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Chapter 339 "Bronze Medal?" CHN-Ye Bo! The upcoming Asian Games training camp!

He took the kettle out and found his phone.

Just as Ye Bo guessed, the diary entry was triggered by the official announcement of the Asian Games roster.

The lock screen was filled with push notifications from various apps. The long-awaited news exploded like a thunderclap on the shore, sparking extremely heated discussions.

However, netizens' comments were divided.

[What the hell?! Where are my stains and Jack & I?!]

Who chose these people? There's definitely something fishy going on! It's one thing for Piqiang and Xun to be obviously chosen through connections, but what about Jiechu?

[Hehe, WBG must be broke by now. It just goes to show how much capital is involved!]

[Bullshit!! I'm just asking, if there really was some shady dealing, why was Meiko made a substitute? Why is the Welcoming Pine better than Meiko?! Are you looking down on my Grand Slam support player?!]

[This lineup isn't actually that bad in a rational analysis, is it? It feels like a lower-spec version of V5's bot lane; they should just focus on protecting the mid laner!]

What I'm curious about is why there wasn't a "cake-sharing" this time? I thought each traffic team would have to squeeze one person in!

[Haven't divided the cake yet? They've already changed it to 6+1 and are trying to cram in a little sister. My suggestion is to change it to 6+10, bringing 10 substitutes directly, so everyone gets a share!]

[I have a friend who cleans toilets in the Asian Games Village, and he has absolute insider information: I heard that everyone involved was handpicked by Yee himself, and the leaders are actually his fans! This is the real inside story!]

Ye Bo couldn't hold back his emotions when he saw the last comment.

Looks like I'll have to be careful when I go to the Asian Games Village in a couple of days, especially when I need to use the restroom. There might be someone overhearing me from behind!

However, to be honest, it's not hard to see from the earliest version of the list.

Initially, there was indeed the idea of ​​"dividing the cake".

JDG's top laner, EDG and V5's junglers, V5's mid laner, TES and WBG's bot laners, and BLG's support.

This is exactly the list that will get you a "Perfect Cake" portion!

Due to the success of the MSI in the first half of the year, everyone now believes that there is a huge gap in strength between the two regions, and that the gold medal is a sure thing.

If that's the case, the person who made the decision wouldn't be too resistant to the traditional custom of "sharing the cake."

Even after V5 once again emerged victorious in the Summer Finals, JDG remained the second seed.

Then someone suddenly realized that something was wrong!

After all, if it's just JDG's jungler and marksman, the other four players are still "defeated opponents" from MSI. LPL can easily maintain the upper hand on paper by simply making a move.

But what if we look at it more closely?
At this moment, four out of the six players on the KR team were former LPL champions and runners-up—in terms of the number of champions and runners-up, they even had one more than the CN team!

Even someone who is completely oblivious to the situation can tell something is very wrong just by looking at the numbers!
The premise of dividing the cake.

First and foremost, we need to make sure we get to eat the cake.

Absolutely no one wants to be the culprit who causes the game to be lost!
Therefore, the person in charge of making the decision did not even give other teams time to "operate," and directly approved it and immediately arranged publicity on the spot.

It's not that no one wants to resort to underhanded tactics, like creating some news or incidents to see if they can use "public pressure" to squeeze out a spot and then put someone from their own team on the spot.
But when you actually try to implement it, you'll find it's simply impossible.

One reason is the tight schedule.

On the other hand, it's because the people on the current list don't really have any major "black marks"!
The most discussed issue is ability—but there really isn't any negative public opinion that could affect the selection of candidates!
Let's not talk about things like playing cards, hitting each other's bellies, or bullying each other's heads.

These guys basically don't even have girlfriends!
Ye Bo continued scrolling down and saw the real-time updates from the Korean online community that had been copied over.

The release of this list has clearly caused a huge uproar on South Korean online forums.

[LPL shows no sportsmanship! Why did they practically field the entire V5 team? Don't they know that team honor is shared by everyone?! Even if they win, it's a win without sportsmanship!!]

[Don't let C8 boost their morale! This time, we must show them that without our KR players, they are no good!]

[This is ridiculous (#^.^#), even if they win, it's still 8 LPL > 2 LCK, what's there to brag about?]

Indeed, in an industry that our country strongly supports, with youth training leagues that start nurturing children as young as ten, it ultimately relies on a few veterans who went to other regions to come back and save face. Is that something to be proud of?

[I don't care about any of that, I just want to win—the Asian Games are on their home turf this year, and the S-series is on our home turf. We can't let ourselves be captured by someone else in both places! ]

The most urgent task now is to quickly find dirt on YE and file a joint complaint with the Olympic Committee to disqualify him from the competition.

