Chapter 428 – Sweeping the Field
“Is there anything else that I can help you two with?” Tang Rou asked.
One of them had glanced at Tang Rou’s screen on the front desk and smiled: “Miss, do you also play Glory?”
“Yes......”
“Is there an expert in this Internet Cafe?” the sa person asked.
“Glory expert?” Tang Rou stared blankly.
“Yeah!”
“What would be considered as an expert?” Tang Rou asked.
“Hmm.......you’d probably have to fight him in order to know.” This person smiled.
“Fight with who? You?” Tang Rou asked.
“Any of us!”
“You two are?”
“We ca from Grand Internet Cafe.” the other person said.
“Oh, understood.” Tang Rou nodded her head. Even though she hadn’t been playing Glory for too long, she had been in Happy Internet Cafe for quite a while. She knew about so of the things going on between the Internet Cafes.
Glory was currently an incredibly popular ga. If you looked in any Internet Cafe, over half of their custors would be playing Glory. Every Internet Cafe would naturally borrow Glory to do so events and pull in custors. For example, the Cafe could hold Glory tournants or broadcast pro matches like what Chen Guo was doing. These were all done to win the favor of Glory players.
Many of these custors went to the Internet Cafe that they were familiar with and were also quite loyal to it. Just like pro teams or in-ga guilds, Glory players also ford their own group for their favorite Internet Cafe. There was a sort of competitiveness between the Internet Cafes. The managers would sotis lead Glory players from different Internet Cafes to fight each other in Glory from ti to ti.
The two fellows in front of her had co up claiming they were from a certain Internet Cafe, seeking a Glory expert. These kinds of occurrences had happened quite a few tis during her stay at Happy Internet Cafe. Chen Guo and other Glory players called this type of activity Sweeping the Field.
In Sweeping the Field, the majority of the ti, players wanted to show off their skill and earn a bit of glory for themselves. It wasn’t rare for the owner of an Internet Cafe to help add fuel to the fire though. It was hard to say if this helped the business or not, but one’s own Internet Cafe winning versus another one was kind of like beating a competitor; it felt quite good.
Tang Rou knew about the Grand Internet Cafe that the two claid to be from. It wasn’t too far from Happy Internet Cafe and was quite a good Cafe as well. The owner of Grand Internet Cafe also knew Chen Guo, so Tang Rou had seen the owner before. It had been very obvious that the owner was very envious of Happy’s location.
Happy was right next to Club Excellent Era. This location made it a huge attraction to Glory players. The owner of Grand didn’t have as good of a location as Happy, so he had always wanted to beat Happy Internet Cafe in Glory skill to let others know that the Internet Cafe next to Excellent Era was nothing special.
Unfortunately, the owner never got what he hoped for during his several years of fighting. Chen Guo’s business strategy had helped her lure quite a few Excellent Era fans. Players who were fans of a team were undoubtedly big fans of Glory. Their skill level wouldn’t be bad either. Even though no earth-shattering expert had ever appeared, Grand Internet Cafe was the sa. None of their custors were exceptionally skilled, so dropping by to play Sweeping the Field would just be laughed at.
As a result, even though Grand Internet Cafe was fighting, they never used such an intense thod like Sweeping the Field. Grand usually held tournants and invited Happy to play. The tournants had solo, King of Fighting, and team tournants, making it seem very official. However, after many years of battling, neither side had been able to beat the other. However, if they used a point system like in the pro scene, Happy would have a slight advantage, which made the owner of Grand quite sad.
Grand Internet Cafe sending people to try Sweeping the Field was a first.
Sweeping the Field was a double-edged sword. A successful sweep would give you boundless glory. But if you lost, then it would be very shaful. As a result, anyone who dared to try Sweeping the Field was either very arrogant or had the skill to back it up. Tang Rou was currently sizing up the two of them, when he heard another person say: “Ha ha ha, where’s your boss Chen? I don’t see her anywhere.”
Tang Rou turned his head to look and recognized him as the owner of Grand.
“Boss Ma, it’s good to see you!” Tang Rou greeted. Boss Ma’s full na was Ma Chenyi and he was also a big fan of Glory like Chen Guo. His Internet Cafe and Happy Internet Cafe competed in Glory skill, which sotis made it difficult to tell if they were business competitors or Glory competitors.
“Oh, it’s Little Tang! Where’s Old Chen?” Ma Chenyi said loudly on purpose and intentionally called Chen Guo ‘Old Chen’. Won were usually more sensitive to age than n. The bad blood between Ma Chenyi and Chen Guo had already spread to every aspect of their lives.
“She’s upstairs. Would you like to call her over?” Tang Rou said.
“Call her. Of course you have to call her! Hurry up and call her to co down. There will be a good show to see.” Ma Chenyi looked to be in a very good mood today.
