Chapter 386 Chapter : Old Boy, Set Sail Again (Part )
(It's still a writer's block, so I'll write more about this extra chapter. I originally planned to write three chapters, but now it seems that it should be completed in four.)
Strong lines, cold eyes, and a domineering aura that comes from not being angry.

Who else could it be besides Han Wenqing?
In theory, the degree of interconnection between different gaming circles has never been very high, unless there are really some big traffic players that have gone viral.

So no matter how you look at it, the most popular Glory player in the fighting circle is either Ye Xiu, who has firmly established himself as the GOAT, or the new traffic monster Zhou Zekai.

But the fact is that Han Wenqing is a player who is more popular than other players in the fighting circle.

In addition to his nickname "The King of Fighters", which is exactly the same as a folk translation of "The King of Fighters" in its early years, it also comes from a hilarious cliché.

In the eighth season of Glory, Han Wenqing, who renewed his contract with Tyranny, received a super big contract of 30 million for three years, with an average salary of 10 million.

The scale of this contract was considered to have created history in the Honor of Kings circle at the time. Even in the current Tenghai era, no player has been reported to have a higher contract than this.

It would be fine if any other player got such a horrible contract, but the problem is that Han Wenqing, who got the contract, is nicknamed the King of Boxing.

So when this news spread to the fighting circle, some people compiled all the fighting game events that barely had international influence that year, and then found out with a smile:
Adding up all the championship prize money from these ten or so events, it seems that it is not even half of Han Wenqing's annual salary.

Although fighting game players have always been very Buddhist, they know that their field is a small niche and not loved by anyone, so most of the time they can treat it relatively Buddhistally.

But the cruel contrast of one person's salary being higher than the total prize money for the championship in their circle still broke the defenses of countless veteran fighters at that time.

As both are professional e-sports players, the difference in treatment between fighting circle players and Honor players is similar to the difference between top idols and a county dance troupe, even though there is actually no essential difference in their levels.

In the Honor Circle, even the prize money for the Challenge Tournament champion can reach 5 million, and it is difficult for even the club to look at it.

With only 50,000, you can gather a group of national and world champion level players in the fighting circle to play an online game, and those players will have to bow and nod to praise the boss for his generosity.

In many regular international competitions, the champion prize is only tens of thousands of yuan. For example, in the top international event EVO, the champion prize is only one million yen.

As a professional player, if you say that big projects like Honor and League of Legends have low social status, but at least they have popularity and high income,

As for a small circle like the fighting circle, there is really nothing, which is very close to the stereotype of e-sports players in the public's mind.

However, we have to admit that fighting game players have been struggling in the atmosphere of the circle with many trivial matters for so many years, and their ability to withstand pressure and their level of optimism can be said to be top-notch.

Soon, they completed the deconstruction of Han Wenqing's plot and added it to their own arsenal.

After all, a person, nicknamed the King of Fighters, plays a profession called a boxer, and needs to punch to play... that's a professional fighting game player!

Han Wenqing was semi-forced into the ranks of fighting players, and his annual salary of tens of millions suddenly made the entire fighting zone look so impressive.

Once someone outside the circle comes to question the fad of fighting games, people in the circle will definitely respond with various photoshopped versions of Han Wenqing's head.

Are you a little disrespectful of my annual salary of tens of millions?

Han Wenqing became the mascot of the fighting game circle without knowing it. However, the development of fighting games was really sluggish at that time. Han Wenqing did not open a live broadcast room and rarely operated social network accounts.

Therefore, the fighting players couldn’t even let these bad jokes reach Han Wenqing’s ears.

And now, two years have passed, and Han Wenqing has appeared in front of a group of fighting game masters in a most down-to-earth way without any warning.

Oh no, the King of Fighters is really coming to fight!
As Han Wenqing took off his disguises one by one, the whispers around him became increasingly difficult to suppress, and the temperature seemed to rise slightly as people listened to various versions of "gasps of cold air".

Even Zeng Zhuojun, after recognizing this "celebrity" who was being played with memes by people in the industry, tried to stand up awkwardly, but Han Wenqing stopped her, saying, "You are the senior."

