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

Chapter 337 Responsibility and Obligation, Fighting Spirit and Luck King!
The day after the LPL finals ended, the LCK finals were just around the corner.

It's unclear whether T1 was brought to their "ultimate form" in the semifinals or whether GEN finally regained their home-match dominance.

In the end, they won by a shockingly fast 3-0 score – a speed comparable to V5's 3-0 victory!

This scoreline clearly surprised everyone.

The commentator, known as "Roaring Emperor," passionately shouted from the commentary booth: "Let's congratulate GEN! They've won the Summer Split championship again with a 3-0 victory, and they'll soon represent LCK as the number one seed at the World Championship!"

"Despite some setbacks in the first half of the year, GEN has clearly made a triumphant return! We believe that GEN will defend everything on our home turf at this year's World Championship held in Seoul, South Korea!"

"At the same time, T1's loss today is not a big problem. The points from the runner-up finishes in both Spring and Summer are still enough for T1 to enter the World Championship as the second seed. In the upcoming Asian Games, the members of these two teams will team up together to win glory for the country!"

Let's cheer them on together!

From the perspective of the commentator "Roaring Emperor," it's actually a great thing that GEN was able to defeat T1 3-0.

After all, LCK failed to win any international tournaments in the first half of the year, and both teams were repeatedly defeated by LPL teams. If they were to play evenly back in their own region, it would really give the audience the feeling of "chickens fighting each other"!

The emergence of a strong team with a clear gap in strength can at least give many people some hope for the time being.

Judging from the comments, the fans clearly weren't buying it.

[Is this all there is to T1? It feels like they crushed WBG even faster than V5 did!]

[Gumayusi? Gumayuzi! Little rag will never win a championship in his life!!]

Sending Zeus to the Asian Games was a complete mistake; Dolan was right! Dolan was right!

[Is T1 obsessed with V5's tactics? They insist on copying their style, but can they even grasp it properly?!]

[Heh, someone's gone invisible again. Seriously, that mid-laner's assassin is playing like a human?]

Looking at it this way, borrowing players from the LPL was a wise move. Given the current trend this year, sending players from our region would be a losing battle—anyway, the CN team hasn't announced their roster yet. I suggest we immediately call TheShy and Rookie back to participate! We absolutely cannot lose the Asian Games!

[Yay, I'm still with TS and RK. We don't even know if those two can make it to Worlds. All I can say is, I have faith in Chovy!!!]

This final match was lost so decisively.

Besides the most crucial issue of T1's overall "form problem," there were also numerous basic mistakes made by the bottom laner, Aunt Youxi.

There was also a bit of a "tactical" reason involved.

For example, in the first game, Faker picked Qiyana, a champion he rarely plays, but he was completely overwhelmed by Chovy in the laning phase, clearly showing a lack of proficiency.

The silencing in the mid lane directly caused the entire T1 team to go mad.

For example, in the second game, T1 even tried a tactical strategy of "camping top at level one" followed by "swapping lanes"!

This tactic did indeed work—even though V5 had just used it yesterday, such an extremely unconventional tactic is still very difficult to defend against, giving them a huge advantage from the start.

Unfortunately, T1 clearly lacked experience during the transition and allocation period, resulting in several mishandling errors.

Ultimately, they were trapped by GEN's turtle formation and lost a good opportunity.

Then in the third game, they were completely out of form and suffered a crushing defeat.

However, Lee Sang-hyeok in the live stream seemed to be just quietly tidying up his peripherals, his expression as usual.

After all, compared to WBG's finals loss, T1 doesn't have to play in the gauntlet even if they lose this game, so they don't have much psychological burden.

And this match did indeed bring them valuable gains.

For example, assassin mid-laners are clearly no longer suitable for T1 teams, and at least cannot be a regular choice.

Whether it's Lee Sang-hyeok's declining laning performance or the excessive mental effort required to play assassin mid-laners, it's all due to his current situation.

Unless Keria from T1 can step up, like V5, and there's a vice commander to help share the pressure.
"Master Ye, do you think they're changing the line?" Beryl tossed a potato chip into her mouth.

“But GEN seems completely unprepared. Could it be that only T1 noticed?” Xun asked curiously from the side.

Flandre, lying on the side, said, "Don't look down on T1, you can't underestimate this team!"

Ye Bo, watching the live stream, nodded and said, "It does look a bit like it."

Just as a CT in the design team keenly noticed something—someone in the T1 team also noticed something.

When Lee Sang-hyeok suggested yesterday, "We should try this system too," the four members had some doubts, but none of them objected.

They just didn't have much time to work out together; it was like they were cramming for battle at the last minute.

Compared to V5, it is naturally riddled with flaws!
Fortunately.

Ye Bo didn't really care about this.

