Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 157, Page 154: All of this is more beautiful than a dream.
The appearance of Yuna Shimamura was a surprise and a miracle for both the audience and Riot.

And such a surprise will generate an unprecedented and earth-shattering impact in an even more powerful way.

After winning the championship, I should have celebrated properly with my teammates and friends.

We should have been enjoying the happy moments after our hard work paid off.

After receiving the results, we should have gone to fan events together, eaten at Haidilao hot pot, and traveled around the area. That's how it should have been.

But
Shimamura Yuna was too exhausted to move.

She couldn't even remember how she left the venue.

All she remembers is that after the interview on the main stage, she went backstage and felt like her whole body was filled with lead, and she couldn't move at all.

After her last bit of willpower dissipated, she lay on the sofa, closed her eyes, and lost consciousness.

In a daze, I vaguely heard my teammates calling my name, as if they were telling me to do something.

But she really couldn't draw even a little bit of her mental energy.

And so, I fell into a deep sleep.

After that, she knew nothing about the online discussions or the various events that occurred after the match.

Riot Games has tried to contact her, and various esports reporters also want to interview her.

However, Akari Kujo declined all the offers, citing that "she was overworked and fell asleep."

And so she was able to rest peacefully for a whole day.

This woman, who is currently the most popular and hottest topic in online discussions, has remained beautifully hidden all day.

When she woke up again, she found herself lying in a hotel room.

It's very quiet.
She was so quiet that it felt like she was the only person in the whole world.

Yesterday morning, when she woke up, she was in this room, looking out the window at the dimly lit sky and the faintly rising sun from the east.
Today, the same scene is almost perfectly replicated and reproduced.

She glanced nervously at the bed next door and saw that Akari Kujo was still sleeping there.

Even this part is the same as yesterday.

This gave her a sense of disorientation.
It felt as if I had fallen into some kind of magical time loop.

It's as if winning the championship yesterday was just a dream, and when I woke up, everything was back to square one.

'You're awake! Now, it's time to get ready for the Pioneer Tournament finals. We need to do our best to defeat HLE!'

Out of fear for the future, Shimamura Yuna quickly checked her phone to see the time.

"March 17th, 6:40 AM."

That's right, it was when the final was over.

Then
Did I win the championship?

After opening Bilibili on my phone and tapping the search bar, the top trending search was "CFO defeats HLE to win the championship," and the second was "Oni King Yuna wins the championship."

After clicking in, the first video that appears is of himself on the main stage saying "This is just the beginning".

At this point, the video had already garnered over 200 million views, and the number was still rising.

My Bilibili followers have now exceeded 300 million.

This price increase is a bit too exaggerated.
Many highly popular professional players with tens of millions of dollars who have accounts on Bilibili don't have this number of fans.

Even BLG's top star, BIN, only has 200 million followers on Bilibili.

Is it reasonable for a mere Bilibili streamer in a costume, a wildcard player who just won his first championship, to have so much viewership?
She didn't know if Bilibili was manipulating things behind the scenes to gain fake followers.

but.
'At least this is what I deserve. I guess so.'

Even if Bilibili gave her a lot of followers, it's at least because Bilibili thinks she deserves this kind of hype and wants to elevate her to a pedestal.

The result of being elevated to a pedestal is not important in itself. What is important is that one's efforts have been recognized, recognized by the platform, recognized by the public, and recognized by public opinion.

If it wasn't faked, that would be even better.

That means his popularity and online traffic have truly taken off.

Upon seeing this, Shimamura Yuna let out a heavy sigh.

Everything is true.

Although I was unconscious yesterday, so I didn't feel anything real.

But whether it's winning the championship or standing on the main stage to cheer and celebrate with everyone after winning, all of these things are real and not fake.

Thinking of this, she checked her phone again.
She could guess that many people must have wanted to contact her last night, after all, she had just won the championship.

I wonder how they feel when they can't get in touch with me.

Sure enough, as soon as I turned on my phone, I saw a lot of call logs.
Some came from my sister, some from the team manager, and some from other teammates.

However, none of them were missed calls; they were all answered.

It seems that Akari Kujo handled it for him, probably telling them something like "Shimamura is resting now."

Thinking this, she opened her Line account and, as expected, saw a message from her sister.

I saw you win the championship yesterday! Although I couldn't see the live broadcast of your victory because of work, I actually secretly kept the live stream running on my work computer. But when I finally had a chance to peek, I found you had already lifted the trophy.

It's a real shame I couldn't see you win, but seeing you so happy touched me deeply. It hasn't been long since you left home, but your life is already back on track, and I'm so proud of that.

[I had so much to say to you, but Kujo told me you're already asleep, so I won't bother you. I'll just leave you this message here.]

[Congratulations on winning the championship, Yuna! We hope you continue to do well in the future.]

[Your loving sister.]

After reading the long message her sister sent her, Shimamura Yuna was somewhat moved.

She really wanted to say something, and wanted to call her sister right now and have a long chat for hours.

But
Now that things have come to this, she doesn't know what to say to her sister.

Emotional words seem affected, while silence seems awkward.

After thinking for a while, she simply replied, "Thank you, sister."

Besides my sister, there are a lot of other messy news.
My Bilibili private messages were almost overflowing with well wishes from my fans.

[Congratulations on winning, Shimamura-san! It's been so moving to see you grow from the Demon Queen Yuna to the world-renowned Shimamura-san.]

[Shimamura-san, I'm so happy to see you get to where you are today. I've always supported you, and seeing you achieve this feels like a dream.]

[Shimamura-san, you're now the mother of Curse Resurrection! Keep up the good work and become the mother of all top laners!]

[Holy crap, Shimamura-san is awesome! I gave you a captain, can you at least thank me?]

