Chapter 1220 The Troubles of a Captain

The café was quite secluded. After all, not too long had passed since the end of the match, and many players who had watched the game were looking for entertainment in some of the more conspicuous places downtown. If Ye Xiu and the others went to those places, they would definitely be surrounded. Fortunately, this was Team Misty Rain's home turf, and Chu Yunxiu knew her way around, bringing the two of them to such a quiet place.

They sat down and ordered coffee. As expected, Chu Yunxiu had already finished her cigarette on the way over. Ye Xiu stared blankly at the prominent "No Smoking" sign in the café.

"Team Happy is really good," Chu Yunxiu said.

"What about Misty Rain?" Ye Xiu didn't stand on ceremony, directly cutting to the chase. He could tell that Chu Yunxiu was in a rather gloomy mood. The fact that she had asked to meet after the match most likely had something to do with her team.

"What do you think?" Chu Yunxiu asked Ye Xiu.

Everyone knew that Misty Rain's problem currently lay in their tactics. However, a team's tactics should be considered private between competitors. It's just that tactics, unlike Silver equipment data, are displayed in matches. So, the tactic itself isn't a secret weapon; the key is the execution. Team 301 was playing their knight-protecting-assassin's suicidal strike tactic with ease, but if you tried to imitate it with another team, it probably wouldn't have the same power. Different players, different characters, different tactics – these all need to be adapted to the situation.

So, there's nothing worth avoiding when it comes to tactics. Everyone knows what you know; it's just a matter of whether they use it or not. It's rare to see people asking each other for ideas – who would bother helping their competitors improve?

But now that Chu Yunxiu had brought it up, Ye Xiu didn't seem to care about that kind of thing, speaking frankly: "The current tactical system is clearly not very suitable. To give an example, in basketball, you have one big guy playing with four perimeter players, but you don't have one small guy running around with four perimeter players. Misty Rain is the latter. This kind of lineup might work as a surprise attack, but it's probably not suitable as a main battle system."

"Who says it isn't?" Chu Yunxiu said.

"If you know, why aren't you adjusting?" Ye Xiu asked.

"How do you think we should adjust?" Chu Yunxiu said.

"Sun Liang should be in the starting lineup for team competitions," Ye Xiu said. Sun Liang was a member of Misty Rain, a Grappler, and had originally been a core member. However, after Misty Rain changed their tactical system this season, he immediately became a rotational player.

"Oh, so who should be taken out?" Chu Yunxiu asked again.

Ye Xiu paused.

This was such a simple question that Chu Yunxiu wouldn't need to ask him step by step. Who should be taken out? When she said this, Chu Yunxiu had an expression of helplessness and bitterness, and Ye Xiu immediately knew that there must be a hidden reason. After thinking for a moment, he immediately realized what it was.

"If necessary, those two sisters can only be arranged separately," Ye Xiu said.

"The problem is, they can't be separated," Chu Yunxiu said.

"Oh..." Ye Xiu understood and immediately stopped talking because he had already guessed what was going on.

The Shu sisters couldn't be separated? There was no such thing as absolute. Their combination wasn't currently guaranteeing the team's victory. On the contrary, because the two of them were squeezing onto the field together, the team couldn't form a reasonable professional structure. "Can't be separated" wasn't a tactical issue, but rather a request from other areas. And the only thing that could make tactical sacrifices was a decision from the club. This was no longer a tactical problem, but a business problem for Misty Rain. Their business strategy required the Shu sisters to be on the field together.

Considering that Misty Rain had specifically asked Fang Rui to adjust the gender of the characters for these two sisters, it was clear how much they valued and expected from them. And for professional players, the realization of their value ultimately had to be achieved on the field. So, it was not surprising that the club directly demanded that these two must appear as a combination.

And this was exactly what players hated but were powerless to change.

Management overrides tactics, and outsiders interfere with the command of insiders.

Chu Yunxiu asked Su Mucheng to sit down, seemingly not to seek a solution, but simply because she was feeling depressed and wanted to chat with a good friend to express her feelings. Now that things had been basically clarified, the three of them fell into silence. If Chu Yunxiu was unable to solve this problem, what could outsiders like Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng do?

Chu Yunxiu, Li Hua...

This was the true core combination of Misty Rain's tactics. The value of this partnership was even greater than that of the Shu sisters. If they were ultimately needed to make sacrifices for a reasonable professional combination, then it wouldn't just be personal sacrifices, but also sacrifices in the team's combat power. If that were to happen, how much combat power could Misty Rain, which had established a reasonable system, display?

Moreover... between these two, if one had to be removed from the lineup, Chu Yunxiu would be more suitable than Li Hua. After all, the Shu sisters were both long-range Sharpshooters, and there was some overlap in function with an Elementalist. Keeping Li Hua's Ninja on the field would enrich the tactics. In this way, the proposition became even more unsolvable. Chu Yunxiu, Wind Howl, was the captain and soul character of this team. If you didn't have them in the main lineup, was Misty Rain planning to start completely from scratch?

