Ch22 - Can you provide commentary ma?

Edited by xiin, yuuki, and kat

When Wen Xi asked this question, he already had a hunch as to what Mo Chen’s answer would be. It would probably be “Mac is stronger” ba.

When compared to a professional player, how could someone claim that they were stronger—if Mo Chen dared to call himself stronger, Wen Xi wouldn’t mind tearing off his mask right then and there.

However, Mo Chen’s answer was unexpected.

Mo Chen: Causing a bloodbath in the newbie concentration camp is different from a professional competition. You’ll understand after you watch.

He gave a very clever answer that perfectly avoided the trap in Wen Xi’s question.

His answer could be translated as such: Both Mac and I are strong, but we’re strong in different ways, and only after watching the competition will you understand.

Anyway, as long as he was hinting that he had to go watch the competition, it was fine.

Wen Xi couldn’t help but laugh and didn’t plan on making him feel any more awkward. He replied: I’ll watch it. Whoever doesn’t watch is a mutt. Is that enough for you?

Mo Chen was finally satisfied: En. Just got up? You need to watch the competition, but also don’t forget to eat breakfast.

Wen Xi: Going downstairs to buy it now.

Mo Chen: Okay, be careful on the way.

After talking with Mo Chen, Wen Xi went to brush his teeth, wash his face, and change his clothes.

Just as he was about to go downstairs to buy breakfast, before he even managed to open the door, he received a phone call.

When he heard his ringtone, his heartbeat abruptly accelerated, and he hurriedly took his cellphone out of his pocket.

However, seeing the caller ID display Magic Xi… He was inexplicably disappointed.

After pausing for a bit, he still picked up the call and greeted, “Hello?”

“Yi? You got up very early today ma? ” After Magic Xi and Wen Xi had become more familiar, her tone had grown increasingly casual.

Wen Xi felt a bit helpless. “If you knew that I’m rarely awake at this time, then why are you still calling me now…”

“But aren’t you up now ma!” Magic Xi replied.

Wen Xi couldn’t refute her words.

Magic Xi said, “The main reason I called is due to the16th professional league competition’s livestream today. I guessed that you might seize the opportunity to get up early and watch it.”

Wen Xi said, “Then… What’s the matter? ”

Magic Xi replied, “No hurry, I’ll buy you breakfast first~”

“No need la!” Wen Xi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Magic Xi’s persistence in buying breakfast for him was just like Mo Chen’s in urging him to play professionally.

“Ugh, if I don’t use this money to buy you breakfast, I’ll just smash it on you anyway, but if I smash it you’ll only get half of the money. Although I also get a percentage when the platform makes money ba, I’m not short on money ah. If I was short on money, then I wouldn’t smash you with gifts. However, the more I think about it, it seems more cost-effective to buy you breakfast… ”

“Alright ba,” Wen Xi surrendered to her speech. Magic Xi was really too good at talking… Why didn’t she change her name to Magic Monk Xuanzheng?

As he currently wasn’t very hungry right now anyway, he just stepped away from the door and returned to the bedroom with his cellphone. “Then you order it ba.”

“Okay oh~” Magic Xi happily answered before directly hanging up the phone.

As the general manager of JJ Livestreams gaming channels, she had access to many game anchors’ personal information, so naturally, Magic Xi knew where Wen Xi lived. She quickly ordered takeout for him before calling him back.

Wen Xi had surrendered to her forceful and obstinate attitude, but he still asked, “…You didn’t even ask me what I want to eat? “

“Meat and vegetables. It has balanced nutrition and is absolutely to your tastes!” Having helped Wen Xi order takeout, Magic Xi was as happy as if she had drawn an SSR card. “Why don’t I order breakfast every morning in the future ba?”

“No,” Wen Xi refused mercilessly.

Magic Xi was a bit disappointed, but quickly cheered herself up and comforted herself, “Makes sense, since I don’t know what time you’ll get up tomorrow.”

“So… Why exactly did you call me?” Wen Xi asked somewhat helplessly.

He didn’t believe that Magic Xi had called him just to buy him breakfast.

Magic Xi this person ba, although she liked him as much as his mama fans and always wanted to do something for him, she could be considered to be more rational and restrained. She wouldn’t call him unless there was “business” to discuss.

Sure enough, Magic Xi immediately began to discuss the “business,”, “As you know, for the next few days there will be a livestream for the 16th professional league competition. Since it conflicts with your livestreaming schedule, there won’t be many people watching you play the game, specifically at 1 p.m. I called to teach you a trick—you can livestream the competition.”

Wen Xi froze for a moment before responding, “Livestream the professional competition?”

“Yes,” Magic Xi said assuredly, “Of course, you can’t just watch. You would also have to provide commentary. Can you do that ma? ”

“No…”

“If you can’t, then you can learn ya!”

Wen Xi could say nothing in response to that.

Magic Xi said patiently, “Since you’re actually up, take a good look at the competition in the morning and carefully observe how other people provide commentary. Then, at 1 p.m., you can livestream the league competition while providing commentary yourself. This way, not only will you not lose traffic to the league competition, but some of the league competition’s popularity will also rub off on you. How great is that!”

Wen Xi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry—was he being instructed by Magic Xi right now?

But he had to admit that Magic Xi was really quite good to him, whether as the director of the game channel, or as his fan.

Since Magic Xi had put forth the idea sincerely, Wen Xi accepted, “Okay, I’ll try it.”

*

After conversing with Magic Xi, another five or six minutes later, the takeaway arrived.

Wen Xi received the takeaway and looked at it. It was really…meat and vegetables, with balanced nutrition. And they were all his favorite dishes!

He took a picture and sent it to Magic Xi. After thanking her, he carried the takeaway to sit in front of the computer, waiting for the professional league competition to begin.

