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MTL - eSports Has No Live Stream-Chapter 72
The news of the arrival of the South Korean team is quite high-profile. Even if the official only announces that all participating teams are here, it will not prevent them from being the subject of fierce discussions in the forum. Just like every Korean team that has participated in the domestic cup via the Internet, whether they want to or not If they are willing, they will be removed by the superb landlord from the historical record to the players who are good at heroes.
What's more, there are members of Pil-Seung who have won the Overwatch World Cup, which has received great attention and blind respect.
They haven't played against the real world No. 1 BME, and the Korean team Pil-Seung has been recommended by the public as the next world hegemon. After all, in the just-concluded Korea Cup, the PS team once again defeated his old rival KingPlay and won the most domestic championships in Korea.
Even if Overwatch's Feng Shui turns, Pil-Seung has a faint trend of calling higher than KP.
Because the World Cup is a true national game, it has attracted the attention of most domestic spectators. Those players who usually do not watch the game at all will also take the time to learn about this event, which is titled National. South Korea became famous in World War I, including the tradition of "anti-Korea" circulated in cross-domain e-sports games, which led to European and American teams showing their hard power in countless matches on the world battlefield. In front of the name of the entire Korean team, they will be Spontaneously put on the label "All their players have been defeated by South Korea."
The solidified impression is difficult to change. In the unbelievable grunt of the Korean team, the IOP election officially began.
Six international teams are scattered into six groups, plus eight domestic teams, and the remaining ten vacancies will be qualified by the sea elections to obtain tickets to the international teams.
This time the international invitational tournament is like a miniature of the World Cup. It allows all professional players to lead a complete team to play. Facing the history of defeat, there is always a sense of washing away the shameful revenge battle in the past.
Therefore, the later the Korean team comes, the more crazy the guesswork and estimates on the Internet.
Even the sales of tickets for IOP offline games have soared, and many Overwatch players in City A want to take this opportunity to feel the atmosphere of the game.
The organizer knows the charm of the traffic team, and deliberately dispersed Laur and AM, and still faces the pressure of selling out of the group tickets twenty seconds after it was put on the market.
After all, Kangming's 300,000 loyalty, even if the total is adulterated, is not enough for their average score.
This is an offline match. Cumming played in person. Laur's field must appear on the commentary. AreMen's field must be sitting in the VIP seat. Even if you are walking around the venue, you may meet me. Taking pictures and taking pictures to embrace everything is possible Tickets are not too cheap for loyal fans.
However, there will always be the rest of the group stage on the stand for a long time, it seems particularly deserted.
"Send a Weibo and say that you are going to be present every day. You are the host, and you will be given lottery photos during the intermission." Zuo Zhou's phone call is the same, and it is not soft to use Kangming's mass base.
"You are mentally retarded! Naked. What kind of ghost is it!" Kang Ming shouted in shock and stopped moving, for fear he would make a noise on the phone.
Cumming lowered his voice softly and said, "It's okay, you continue."
He urged Xun to exercise, turned around and continued to crunch Zuozhou's brain, and said, "I just spoke to Xun just now. Where did you learn the mental retardation tricks, you want me to betray the audience!"
Zuo Zhou replied: "You are indeed the warm host of the intermission. Did you send your documents before?"
"Look, I refuse now."
"No, this is a UW investment."
Kang Ming served Zuozhou, even if he used his face for propaganda, even he had to be responsible for selling tickets. If Laur and AM were to support the team, even if the rest was contracted by his fans, it might not be able to drive the atmosphere. Maybe even worse.
"I don't sell audiences."
After listening, Zuo Zhou said, "You have changed. What about Kangming who talked to me about money at the time? Let him come back."
"You are annoyed, who would buy a ticket and sit for a day just to see me. It's either stupid or crazy." Of course, Kang Ming knows his appeal, but without Laur and AM, he would rather play with a stand-alone game. Don't want to waste time at the IOP match scene. Although he is the full representative of UW, the specific matters of the IOP are still in the charge of the organizing committee.
"At least more than two thousand people consulted customer service, not the games of Group A and Group D, will there be Cumming. Now we are waiting for your reply." Zuo Zhou has good reason and instantly stood at the audience's point of view to respond to the needs of the public.