Ye Xiu went through the situation of Misty Rain over and over again in his head, and found that it was truly an unsolvable and terrifying proposition. No wonder Chu Yunxiu was so helpless.

"What are you planning to do?" Su Mucheng suddenly asked. She hadn't said anything since arriving at the café, but she had thought of everything she needed to think about.

"I don't know..." Chu Yunxiu's eyes were a little empty. This season, she was really confused. The club's upper management forcibly required the team to put the Shu sisters in the main lineup, but Misty Rain's core team simply wasn't suitable for adding two Sharpshooters all at once.

But no one would tell her this principle. The club just wanted all these players on the field. Wind Howl, Forest Dark, Who Doesn't Bow Their Head, Dare to Ignore, all four characters had to be there.

Ye Xiu was still imagining that Chu Yunxiu or Li Hua would make sacrifices, but in fact, that was impossible! Misty Rain was very greedy. They didn't just want to see the Shu sisters, they also wanted to see their core partners. They demanded to use such an unreasonable lineup to achieve results. Misty Rain had been floundering for half a season, but the upper management still refused to make changes. In their opinion, Misty Rain's results could improve with just a little more effort. As long as the players worked harder and the tactics were more skilled, they could win a beautiful victory.

They took one fact for granted.

While Misty Rain players were working hard, players from other teams were also working hard.

While Misty Rain's tactics were becoming more and more refined, the operations of other teams were becoming smoother and smoother.

And the inherent weaknesses caused by Misty Rain's professional combination could never be compensated for.

It was too difficult for a Misty Rain like this to win.

Chu Yunxiu had tried for half a season, exhausting her energy, but Misty Rain was still in this situation. Besides helplessness and bitterness, what other emotions could she have?

"If we can't adjust, then we can only make bolder attempts!" Ye Xiu suddenly said.

"Say it," Chu Yunxiu looked at him.

Ye Xiu only said two words: "Team Howling."

"I knew it?" Chu Yunxiu looked at the ceiling instead of Ye Xiu.

"You've already noticed, haven't you? Misty Rain might be able to copy Team Howling's style," Ye Xiu said.

"That's a truly desperate style of play," Chu Yunxiu said.

"Do you have any other options? If you don't want to give up like this," Ye Xiu said.

Chu Yunxiu was silent.

Anyone could use tactics, the key was whether they were suitable. Misty Rain had always been considered soft, which had almost become their style. And now, to make their soft style play like Team Howling's desperate sabers? This was clearly not a very suitable choice, but rather a helpless choice to seek victory in defeat. Even Team Howling wouldn't have become so extreme if their results hadn't been consistently poor. Fighting without a healer always carried great risks.

The three of them fell into silence again. Chu Yunxiu propped one elbow on the table and stirred the coffee in front of her with a spoon in her other hand for a long, long time, but she didn't take a single sip.

"Let's go, let's go back." She suddenly stood up.

"You're leaving already?" Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng were surprised by her suddenness.

"There are still two episodes of a TV series I haven't watched," Chu Yunxiu said.

"What time is it?" Ye Xiu checked the time.

"You think I'm watching TV?" Chu Yunxiu glanced at Ye Xiu with disdain.

"Alright." Ye Xiu said helplessly, and got up with Su Mucheng.

The night was already deep. The alley outside the secluded café that Chu Yunxiu had brought them to had no streetlights. Under the starlight, Chu Yunxiu's figure walked vaguely in front. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Misty Rain's situation was troubled both internally and externally. But as the captain of the team, Chu Yunxiu could only silently support everything. In this regard, she was perhaps more resilient than many male players. At least, even though Misty Rain was in such a bad state, and the outside world was denouncing their tactics, and the club was unwilling to change, she hadn't said much, but continued to think of ways to make this unreasonable lineup produce gratifying results.

"Alright, I'm going this way. Which way is your hotel?" Chu Yunxiu stopped and asked at the intersection.

"That way," Su Mucheng pointed.

"Okay! Talk to you online later." Chu Yunxiu walked over and hugged Su Mucheng.

"Keep it up!" Su Mucheng said again. In fact, everyone hadn't talked much that night. Chu Yunxiu was obviously already aware of what Ye Xiu had said. Perhaps she just wanted to relieve her mood with her girlfriend, or perhaps she wanted to gather some courage and confidence from here.

Anyway...

"I will," Chu Yunxiu said softly, turned around, waved, and walked away.

Soon, the professional league's thirty-second round. On the night of the match, Team Misty Rain, which everyone thought had nothing left to sing, surprisingly lined up a lineup in the team competition that shocked everyone.

Six offensive characters, directly without a healer.