Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 129, Section 126: A Little Random Torture (Part 1 of 3)

They are just one step away from achieving the goal of "defeating the LPL representative team".

At that moment, Shimamura Yuna felt as if she had entered a state of near "transcendence".

She didn't know where this feeling came from.
No, perhaps I do know.

It is another soul from within the body.

It is the other half of the memory from the depths of the soul.

That soul that usually brings her difficulties, that makes her cry, tremble, and even have a mental breakdown when faced with pressure, now brings her an unprecedented focus and dedication.

She could feel it.
Are you looking forward to it?

"The result that is so close at hand, that shining moment."

In fact, Shimamura Yuna had always wondered if the other soul in her body had always existed, that it had not disappeared, nor had it completely merged with her.

Instead, they harbor negative thoughts about real life, choosing to remain dormant and refuse to accept reality.

In essence, she has been holding herself back all along.

She was unwilling to accept the realities she didn't want to accept.

However, as I've been doing more and more lately, I'm getting closer and closer to the brilliance in my heart.

She could sense that the other half of her soul was gradually letting go of that misanthropic obsession and was trying to actively and completely merge with her.

This is why she feels her mental state has become relatively more stable recently.
Well, actually it's not that stable.

I'm still very unstable, I still get nervous and stressed, and I can break down and cry over things I hate.

But even if it's only a little better, it's still better.

Starting two or three months ago, Shimamura Yuna could feel that the negative, world-weary side of her body was being moved by the brilliance she was gradually gaining.

She stopped fighting against herself and holding herself back, and instead went with the flow, as if she were observing something and waiting for something.

She remained an observer for a long time.

And at this very moment, that soul.
Finally, for the first time, I really wanted to help myself.

No, perhaps it's all just her imagination.

There is no other soul.

There is no such thing as a pessimistic or world-weary partner.

Perhaps from beginning to end, Shimamura Yuna was just a person, and even that so-called memory of her past life was false and delusional.

She was, from beginning to end, just a lonely, frail girl suffering from depression.

But at this moment, the so-called truth or falsehood, the so-called imagination, are no longer important.

All that is before us are the facts.

That is.
That soul truly helped me like never before.

Yuna Shimamura entered a transcendent state she had never experienced before.

At this moment, 369, sitting opposite Shimamura Yuna, felt an unprecedented pressure as soon as he entered the game.

Yuna Shimamura is very strong in lane.
Yuna Shimamura is a player whose skill level wouldn't be considered weak even by LPL standards.
TES hasn't been doing well lately, neither have they been doing well themselves, nor have the other team members.
He was well aware of these prerequisites and had mentally prepared himself for the possibility that he might not be able to defeat Shimamura Yuna.

However, even so, and even though he had mentally prepared himself, Shimamura Yuna's formidable strength in the game still surprised and bewildered him once it actually started.

'This guy's different now?'

Compared to the previous training matches and Shimamura Yuna in the last game.

In this game, Shimamura Yuna displayed an unprecedentedly strong offensive desire.

Even though he was playing a vampire, he acted as if he wouldn't let himself eat even a single minion.

We threw all our basic attacks and skills at him.

When 369 tried to punish her offside with Rumble's harpoon, he discovered that the opposing vampire was playing like he was on a script.

Each of his harpoons seemed to be pre-planned, with the timing and method of release meticulously planned and executed.

It seemed that every move the other side made was seen through, and they always maintained the best distance.

The extreme concentration that Shimamura Yuna entered at this moment struck 369 like a blow to the head, leaving him somewhat dizzy.

He was a little surprised that Shimamura Yuna was in such good form this game, so he made a lot of greedy moves that he shouldn't have made against Shimamura Yuna.

Then, Shimamura Yuna punished almost all of these actions.

Thus, a very strange scene appeared in the eyes of the audience.

The director didn't show the top lane for the first minute, but instead showed the bottom and mid lanes.

