Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 166, page 163. LPL? Just Shimamura's spinning top!
Actually, this is quite a strange phenomenon.

Logically speaking, the current CFO team is no different from the one in the first stage.

Their performance in the Pioneer Tournament was largely unexpected.

In scrims, they usually can't beat HLE or TES.

The reason they were able to beat TES was because TES was in poor form.

The reason they were able to beat HLE was due to the information gap and HLE's lapses in judgment.

They were simply performing at their normal level, with a slight burst of power.

It's far from accurate to say that our strength has improved by a certain amount.

There were no breakthroughs in combat.

It simply means that I performed at the level I was supposed to perform at, nothing more.

Therefore, in Shimamura Yuna's view, after winning this match and returning to the competition area, everyone should just go back to normal.

Teams we couldn't beat before, we still can't beat now.

Teams we could beat before, we can still beat.

The main theme is to expose one's true colors.

But in reality, after returning to Taiwan, she had the same feeling in scrims against both LPL and LCK teams: the team's win rate had increased significantly.

Teams that were previously evenly matched can now be evenly matched.

Teams that previously had a 19% win rate have now basically recovered to a 37% win rate.

The most typical example is Han-Hua.

After the Pioneer Tournament, Hanwha liked to ask the CFO to schedule practice matches every day.

Then, something terrible happened.

That is.
Before the finals, HLE had consistently maintained a 90% win rate against CFO in practice matches, but after the finals, they were unable to achieve that near-perfect win rate.

Logically, both sides should understand each other better now, the information gap should be smaller, and they should know each other better.

However, the reality is not like that.

In reality, since returning from the Pioneer Tournament, the two teams have been practicing intensively, and CFO's winning percentage has actually been increasing.

From the initial 19-fold opening, the trend has gradually shifted to a 37-fold and 46-fold opening.

When Zeus faced Shimamura, it seemed as if he had some kind of phobia.

Because of the shadow of the finals, Zeus is now always worried when facing Shimamura in lane, fearing that Shimamura might find him from some angle and steal the kill.

This makes them hesitant and timid in their fighting.

Judging from the current laning win rate in scrims, it's no exaggeration to say that Shimamura Yuna is Zeus's strictest mother.

Therefore, it cannot be said that Zeus was frequently defeated.

Rather, it's that Zeus seems very afraid of being crushed by Shimamura Yuna, so he becomes particularly insecure and conservative when playing against her in practice matches.

He really has a psychological trauma from Shimamura Yuna's crazy style.

As her opponent in lane, Shimamura Yuna could intuitively sense the changes in her opponent's style and the psychological factors behind those styles.

She felt a bit conflicted because of this.

'Even a contender like Zeus is afraid of me?'

The Zeus player, whom she used to look up to, now sees her as someone to challenge, or even someone who sees herself as stronger.

This change in status felt incredibly magical to her.

It's like going from the east bank of the river thirty years ago to the west bank thirty years later.

Just like those powerful Dou Zong experts who seemed so formidable back then, they now appear to be nothing special.

Of course, Zeus wasn't actually at the level of a Dou Zong powerhouse.

He is undoubtedly one of the strongest top laners in the world.

His current tendency to acknowledge his weaknesses and adopt a conservative approach is more of a mindset issue than a matter of ability.

But in any case.
Thanks to Shimamura Yuna's consistent solo lane performance and the team's overall synergy, their win rate in scrims against HLE has now reached around 6%.

It's not just against HLE.

Their win rate has improved compared to the first season when facing the vast majority of other LPL and LCK teams.

Although the improvement is not that significant, it is not as noticeable as HLE treatment.

But there have indeed been improvements.

Yuna Shimamura had a very strong feeling.

Today's CFOs are no longer a team with limited time.

He's no longer the champion he was in for a fleeting moment.

They are now a truly strong team.

They are a team that needs no qualifiers and can be considered quite strong; they can be ranked between the top and second tiers in the world championships.

This experience of clearly feeling oneself growing has greatly boosted the morale of the entire CFO team.

They are now incredibly confident.

Confidence will become stronger, one will be more daring to act, and one's thinking will be more clear.

