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On July 7th, at 17:19 p.m., the four-in-two knockout match between Scorpion and HN started on time.

There were many storms before this game, but the process of the game was not as intense as everyone expected. The one-sided battle situation made the outcome no longer suspenseful.

The suspension was enforced in the first game, and Zuo Zhengyi could not play.

Before the substitute mid laner played for him, Zuo Zhengyi chatted with the opponent a few times, focusing on encouragement. He said: "Don't put too much pressure on it, just treat this as an ordinary game and just do your best."

The substitute player called Zuo Zhengyi his brother in private, and after listening to his comfort, he understood what he meant: it doesn't matter if you lose, as he will take care of you in the next few rounds.

This made the substitute red-eyed, and called brother again, making a gesture to hug him, and stretched out his hands, but Ji Jue grabbed him by the collar and pulled him away.

Ji Jue said: "We will not lose."

Ji Jue didn't dare to look at Zuo Zhengyi, especially his hands.

Let alone whether Zuo Zhengyi's hand injury will affect his performance, the main reason is pain, obviously pain.But Zuo Zhengyi would keep silent and frown, but he wouldn't complain. I don't know when he became like this, and he didn't even shed tears.

At the beginning of the first game, the five players and coaches from Scorpion came to the stage to start the BP. Zuo Zhengyi and several other substitutes sat in the audience to watch the match.

The camera scanned the bench frequently, but Zuo Zhengyi's expression was normal, without any extra emotion on his face.

He was extremely calm and focused on watching the live broadcast on the big screen.

Zuo Zhengyi was unable to play, which put a lot of pressure on Scorpion, but fortunately, he has practiced a team-oriented style of play for more than a month. Scorpion's overall strength has improved a lot, especially the ability to grasp the rhythm in the early stage. .

Therefore, the idea of ​​the first game was to play in the early stage. The coach chose a mage for the middle lane who was better compatible with the jungler.

But the role of this mage is limited, this is to minimize the impact of changing the mid laner on the winning rate.But in fact, the so-called "reduction" is a kind of transfer, and this part of the responsibility falls on Ji Jue's shoulders.

Ji Jue had to command the whole process, and he also had to ensure that there were no flaws in the operation, otherwise no one would be able to save Xie Zi, and no one would be able to save Zuo Zhengyi.

This is what Ji Jue practiced these days.

It was also at this moment that he walked on the road that Zuo Zhengyi had walked before, and he realized more deeply how heavy the burden on Zuo Zhengyi's shoulders was.

It's not enough to just look at him, and it's not enough to be with him. You have to cut your skin and your heart to truly understand him.

But even so, Ji Jue thought, he still had a way out.

Zuo Zhengyi, on the other hand, had no way out.

Similarly, it was also at this point that Ji Jue regretted it from the bottom of his heart, regretting to the point that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart.

Zuo Zhengyi seems to be a widow, and now there is very little happiness, and he is one of Zuo Zhengyi's disasters, and he has committed more crimes than anyone else.What qualifications does he have to say love?Is this the point of love?

He only hoped that Zuo Zhengyi could be a little happier and stop frowning in silence.

But all Ji Jue could do for Zuo Zhengyi was to win this game, make him relax, play from 1:0, play one less game and suffer less.

Ji Jue did it.

With the determination not to lose no matter what, he played an unprecedented excellent state.Like a killer who concentrates on it, it is silent when he does not make a move, and kills him with a single blow. The operation is extremely fine.

Ji Jue played strongly, and Scorpion got off to a good start.

The downwind game is much easier to play than the headwind game, and it is not easy to expose problems. The lack of tacit cooperation between the substitute mid laner and a few main players is also covered up, and the first game wins without any disturbance.

After the suspension for the second round, Zuo Zhengyi started to play.

As soon as he appeared on the main stage, there was a commotion in the audience.

Scorpion made a detailed plan for today's game and prepared several plans, all of which are optional early lineups.

Considering Zuo Zhengyi's hand injury, they wanted to shorten the game as much as possible, and they couldn't choose Zuo Zhengyi a hero who was particularly manipulative—it wasn't because they didn't trust him, but because they didn't want to increase his burden and make his injury worse. deterioration.

The coach had good intentions, but Zuo Zhengyi took it seriously, and he also didn't want to add a burden to the team, otherwise what's the point of him playing with an injury?As a mascot?

Zuo Zhengyi asked for BP to continue as usual, and everything to fight as usual.

In fact, since you have already played, it is the same to play any hero, how much difference can it make?

What should hurt will still hurt, what should hurt will still hurt.

Zuo Zhengyi had already been mentally prepared. The harder he exerted on his fingers and wrists, the more intense the pain would be.But his reaction didn't slow down because of this, and he even restrained his body's conditioned reflexive withdrawal out of self-protection.

Alternating hot and cold sweat soaked his temples, Zuo Zhengyi's face was pale, but his expression was still calm, and his conductor's voice did not tremble at all.

Ji Jue was in excellent form today, but he was even more aggressive than Ji Jue.

In the second game, HN made adjustments in BP. Unfortunately, facing the middle and field like Scorpion, HN did not gain any advantage.If the first round was a loss that was caught off guard and the preparations were not proper, then the second round was a loss that was powerless and preparations were useless.

Zuo Zhengyi's frequent double-plays and triple-doubles made him look like he didn't have a hand injury.

In the third game, HN was very hesitant to be a BP.

