LPL History

Chapter 209 The Deliveryman's Clever Scheme, the Chicken and Pig Party's Discord Spreads Between Themselves

EDG Lounge.

Even with the doors closed, cheers from outside still managed to seep in through the cracks.

Abu glared angrily at the crowd, his voice shrill.

"What are you guys doing? Why don't you dare to fight? You don't dare to fight in front of the high ground, you don't dare to fight at the inhibitor turrets, why don't you just hand over your base to the enemy?!"

Upon hearing Abu's accusation, the factory owner shrugged.

"There's no way around it, I really can't activate it without Flash. Even if I do, the enemy can just Flash away, and if I go in, I'll just be a free kill."

Abu glared at the factory manager and said:

"Then where did you use Flash? Tell me, where did you use Flash?"

"I used Flash," the player said helplessly. "When Amumu flashed in, I thought he was going to use his ultimate, so I immediately used Flash to create distance. There was nothing I could do about that."

Nami glanced at the factory and weakly spoke:

"Actually, you didn't need to use Flash in that wave... We could have countered."

When Nami pointed out his faults, the factory manager immediately became anxious.

"If I don't use Blink, I'm definitely dead."

"You're pretty tanky. They're focused on taking down the tower, so they definitely won't focus fire on you first. Besides, Amumu didn't use his ultimate, did he..."

Seeing that even U-Emperor had spoken, the factory's reputation was clearly on the rise.

"That's because we all used Flash, that's why he didn't use his ultimate. If we hadn't used Flash, wouldn't he have used his ultimate?"

Kou Rou sighed.

"You're a prince, how could Amumu possibly enlarge his power only to target you?"

Seeing that even the culprit in his eyes, Kou Rou, had spoken up, the factory manager finally lost his temper.

"If I use Flash, I can turn around and fight back."

"Then why don't you counterattack? Did you counterattack?"

"..."

The factory was speechless for a moment.

Although I really wanted to refute them, I felt that what they said made a lot of sense.

He never imagined that he would become the target of everyone's criticism.

The factory worker glanced at Curly Hair silently.

It seems that only Curly is his good brother now. While everyone else is looking for his problems, only Curly remains silent.

However, at this moment, Curly was so guilty that he didn't dare to look the factory manager in the eye.

Keep in mind that even as a Braum, he used Flash immediately during that team fight.

This is clearly problematic.

But now, the factory has drawn all the fire for him, so he can just bury his head in the sand like an ostrich. He doesn't dare to criticize the factory, for fear that the factory will shift the blame and question him about why he also had to appear.

Seeing that Abu kept criticizing him, the factory owner stopped talking.

It wasn't that he wasn't angry, but rather that he seemed to understand Abu's intentions.

The team has suffered a major blow, and there are at least two more games in the upcoming BO5 series. If the team atmosphere remains like this, it definitely won't work.

Therefore, the team needs to find someone to take the blame.

It's obvious that Abu has a good relationship with him, so Abu decided to make him take the blame.

He also saw Abu wink at him twice, a tacit signal between old friends.

Although the factory manager must be a little unhappy about being made to take the blame, there's nothing he can do, since he's the senior member of EDG.

When Abu asked him to join EDG, he made it very clear that the team was built around him, Mingkai.

Although he still receives a player's salary, the club manager is actually frequently involved in the club's decision-making.

The factory has started to treat EDG as its own home.

Then for the sake of my family, I'll take the blame!
"Mingkai, are you even listening to me? This can't go on, don't you know that?"

Hearing Abu's sharp, feignedly angry questioning, the factory owner understood without saying a word and nodded.

"understood."

He thought for a moment, stood up, and continued:
"I have something to tell you, let's go outside and talk."

Upon hearing Mingkai's words, Abu's expression clearly became impatient, but he still followed Mingkai out.

"I know you're deliberately making me take the blame to lighten the mood in the team, but can you give me some face next time? You went a bit too far today."

As soon as they stepped outside, the factory worker couldn't help but start complaining.

Hearing the factory's complaint, Abu paused for a moment, about to speak, when the factory continued:
"Let's substitute Koro in the next game. He can't beat Flandre. Not to mention WE.A might even bring in Khan."
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"Hello viewers in the live stream! You are now watching the 2014 League of Legends Summer Split playoffs! The two teams facing off are EDG Esports Club and WE.A Esports Club! I'm your commentator, Miller!"

