Chapter 10 Season's End

"Tenth season, champions, Team Happy!!"

Amidst the solemn announcement, the championship trophy, symbolizing the whole team and engraved with the words "Tenth Season, Happy," was being presented to Happy by the Alliance Chairman, Feng Xianjun. And the first to receive the trophy on behalf of Team Happy was naturally their captain, Ye Xiu!

This was his fourth championship trophy, but it was the first time he had personally received one from the Alliance. All eyes were focused on this moment, witnessing the birth of this fourth, and also first, championship.

The trophy.

The golden trophy, symbolizing the highest glory, was finally and completely handed to Happy.

Ye Xiu accepted it with both hands, but then, the trophy slipped from his grasp.

"Ah!!"

Amidst the cries of alarm from the crowd, Su Mucheng and Fang Rui on either side of Ye Xiu quickly reached out and supported the trophy. Then, hand after hand reached out, holding the trophy firmly. The Happy players were no longer standing in a row on the stage, but had gathered in a circle, surrounding Ye Xiu in the center.

"I say, even if you have a lot you don't care about, don't throw it away. I don't have one yet!" Fang Rui said seriously.

"That's right, that's right," the others echoed.

Ye Xiu laughed.

Of course, he wasn't going to throw the trophy away. It was just that his hands were exhausted, and he simply couldn't hold it.

Fortunately, he had so many reliable teammates by his side.

They had probably already noticed this, so in that instant, they all reached out, and finally helped Ye Xiu together, raising the trophy high above their heads.

Champions, that's us!

At this moment, even though they were not the hosts here, they had already received enough applause. After the official award ceremony, Chen Guo finally stepped onto the stage and joined the Happy team. Whether she was crying or laughing, it didn't matter.

This was Happy's moment, but since it wasn't their home field, the celebration was still somewhat limited. After the awards ceremony, Happy quickly left the stage and returned to the backstage.

Even the final game of the grand finals had the same level of press conference afterward.

Samsara quickly came out to participate in the interview. There were so many classic moments in this game, but whether it was Zhou Zekai's opening one-versus-three in the individual competition, Tang Rou's reverse one-versus-three, or the wonderful performance of each player in the team competition, they all paled in comparison to Ye Xiu's final 6.5-second finishing blow.

That was an extremely difficult final blow, the final blow that locked in the victory. When Samsara was asked about their feelings about the game, they naturally couldn't escape the question of Ye Xiu's final performance.

"He is a great player," Samsara captain Zhou Zekai said. The usually taciturn Zhou Zekai used the word "great" to describe Ye Xiu, and the others in Samsara agreed. They had lost, but they were not unconvinced. Whether it was Ye Xiu or Happy, they had done too many incredible things. Their efforts and their gains were worthy of respect.

"We hope to compete with them again next time!" Samsara's expectation could be regarded as the highest degree of recognition for an opponent.

After Samsara, the protagonists took the stage. The media reporters had already prepared enough questions, but in the end, Ye Xiu was not among the members of Happy who attended the press conference.

Everyone was stunned. After congratulating Happy on their victory, everyone's first question became, "Why didn't Ye Xiu attend the press conference?"

"He is too tired and needs to rest," Su Mucheng replied to the reporters' questions. Whether people believed it or not, they were helpless. However, the Happy press conference without Ye Xiu was completely lacking the protagonist, the backbone, and it immediately made people feel bored.

After that, in all the reports about Happy's victory, there was not a single interview with Ye Xiu, not even a single sentence from him. Even Chang Xian, the reporter from Electronic Sports Home who had always had a good relationship with Happy, had his interview request turned down by Happy.

The protagonist of the championship actually had no interviews or reports? Some new media people in the Glory circle found this very unbelievable. However, those veteran media people who had been in the Glory circle for ten years suddenly felt that this scene was very nostalgic.

