You actually want me to...

"Oh no, you're trying to kill me!"

The Demacia Cup semi-finals are at the end of December, which is considered winter, and their home stadium this time happens to be in Guangdong Province. Those who know this province know that you can see all four seasons in one day.

If that's the case, then there's no problem. The problem is that the cold air is coming at this time.

This is what winter is like here.

If it's just strong wind and cold, then it's more of a physical damage.

If it's raining and cold, then it's more like magic damage.

If it rains and is windy, then the real damage is unbearable for anyone. What's worse, unlike in the north, there's no central heating in the south. In this kind of awful weather, Roland, who shares a room with Jack, only has one blanket. If they turn off the air conditioning and heating, he'll probably be ready to retire on the spot the next day.

He rubbed his little hands together.

If I remember correctly, if I take it away at a 3:1 ratio, I should be able to get off work before 10 p.m. At that time, I might still have time to go to the nearby supermarket to grab a blanket.

Okay, damn it, it's on fire!

So, for the next ten minutes, Roland went back to his old workaholic mode. In his eyes, all other actions were irrelevant. All he needed to do was initiate team fights, initiate team fights, and initiate team fights again!

With the team's overall superior operation and a huge economic advantage gained in the early game, Ha Huang and A Le finally experienced what it was like to have a support who could initiate team fights.

That's so damn exciting!

Not only do his opponents not know when he'll initiate a team fight, but even his own teammates don't know.

Many times, opportunities arise in a fleeting moment, and even the opposing team may not perceive it as such because the time is too short to give anyone the chance to call "1, 2, 3" and initiate a team fight. But Roland always manages to seize these opportunities.

This is both his weakness and his strength.

Even knowing that he and his new teammates were not yet fully integrated, he would still seize any opportunity to strike decisively.

As a result, the following conversations between Ale and Hahuang, which they couldn't understand, kept appearing in TES's voice chat:

Gentlemen, I love war.

"Boom!" (Solar flare)

【おまえは、もう死んでいる】

"Bang!" X2

The problem isn't me, it's the world!

"Bang!" X3

Give me some face!

"Bang!" x N

When VG's final base was reduced to ashes, and when the screen finally switched to TES's players' bench, a scene that defied comprehension appeared before them:

Roland with a fanatical expression

JKL with a calm expression

Knight, looking completely numb

Ah Le looked surprised and suspicious.

as well as...

The Emperor looked completely devastated and began to question the meaning of life.

Summary: Chapter Thirty-Eight: Hobbies and Interests Are Not an Excuse for Escape

In the fourth game, Roland, who was in a hurry to buy a blanket and play ranked games with Rengar that night, went into full-on anger mode and started inciting his teammates, even though they themselves didn't know the limits of their firepower.

The fourth game ended even faster than the third.

When Knight stopped slacking off and Roland focused more on laning, the fighting power that TES's mid and bot lanes unleashed in this game was nothing short of terrifying.

In just 26 minutes, they wiped out VG in one fell swoop, without any hesitation.

Advancing to the finals!

Holy crap, TES is ruthless! The second half of this semifinal was so exhilarating!

Indeed, the first two games were like playing on completely different teams compared to the last two; it was truly outrageous.

Does he even know the value of an FMVP award? He's probably going to brag about it on his stream tonight.

[What's there to be afraid of? Let him be as flamboyant as he wants, I'll consider it a loss if I don't spend a single penny.]

While Da Huo couldn't say he was completely satisfied with TES's performance at full strength, at least they didn't cause any major setbacks. Based on their current performance, there's still room for improvement, which is enough. Most people watch the games for entertainment, and being a fan of the club or the players is a minority.

"Wuhu~ Off work!"

"Go go go, by the way, is anyone going to buy something later? I need to buy a blanket." As he took off his headphones, Roland also asked his teammates, hoping to get one more person to go out with him and suffer in the wind.

only...

"No, I'll just bring you some late-night snacks on my way back, and I'll transfer the money to you when I get back."

"I want it too, I want it too!"

"Me too!"

"???"

Looking at these two hopeless souls who were counting on him to go out and buy them late-night snacks, Roland suddenly had a strange feeling, like when he used to bring food back to his college friends.

However, he was too naive. Just as Roland finished packing and was about to make his escape, a group of familiar photographers suddenly appeared around the corner. Xiao Yu, who was leading the group, greeted him with a smile while instinctively spreading her arms to block Roland's escape route.

"No... is it really that bad?"

"As for it, it's really important. It's the FMVP's first time on the Demacia Cup stage, you know what I mean."

