My buddy is actually a Cao Cao type top laner?

Chapter 449 The path to redemption lies within it.

The Summer Finals will conclude on August 5th, while the first match of the Asian Games will be held on September 27th.

The nearly one and a half months of closed training has also improved the teamwork of the six players in the Asian Games lineup by more than one level.

mainly.
The communication within the team is so smooth.

Luo Ji and JKL are both known for their high emotional intelligence in the team. During training, they also further refined their team leadership.

Jiejie was in charge of the main command.

However, if Luo Ji has a sudden inspiration, or if he needs to intervene in a crucial situation, he should quickly hand over command.

In this regard.

Meiko and Jiejie had no objections.

Commanding is not something anyone can do; it's often a thankless task. However, it's perfectly fine to hand over command to the jungler in the early game, since the jungler is the one who sets the pace.

But it begins in the middle stage.

Junglers often overload their brains.

At this time, Luo Ji's impressive resume can give the team members a great sense of security.

The sheer value of completing the first playthrough of the Golden Road and speedrunning the second playthrough is so high that even a Grand Slam winner like Meiko would have to give it a thumbs up.

What Zhu Kai didn't know was...

In order to win this Asian Games, he had already begun to cultivate a team of teammates, not only training them every day to improve their teamwork, but also constantly building relationships with them when there were no competitions.

He knew it perfectly well.

LPL's star players all have a second stage, for example, Kailangtian, Bravehand, Jack-Hen, and Freylian.
can only say.

The LPL Hall of Heroes is full of conceptual gods.

to this end.

Luo Ji even hypnotized Knight every day.

"Remember, you are the number one mid laner in the Asian Games."

Why isn't it number one in the world?

"Because the world's number one didn't come."

"?"

What you said makes perfect sense.

His frankness completely overwhelmed my left hand.

Well known.

To convince someone, you have to say something that's half true and half false. If you hypnotize him as the world's best mid laner, he'll never get past Lee Sang-hyeok. But if you hypnotize him as the Asian Games' best mid laner, then he only needs to be stronger than Chovy.

this.
That's already somewhat convincing.

even.

Even JKL couldn't escape his brainwashing, and he would drag him around every day saying, "Brother Shui, you need to know that the Asian Games is a civil war."

"what?"

"A match played in our own Suzhou and Hangzhou area, isn't that an internal battle?"

"No, what do you mean by specifically emphasizing the civil war?"

"Vietnamese fermented bean curd".

"To!"

Almost subconsciously, JKL picked up on Luo Ji's joke.

Then his lips twitched.

"No, that matter can't be resolved, right?"

"It's really impossible to get through."

Luo Ji chuckled and teased.

The most comfortable thing about being with such a high EQ player is that everyone can have fun together. When playing games together, it's all about who's the best, with jokes like "Vietnamese fermented bean curd" and "domestic war god" coming from one another. The jokes are endless.

of course.

It's not something that can be achieved without any effort.

At least when he occasionally went out for a meal, Luo Ji always paid for it out of his own pocket, but for him, who was already financially independent, this was a pseudo-capitalist situation.

It's just a matter of throwing money around, no big deal.

Until
The Asian Games are finally here.

Since this is the first time it has been included in the Asian Games schedule, and esports matches often consist of three to five games, which can easily last three or four hours, this is rather long.

Considering the need for entry and exit procedures, and to shorten the duration, this year's Asian Games were changed to a best-of-three (BO3) format.

For LPL.

This is almost an epic upgrade.

Well known.

The BO1 god (formerly) is in Taiwan, the BO5 win rate is highest in LCK, and BO3 is where LPL has a relative advantage.

If the national team wants to quickly advance to the championship, they will have to start from the quarterfinals, which means that the outcome of the Asian Games will be determined in 3 rounds of best-of-three (BO3).

first round.

They went head-to-head with their younger brother from the Macau region.

We skipped over this little guy; judging by overall strength, he could only be considered a mid-to-lower tier team in the LPL, or even that would be a stretch. We crushed him almost without any pressure.

2:0
Perfectly won.

[I'm relieved. Although it was a stomp on weaker teams, the Asian Games team's form and teamwork were visibly excellent.]

[My brothers are all such proud and arrogant guys. Before the competition, they all said the ranking of the tournaments was: World Championship > MSI > Spring/Summer Playoffs > Spring/Summer Regular Season > Solo Tournament > Commentator's Cup > Asian Games. But once the competition started, they were all incredibly nervous.]

[That's how champion fans are: winning doesn't add value, but losing does, right?]

[Version advantage, home advantage, hero pool advantage, perfect timing, location, and support – an unprecedentedly wonderful start! Cheers for me, applause for me!]

at the same time.

There are also a bunch of enthusiastic netizens putting pressure on the Asian Games teams. Regardless of whether they can see it or not, they're just spreading all sorts of misinformation.

What about winning a competition and getting a year of immunity from criticism? What about winning the Asian Games and everything becoming easy afterward?

It's quite like when I was in high school.

The teacher was shouting.
You'll be relaxed after the college entrance exam... and you'll be relaxed once you get to university...

can only say.

Pure fraud.

This is just the beginning of a tough journey, not the end.