Becoming stronger means winning more, which leads to greater confidence.

Confidence will increase.

This is an incredibly virtuous cycle.

Now, all the CFOs have a strong feeling.

Yes, they will dominate the entire region in the new season.

Although they were no different from the ruling group before, they were one of the less rotten ones among the bunch of rotten fish in the LCP.

It feels like the great white shark has come in and is easily crushing the weaker opponents.

The intensity of this training match, which is visible to the naked eye, will naturally spread quickly.

After all, with Shimamura Yuna on the team, how could there be no discussion, how could no one be willing to pay attention?
So, while the LPL had already started, news of CFO's strong performance in scrims spread to various places through different channels.

The videos on Bilibili look like this.

X, during a live stream, claimed that the CFO was incredibly strong in scrimmages, reportedly defeating many teams. Could it be that Shimamura is about to establish a dynasty?

This video received over 100,000 views on Bilibili.

The video content is simple: a former champion coach, X, is live streaming and saying to the camera, "Hey, I heard that Shimamura, whom you all seem to be concerned about right now, is incredibly strong in scrims. Many LPL teams are saying that they're not the same team as in the first stage; they've completely evolved since winning the championship."

Generally speaking, when people see this X, their feeling is similar to when they see the meaning of the X.

It was so bad that even a person would hate it, and anyone who saw it would spit on it.

But the audience is hypocritical.

When X talks about things that people don't like, people get very unhappy and say things like, "You actually believe what X says?"

But when he talked about how Yuna Shimamura was invincible in training matches, everyone felt, "Then we have to believe it."

To be fair, the CFO and Shimamura-san seemed just average before, but after winning this pioneer tournament, shouldn't they definitely be evolving?

[It's true, I really want to watch Shimamura play again. I want to see her dominate the weaker regions and crush the weak teams. I don't want to watch these mediocre LPL players anymore.]

[Indeed, watching Shimamura smurf is pure fun, and there's also some hope for her performance at MSI. I feel like none of the LPL players are as good as Shimamura.] Yes, after the Pioneer Tournament, LPL gained a huge number of Shimamura fans, and these fans genuinely prefer watching Shimamura play in LCP to watching LPL.

Although the LCP league isn't very interesting.

But as a fan, all I need to do is see Shimamura win the match.

Moreover, saying it's not good-looking is from an aesthetic point of view.

If your team is just floating around in the region, everyone knows they'll win without any pressure.

The only suspense for you is watching how many games the home team wins.

Isn't that also a kind of pleasure?

Don't invincible novels have a good market on Qidian?
Unfortunately, unlike the LPL's schedule, which is almost back-to-back with the Pioneer Tournament, the LCP's schedule is relatively less tight.

The reason why Shimamura Yuna needed to make a decision as early as possible was simply because she needed to decide whether or not to go before the start of the LPL season.

Otherwise, by the time the visa for mainland China is processed, it will already be the third stage of the race.

However, in reality, the LCP starts much later than the LPL.

Basically, the LPL has been going on for almost a month, while the CFO's first match in the LCP is just beginning.

During this month, even if people didn't want to watch, they had no choice but to watch LPL matches.

So, what happened in the LPL during this past month?

Let me briefly talk about the situation of some of the key teams.

First, the AL team, which performed well in the first stage, continued to perform well in the second stage.

At the beginning of this year, this team was considered to have a low ceiling and be only on the edge of making the playoffs because of its seemingly large roster of older players.

As a result, after reaching the finals in the first stage and winning the runner-up position, it was still considered by everyone to be just a temporary accident.

However, as the regular season progresses, although the doubts about AL being an "older team with a low ceiling" have not subsided, in general, everyone has come to recognize that it is a stable and strong team.

His performance in the first stage was no accident.

His consistent performance in the second stage so far has been inevitable.

Secondly, there's the highly anticipated BLG.

This team, which was just one step away from winning the world championship last year, was eliminated in the spring playoffs this year, which was considered by many to be a huge upset.

However, most people still believe that BLG will be able to adjust and bounce back in the Summer Split.

However, in reality, this did not happen.

Although they are still considered a strong team in the LPL, they are still among the top teams.