After watching for a while, I switched back to the top lane and saw...
369 has been reduced to half health by Shimamura Yuna, and a large wave of minions has been amassed and is preparing to push into the tower.

At this point, 369 was basically unable to fight back against Shimamura Yuna and could only obediently wait for the minion wave to enter the tower.

If Shimamura Yuna hadn't been playing a vampire, and if she had been playing a champion with better synergy with the jungler, he would have been tower-dived.

When the camera cut to this scene, the audience and the Dragon God were all stunned.

"Holy crap, is this for real? Shimamura-san is really that intimidating?"

"Is this vampire really that powerful? But I feel like Ryze would be even more powerful if this champion were replaced with him. It seems like Ryze can do almost everything this champion can do in lane. Why doesn't Shimamura-san play Ryze?"

Despite Ryujin's doubts about Shimamura Yuna's gameplay and his confusion about her hero choices, he still had some reservations.

However, regardless of the circumstances, Shimamura Yuna's dominance in the laning phase was evident to the entire world.

Even if 369 is not in good form, he is still a top laner in the LPL.

As everyone knows, those who can pull a 369-top spinning top are top-tier players.

That is
At that moment, Shimamura Yuna had become a true top-tier performer.

At least, in this moment.

Shimamura Yuna didn't think too much about it.

She felt better than ever before.

She had often heard that when playing games or doing other things, one sometimes enters a state called "flow".

This is not a word found in fantasy or xuanhuan novels.

Rather, it is a real, existing state.

This is a state that any hardcore gamer, or even someone who isn't a gamer, can occasionally experience when they are fully focused on something.

Specifically, when you are extremely focused and absorbed, it feels like the whole world slows down, and you can see that everything the other person does clearly follows a specific trajectory.

I can accurately predict the trajectory of everything and then make all the theoretically correct choices.

It sounds like science fiction, but this state really exists.

It's precisely because this condition is so prevalent, and so many people have experienced it, that explanations of this term have suddenly appeared extensively online in the last two years, causing the term to regain popularity. As for Shimamura Yuna, due to depression, her biggest problems are actually her focus and reaction speed.

Let alone entering a state of flow.

She finds it difficult to maintain even a relatively normal level of focus; she needs to forcefully concentrate to maintain the level of focus that a normal person could maintain.

But at this moment, she truly felt that she had entered into this long-lost state for the first time in her life.
I was so focused that I felt like time was slowing down.

She felt that everything was under her control.

The movement of the minion waves, the opponent's movement trajectory, and your own mouse clicks.
Every tiny movement is so simple.

Thus, a bizarre scene unfolded in the match that probably no one had anticipated beforehand.

Shimamura used the Vampire champion to exert pressure in the single lane, comparable to various long-range AD champions, leaving 369 completely overwhelmed.

Throughout the entire process, the phrase that Ryujin said most often during his commentary was: "Holy crap, Shimamura-san is really awesome."

"Why is 69 completely unable to fight back? Why isn't she showing any resistance at all?"

"Oh my god, is Shimamura really going to drive TES to its death???? Is she really going to kill them all, like brothers fighting each other to the bitter end???"

The Dragon God's words were spoken with a slightly hesitant tone.

But his praise for Shimamura Yuna was genuine.

Yes, that's really awesome.

Actually, judging from the lineup, Shimamura Yuna needs to add a front-line character as the last pick.

Let's not even talk about traditional tanks; at least pick a character like Gwent or Weapon Master who can hold the line in the front.

The biggest problem with this lineup right now is that no one can hold the line in front, there are too many players in the back row, and the team's power spike comes too late in the game.

Yuna Shimamura chose to ignore the lineup and picked her signature move.

So the moment the vampire was chosen, the whole lineup actually looked a bit strange.

However, all of this was completely erased by her extremely superior laning ability and explosive performance.

The camera then switched to show Shimamura Yuna spinning a 369 top.