The competition officially started at 9:00, but at 8:30, the casters were already streaming.

[Welcome to the domestic trials for the 16th professional league competition! I’m Commentator A-Yi! ]

[I’m Commentator Bunny Ji! ]

Just like the saying “With a man and woman as a pair, work becomes easier to bear,” A-Yi was a male commentator and Bunny Ji was a female commentator. Both of them were very attractive, so when the camera panned to show them, there was an obvious wave of screams from the audience at the scene of the competition.

Wen Xi was watching the livestream with headphones on, so his hearing was more sensitive. Not only could he hear the crowd’s applause and screams, but he also heard people shouting “Mac”…. Obviously, the reason why the audience was screaming wasn’t entirely due to the beauty of the casters.

It was half an hour before the official start of the championship. The reason why the castersturned on their mics so early was, of course, to liven up the atmosphere.

A-Yi asked Bunny Ji, “There are as many as 50 teams participating in the domestic trials this year. Does Bunny Ji have any teams that she wants to support?

Bunny Ji replied, “Let’s not talk about which teams I’m supporting ba. However, the one that I am paying the most attention to is the CLM team ah! After all, they have Mac~”

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of fierce cheering from the audience. It was apparent that there were many Mac fans present.

Wen Xi was really confused.

He still remembered the comments that the stream followers who had recognized Mo Chen had left about him when he and Mo Chen were livestreaming together two weeks ago.

[Esports’ disgrace], [Unfit to play professionally], [Scram out of the Esports circle].

However, the arena’s atmosphere was totally different.

“Mac, my male god ahhhhhhhhh!”

“Mac, fighting! CLM fighting!”

“CLM for #1!”

Commentor A-Yi wasn’t surprised by their response at all. In fact, he had expected it and said, “Mac really is the center of attention ha! After all, he is recognized as the number one sharpshooter god both domestically and abroad! I’m also looking forward to his performance this season!”

Bunny Ji added, “Yes, Mac’s strength is obvious to everyone. He is definitely the strongest and most watched player since the beginning of the SGH professional league! No one else can compare!”

After listening to the casters’ lavish praise, Wen Xi’s expression changed from bewilderment to realization—yes, in the end the esports circle was a place that valued strength the most.

But was Mo Chen really that strong?

Wen Xi knew that Mo Chen was strong before watching the livestream, but he didn’t expect that the casters would praise him to such heights.

“The number one,” “the best,” and “no one else can compare”—these words sounded exceedingly arrogant, but the casters on the contrary spoke very matter of fact.

A-Yi said, “But we can’t ignore the other teams!”

Bunny Ji said, “Yes, such as YEY and MQ~”

Wen Xi had checked the information in advance, so he knew that YEY and MQ were famous strong teams from the previous season.

During last season’s domestic trials, CLM was the champion, and YEY and MQ had won the second and third places, respectively.

Therefore, in November, CLM and YEY represented the country to participate in the global finals. In the end, the total points for both teams didn’t allow them to make it into the top three, which was astonishing.

——CLM was fourth place, and YEY was sixth place.

Yes, even if Mo Chen missed the first day of the competition, causing CLM to significantly fall behind in points on the first day. Under Mo Chen’s leadership in the subsequent games, CLM was still able to gain enough points to make it into the top four.

With that in mind, it wasn’t difficult to understand why, although there were so many people cursing Mo Chen out on the Internet, the audience present was still cheering and shouting for Mo Chen.

Regardless of whether or not they succeeded, it would all be attributed to Mo Chen.

However, Wen Xi couldn’t help but think—how weak were Mo Chen’s teammates? How come it seemed like Mo Chen was CLM’s only member?

No wonder Mo Chen wanted new teammates so badly, and wanted Wen Xi to join his team.

But…

Could he?

Wen Xi asked himself, but he couldn’t come up with an answer.

While he was still distracted, the camera suddenly zoomed in on the contestants. The camera caught a headphone wearing Mo Chen off guard, and Wen Xi’s breath stopped.

A-Yi noted, “As we can see, the players for each team are almost done preparing!”

Bunny Ji said, “This is Mac ba? Still as handsome as before ah~”

He was indeed handsome.

The Mo Chen on the screen lacked any of the gentleness from when he had met Wen Xi in person, and was now impassive as he focused on his computer screen.

He had changed into a more refreshing look, wearing a cool gaming headset. His whole person exuded a dangerous and tense air, like a beast about to begin a hunt.

Wen Xi studied him through the screen and unconsciously fell into a daze.

Mo Chen’s powerful aura was apparent even through the camera lens, causing Wen Xi to admire him.

When a person got serious, the people around them would always be unconsciously intimidated.

He could tell that Mo Chen attached great importance to this competition, and that he was determined to become the champion.

Would such a person actually miss the global finals for no reason?

The more Wen Xi thought about it, the stranger he thought the situation was. Even if it was an inescapable emergency, he should have still provided a statement afterwards.

“Unexplained absence” meant that a reason was given neither in advance, nor after it had occurred?

Wen Xi was lost in thought, and didn’t realize that the distance between his face and the computer screen was slowly decreasing.

Before he was able to look closely at the “close-up” of Mo Chen’s face, the camera suddenly cut back to the casters.

Wen Xi was stunned for a moment, before raising his hands to adjust his headphones and leaning back tactically.

[The first solos match is about to start! What sparks will fly between 100 professional players from 50 different teams? Let’s wait and see! ]

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Juurensha: Magic Xi really is the best boss, buying breakfast and everything.

xiin: … what a pity, just one more second and Mo Chen & Wen Xi would’ve kissed across the screen.

kat: it’s time for Momo to show off and impress his man hehe

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