However, it is clear to the naked eye that BLG currently has no dominance.

Winning the game looked like a struggle.

They also lost a lot of games, suffering defeats against AL and TES, showing a clear difference from their peak performance last year.

This has greatly disappointed many BLG fans who were hoping that BLG could make a comeback this year and restore the glory of the LPL.

to be honest.
These people may not necessarily like BLG that much.

However, aside from BLG in last year's finals, many viewers really don't see any hope that LPL can challenge LCK at this stage.

Now that BLG is in such a mess, who can they rely on?
Relying on TES?
Relying on AL?
From the perspective of another parallel universe, AL really is the only reliable team in the LPL.

However, at this stage, AL's dominance in the LPL has not yet been demonstrated, and people still have the stereotype that AL is an old team with no potential.

Now that we've come this far, we have to talk about TES.

This team, which was thrashed by Shimamura in FS, has been dominating the LPL since returning, consistently leading the regular season standings and even showing signs of dominance.

Actually, many LPL fans really want to see TES die.

Only when TES dies can it be proven that the LPL is not garbage as a whole, but only TES is garbage.

But TES, who were crushed at the World Championship, are still leading the LPL regular season.

That makes it hard for anyone not to believe a fact.

That is, the LPL as a whole is indeed terrible, the entire LPL is indeed not up to par.

Teams like TES, who performed at an all-time low in the World Championship, can still easily dominate the LPL.

what does this mean?
This means it's not a problem with the team.

That's a problem with the competition area.

Let’s be more straightforward.

Shimamura-nee can crush a TES team.

That would allow them to dominate the entire LPL.

Based on this logic, Shimamura's fans have been quite impressive lately.

[LPL? A region where Shimamura's spinning top can get first place? This is ridiculous!]

[I see that Shimamura is dominating both the top LPL teams and wildcard teams in the LCP, so does that mean there's no difference between LPL and wildcard teams? I'm waiting to see.]

[There's really no difference. Shimamura was so ruthless against TES, it feels like she wouldn't even be this ruthless against wildcard teams, right?]

The spinning top competition is in complete chaos!

In fact, a large number of LPL fans are very dissatisfied with the behavior of Shimamura Yuna's fans in making disparaging remarks everywhere.

It's like giving you a wooden cabinet and then going crazy over it.

Objectively speaking, some of Shimamura Yuna's fans are indeed a bit unreasonable.

Or rather, these people are not fans of Shimamura Yuna at all; they simply hate the LPL, and Shimamura Yuna is just a tool they use to hate the LPL.

But whatever the truth may be.

Regardless of the merits of this kind of comparison and denigration.

But nowadays, LPL fans really can't say anything back.

Your TES team is the number one team in the LPL, but you were crushed by Shimamura in the Pioneer Tournament, isn't that a fact?

After you were completely dominated by your opponents, you returned to the LPL and still led the regular season. That's a fact, isn't it?
So what's the point of arguing? What's the point of being unconvinced?
If someone says you're bad, just accept it, okay?
If you call yourself a spinning top, then refute that with facts!
Now, anyone who tries to be rational and objective and says, "Shimamura Yuna's fans are too KY (a derogatory term for people who are overly sensitive and insensitive), they will immediately be targeted and attacked."

Ultimately, people's feelings towards the LPL have reached an all-time low of disgust.

At times like these, emotions take precedence over any objective rationality.

If Shimamura Yuna is indeed defeated by LPL, then those who are currently speaking up for her will become fence-sitters and criticize, "Shimamura Yuna's fans were making a scene back then, but what about now?"

But these people are also angry right now, so they'll also help Shimamura Yuna criticize LPL.

It can only be said that they are like reeds in the wind, swaying to either side.

Such public opinion is certainly not good for Shimamura Yuna herself; if she saw it, she might even try to stop it.

However, at this stage, it is a matter of public opinion.

[TES is Shimamura's spinning top]

[The entire LPL is dominated by Shimamura's spinning top]

Even Zeus is Shimamura's spinning top.

As the controller of this spinning top, Shimamura Yuna is about to appear before everyone in the wildest way.
She will demonstrate her dominance to everyone.

(End of this chapter)