Kang Ming was about to be defeated by his own cute little captive. From the dawn of the Dawn Cup, he knew how persistent these audiences have been with him for years. If he is an ordinary passerby, their mind may gradually fade, and be quiet. Wait in the live room and wait for a match to show up.
However, after the Dawning Cup, the 300,000 army surged rapidly, causing him to always ask the Super Pipe if he had quietly adjusted his popularity coefficient to fake him.
As a result, 300,000 to 500,000 continue to rise. Even if spectators who cannot attend the show for various reasons, the total number of people far exceeds the number of IOP votes.
Kang Ming was sad and happy, and felt that he had unknowingly assumed the heavy task of revitalizing the e-sports market.
"Okay, but naked. Don't think about it, you've deleted it from Chen Xunjie!" Kang Ming immediately judged Zuo Zhou's intent to do something, and he couldn't help thinking that it was a mistake for him to have a personal relationship with Chen Xunjie.
"Nude. The photo was a mistake of my mouth. Send a photo, you and Shadowblade."
Kang Ming was silent for a long time, and said, "A group photo, a naked picture, and a photo can make a mistake, you have a problem."
After Kangming Weibo stated that he was present at the scene and would be the host of the warm-up lottery to send out mysterious gifts, more people went to the Weibo of Cuming and DL, and the crowd gave up the euphemistic way of side-by-side and directly ordered mystery. A big gift, refused to oversee the pioneers to ask Cumming to send welfare on the spot, and even took a fan photo to indicate that this is not a real version of the signature photo.
Kang Ming stared at the group of fans who were happily rushing to buy tickets, and immediately felt a sense of guilt, and secretly resolved to be better for them.
"Can Kangbao change the mysterious gift to a day trip hand in hand?"
Cumming refused silently, and sure enough he couldn't be nice to them.
Beling's contract with Xun finally was lifted. When Xun got the news, he was sitting next to Kang Ming to watch him debug the live-camera camera, and then suddenly decided to conduct a joint live broadcast today.
As soon as the news of Yunyun entering UW came out, the number of viewers instantly squatted from the DL channel from Cumming. While there were not many local tyrants, he contracted Yunyun with a high profile, and brushed his face to get the housekeeping. It was like saying goodbye to Cuming.
However, this professional player known as Overwatch is actually fighting the King of Fighters.
Everyone who entered the room meowed and ran to the Cuming channel and then meowed back, saying that the good joint live broadcast is indeed a joint live broadcast, but it ’s the same as the “HD □□□□□ camera” and “fufu” The "bi-bicycle" and "bringing the opponent to harvest the younger brother" are completely different. They do n’t know where Kang Ming found a dime camera with a picture quality of 50,000 yuan. The delay is vague, and the prosperous beauty of the two anchors is hit. M thick mosaic.
The chat box next to it is constantly brushing up on the topic of Overwatch. The emergence of the South Korean team is undoubtedly the focus of it. Most people expect this professional commentator to put down the butcher knife and talk about the potential of the two South Korean teams.
"King of Fighter time, don't talk about Overwatch."
Cuming relaxedly started a game and waited for the new game to start. Although he can't compare with the pioneers, stand-alone games are definitely his world. After all, he has been immersed in this world for so many years, and it is still easy to deal with a beginner who has just started.
I won't ask Kangming to release water, let alone they are betting.
When Gao received the news that Gim was in China, he was prevented from leaving by Kang Ming.
This man talked about environmental pollution from the right place, and combined with the grand reason that the safety of the game is important, in short, it is not allowed to go.
I asked, "Why, you brought me to McGrace before."
Cumming said, "McGrace is your male god, and it is only natural for you to fulfill your dreams. Gim cannot."
He said, "But I want to go!"
Kang Ming said, "Think of this door, then win me first!"
As a result, Xun was again hit by a character chosen by Kang Ming and fell to the ground fiercely from mid-air. The masses said that this was the most violent family dispute I have ever seen, and angrily accused Kang Ming of being immoral and imprisoning personal freedom.
"I'm doing this for him." Kang Ming was totally unconscious, and the tone he took for granted gave him a glimpse. "Others came to China not far away, they haven't adjusted their schedules, they are accustomed to local customs, and they deal with the staff. It was so confusing with his visits, it was so bad. "
"I won't bother you!" I immediately said that I was well-behaved and would never do anything.
