Chapter 135 A Grudge

Chang Xian wasn't just a media worker for esports; he was also a loyal Glory player himself. His work revolved entirely around Glory, and his leisure activities outside of work were also primarily Glory-related.

In the Realm of Gods, Chang Xian also had an account, a Striker. In the game, he was just like any ordinary player. And like many ordinary players, he had suffered losses at the hands of Deception, Glory's most ruthless scavenger.

When doing his interview prep, Chang Xian had seen Deception's character name on the Xingxin team's registration list. However, from accepting the challenge earlier to the recent three consecutive matches, the character Deception had never appeared. Chang Xian had thought that this person hadn't ended up joining Xingxin, but he didn't expect to actually see Deception after coming over. Instantly, Chang Xian's accumulated resentment towards Deception erupted to his face. During that PK, he had fallen, and the weapon in his hand had dropped. Before he could call his teammates to help him pick it up, he saw an agile figure dart into the crowd and snatch his weapon before leaving.

Chang Xian, in soul view at the time, had seen everything clearly. That Thunderfist Gauntlet was something he had spent a lot of time and effort to obtain. But in such a PK, it was easily picked up by a scavenger. Chang Xian was so disgusted by it that he didn't feel like playing the game for a week.

He had thought about finding Deception to settle the score, but the Realm of Gods was so vast that finding someone was not something that could be done with patience and perseverance alone. Chang Xian persisted for a while but eventually gave up helplessly. Now that some time had passed, he was somewhat infuriated when he saw that the Xingxin team's members included Deception. However, he was working with the Xingxin team, so he shouldn't mix personal feelings into it. Moreover, although Deception was on the member list, he had never appeared, so it wasn't even certain if he was really there! The rules of the Challenger League were indeed quite lax.

Chang Xian didn't take the Deception matter to heart, until now, when he suddenly heard the introduction, that the aloof and arrogant guy he thought was Ye Qiu was actually Deception. Deception's face made him very angry, and he impulsively turned around, ready to settle accounts with Mo Fan.

Everyone was surprised to hear this, amazed that such a coincidence could happen! Everyone marveled, but no one went up to say anything. Mo Fan was no longer expressionless, but rather a bit dumbfounded; he probably wasn't psychologically prepared for a victim to run into him directly.

"Who... are you?" Mo Fan finally asked.

"I'm called Fatal Harvest. You picked up my Thunderfist Gauntlet back then. I don't think you'd remember, would you?" Chang Xian said loudly.

"Yes," Mo Fan said.

"Now I'm helping you remember, give it back!" Chang Xian shouted. In fact, he already had equally good weapons now. What he was still concerned about was no longer the weapon itself, but the frustration of watching his beloved weapon being picked up back then. Chang Xian was already relatively calm now, after all, the incident had happened some time ago. If it had really happened within a week, he believed he might have the guts to take off one of this guy's legs.

"Can't find it." Mo Fan's answer was quite honest, but it made Chang Xian quite frustrated. It's not like he really wanted the equipment back, but now that he had caught the person in the flesh, shouldn't he have the proper attitude? What kind of attitude was this?

"You you..." Chang Xian "you you"ed twice, but found himself speechless. He wasn't after the equipment, just wanted to vent his anger. But now he found that he didn't know what the other party could do to let him vent his anger. Beat him up? Chang Xian knew that was a bit unrealistic.

While the two were confronting each other, Qiao Yifan, who had gone to pour water, came back with the water. Completely unaware of what had happened here, he saw Chang Xian there, in front of everyone, and handed him the water.

"Have some water." A water-delivery boy inexplicably appeared next to him, leaving Chang Xian unsure of what to do.

Everyone else was facepalming as well. What kind of scene was this?

"Ahem, Little Chang, Mo Fan picked up your equipment, and you bumped into me today. I think we can just call it even, right? There's no point in arguing." Chen Guo then revealed her big sister demeanor and took over the matter. In fact, what kind of settlement was this? But Chen Guo had already seen that Chang Xian's anger wasn't as great as he was showing. It had probably been too long, and he wasn't that resentful, it was just a scar in his heart. If it were someone who knew how to handle things, they might have resolved the matter in a few words and even become friends in the end! But unfortunately, Mo Fan would never be that kind of person. Seeing him still seriously saying "can't find it," he seemed to be deliberately trying to anger people.

Chang Xian had gotten into a conflict with such a guy, and now it was a bit difficult to back down. Chen Guo was just giving him a way to turn the page.

