward, it'd be nice to get it, but he didn't really care if he didn't.

Sometimes, having fun mattered more than anything else.

After they lost the knife round and chose sides, they started on the attacking side.

For the pistol round, he bought an unarmored Desert Eagle.

Unfortunately, they didn't win the pistol round. The other team knew what they were doing, too. They got easily wiped out in a full A Area rush, and Jiang Yang was the only one who got a kill.

Ma Xixi wasn't particularly good, but MO was a former professional player, and his skills were still quite impressive.

He used utility effortlessly, and his teamplay was incredibly smooth.

The score quickly reached 0:4.

His teammates were short on money. Jiang Yang had enough, but he bought a full-armored Desert Eagle anyway to keep his economy balanced.

When the countdown ended, he moved behind A1.

But the opponents threw an anti-rush molotov right at the start, blocking his path.

Once the fire went out, they followed up with an A1 smoke, putting him under even more utility pressure.

Jiang Yang had no choice but to wait behind A1.

Soon, a Flashbang popped inside A1. Jiang Yang didn't rush. Instead, he turned his back to it.

A second later, another Flashbang went off, but it was still inside A1.

Then footsteps came from A1. Jiang Yang adjusted his crosshair, ready for someone to swing wide.

The instant the CT appeared at A1, Jiang Yang pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

[Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You used Desert Eagle to headshot I Have a Tactic]

"Go to hell!" Ma Xixi said, his face twisting. "He one-tapped me?"

Jiang Yang quickly picked up the M4 Ma Xixi had dropped, but he didn't use it right away.

The other team hadn't tried to trade the kill, which meant there was probably no one close by.

Since the next fight would be at long range, and he could try to rely on pre-aim, he decided to stick with the Desert Eagle.

Jiang Yang crouched toward the left side of A1, then stood up and pre-aimed at Jump Platform. But the opponent at Jump Platform showed no intention of peeking A1. At this rank, everyone had decent discipline and wouldn't make mistakes with simple plays.

Meanwhile, a teammate in Mid used a Desert Eagle to take out a CT who had pushed forward to counter them. In an instant, they were up five to three.

That gave Jiang Yang the confidence to make a move.

He started to pre-aim Long Box, but as soon as he did, the player at Jump Platform moved.

Jiang Yang immediately backed off and whipped his gun around.

The shot connected, but it didn't hit the head. Jiang Yang immediately switched to his M4 and held the angle at Jump Platform.

Just as expected, the enemy at Jump Platform came charging out. They both landed a headshot on each other.

But Jiang Yang had already damaged him, so he finished him off.

Jiang Yang didn't let his guard down. He switched back to the Desert Eagle, took a step back, and held the angle where someone might swing wide from the left wall.

The next second, a CT swung out and ran straight into Jiang Yang's crosshair.

"Bang!"

[Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You used Desert Eagle to headshot captainMO]

"Damn..."

MO sucked in a breath, clearly surprised. "Do we really have a Helmet this strong in our stream?"

The viewers started responding to MO's question in the chat.

[This guy popped up recently in the high ranks on 5E. Leon Kai investigated him, but couldn't nail him.]

[A bunch of bloggers have investigated him. He's really weird.]

[This guy's got wallhacks, or something.]

[Looks like Xixi's gonna be in for a rough game.]

[This guy's just a straight-up cheater.]

But MO shook his head. It didn't seem that way.

As a former professional player, he'd noticed a lot going on in that exchange.

First, the guy had used the Desert Eagle's ability to kill with a single shot to try his luck. After taking out the teammate at Jump Platform, he switched back to the M4 for more margin for error.

When the gunfight left him low on health, he'd even guessed that MO was coordinating with the player pushing up.

He'd chosen the most reasonable way to deal with him: switch to the Desert Eagle and go for a headshot.

And it wasn't just his decision-making. This "Helmet" had actually pulled it off.

The last CT, who had rotated back to B Short, was killed by a T from Mid. Left alone in the clutch, he had no choice but to save his gun.

After that, both sides traded rounds back and forth. Before they knew it, the score was 4:6.

