Chapter 9: Shocking! An 18-Year-Old Young Man Brutally Slaughters an 80-Year-Old Granny—Utterly Ruthless!

In esports competitions, the average age of participants is usually in the teens or twenties. So when a white-haired elderly woman in her seventies or eighties suddenly appeared, it immediately drew everyone’s attention.

Even the crowd wandering through the mall stopped in their tracks, all staring straight at the large electronic screen inside the mall, faces full of shock and chatter:

“I wasn’t interested in these game competitions at first, but if this is how they’re playing it, I’ve gotta watch!”

“WTF?? What’s the meaning of having an old lady compete against a bunch of youngsters? Is this some new method of abusing the elderly?”

“Outrageous! This is absolutely outrageous! I feel like calling the police!”

“Can Grandma even keep up with the hand speed and reflexes? Can she even manage without reading glasses?”

“She’s not gonna suddenly suffer from some old-age illness mid-game, is she?”

“Is this the organizers’ new way of rigging the match? If they want the other side to win, they could’ve been less obvious! Do they think we’re all fools?”

“Capitalists really have no shame! Bringing such an obvious throw-match tactic onto the stage—do they think they can just fool idiots with this?!”

“Whoa! That shoulder dragon tattoo on the old lady’s back doesn’t look ordinary—maybe she really could win!”

“Is this old lady supposed to be some kind of intimidation tactic on the team? Winning through aura? Or is she just a mascot?”

Mu Yiyi shifted her gaze from the electronic screen to Qin Yansen beside her, asking in shock, “Yansen, is this your arrangement?”

Did he actually hire a seventy or eighty-year-old granny to join her brother’s opponent’s team just to ensure her brother’s victory?

Before Qin Yansen could speak, Mu Yiyi quickly added, “I know you mean well, but letting my brother win like this is way too easy. The public won’t accept it, and he’ll get bashed online.”

If her brother won this match, she could already imagine tomorrow’s headlines.

#Shocking! An 18-year-old brutally slaughters an 80-year-old grandma—unimaginably ruthless!#

Mu Yiyi frowned and continued, “Quick, have that old lady go home. This kind of competition isn’t something for elderly people. If something happens during the program, then the competition my brother has been looking forward to won’t even happen.”

Qin Yansen also turned to look, his brows furrowing instantly. “This wasn’t my doing.”

He wanted to know, too—what was his grandmother doing up there?

That was a young person’s esports arena, not a senior dating show.

His grandma probably didn’t even know how to open the game.

He couldn’t let her embarrass herself in public.

Qin Yansen immediately stood up and walked out of the café, heading straight for the competition venue on the mall’s first floor.

Mu Yiyi followed closely behind, eager to find out what was going on.

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At the competition venue.

Lin Qingqing sat in her seat, switching her phone to the game interface.

Beside her, the voices of her teammates drifted into her ears.

A teenager wearing thick glasses was the first to complain. “What the hell? Why’d they suddenly switch in an old lady? Are they trying to make us lose?”

“I heard the championship was already decided behind the scenes. Doesn’t matter who our teammates are, we’re gonna lose anyway.”

“What the hell? What do you mean the winner was pre-decided? Then why the hell are we even competing? Just here to give the old lady a fun time?”

Originally just intending to quietly play the game, Lin Qingqing perked up after hearing this. She turned to look at the four teenage teammates to her left and said, “Don’t look down on this old lady, alright? Play as usual—I absolutely won’t drag you down.”

So what if the champion was pre-selected? She was the richest woman in China, with top-tier power and status! With her here, nobody could mess with the results!

The other four teammates all scoffed and smirked at her words, saying nothing more.

Things had come to this—what else could they do but treat it as a joke?

Were they really going to take it up with the organizers?

The arm can’t wrestle the thigh. If they tried to complain, they might get disqualified from the competition altogether.

Even if this match was frustrating, at least they had a chance to compete—many players didn’t even get that far.

The four teammates sighed in unison as they opened the game, waiting for the match to officially begin.

A buzz-cut young man sitting next to Lin Qingqing muttered dispiritedly, “Let’s just play casually, treat it like killing time. We’re not gonna win anyway.”

Lin Qingqing pressed her lips together and couldn’t help but say, “You guys really have no confidence in your skills? What if the four of you play exceptionally well and end up carrying this old lady?”

The buzz-cut guy turned to look at her and chuckled speechlessly, “You’re the mole the opposing team planted. Maybe stop talking now.”

Since the supposed pre-decided champions hadn’t coordinated with their team, there was clearly a mole among them.

Given the current situation, wasn’t it obvious who the mole was?

As soon as the buzz-cut guy finished speaking, the other three teammates turned hostile gazes on Lin Qingqing.

Lin Qingqing: “…”

Under their intense stares, Lin Qingqing felt uneasy. She tugged at the corner of her lips and smiled, “Not only is my age outstanding, I’ve also got a protruding disc—no way I’m carrying that big black pot! Maybe look at someone else?”

Just because she was old didn’t mean she should be blamed for everything!

As for why she ended up on the team…

Well, she might as well come clean—she had used the backdoor.

She gave a thick and heavy gold chain to the original contestant who was supposed to play. That guy quit without hesitation and even eagerly helped her contact the organizers.

The organizers had already decided on a champion, so they didn’t care who joined the match.

That’s how Lin Qingqing successfully snuck in.

But she wasn’t actually here to play the game.

She didn’t know which person in the mall was her family member—but they would definitely see the mall’s big screen.

And she wasn’t doing this to find her family.

Finding family wasn’t important. Collecting Surprise Points was her top priority!

The mall’s electronic screen was just about to broadcast the esports match—this was the perfect opportunity to rack up those Surprise Points!

An eighty-year-old granny participating in an esports tournament? That’s definitely shocking enough for her family!

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Meanwhile.

The opposing team was speechless too.

“Mu Nan, what’s going on over there? Sending out an old granny? Are they looking down on us?”

“Too cocky! We’ve got to teach them a lesson today!”

Mu Nan frowned. “Seems like they really don’t take us seriously. We have to give it our all today—if we lose five-on-four, that’d be beyond humiliating!”

“Exactly. Stay alert. Don’t let those four punks sneak in and take our base.”

Mu Nan reminded, “That granny probably doesn’t even know the basic controls. Don’t waste your energy on her.”

“Yeah, don’t worry. Leave the granny to me. I guarantee she won’t leave base without dying! She’s not gonna get in the way of our win!”