“Hold on.” Tang Rou smiled. This boss had personally co to try Sweeping the Field, which ant that this ti, he was very confident. Tang Rou knew Chen Guo cared a lot about this. Tang Rou wasn’t worried though. Right now, Happy Internet Cafe housed a God! Who could be more skilled than Ye Xiu? Anyone who could actually match Ye Xiu would be among the Gods in the pro scene. He’d have imdiately gathered a huge amount of attention as soon as he walked in. There was no way he’d just be standing there so peacefully.
Upstairs, Chen Guo had just started playing when she received Tang Rou’s text ssage. Seeing that Ma Chenyi was here to try Sweeping the Field, she imdiately beca overjoyed.
If this was in the past, Chen Guo would have been quite nervous if Ma Chenyi had personally co to try Sweeping the Field. But now, with Ye Xiu, who could beat him?
“What are you so happy for?” Ye Xiu had been alard at Chen Guo’s sudden laugh.
“Soone’s here to try Sweeping the Field.” Chen Guo said.
“Huh?”
“Downstairs.” Chen Guo said.
“Oh, you’re talking about the Internet Cafe!” Ye Xiu had experienced everything there was to experience in Glory. He wasn’t a stranger to Sweeping the Field and quickly understood why Chen Guo had suddenly laughed. With him, trying to sweep away Happy would be like trying to sweep away a mountain.
“Why don’t you co down with ?” Chen Guo said. She clearly wasn’t going to hide anything. She wanted to directly bring in the bullet. She was looking forward to seeing Ma Chenyi’s expression after the two “experts” he had brought were crushed.
“Sweeping the Field....... I haven’t seen it in the two months I’ve been here. Who’s co?” Ye Xiu asked.
“Soone I know well. If you go a bit farther than where you usually buy cigarettes, you might see it. It’s right around the corner over there. It’s called Grand Internet Cafe. Do you know about it?” Chen Guo said.
Ye Xiu was helpless: “Of course I know. I’ve only stayed here for two months, but I’ve been in this area for many years. I’m just as familiar with it as you are.”
“Oh...... I forgot.” Chen Guo said, “That Internet Cafe has co to try Sweeping the Field. I don’t know what type of expert he picked up to have the courage to do it.”
“Has he co here before?”
“Never. At most, he’s held tournants between us.” Chen Guo said.
“So it’s like that...... This..... It might be interesting!” Ye Xiu said.
Downstairs, after Tang Rou sent the text ssage, she was starting to question herself when she saw that there was no reply or sign of Chen Guo! May Chenyi wasn’t in a hurry though. He looked as if he had a card up his sleeve and chuckled: “What’s wrong? Did Old Chen get scared after hearing that I had personally co?”
“Yeah, I’m very scared!” Chen Guo answered Ma Chenyi as she walked down the stairs.
“Old Chen!” Ma Chenyi imdiately greeted, “Long ti, no see! How was your break? Sigh. Another year has passed in the blink of an eye and you’ve grown older a year again. We’re now in our thirties. Have you gotten a boyfriend yet? Would you like this brother to introduce one for you?”
Ma Chenyi mocked her, though this wasn’t anything unusual between him and Chen Guo. Chen Guo’s resistance to it had gone up just like her resistance to Ye Xiu’s words. The two of them had been like this for many years. Chen Guo’s resistance to his words had already beco strong. This bit of trash talk wouldn’t faze her anymore.
“How boring! Do you know how many tis you’ve used this script?” She wouldn’t be angry, but she was still going to bite back.
“Ha ha, I’m just here to send you my blessings. Don’t you like Sweeping the Field?” Ma Chenyi laughed. He intentionally stressed the words ‘Sweeping the Field’. He said the words so loudly that even the custors on the second floor could hear them. Many of the custors took off their headphones and had been startled by it.
Those who ca to the Internet Cafe often knew what “Sweeping the Field” ant. As soon as they heard this, they raised their heads to look in their direction. When they saw the extrely arrogant Ma Chenyi, they first felt a sense of displeasure and then imdiately expected that the Sweeping the Field was a joke.
“How do you want to sweep?” Chen Guo asked calmly.
“It’s simple. As soon as soone beats these two, we’ll leave imdiately.” Ma Chenyi loudly shouted.
As soon as these words ca out, the Internet Cafe imdiately went into an uproar. Sweeping the Field was Sweeping the Field, but there were many ways to sweep. Usually, they arranged a few matches and then looked at the outco after playing them out. But this guy actually challenged the entire Happy Internet Cafe. This ant that the two that arrived might actually have so real skill. Only soone with such confidence in the two of them wouldn’t be afraid to wage war with everyone in the Cafe.
“Leave imdiately? I don’t think we ever talked about coming and leaving.” Chen Guo said.
“Oh? Then what do you want to wager?” Ma Chenyi asked.
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