"But I really have something very important to do, Sister Xiaoyu." Roland raised her hand and glanced at the time flashing on her watch, feeling a little irritated.

Seemingly sensing his impatience, Xiaoyu gestured to the photographer beside her to move away a little, then leaned close to Roland's ear with a mischievous grin and whispered, "Are you really in a hurry?"

"real!"

"That's a real shame... I was planning to share some of the boudoir photos I took with Xiran the other day after the interview, but since you're busy today..."

and many more!

Private...private photos!?

Although he and Xiran were indeed in a committed relationship for a short period of time and even reached third base, he genuinely doesn't have a single private photo of them together.

It's unbearable to repair!

I'm being way too subservient as a boyfriend.

Besides, let's talk about straight men's first reaction to boudoir photos... hehehe~

"Ahem, well, actually I think we still have time for an interview. When shall we start?" With something in mind, Roland completely lowered his posture, even bowing rather obsequiously, which left the photographer not far away stunned.

He only came back after seeing Xiaoyu make a success gesture.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that my request as a great beauty is indeed not as effective as a few private photos of Ranran."

"How can you talk like that? Did I agree to this interview just for a few photos? You took time out of your busy schedule to do this live stream. It's all about the sentiments of the viewers. I only agreed to this interview because of their support."

Xiaoyu, Photographer: .....

Of course, the semi-final interviews weren't just conducted by one person. With the idea of ​​taking care of the newcomers, Roland included Harper along this time.

When Roland and Harper appeared simultaneously in the center of the stage, the live stream chat immediately became noticeably denser with the naked eye.

[Holy crap, the King of the Board!?]

[Isn't this guy supposed to hate post-match interviews? What kind of wind blew him here?]

[I don't know either, I just know I'm about to have some fun.]

Please, just throw out the hero microphone already!

Amidst the frenzied barrage of comments, the post-match interviews finally began.

[Q1: So you've successfully secured your tickets to the finals today. How do you two feel about it?]

Ha Huang: I'm quite happy, but also quite conflicted, because it's been a long time since I've been to the finals stage, aba aba...

Roland: It's alright, because we just made it to the finals twice recently. (Worlds and All-Star events in various regions)

There's no other way but to pretend.

Before, I was a newcomer with little to offer, and boasting too much wouldn't hold water, so naturally I didn't dare to be too arrogant. But now I'm the S10 champion, and considering the world season hasn't even started yet, my champion's immunity to criticism should still have some effect.

If not now, when?

When he gets killed, he's not some monkey.

Hearing Roland's "speak your mind" remarks, Xiaoyu silently thought to herself, "I knew it." However, since Roland's style has always been that of a comedian, and he had just achieved some success, these words, which would be incredibly arrogant on other contestants, sounded exceptionally appropriate coming from his mouth.

[Q2: The third match just finished. We saw on the big screen that the players' expressions were a little subtle after winning the game. Could you tell us what happened there? Especially Haro.]

This is undoubtedly the question everyone is most eager to know.

Although the hero's microphone will reveal the truth later, people always like to find out about gossip and excitement in advance. Not to mention the comments, even she herself was quite curious to know what happened behind Haro's strange expression at the end.

Upon hearing this question, Ha Huang's face twitched at first, then he stared into the microphone and remained silent for a long time before finally speaking: "Actually, nothing much happened. It's just that I just joined a new team, and it was the first time we played together on the field. It felt like... it felt like I was experiencing a completely new world, and I was a little overwhelmed for a while. Well... I'm actually fine."

Roland: "Huh? Is that so? Our teamwork in the latter part of that round was absolutely flawless. You must have seen it wrong."

Seeing that neither of them was willing to reveal the details of what happened, Xiaoyu felt somewhat helpless, but due to time constraints, she could only fast forward to the last question.

[Q3: One last question. As everyone knows, TES won the S10 championship this year, which has attracted a lot of attention from game enthusiasts and those who want to join the esports community. What advice would you like to give them?]

coming!

This last question is the key reason why we must invite Roland tonight.

Because of winning the S10 championship.

The LPL's three consecutive championships greatly boosted the confidence of LPL fans, but also exposed many bad signs on the night of the victory. In particular, with the maturation of the LPL system and the increasing annual salaries of LPL players, it has gradually attracted the attention of a large number of teenagers and even young children.

What they needed Roland to do was to state his position in public.

Upon hearing this, Roland immediately realized that he had been tricked.

No wonder he even brought out Xi Ran's private photos. He thought that Xiao Yu and hope Ran's relationship shouldn't be that good. Since he dared to bring this up, it means that his girlfriend must have agreed to it.