Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 126, Section 123: The Great Battle Against TES!

Before the competition begins, there is one thing that must be mentioned.

That is, Shimamura Yuna, and many netizens online, were right about one thing.

Yes, TES has indeed experienced internal conflicts.

You'll know the answer if you think about it.

Even assuming a premise that "TES's actual strength is average", if TES is able to win the first stage and go to the Pioneer Tournament, it is partly due to a sudden surge in form and good performance.

but.
No matter how good your luck is or how many times you win the championship.

No matter what, it's because other teams were in poor form and TES stole the championship.

That's also the LPL's first stage champion, right?

This level, which fluctuates with the state, will exist.

However, this will only be within a certain range.

For example, suppose the base score of the TES team is around 70 points.

The base score for both AL and BLG is 80 points.

It's possible that AL and BLG weren't in good form during the playoffs, dropping from a base of 80 points to 70 points.

On the contrary, TES, a team with average strength, rose from 70 points to 90 points.

Therefore, thanks to this combination of favorable timing, location, and personnel, TES ultimately won the first stage championship.

It is indeed a common situation for teams like this to fail to maintain their peak performance in the playoffs after arriving at the World Championship.

No matter what, TES's usual level should be 70 points, which would make them one of the top three teams in the LPL.

These European teams, on the other hand, typically score 50 points, with a maximum of only 70 points.

It's understandable that we can't beat HLE, but it's really too much to not beat a European team, isn't it?

Moreover, judging from KC's brutal treatment by the CFO, KC's condition is far from good; it's just average, or even worse, far from his potential.

How could TES, the number one seed from the LPL, not beat these wildcard teams?
How could they even lose to KC?

There is only one answer.

That is.
TES is having internal conflicts.

"I told you, I can't help you if you play like this, okay? How can a mid laner like you play like this? It's too outrageous."

"Then don't help, just do your own thing."

"No, no, no, stop arguing, let's talk this out."

"No, I just don't understand."

After the first game of the day, mid laner Creamy and jungler Kanavi had a heated argument.

As a veteran, Kanavi has always been a core player who was surrounded by the team in most of the teams he has played for.

He is a jungler who has his own ideas and even needs to force his teammates to change their playstyle according to his ideas.

For him, Little Cream was clearly a player who not only failed to meet his requirements in terms of hard skills, but also failed to satisfy him in terms of obedience.

The two had been accumulating minor conflicts for a long time, but most of them were resolved by their teammates who acted as peacemakers, preventing them from escalating.

However, in yesterday's crucial KC vs TES match, both players eventually broke down due to some reasons.

After the first game, the two started arguing, and the argument became incredibly heated.

Because the argument broke out suddenly during halftime, neither manager Guo Hao nor the charismatic JKL were given a chance to intervene and mediate.

Although everyone had tried their best to break up the fight.

But
Neither Kanavi nor Little Cream has a good temper.

The extremely short interval between the first and second matches of a best-of-three series ultimately prevented the conflict between the two players from being resolved quickly.

The two entered the game with this mutual hostility, and unsurprisingly, TL speedrunned the second game.

After losing the game, there was a huge uproar in the media, and TES's record dropped to 1-2.

The atmosphere in the locker room completely exploded at this point.

Although Little Cream and Kanavi didn't continue arguing after the competition, neither of them was convinced of the other's superiority, and they still had grievances against each other.

They were both holding their breath, and neither of them spoke.

Despite the advice from their teammates, neither of them offered any opinions on the surface, but they showed no intention of backing down.

Seeing this, the other teammates also started to move.

Among them, the TES bot lane duo is the most representative.

That is, JKL and Liu Qingsong.

They are not playing passively.

It's not that they don't want to win.

These two have simply seen a lot and have both won championships, so they don't necessarily have a strong competitive drive for a small tournament like the Pioneer Tournament.
To put it bluntly, he's got the air of a seasoned veteran.

Their attitude towards the competition is that if they can win, they will show some professionalism by practicing what they need to practice and playing what they need to play.

But if things have escalated to this point, the two of them will just let things take their course.

