Chapter 88 Unsolved Mystery

Although Team Blue Rain won the match 8 to 2, their collective mood was low because of the last 23 minutes. At the post-match press conference, Huang Shaotian seemed intent on using those 23 minutes to strongly condemn Happy's behavior. He was stopped by reporters and his own Blue Rain teammates from both inside and outside. In the end, the reporters were still more willing to hear Team Captain Yu Wenzhou's views on the match.

However, Yu Wenzhou, who could always thoroughly analyze problems, was also a little stumped this time. He really couldn't see the significance of Ye Xiu and Mo Fan dragging out those 23 minutes. Did they really want to find an opportunity to wipe out their five players? Yu Wenzhou didn't think Ye Xiu was that naive. Were they just deliberately trying to disgust everyone? Yu Wenzhou didn't think Ye Xiu was that childish.

What was the reason then?

In fact, Yu Wenzhou had been thinking about it since after the match. When the players exchanged greetings after the game, he even asked Ye Xiu, and Ye Xiu gave him a smile that seemed unfathomable.

At this time, when reporters asked him about his views on Happy delaying those 23 minutes, Yu Wenzhou was also honest and shook his head: "Actually, I've been thinking about it, but I still can't figure out what his purpose is in doing so."

"What purpose could there be? It's just to deliberately disgust us!" Huang Shaotian said immediately.

Yu Wenzhou smiled wryly, shook his head, and said he didn't agree with that view.

"Don't always think of him as too profound," Huang Shaotian said.

"But at least it has to be logical," Yu Wenzhou said.

"Isn't disgusting people a very logical thing for him to do?" Huang Shaotian said.

"Maybe normally, but not in a match," Yu Wenzhou said.

Blue Rain's two great gods directly discussed it in front of the reporters, but in the end, they didn't come to any conclusion. Those 23 minutes that made countless hot-tempered viewers want to flip the table instantly became an unsolved mystery.

What kind of secret was hidden within it?

Some less serious media reported it this way, which immediately caused a lot of repercussions in the circle, and all kinds of bizarre guesses emerged one after another.

No one knew how many people spent that week obsessed with those 23 minutes, but Team Happy was completely unaware. They just finished playing the 23 minutes and that was it. Ye Xiu didn't say much to Mo Fan about it either. It was just a fulfillment of Mo Fan's personality. However, Ye Xiu was very pleased that after using a feint to help Mo Fan break through, that kid went around and returned to help Ye Xiu break through. In fact, his arrangement didn't include that later part. He just planned to sacrifice himself and let Mo Fan hide for as long as he could. As a result, Mo Fan stubbornly returned to save Ye Xiu after escaping. This guy, it seemed, finally knew what teammates were all about. Especially later, when they helped Ye Xiu break through, their cooperation was quite good.

Seeing Happy's rookies growing one by one, Ye Xiu was in a good mood. However, Happy's recent results were far from as crazy as they had been for a while. From the nineteenth round, losing to Team 301, to losing to Blue Rain in this round, Happy had lost a total of five matches in these seven rounds.

Happy is currently ranked sixth, which seems to be only a slight drop from their previous fifth place. But in terms of points, Happy had already squeezed into the second tier, second only to Samsara, at the end of the eighteenth round. But now, Samsara's leading position remains unchanged, and in the 180-point second tier, only Blue Rain and Tiny Herb remain. After that, Tyranny, Thunderclap, and Happy are all in the 160-point tier, and then Hundred Blossoms and 301 are in the 150-point tier, which can be considered the same as the 160-point tier.

The situation in the top eight instantly became more complicated again. Team 301 suddenly rose strongly after the winter transfer window, intensifying the competition. Team Wind Howl temporarily became a victim of Team 301's rise, being squeezed out of the top eight by Team 301.

However, the point difference is not too large for the time being, and Team Wind Howl will definitely not give up. Although their current state is so bad that their home fans are cheering for the visiting team, they still have individual strength to rely on. Even if they can't find a suitable system for the team competition, they can still fight well in the individual competition and snatch points from those weak teams. Team Wind Howl is still very aggressive towards the top eight.

After them, Team Void can't be ignored too much. Before the tactical system problems of Team Misty Rain are well resolved, the threat seems to be always smaller. After that, Team Royal Style, Team Miracle, and other teams have been left behind by the top eight by 40 or 50 points, and they basically have no threat to the top eight. As for the two teams that are going to be relegated, Bright Green and Seaside, it is becoming less and less likely that they will be able to hold onto their seats.

The focus is still completely concentrated on the eighth-place position. Who will come up from here? Who will go out from here? In the regular season, the only thing that can make people nervous and excited is really just this.

In the blink of an eye, the twenty-sixth round of matches is about to begin. The teams in this area, up and down from eighth place, have suddenly become the focus of major media reports.

