This Lee Sang-hyeok is very strong, but he lacks self-awareness.

Backstage at the game, Abu looked at Scout's still-stern expression and the grim-faced head coach Nofe.

A sense of helplessness welled up inside me.

Even before the Demacia Cup began, head coach Nofe had suggested playing a mid-jungle synergy, aiming to create a mid-jungle combination that could influence the side lanes in the early game.

Although Scout reluctantly agreed, he repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction to Abu and often disobeyed Nofe's instructions during practice matches, slacking off and underperforming.

Scout even subtly mentioned to Abu on one occasion that he had several offers from other LPL and LCK teams.

This is practically a blatant coup!

Abu was quite disgusted at the time, but EDG performed exceptionally well in the subsequent Demacia Cup and also won the first few matches of the Spring Split.

Moreover, Scout didn't cause any trouble in the official game, so Abu pretended nothing had happened.

In this game, Scout followed Nofe's advice and picked Ekko, a mid-lane assassin with high mobility but lacking the ability to close out games.

Nofe's strategy was to use the synergy between Ekko and Gragas to withstand Syndra and Elise's strong early-game push.

Then, once their mid-game items are complete, they will threaten RNG's carry position.

The cost of this approach is that Scout sacrifices his prized laning ability, because Ekko can never gain a lane advantage against Syndra.

So after being turned around in this game, Scout made it clear to him that he would not follow the coach's instructions in the second game.

He wants to play a carry mid laner, establish an advantage from the laning phase, and personally end the game.

Ai Luoli also took the opportunity to say that she wanted to choose a jungler with strong fighting ability in the jungle, instead of always following Scout to roam and do things.

With the second match imminent, Abu had no choice but to reluctantly accept the defeat.

But the knot in my heart will probably be hard to get rid of for a long time.

"Ding ding ding"

[EDG substitute Lin Xiu's prophetic prediction! EDG suffers a crushing defeat in the first game]

[Inconsistent draft picks suggest EDG may be facing internal problems]

"None of them are easy to deal with!"

Seeing the negative comments flooding his phone, Abu felt a surge of anger and immediately dialed Lin Xiu's number.

......

On the other side, Lin Xiu glanced at the caller ID, made a phonograph gesture towards the camera, and then pressed the speakerphone button.

"Lin Xiu! What the hell are you spouting in the live stream?!"

Abuna's ear-piercing roar traveled through the microphone directly to the ears of 100,000 spectators.

"You were the one who stirred up trouble at IEM last time, causing our club to make such a fool of itself. I didn't hold it against you then, but you're doing it again this time, aren't you?"

"Don't think I don't know you're stirring up trouble again! What 'pig vs. dog' nonsense, what 'EDG will definitely lose'—are you even a member of EDG? Do you even want to play anymore?"

"EDG lost, what good does that do you? Huh?"

Abu became more and more excited as he spoke, and by the end his voice even started to whistle.

The live stream chat instantly went wild.

[Holy crap! The real manager is checking rooms!]

[Abu broke down, hahaha! That shout was full of energy!]

[Is this what you call a strong voice? It sounds effeminate.]

[Lin Gou said, "Of course there's a benefit to EDG losing, because I get to start!"]

[Lin Gou, hold on! Don't be a coward! I'm telling you loudly, you want to be a starter!]

Lin Xiu casually picked at his ear and replied flippantly:

"Coach, that was professional analysis. If I didn't love EDG, I would have ended my stream and gone to sleep long ago. How could I be sitting here feeling sorry for our own team?"

"Shut up! I'm not going to waste my breath on you, I'm cutting off the live stream right now!"

Abu was clearly furious; in the background, you could faintly hear the noisy debriefing and the sound of tactical boards being slammed backstage.

"I can end the stream, but I have to remind you that even though you lost the first game, at least your strategy was correct. If you can't keep up, you'll definitely lose even faster."

"roll!"

beep - beep - beep -

Lin Xiu shrugged and casually cut off the video signal to the live stream, but the audio signal remained.

The once lively scene instantly turned into complete darkness, leaving only a screen full of bullet comments.

[Lin Gengxin is a real man!]

[The first person to directly confront Abramovich!]

[The live stream isn't over yet, did Lin Gou forget to turn it off?]

[How can cutting off the live broadcast signal not be considered cutting off the live broadcast signal?]

"Brothers, the boss has spoken, the video has to be blacklisted, but I can say whatever I want, he can't control me."

"Everyone heard Abu's loud voice just now; the coaching staff is probably in an uproar. But I bet he won't listen to me."

Lee Sang-hyeok sat to the side, not saying a word, but his calm eyes were fixed on the BP interface of the newly started second game.

On the screen, the second round of ban/pick begins.

Ultimately, RNG, on the blue side, chose...

[Top lane Gragas, Jungle Rengar, Mid lane Syndra, AD Tristana, Support Karma]

EDG chose

[Top lane Camille, Jungle Graves, Mid lane Corki, AD Ashe, Support Malzahar]

"Haha, I don't understand this draft. I guess Abu couldn't keep up, so the mid and jungle players were allowed to run wild."

"But against RNG, no matter how strong your mid and jungle picks are, if you can't gank Uzi with four players on each side, it's useless!"

"What can you do if a champion like Graves or Corki, who has absolutely no crowd control, goes to the bot lane and gets Tristana?"

[What do you mean there's no control? Just watch whether the grasshopper sucks or not, and that's it!]

[Still slandering!]

[It's normal for the water dispenser manager to be confused during the top-of-the-table clash.]

Lin Xiu said no more, turned the game screen to full screen, and turned off the bullet comments.

This time, the game's trajectory was no longer as unpredictable as the previous one.

Uzi's Tristana gained an early advantage, establishing a 4,000 gold lead.

Although EDG launched a counterattack in the middle, RNG maintained a firm economic lead.

The two sides remained locked in a fierce battle for over thirty minutes, until Uzi's Tristana delivered a phenomenal five-jump play.

They won the game in one fell swoop.

2: 0!

After the match ended, Lin Xiu turned on the live stream chat again, and his computer screen was instantly filled with comments from EDG fans who were furious.

[They pretended to struggle for ages, but collapsed at the slightest touch after thirty minutes. Utterly disgusting!]

[The big general is gone, Deft couldn't be retained, and Clearlove isn't playing. What's the point of keeping EDG like this?]

[Let's disband, we're tired!]

[Abu, come out and apologize! Is this the lineup you chose? Which position is stronger than before?]

[Lin Gou, I'm truly impressed! You not only guessed the draft picks, but you even predicted how EDG lost!]

EDG is one of the three strongest teams in the LPL, along with WE and RNG, forming the "Big Three".

Already had countless fans,

Since winning the MSI championship in 2015, securing the first world championship title for mainland China,

For a time, it was the most popular event of all.

At this point, EDG fans can only accept victory, not any excuses.

Not to mention being swept 0-0 by their top rival, RNG.

Lin Xiu watched the number of viewers in the live stream soar, then reopened the video feed and slowly said:

"Brothers, let's begin today's debriefing!"