You Have to Stay Until the Sea of Flowers Blooms

[A warm, sunny translator × the ace sniper who stands alone against the world]

[Love that grows over time + lingering tension + team darling + Overwatch esports]

Everyone thinks the mixed-race campus beauty, who has certificates in four languages, excels both academically and morally.

In reality, she's a hardcore homebody. Every day, when she's not in class or studying for another certificate, she's duo-queuing with her gaming buddy from the dorm.

Then her gaming buddy suddenly tells her he's the rookie demon who just finished competing in the World Cup.

He decides to go pro, but joins a team that has shattered esports records by failing to win a single match.

He joined for one reason: the ace sniper from Chaoguo who had destroyed him at the World Cup.

And she shows up in front of that sniper, certificates in hand.

“I want to snipe you.”

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Cheng Xiao thought she'd struck gold: straight out of her internship, she landed a job in esports, and less than two weeks later, she was promoted to team manager.

Only after joining did she discover that the coach had been pulled over from a neighboring game just to fill the role, the boss was the runaway daughter of a billionaire, and all her teammates were inexperienced young players.

The team was full of mutual suspicion and snide remarks, and they got into fights at the drop of a hat.

There was also a foreigner who seemed indifferent to everything.

So every day, she had to argue on his behalf, explain things for him, and make sure he ate.

Her only sense of achievement on the team was winning over that foreigner's stomach.

Everyone called him an AI who could do nothing but snipe, until the awards interview onstage after a match.

He said, “Nothing to say. Let's wrap this up. I want to take her home.”

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A story about the whole team growing together. There are no player stand-ins, so please don't try to match anyone to a real person.

In-game matches are depicted, with content warnings listed in the chapter directory.

The competition format and timeline have been adjusted to better suit the story.

If this story has caught your interest, all the rest of you O's are very welcome here!