"I'm the commentator, Waa!"

"I'm Bella, the commentator!"

In the commentary booth, Miller looked at the five players who had entered the game for EDG and said:

"We can see that after losing the first game, EDG made a substitution, bringing on Airoli and replacing Clearlove!"

"Furthermore, WE.A has also made a roster change, replacing Flandre with Khan!"

As the saying goes, fortune tellers don't predict their own fate. Zhuge Mingkai calculated everything, including that WE.A would replace Khan, but he didn't expect to be replaced by Ai Luoli.

On the EDG player bench.

Ai Luoli wore an expression of utter despair.

He felt like a brick; wherever EDG needed him, they would put him there.

During the regular season, he replaced Kobe Bryant and delivered a series of brilliant plays by Zhao Chuanxiong.

To this day, he and Koro1 are jokingly referred to by netizens as the invincible double teleportation tactical system of EDG.

Many EDG fans even maliciously attacked him, saying he was deliberately mocking Koro1, and that he was dissatisfied with Koro1 as a substitute because he loved Loli, so he deliberately acted like that.

So much so that even Kou Rou (a type of pork) no longer speaks to him.

Now he's been brought up to play jungle again, facing off against that unlucky Zhou Li. Ai Luoli doesn't even dare to imagine what she'll face next.

Kou Rou kept moving his lips, because he was afraid that if he stopped, the corners of his mouth would involuntarily turn up.

Kou Rou wasn't stupid either. He knew what the factory wanted to do as soon as they called Abu out.

After all, he had already experienced the same thing before.

I thought I would be replaced by Abu, but I didn't expect that it would be the factory manager who was replaced!
Just now in the lounge, when Abu said, "Mingkai, you should take a break and let Ai Luoli go first," the wonderful expression on the factory manager's face was enough for Koro to recall and savor for the next eighty years of his life.

When he grows old and dies, he will lie in his recliner and say to his descendants:

"Do you remember it was the summer of 2014? Back then, your grandfather was a professional gamer, and he had a teammate named Mingkai..."

The director cut the camera to the braised pork belly, which had its lips pressed tightly into its mouth.

When the director focused the camera on the WE.A players' bench, the four players were grinning from ear to ear, revealing four pairs of bright, clean teeth.

There was also a boy named Xiaoming, who seemed to be afraid of making a bad impression, and was lying on the table.

However, it's easy to tell from his trembling shoulders that he was working very hard at weaving.

"Ah...we see that something really happy has happened on WE.A's side. All the players are smiling broadly, even Sima Laozei is showing a rare smile. Are they still not over the joy of winning just now?"

The live stream was filled with question marks.

[Just won one game and you're already this happy? WE.A seems to be getting cocky.] [It feels like something else is going on; Xiye's laughing so hard he's practically convulsing.]

[Wangzai laughed so hard he vomited Wangzai (a type of snack), someone needs to come to his rescue!]

[Brothers, we solved the case! I'm dying of laughter! Go check out Zhu Kai's Weibo!]

Having received a tip from netizens, viewers in the live stream all opened Weibo.

Upon entering Zhu Kai's homepage, one can see that he had just posted an update three minutes ago.

The content is a video, and the caption is: "Didn't we agree to change it to braised pork?"

When you open the video, you see the backstage area of ​​the competition, and Zhu Kai's voice can be heard.

"Guys, today I'm making a vlog of WE.A team's match. I just got back from picking up my takeout... Hey, who are those two guys in front of me?"

As the camera rounded a corner, Abu and the factory manager appeared in the frame.

The conversation between the two was also recorded.

"Let's substitute Koro in the next game. He can't beat Flandre. Not to mention WE.A might even bring in Khan."

"I'm doing this for the team's sake. We really can't keep playing like this. Koro has issues with both his skill and mentality."

"We all want the club to be better."

Abu pondered for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Yes, we all want the club to be better."

This video is only a dozen seconds long, but it's packed with information.

【ah? ? ? 】

[This is hilarious! The factory asked Abu to replace the braised pork, but Abu ended up replacing the factory instead?]

[Are you even human, factory owner?]

【Abu, are you even human?】

[Zhou Dudu already said it before: chickens and pigs in the same cage.]

It seems the chickens and pigs are about to turn against each other.

