Chapter 606: Coercion into Match Fixing
Chapter 606: Coercion into Match Fixing
The semi-finals arrived one night later.
While waiting for the game to start in the lounge, Fu Qing received a call and then left the lounge with his phone.
He looked around, walked to the left while talking on the phone, and went to the huge glass curtain wall to chat with the person on the phone. His idle fingers stroked the glass in front of him, and a drizzle was falling outside the wall.
Halfway through the call, I caught a glimpse of someone coming towards me out of the corner of my eye.
Fu Qing glanced at it casually and didn't care.
Unexpectedly, those people finally stopped in front of him.
The leader said to him, "Our boss wants to see you."
This attitude that did not allow anyone to refuse made Fu Qingwei stunned.
Fu Qing first hung up the phone, then directly rejected the other party's invitation. He was about to return to the lounge but was stopped.
The leader warned him with a stern look on his face: "If you don't want to cause trouble for the people around you, I advise you to come with us."
Fu Qing frowned but didn't move.
He recalled the conspiracy he had just discussed with Lu Ziyin yesterday. He was a little worried that these people in front of him wanted to forcibly take him away and prevent him from playing. It was not uncommon for players to be forced to withdraw from the competition due to being late. He asked with a look of vigilance, "What do you want to do?"
The other party said: "Don't worry, it won't delay your game."
Fu Qing: "Did Free's new boss ask you to come?"
The other party said: "You will know when you go there."
Fu Qing: "What if I say no?"
The other party made a blatant threat: "If you don't care about the life of the person you just called, you can refuse."
Fu Qing was shocked and instantly filled with anger.
Fu Qing was forced to meet Daria again.
Daria got straight to the point: "I want STO to lose."
Fu Qing organized his words and politely declined in fairly fluent English: "You overestimate my importance. I'm just a medic with little effect on the team. Even without me, there's no way they can lose with STO's current points."
Without even glancing at Fu Qing, Daria deliriously discussed Fu Qing's background. "You're from Jinjiang, Rongcheng, China. Your father is a drug addict, gambler, and alcoholic. Your parents divorced when you were nine, and you lived with him. After he got out of rehab, he remarried. When you were sixteen, or even earlier, you got involved with your stepmother's son." Daria, admiring Fu Qing's expression, continued cheerfully, "After you were discovered, you and your stepbrother were kicked out of the house. Your father, when drunk, spread rumors about your scandals, leaving you completely humiliated. Even now, with your success and fame, you're too embarrassed to return to Rongcheng."
Fu Qing clenched his fists tightly, almost breaking his back teeth.
His shameful side was unscrupulously revealed, and his face turned red and white, with a mixture of shame and anger. He felt as if he was stripped naked and thrown into the crowd, and he was trembling all over.
Delia was very satisfied with Fu Qing's reaction. She folded her arms and walked around him. "You two, one is a teacher, the other an esports player, and you might even be a world champion. If his students and your fans knew how filthy and disgusting you were in private, would he still be able to continue teaching? How long would you be able to continue your esports career? How would the people around you view you?"
Dahlia stopped behind Fu Qing. Her expressionless face uttered sinister words, "Promise me, I'll pay you $5 million after the competition. That's enough for you to live the life you've always dreamed of. Even if your deeds are exposed and you're kicked out of the STO team, it's only your future that will be sacrificed."
"If you don't agree, you and your good brother who depends on you for everything will be ruined and cursed by thousands of people."
"This should be an easy choice, unless you still want to live with your brother, sleeping in parks, picking up trash, setting up stalls, doing hard labor, wandering around without a stable place to live, and not even having enough to eat."
"Your brother has sacrificed so much to get into college and achieve what he has today. You've spent countless nights in internet cafes supporting his education. Esports players thrive on their youth, and you only have a few years left to earn money. How will you make a living then? Your brother is physically weak and can't withstand the setbacks and hardships he faced. He couldn't endure the hardship he once endured."
As she spoke, Daria walked back to Fu Qing.
"Don't even think about asking Wen Li or Lu Xixiao for help. They can protect you temporarily, but not forever. You should know my identity. If I want to, it would be easy for me to ruin your reputation and even take your life."