No protagonist in the championship report, wasn't this the scene during the three years of the Excellent Era dynasty? At that time, Ye Xiu didn't even show his face, let alone be interviewed.

Was this guy going back to the past again?

For a time, everyone began to guess, and at the same time, they did not give up trying to interview Ye Xiu. But no one had expected that raising the Glory tenth season championship trophy with his Happy teammates would be the last picture Ye Xiu left for Glory.

Four days after the end of the finals, Happy took the initiative to hold a press conference. Everyone originally thought that Ye Xiu was finally going to come out for an interview, but who would have thought that in the end, it was Happy's boss, Chen Guo, and Su Mucheng who attended the press conference, and at the meeting, in an official capacity, they announced the news that Ye Xiu had decided to retire.

Retire?

Ye Xiu was retiring?

Although it had happened once before, and Ye Xiu's age was indeed there. However, his proud record of being undefeated in the tenth season, and his explosive six-and-a-half-second碾压 nianya (crushing) of the three great masters of Samsara in the final battle, had made everyone forget all of this. Everyone felt that with Ye Xiu's condition and level, there would be no problem for him to fight for another ten years!

But, retire?

Such a sudden and resolute decision, and he didn't even show up to say hello to everyone in person, and just left like this?

Why?

Everyone wanted to know the reason. However, Chen Guo, the boss of Happy, seemed unwilling to talk too much about it. Her smile also looked very forced. Obviously, she was more reluctant to let Ye Xiu leave than anyone else, and she wished that Ye Xiu would not make such a decision.

But...

"It's time to go home." This was the reason Ye Xiu gave everyone when he made the decision. He did not hide his reluctance for Glory, nor did he give up his pursuit of the championship. He just let everyone know that he also had another responsibility on his shoulders.

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"You are welcome to come back at any time." Chen Guo certainly didn't want Ye Xiu to leave, but there was no way to stop him from leaving. She just hoped and looked forward to the possibility that Ye Xiu would be recognized by his family, or that he wouldn't have to make such a difficult sacrifice, but could take on both responsibilities well.

Hopefully.

Chen Guo silently looked forward to it in her heart, hoping for it all the time.

"Go home." That's how she told the reporters, this was the reason for Ye Xiu's retirement, and also the destination after Ye Xiu left. Although this answer made the reporters very confused, Chen Guo didn't want to explain any further.

"And Happy, will be captained by Su Mucheng next." Chen Guo accepted Ye Xiu's choice. She did not become depressed because of this, nor would she let Happy become depressed because of this. And Su Mucheng did not show any worrying behavior after Ye Xiu made the decision to retire and go home. Because she knew that this was Ye Xiu's own decision, it was a mature decision. She would not let herself become a factor that Ye Xiu was worried about, but would only continue to help Ye Xiu with all her strength, clearing away the concerns he couldn't let go of.

So she no longer played the role of a supporting character. She was going to take over everything that Ye Xiu had done, and in the days to come, become the protagonist of Happy like Ye Xiu, until the day she retired.

"Keep in touch, I'll wait for you to retire." This was the promise Ye Xiu made to her when they parted.

The news of Ye Xiu's retirement was quickly reported, and it soon caused a great uproar in the circle. Just like last time, he left quietly without leaving a word, and then let everyone know the news from the media.

Regret, regret, blessings, doubts...

All kinds of emotions. Everyone had experienced these emotions two and a half years ago. It's just that this time, the emotions became more complicated, because in the past two and a half years, this guy had gone from the Glory online game to the Challenger League to the professional league, and had madly brushed a wave of presence, stirring everything upside down.

In the end, was he leaving again silently and suddenly?

Was he trying to hide in some corner again, and then suddenly kill everyone and stab them in the back?

Someone jokingly guessed, and immediately received everyone's high approval. After denouncing Ye Xiu's despicable behavior, everyone fell into silence again.

In the end, everyone offered only blessings.

For their strongest opponent.

For their best friend.

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