Zhou Mo was not a person who was good at rejecting others.
So in fact, a large part of the reason why he was dragged into the S1 season was that he could not resist the various instigation and requests of a certain someone.
Similarly.
In today's phone call, it was not because of the courageous declaration of the junior high school youth on the other end of the line that convinced him. It was purely because of the words "from today onwards, you will be our coach" that made Student Zhang Xinxiao's face instantly change again. He began to plead and even act shamelessly.
In the end, Zhou Mo had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
"Okay..."
"But let me make it clear first, I am just a coach."
Zhang Xin, on the other end of the phone, was already beaming with joy after receiving an affirmative answer.
"Okay, okay, okay! Just a coach! "
Zhou Mo added:
"And if there is a competition, I can only squeeze out one day on the weekend at most to be there —"
Zhang Xin still agreed:
"No problem, no problem! Anyway, we can come to you for training, or Brother Mo, you can follow us to the nearby internet cafe! It's late at night, the convenience store closing early won't affect business.
"But —"
Zhang Xin paused.
"If our team really makes it to the finals, then Brother Mo, you still have to be there.
"After all, I am a coach! If we want to be famous, we have to be famous together! "
Listening to such confident words, Zhou Mo could not help but laugh:
"Okay.
"If we make it to the finals."
Then the satisfied Zhang Xin hung up the phone.
Inside the convenience store, Zhou Mo put down his phone in front of the counter, thinking about the conversation with Zhang Xin just now. In the end, he smiled helplessly and shook his head. After all, it was rare to make friends with a little friend, so he would just treat it as helping them out.
Of course, as for the beautiful blueprint that Zhang Xin described at the end of the phone call —
Zhou Mo did not take it too seriously.
Because even if he had not followed the news of the professional esports circle and various competitions for a long time, he was still very clear about the most basic things.
The LSPL preliminaries?
Even if it was just a selection in Min Province or even a division in Xia City, there were bound to be all kinds of strong teams participating.
Even if their strength was above average diamond, it was probably just a passing line.
And the strength level of Zhang Xin and his classmates, Zhou Mo also had some understanding. With Zhang Xin as the leader, a diamond level 3, and a few other platinum-level or at most diamond level 5 companions...
Among the middle school students, it was quite impressive.
Participate in the qualifiers?
He would probably only be able to serve as a supporting role.
Furthermore —
Thinking of something, Zhou Mo frowned. This was a formal competition organized by the government. There should be a requirement for the age of the participants, right?
Middle school students secretly signed up online, but when they arrived at the competition venue … they might be stopped by the organizers.
Of course, Zhou Mo was only thinking about these things. After all, Zhang Xin was so excited over the phone, and he couldn't bear to pour cold water on him so early.
However …
Zhou Mo thought for a moment and paused.
If Ah Xin was so confident that he was already preparing to sign up, could it be that the rules and regulations of the preliminaries were really that loose?
…
He put the account book aside.
Zhou Mo turned on his laptop and moved the mouse to open the browser. Then, he entered the website of the local server.
He also effortlessly found the eye-catching news article on the homepage of the official website.
Click on it.
He read on carefully and seriously.
Then, he did gain something.
That was, in the rules of the qualifiers announced by the officials, there was indeed no strict age limit for the players. That was to say, at least at the online registration stage, even middle school students were not restricted.
Of course, when the few LSPL teams that were selected to advance to the next round, there would definitely be a relevant definition —
After all, the current professional esports circle had become more and more standardized. Minors under the age of 18 could not play as professional players.
But the seemingly loose rules and regulations in the news article …
It should not be an oversight on the part of the staff. There should be a deeper meaning behind it.
Zhou Mo thought about it and vaguely grasped something —
Perhaps, they wanted to do a wider round of screening?
If the age limit was not restricted, they could pick out some young but talented seedlings from the wider population of local players. Even if they could not directly become professional players, they could be used as future reserves.
If that was the case …
Zhou Mo's face revealed a look of admiration.
In that case, the layout and style displayed by this press release was even greater than it seemed on the surface.
Of course, in addition to that, Zhou Mo made other discoveries after reading the entire news article.
And this was based on the first discovery.
That was, if the following regional qualifiers were really expanding the scope to search for more esports player seedlings, then such unprecedented strength and determination based on such great boldness and generosity —
This meant that the current national server must have encountered some difficulties or challenges.
Or perhaps, they were about to face some challenges.
Zhou Mo carefully read the second half of the news article again. With his meticulous mind, it was not difficult to detect the existence of a "ladder to heaven" in it.
This kind of exception was also extremely rare.
The last time Zhou Mo personally experienced it was five or six years ago.
At that time, his former teammate also almost did not participate in the S1 world finals due to age problems. In the end, it was resolved only after many parties put in effort and the seniors personally came forward.
The figure of his former teammate inadvertently flashed in his mind. Zhou Mo was in a daze.
How long had it been?
He had lost contact with Lin Feng.
It seemed to have lasted since the disbandment of the team that year until now.
In fact, since that year, he had gradually lost contact with his four former teammates.
The only one who maintained the closest contact was Qiu, who was also in Min Province. Back then, he had even gone to Xia City to look for him a few times. They drank and ate barbecue together at the night snack stall, chatting and laughing.
But then …
And then there was no more.
For about a year or two, he did not go to Xia City again.
As for the reason —
Zhou Mo looked at his right hand, a somewhat bitter smile on his face.
Humans …
They also had their own meager bit of pride.
Even the most intimate of partners in the past did not want to see sympathy or pity in the other's eyes.
Similarly, he did not want the other to be as sad and sad as he was.
After all —
Zhou Mo lowered his head and fell silent.
Nothing could be changed.
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