Han Wenqing has great respect for Zeng Zhuojun.

Compared to myself, who came from the Glory era and has been on a relatively formal career path since the beginning, the man in front of me is a true legend who emerged from the wild era of e-sports with real swords and guns.

Not to mention that he also has an unparalleled legendary record of defeating ten Japanese players alone.

But it is precisely because of his legend that Han Wenqing is even more curious about this question.

The child was born in 89 and is now years old.

In other e-sports circles, even coaches at this age would be considered the oldest.

But in the fighting circle, Xiao Hai is still the strongest KOF player in the country and even in the world. He is a well-deserved legend in the fighting circle and maintains a very high competitive state.

What has he relied on to persevere until today? Han Wenqing believes that perhaps the answer to this question can help him resolve his concerns.

Han Wenqing himself is considered old. He will turn 29 next spring. Even if he is unwilling, he can feel the decline of his condition.

Even though League of Legends' requirements for reaction and operation are not as abnormal as those of Honor of Kings, this still becomes a concern for Han Wenqing.

In the LPL competition, Team Tyranny is lagging behind.

Because the roster for the Asian Games will be decided around the second season's summer season, this means that Tyranny only has half a season left to demonstrate its abilities.

Compared to the Big Three who have proven themselves in the S1 competition, the situation of Tyranny is obviously not very optimistic.

Of course Han Wenqing wants to go to the Asian Games, or in other words, any e-sports player would not refuse such a historic opportunity.

So he inevitably felt a little anxious.

And it was at this time that he finally, during a live broadcast, inadvertently got to know the fighting circle that had been slandering him for almost three years.

When Han Wenqing learned that there was a 35-year-old legendary player who was still determined to pursue excellence, he was keenly aware that
This senior who uses a child as his ID may be able to give himself a reassuring answer.

"So, senior, can you tell me, what is it that keeps you playing fighting games until now?" Han Wenqing's voice was sincere.

The child was stunned. It was obvious that he had not participated in such an interview for a long time.

As a result, he, who was always eloquent in front of the camera, couldn't think of how to answer for a moment.

But just as he was thinking about the wording, suddenly, a voice came from behind the crowd:
"Brother Jun! Brother Jun! Can we play now? There's a Japanese kid who wants to challenge us!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's attention, including Han Wenqing himself, was drawn to this sudden incident.

Only then did Han Wenqing realize that he was interviewing Zeng Zhuojun while occupying the trial equipment and position, which was also delaying other people from experiencing the game.

The crowd automatically parted, and the guy who had just spoken came in with a kid.

The boy looks to be about 18 or 19 years old. He may not be considered young in other e-sports events, but in the fighting circle, he is definitely a young and fresh kid.

After all, this is a game where it is common for thirty-year-old men to play as the main player.

He looked fair-skinned, with a middle-parted hair and a pair of glasses, a typical Japanese otaku look. Perhaps because he was unfamiliar with the place and did not speak the language, he felt a little reserved.

"This is the guy. His Japanese name is Hikaru, so you can just call him A Guang." The buddy introduced.

"He's young, only 19 years old, but he's pretty famous in Japan's fighting circle." "He also attended the two previous closed beta trials as a representative from Japan, just like Jun and the others!"

"He originally came here to experience Street Fighter first, but he found that there were many experts participating in the offline event, so he challenged them one by one and has already defeated two national players!"

Following the introduction of the guy who was probably a temporary translator, the atmosphere became a little more solemn.

Being able to achieve this level at the age of nineteen...

Another monster.

Hikaru ignored the noise around him and bowed repeatedly in a very Japanese polite manner, but his eyes never left Zeng Zhuojun.

Obviously, A Guang is quite interested in challenging the undisputed number one in history of this KOF period.

"Sorry, bro. How about I talk to you later when I'm done?"

After thinking about it, the child apologized to Han Wenqing with a little apology.

"It's okay. I'm sorry for delaying your experience." Han Wenqing simply put on several pieces of clothing again, left the table and stepped aside.