Kang Ming kept moving, and immediately chose the next game, saying, "Anyway, I will take you to win."
Such a dialogue made the barrage people silently hold their faces. Although it is a pity that there is no Overwatch, the interaction between the two has been cast on the screen and left them speechless. Seeing the miserable gesture of abuse, they all lamented: Hey, domestic violence.
"What kind of domestic violence, this is me—" Kang Ming glanced at it and retorted loudly. At the moment of distraction, the beginner caught the flaw, and pressed a set of combos to the ground, even if he immediately hit back, Still can't stop the huge KO on the screen.
"Win, ha!" I laughed so excited that I lost six games in a row and finally won the game. "Don't break your promise!"
Since discovering the new world of PS4, he has decisively followed Cuming to join the world of stand-alone games.
Some of these games that rely on two-handed keys to control the action of the character, some are simple and do not require much thought, and some are all based on the combination of hand movements. From the perspective of leisure and relaxation, he still prefers to watch Kangming play RPG. However, the biggest advantage of winning games such as King of Fighters is that they are willing to gamble and lose.
郧 昀 Happily stood up and said goodbye to the audience, and closed the live broadcast room, leaving only Kang Ming's 111 hanging on the page, showing the scene in the room.
"It's amazing." Kang Ming was distracted for a while, and the veteran Jianghu also planted this beginner. Even if he didn't want to take him to see Gim, he had to keep his promise. "It's going to be a game, you just want to see that Korean? "
I nodded, started replying to Gim's email with my mobile phone, and agreed to see today's IOP temporary base.
Kang Ming didn't need to look carefully to know who he was appointment with, but he said helplessly to the audience, then ended his first joint live broadcast today.
He didn't want to go out with him. He had seen McGrace in the past in order to fulfill his long-cherished wish, but seeing Gim was undoubtedly a torture. Kang Ming doesn't like Koreans. His impression of this e-sports powerhouse has not been good.
Coupled with his excitement, he couldn't even take this team with him.
The IOP is about to start the sea election in three days. Such a short and precious pre-match preparation period. If there is any stimulation in the Korean team, it will directly affect the performance of the group stage.
Even if he knew clearly that He was not an emotional professional player, he always held negative emotions for this meeting.
"We are friends. It is normal for them to visit when they arrive in China." He stood and watched Kang Ming slowly put away PS4, disapproving, "If it is really difficult, then Never mind."
That being said, there is a clear loss.
Kang Ming sighed and said, "Go, but later, I call the car."
Kang Ming watched Xun ran out of the room in cheering and cheering, in order to see Gim's elated look, he really couldn't prevent his normal communication.
Professional players spend most of their time on the game, with countless enemies and few friends.
He has n’t heard of ZUM ’s name for a long time, and RTK has undergone a large-scale adjustment after the last online match. Even he does n’t know what RTK is going to do and where ZUM will appear. Where is the team?
Overwatch just over half a year, it has undergone huge changes in at least two versions. The teams that were active in the arena may not find traces in the next game, like Yeah, who has suspended activities and never resumed, with the group of sincere Fans are left in the audience of each team, and they will never dare to devote all their energy to any team.
The disappearance of a team not only hurts the professional players, but also those loyal followers who follow the team, and no one wants to leave in advance.
Sometimes Cumming wondered how to face that audience if AreMen had to dissolve.
Maybe drowned by tears. Kang Ming smiled, took out his mobile phone, and began to meet the familiar Chen family driver.
His good mood did not disappear until the noon training match. He hummed an unknown tone and chatted with Gim. After sending the last message, he switched to the custom mode and waited for the training to start.
Unlike the occasional training matches of other teams, BME seems to play the training match as a competitive mode, and their training lineup is very casual. Obviously picking up McRae can defeat the opponent, but still try different hero configurations.
This is both looking for a breakthrough and preventing the core tactics from being exposed too much and being caught by people. Compared to DeGR and Laur, McGrath seems to prefer to play against AM. At least naming them for the second time has represented the recognition of AM's strength as an opponent.
"But I just want to say, it hurts." Liu Sanping truthfully recounted his inner feelings, shivering in the face of the war with the gun god, "Even if they felt like they were very relaxed, we were very tired to fight."
