Chapter 36: A 1v1 Solo with donk
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“Four hundred euros a week. The club will provide your food and accommodation, and the contract contains the details of your share of the tournament prize money. You can take a look.”
THREAT handed the contract to Su Zhe. “It’s a three-month contract. If you perform well afterward, the club will consider renewing it…”
Su Zhe accepted the contract and read it carefully. It was still packed with dense clauses he could barely understand, but he did not notice anything wrong, so he signed his name immediately.
When THREAT saw that Su Zhe had signed without a hitch, a smile spread across his face. Young people really were easy to fool.
All things considered, the salary expense for a three-month contract amounted to only a few thousand euros. For a club of their size, that sum was no more than a drop in the ocean.
Moreover, a short three-month contract could put newcomers under pressure and force them to squeeze every bit of potential from themselves.
“My management skills really are getting better and better.” THREAT took a sip of hot tea, inwardly pleased with himself.
If Su Zhe had known what was going through THREAT’s mind, he probably would have burst out laughing.
Forget a three-month contract—even if it had been a one-month contract that required him to pay out of pocket, he would probably have taken out a loan to sign it.
After leaving the manager’s office, he returned to the practice room.
Seeing him, k0nfig immediately came over. “How did it go?”
“The contract’s signed,” Su Zhe replied.
A smile returned to k0nfig’s face. “Really? I knew you could do it! With you joining us, our team’s results are definitely going to improve!”
Seeing the smile on k0nfig’s face, Su Zhe smiled as well. He looked toward the others in the practice room.
Although he had no idea what everyone else was thinking, the atmosphere within the team seemed excellent so far. He was becoming more and more excited about embarking on his professional career.
After greeting the members of NiP, he left the club and went to a hotel room he had booked earlier.
The professional CSGO season had already entered its off-season, and the members of NiP were about to begin their own holiday.
The Katowice qualifiers, meanwhile, would not be held for more than a month, giving Su Zhe an opportunity to return home and take care of a few personal matters.
He would return to the club in half a month to train with the members of NiP and prepare for the upcoming events.
After washing up at the hotel, Su Zhe lay on the bed, already beginning to drift off. Even so, he forced himself to summon the system.
[Congratulations, Host. You have successfully joined a professional team, opening a new chapter in your life. The system is beginning its upgrade…]
[System upgrade complete… Map proficiency system added…]
[Congratulations, Host, on completing the mission. Within the one-year time limit, you successfully became a starting member of the team and have received an S-rank reward.]
[Rebellion Points obtained: 1,578]
[Randomly selecting an S-rank reward…]
[Congratulations, Host. You have received: Simulated Training Ground.]
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“?”
“Simulated training? What is this supposed to be?”
Su Zhe had assumed that an S-rank reward would be something earth-shattering, something that would at the very least flash with a golden light bright enough to blind him.
And that was it? The name was ordinary too.
Curious, he located the reward within his system. The instant he formed the thought, the environment around him rapidly changed.
Just like the scene he had entered during his previous technique comprehension, everything around him was still an unfathomable black. Yet Su Zhe, who had just been lying on the bed, was now sitting in front of a computer.
He focused his attention on the monitor. It displayed the CSGO 2 game interface.
There were also two options on the screen: [Attack] and [Defense].
He selected [Attack] with his mind. The computer screen shifted, and the game brought him outside A1 on Mirage.
[Please select a professional player to defend.]
After seeing the prompt, Su Zhe considered it for a moment before choosing donk.
He still could not forget the scene from his previous technique comprehension, when donk had used an AK to kill four players in succession.
[Use every means at your disposal to break through donk’s defense and plant the bomb.]
“Hm? That’s it? One person defending?”
Su Zhe found it baffling. It was not that he was being arrogant; judging by his current reactions and aim, he admitted that donk was incredibly strong, but surely he could break through a defense held by a single player after trying a few times.
He began manipulating the mouse and keyboard, preparing to make his move.
First, Su Zhe adjusted his position and pre-aimed the spot above the CT jump. When he saw no one there, he widened his angle and pre-aimed beneath the jump platform.
Suddenly, he spotted the rapidly moving silhouette of a CT. Su Zhe immediately counter-strafed and was just about to complete his adjustment when the screen abruptly turned black.
“Running and gunning with an AK?”
He had clearly seen the CT’s position moving. Then, without warning, a bullet flew over, and he was shot in the head.
“Something’s not right…”
Su Zhe tried again, only to be instantly killed just as before.
This time, however, he was paying close attention and could clearly sense that donk’s position had paused for a moment.
“So this is what mobile anchoring looks like… Then what was I doing before?”
Compared with donk’s movement in front of him, Su Zhe’s previous method of moving while holding an angle looked like nothing more than child’s play.
At most, he had shifted his position by two or three character widths, while donk’s movements covered a far greater distance.
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In CSGO, a character’s movement speed was much like that of a vehicle. Although the character could move quickly, it still needed time to accelerate; the entire process went from slow to fast.
Donk’s wide movements allowed his character to reach maximum speed. Under those circumstances, holding an angle demanded even more precise positioning.
Unwilling to accept defeat, Su Zhe tried to break through several more times. Without exception, he fired a fraction of a second later than his opponent every time.
After sparring with five professional players during his tryout at NiP, he had assumed that his only weakness was a lack of game experience. His aim and positioning should have been good enough to contend with the professionals.
But now, it seemed…
Even the area he took the most pride in was still far from sufficient.
If he could be effortlessly destroyed by an obscure professional player, what chance would he have against the star players?
After failing to break through, Su Zhe switched the attack option to defense. The computer screen shifted again, and his position moved to the CT jump spot.
“Then I’ll use magic to defeat magic…”
Like donk, Su Zhe began moving widely while holding his angle. The moment he saw a Terrorist appear at A1, he quickly counter-strafed to lock onto the target.
“Rat-a-tat-tat!”
[donk used an AK-47 to headshot Arrow.]
“?”
What was that supposed to be? He had still been able to swing out and instantly kill him!
After trying for half an hour, Su Zhe exited the “Simulated Training Ground.”
He had been completely outclassed in even the most basic aspects!
Always just a little short.
Always just a little short.
Yet that tiny difference magnified the final result between them beyond measure.
“I’ll continue after I’ve recovered my energy.” After leaving the training ground, Su Zhe let out a long breath. “What’s wrong with the heating in this room? It’s so hot I’m sweating…”
After experiencing the “Simulated Training Ground,” he understood that the reward absolutely deserved its S-rank classification.
Normally, there was no opportunity to duel a professional player one-on-one.
The “Simulated Training Ground,” however, allowed him to practice endlessly, choose different professional players, and even change maps with a single thought.
It was an absolute training神器.
The only problem was that it made people overheat far too easily…
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