Of course he knew that this was not a good time to spoil the fun.

As the real Japanese kid sat down opposite the Chinese kid and took out his joystick, the cheers and shouts from the sidelines gradually became more enthusiastic.

"Come on, Jun-ge! Show that Japanese kid the strength of a fighting instructor!"

"Let them see the value of 1v10!"

The experts from China all look full of confidence.

On the one hand, Zeng Zhuojun’s record against Japan is impressive enough, and countless classic battles have made everyone acknowledge his unparalleled suppressive power in the fighting circle.

On the other hand, Hikaru is somewhat too young.

Nineteen years old means that no matter how long you have to play, it won’t be much longer.

Although Street Fighter is a brand new game compared to KOF, its mechanisms have changed a lot.

But for a kid like me, a master who has been immersed in fighting games for thirty years, it is obvious that he will adapt to new games much faster.

On the other side, a group of Neon masters who also came from Neon to participate in the trial session and watched A Guang's game seemed much quieter.

They just looked at the 19-year-old A Guang with encouraging eyes.

But A Guang dared to challenge a famous kid in the circle right away, which shows that he is quite capable.

"Ah Gui?" As Ah Guang revealed the character he had chosen, there was a sudden commotion in the crowd.

No one expected that he would come up with such a character.

Ah Gui is a Chinese character with a very distinctive design. He has an extremely weird big pot-shaped head. He is best at poison and snake fist, and his style is sinister and weird.

It appeared in the second closed beta test, but its appearance rate was far lower than those characters that looked very strong at first glance. It was a standard underdog.

Ah Guang actually took out Ah Gui, which gave everyone present a little shock.

The child hesitated for a moment and chose Ken to respond.

His incredible rising dragon performance, coupled with his nearly unstoppable Thunder Kick and Green Charge light and heavy punches, made him ranked as the strongest in the first two closed beta tests.

A three-pronged approach to all types.

The game officially begins, BO9, a best-of-five battle.

Originally, considering the time and physical strength, the kid suggested playing a BO3 or BO5 and that was it, but Guang was very persistent and insisted on playing it as a BO9 in the knockout stage of a regular competition.

"So fierce!"

At the beginning, A Guang gave the child a warning.

He successfully stole a pass at the beginning, then went forward and tried to steal a lower pass but was blocked.

But the kid was no pushover. He keenly noticed that Guang was eager to show off his prowess at the beginning of the game and thus attacked too hastily.

After the blue defense blocks a green charge, decisively ascend the dragon!

Ken used his signature Rising Dragon to break Guang's first wave of attack. Afterwards, after taking Guang's attack, he used a backward jump and a heavy kick to seize the opportunity of Guang's green charge and successfully counterattacked.

Green charged, delayed the middle punch and then threw, then charged again... The torrential attack soon forced Guang's A Gui to the edge of the board.

After a standard squat-to-the-toilet suppression, it was finally ended with a beautiful blue-grabbing and anti-shot technique.

Beautiful first light.

"Good!" The audience was very polite and did not disturb the two people's competition, but just cheered quietly.

Judging from this game, Japan’s 19-year-old kids are indeed too immature compared to China’s 35-year-old kids... right?

Soon, they stopped laughing.

The discomfort in the first game was quickly adjusted, and in the second game, A Guang began to really explode.

At the beginning, he seized the opportunity when the kid was launching a wave and rushed forward, followed by a series of dazzling suppression.

Press down, charge forward, shoot...smooth suppression. During this period, the kid's attempted counterattack against the green rush was easily countered by A Guang and was quickly suppressed to the edge of the board.

The characteristics of the rock-paper-scissors game came into play at this time. This time, the kid had particularly bad luck. He made mistakes in his judgment when he stood up twice, and was easily defeated by A Guang with one combo after another.

When Ken fell to the ground helplessly due to Ah Gui's poison, not even a trace of blood on Ah Gui's health bar could be worn away by Ken.

In the second light, A Guang made a comeback.

Perfect KO.

　Update, update, today is still a special chapter because I have a meeting tomorrow.

　　Please bear with me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)