[Hey? I have a plan! If we publicly acknowledge that KR is a vassal state of CN, then YE will be considered Korean!]

The public opinion on Korean online forums is clearly not optimistic either.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the poor performance of the region in recent years has led to strong hostility and emotions among the audience, who tend to predict the outcome before the competition even begins and are pessimistic before the competition even starts. This is part of an environment where people who enjoy entertainment are in control.

However, these comments were just pure amusement to people from other regions.

Nobody dislikes watching infighting!
Ye Bo, who was surfing, watched with great satisfaction.

After all, being favored by everyone before the competition, besides the secret thrill, the players definitely have a significant innate advantage in terms of mentality and pressure control.

Turn off your phone if you are satisfied.

Ye Bo closed his eyes and read the contents of Old Deng's diary that had just popped up.

[September 26, 2023, Sunny]

The Asian Games finally started today! I'm so envious! When will I have the chance to represent the national team?

Go China!

I just checked Baidu, and it seems the next Asian Games will be in Season 16. I should be a star player by then! Hehe.

It's a pity, but a bronze medal is better than nothing.

"The guys on Tieba are so mean, lol. They said others can easily collect gold, but we can't even defend silver, and people are laughing at us for being poor copper."

Looking at it this way, they're just always calling me "District Chief," and they seem really kind!!

"Train! Train! The future of the LPL is waiting for me to save it!"

Let me set a small goal for myself: next season, I must become RNG's sole starting player!

"A bronze medal!?"

For a long time, Lao Deng's diary has allowed Ye Bo to seemingly transcend the barriers of time and space and "chat" with Lao Deng.

Its more important function is to predict some future developments in advance!

However, Ye Bo never expected that in the Asian Games of the old Deng Bo's time, the Chinese team would only win a bronze medal!
They couldn't even hold onto second place!?

"A bronze medal, doesn't that mean we didn't even make it to the finals?"

"real or fake?"

The diary did not mention the specific lineups of both sides, and Ye Bo did not know whether the actual personnel selected for the two sides were the same as those in the diary.

But this still made Ye Bo suddenly feel a sense of urgency.

Fortunately, he never underestimated his opponents, nor did he ever look down on any of them.

Regardless of who their opponent is, their only goal is final victory!

Having made the difficult decision to cancel his swimming lessons, Ye Bo immediately threw himself into a new round of intensive training.
The journey from Shenzhen to Hangzhou takes just over an hour, so the V5 members didn't need to go through the hassle of meeting up in advance and could wait at the base until the designated assembly day before officially setting off.

When the three members of V5, holding their boarding passes, landed in HZ City, it was only 10:20 in the morning.

"here!"

Mingkai, who came to pick them up, waved to everyone from a distance, while Jie Jie and Meiko, who had also just landed, greeted them warmly from behind.

Old friends meeting again is especially heartwarming. Everyone embraced and chatted familiarly, and Mingkai naturally took Ye Bo's suitcase. Saint Gun jokingly said with a smile, "Factory Manager, it's been so long, you're still so biased towards Master Ye. Why didn't you help me carry it?"

"Hey, we'll have to trouble the factory manager with this. Come on, Gunner, give it to me!" Xun, who reacted very quickly, snatched the suitcase away.

JieJie smiled and nodded at the other person, "Not bad, Xun, you really know how to play jungle."

"Oh, that's all thanks to the good example set by the factory manager and Brother Jie!"

"Master Ye used to tell me about your two glorious deeds every day, especially the incident with the factory manager involving sour oranges and wasabi. He said it was a good thing you played jungle, otherwise your ability to avoid ganks would be like that."

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Mingkai was walking ahead, still satisfied, when suddenly he started to feel something was off.

Ye Bo chuckled and quickly changed the subject: "I heard that once we get to the Asian Games base, we won't be able to go out to eat anymore. How about we go grab a bite to eat nearby first?"

This is an official event, and all matters are handled the same as other traditional sporting events. Everything must be done according to the Asian Games standards, including the dietary requirements.

"Yes, Gala and the others will arrive soon, their flights will arrive one after the other."

The group waited together at the exit for the other two.

However, before the two teammates arrived, another group of familiar faces appeared first.

"Master Ye!!"

When Beryl saw the crowd standing at the exit, she immediately stood on tiptoe and waved to them excitedly. Her chubby, swaying body looked like a penguin about to lose its balance from a distance.

Deft, who was standing next to him, turned his head and immediately broke into a smile, his expressionless face turning into a smile.