All I can say is that Zhu Kai, the food delivery driver in the Chinese server, has climbed a huge rank this time.

[This is hilarious! EDG is so good at creating entertaining content. Zhu Kai, did EDG hire you to film this?]

The backstage lounge at this time.

The factory evolved into its fourth form, Green Kai.

His face turned green, and he was so angry that his hand holding the phone was trembling.

Originally, being replaced was just an internal matter, but I never expected that Zhu Kai, that scoundrel, would hide in a corner and secretly take pictures and post them online.

Now, Mingkai's illustrious reputation is truly ruined.

Mingkai glanced at Abu, and noticing Mingkai's angry gaze, Abu innocently spoke up:

"I don't know either. How could I know they were so disgusting?"

Looking at Abu's women's whiny behavior, Mingkai couldn't help but start to have doubts.

Is Abu trying to drag him down with him and make them both a laughingstock?

WE.A players' bench.

Xi Ye wiped the Wangzai candy from the corner of her mouth and said with a smile:

"The factory manager is hilarious, he's making me laugh so hard."

The Khan was the first to compose himself and spoke with great excitement:

"Brother Zhou! Brother Zhou! Can I also dominate like Flandre this time?"

Upon hearing the Khan's words, Zhou Li suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Since Flandre can withstand pressure and also has C.

Then why can't your Khan withstand the pressure?

In the public's eyes, the current WE.A team's strategy is to have Khan split push in the top lane and Flandre to be the front line in team fights.

After the previous match, Flandre proved that as long as he gets the resources, he can still dominate.

If we could train the Khan to develop a different style, the ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood could be very useful in crucial moments!

"Ahem, let's get him under control first."

In the second game, the two sides switched sides, and WE.A became the blue side. They immediately banned Angel.

EDG, on the other hand, found themselves in a difficult situation from the very first ban.

At this time, there was no rule about coaches going on stage to draft; the players all drafted their own.

When the factory manager was around, this task was assigned to him.

Now that the factory manager has been replaced, the task of BP has fallen to Curly.

However, compared to the factory manager, Curly's easygoing nature meant he was destined to be unable to shoulder the heavy responsibility of making decisions.

Just asking "Do you guys have anything you want to beat?" caused a noisy chatter in EDG's team voice chat.

After all, everyone wants to relieve some of the pressure of being online.

Curly-haired, his head spinning from the noise, finally asked:
"Aren't you going to ban the jungler?"

Ai Luoli was the first to shout it out.

"Block it! You have to lock it! Lock it on Nidalee and Lee Sin!"

Although Ai Luoli was very uncertain about facing Zhou Li.

But if possible, he still wants to play as beautifully as possible.

The idol of the little girl is the factory manager.

During Season 3, Ai Luoli had several Challenger accounts before joining EDG.

Being able to be by her idol's side, Ai Luoli initially felt that she was definitely the happiest person in the world.

But soon, he could no longer be happy.

He was initially selected by EDG as an ADC, but before he could even play, EDG, who were preparing to make a big splash in the LPL, bought Nami from PE.

Ai Luoli then discovered that although she had become a professional player, she had no chance to play in any matches.

So he became an all-around tool; whenever a player in a particular position on EDG was not in good form or was unable to play for some reason, they would bring him in.

Since joining EDG at the beginning of the year, Ai Luoli's appearances can be counted on one hand.

Even though Zhao Chuanxiong made a name for himself in that one regular season game, many netizens still don't recognize him and always think of him as an EDG staff member.

After all, she was once a genius player in the Chinese server, and Ai Luoli is eager to prove herself in the few opportunities she has to play.

Facing Zhou Li today, even if I don't win the game, as long as I don't get beaten as badly as Clearlove, I think the club and fans will remember me.

So he was the one shouting the loudest in the voice recording.

However, as a substitute player with no status in EDG, shouting loudly doesn't mean others will listen to him.

“I don’t think it’s necessary,” Nami said. “Banning Nidalee and Lee Sin doesn’t necessarily give us an advantage in the jungle. We lost last game by focusing on the top lane, so can we try focusing on the bottom lane this game? I don’t think Curly and I are any worse than the enemy bottom lane.”

Curly nodded.

"Okay, let's give it a try."

Ai Luoli opened her mouth wide, and finally let out a helpless sigh.

(End of this chapter)