You actually want me to...

The main reason is that these days are quite special.

Go out and have some fun, disaster warning!

Buying toys is a bit of a stretch, though.

A man is a boy until he dies, but if he suddenly becomes quiet one day, it must be because the toys are getting more and more expensive and he can no longer afford them.

Playing in the mountains and rivers won't work, playing with toys won't work either, and playing games is getting a bit boring. You don't watch anime, and you can't exactly stay in the club playing with dolls, right? That really won't do.

To put it bluntly, there's another reason why Roland is so relaxed today.

After defeating V5, their points already secured their place in the playoffs. The remaining matches were simply a matter of improving their points to achieve a better playoff ranking. Of course, since TES had invested a lot of money, they did not celebrate like other teams after securing their playoff spot.

There's no need for that; from the very beginning, this roster was designed to make the playoffs. Their next two opponents are VG and DMO, weaker teams that, unless they have an unpredictable, disruptive streak, shouldn't pose a threat.

As for the last three opponents, they are the ones they are focusing on: IG, SN, and RNG.

"By the way, I heard you took a day off tomorrow?" As if remembering something, Casa also asked a bit of gossip.

"Yes, to be precise, we've invited them until noon the day after tomorrow."

"Where?"

"To recall the bitter past and appreciate the sweet present."

"???"

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PY: I went out to visit relatives tonight and didn't have time to watch the games. When I came back, I found that all four teams had already lost two games (sad). I looked at the game they won (RNG), but it wasn't the crushing victory I expected.

Based on how late I stay up, I should be able to watch EDG's live stream. I can only say, I hope the number one seed can regain some momentum.

Integration: Chapter Sixty-Seven: People Always Need Something to Rely On

Early the next morning, Roland boarded a plane bound for Guangdong Province. Although the two places sounded far apart, it was actually only a little over two hours away.

Since transmigrating, Roland has actually been searching for something.

The so-called time travel is actually about being thrown from a familiar place to a strange place to live. Even if you retain memories of the past, the instinctive homesickness will never be extinguished.

Those transmigrators who can immediately abandon everything from their previous lives upon arriving in this world are, in a sense, even more terrifying than villainous demon kings. Roland considers himself a person with some feelings. Although he was born with the bond of an orphan, he had already checked that there was no orphanage in this world that he knew from his previous life.

But! He found something else during a random search.

Three hours later, when Roland finally arrived at his destination, he was able to meet the director he had contacted by phone earlier. Of course, he was only the director; he couldn't see the children at the orphanage.

Contrary to the utopia depicted in the articles that many of us read at the same age, almost all welfare home directors do not want visitors to come and interact with the children. This is because far too many so-called "volunteers" often come ten or eight times, but once their enthusiasm fades, they never come back, which can easily cause emotional distress to the children, making them feel abandoned again.

However, Roland's purpose was not there. After mentioning the small gifts he had brought for the children, he couldn't wait to ask the questions he wanted to ask.

......

"Luo Fei? We do have such a child here." Almost the instant the director heard the name, that familiar smiling face flashed through his mind. For the orphanage, most of the children inside had congenital disabilities and were abandoned. Those who developed healthily into adulthood like Luo Fei were a minority, so he naturally left a deep impression.

"Really!? Dean, have you received any more messages from him since then?"

"No, it was about a year ago. He suddenly stopped contacting us. At first, we thought it was because he was too busy with work, but later, when we realized something was wrong, it was too late to call the police." The old director couldn't help but sigh as he said this.

Luo Fei's personality was almost the best among the children who graduated at the same time.

But when they finally realized something was wrong and called the police, they could no longer find Luo Fei. The new house and some family property that were left behind were transferred to the welfare home in advance through various channels.

Naturally, the old dean felt that hope was already slim.

Hearing the old director's sentiments, Roland remained silent. He also thought of the director of the orphanage in his original world, guessing that he must have felt a little sad when he learned of his disappearance.

Are you his friend?

"Yes... but I only finally found this place recently."

"I've seen you before, though not many times. But I've occasionally seen images of you on the phones of the staff at the welfare home. Are you a celebrity?"

"No, you can roughly understand it as, emmm... a performer who brings joy to everyone."

"So that's a crosstalk performer?"

"Ahem, more or less, except our performance is a bit special; it relies on computers." Roland replied, scratching his head somewhat embarrassedly.

Seeing Roland's somewhat uneasy appearance, the old man thought for a moment, then stood up and beckoned to Roland: "Come with me."

"Oh, okay."

Following the director's footsteps, Roland finally met the children of the orphanage, though only from a distance. Let me reiterate, the reality of orphanages far exceeds your imagination.

Healthy children in the welfare home are under a closed management system similar to that of schools in Huanggang, except that in Huanggang, they are taught to study, while in the welfare home, they are trained to exercise.

Unhealthy children are in special classes, and even from a distance, you can see their abnormalities in their appearance.

The only thing worth noting is that most welfare homes nowadays have the support of the state, so there's no chance of any ridiculous situation like insufficient funding. However, the drawbacks are equally obvious. Apart from a few people like the old director who are truly passionate about the work, the rest of the staff lack a sense of belonging to the job.

However, it's much better than in the past.

After turning east and west until they arrived at a small room on the top floor that resembled a warehouse, the dean finally stopped and turned to Roland, saying, "Wait here for me a moment, I'll go in and get you something."

