The head coach quickly logged in to the club's Facebook account and posted a clarification notice.
Club HS E-Sports: 'We believe that our players have the freedom to engage in romantic relationships, but we would still like to clarify that Lionel is currently not in one; the young lady is a new member of our club. As for who she is, we're keeping it a secret for now.'
Players easily became targets in e-sports competitions.
C was an expert gunner who could be said to be among the top tier of players in the league. Because of this, there were many who liked to study her habits and play style.
This made it easy for her to become a target for other teams.
Though she would reveal her presence in competitions sooner or later, having their competitors study her play style after the start of the competition was still preferable to revealing her identity at this point and giving them sufficient time to target her.
They would just keep it a secret for as long as they could.
It would be ideal if they could keep it a secret until the first round of the competition so that they could catch the opponents by surprise.
This was what everyone in the club had agreed upon previously.
As soon as the coach posted the notice, the fans calmed down.
To be honest, the fans were just expecting better from Club HS, that was all. They were the champions every year, yet they had come in second place this year. The retirement of the top gunner in the league due to injury had led to everyone paying special attention to Club HS.
They were afraid that the club would not fare well in the future.
Therefore, now that the club had cleared the air, the issue was resolved.
Nevertheless, when some looked at Cheryl's side profile in the photo, they couldn't help but raise a few questions.
'Is the new gunner a girl? Isn't she the first female professional player in the league?'
'What's wrong with female players? Can't we girls take part in the competition? What a joke! What age are we in now? Are there still people discriminating against girls?'
'Men have better reflexes in e-sports than women, right? Besides, the people who make it to the pinnacle of various industries all seem to be men.'
'LMAOing at the guy above. Here, let me tell you a story: the most famous surgeon in the world is a woman.'
'Here's another piece of trivia: Vanci, the top car racer in the world, is also a woman.'
'Chiming in to add that Q, the most well-known hacker in the world, is also a woman.'
After receiving a crash course from the rest, the person who had raised the question in the beginning
immediately wussed out.
'I'm not discriminating against her. I'm welcoming her... In any case, the godly Zac is so strong that he can carry anyone anyway!'
'Yes, I welcome female players!'
The comments were relatively peaceful. After all, women had successfully achieved high positions in various industries over the years. Though there were few female competitive e-sports players, they did exist.
The head coach looked at the rest of the staff with a smile and said, "It's fortunate that women have made it into the ranks of top performers in every industry over the years, so there aren't many who question their abilities anymore when they become professional players."
However, among these comments was a question:
'Judging from her side-profile, she seems very young, though? Is she an elementary school student?'
The coach immediately replied to the message: 'Don't worry, our new member just took her college entrance examination this year. She reported for duty right after that.'
'Then it's fine.'
The problem was resolved easily and smoothly. All the dissent online seemed to have disappeared, and not many had raised doubts about girls participating in e-sports.
Even though the coach knew that there wouldn't be that much opposition in the first place, wasn't this going a little too smoothly?
Little did he know...
In New York, Alexander stretched lazily and said, "Tsk, tsk. Trending on social media when she has only just reached the club. As expected, Cherry can't manage without her big brother!"
As he spoke, Peter, who was sitting opposite him, slowly looked up.
Differences were already starting to show in fifteen-year-old Peter and Cheryl's looks.
Cheryl still looked cute and adorable, but there was an additional sense of toughness in the same facial features on Peter. In addition, Peter had trained in martial arts frequently over the years, so his features were more defined, and he didn't have any baby fat. He looked absolutely dashing.
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