Laning phase, health, experience.

In almost every segment, Shimamura Yuna firmly held her own against 369.

She seems to be a hero on a completely different level from 369.

Normally, in this match, CFO would have been unable to contest any resources in the top half of the map in the early game. He could only give up the resources he could, try to minimize his losses, and then try to start with Caitlyn, who is relatively strong in the bot lane, to see if he could feed her.

Ideally, the top half of the map would be at a disadvantage overall, but if the bottom lane performs well in the laning phase, the losses can be mitigated.

As a result, even with the jungler focusing on the bottom lane, the top lane still managed to gain a huge advantage in their solo lane.

This suddenly made the situation very delicate.

During this time, Kanavi's Xin Zhao actually tried to help 369 relieve the pressure several times, to show their bond as the Eternal Hunters.

However, all attempts were unsuccessful.

Yuna Shimamura is far too cautious.

Her sense of anti-ganking is among the best of the new generation of players, and you could even say it's a bit old-fashioned.

Even in her past life, people always said that her way of playing was unlike that of a young person, and that she didn't have any youthful vigor.

It can be said that the ability to prevent ganks is the biggest difference between her and top laners like TheShy, who are typically aggressive and willing to risk their lives to gank, and it is also where her strength lies.

At this moment, coupled with the sudden entry into a state of flow, her observation of the map and her analysis and summarization of the collected map information reached an extreme during this period.

All the information on the minimap would be processed in her brain at top speed, and conclusions would be drawn from the analysis.
She's no longer just using the turtle to avoid ganks.

She is also always able to make the most efficient decisions.

From God's perspective, it seems exaggerated.

There was no clear view of the area on the map, and she was still on the line.

Then, when the other side was about to gank her, even the Dragon God was saying, "Shimamura-nee might be in big trouble this time," but Shimamura Yuna suddenly and strangely retreated.

They didn't retreat earlier or later, but just when Kanavi was already heading this way, preparing to gank, they appeared.

This left Kanavi a bit confused.

'No, I clearly ran a scan and confirmed it had no eyes!'

From Shimamura's perspective, this was the result of her brain temporarily entering a state of high-speed information gathering and processing.

Infer unknown information from known information on the map, then infer the other party's current situation based on the unknown information, and make risky operations based on past experience.

Because you think you might not cross the line if I'm around?

impossible.

It would be more worthwhile to retreat when I think people might arrive.

Actually, it involves a bit of guessing.

However, she guessed correctly.

From the perspective of viewers with an omniscient viewpoint, Shimamura Yuna's guess was as absurd as if she had a global cheat in Dota.

They left just when Kanavi and Xin Zhao were halfway through their gank, neither earlier nor later.

[Shimamura-san, were you spying on me? ???]

[Holy crap, does this thing have eyes? How did it know someone was coming?]

On one hand, the measures taken against Shimamura on the road have not been very effective.

On the other hand, the CFO's tower dive in the bottom lane was extremely effective.

That's right.

My brother is at a disadvantage in the laning phase again.

While it wasn't exactly a bomb, the health bar was definitely in danger, and the minion wave was being pushed back.

And so, everyone saw a very familiar scene, one that they had seen countless times.

That is, my brother got caught and ganked again, and his tower dive was really bad.

Theoretically, he should have been able to trade at least one kill, but because he handled the situation under the tower too carelessly, he didn't manage to trade any kills and then died.

Yes, the lineup of CFOs does look a bit odd.

Their power spike came late, and the lineup's formation and combinations were also quite strange.

However, if TES gets completely crushed in the laning phase and early game, what else is there to say?
Upon seeing this, even Longshen couldn't help but exclaim, "Oh dear, I thought Shimamura-san was going to let TES win this game by choosing this lineup."

"It turns out it wasn't that they were letting TES win; they simply didn't take TES seriously and thought they could easily crush them."

(End of this chapter)