We are tired of winning championships, and we still need youth training?

Chapter 91 Caps: Who is stronger, me or Faker in the north of the city?

"You actually came to watch our game? I'm really surprised, Bro."

Just as he was waiting for Karam to reminisce about the past, Xu Xinghe heard a voice that sounded somewhat unexpected and somewhat joyful.

He turned around and saw Caps wearing a G2 shirt.

At this time, he was carrying peripherals on his back, with his jacket tied casually around his waist, and he walked slowly towards me with his hands in his pockets.

...a bit arrogant.

But it's normal to pull.

He just defeated Faker head-on in the BO5.

So far, there are only a few mid-lane players who have been able to achieve this [achievement].

Especially in the S game.

What's wrong with being a drag queen? Damn, is being a drag queen illegal?

"It's a shame I didn't get to see you being sent away."

Xu Xinghe's speech was not very polite.

After all, G2 had previously wanted to send Jankos to deal with IG, and he and Caps had different positions.

"Wow, it's been a while since we last met. Your English has improved a lot, my good brother."

Caps was a little surprised, and did not show any dissatisfaction because of Xu Xinghe's unfriendly attitude. Instead, he still walked over with a smile.

"Can we hug? Or exchange uniforms?"

"I know you're still upset about that, but brother, that was our boss's idea. The relationship between Jankos and you is not fake, and neither is mine."

When he said this, he restrained his smile and there was sincerity in his eyes.

Xu Xinghe sighed.

In fact, he can understand it, after all, the championship is too important.

If he could really use some tricks, Xu Xinghe wouldn't mind using them.

He is not a person of particularly high moral standards.

"...No thanks, but congratulations on winning today's game."

"Thanks, bro."

Caps' eyes lit up, knowing that he had forgiven him, and immediately gave Xu Xinghe, who had a reluctant look on his face, a friendly hug.

The passive effect of [Affinity] unlocked by Xu Xinghe is very powerful.

In addition, he is the type who values ​​friends very much. Even if he has a bad attitude sometimes, he can easily attract the favor of others.

—even if he didn't mean to.

Caps didn't want to lose him as a friend he could talk to, so as a European, he was very enthusiastic.

"As an apology, how about going out for dinner later? It's my treat."

"Forget about this. It's better for you to celebrate with your teammates today."

Xu Xinghe decisively refused.

G2 just won the game today, why was he going there?
"Ok."

Caps shrugged and didn't care.

Then he enthusiastically began to tell Xu Xinghe about his performance in the game just now, and boasted with a beaming face how awesome his judgment and operation were.

It's like a kid showing off in front of his friends.

But Caps has always been like this.

As the future core and hope of FNC, he has become a professional player very early, and his thinking is far more naive than imagined.

...Uh, or maybe just simple?

A person with a childish personality is quite interesting.

Xu Xinghe listened absentmindedly, paying more attention to the conversation between Karam and Kkoma.

"It's like this this year. I'm going to get scolded again when I go back, right?"

Karam felt a little gloating.

"Ah, that's normal. After all, although I once brought SKT many honors, I have indeed caused SKT to stagnate. My thinking is no longer suitable for this version. When I return, I will step down as SKT's head coach."

Kkoma nodded calmly, and suddenly said some extraordinary news:
"After all, it's a bit embarrassing for me to be seen driving a big truck outside the base."

Xu Xinghe's mouth twitched and he stopped listening.

Driving a big truck...this is also a tradition of SKT.

Whenever fans have any dissatisfaction with the team, they will hire a large truck with a display screen to circle around SKT's base, and the screen will be filled with fans' rebukes and dissatisfaction.

For a meritorious coach like Kkoma, if it really comes to this, he will not be able to continue coaching even if the management does not say anything.

So embarrassing.

"How would you rate my super cool solo kill in game 3?"

"Remember that river? I used an EQ to push the opposing jungler through the wall, which immediately secured the victory."

"And that wave, and that wave! You must have seen it, right? I killed that AD carry instantly with just one QEWR!"

Casp's proud review echoed in my ears.

But Xu Xinghe just thought he was noisy.

Damn, where are the G2 guys?
Can you pull this guy back? Why are you just standing there watching?!

You are not Tachibana-senpai either.

Fortunately, after so much preparation, Caps was finally satisfied and asked the question he wanted to ask:
"Brother, who do you think played better in today's Bo5, me or Faker?"