Seeing that Little Cream and Kanavi were arguing so fiercely, they only offered token advice.

If you can persuade them, then do so; if you can't, then so be it.

The main idea is to be indifferent, the main idea is to let things take their natural course.

Anyway, it can't be said that it was their fault. The locker room explosion wasn't caused by them. The two of them are unwilling to reconcile, so what can be done?
The only one who really wanted to win and was anxious about the situation was probably the top laner, 369.

But 369 is a bit tongue-tied, and in this situation, facing a tense mid laner and jungler, he simply doesn't know how to chime in.

So, they could only watch as the atmosphere grew increasingly tense.

It can be said that before the match actually started, the entire TES team already had a premonition of the outcome.

At the beginning of the season, various sources revealed that TES's jungler and support Tian and MEIKO likely left the team last season because they disliked Xiao Nai Nai's poor skills and stubbornness.

As a result, by the end of the first stage, due to Creamy's good performance, both of their comments were refuted.

[These two old guys led the bullying of the newcomers, and even after leaving the team, they still try to kick their former teammates while they're down. They're utterly despicable.]

[Little Cream is here for the Vanguard Match, where are you two?]

Similar pronouncements of reckoning have emerged one after another.

But now, in the moment when the atmosphere in the TES locker room explodes, perhaps everyone can realize that what Tianhe and MEIKO said was really right.

They really spoiled Little Creamy enough.

With a teammate like Kanavi who doesn't tolerate being spoiled, the whole team would fall apart after only two games.

However, it's pointless to talk about this now.

The team atmosphere is definitely explosive.

The organizers will not specifically postpone the competition for a period of time to allow them to gradually adjust their mindset.

Time passed slowly, and March 14th arrived.

The competition officially begins.

On the day the competition began, the stadium was filled with an unprecedented and terrifying atmosphere.

Even though TES performed poorly in this competition and drew criticism, the team's fan base remains as solid as ever thanks to the presence of star player JKL.

There were still many TES's loyal fans in the audience, holding up signs, cheering, and applauding. In contrast, there were an even larger number of Yuna Shimamura's fans, whose numbers could be described as enormous.

As the CFO and his team entered, the cheers from the audience even drowned out the commentary broadcast through loudspeakers.

The shouts of the crowd coalesced into a powerful wave, making Shimamura Yuna clearly realize that today was their true home ground.

Before the competition began, as always, both sides set up their equipment.

During this segment, the CFO team members encouraged each other.

We must win today.

"Yes, we have a great chance today. If we advance to the group stage with a 3-1 record and also beat the LPL, it would be a historic achievement for us in recent years, so..."

"That's right, if we win, I feel like our whole year has been worthwhile!"

These conversations reveal that these contestants from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan did not have high expectations for their results.

Let alone making it to the knockout stage and getting second place or anything like that.

If they can advance to the group stage with a score of 3-1, and by the way, one of those points comes from the LPL, that would already be something to celebrate.

As for any more substantial achievements, that doesn't matter.

Anyway, the entire region hasn't achieved anything significant in about ten years, so does anyone really care about that?

This "barefoot but not afraid of those wearing shoes" mentality has boosted the morale of all the CFOs. They all seem to be giant killers, eager to challenge the weakened giant, TES.

On the other hand, TES
During a break from debugging the equipment, Shimamura Yuna made a point of observing the situation over there.

At first glance, it looks like it's about to die.

The team members all had stern faces.

They rarely communicate with each other.

The atmosphere was also very tense.

This confirmed her suspicions.

"Just as I thought."

After about ten minutes of equipment testing, the referee came over to check: "Is there a major problem?"

Yuna Shimamura replied, "No."

After all ten contestants gave the same answer, the competition officially began.
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Today's match was arguably the most watched since the start of the Pioneer Tournament.

This level of attention was the result of extensive preparation.

Before the match, Riot Games released a documentary to hype up the situation, starting with Yuna Shimamura.

Then, in the official matches, TES delivered an astonishingly poor performance.

A series of events both on and off the field have turned the match between TES and CFO, two teams that shouldn't have garnered so much attention, into the real focus of this tournament's viewership.

