Chapter 66: The Balcony War God Is Spinning!

Listening to REZ’s teasing, k0nfig felt an urge to retort, yet found himself entirely speechless.

Because it was all the truth, and statistics never lie...

However, he quickly came to terms with it. Man, I am already twenty-six years old; being able to play at a normal professional level is already quite good. What is wrong with youngsters having overflowing energy and popping off for a moment?

After losing the full-buy round, Complexity immediately called a tactical timeout to make defensive adjustments, focusing primarily on the A-house area and restricting floppy’s operating space.

Complexity’s coach put it bluntly: "Just hold your damn balcony to support the big green! Stop pushing up so far! The team doesn't need you to open up the game! Do you understand!?"

Floppy’s face instantly dropped when he heard this, but in order to keep his job, he had no choice but to swallow his pride.

The timeout ended, and the match resumed.

Following Complexity’s defensive adjustments, NIP’s players clearly felt the resistance on the attack intensifying. Even when they used utility to gain control of the middle area, Complexity quickly counter-flashed and retaken it.

Anyway, Complexity’s stance was clear: they were going to forcefully take control of either Banana or Middle, no matter what resources it cost.

Although Su Zhe managed to push up to the A-house hallway every round, he couldn't do much more to help his teammates, as he couldn't literally fly into the second floor by himself.

Not even in high-rank matchmaking did people play like that; he could only wait for the second wave when his teammates initiated before looking for opportunities.

Fortunately, es3tag quickly formulated a counter-strategy. He used Complexity’s tendency to perform counter-aggressions to set up positioning traps, actively catching Complexity off guard during their retakes.

Both teams entered a white-hot phase of trading rounds back and forth.

By the time the score reached 7-4, in the final round of the first half, es3tag felt a chill running down his spine just looking at the scoreboard.

Had Arrow not turned the tide and won that force-buy round, the scoreline might very well have been completely reversed.

"What do you say! Should we guess whether the opponents will counter-clear middle this round?" k0nfig rubbed his hands excitedly. He hadn't thought about things that deeply; he was simply happy seeing the lead.

es3tag pondered for a moment before shaking his head: "Let's forget it. EliGE's form is clearly peaking right now, and taking aim duels head-on leaves way too little room for error..."

"Huh?" es3tag suddenly thought of a legendary in-game leader... apEX, "Let's execute a second-floor rush this round!"

Seeing es3tag suddenly have a flash of insight, the others expected him to come up with some exquisite, ingenious counter-tactics, only for it to be a simple second-floor rush after all this time!

Noticing the puzzled looks of his teammates, es3tag explained: "Don't the opponents like to play upfront in middle to hold? A second-floor rush tactic is just right for this situation. As long as someone stands in pit and we smoke off connector, we only need to watch the A-main crossfire."

Hearing this, everyone realized it made complete sense. They had been constrained by their own mindsets—just like Su Zhe, whose head was entirely filled with thoughts of how to flank the enemy from behind.

Meanwhile, k0nfig was thinking about how to secure the opening kill to reclaim his identity as the entry fragger.

es3tag, however, had overlooked the microscopic details of gunfights and looked at the bigger picture instead, which naturally allowed him to think of this approach.

"Then at the start of the round, we'll keep applying pressure to Banana so the opponents won't dare to easily stack A, and then execute a fast second-floor rush..."

As soon as es3tag finished detailing the map-control sequence, the buy time came to an end.

This round, Su Zhe once again paired up with REZ to head down the side path, securing control of A-house following their previous routine coordination.

"A-house hallway is empty; the opponents are likely playing back in pit to hold..." Su Zhe communicated with his teammates as he pushed all the way to the close position of the balcony, careful not to expose his positioning to the bombsite.

"Boiler room just rushed up!"

Su Zhe suddenly heard REZ’s urgent voice.

This round, Complexity had no intention of continuing to play passively; instead, they planned to hunt down Su Zhe, the solo-lurking free agent, and ended up catching REZ along the way.

Glancing briefly at the kill feed in the top right corner, Su Zhe immediately made a decisive move. He wide-swung straight out of the second floor toward the balcony on his right, firing a pre-fire shot.

Floppy on the balcony had anticipated that the enemy would emerge, constantly jiggling back and forth with concentrated focus and holding a direct crossfire.

Upon seeing the T-side player wide-swinging out, he immediately opened fire, but was left with only a frustrated "What the fuck" and a darkened screen.

"Tat-tat-tat!"

[Arrow used AK-47 to headshot and kill floppy]

The encirclement had been torn open. Just as he prepared to drop down from the hay bales to escape, he suddenly spotted a CT appearing in connector.

"Only one person on B!"

Su Zhe shouted urgently in the voice channel, snapping his crosshair toward the connector position.

However, he hadn't expected the CT in connector to merely act as bait; after jiggling his body, the player immediately retreated!

Hearing the footsteps indicating that the player flanking from A-house had reached close range, Su Zhe ignored the connector CT and actively wide-swung out toward A-house.

Twistzz was already fully prepared to pre-fire, but upon seeing the T player aggressively swinging out, he froze for a split second before hastily opening fire.

"Tat-tat-tat!"

[Arrow used AK-47 to headshot and kill EliGE]

"He's tapping heads from A-main! Trade him out, quick!" EliGE's reaction was a fraction of a second too slow. Having lost the direct duel, he threw away all composure and screamed directly.

JT had originally planned to just show his body and quickly fall back to B. If the opponents found out they were playing a 4-A setup, they would definitely accelerate down Banana—only to hear Twistzz's frantic yelling.

Thus, he pre-aimed the second-floor balcony position and wide-swung out once again, only to see the T player instantly snap his aim directly toward him, followed by a barrage of flying bullets.

"Tat-tat-tat!"

[Arrow used AK-47 to headshot and kill JT]

"Good grief, the Balcony God! He's literally spinning!"

"First he pre-fires to secure the kill on floppy, then he turns around and takes the initiative to catch Twistzz, and instantly snaps over to connector! JT literally walked his head right into the bullets!"

"Only hallzerk is left in second floor! He knows Arrow is super low HP! He pulls out a USP, jump-peeks, and misses the first shot! Complexity is finished!"

Watching the CT jump-peeking out, Su Zhe violently jerked his crosshair upward.

"Tat-tat-tat!"

[Arrow used AK-47 to headshot and kill hallzerk]

Grim over at B bombsite was still waiting for his teammates to finish their retake on A-house and come support him, when in the blink of an eye, he was left all by himself.

Looking at the rain of utility pouring down Banana, he froze for a second before his screen turned completely white.

"I am fucking mind-blown!!" The moment the first half ended, REZ grabbed his head with both hands, staring at Su Zhe in sheer disbelief!

He finally understood why k0nfig was always screaming; watching Arrow’s point-of-view was just this thrilling!—given that k0nfig, as an entry fragger, usually died first.

"Is this a play a human can pull off?!" After dying, he had expected Su Zhe to at least trade one for one to fulfill his duty, but in the blink of an eye, everyone was dead!

Still, he couldn't compare to k0nfig. K0nfig directly leaned over Su Zhe’s chair, inspecting the computer tower to see if there was a USB flash drive plugged in: "Did you cheat, you little brat?! A 1v4 clutch and you got a four-piece?!"

Feeling the strange posture k0nfig had assumed, Su Zhe quickly took off his headset and pushed his chair backward along with himself.

Behind them, coach djL wore an expression of utter astonishment, though his mind had already begun pondering an entirely new question.

Was Arrow truly suited for the lurker role after all...