Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 105, Section 102: The Real Takako Shimamura (4K)

Everything before my eyes is real.

The cheers of teammates, the stage lights, and...
The background music celebrating their victory was played during the live commentary.

"Holy crap! We're the champions!"

"Shimamura-nee is awesome!"

"Your Gwen is absolutely awesome!"

The constant chatter from her teammates made her feel increasingly real.

She vaguely followed her teammates to get up and shake hands with the opposing player.

When she looked at her opponent's face, the clear and real expression of disappointment was reflected in her eyes.

It was an expression almost identical to her past self, a uniquely defeated expression.

However, this time, the stance has shifted.

"come on."

For reasons unknown, she ultimately chose to say those words to AZHI.

Perhaps it's pity for one's past self.

Or perhaps, it's a greeting to oneself as one embarks on a new path.

She realized that from this day forward, everything would be different.

With the end of the competition, CFO became one of the first teams to confirm their qualification for the Pioneer Tournament, and Shimamura Yuna subsequently became the first female professional player in the world to qualify for the World Championship.

Actually, it wasn't just Shimamura Yuna herself who felt it lacked realism.

The audience members outside the stadium shared similar feelings.

Everything that happened today is just too dreamlike.

Yuna Shimamura has not played for the entire season, and even in the first two games of today's match.

The audience's emotions were suppressed to the extreme, and they all began to feel irritable and unable to tolerate it.

Just when everyone thought that Shimamura Yuna wouldn't be playing, she actually took to the field again.

Moreover, it's not simply a matter of "everyone is calling for a female player to come on stage, so if there's really no other way, let her come on stage"—it's not just a way to generate hype.

Rather, it's a lineup that the whole world can see, one that truly strengthens the team.

Before Shimamura Yuna took the stage, CFO had a close match with TLN, winning one and losing one. Even the one game he won didn't seem like much, but it was actually very close.

When Shimamura Yuna entered the game, she instantly broke the balance, directly giving the opposing top laner AZHI a hopeless performance, making TLN look like a weak team with no chance of resistance.

Based on this, Shimamura Yuna is not yet positioned as a supporting player in the team.

Whenever she's on the court, she's the one surrounded and cared for by the whole team, the absolute ball-handler.

With one Gwent and one Yone, these two signature damage-dealing characters directly led the team to victory.

She was the absolute core player, the star player of the team.

How could anyone not like such a star player? How could anyone not attract attention?

As for the scene inside the arena, where Shimamura Yuna was crying while torturing and killing AZHI, that goes without saying.

Because of this explosive scene, the nickname "War God Crybaby" will gradually spread over time.

Right now, we need some time for public opinion to ferment.

Yuna Shimamura's victory seemed as easy as a feather, so simple and obvious, that it was hard to describe the process as "arduous".

However, this victory will change the entire landscape of the Riot esports scene.

The world line has shifted.

At this moment, the largest LCP piracy livestream room on Bilibili, namely Longshen's livestream room, has seen its number of viewers rise to a full 8.

When the show first started, there weren't that many viewers.

However, after Shimamura Yuna played and won the third match, the number of participants in the fourth match exploded.

For Dragon God, this was a number of participants typically seen only in the most popular competitions.

For example, matches like IG vs BLG, or BLG vs T1, that's the level of competition.
Even these competitions might not have this level of popularity; it depends on the situation.

This was partly due to the lack of an official live stream to divert viewers, and the low popularity of other secondary streams, which led to viewers concentrating on Longshen's live stream.
But you should know that this is LCP.

As non-LPL domestic leagues, these matches from other regions naturally have a certain repulsiveness to the audience, making them difficult to be interested in.

Even the LCK, the strongest league, rarely has such high viewership, let alone the LCP.

But this match did achieve its goal.

It's fair to say that this isn't about the popularity of LCP at all; it's simply about the popularity of Shimamura Yuna alone.

That's right.

After all, this is a crucial battle for what may be the world's strongest female player to qualify for the World Championship.

This is currently a rising star in the League of Legends scene, attracting a huge following.

Such popularity is the inevitable result of a confluence of favorable circumstances and circumstances.

While Ryujin's previous praise of Shimamura Yuna had some elements of hype and deliberate attempts to generate buzz,

Although there was an element of flattery and deliberate disgust in his live stream just now.

However, at this very moment, seeing Shimamura Yuna truly win the LCP, seeing her lying motionless in her chair after the match, even someone as inhuman as Ryujin lost all desire to gloat.
He even went so far as to say something that was completely unlike his usual self, coming from the bottom of his heart.

"Holy crap, is this for real? If they win this game, the CFO really is going to the World Championship."

At this point, the Dragon God fell silent for a moment, muttering trivial but meaningless words such as "This seems to actually have some merit" and "This really is."

The comments section was filled with predictable phrases like "Shimamura is awesome" and "Shimamura is going to the Vanguard Tournament".

It's rare for Dragon God to pander to the barrage comments by using some tired jokes or contradicting them.

Because, in fact, he felt much the same way as Shimamura Yuna at that moment.

After a long silence, he finally spoke: "Damn, let me tell you, it's actually a bit unbelievable." "League of Legends, let's count from the slightly popular Season 2, it's been 14 years now. In these 14 years, the entire game has not had a single, even one, decent female player, or even many decent female streamers."

"The few so-called professional female players, right? Those Russian ones and that Brazilian one, they're basically all hype, they don't have any real skill, you should all know that."

"This led me to initially think that Shimamura Yuna was no different from those lousy people, you know? I thought she was just a publicity stunt, a mere figurehead. But now I genuinely admire her."

Dragon God is someone who likes to use an abstract shell and shameless performances to cover up his inner self.

He always uses exaggerated expressions in his live streams to make everything seem dramatic, completely separating his persona from his real personality, and turning the live stream into an outlet for his evil thoughts.