Xu Xinghe: ...

[Well, the interview ends here. Thank you to Faker for your cooperation.]

I would think about what I had just said during the interview.

Li Xianghe looked straight ahead, but his eyes had lost their luster.

He is in a daze.

As a national treasure player of LCK, the most prestigious player in Korea or even the world, Lee Sang-hyeok's thoughts are not that complicated.

Winning the game, happy.

Lost the game, sad.

That's it.

Having played for almost seven years, he still maintains his most fundamental love for the game League of Legends.

Get up in the morning, eat, train, then eat again, train again. If I'm hungry at night, I'll have a midnight snack and then continue training until two or three or even three or four in the middle of the night.

This was his daily life, boring and dry.

But he felt that it was more interesting than giving interviews or going out to shoot commercials.

Many people have praised his work ethic.

They say he doesn't mess with fans or do anything weird, and he focuses on his career.

But Li Xianghe was just confused.

After all, aren't these what we should do?
In his eyes, these are the jobs of professional players.

He may not be able to control others, but he still has the ability to restrain himself.

But at the same time, Lee Sang-hyuk is also extremely arrogant.

Because in his eyes, a so-called player who can't even do these things shouldn't be able to beat him.

Why?
I train about fourteen hours a day all year round, so it's only natural that I could beat those guys.

My championship is well deserved.

My efforts deserve my championship.

That's why he feels so tormented and uncomfortable at this moment.

Because in his eyes, European athletes train terribly little.

But he lost to G2.

…To be honest, Li Xianghe felt that he could accept losing to LPL more.

After all, the training intensity of LPL is also very high now. At least in terms of effort, there is not much difference between them.

G2, why?
As the player currently recognized as the most talented, Lee Sang-hyeok is a person who truly advocates hard work.

But now the facts are in front of them, they lost to G2, which he considered "lazy".

In fact, G2's training volume is not low. In Europe, where the average training time per person does not exceed five hours, G2's training time is close to ten hours a day.

But compared with Li Xianghe who maintained training for more than fourteen hours, it was undoubtedly a small matter.

Confused, sad, unwilling, and suspicious.

Various emotions kept emerging, making him feel a little depressed, and he just kept walking out.

However, just as he reached the door of the passage, his eyebrows moved.

——He saw the G2 and IG team uniforms.

What the hell, are you a fan of G2 and IG?

Are you standing here on purpose?

Knowing that the players will walk this way, you are standing here to bully my fountain?
Li Xianghe's face turned cold and he continued walking forward without looking around.

As he got closer, he realized he was wrong.

Not fans of G2 and IG, but the players themselves.

His own coach kkoma was waiting there as usual, which made him feel a little warm in his heart.

But then came doubts. The coach seemed to be chatting with someone.

Li Xianghe moved closer calmly, but suddenly heard his own ID.

"...Who played better, me or Faker?"

Li Xianghe raised his eyes and saw only short golden hair and the ID printed on his back:

【CAPS】

Tsk.

The person with his arm around the shoulder seemed to be an IG player.

Part of the ID on the back was blocked, but Lee Sang-hyuk still knew who it was.

【GALAXY】

That talented new jungler of IG, the guy that Clid had watched videos of many times.

He stopped.

Because he suddenly felt curious.

"...Caps, do you think there's any point in asking this question now?"

A somewhat dull young voice sounded, seemingly with some helplessness.

"Why is it meaningless? Are you saying I'm already winning three to one, so there's no need to ask?"

I'm starting to hate you, Caps.

Li Xianghe thought silently.

"Isn't that right? Regardless of your previous results, you played better than Faker today. My answer is undoubtedly true."

Galaxy said so.

Li Xianghe pushed his glasses and nodded.

He is a very stubborn person.

He had no objection to Galaxy's evaluation, as Caps did play better than him today.

——But that doesn't prevent him from giving Caps an even worse evaluation.

After winning, this guy kept asking people this kind of question, which was really a bit inhumane.

Do you think I've won makes you so happy?
"Hahaha, you're right, my good brother."

Caps immediately laughed triumphantly.

[This guy…]

Li Xianghe's mouth twitched, and he was about to go over and call out "kkoma".

Then he heard another question that interested him more.

"If you had to choose, would you rather be my teammate or Faker's teammate?"

Li Xianghe stopped and held his breath.