Fu Qing suppressed his anger and said to Daria, "Why don't you just tie me up so I can't play the game? It will be more foolproof!"
At least this way he wouldn't be considered a traitor.
Daria: "I'm going to put all the blame on STO."
Besides, when it comes to kidnapping, Wen Li would first suspect her.
Fu Qing was very emotional: "What do you want me to do? Even if I die every time, it won't be a big drag."
Dahlia: "You can't die on the spot. You have to stay alive. Find a way to kill them on the spot. You used to be Tongtiandai. Your overall strength is not inferior to Lu Ziyin and Yu Jin. It's just that the medic position requires you to take bullets."
"Actually, you don't need to worry too much. As long as there's a competition, there's match-fixing. Didn't Team Free have a traitor two years ago? You're not the only one fixing a match on stage today. There are people fighting alongside you."
"Okay, go back. Remember to adjust your expression so they don't see any clues."
Daria stuffed a bank card into Fu Qing's coat pocket and said with a smile, "I look forward to your performance."
On the way back to the lounge, Fu Qing felt dizzy.
When I arrived at the door of the lounge, I received a call from Lu Ziyin.
Fu Qing pushed the door open and walked in with the ringing cell phone.
"Hey Fatty," Lu Ziyin hung up the phone when he saw the man coming back, "Why did you take so long to call? I was about to go out to look for you - what's wrong with you? Are you not feeling well? Why do you look so bad?" Lu Ziyin immediately stepped forward and asked with concern.
Everyone looked at Fu Qing.
"What the hell, your face is so pale?" The team manager quickly walked over to Fu Qing and touched his forehead, only to feel his hand was cold. The manager immediately became a little anxious. "What's wrong with you? You can't let me down at this critical moment. Did you eat something bad at lunch? Do you have a stomachache or something? Do you want to go to the bathroom? Lao He, quickly pour me a cup of hot water."
The coach hurried to pour water.
Lu Ziyin held Fu Qing's face and looked up and down.
"Fatty, are you hypoglycemic?"
Fu Qing's face was pale and his lips were white.
Fu Qing pulled his head back, his eyes somewhat evasive.
"...I, I'm fine."
"Hypoglycemia? Sugar, who has sugar? Go buy two bags of sugar quickly, there's still time." The team manager said to the logistics department.
Then I heard Wen Li on the sofa say, "Go on."
Fu Qing raised his hand and caught a lollipop thrown by Wen Li.
He took the candy and looked at the people in the lounge.
Everyone was looking at him, with concern in their eyes.
Yu Shu: "Are you okay?"
Fu Qing clenched the candy in his hand.
The next second, the candy was taken away by the manager, who opened it and stuffed it into his mouth without saying anything. After stuffing it in, he asked, "Is it any better?"
"Come sit over here and take it easy."
He was pulled to sit on the sofa.
When the time came, the teams entered one after another.
Compared to yesterday, the teams today were visibly filled with pressure, as if they were going to the execution ground.
He looked like he was facing a formidable enemy before the fight even started.
The Free team no longer had the ease they had when they first entered the game yesterday.
They are definitely under the most pressure of all the teams.
Only the STO team's condition is the same as yesterday.
Except Fu Qing.
Even the fans in the live broadcast room noticed that something was wrong with Fu Qing.
Fu Qing looked towards the huge viewing seats and unexpectedly saw Daria among the densely packed audience.
The distance was too far, and Fu Qing couldn't see Daria's face clearly, but he was still scared and quickly avoided her.
"You're not the only one fixing a match on stage today. There are people who will fight alongside you."
Daria's words echoed in his mind.
So he looked at the other teams on the stage.
It seems like every contestant has something on their mind.
It is unknown which other contestants have been threatened and bribed by Daria.
"Are you really okay, Fatty?" Lu Ziyin asked worriedly, looking at Fu Qing, whose face was still very ugly.
His words brought Fu Qing back to his senses.
Fu Qing responded and said that everything was fine.
Lu Ziyin: "Don't be nervous. With our points, they won't be able to catch up to us even if they try their best."
Fu Qingwei nodded: "Yeah."
2:00 PM, Country M time
The semi-finals of the sixth AWM World Championship officially kicked off.
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