The two sides fought fiercely in the round. After a skirmish in A Area, only Jiang Yang and his cousin remained in a one-versus-one.

Jiang Yang was still in Sewer, wondering where his cousin was, when he suddenly heard footsteps in B Short. The footsteps made no effort to hide as they headed away.

Listening to his cousin move off, Jiang Yang quietly slipped out of Sewer and crept forward.

Ma Xixi had clearly misread the situation. He was still throwing utility at Bomb Site A. Jiang Yang switched to his knife and got behind him, then attacked the moment Ma Xixi released his utility!

"One slash, two slashes, three slashes!"

"Was he just at Bomb Site A? Could he have gone to CT Base now?" Ma Xixi was still trying to figure out where the "Helmet" might be.

Then he suddenly heard the sound of someone stabbing him from behind. Ma Xixi jumped and spun around, quickly switching weapons.

But he'd just thrown his utility and was stuck in the animation.

He could only watch as he became a Magic City whetstone, tortured to death by two light hits and one heavy hit.

Ma Xixi's face instantly twisted into a mask of agony. He shouted, "Damn it!! Fine, fine, so that's how you want to play!"

"You're all giving me fake callouts! Didn't you say he was at the site?"

But nobody answered his question. All four teammates were trying not to laugh.

"It's fine." Ma Xixi got his composure back. "I'll find a chance to knife him back later!"

Jiang Yang had just gotten a knife kill. He kept nodding up and down, asking Ma Xixi to interact with him.

With the score at 8:6, Jiang Yang once again found himself in a one-versus-one against his cousin in the final round of the half.

Jiang Yang arrived at A1 late and heard his cousin making noise at Jump Platform.

He was just messing around now. Looking at the two Flashbangs in his hand, then at another one dropped by a dead teammate at his feet, an idea occurred to him.

First, he threw one Flashbang over Long Box. Then he stepped onto the A1 platform and threw two more in quick succession. After that, he switched straight to his knife and jumped onto Jump Platform, where he spotted his cousin in the corner.

"Fucking hell! You flashed me blind!" Ma Xixi shouted on stream. He hadn't turned away from a single one of the three Flashbangs. He was completely blinded.

But the other player had thrown three Flashbangs in a row and then vanished, which confused Ma Xixi.

Then, just as he was wondering about it, a Glock seemed to fly out of thin air and land in front of him.

"Where did that Glock come from?" Ma Xixi said, confused.

The next second, it seemed to dawn on him. He immediately looked up.

"Bang—"

[Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You used AWP to blind-fire headshot I Have a Tactic]

The CT voice chat erupted with laughter.

The viewers watching the stream couldn't hold it in either.

[Where did that Glock come from? I'm dying.]

[Holy shit, Boss Ma is something else.]

[Where did the Glock come from? For real, where did it come from?]

[That Helmet on the other team is so evil, he stood on top of Boss Ma's head, hahaha.]

[This is too funny, hahaha.]

[I declare, this can totally rival "Is There a Hole?"]

Ma Xixi himself could barely handle it. On camera, his face visibly turned red with anger.

The CT side was laughing so hard they could barely breathe. They couldn't even play properly for the first few rounds after switching sides.

Under those circumstances, the CSBOY duo collapsed quickly.

In the second half, Ma Xixi also realized that the "Helmet" on the other team was targeting him specifically.

That Helmet kept messing with him in different ways. Around then, Ma Xixi also noticed that the player spamming Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You in the chat might be cheating.

As Ma Xixi's fan, he felt he had a responsibility to do something about it.

So he sent the "fan" a friend request. Once it was accepted, he messaged him directly: "A lot of people online are saying you're cheating. Are you or not?"

Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You: "You should know whether I'm cheating or not, shouldn't you?"

Ma Xixi replied, confused, "How would I know?"

Ma Xixi I'll Top Kill You: "Pick up the phone."

MO, who was watching from the sidelines, raised an eyebrow. Well, would you look at that—it was someone he knew!

Ma Xixi, who was streaming, quickly noticed his phone ringing. The moment he picked it up, his eyes widened, and he immediately answered.

Then the viewers in the livestream heard a familiar voice:

"Cousin, I'm out now~"

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