Recently AM has been training circularly with the international team, almost welcoming those powerful players with a high-intensity attitude of two games a day. JTen was more serious, and he took out Tracer and Genji ’s dog lineup without retaining their strengths. They couldn't stop it directly; Bepe's style was introverted, and he spent most of his time in both training games, even using the light of order to black The strange routines such as shadows, casually played offensive and defensive; WarLord is constantly changing the lineup, the heroes who are good at it, the cold heroes will also appear, the two sides are playing equal, but it is difficult to judge the specific strength of the opponent.
Now that the Volskaya Industrial Zone is snow-capped, you can walk on the snow and snoring, holding McRae, and your teammates choose the best hero to prepare for the shooting time of God of Guns.
After they realized how terrible the powerful support from the enemy's Macradar to BME can become, they stepped up to practice for two full days before dare to let me pick up a terrible hero like McRae again.
McGrace loves to play, and every time he must follow him, picking up the same hero in an attempt to single out. Hanzozu couldn't look straight, Tracer didn't do his best, and Soldier 76 broke into a grenade battle. Even if he took Anna, he would adjust the team's hero configuration to replace Anna.
AM loves his style and feels terrified. Just like a kind old man with a broad heart to play with them, but he is the big boss behind the scenes, the kind of absolute blood and blood on the battlefield.
"If only the style of the McGrace game was the same." Liu Sanping lamented that it was impossible, and constantly operated the Road Rover to throw his hook.
The computer room is silent and quiet, and BME's mentality of sparring is obvious. Except with gratitude and all-out effort, they can't do anything extraordinary.
No matter how kind the BME in training is, once it appears on the field, it will rob the whole game and go all the way to the end. According to the grouping of AM, this opponent may not be met in the first few links.
But once they meet, it is definitely a win-win situation.
However, AM is still far behind. I stood next to the truck behind the defensive line, watching his teammates running back and forth, it seemed that this deserted snow was a little lively.
When the flames of war raged on, no such peace could be maintained.
BME's starting lineup is Black Shadow. No one needs to be reminded. At the moment of being attacked, I also know that this sudden hero is McGrace.
He would never retain his skills, throwing flash bullets decisively, but was dislodged by McGrace's instant, avoiding.
The hero of Dark Shadow requires stronger pre-judgment ability than Tracer, and even the team's cooperation requirements are several times higher, but BME's support and assistance will undoubtedly make McGrace a smooth and leisurely player.
The large blood packs outside the gate of the Vosskaya Industrial Zone must have been controlled. Once their defense was breached by McGrace, all the blood packs inside would fall into the hands of Black Shadow.
"He didn't change." He repeated the hero configuration of his opponent, "but Zalia replaced with Road Rover."
Just now Liu Sanping's road tyrant successfully caught Lucio, but because of the protection of Zarya's ball shield, he let the enemy escape from the claws. Now, BME is fighting for his teeth.
Liu Sanping heard it and said, "Will I be dead for Dva? I'm a little scared without the defense matrix."
"If you die, change soldiers 76." Lu Xiaoan observed the enemy's movements and felt that the greatest threat to the emergence of black shadows came from the ultimate skills. "Can you fight for multiple outputs?"
Liu Sanping ’s soldiers 76 actually played a little better than 郧 昀, but they rarely took out the configuration of 76 and McRae at the same time. The positions of the two heroes were too overlapping. However, from a small skill, they were affected by the ultimate shadow skills The smallest, able to stand on the field with marksmanship.
This is a nonsense suggestion. No team will pick up Soldier 76 and McRae at the same time, just like no team will pick up Hanzo and Xiaomi at the same time.
AM always stands alone in these places. The only good thing is that they rarely configure the team because of the amazing heroes, which leads to the commentary taking their random choices as the truth.
As long as you win, whether you have a tumor in the industry or a brave hero, it will instantly turn into "there must be some unknown reason".
Unfortunately, Liu Sanping's fear of death erupted instantly in the face of violent BME attacks. In conjunction with Lu Xiaoan's powerful treatment, Lin Minyu's hard protection was hooked in front of the road bully and he survived.
He quickly took a breath and calmed down, saying, "This road bully really came at me!"
Roadmaster's hook is completely different from the follow-up arrow method. It has a fixed cool-down time, which prevents players from easily hooking. Most professional players have a very high hit rate for hooks, which are derived from careful prediction.
And BME's Roadmaster seems to be contaminated by McGrace's randomness, and specifically targeted Liu Sanping.
