My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 204 Borrowing a Knife? Whose knife to borrow?

The other half of the winners' bracket semifinals.

Unexpectedly, JDG, who should have been the champion in Luo Ji's memory, unexpectedly failed and was eliminated by TES into the loser's bracket.

Game day.

The entire V5 team even brought out chairs and sat down in front of the screen.

That's why.

Only then did they realize just how significant JDG's defeat was.

"Using someone else to do the dirty work, is this some kind of scheme?"

"So the question is, who is the knife, and who is being killed?"

Nobody's a fool.

JDG looked invincible in the playoffs, and 369 gradually reached the peak of his career, but you were able to go toe-to-toe with DaHuang in the top lane. If you're going to pretend, at least make it look convincing!

Actually, it's easy to understand if you put yourself in Redmi's shoes.

The current JDG and TES are like IG and LDG on the esports Oscars night. Whoever wins will have to go to the winner's bracket final to face the even more invincible V5. Regardless of the outcome, their trump cards will definitely be exposed. It's okay if they win by luck.

What if we lose?
The team that is completely exposed will be swept aside by another team in the loser's bracket, just like V5 crushed LNG.

Thinking of this.

Instead of risking an uncertain outcome by betting on V5, it would be better to bully the unlucky LNG in the loser's bracket and then wait for TES to come down.

Redmi has clearly learned some military strategy.

"It's something."

Nofe took a deep breath. As a coach who also came from LCK, how come he never noticed that Redmi could be so shameless off the battlefield?
really.

He hadn't encountered a team that could make him lose all sense of shame before, but once he did, in the face of victory, face was indeed something that could be easily discarded.

"In a sense, does this mean that as long as you surrender early, you'll never have a chance to lose?" PPGOD asked.

"That's not the case. No matter how meticulously you plan, you'll still have to face each other in the final championship battle."

Luo Ji has a scale in his heart.

Even if JDG manages to advance by facing TES in the loser's bracket after a period of rest, it will be all for naught if they can't beat V5 in the finals. This is because JDG's Spring Split points were very low, and the butterfly effect has resulted in JDG having virtually no points this year.

Qualifying spots for S12:
The top two seeds in the standings will directly qualify for the World Championship, becoming the first and second seeds respectively; the third and fourth seeds will enter the winners' bracket of the knockout stage; and the fifth and sixth seeds will enter the losers' bracket of the qualifying stage.

Actually.

V5 has secured the number one seed. If JDG fails to win the Summer Split finals, the number two seed will be TES, who has the second-highest points.

In this regard.

All Luo Ji can say is...

Even though he had done his best to save them, TES still looked like they were going to play against the Vietnamese team at the World Championship.

It turns out that some fates cannot be changed.

past life.

Under the various explosive performances of TES.

League of Legends lost an insignificant region, and the Chinese music scene ushered in a new Jerusalem.

And this life.

The course of history seems to have changed, yet it also seems to have remained the same. Luo Ji doesn't really care about TES's performance.

He just hoped.

Under his influence, TES is still able to carry the banner of the Chinese music scene.
Back to the topic.

Since JDG has voluntarily given away the win, V5's next opponent will naturally be TES.

The pressure in the upper half of the zone suddenly decreased, but in contrast, the pressure on Xiao Yan and PPGOD in the lower half of the zone increased infinitely.

"Damn it, wasn't the final battle between the ninja villages supposed to be the grand finale? Why has it started so early?"

Xiao Yan felt somewhat irritable.

He had actually given up on becoming the shining star of the team, but deep down he still hoped to defeat TES on the final stage, or simply not to face TES at all.

That way, when others discuss him online, they won't use JKL to put him down anymore.

And now?
The sky is falling.
His feelings at this moment were no less than before he set off on his long journey:

Before setting off: Mom, life is a wilderness~
After setting off: Oh, the wilderness! Even humans are born of mothers!
"What are you afraid of? It's just JKL. Can't you unleash your inner power or something and just blow him away?" PPGOD was also nervous, but being a fun-loving person, he didn't mind making things worse.

JKL is stronger, not Mark.

His pressure wasn't as direct as Xiao Yan's.

"If I could do that, would I still need to complain? Or should we just lock in Senna and Tahm Kench in the bot lane, I'll harass them, and you go lane against the enemy JKL?"

"Hey~"

PPGOD decisively chose to play the innocent and act silly.

Here.

After learning they would be facing TES, V5 was actually quite optimistic, given that they had a "version researcher" on the team, and Luo Ji had bluntly stated that JDG was their biggest enemy.

Go to TES.

The white crescent moon, realizing it had been outmaneuvered, was now in a bit of a headache.

He admits.

He got carried away during the game.

He thinks that if his team beats JDG, it's the same as him beating Redmi. Wouldn't he easily win the title of China's number one coach?

The handshake session that followed the end of the competition.

The smiles on the faces of the JDG team were even brighter than those on the faces of the TES team.

In that instant, everyone knew they had been tricked.