But this European team is more courageous than F6. They decided to choose an extreme early lineup to fight against Scorpion.

It's a pity that this choice is more than courageous, but not rational.

Scorpion Nakano's limelight could no longer be suppressed. As a result of his hard work in the early stage, HN ushered in a sudden death and announced the end of the game in advance.

— 3:0.

A result that satisfied the Chinese competition area, and the entire Scorpion team was also relieved.

But as soon as the breath was released, it was brought up again - Zuo Zhengyi's injury has worsened again, this is inevitable, and no one is surprised.

But Zuo Zhengyi is like a robot, as if he can't feel pain, his face blocked the mouths of all those who tried to care about him, he didn't want to hear those meaningless "whether it hurts" or "do you want to rest" and so on Nonsense greeting, no need.

He also did not appear in the post-match interview, and returned to the hotel in silence for treatment.

Sun Zhixin cried in front of him.

At the turn of July 7th and 17th, the tears of the young female team doctor shed tears in the bustling night of Seoul.Some viewers on the Internet in China, as well as in Europe, America, Australia, and even South Korea, were convinced by End. They said that he was the real ruler of the middle lane, and they gave him various good names, saying that he was unique, unprecedented and unprecedented.

But the strong and perfect genius mid laner they imagined, after the female team doctor finished crying, finally showed a little unknown timidity.

He said quietly: "Sister Sun, I can't control the pain, can I still go to the final?"

"..."

Sun Zhixin couldn't help the tears that had just stopped.

……

On July 7th, the discussion on the game between Scorpion and HN on the Internet basically dissipated. The only topic left was "whether HN is too bad, and the overall level of the European competition area needs to be improved." Other than that, most people focused on Moved to the upcoming finals.

——On the evening of the 18th, DN8 defeated UNT and successfully advanced to the final, becoming the final opponent of Scorpion.

The Internet between China and South Korea, which had just ceased war for a day, was torn apart again due to their opposing positions.

You must know that DN8's jungler is the source of all disputes, and no matter how well Scorpion performed in the knockout round, even if F6 is eliminated, the Koreans will not be convinced.The fundamental reason is that DN8 is the team that can represent the highest level in the ECS division.

After several knockout matches, Zuo Zhengyi's performance conquered many Korean audiences, but these people are a minority after all, and they even have to be punished. They are "traitors with arms turned outward" and educated to "overestimate the level of End "Is our DN8 mid laner worse than him?" "Scorpion's mid laner is only second-rate, and DN8's mid laner is the world's top."

DN8 is indeed strong enough, and the ECS division has arrogance.

But EPL is not to be outdone. I don’t know which netizen PS a pre-match promotional poster titled "Unacceptable". , pointing at the world champion.

This poster made a start, and then all kinds of PS posters burst out, warming up the scene for Scorpion.

There are also many microblogs that help Scorpion to draw prizes to improve his character, and the prizes are so many that passers-by and netizens who usually don't pay attention to e-sports competitions are also shocked.There was also a retweet of the lottery draw, which was retweeted hundreds of thousands of times because the prizes were too rich, and even became a hot search.

In addition, Scorpion's team song has also been sung over and over again, and submitted to major short video platforms.

All of a sudden, the whole network cheered.

Die-hard fans, fans of passers-by, fans of big competitions, like crucian carp crossing the river, so lively.

The more so, the more anxious the atmosphere in the Scorpion team became.

Zuo Zhengyi's hand injury has reached an extremely serious level, and after struggling to relieve the pain, it will immediately flare up again as soon as he touches the game.If he insisted on playing, he would have to have a block injection to temporarily relieve the pain.

But Sun Zhixin strongly opposed Zuo Zhengyi's injection, which was tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst, and the risk was extremely high, unless Zuo Zhengyi wanted to ruin his career.

But he was only 20 years old.

On the morning of July 7, the Scorpion management held an internal meeting to study whether Zuo Zhengyi should play.

During their meeting, Zuo Zhengyi was fiddling with the keyboard in his room.

Ji Jue was beside him.

In the past few days, Ji Jue has also lost a lot of weight. Because he can't sleep well every night, he has dark circles vaguely, and he is so haggard that he is not so handsome.

Zuo Zhengyi glanced at him, and deliberately said jokingly, "You're so ugly."

Ji Jue gave a wry smile and said after a long time: "I want to give you a suggestion, but I don't know if you want to hear it or not."

"I know what you're going to say." Zuo Zhengyi lowered his head, his eyes scanned the rows of letters on the keyboard, and finally stopped on "W".He fell silent.

Afterwards, Zuo Zhengyi didn't say anything more.

After the Scorpion management meeting, he was notified that they now have two plans. One is that Zuo Zhengyi will play as usual.The second is that Zuo Zhengyi rested, and the club held a press conference to solemnly announce his hand injury to the outside world, trying to bear the pressure of public opinion for him as much as possible.

How to choose, still respect Zuo Zhengyi's personal wishes.

Zuo Zhengyi thanked him, and the answer he gave was: "Let me think about it."

He thought for a long time, and Ji Jue stayed with him from noon until dark.

Zuo Zhengyi kept staring at his keyboard, then he turned his head and said, "Ji Jue, I still want to go."

"W" is on the keyboard and also in Zuo Zhengyi's heart.

He won't back down.

Even if he is caught in the boiling sea and amidst the turmoil, he will be the one who moves mountains and fills the sea and turns the tide.