He was also quite curious whether he was a good teammate in the eyes of other players.

“Faker.”

Xu Xinghe answered immediately.

puff.

Li Xianghe couldn't help but snort, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Shit, if you hesitated for even a second I would have considered you a true brother!"

Caps was very dissatisfied with this answer.

"What's there to hesitate about?"

"Faker has more experience, so fans won't criticize me even if I lose."

"He also has a good personality and is a hardworking and serious player. Playing with him is very stress-free, and he can also help me share the pressure of commanding."

Xu Xinghe casually gave two reasons that Caps could not refute, and then added a fatal blow.

"The most important thing is, Faker isn't as annoying as you."

"I don't...I can't accept it!"

Caps was hit hard.

Although I was very unhappy, I couldn't find any reason to refute it.

"Caps, you still have your strengths."

Xu Xinghe felt a little sorry for him seeing his appearance, and patted the drama queen Caps who had fallen to the ground.

"Ok?"

Caps looked up expectantly.

"At least your hairline is relatively high. Playing games with you makes me feel several years younger."

Xu Xinghe touched his chin and racked his brains to comfort him.

Caps' hairline is so high that he has to pull one side of his hair to the other.

Caps:?
Lee Sang-hyuk: (＾＿＾)
Li Xianghe really couldn't hold it anymore.

Today was one of the few days in all these years where he could still smile visibly after the game.

This Galaxy player is truly proficient in the art of language.

Li Xianghe felt that he had higher emotional intelligence than this guy.

But when he saw the smile on Xu Xinghe's lips, he overturned his judgment.

No, no.

This guy doesn't have low emotional intelligence, he just has a very bad taste.

"Ok?"

It was at this moment that kkoma noticed Lee Sang-hyuk's presence.

He stopped talking to Karam and came over smiling.

"Sang Hyuk, is the interview over?"

Xu Xinghe was stunned.
Turning around, I saw the legendary player wearing glasses and the SKT team jacket.

He was a little thin, carrying a plain backpack, wearing black-framed glasses, and his hair was neatly combed.

This outfit would look perfectly suitable for places like high school or college.

He looks like a good student at first glance.

However, this ordinary person who looks like an ordinary student is actually the big devil who has dominated the League of Legends for three seasons and may continue to rule for many more years.

At the same time, he is also the only designated father of LPL.

Sometimes the European and American regions have to rebel and send him away, like this year.

But LPL seems to have always been his good son...

A very filial group.

However, Xu Xinghe didn't have any bad feelings towards him.

He has to defeat LCK, but that doesn't mean he has to be hostile to LCK players.

It's totally two different things.

Otherwise, how could he have such a good relationship with Canyon?
If you insist, Xu Xinghe really wanted to debut in another competition area at the beginning.

In the simulation, he has a very deep understanding of how bad the LPL is.

But on the other hand, he didn't have any money in his pocket at that time, and after buying the essence account, it was only enough to pay for the internet fee.

On the other hand, his physical condition was too poor at that time and his proficiency in languages ​​had not yet been unlocked.

My English is barely adequate and I know nothing about Korean.

Therefore, under the objective conditions at the time, he could only choose to go the IG line.

This was also the first time that Li Xianghe met Xu Xinghe offline.

As expected, the appearance is outstanding.

He sighed slightly in his heart, then stretched out his hand with a serious expression and spoke in English:
"You played better than me today, Caps."

"Hello, I'm Faker."

Caps silently squeezed his hand and then released it.

This socially anxious person started sweating for the first time.

Talking about someone behind their back and getting caught in the act... is a bit embarrassing.

Xu Xinghe also did the same as him and stretched out his hand to shake hands with Li Xianghe.

After a brief conversation, IG's players and coaches were the first to say goodbye.

They came to watch the game in the first place, so now that the game is over, they naturally won't stay long.

The same thing happened with G2. Jankos was relieved when he learned that Xu Xinghe was not too angry. He walked outside while saying something excitedly.

Instead, kkoma and Lee Sang-hyuk fell behind.

Looking at Lee Sang-hyuk looking at the back of the departing contestant, kkoma patted his shoulder gently and spoke comfortingly.

"Xianghe."

"You'll come back next year."

Can you really come back?
Li Xianghe lowered his eyes slightly, recalling the glaring seventeen years old in Xu Xinghe's information.

"……Um."

(End of this chapter)