Moreover.

If you actually ask these people who are making such a fuss to sign a written agreement, they won't agree.

They initially promised Meiko a year of free criticism, but after just one season, the criticism continued unabated.

the other side.

Koma, who also watched the LPL Asian Games team matches, was clearly deep in thought with his brow furrowed.

If it were the original Asian Games lineup, he wouldn't know how he could lose.

The problem is now.
He felt that Faker and Zeus were the safest choices, but they had both lost to Luo Ji and his V5 team in international competitions, so they couldn't get the starting positions. Faker even gave up his substitute position to Zeus.

How to fight this?
Even Kiin, a member of the team, believes that Mebius can only beat Zeus, not that he can beat them, since there have been similar players in LPL history.

For example, Uzbekistan.

He can easily defeat Ruler, but he can't beat several other well-known AD carries in the LCK.

"If that's all there is to it, they're not that much better than us." Kiin, who also watched the entire match, didn't see many highlights in Mebius. In fact, the two wins against Macau were purely due to the two carries carrying the team.

"Don't be careless, Kiren. Those who underestimate Mebius always lose in the end," Zeus emphasized immediately upon hearing this.

That was just you.

"I didn't mean to argue with you, I just wanted to remind you to be careful."

Listen to this.

Kiin immediately raised his eyes.

“Zeus, I am the right choice.”

"Kiin, you'll regret this."

"Bang! (Slams door)"

See this.

Kouma sighed again.

Normally, conflicts between contestants wouldn't be like this.

But this is the Asian Games.

This is the Asian Games, which exempts everyone from military service, so everyone takes it very seriously. Even Chovy and the others are watching silently without saying a word.

They won't show Zeus any obvious goodwill until Kiin faces Mebius and suffers a crushing defeat.

It's realistic, but it's also very Korean.

Zeus, consumed by rage, had barely stepped outside when he already felt a pang of regret.

It wasn't that he regretted his actions, but rather that he felt he had wasted some time. Given the current situation, he probably wouldn't have much of a chance to play in the Asian Games, and this past month had been almost entirely wasted.

I was just about to take a walk to relax.

结果
As she was taking a stroll, she bumped right into Luo Ji, who was also taking a walk.

Luo Ji: "Ohayou?"

Zeus: "."

elder brother.

That's Japanese, I speak Korean.

After being rendered speechless by Luo Ji's explanation, Zeus suddenly felt his anger subside, and then helplessly took out his phone to show the translation software inside.

Luo Ji: "You, out for a walk too?"

Zeus: "No, I had a fight with the team, and it was because of you."

Luo Ji: "Hey, this isn't Chengdu."

Zeus: “?”

Seeing the speechless look on the person in front of him, Luo Ji knew he couldn't keep teasing him, so he immediately stopped smiling and typed:
"What do you need me to do?"

"."

"Don't be so shy. Let me guess, are you going to Kiin's Shroud every single time in the main tournament, and let them know that only you can catch up with me? Then I'll urgently bring you back to the main team, and then have you fight me for three hundred rounds to prove yourself?"

"."

"It's okay to be shy. That's how it's written in novels. They save the team from dire straits, but don't worry about how the dire straits came about."

"Mebius, you're still as eloquent as ever."

Zeus was starting to lose his composure.

Although the content displayed in the text was somewhat childish, that was truly what he thought. The thought that even his teammates couldn't understand him, while his opponents understood him so well, only strengthened his resolve to be his "arch-rival."

His gaze fell on Luo Ji.

Then he slowly closed his eyes. Every fight he had faced over the past year was vivid in his mind. His heart began to pound, and the excitement made him increasingly restless.

"Is it possible?"

"Ah, sure, that's fine."

Luo Ji replied with a slight smirk.

"However, there is a price to pay."

"you say?"

"After the game, win or lose, let me treat you to dinner, of course you'll have to pay."

"Of course not!?"

Zeus glanced at Luo Ji with some surprise, then an uncontrollable smile spread across his lips, and he said seriously:
"If I get to play, I will still go all out this time."

"of course."

The two smiled and lightly bumped fists.

In fact.

Regardless of what happened, Luo Ji's request to go all out at the Asian Games and defeat Zeus was merely a side quest he was completing incidentally.

However, this scene was also witnessed by JKL who happened to be passing by.

After Zeus left.

He slowly approached Luo Ji and spoke:

"The mole?"

"Not really, just a pathetic substitute who was refused to acknowledge his losses to me after losing to me so many times."

"It sounds familiar."

"That's right, Photic and you had that kind of relationship in the beginning."

JKL rolled his eyes at him after hearing that.

Because of this guy's influence, TES seems to have really become like the Soul Palace, doing this and that to Xiao Yan back then.

I don't know.

Strength is the fundamental factor in whether one can secure a starting position.

If Photic hadn't happened to run into Luo Ji, he probably would never have been able to "eat four dishes and a soup" at the World Championship.

"Jack."

"what?"

Whether you can clear your name as a Vietnamese prisoner of war from last year depends on this Asian Games.

"."

"Or, should I use a more dramatic, over-the-top phrase?"

“The path to salvation lies within it.”

(End of this chapter)