White Crescent sighed heavily:

"I originally thought that as a veteran of the alliance, he would have a strategy when he came to the front line in front of a large audience, but I did not expect him to resort to such a despicable tactic."

He used a feigned retreat to advance, directly turning his mind away from scenarios like "The Dragon King's Son-in-Law in the City," "Prices Dropped 3 Times, and I Still Have 8000 Yuan on Me While Delivering Food," and "Awakening SSS-Rank Superpowers at the Start, and the Beautiful School Beauty Falls in Love with Me."

It instantly reverted to "Rebirth of Me After Taking Three Sinovac Injections".

What should I do?
Since they've already stepped into this trap, the only option left for TES is to try to break it with brute force. The only choice for the entire TES team is to fight as hard as they can to defeat V5 and then send V5 to the loser's bracket to battle it out with JDG.

such.

They can then take advantage of their position as the winners of the upper bracket and turn the tables on Redmi, since Redmi's strategy is based on the assumption that they cannot beat V5.

Seeing the melancholy look on his coach's face.

The TES players looked at each other and tiptoed towards the door.

White Crescent was actually in a dilemma at this moment, as Redmi made a brilliant move and directly checkmated him; but in the eyes of the TES team, even if they lost, as long as V5 could beat JDG in the finals, they could still advance as the second seed without lifting a finger.

So what's the rush?

"The coach is still too eager to beat V5." JKL sighed subconsciously after leaving the room.

"Wait a minute."

MarK raised a question: "Didn't you just say that the coach was too eager to beat JDG when we played against them?"

"There's no rule that says you can only have one team you really want to beat."

"This even has a bug?"

In fact.

The TES players weren't worried at all. If they won, there would be another BO5 series. If they lost, they might be able to advance to the World Championship without any problems. Even the worst-case scenario was just competing for the last two tickets in the gauntlet. Their margin for error was too high.

Moreover.

Having both the LPL's top domestic mid-laner and the LPL's first domestic champion AD carry, they certainly don't think they're weaker than JDG or V5.

The night before the game.

The entire V5 club was brightly lit.

Xiao Yan and PPGOD, who had just finished a training match, were strolling outside the club with fried chicken and Le Ke in their hands.

Generally, after midnight, players have their own free time. This free time means they can choose to play ranked games, stream ranked games on stream, or practice hero skills in custom games.

Luo Ji is doing Task One.

Both Casa and Rookie are working on Mission 3.

They were the type who would take a break, grab something to eat, and casually complain about how strong the bot lane of some LCK team was in the laning phase.

After venting.

They also exchanged knowing smiles.

He sighed:
"I never expected that with our current skill level, we'd already be close to the end of the Golden Road."

"Who can argue with that? At first, I came here with the intention of making easy money."

PPGOD was reminded of V5 during the transfer window at the end of last year.

Back then, V5 had a score of 0/16!
Teams with this kind of record are usually only considered by rookies who want to play for a starting position, or by older players who are almost no longer as good.

But who would have thought.

The arrival of Casa and Rookie, coupled with the sudden emergence of Luo Ji, completely transformed V5 from the inside out.

"Hey, do you think there's a possibility?"

Xiao Yan, holding a half-eaten hamburger, gestured excitedly and said:

"In the next match, we suddenly exploded into form and started dominating the enemy's bottom lane. We completely crushed them in lane, and our explosive performance made countless female esports fans fall in love with me at first sight. Then, when I won the S-series championship, they told me that I didn't need to work hard anymore and that they would support me for life."

"."

Listen to his explanation.

PPGOD almost choked on the hamburger in his hand.

After taking a big gulp of cola to calm herself down, she silently moved further away from Xiao Yan's position.

What are you doing? Why are you so far away from me?

"You smell like someone who ate a fried rice dish with a discount coupon, free trendy packaging, a black disposable soft spoon, a free unknown drink, and a 0.01 yuan grilled sausage from a favorite store. Stay away from me, it's making me feel nauseous."

"We ordered burgers and Cokes for takeout, where did the sausages come from?"

"Oh, so the taste from yesterday's meal hasn't completely dissipated."

"???"

After a while of silence.

The two then closed the distance between them again.

In fact.

Whether it was TES, JDG, or the bot lane duos they faced in scrims against various LCK teams, they both felt immense pressure.

But that man's mouth...

They managed to keep quiet and didn't say a word, but luckily the bottom lane was a duo lane, so even if they were stubborn, they had someone to play with.

"So you don't think I have a good chance of winning the championship?"

"No."

"Then what do you dislike about me? Isn't this an opportunity?"

PPGOD sneered:
"You have the nerve to ask? If you hadn't had the talent to become a professional gamer and hadn't taken this path, you would have had two things that you'd never have in your life."

"Your swearing is really vulgar."

“You started it first, Brother Lao.”

Xiao Yan figured it out.

My partner has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and seems to be smiling all the time, but he's actually full of bad intentions and has a sharp tongue. He's just a bit of a repressed flirt, and he only shows it when he's around.

but
As expected, they didn't deny it.

No?
(End of this chapter)