The special meeting of the Honorary Consultant Group had not been held for six years.
This was the first time.
The top legends of the previous generation in the European and Korean esports circles had meticulously planned for this meeting. All of their calculations were carried out in an orderly manner at this conference table.
The first motion was to set the Intercontinental Championship as the goal, which could be considered as throwing a brick to attract jade.
It was a preliminary approach.
Then, the second motion, the S-Series League, was introduced.
The first two heavy motions were used to suppress the situation. The subsequent motions seemed to be harmless, but in fact, they were quietly and gradually nibbling away at the potential benefits of the target prey in various aspects. Their intentions were even more sinister and ruthless.
Until this moment.
The first eight motions were finalized, and the final ninth motion was the most important part of this meeting.
It was the bloodiest butcher's knife that was slowly revealed when everything seemed to be coming to an end.
This was what it meant to reveal the dagger.
This was where the real killer move was.
The temperature in the conference room seemed to have dropped to a freezing point. At this moment, even Arrow and Ghost, who had provoked each other several times, did not say a word. They lowered their heads in silence.
Because they could clearly feel the coldness in Number One's voice, which could almost freeze people.
Also because …
Indeed, even compared to the first two motions, the weight of this last motion … or rather, the degree of exaggeration was truly ruthless and cruel to the extreme.
No matter how good-tempered a person was, it was impossible not to be angered at this moment.
And they always knew that 001 was not a good-tempered person at all.
Therefore, at this moment, even if they were all top legends of the previous generation, almost no one at the conference table had the reason to face the anger of the previous generation's number one esports player.
However, unexpectedly, after two seemingly ordinary words, the anger and coldness in Number One's voice slowly faded. He swept his gaze over the people at the table again and slowly shook his head.
"Is it necessary?"
"If you do it so ruthlessly, you're not leaving anyone a way out."
The atmosphere at the conference table was silent. No one responded.
Even Vice President Martin, who presided over the meeting, lowered his head expressionlessly, as if he was concentrating on the document in his hand. He didn't plan to participate in the current topic.
Perhaps it was because even someone as inflexible as him clearly understood the implications and consequences of this last proposal.
Even when compared to the proposed changes to the S7 Grand Finals —
This last motion was the real solution. It was going to cruelly take away the foundation of China's professional esports, completely cutting off their hope and path of survival.
At the end of the table, Crow suddenly laughed.
"001, what are you talking about?"
"I don't think I understand."
"As the honorary consultant of the World Telecommunications Association, it is our right and obligation to make motions. So far, every motion we have made has been carried out under Mr. Martin's supervision. Everything is in accordance with the rules. The arguments for every motion are clearly written on the paper."
"What do you mean by never going all out?"
"All of this is for the greater good of our professional eSports. It has nothing to do with personal grudges …"
"Also, it's the same principle. If you have a different opinion, you can decide by raising your hands, right?"
His tone was unhurried.
However, the vicious sarcasm in his words was unreservedly revealed.
M frowned.
He wanted to say something, but in the end, he shook his head and gave up.
A cold glint flashed in Bullet's eyes. He looked at the man at the end of the long table, who was known as "Shadow Crow" in the previous generation in Europe. Bullet's eyes were filled with undisguised murderous intent.
Number One paused, looked at Crow at the other end of the long table, and nodded.
"Yes."
"I don't blame you."
"After all, when he was beaten into a dead dog years ago, he could only linger in the shadows behind the scenes, too scared to show up easily. After so many years of humiliation, it must've been quite hard for him. It's understandable that he has some psychological problems because of the suffocation."
It was the same calm tone.
The tone was casual and indifferent as if he was stating a simple fact.
However, the content of the words was suddenly sinister and harsh. It was enough to make the eyelids of all the legends at the long table twitch. Even the old man sitting at the head of the table could not help but narrow his eyes.
For the first time, Crow's expression changed. He looked at Number One and finally revealed a cruel and cold smile.
"You're starting to win with your words?"
"I didn't know that you, 001, could also be so angry. Interesting …"
"But even if everything you said is right, so what?"
"Or do you, Sir 001, have other trump cards that you haven't used yet? Why don't you show them to us? I'll be waiting to see."
However, at this time, Number One did not continue to pay attention to Crow. Instead, he turned to look at Li Daozai who was sitting at the table opposite him.
"This damn crow is crazy. I'm not surprised that he would do anything."
"But if it's you …"
"It would still make me feel a little regretful."
Li Daozai listened with a cold expression. He did not say a word.
On the other hand, Number One looked at his biggest rival in the previous generation and slowly continued to speak.
"Although some things have been said just now, I still want to say a few more words."
"It's true that competition has always existed from the past until now. However, I thought that it should be purely competitive, and that the winner is determined by the difference in strength."
"Grudges only exist on the battlefield. Outside the arena, it should be a different matter."
"I thought you thought so too."
"Or rather, I always thought that in terms of the concept of professional eSports, we have the same view and attitude. We both hope that this new competitive sport will become better and better, and one day, it will truly stand on the world stage and stand shoulder to shoulder with other traditional competitive sports."
His soft voice echoed in the conference room.
At this moment, Number One's tone was slightly lower.
"We are opponents."
"But actually …"
"We were supposed to be comrades-in-arms."
"So this ending is very disappointing. At least … I'm very disappointed in you."
His deep voice seemed to carry the weight of a thousand catties, as if it was pressing down on the ears and hearts of every listener.
M could not help but let out a sigh.
Number Four shook his head and also showed a somewhat sorrowful expression.
The expression on Li Daozai's face changed slightly, as if there was a flash of palpitation in the depths of his eyes, but it quickly returned to indifference.
"No."
"We have always been opponents."
"If you're not convinced, then after this is over, on the battlefield … I will accompany you to the end."
Number One was silent.
After a while, he shook his head as if he was a little disinterested.
"Forget it."
Then he turned to look at Martin who was sitting at the head of the conference table and calmly said,
"Your Excellency."
"Let's vote."
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