Among them, Wind Howl, which had just fallen out of the top eight in the twenty-fifth round, now urgently needs to return to its place. For a team whose slogan is to win the championship, it would be too embarrassing if they couldn't even make the playoffs in the end. However, Wind Howl's good luck in the schedule had been used up in the previous period. After easily and happily crushing a bunch of weak teams, it was finally their turn to experience a difficult schedule full of tough opponents.

The twenty-sixth round is an away game challenging Team Tyranny.

The twenty-seventh round is a home game against Team Blue Rain.

The twenty-eighth round is a home game against Team 301.

Two powerhouses and a direct competitor for the top eight. People who really don't have any confidence in Wind Howl now have already begun to predict where Team Wind Howl will fall after these three rounds. Even Team Wind Howl themselves showed some nervousness in the internal team meetings. But to the outside world, they still had to constantly do public relations, constantly expressing to the media and fans that their situation was improving.

So they met Team Tyranny. Before the match, the two sides lined up and shook hands. Looking at this unfamiliar Wind Howl in front of him, Lin Jingyan felt a thousand emotions.

His departure can also be seen as passing the golden age of his career, a decline in his condition making him no longer capable of serving as the core, which is considered a normal transition from old to new. But after that, Wind Howl let go of a group of old subordinates led by Fang Rui, and brought in one new face after another from the outside.

Lin Jingyan was completely unfamiliar with Wind Howl. Unfamiliar with the players, unfamiliar with their tactics, and unfamiliar with the aura shown by their team.

Lin Jingyan didn't know what kind of emotions he should hold.

In terms of record, Wind Howl last season was far better than when he was there before. This season, even if they fall to ninth now, it is still a similar record to when Lin Jingyan was there in the past. Their team has always been floating around the eighth seat.

It can be seen that the current Wind Howl players are really very strong. They have actually done what Wind Howl has always done in the past, but they are seen as being in poor condition, which also reflects how high people's expectations of Wind Howl are now.

Playoffs? No, now people who look at Wind Howl hope that they will rush for the championship. And this is a height that Lin Jingyan has never reached with Wind Howl for so many years. From this point of view, he is not stronger than the current generation of Wind Howl players.

It seemed that Lin Jingyan really had no position to evaluate this Wind Howl. However, he felt a little sad for this Wind Howl.

One elite player after another gathered in this team, but in the end, they were kneaded into a featureless whole, and now they don't even have a mature tactical system.

"What exactly are you doing?"

When shaking hands with the current Wind Howl players one by one, Lin Jingyan really wanted to ask such a question.

Although he had left Wind Howl, how could he not have feelings after so many years?

Seeing the Wind Howl fans leaving the home stadium early to cheer for the visiting team, Lin Jingyan could imagine how disappointed they were. He knew these fans best.

Looking back, in the stands reserved for visiting fans in Tyranny's home stadium, the audience was sparsely seated. Was Wind Howl's fan group disintegrating because of disappointment?

However, Wind Howl's banner was still flying.

It was Old Lu.

Lin Jingyan saw the fan who was holding the banner high, a fan who had been following Wind Howl for a full nine years. His seniority was longer than any player on the current Wind Howl team. To be precise, it was longer than Lin Jingyan. He said goodbye to Wind Howl after the eighth season, leaving his seniority in Wind Howl at the number seven.

He left.

But Old Lu was still there, still like before, holding the Wind Howl banner, letting the banner fly from time to time.

Lin Jingyan waved to him, and Old Lu nodded to him as well.

They had known each other for nine years, the same length of time as the founding of the Wind Howl team.

I wonder if Old Lu still remembers what Wind Howl looked like in the past? Lin Jingyan couldn't help but think.

Soon the first round of the individual competition began, and Lin Jingyan stood up from his seat. He was the first to play in the individual competition.

Applause rang out in the arena, given to him by Tyranny fans, but Lin Jingyan couldn't help but glance at the visitors' stand. Old Lu was not waving the flag at this time, he seemed to be saying something to Wind Howl's somewhat desolate fan group.

Lin Jingyan didn't care anymore, this was not something he should care about. He stepped onto the stage, and at the same time, he looked up at the electronic screen to see who his opponent was.

Tang Hao?

Lin Jingyan paused slightly when the name was displayed.

He looked back at the Wind Howl player's seat, and then confirmed that it was indeed Tang Hao who was about to play.

Wind Howl didn't let their general guard the arena in the team competition, but sent him to the individual competition?

What are they trying to do? Gain the upper hand first? Is the team's morale low, so they want to start with a good start to mobilize everyone's morale?

Lin Jingyan guessed, but he didn't hesitate at all, stepping onto the competition stage.

Since being defeated by Tang Hao at the All-Star Weekend, Lin Jingyan had never met Tang Hao in an individual competition again. His current level was probably worse than it was at that All-Star Weekend.

But…

"Could it be more difficult to deal with than Lord Grim?" Lin Jingyan muttered.