Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 101, Section 98: Shimamura-san is going to the World Championship! (First update, please vote)

The top laner was completely outmatched by his counterpart.
This is certainly bad news for the other teams as well.

After all, professional competitions are an environment where both sides have a high level of skill and know how to snowball a small advantage.

Losing ten or twenty CS in the laning phase, or missing out on a crucial item, can have a butterfly effect in later team fights.

Not to mention being caught and killed once.

But even so
Regardless of the circumstances, early game deaths are never a pleasant thing for professional matches.

However, this is especially difficult for any team to accept when facing Yuna Shimamura.

This means that almost no one can restrict Shimamura Yuna's development anymore.

From this moment forward, she will be in an infinite, perpetual state of leadership.

她将
Unstoppable.

This kind of thing has happened countless times in previous training matches.

In the beginning, TLN would try in scrims how to win in the late game through macro play, team fights, and other methods if they couldn't limit Shimamura Yuna in the early game.

But later on, they gradually gave up.

Because they have realized that this is almost impossible.

Later on, in practice matches, whenever Shimamura Yuna had a good early game, TLN would simply surrender.

When Shimamura gets a role she's good at, and when the team revolves around her, she's truly a Chovy-level player.

Although compared to Chovy, her performance requires more prerequisites.

For example, a smaller champion pool, poorer versatility, and the top lane's less impact on the game compared to the mid lane.
Etc., etc.

Compared to Chovy, she is merely an inferior, low-grade counterfeit.

However, even so-called counterfeit products are not necessarily unusable.

Her development and carry ability are unstoppable, irresistible, and utterly despairing for TLN.

And now.
Is it starting again? This despairing cycle.

Just like what we saw in the training matches.

Shimamura Yuna's solo lane wasn't restricted, giving her a slight advantage.

Although at this stage it seems that this advantage is not big, this advantage is very small.

But
These tiny sparks, like flames, will later burn and devour TLN like sparks.

It plunges everyone into a bottomless, real despair.

In training matches, when faced with this situation, the only thing to do is to press the button and move on quickly.

But can this still be done in a competition?
The problem is, what can you do if you don't click on it?

Is there a way to deal with this? Is there a way to resist it?
Or.
Driven by an extremely pessimistic yet unwilling-to-give-up mentality, the members of TLN made their choice.

'To stop everything before this hopeless ending truly unfolds!'

They held this determination in mind.

Based on past experience, they already knew that it was almost impossible to contain Shimamura by relying on a single line of command.

As for ganking Shimamura, given his cautious nature, it's almost impossible.

She's the type of athlete who only eats safe, good lines and refuses to eat any dangerous or substandard lines.

All the minion waves that are even slightly risky are just for others to go and farm.

Only when she has a clear advantage in equipment will she engage in dangerous solo driving maneuvers for tactical reasons, and she will usually have bodyguards escorting her from a distance.

She's like a billionaire who always has several bodyguards with her when she goes out; assassinating her would be extremely difficult.

Therefore, there is only one way to limit her development.

Tower diving kill
This is the significance of choosing the Nightmare Galio combination.

However.
What they can think of, the CFO can certainly think of as well.

Ever since Galio and Nightmare reached level 6, CFO's jungler and support have been constantly ambushing Shimamura Yuna's half of the map, and the mid laner has always had a Flash ready.

The meaning is clear.

It's just these mid laner and AD carry; if you want to gank, go ahead and gank.

We're brothers, if you want to kill the bot lane, then go ahead, what's there to say? The bot lane is there so you can kill it, right?

But if you want to kill my top laner, then you'll have to see if my jungler and support agree.

Normally, the CFO strategy would naturally lead to a situation where one side is being relentlessly attacked while the other side profits.

In other words, the strategy is to have both the top laner and the AD carry farmed.

Later on, it all comes down to who has the fattest and most powerful person, who plays the biggest role, and who is better at supporting their father.

But TLN doesn't dare to compare his post-production skills with CFO's; he lacks confidence that his own post-production skills are more effective than Shimamura Yuna's.

They could even imagine that if things progressed peacefully, Shimamura could eventually acquire an extra major item compared to everyone else.