Seeing these diverse and unique replies wishing her well, Shimamura Yuna felt an indescribable warmth in her heart.

She rarely replies to private messages, and hardly ever even reads them.

But today, she had the leisure to reply to some of the private messages.

"Hello, thank you so much. Please continue to support me. I will achieve even more to repay your expectations." "I will achieve even more in the future; the Pioneer Tournament championship is not the end."

Thank you so much for your support and for the gift. While it might seem a bit like I'm taking advantage and then complaining, I hope you'll be mindful of your financial situation when it comes to gifts, and not let supporting me negatively impact your own life.

Some people were particularly excited after receiving her reply.

She replied less than a minute after Shimamura gave her reply.

[Holy crap, Shimamura-san, you actually noticed me!!! I've been a long-time fan, I want to ask when you're going to start streaming again?]

Upon seeing this question, Shimamura Yuna pondered for a moment.

She just checked her call log and saw that one of the people in it was the person in charge of Bilibili's live streaming.

Akari Kujo answered the phone for him, but she certainly wouldn't say much, only telling them to wait until he woke up before talking.

But if I'm not mistaken, the person in charge of Bilibili's live streaming is here to discuss starting a live stream soon.

Thinking of this, she replied to her fans: "If nothing unexpected happens, after this competition, I will go back to Japan to rest and recuperate for a while. I will find time to do a live stream then. Thank you for your support."

She knew that her reply would probably be circulated on some online forum or other forum.

In other words, by replying to this one fan, she is giving an attitude to all her fans.

After interacting with some fans for a while, Shimamura Yuna finally put down her phone.

She looked at Akari Kujo, who was fast asleep next to her bed, and smiled gently.

Normally, Akari Kujo would have gotten up long ago by this time. She is a very self-disciplined person with a very regular daily routine.

It's easy to imagine that the other team members were out partying in South Korea last night.

If she goes to sleep, Akari Kujo will go and celebrate with her teammates on her behalf.

They probably stayed up late, so they haven't gotten up yet.

"It feels so unreal."

The championship he had once longed for has now been so easily won.

When I woke up, there wasn't much sadness or tears, nor was there much celebration.

I simply accepted the fact that I was already the "Pioneer Tournament Champion" in a very calm way.

She knew that from the moment she won the championship, many things would begin to change fundamentally.

First and foremost, I will no longer be looked down upon by anyone.

Although it has never won a major world championship title, including MSI and Worlds, the Vanguard Tournament is a relatively low-prestige event.

but.
No one will look down on me anymore.

From this moment forward, I am one of the strongest players in the world, and one of the most competitive professional players globally.

Being treated as a dark horse or a lackey will no longer happen.

It seems like a recognition of his own strength, but at the same time, it also means that the level of tolerance he enjoyed in this competition will not be available again in the future.

People will no longer always say, "For Shimamura, making it to the semi-finals is already good enough; don't ask for more."

People no longer always think that "it's enough for Shimamura to show her own style."

When you win the championship, everyone's expectations of you start to rise even higher.

They have already lost the period of protection from public opinion.

This is what is known as the weight of the crown.

It is an honor, but also a heavy burden of pressure.

Aside from this public opinion, there was another thing that came to her mind immediately after winning the championship.

That is.
Should I transfer to another team after this?
Actually, she had already negotiated with the CFO before the competition.

Basically, we'll see how things go after this Pioneer Tournament.

They say it depends on the situation, but basically everyone assumes that Shimamura Yuna will leave.

The CFO felt that Shimamura Yuna's price had become too high after she gained fame, and they didn't want to keep her. They wanted to sell her at a high price to make some transfer fee.

Yuna Shimamura also wanted to leave in order to achieve good results.

It can be said that they hit it off immediately.

But that's on the premise that everyone has no expectation that the CFO will be able to produce results.

At that time, Shimamura Yuna thought that in order to achieve good results, after playing in the Vanguard Tournament this season and establishing her value, she would pursue a transfer and look for other job opportunities in the LPL or LCK.

but.
Now that he has won the championship, proving that the current lineup has the "possibility of reaching the top", should he leave the team?

The reason why the former CFO's boss most likely wanted to sell Shimamura Yuna was that her market value had been inflated too much.

Although the CFO is backed by a bank and it's not that they can't afford the money, business people don't do charity.

If the premium for Shimamura Yuna is too high, then they should sell as soon as possible when the premium is at its highest.

But it's different now.

With this championship, Shimamura Yuna can achieve the results she desires, including becoming the CFO.

And it's possible for the CFO to make money by leveraging the influence of Shimamura Yuna's championship win.

This could lead to a change in their views on the previously agreed-upon terms.

From Shimamura Yuna's perspective, she felt that this victory was largely unexpected. The CFO, who was in the best form, ran into the HLE, who was in the worst form, and also had the advantage of information asymmetry.

When she faced LCK teams again, she thought that with CFO's lineup, it would be very, very difficult to win.

Your hero pool and playstyle will be studied.

The CFO's understanding will also be observed.

Things won't go as smoothly as they are now.

Even if HLE and the CFO were to have a rematch right away, HLE would most likely win.

But even so, if you dismantle a championship team right after winning the title, will the public be lenient towards you?

In other words, would going to the LPL necessarily be better than where you are now?
Yuna Shimamura found this very complicated.

She never expected that winning the championship would bring her troubles immediately.

But that's it.
Compared to before, these are all happy troubles.

Having a champion is definitely better than not having one.

'Forget it, I'll stop thinking about these things for now.'

Shimamura Yuna shook her head, intending to put these things out of her mind for now.

The important thing right now is to enjoy the joy of victory, not to think about these other things.

(End of this chapter)