The two scheming pigs were shaking left and right on the battlefield, and Xuan shouted directly: "Liu Sanping goes left, I'll kill him."
Liu Sanping heard that after decisively stepping out of the barrier, he seemed to be a skilled bait, exposed to the enemy's vision. However, even the vows vowed not to kill the thick-skinned enemy on the other side quickly.
"I was harmed." Liu Sanping, who successfully evaded the hook on the opposite side, quickly returned to a safe place, and decided to ignore the BME's Roadmaster and focus on the crispy skin. "I hope that McRae can kill the Roadmaster, I might as well be on my own."
"Rush!"
Lu Xiaoan shouted to dispel the cheerful atmosphere in the team. He did not let his teammates charge, but BME suddenly broke through the defense line without any warning under Reinhardt's charge.
The clear "Apagandolasluces" came with silence, and the sound of artillery on the field completely disappeared, as if entering a silent world.
Still grabbed by McGrace!
郧 昀 There is nothing he can do about his shadow. Stealth skills have a huge impact on normal duels. If the shadow's movements are not predicted, once the ultimate skills are released, it will be a devastating blow.
BME's offensive became fierce under the opening of the shadow, and AM was sent back to the rebirth room without a fight, and there was no possibility of resurrecting point A. After waiting for 10,000 years to focus on a group, the black shadow of BME is extremely successful, but AM does take it lightly.
Long-term attrition battles test the psychological quality of professional players more than short-term arms transfers. As long as the negligence is caught by the opponent, the previous advantage will be reversed immediately.
"Point B." Lu Xiaoan's voice was calm. Pressing the battle list saw BME's array change. "McGrace took Hanzo again."
His words came out of the voice of his teammates, a gunshot known as McRae's Overwatch. Although he can take the gun to fight AM, McGrace has a true love for Hanzo during training.
Even if he forcibly relied on his teammate Carry, Hanzo couldn't get an ultimate skill for forty seconds, but he still couldn't erase the possibility of Hanzo's head on the opposite side.
Unsurprisingly, Liu Sanping said, "I'm used to the setting of Gunshin for Nagano."
I was a little embarrassed. I always thought that McGrace was Hanzo for him. This subtle and excited mentality was hidden in my heart. When ordered by my teammates, I was still a little embarrassed.
"Maybe he wants to practice Hanzo." The gangster argued arrogantly, regardless of whether Liu Sanbin did not believe, "Maybe Hanzo will take off in the next version, just in case."
Liu Sanping prolonged his voice, pretending to be persuaded, and resolutely exchanged Xiaomei, and asked: "Then take Hanzo, and shoot at the **** of guns."
Holding the left revolver, he was very reluctant to McCree, and then refused: "I'm all McRae, so let's forget it. It's a waste."
Those guys who never take the ultimate skills seriously, say this kind of words, causing laughter on the voice channel.
The defense at Point B of the Vosskaya Industrial Zone is more abrasive than Point A. The slow offensive rhythm maintained by the BME from the start is completely unlike the previous aggressive team. Point A is because they use the shadow, and they have been preparing for a set of ultimate skills, and point B is because of Hanzo, both his teammates and opponents are anxious for this halfway monk.
Because McGregor's Hanzo is really incomparable to his other marksmanship heroes.
With one shot and one shot, Hanzo jumped out of the high platform of the industrial park, and instantly felt that Feng Shui took turns to go to his home today. When he picked up Hanzo himself and was bullied by McRae, he never thought he would pick up McRae. Bullying McGrace's day.
Looking at Hanzo from such a perspective, I actually think that the hero who is keen to sell up and down is really as cute as the chat group audience discussed, and he can see the shadow of the hairband blowing in the wind from a distance.
The scramble for point B was scattered, and BME was not easy to open a group. When they dropped a gravity gush to summon the dragon belonging to McGrace, they declared the victory of AM again.
However, it was not very useful. AreMen still faced the team's BME in the real game.
AM has learned to forget the victory and defeat of the training match, focusing on discussing the game routine. As everyone prepares for a review, digesting the new ideas brought by this training, an orange message pops up on the system screen.
[Competition] McGrath: solo
"Wow, God asks you to shoot a gun." Liu Sanping's connotation, which instantly caused the team members to laugh.