The competition hasn't even started yet, and Longshen's live stream room is already packed with 8 people.

Once the business card (BP) phase began, the number of participants instantly exceeded 100,000.

Seeing this, the Dragon God was overjoyed.

He now feels that his transformation from a rebellious son of Shimamura to a dutiful son of Shimamura is a stroke of genius in his live-streaming history.

This not only allowed him to avoid the risk of being hit by a powerful blow, but also allowed him to naturally benefit from the popularity of the competition.

Thinking of this, he was already overjoyed.

He, watching from outside the screen, was so happy that he curled the corners of his mouth into a smile.

On the screen, however, he naturally began his commentary on today's match.

"It's here! The episode everyone's been waiting for is finally here!"

"Sigh, I don't know which one to support, TES or CFO. Logically speaking, TES is one of our LPL members."

"But Shimamura-san is also one of our own. This is really a difficult choice."

His pretentious remarks made the viewers in the live chat laugh.

Everyone in the world knows that Longshen is the one who loves to make sarcastic remarks about JKL during his live streams.

Then he said, "I don't know who to support," which seemed ridiculously fake.

[God, if you want to see TES get beaten up, just say so, okay? Your own mother is on the field anyway, can you stop pretending?]

[Brother Shen, you don't even dare to directly tell your own mother that you love her; it seems like you're being a bit unfilial.]

[Brother Shen, if you want to be filial, then do so. We all support you.]

The Dragon God ignored these people's comments.

He said to himself, "Sigh, maybe Shimamura should let TES win. What if she really crushes TES?"

"Shimamura is already 2-1. Even if she loses this match, the worst that can happen is that it's 2-2, which means she's already advanced."

"But if TES loses this game, it will be 1-3, which means they are really doomed."

"If TES intentionally sabotages TL in the next game and loses, then TES will really be going home. They won't even make it to the semifinals in the top 5. Oh my god, that would be too embarrassing."

"Sigh, the LPL's number one seed is kicked out of the fifth region, how damn ugly is that? Shimamura-san, we're all family, give TES a break, okay? Can we stop fighting among ourselves???"

"How are we supposed to live as the LPL's top AD carry?! How are we supposed to save face as the S8 champions?!"

If the Dragon God's words were a bit off, they would have really confused the viewers in the live chat.

Whether he supports a CFO or not, no one could tell.

But everyone could tell that he really hated TES and disliked JKL.

No, if you want your brother to die, just say so, okay?

[God, stop talking. I support Shimamura-nee sending her brother home. I support her, okay?]

[Shimamura, please don't just dominate TES twice and let them go 1-3. HLE, please don't throw the game and lose to TL. Please, please don't let these things happen!]

That's something that absolutely had to happen!

In this cheerful atmosphere, the competition officially began.

In today's game, Shimamura Yuna will still be CFO's starting player.

Although they had previously considered a tactic of starting REST and then having Shimamura Yuna hold the fort.

However, on the one hand, with the updates and changes after the Pioneer Tournament version, there are more damage-dealing heroes that can be played, so Shimamura Yuna is less restricted.

On the other hand, before the best-of-five series, Shimamura Yuna's physical condition is not yet apparent.

That is, you usually start to feel a little tired towards the end of the second game.

So far, REST has not been used yet, and Yuna Shimamura has been responsible for all the initial launches.

In this situation, TES surprisingly chose to completely ignore Shimamura Yuna in the draft phase, instead opening up all of Shimamura Yuna's heroes and only banning them according to the standard version.

Ultimately, both sides quickly finalized their lineups.

On the CFO's side, the lineup consists of Jayce, Sejuani, Taliyah, Ezreal, and Alistar.

For TES, the lineup is Quesant, Nidalee, Yone, Jhin + Leona.

Upon seeing this lineup, Dragon God immediately uttered a subtle sigh: "Oh~ are you going to directly pick Quesanti to challenge Shimamura's Jayce? Are you going to let 69 challenge Shimamura's Jayce?"

"real or fake?"

(End of this chapter)