Beryl, who originally intended to come over for a chat, stopped after glancing at the people around her, only managing to greet them from a distance.

His call also attracted the attention of several other people.

Lee Sang-hyeok, who was in the lead, also turned around.

Although he is only a substitute on the roster, Lee Sang-hyeok's status in the LCK makes him an undisputed team leader, and he also serves as the captain of the KR team.

Lee Sang-hyeok's ability to capture information allowed him to spot Ye Bo in the crowd at a glance.

Ye Bo also looked at him at that moment.

After a long separation, the two finally met without the obstruction of cameras and screens, their eyes clashing intensely in the air.

Lee Sang-hyeok's thoughts were unreadable; he simply nodded at him before turning and leaving.

Zeus, Chovy, Kanavi, and Ruler, who were behind them, didn't react much when they saw the group; they mostly just pretended not to see them.

At most, Zeus glanced at Ye Bodo a few times.

After all, for Zeus, the two were still known as the "04 Rising Stars" in the two major regions last year—but in just one year, their positions are now completely different.

They have even become the goals that I need to catch up with!

Such a tremendous change would leave no one unmoved.

"Hey guys," Xun said, covering his mouth like a thief as he looked at the backs of the group opposite him, which were vaguely forming a 2/2/2/1 formation.

"Don't you guys feel like these LCK players don't really know each other very well?"

Saint Gun Bro, on the other hand, wasn't surprised: "It's normal. They're not really that familiar with each other, especially those two from JD Gaming~~~"

"These things all need to be broken in."

Ye Bo casually put his arms around his two ex-girlfriends and current jungler, saying, "Looking at it this way, it's still better here. Come on, guys!"

"Definitely!" Jie Jie chuckled and leaned back to look at Xun: "Don't worry, little Xun, as long as Master Ye says to make a change, I'm happy to be your substitute sparring partner. Just call me if you need anything!"

Xun immediately fawned over him, saying, "Hey, Brother Jie, if Master Ye says to make a substitution, I'm willing to be the substitute too! Let's both do it, bro!"

The atmosphere between the two teams seemed to be different from this point on.

Clearly, during the next month of training, the team atmosphere should not be a concern for the CN team.

The members of the KR team had just left.

Soon, GALA and Liu Qingsong also came out.

The outgoing Liu Qingsong immediately came up to greet everyone warmly, while the shy Gala next to him quickly followed suit, waving to everyone.

What they have in common is...

When the two arrived at Ye Bo's place, they both seemed to be taking it very seriously.

WBG naturally had "insider information" as well—GALA and Liu Qingsong both knew that it was Ye Bo who managed to get the two who had been eliminated in the end.

This was an unexpected and wonderful surprise for the two of them!

Clearly, everyone cherishes this hard-won and invaluable opportunity.

"Let's go eat first! This is our last meal after entering the village, everyone eat more, it's on me!"

Mingkai beckoned everyone to head outside.

"I've never been to Hangzhou before, is there anything good to eat?" Ye Bo asked curiously, sticking his tongue out.

"West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce? I'd like to see if it's really as bad as the rumors say!" Xun casually mentioned the only Hangzhou dish he knew.

Mingkai, who had been in Hangzhou for quite some time, showed a noticeable change in expression upon hearing these four words.

"Little Xun, listen to your brother's advice!"

"Hangzhou isn't lacking in good food. As long as you don't stubbornly order 'local Hangzhou dishes,' they're all pretty good."

Jie Jie, on the other hand, was quite eager: "So, we really have to eat this! It's just fish, right?"

"Could it be as outrageous as our 'Looking Up at the Stars' from last year? I don't believe it!"

"That's true! What kind of fish haven't we eaten! I'll just go and eat one by myself!"

This reminder also brought to Ye Bo's mind the strange dish he had seen at the Icelandic restaurant during last year's S-series tournament; it was also fish.
pity.

West Lake Fish in Vinegar Sauce will teach every stubborn outsider a lesson.

this day.

Two more poor fish died unjustly in the wok.
The simple dinner party came to an end.

The group then set off for the Asian Games Village in Hangzhou.

With the lingering earthy taste in his mouth, Ye Bo could only focus his attention on the scenery along the way outside the window.

The streets and alleys of HZ City are already bustling with activity, and faces of skin from all over the world can be seen everywhere, clearly all there to participate in and watch this grand sporting event in the East.

This pervasive atmosphere fueled Ye Bo's growing passion.

He knows it too.

From this moment on.

My ID will temporarily change from [V5-YE] to ————

【CHN-Ye Bo】!
The upcoming month-long Asian Games training camp will be the most important prelude to the Asian Games!

(End of this chapter)