Chapter 4: The Push
Jia Hao knocks on Jun Mùchén's door and says.
"Hey Jun Mùchén, I need to go back to the cafe, then we have a Little 1vs1 Tournament this evening. If you want, you can have a look, see you later".
Right as Jia Hao finishes, he walks out of his apartment and closes the door behind him. Jun Mùchén sits down on his bed and pulls out his phone, and sends his Mom a message that he has arrived safely in A City.
After he sends the message, he looks outside the window and thinks, Maybe I will take a look at the 1vs1 tournament. It's been a while since he saw anyone play Kudos. After thinking about it for a short time, he stands up, puts his phone into his pocket, and opens his room's door.
Jun Mùchén grabs his shoes and puts them on, and afterwards he walks down the stairs to the Netcafe.
As he heads down the stairs, the sound of cheering and chanting grows louder and louder. When he reaches the Netcafe, he looks around and sees a crowd of people standing in front of a big screen in the right corner of the cafe.
After he spots them in the corner, he walks over to them. As he gets closer, a staff member who is working at the NetCafe walks up to him and says very comely to Jun Mùchén.
"I'm sorry, but could I see your tickets, please?".
Jun Mùchén looks at him very confused and says.
"Ehhh, I don't have a ticket, but Jia said I can just come and watch".
The employee answers very calmly and politely.
"Regardless of how you say, you can come, it doesn't matter, then you need a ticket to join and watch".
Meanwhile, Jia Hao spots Jun Mùchén talking with one of his employees. He walks over, looks at Jun Mùchén, smiles, and says to his employee.
"Zi Rui, what is going on here?".
Zi Rui immediately turns around and says.
"No, there is nothing going on here, just a guy who doesn't have a ticket".
Jun Mùchén looks at Jia Hao, confused and a bit angry.
"You told me I can come and watch you, never said anything about a ticket".
Immediately after Jun Mùchén says that, Jia Hao starts laughing and puts his hand on Zi Rui's shoulder and says to him
"Zi Rui, he can come in, it's my friend who is visiting me".
Immediately, as Jia Hao says to Zi Rui, he turns towards and bows down, and says.
"I'm incredibly sorry, I didn't know you were the friend my boss talked about. I'm sorry, I'm sorry".
As Jun Mùchén sees Zi Rui bowing down, he says a bit ashamed.
"Everything is alright, please stop bowing down".
Right after Jun Mùchén said that Jia Hao says to Zi Rui everything is alright, afterwards Jia Hao and Jun Mùchén walk towards the crowd, as they get closer, Jia Hao gives Jun Mùchén a mask.
As Jun Mùchén sees the mask, he looks at Jia Hao and says, very confused.
"Why do I need the mask?".
Jia Hao smiles and laughs.
"I don't know, but maybe you are a world champion and the world's MVP, the people that follow Kudos, and especially the ones that follow the Esports".
Right after Jia Hao said that, Jun Mùchén grabs the mask and puts it on, and says.
"Okay, if you say so, you know it better than I do".
After he said that, he started looking around and saw a handful of people wearing all different kinds of team jerseys, but he didn't know any of the teams.
As he turns around to ask Jia Hao what teams he is, he sees Him walking up onto a little stage under the big screen with a microphone in his hand. Shortly after Jia Hao walks onto the stage, he says with a loud and Happy voice.
"Hello and welcome, Everyone, to the first ever Purple Cat NetCafes Kudos 1vs1 tournament".
As he says this, all the people standing around the stage start cheering and clapping.
After he welcomes everyone to the tournament, Jia Hao starts calling everyone who entered the tournament. As he calls the last name, he says with a big smile on his face:
"But now, as maybe some of you noticed, there is one person missing. He just signed up now, so let's give a warm welcome to Jun...a good friend of mine."
As Jia Hao finishes his sentence, he points at Jun Mùchén and smiles. Immediately, as he points at Jun Mùchén, everyone turns around and looks at Jun Mùchén.
Jun Mùchén stands there in shock. He just thought that he was going to watch the games. He wasn't planning on playing Kudos at all, so he hasn't touched it ever since he retired from competitions.
Jia Hao shortly after Jia Hao announces the first matchup, after he announced the first match up, he walks over to Jun Mùchén, who is still in shock and angry at him.
Immediately, as Jia Hao stands next to him, Jun Mùchén punches him in the stomach lightly and says angrily:
"What do you think you are doing? I just came down to watch the tournament. How can you just sign me up?"
Jia Hao doubles over, clutching his stomach as he laughs, then winces and says with a strained voice:
"I know, I'm sorry! But your Mom told me to sign you up. But let's talk later, then the first match is about to start."