Chang Xian was, after all, a reporter who had been running around for a year, and he was still a bit clever. Hearing this, he immediately knew that Chen Guo had given him a ladder to climb down, so he wouldn't be left in the cold with Mo Fan. So he quickly seized the opportunity, thanked Qiao Yifan, who had brought the water, and exchanged some polite words with Chen Guo.

Qiao Yifan was confused. He didn't know what had happened here when he went to pour water, and he asked Mo Fan beside him in confusion, "What's up?"

"He's asking me for equipment!" Mo Fan said as simply as possible, which made Chang Xian almost spit the water in his cup back out. Was he asking him for equipment? He was asking him to return the equipment! A difference of one word, but the difference was huge!

Chen Guo didn't have much of a good impression of Mo Fan either, and she was quite unhappy to hear this guy being concise and unpleasant again. She simply said to Chang Xian, "Little Chang, you should take care of your business first. If you two really want to resolve your personal grudges, you can do it alone later, no one will stop you."

"Oh oh, okay, okay, then let's start now, shall we? To be honest, I don't know too much about everyone yet. If I ask anything inappropriate, please forgive me!" Chang Xian was quite organized when it came to handling business.

"Hehe, feel free to ask anything you want," Chen Guo said.

"Actually, I really want to know, is Ye Qiu, the former captain of the Excellent Era team, the Great God Ye Qiu, on your Xingxin team?" Chang Xian threw out the question he most wanted to know and most urgently needed to know right away.

Chen Guo glanced at Ye Xiu, and everyone else was also looking at Ye Xiu. They were quite curious about how this guy would respond to this question.

"Uh, he can be said to be here, and he can be said not to be here," Ye Xiu said.

"What does that mean?" Chang Xian didn't understand.

"You'll understand when the time comes," Ye Xiu smiled.

How cunning! Everyone exclaimed, was he going to deceive them like that? Would the reporter not ask any more questions?

Chang Xian indeed did not ask any more questions. When doing exclusive interviews, it was important to be mindful of certain boundaries. If you kept asking questions that the other party didn't seem too willing to answer and made the atmosphere tense, it would be detrimental to the subsequent interviews. In this regard, Chang Xian was still a bit inexperienced. If an experienced reporter like Cao Guangcheng had come, they certainly wouldn't have missed such a question, but they wouldn't have asked it at the beginning. Asking it at the beginning would require careful consideration, and they couldn't ruin the atmosphere right away. Questions that could potentially provoke emotions were best asked at the end. If they found that there were no valuable answers, they could just laugh it off and end the interview happily. If they found something particularly juicy, they could press the matter even if it made the other party unhappy, but at least it wouldn't affect the rest of the interview.

Chang Xian was just too eager, so he threw out the question at the beginning. As a result, Ye Xiu vaguely glossed over the question, and it was skipped over.

Then, Chang Xian naturally asked about Xingxin's self-confidence, which had been criticized by many.

Ye Xiu smiled again: "The upcoming matches will prove everything."

"It seems you are very confident. Do you feel that your strength is enough to defeat the Excellent Era team?" Chang Xian said.

"As long as it's a match, nothing is impossible," Ye Xiu said with a smile.

Everyone in their hearts immediately hissed again. Actually, Xingxin was also struggling with how to deal with Excellent Era! If they were really pulled out to fight Excellent Era now, Xingxin would have no confidence at all. What Ye Xiu relied on was that Xingxin's players and characters had a lot of room for improvement. The current them and the them that Excellent Era would face might be completely different.

Ye Xiu had said this to them, but when facing the interview, this guy didn't mention it at all. He actually followed the question, as if he was really confident in defeating Excellent Era.

"Uh, can you talk about the unspecialized class you are currently using? As far as I know, your unspecialized Lord Grim has a particularly magical silver weapon that can freely transform into various forms."

"Yes."

"This weapon seems to be specially designed for the unspecialized class. Can you talk about your ideas and why you wanted to create this weapon specifically? I think this weapon must have taken a lot of effort, right?"

Everyone looked at Ye Xiu again.

Especially Chen Guo. This question could evoke many, many things in Ye Xiu's heart. That deceased teenager, the most talented genius in Ye Xiu's words. Chen Guo had gone with Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng to sweep his grave and had no doubt about this.

"I have a friend..." Chen Guo heard Ye Xiu say.