I'm a Pro at Singing Your Praises [Esports]

[Upcoming novel: Institute for Abnormal Creatures. Blurb at the end.]

Everyone knows that Hua Si, commentator for The Ultimate Battle, is the number-one superfan of CDS's main damage dealer, Areas. Whenever he commentates on one of Areas's matches, he always turns on the flattery.

Hua Si: "Hello, everyone. The match starts in one minute, so I'll boldly predict that Areas will be MVP this game."

Hua Si: "CDS is being pushed back to their base, but don't panic. Areas has scoped in."

Hua Si: "Did you see that? Areas doesn't even need to aim. The enemy's head finds his bullets!"

Hua Si: "Areas is the best damage dealer in my heart. Not just the best in our region, the best in the world. Don't show me the stats. I don't care. He's the best in my heart, that's all."

Later, after CDS won the league's fourth-season championship, a reporter asked season MVP Areas to introduce himself.

Feng Chen: "Hello, I'm Areas, Feng Chen. MVP of the league's third and fourth seasons, member of the 2019 national team, and the world's best damage dealer in Hua Si's heart."

Everyone had always thought Hua Si's crush was one-sided. Now they suddenly realized it seemed to be a very emphatic mutual crush.

At the league's post-season entertainment All-Star match, the two ended up on the same team.

Hua Si: "A-ge, come to my hotel room tonight to practice our teamwork."

Feng Chen: "Does your hotel room have a computer?"

Hua Si: "No."

Feng Chen: "Wait for me. I'll be right there."

Everyone had always thought Areas was aloof, expressionless, and taciturn. Now they realized their A-ge seemed to have turned pink.

A seemingly aloof genius esports damage dealer X a fast-talking esports commentator

Younger top, Feng Chen X Hua Si

Male-male marriage is legal in this setting. No children.

Why can A-ge fly across the battlefield? Because Hua Si hypes him up off the field.

[Blurb for the upcoming novel Institute for Abnormal Creatures:]

Number 717 (A Qi) X Xia Jiaoyang

On the surface, the Institute for Abnormal Creatures is an unofficial research institute without a proper license. In reality, it's where they lock up every monster capable of destroying the world.

Xia Jiaoyang is the only A-rank researcher to earn his position through sheer fighting ability. He's a combat specialist, affectionately known as "Hell's watchdog."

One sunny afternoon, the director summoned Xia Jiaoyang to a conference room with an S-level-or-higher security clearance.

Director: You know how dangerous 717 is. He claims he can communicate with the world, and we really have intercepted a lot of signal waves around him. We've deciphered a powerful desire to destroy the world.

Xia Jiaoyang: Yeah.

Director: But recently, his wavelength has changed.

Xia Jiaoyang took a slight interest. "Has he turned over a new leaf? I've been giving him moral guidance every day lately!"

Director: We've deciphered a powerful... desire for you.

Xia Jiaoyang: ?

Director: If we convert it into text, it should be a remarkable work of explicit fiction.

Xia Jiaoyang stood up, expressionless.

Director: Where are you going?

Xia Jiaoyang: I'm going to confiscate his tools of the trade, just in case!

"Because of you, I've decided to let this terrible world keep on existing."

Mr. Xia never knew that his handsome, charming, adorable self had saved the world that day.

Smiling, obsessive demon king top X incredibly powerful, reckless bottom

Younger top

Theme: The spirit of esports is passed on from one generation to the next.