Therefore, they cannot accept the picture the CFO wants to see.

So they opted to force a top lane gank, diving the tower to try and kill Shimamura Yuna.

This is irrational behavior.

Any irrational behavior would be full of flaws for Shimamura Yuna.

"Hey hey hey! Nocturne on the other side is using her ultimate! Shimamura-nee, watch out!"

During another wave of farming the relatively safe top lane minions, Junjia's tense voice reached Shimamura Yuna's ears.

As the Nightmare Darkness effect appeared on the map, Junjia, who was protecting Shimamura Yuna in the upper half of the map, immediately issued such a warning.

Shimamura Yuna simply replied calmly, "Okay."

She had some premonitions about all of this, and she thought that her opponents might take the initiative to gank her because they didn't want her to develop peacefully.

But they never expected their opponent to actually do that.

Because this is actually an impossible gank.

Udyr and Lo were too far away to provide immediate support.

Galio and Nocturne's damage and crowd control weren't enough to kill Yone under the tower.

They might be thinking, "This is a fleeting opportunity, we can't wait any longer."

It could also be a simple mistake.

Even if everything is ready and everyone is present before attempting to tower dive, the result won't be very good.

After all, the CFO had issued warnings and had countermeasures in place.

But launching an attack without even waiting for the enemy to arrive is an absolute bad end.

TLN did not find an opportunity to attack.

Instead, it is an abyss of no return.

The irrational decisions made in a moment of desperation made this utter defeat inevitable from the very beginning.

'They're crazy.'

Nightmare used his ultimate to fly towards Yone, but Yone simply flashed away to create distance. Nightmare then flashed and used his E, and Galio immediately followed up with his ultimate.

However, their coordination faltered slightly.

Galio used his ultimate too quickly, causing the control effects of Nightmare's E skill and Galio's ultimate to overlap, making it impossible to connect the control chains.

This mistake wasn't a big one.

However, it was precisely sensed and captured by Shimamura Yuna.

So, she made a decision in that instant and implemented the corresponding countermeasures.

Just as Nightmare's E skill was about to take effect, Galio was about to land, and the double crowd control was about to activate, she unleashed her ultimate move directly at Galio's landing point.

Seal away the dust and sever all thoughts.
With a double slash, R hit both of them, completing a near-perfect control cancellation.

At this moment, Luo from TLN finally arrived and lifted Shimamura Yuna up.

However, facing Shimamura Yuna who had returned to the turret, he, as a support, could not pose any real threat and could only retreat reluctantly.

Thanks to Shimamura Yuna's perfect play, she barely lost any health when facing ganks from Galio and Nocturne, thus completing her mission of stalling for time and successfully waiting for CFO's jungler and support to arrive at the scene.

At this point, the outcome of this small-scale team battle was decided.

Udyr and Rakan, who arrived late and were somewhat behind Nocturne and Galio, did not actually play any role in this small-scale team fight.

In contrast, Junjia's Zyra, with her excellent jungle clearing rhythm and far ahead level, appeared incredibly strong when facing a Nightmare who had used all her skills and a Galio who had just landed.

This hero had been consistently banned before, and there were reasons for that.

Zyra is well-developed, in perfect condition, and possesses all her skills.

With Shimamura Yuna following up to deal additional damage, this attack almost effortlessly eliminated the two.

Seeing that things were not going well, Udyr had no choice but to slink away alone.

Luo, due to his deep positioning, was also left behind.

This gank ended with Shimamura Yuna and Junjia each securing a kill.

At this point, Shimamura Yuna's pace became completely unstoppable.

The gank, which was initiated to disrupt Shimamura Yuna's development rhythm, ended with Shimamura Yuna completely avoiding it.

Upon seeing this, even the streamer Longshen in the live stream shouted excitedly.

"Holy crap! Shimamura's control cancels out! This is already the most perfect execution. She deliberately took a step and adjusted the angle before choosing an angle that would allow Galio and Nocturne to use their ultimates at the same time."

"Let me tell you, Shimamura-san's play this time was really top-notch, you can't argue with that."