Since they dared to use it in the finals, they obviously weren't afraid of being "exposed," and it must be verified in the competition to confirm its feasibility.

Moreover, a tactic can evolve and develop in countless ways from its inception to the final outcome. In the end, it is still strength that matters!

"I'm done talking, anyone want to log in and play Soul Fighter?"

"Come here!"

"I'm coming too, I'm coming too!"

"Only four people can line up, right? I'll go practice this Water Mirana move."

With a few days left in the qualifying rounds, these days are naturally a rare holiday for the V5 players.

Of course.

Ye Bo played mainly because there was a side quest in "King of Fighters" that he hadn't had time to finish before.

It's definitely not because Soul Fighting is too fun!
Seeing that the mission objective was to win first place 50 times, Ye Bo even suspected that this was a "forced relaxation" mission deliberately created by the system because it saw how hard he usually trained!
"Master Ye, you still play Akali and Zoe? Actually, those two are really trash in this mode! You were just lucky before!"

"Who told you that?"

Ye Bo had already decided to lock in Akali by hand and was scrolling through the skin selection screen: "Why don't you guys release a Pool Party skin for Akali?"

Because I had always wanted to use my favorite [Tengshe Myth] skin on the field, I finally chose the Trainee Nurse skin, which I also really liked.

Battle Spirit Mode.

As everyone knows, this is a "game of luck".

What's absurd is that Ye Bo's luck is normal when playing other heroes, but when he plays Akali and Zoe, his luck is just off the charts!
"Why is there another debuff?! Wait, why is it appearing in every single round?!"

"Holy crap, Master Ye, your equipment is exactly the same as manually acquired! Are you cheating?"

"Someone got lucky!"

Beryl and Xun were eliminated early in the duo queue, finishing as the eighth seed.

The former can only stand by and activate Genshin Impact to refresh the character, while the latter can only lean over and watch the battle.

Ye Bo, who had reached the final circle, was still making moves. In the end, with the help of a white Hextech [Displacement Magic], Akali made dazzling maneuvers in the air, flashing back to her original position twice, and completed a brilliant comeback to win the game.

"Take it! That was all skillful maneuvering!"

Ye Bo looked at the 50/50 achievement count in front of him and chuckled with satisfaction.

"I'm not convinced! It's all luck! How can League of Legends be played purely by luck?! I get nothing!" Unconvinced, Xun immediately wanted to start another game.

But at that moment, Ye Bo seemed to have a sudden flash of inspiration.

He suddenly stood up and prepared to run back to his room: "Something came up, I have to stop playing now, I need to call Alpaca Bro to cover for me!"

Meanwhile, Beryl, looking worried, muttered, "Ugh! I've lost three big payouts in a row! When am I going to get some luck from Master Ye?" Ye Bo, who was about to leave, turned around and took the mouse from Beryl.

Having watched the other person draw every day, Ye Bo seemed quite adept at it. He casually tapped the screen and then walked back to his room without looking back.

Meanwhile, Beryl was leaning close to the screen, intently watching it.

Then he saw four "golden shooting stars" flying down from the sky.
"Fuck!!!"

Beryl displayed amazing facial expressions, opening her mouth as wide as if she could swallow a fist!

He turned his head again to look in the direction the figure had left, and his expression changed instantly.

Is this right!
Then I thought about how I would soon be on the opposite side again.

Beryl secretly vowed that she would never play 'luck-based' games with this person again.
The King of Fighters quest is ultimately an entertainment challenge, and the rewards don't seem very "practical," as there's no improvement in skill level or anything like that.

It's just a reward for [randomly summoning a hero into the pot].

However, Ye Bo was in a hurry to get back, not because he wanted to see who the random hero was.

It was because he saw the achievement that popped up next: "Number of heroes summoned: 10: Achievement 'Scenario World'"

among them.

It seems like Pool Party is one of the available scenes!
What could Ye Bo have done wrong? He just suddenly wanted to learn to swim.
In the following days, the truly brutal qualifying rounds finally began.

As expected, HLE, with the highest points in the LCK, inherited the core strength of DRX's runner-up mid and top laners plus Canyon, and ultimately defeated KT to directly advance to the World Championship.

They've become the third seed!
And DK has lived up to expectations, seemingly regarded by everyone as last year's DRX, and is still creating a "dark horse miracle"!
Young player Peyz is still going strong, and Xu Xiu is also a time god. First, he kicked the dismantled DRX out of the gauntlet, and then he narrowly defeated KT 3-2!

Ultimately, they became the fourth seed and made it into the World Championship!

[Xu! Bro! Awesome!!!]

[What's so amazing about him? He was just one step away from being eliminated by Xu Chu! This young AD carry is truly the real carry!]

