LOL: I just turned 18, let me fight back and be reborn

Chapter 263 Live Fountain Campaign! "I Thought It Was a Best-of-Three Match?"
The atmosphere in London was electric, with glow sticks creating a surging wave of light in the stands!

"Push the base! Push the base and we win!" Miller, watching the main crystal explode, reached the peak of his excitement, his voice cracking as he roared with genuine emotion: "Three to zero!!!"

"There was absolutely no chance! Even with both sides switching tactical systems, V5 still emerged as the final winner and became the first to advance to the winners' bracket finals!"

The doll waved its fists and mumbled incoherently: "GEN is known as the undefeated champion of the LCK this spring split, but we V5 are going to beat the elite! We're going to beat the undefeated champion!"

As soon as the main crystal shattered, the director immediately switched the camera to the players' seats on site.

The spotlights were on full blast, focusing on the new backdrop and stage setup at the center of the stage, making the stark contrast in emotions between the players' seats on both sides clearly visible.

The entire V5 team immediately took off their headphones in excitement, huddled together, hugged, and chatted.

The GEN players' bench seemed to depict a diverse range of emotions, their faces extremely grim, a stark contrast to the screams erupting from the crowd.

Just as the director was about to focus the camera on the winner, his attention was suddenly drawn to an excited figure running out from the aisle in the middle of the stage, wearing a V5 team jersey and spreading his arms wide.
After the figure ran out, it ran towards the GEN players' stand on the right in a surprisingly natural and convenient way!
The sharp-eyed director immediately zoomed in and focused the camera.

Kitagawa, caught up in his excitement, ran onto the stage, only to realize something was wrong when he reached the middle of the contestants' seats.

Peering through the gap in the gaming chair, I see the team uniform. It looks different from the one I'm wearing!

He turned to look at the other side and met Dolan, who was leaning against the edge of his seat with a worried look on his face. When Dolan saw the team uniform on Dolan's face, his expression darkened instantly.

Who's shouting?

Peanut, who hadn't taken off his headphones yet, heard shouts of "nice! nice!! nice!!!" coming from right behind him.

Looking back, I saw someone running past me.

"It seems to be someone from V5," Dolan's voice grew softer and softer until it was inaudible, but it still drew the attention of all the members of GEN.

This hilarious scene appeared in the live stream, instantly making everyone laugh.

Holy crap! Trump!

3-0!!! V5 is awesome!!!

V5 is a really strong team! They can even field six players, and they even have someone specifically tasked with spawn-camping after the match!

[Strange, isn't Kitagawa a jungler? Why did he pick Rakan and even use the "Grand Entrance" move?]

[Beichuan walked up behind Xiaohuasheng, whispering in his moist ear, his warm words instantly making Xiaohuasheng feel hot and restless: "That's it, that's it, I feel like I could do it too~"]

[The iron horse leaves no trace on the frost and snow, the substitute rushes to the fountain after the game!]

The LCK livestream room on the other side has completely exploded.

Countless others poured in, adding fuel to the fire, remotely igniting the emotions that had been suppressed for three sessions and had nowhere to be vented.

[This is utterly shameful! These five GEN players are Korean? I think they're just traitors from the LPL! They've lost all sense of shame!]

[They even went so far as to taunt and humiliate us right after the match! They were insulting us!!!]

[Haha, the second seed went home without winning a single international match, while the first seed got thrashed 3-0. They deserved to be humiliated!]

[Let's be optimistic and look on the bright side. At least this wasn't done by the same team. If everyone is equally bad, then nobody is bad!]

[Where's the referee?! Where's the referee?! Give him a red card and send him off! What do you mean he was already off the field?!]

In our game, this is called "Sneaking Across Yinping, Heading Straight to Shu Han!"

On the V5 side, everyone watched Kitagawa running towards them from the opposite side and burst into laughter.

"Brother Chuan, I was wondering why you hadn't come out yet. Turns out you went to the other side to last-hit minions~~" Xun pulled him close and teased him.

"Damn it, it's all your fault for constantly nagging me with voice messages. I really went to the wrong place."

To be fair, this wasn't something Kitagawa did on purpose.

The coaches backstage are looking at the broadcast position, which is the left side directly facing the camera—but anyone who has been backstage at a game knows that the backstage entrance position is reversed; the left side of the stage is actually the right side of the broadcast position.

The problem is, Kitagawa doesn't know!
After all, he had never been to MSI before, nor had he ever performed on stage, so he had absolutely no experience with it.