The brilliant plays, coupled with Shimamura's star player status, caused the scrolling speed of the comments to increase at an exaggerated rate.

That indescribable and terrifying thing, which was already beyond control, now grew into a colossal behemoth at an even faster pace.

"Shimamura-san is invincible! Shimamura-san is going to take over the match!!!"

The Dragon God's commentary was as exaggerated as ever, and as always, it had a slightly nonsensical feel to it.

But for Shimamura Yuna at this moment, such an exaggerated explanation was just right and reasonable.

She is now truly invincible.

This is a near-standard Shimamura-style game mode.

By avoiding mistakes, capitalizing on the opponent's errors, and expanding small advantages into large ones, Yone single-handedly dominated the game with a performance far exceeding the overall situation.

After the initial plan to limit Yone failed and instead resulted in Yone's death, the situation in the game became completely out of control.

Just like in practice matches
'Shimamura is invincible again.'

'We can't control it anymore, let's surrender.'

'Let's try again next time.'

For AZHI, the training matches against Yuna Shimamura were like a cycle of despair.

And now in the main competition
This cycle of despair continues.

In the end, Shimamura Yuna won the game with ease.

There were no setbacks.

Naturally, the best course of action is to survive the early game.

Naturally, the whole team focused on giving her money and allowing her to develop ahead of the game.

Naturally, after becoming invincible, he could solo push and participate in team fights, relying on his unparalleled individual skill to kill the game.

Small Dragon Team, Big Dragon Team, Dragon Soul Team
They forced team fights wave after wave, and then achieved one great victory after another.

Finally, the game ended.

Shimamura accounted for the highest economic share and the highest damage share, making him a quintessential "ball-dominant core player."

Of the three matches Shimamura has played since his debut, this one is arguably the most quintessential "Shimamura style".

Compared to champions like Jax and Jayce, when she plays Yone, it really makes you think, "As expected, this is Shimamura."

After watching this long-awaited match featuring Yuna Shimamura, the comments section went completely wild.

Holy crap, this is insane!

[Shimamura's Yone was amazing! I'm increasingly confused as to why they didn't let her play before.]

I honestly feel that Driver and Rest played together all season but never achieved Shimamura's performance. It really doesn't seem to be due to poor performance in scrims; it's probably really because of off-field reasons, like depression or something similar.

[It's impossible that depression wasn't cured in the first two rounds and was cured in these two, right? Why didn't Shimamura participate in the first two rounds?]

Shimamura Yuna's perfect performance after a long absence ignited the enthusiasm of the live chat.

This made them feel that their expectations had come true, even to the point of...
Yuna Shimamura's performance was so perfect that it far exceeded their expectations.

But the better he performs now, the less people understand why Shimamura wasn't allowed to play before.

If you're so good, why don't you just keep playing?
If she's so good, why not just start her in the starting lineup for the sake of results?
Why insist on having someone as a substitute?
However, some people have gradually realized the reason.

Her later appearance might be due to her limited hero pool, or perhaps it was a decision made by the team's tactics.

[Didn't you guys notice? They basically wait until heroes like Crocodile and Quesant are out of the meta before bringing them in. Shimamura really doesn't know how to play these heroes, and Alolan easily beats Yone, so they picked Alolan earlier too.]

However, such opinions are not widely spread now, and are only understood by a small group of people.

However, at this joyous time, all off-stage discussions seem insignificant.

As Shimamura Yuna's photo and Yone's character art appeared on the MVP results screen after the match, Ryushin, who was streaming the game, shouted excitedly.

"Come on, everyone say 'Shimamura is awesome!'"

"Let me tell you, Shimamura-san not only wants to win the MVP of this match, Shimamura-san also wants to go to the World Championship!"

"LPL and LCK top laners, like Curse, Doran, 369, and Bin, just wait!"

The Dragon God's attitude makes it seem like he's just bluffing, but it also feels like he's genuinely feeling something.

If you say he's not frivolous, then it feels like a normal person wouldn't be so exaggerated.

But whether he does it or not, nobody cares anymore.

because
At this moment, all 8 people in the live stream firmly believed in one thing.

"Shimamura-san, you're really going to the World Championship!"

(End of this chapter)