“Okay.” Roland nodded obediently and stood quietly watching the dean enter the room. Although he didn’t say anything, he roughly guessed what the dean was going to give him. Sure enough, when the dean came out of the room, he was holding a sealed roll.

"What is this?"

“Go back and look at it later. I originally intended to leave it to someone the child knew, but more than a year has passed, and you are the only one who has come here to inquire about him. Giving this to you will fulfill one of my wishes. Keep it.”

Patting Roland on the shoulder, the dean, who had other guests to entertain, hurriedly left after a brief apology. Only after the dean's figure disappeared from sight did Roland open the scroll in his hand and take out the "treasure" stored inside.

The next day.

When Roland returned to the base, his hands were full of so-called "local specialties," which were actually just things he bought casually near the airport. Only a fool would buy so many snacks to take on the plane, as exceeding the weight limit would incur extra charges.

"Hey there, isn't this Guo Deban? You're finally back from your vacation?"

"Don't give me that. Not a single item in BB's possession is for you."

"No, bro! I was just kidding." The TES team members chuckled as they took the "specialty" from Roland and immediately began dividing the spoils among themselves.

Roland felt that he had achieved his goal on this long trip.

He found the concept of existence here, received the inheritance from Luo Fei from that mousepad, and more importantly, he suddenly had the motivation to continue.

Yes, people always need something to look forward to, and motivation is what keeps them motivated to work hard.

The thing you entrust your hopes to can be very simple. It could be a perfect score on a test, a promise made in the naivety of childhood, an item kept somewhere, or even a fantasy of taking a vacation after a busy day. But ultimately, a person needs a reason to keep going.

"I feel like something about you has changed a lot." After observing for a while, JKL also said that the more he looked, the more something seemed off.

"How so? Don't you feel that I'm becoming more and more manly?"

"No, but if you put it that way, you didn't go and do some kind of parachute drop, did you?"

"Come on, with my status, if anyone's going to parachute in, it'll be someone else parachuting in to me." As they chatted, Roland carefully put away the scroll and casually turned on his computer to play a game of Ranked.

After not playing for a day, my skills have definitely declined. As a support player, control skills are particularly important, so maintaining my skills is especially necessary.

Therefore, even on vacation, support players will not forget to maintain their feel for the game. If they do forget, they will usually double their training upon returning to force themselves to get back into form.

Having secured a playoff spot, TES's direction is now extremely clear.

Flandre needs to improve his understanding of the current meta champions, Karsa needs more experience fighting against carry junglers, Knight needs more team coordination and roaming, and AD carries need to reduce their skill accuracy and tendency to overextend.

As for support characters, White Crescent thinks this one is the most troublesome for him.

If you tell him not to be so aggressive, he'll lose his own style and his combat power will drop significantly.

If you ignore him, he gets all worked up and often turns an advantage into a disadvantage.

Fortunately, he hasn't messed up in major competitions yet, so we can still trust him for now. We can only ask him to watch more videos of other teams' matches and do targeted research.

The coaching staff also has a heavy workload. At this point, although the teams ranked 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th in the playoffs are still unclear, it is already quite obvious who will make it into the top three.

They can now confidently declare: We're already studying our playoff opponents.

Integration: Chapter Sixty-Eight: Which do you think is more important?

In the following weeks, TES played a half-training, half-serious approach, winning matches against VG and DMO, and successfully completing almost all three best-of-three series.

Having returned refreshed, Roland intended to use these two matches to practice his support skills, but in reality...

First game: Mage/Support

Second game: Mage/Support

Third game: Mage/Support

Fourth game: Roland, Roland, you can't go on like this. You need to become a well-rounded support player.

Fifth game: Strong initiation support.

In six games, Roland played four mage support games and one strong engage game. The only enchanter support he played was Karma, which annoyed the other two teams.

To be fair, Roland's support skills are also in a league of their own in the LPL.

It boasts the highest average damage per minute, the highest average gold per minute, the highest average damage taken per minute, and the highest team fight participation rate for a support role, making it seem almost invincible.

However, he also has the highest average number of deaths per minute for the support role, even surpassing the second-place player by a significant margin, resulting in his KDA being ridiculously low compared to other supports in the LPL.

In summary: it can both open and deliver.

As for things like ward placement per minute, they're not that impressive, just slightly above average. Veteran supports tend to focus more on vision control in this regard.

The reason I suddenly paid attention to this is because the summer season regular season is already three-quarters over, and the official team had previously released the news of selecting the summer season regular season MVP, which is the so-called first team, second team, and third team list.

Looking at his exaggerated stats, JKL patted his support player on the shoulder with a sigh. "Take it easy. Titles and such aren't really that important."

"I know."

"I know you understand, I'm just trying to comfort you because I don't want to upset you."

"No, I just have one question. If you make it into the top three, is there any bonus?" Roland scratched his head and turned to ask the white crescent moon sitting to his right.

"No, don't even think about it."

"That's fine then. Let whoever wants to be on this list, just don't drag me into it." After hearing the answer he wanted, Roland also scoffed at this kind of selection. You know, Riot's official jinx list has been notorious for many years. Being on it doesn't necessarily bring many benefits, and if you underperform, you'll be criticized everywhere.