On the other side, the members of GEN were completely distraught, their eyes devoid of any spirit.

Looking at the V5 members walking towards him, he felt extremely complicated.

Although they are not out of the competition after this loss, they still have a chance for a rematch and may be able to avenge their defeat in the MSI finals.

But as the number one seed, as the sole representative carrying the last hope of the entire region, and as expected by everyone before the tournament to put up a fierce battle against V5—the result was that they delivered such an ugly three-game performance!

This blow to their morale and that of the audience in the competition area is hard to describe in words.

Dolan, in a terrible state of mind, looked as if he had collapsed into a chair.

Although he didn't seem to make any major mistakes in these three games, if you focus on the top lane, you'll find that Doran inexplicably gave away small opportunities in almost every game, making him a hidden culprit.

It's just that there were more conspicuous figures among the others, which made him look slightly less miserable.

Peanut, standing nearby, remained relatively calm, his mind preoccupied with the "Nice, nice, nice" that had just come from behind him.
To reiterate, compared to Peanut's disastrous career, this defeat isn't even that bad.

Under mutual instruction.

Chovy's expression clearly changed when she saw Ye Bo come to shake her hand!
Although this match with the small cannon didn't seem as bad as the second match with the Dragon King.

But this was the result after he was on the verge of a mental breakdown and had to choose Conte as his last option.

Even so, several bizarre plays from the game kept flashing through Chovy's mind. Especially the humiliation of being cornered against the wall by the Tsar and getting stabbed repeatedly in front of everyone!

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt another tightness in his throat, and the nausea rising from his chest became even stronger!
He instinctively raised his left hand to cover his mouth to suppress it.

Ye Bo, who had just walked over and was about to bump fists with Chovy, saw this and instinctively shrank back.
My left hand isn't working!

Chovy knew her left hand was a little dirty, so she quickly switched back to her right hand and bumped fists with her opponent.

Ye Bo went up to his old teammate Viper and gave him a warm hug.

Viper forced a smile and replied, "You're too strong. You were really scary when you were on the other side."

Ye Bo knew it wasn't the right time to offer any words of comfort, so he simply made an encouraging gesture: "Keep it up! We'll see you in the finals!"

Viper's forced smile grew increasingly stiff.

Until he bumped fists with another old teammate, Flandre, and turned around, he instantly disappeared completely.

From Viper's perspective, it seems that he himself made the two consecutive "key commands" that led to the collapse of the situation.

In the first game, the team commander directed the support to gank mid, but they were all wiped out. In the third game, after the dragon was stolen, the team commander directed a push into mid, resulting in a team wipe!

Only after experiencing it firsthand did he finally fully understand Ye Bo's importance in the team last year, and the "responsibility" he silently shouldered.

Commanding is not as simple as it seems.

Good command can turn the tide and change everything.

A bad leader can easily lead everyone astray, or even cause the entire game to be lost!
It can only be said that even after so many years with EDG, Viper still doesn't understand the LPL enough.

After all, there's a team in the LPL led by an ADC player who specializes in only playing big games and only making bad ones!
There are precedents for this.
As he walked last, Deft nodded to Score, who had also arrived on stage with a gloomy expression.

The other party also managed to adjust their expression in response.

Deft debuted at the same time as Score, and was Deft's first teammate after Deft returned to LCK from EDG.

Back in the S8 season, KT was also considered the LCK team with the best chance of winning the championship. Unfortunately, they were defeated 3-2 by the champion IG that year, falling short on their path to pursuing their dream.

Time flies, and my old teammates who debuted around the same time are still fighting on the field, constantly moving forward to pursue that dream they once had.

In contrast, Score himself has long since stepped back from the limelight, and now can only stand behind the opposing team, offering his opinions.
The feeling of reflection lingered for a while.

Score regained his composure, his gaze sharpening as he stared intently at the five figures in front of him.

After the competition ended, the Copper Box Hall was bustling with activity, and no one left.

The members of V5 received interview invitations from different regions, while Ye Bo and Beryl stayed on the main stage to accept the invitations.

While waiting, a local London-accented English commentator continued to provide post-match analysis on stage as a transition.

Ye Bo looked at one of the commentators and seemed to recognize him. Curious, he turned his head and asked, "Genshin Impact bro, can you understand what they're saying?"

Beryl's undergraduate degree played a significant role in translating from fragmented Chinese.

