"...In sum, there were two reasons for the defeat in the competition," Deputy Captain Zhang Huaide said calmly in front of the cameras during the post-match press conference, "First was the unforeseen factors of the Mysterious Realm, and second was the failure of myself, the executor at the tactical level, to fulfill my responsibilities."
Journalists were almost speechless, and suppressed sobs could even be heard on the scene. Many people turned their heads to look discreetly and saw that it was an intern reporter from the Western Metropolitan Daily, a die-hard fan of the Huofeng Team. She was crying a river, seeing Deputy Captain Zhang taking all the responsibility for the team's defeat upon himself to avoid accountability from above.
"That's enough," Zhou Hongyu interjected, "The cause of the defeat lies with me."