He was obviously happy and entangled with McGrace's special treatment, and said embarrassedly, "I'll tell him next time, it's still important to summarize."
The tone of the regret was sad, and the Lin team couldn't help but say, "You should go to the appointment. There are no specific points in today's summary, and it doesn't matter if it's late. It is more important for you to find the gap with McCree.
I gladly agreed. Overwatch's 1v1 heads-up mode does not accept invitations with specified ids, so the two also just turned on a custom assault for the duel.
Although I want to take McRae, it is a pity that McGrace's heads-up is Hanzo.
As if he knew that Han was good at Hanzo, McGrace also loved this hero and would always pick up Hanzo and walk around the field.
From the beginning, the reckless charge relied on luck, and now McGrace can already shoot his headshot and cooperate with his teammate Zarya's gravity gush. He made rapid progress, not at all as if he had just started studying Hanzo.
Some people's talents are like this. A little effort can surpass the efforts of most people, but McGrath still admits that the use of Hanzo will affect his feelings about McRae.
But Hanzo is a better hero for Meng than McRae.
When he squatted cautiously at the corner and heard the lame footsteps belonging to Hanzo, he made a decisive appearance and shot an arrow without hesitation.
Ding! The light sound of the system announced that he had killed the only opponent in the field.
"Wow!" An exclaimed belonging to McGrace appeared on the voice channel, "You are too cunning."
He smiled and said, "Hanzo's shift works very well, but you give up."
Hanzo shift defaults to detecting arrows. Those who use this hero for a short time cannot perfectly grasp how to use this small skill to catch hidden enemies. Any insidious enemy like him will appear in the corner of any house in Nepal, even if the opponent is himself Idols who have long worshiped are not relentless.
Two Hanzos climbed around in the open Nepal, headshots of each other to show respect, and the voice belonging to McGrace on the voice channel asked: "Why do you like Hanzo?"
A little hesitant, he was taken away by McGrath's headshot. He looked at the scene on the screen and considered it for a long time. "Because he can kill the plug-in alone."
Plug-ins are an eternal topic of FPS games. No professional player can avoid the tragedy of playing plug-ins and plug-in teams in FPS games. Alas, this is true, as is McGrace.
He asked: "At the time you talked about retirement, I thought you could tell me the details when you met, but you didn't mention anything until you said goodbye."
"That was an accident. But, I think, I didn't make a mistake."
"Sometimes it's not the judgment that determines the outcome," McGrace said with a sigh. "Maybe, we can talk about it in detail."
Shouted outside the computer room of Kangming: "Well, leave when you're ready."
In a state of surprise that was invited by McGrace for the first time, he quickly replied: "I'm going out of McGrace, I have a chance to talk again."
The Korean team arrived late, and the temporary base was arranged in the back, while Pil-Seung was the E building.
都能 You can see them passing by the A building of BME from the car window, and then drive deeper. This area is quiet, even in the commercial area near the venue, there is still a separate space.
Pil-Seung has fewer entourage than BME, and the organizers also equipped them with interpreters. At least there is no problem in daily life, and they are always concerned about their requirements for temporary bases.
From the feedback received by Kangming, yesterday, except for some members who felt that their diet was not suitable, and asked to go out for dinner, the Korean team did not have any special requirements. You are polite, restrained, do nothing, and do not become arrogant because you are a strong team, and the staff do not feel difficult to get along with them.
No matter how reluctant Kang Ming was, when he got out of the car and rang the doorbell, he could only raise his mind to face the appearance of Gim.
The door was opened by the IOP staff. After explaining the purpose, they entered the room smoothly. The temporary base is not much different from BME, but members of Pil-Seung don't seem to like activities in the living room, and have not seen their shadow.
"Daylight." The shout was familiar and kind. He turned around and saw Gim accompanied by the translator.
He smiled softly, with a sense of humility peculiar to Koreans, without any hesitation.
I immediately said hello in English, and the translator around me repeated this simple greeting in Korean again, and I was ashamed of my dedication.
"Ah." Gim sighed in surprise and smiled. "Daylight, I'm Kim Jae-do, I hope we can love each other forever."
This sentence is pronounced in non-standard Chinese, but the meaning of the sentence is very clear.
Then he saw the man next to Daylight look up, his sharp eyes glanced like a hawk, and his chilling voice muffled: "You say it again?"