One of the three official commentators at the London event was Froskurinn, nicknamed "Cat," a foreign female host who used to work for the LPL English channel. She was somewhat famous for her white-haired appearance, which resembled Riven's original artwork.

At the same time, she is also known as the most "pure and upright" LPL fan and dog fan in the foreign regions!
One can glean some insight from the post-match commentary.

Cat, brandishing his tattooed arms, bluntly stated: "So Crazy! V5 is too strong. I think this team definitely has the potential to succeed EDG as the new face of the LPL!"

"Especially in my opinion, YE is already on par with UZI to become the greatest local player in the LPL! He's even more terrifying than UZI at his peak!"

Meanwhile, neutral commentator Pierce chimed in, "Oh, you know, I've always been a fan of YE, he's incredibly strong!"

"As for the other veteran champions, I wish them good luck."

However, another bearded commentator who supports the LCK region was very dissatisfied with the two's remarks, especially their excessive praise of the "culprit" YE.

He couldn't help but retort instinctively, "You can't say that. Ujimqin has the only Asian Games champion in the world right now—you know, there are 12 S-level champions, but only one Asian Games champion! I don't think YE is good enough!"

Pierce continued his tirade: "NONONO, I don't think so. Take the Asian Games, for example, does it have a skin?"

When the cat heard the former praising his idol, he didn't argue, but just went along with it, saying, "But I think YE will definitely represent CN in the Asian Games in the second half of the year, which is something to look forward to!"

The bearded man continued to retort, "Hmph, don't be too happy yet. In terms of experience, the LCK region still has a deep foundation. The Asian Games isn't just about one team."

"Besides, the outcome of this MSI is still undecided. GEN was clearly in extremely poor form today, but I still believe that GEN can make adjustments and return to the finals!"

"JDG, the most competitive team in the loser's bracket, has already lost to them before. Will they lose again in a rematch? I don't think so."

When the topic turned to LCK, Cat continued with a laugh, saying, "If historical matchups can be used as a reference, then there's no need to play MSI. In the past five years, LPL has won four MSI championships. MSI is their home ground!"

The bearded man scoffed, "Heh, then we'll wait and see."

As Ye Bo listened to Beryl's retelling, he couldn't help but break down a little.

"Why are there so many cross-dressers abroad too?"

Since there were still many segments to be completed today, the interview process on the main stage was quite simple.

Ye Bo was mainly asked about game mechanics, but he still managed to subtly promote his team's exciting videos.

Beyrl, on the other hand, was asked some general questions.

For example, my opinion on this match.

He was very modest, replying in slightly halting Chinese: "We did fairly well in this BO3, there were good points and shortcomings, and overall there are still many areas that can be improved."

The translator proceeded with the original sentence as usual, which left the host speechless.

"B, BO3?"

"Oh, oh, oh, BO5, no thanks, my Chinese isn't very good, hehe."

Actually, the main reason is that this is the first time MSI has used this {all BO5} double-elimination format; otherwise, this stage of MSI has always been a BO3 stage.

Ye Bo and Beryl then answered some interesting questions about the team, including those about command, which they answered candidly.

However, the two people's candor was somewhat "from different angles".

Ye Bo said, "We usually command together, without necessarily listening to anyone else. This is more conducive to identifying and filling gaps and reducing blind spots."

Beryl replied, "It's mainly me. I usually give instructions when Master Ye is operating the equipment, and I also give instructions when we agree. It's only when we disagree that he gives instructions."

[To sum it up: Listen to me when things are fine, listen to him when things are urgent!]

[The original comment was incredibly aggressive: "I thought it was a best-of-three series?"]

Wow, this best-of-three series wasn't bad. V5 clearly never expected GEN to win even one game!

[I never expected Genshin Impact's guy to be the real trash-talking king! Just thinking about how someone racks their brains to squeeze out a few farts in their chat space every time they win a match, only to have it all over someone else's casual, natural talent, makes me want to scream!]

The farce is finally over!

[Don't rush, the farce is over, the comedy is about to begin! JDG, give me some extra effort! Get GEN on his flight to Terminal 1!]

除了V5对阵下半区2-0的胜者G2固定，最终3-0的胜者将直通最终的决赛舞台外。

The remaining teams need to continue competing for a spot.

Of course, everyone knows that the matches between the other teams are uncertain, but the most important and focused match is between JDG, who just eliminated T1, and GEN, who were just defeated.

obviously.

The battles in the lower half of the bracket are even more brutal, and there is a real possibility that new history will be made.
(End of this chapter)