When someone like him starts speaking seriously, there's only one reason.

That is, he was genuinely and deeply moved.

The Dragon God continued to educate the audience.

"Do you know how difficult it is for a female player to get to this point?"

"Let me tell you, you used to say that Shimamura was the dynasty, and that might have been a lie. But from this moment on, as she enters the World Championship, she truly is the dynasty."

"League of Legends is already in its S15th season, and there have been countless championships. People don't really care that much about who wins the championship or who wins the game anymore, you know? This game is in its late stages, and there's nothing left to stimulate the audience's senses."

"But female players, let alone winning championships, there aren't many who even have any real skill. Just look at Mayumi, who was relegated to the bench as a support, and a bunch of BU players were scrambling to fawn over her. That shows that there's a huge demand for female players in the market. Audiences are desperately waiting for a female player to appear, but there's no female player in the world who has that level of skill."

"But now, she has gone from nothing to making it to the World Championship. Do you know how valuable that is? I dare say that right now, her value is a hundred or eighty times higher than that of Ma Tou or JKL."

Do you even know what the value of this is?

Dragon God's audience rarely sees him speak so seriously.

This person usually just mindlessly contradicts whatever they say and goes against the mainstream.

He's the kind of person who opposes whatever everyone else likes; he's extremely rebellious.

Everyone has always been used to his rebellious nature and his unpleasant way of speaking.

At this moment, even Ryujin spoke politely, which shows just how valuable Shimamura Yuna's LCP victory is today.

Brother Shen, I thought your filial piety was fake, but it turns out it's real. I misunderstood you.

[Brother Shen, if you had to choose between Horse Head and Sister Youna to be your guardian, who would you choose?]

[It seems Sister You Nai is truly amazing; even Brother Shen showed his true feelings.]

In fact, the vast majority of people agree with what the Dragon God said.

But there is a small group of people who simply love to contradict the Dragon God.

I don't see what's so great about it; playing against LCP is a mess.

Is he as good as Faker? Faker has won 5 world championships, while Shimamura Yuna only made it to the least prestigious world championship and got crushed there.

Look how filial you are, beating this trash team like this, anyone could win.

[I don't see any value in this competition. They made a mess of getting from LCP to the Pioneer Tournament, and they're still crying and whining. Can't they at least come to LPL and make it to Worlds? They're just smurfing.]

The Dragon God was truly amused by the comments that contradicted him.

Even though I know these silly people might be saying one thing and meaning another, they just like to do the opposite of what I want.

But seeing these comments on the screen, he still felt like he was having a bout of aversion to stupidity.

So, I couldn't help but start arguing with these people.

"Hahaha, look at you bunch of dead dogs. You still say Faker won five championships? You dead tadpoles, I'd like to ask you, are you even going to share one of those five championships that the Korean won? Maybe all the other professional players in the world besides Faker should just commit suicide?"

"Look at how stupid you all are, and you call that no merit? She's just a female player. If she can even get into the World Championship, her popularity will be higher than Ma Tou's and higher than JKL's. You're really not convinced. Not to mention if she achieves something or does something special at the World Championship, I don't even want to think about how high her popularity will be."

"And some people are saying that anyone could win, that's really laughable. LCP is one of the top five regions, and Karsa, Betty, and Fofo on the other side are all players who have played in the LPL. When these players were in the LPL, did you think everyone could match up against them and achieve this result? Wouldn't it take a really strong team to beat them?"

"By the way, I noticed you guys didn't know to tell you, Shimamura has played in 4 games so far, and all 4 games she's won MVP. And it's not like some people get MVPs that the official organization just awards for popularity, or that's stolen. All of them are undisputed, and no one will question them, they are genuine MVPs."

"Based on Shimamura's current performance, even without considering that she's a female player, her skill level is more than enough to play in the top league, and she could even join some mid-to-upper-tier teams. Add to that the added appeal of her being a female player, and if she wanted to come to the LPL next season, there would be a ton of people vying for her. Do you guys even have any brains?"

"This doesn't even have any real value. I don't know what real value means."

So, the Dragon God started arguing with the comments again.

He often argues with the viewers in the live chat, and everyone is used to it.

What's unusual is that, normally the comments are all in human language, but he's talking in dog language.

Surprisingly, today some of the comments were using dog language, while he was speaking human language.

In an instant, the positions reversed.

The live stream then turned into a few nonsensical comments contradicting the Dragon God.

Meanwhile, Dragon God joined the vast majority of normal viewers in attacking these people who enjoyed being clowns online.

For viewers who frequently watch Dragon God, this scene is quite novel.

Only now did they finally confirm one thing.

Ryujin isn't a fanboy; he's the real Takako Shimamura.

Longshen continued arguing with some people he considered idiots while his LCP livestream was running, and the argument lasted for more than ten minutes.

Time slips away unnoticed.

Gradually, the post-match highlights finished playing, and the players' equipment was almost ready to be packed up.

Finally, the moment everyone had been waiting for arrived: the CFO's post-competition interview with the winners.

Ryujin, who had been arguing heatedly with some audience members, finally calmed down a bit when he saw Shimamura Yuna walk onto the stage to be interviewed by the host.

He said, "Let's not argue with some low-level comments for now, let's watch Shimamura's interview as the winner."

"Shimamura-san is about to give her victory speech. Shimamura-san is going to shut you all up with her most awesome acceptance speech."

Then, under the watchful eyes of tens of thousands of viewers in the live stream, Shimamura Yuna and her coach Chawy walked to the center of the stage.

Although the two of them came on stage together, everyone knew that the main character of today's competition was only that one person.

Everyone else, including the lavish stage effects, is merely a foil to Shimamura Yuna.

(End of this chapter)