[Waaaaah, I won't allow you to talk about my Xu Ge like that! Without him, how much less food will I have to eat, how much weight will I have to lose during this World Championship?!]

[Dare to look down on my brother Xu? Have you forgotten about DRX last year?! Last year, DRX also went 3-2 in the lower bracket of the gauntlet, exactly the same story as DK this year!]

[No hair, I think DK is this year's dark horse! Xu is going to win two championships!!]

[Holy crap, no wonder Xu got better! Turns out his virus spread to TES, and Top Esports is the real problem!]

Meanwhile, the LPL qualifying tournament is equally intense.

TES, a team with high hopes from fans, suffered setbacks. Their top laner, Xiaotian, was repeatedly beaten in both regions; jungler Xiaotian seemed to be under some unknown curse, causing swelling in his skull and affecting his thinking; Mark was obsessed with recounting childhood stories; and Rookie's performance faltered in the playoffs.
In the end, only Jackie was trying her best!
Unfortunately, TES had no hope and were swept 3-0 twice, thus being eliminated from the playoffs.

The first team to advance from the winners' bracket to the World Championship was neither WBG nor BLG.

It's LNG!

Breathing Bro heard that if they don't make it to the World Championship, the team might be on the verge of disbanding.

Despite his terrible performance in the semifinals, he transformed into a god of war!

Scout, the mid laner, seemed like a completely different person. He was in top form, as if he had received some key motivation. He played well in coordination with Tarzan in the jungle and dominated the mid lane!
LNG defeated TES and BLG in succession, becoming the third seed to enter the World Championship!

One final spot in the World Championship.

The final match will be between WBG and BLG tomorrow.

And now, the competition has progressed to this stage.

The deadline for finalizing the Asian Games roster is fast approaching—after all, the Asian Games training camp will be arranged immediately after the qualifying rounds end.

Ye Bo is the only confirmed captain of the CN team.

That same evening, I received a video call from the Hangzhou Asian Games Village.

"Xiao Yebo, the list needs to be finalized today. I'll send it to you," Mingkai on the other end of the video call looked a little tired.

"The General Administration selected several people for each position."

Ye Bo clicked to receive the file: a table titled "Tentative List" appeared before him.

Top laners: Bai Jiahao (369), Li Xuanjun (Flandre), Chen Zebin (Bin)

Junglers: Zhao Lijie (jiejie), Peng Lixun (xun)

Mid Laner: Ye Bo (YE)

Bottom Lane: Yu Wenbo (JackeyLove), Chen Wei (GALA), Zhao Jiahao (ELK)

Support: Tian Ye (Meiko), Lou Yunfeng (Missing), Luo Wenjun (ON)

"What the head of the General Administration really means is that you should make the final decision, but I would advise you not to express your opinion."

Before Ye Bo could even speak, Ming Kai immediately spoke up again.

"But this is purely a thankless task, because if you make recommendations on who to choose and then lose, you'll definitely be held responsible. It's better to let the higher-ups make the final decision."

This scene was just like when Edward Zhu asked Mingkai to talk to Ye Bo back then.

Mingkai hasn't changed; he's still always thinking about Ye Bo.

Clearly, he is right.

Leaving aside the responsibility of choosing the wrong person—you have to understand that there are only 5+1 spots in total, and even a substitute spot is extremely precious. Making a deal like this, which offends people, is definitely a lose-lose situation!
But Ye Bo hasn't changed either.

He knew that as the captain of the Asian Games team, he should bear some responsibilities and obligations and should not shirk them.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Bo still firmly said, "For top lane, I still recommend Flandre. We have better chemistry."

"Then, if there's a substitute spot available, I'd like to reserve it for the jungler."

"As for the bot lane, JackeyLove is very strong, but I think Gala would be a better fit for our lineup."

"If we're going to pair Gala with Liu Qingsong for the support role, he might be a better fit. After all, they've been playing together for a year this season, so it would be a good bot lane combination."

Due to the difference in performance between Flandre and 369 on the field, 369 does appear to be more outstanding based on the data. Therefore, in terms of the priority of the top lane slot, 369 is actually a bit higher.

Everyone has their own inclinations, and Ye Bo made no secret of the fact that he did indeed want to create some opportunities for his teammates.

but.

Before this.

He must also prioritize ensuring that "victory" is the biggest goal!

Because this time, they weren't fighting for themselves.

Instead, they represent their country in the war!

Therefore, he suggested changing JKL's playstyle, which might require a lot of ganking resources to take care of, as well as Meiko, with whom he also had a good relationship.

After all, Meikio's performance this season has been poor, and his compatibility with GALA may not be suitable. At least Liu Qingsong is a proven and stable fit this season.

Mingkai looked at the other person on the other end of the video call, his eyes conveying a lot he wanted to say.

"Okay, I will submit your opinions."

(End of this chapter)