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Chapter 98 7 Sauces Arrive! Confident Nofe! (5k)

4 month 18 day.

Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

The first round of the 2017 League of Legends Pro League Spring Split playoffs has officially begun!

1:30 PM.

There are 30 minutes left until the start of the first match between EDG Esports Club and Snake Esports Club.

At this moment, the stands were packed with people, and the cheers of EDG could be heard everywhere.

After experiencing ups and downs in the regular season, EDG is celebrating with their fans today because their beloved Clearlove will be making his comeback in today's match!

The addition of the number 7 after Clearlove's player ID in the pre-match player information further excited his fans.

Veteran player clearlove has retired, while rookie player clearlove7 has made a full-fledged comeback!

To express respect for the factory manager, the novel "Rebirth: I Am the Six-Time Champion" also added an extra chapter titled "When the Sun Rises, Let Us Forget the Past, 7-chan is Coming!"

For a time, netizens were completely baffled as to what the author's background was.

There are even rumors that the true identity of the author of the novel by the six-time champion has been exposed and confirmed offline. So, the author who was previously criticizing Xiaogou and Qingzhang has now chosen to jump out and clear their names.

Regardless, the return of Clearlove has brought a huge boost to the LPL.

Just like after UZI retired, every time the World Championship ended, he would be dragged out and his corpse would be whipped up to hype up his comeback.

Then the GSLs will rise from the ashes again, starting to rewrite history in various comment sections and bring trouble to their masters.

The reason why LPL is so bad now is entirely because Uzi retired. Back then, Uzi beat Ruler so badly that Ruler had to buy armor and boots, but after retiring, Ruler dominated LPL.

The claim that LPL's bot lane was strong because of Uzi's tough training doesn't even consider why Deft was called the strictest priest when he was in LPL.

He's full of double standards. He says Uzi can't win a championship because his teammates are too bad, and that Auntie's three championships are all thanks to Faker. In terms of laning, Auntie is no match for Uzi. If Uzi had gone to T1, he would have won six championships by now.

So if we're really talking about rotten garbage, the LPL, which loves to use players to generate hype all the time, and the brainless Godzillas should be tied for first place.

EDG lounge.

The factory manager, with heavy dark circles under his eyes, was lost in thought.

The teammates were whispering amongst themselves, occasionally glancing at the factory manager with furtive glances.

They were discussing the latest chapter of Six Crowns, suspecting that the factory manager might have paid the author a bribe.

"Mingkai! Mingkai!"

Abu's voice pulled Mingkai back to reality from his reverie, but his expression remained somewhat blank.

Seeing Mingkai's appearance, Abu frowned.

Today is Mingkai's first game back, and it's one thing that he doesn't look well, but why does he look like he's about to die from staying up for three days straight?

"Get into shape, Mingkai, you're about to go on the court!"

Abu deliberately raised his voice, trying to wake Mingkai up with a kiss.

However, Mingkai remained in a daze, muttering to himself, "If he's Mingkai, then who am I?"

Seeing Mingkai's appearance, Abu reached out to touch Mingkai's forehead.

"What are you talking about?"

He suspected that Mingkai might be delirious from a fever.

However, the moment he noticed Abu's movement, Mingkai suddenly came to his senses and took a step back to dodge Abu's hand.

[A Midsummer Night's Dream 7: Beware of Abu.]

"Why did he tell me to be careful of Abu?"

"I am him, and he is me, so who am I, and who is he?"

"Or was it all just a dream?"

Do parallel universes really exist?

What is the origin of the universe?

What lies beyond the universe?

What is the meaning of life?

Seeing that Mingkai was completely out of sorts, Abu thought it was due to the recent online controversy, so he comforted him, saying, "Since you're going to play, don't think about things off the field. We know you didn't write that novel, so don't pay attention to what others are saying. In esports, only results matter."

Upon hearing Abu's words, Mingkai looked up, his eyes filled with confusion.

"I mean—what if—what if, oh, what if I really wrote that novel?"

Snake Lounge.

Zhu Kai looked at Wang Ke and asked, puzzled, "Are you really not going to play in the first game?"

Wang Ke nodded and said, "Let Emperor 0 play first. I'll be here during the first game so I can better analyze the current EDG team."

Zuo Wu said somewhat nervously, "Okay, I believe you. But if we lose the first game, the pressure will be immense."

According to the competition rules, the teams that rank higher on the leaderboard in the first round of the competition will directly gain a 1-point advantage.

In other words, the best-of-five series between EDG and Snake will start with a score of 1-0.

If EDG wins the first game, they will take a 2-0 lead and reach match point. In that case, Snake will face three match point games if they want to turn the tide, which will put them under immense pressure.

Even so, Wang Ke still chose to let 0 Emperor play first.

The factory manager's sudden return left Wang Ke feeling uncertain.

Especially since the factory manager is also a jungler, for a team, no substitution or adjustment in any team will have as much impact as the jungler.

Because if the jungler is changed, the team's style may change completely.

Since EDG hasn't scrimmed with Snake for a long time, Wang Ke has no idea about Clearlove's current form or preferred jungle style.

Even if he personally takes the stage, he can't guarantee that he can defeat EDG.

During the game, his perspective was definitely not as good as the God's-eye view from backstage.

To understand the current rhythm of EDG, the best approach is to be on the sidelines.

However, Wang Ke's choice was a huge gamble.

Once the score reaches 2-0, it will put enormous pressure on both yourself and your teammates.

On paper, EDG is a strong team, while Snake is a weak team.

When a weak team plays a strong team, how can they possibly win without taking a gamble?!

Having finally made it to the playoffs, Wang Ke still wants to go further with the Snake Team if possible.

The energetic DJ music brought Wang Ke back to his senses, and he frowned as he looked at Song Wen beside him.

This kid showed absolutely no tension about the impending battle; he was even watching suggestive videos.

Watching Song Wen press pause and then zoom in with two fingers, Wang Ke couldn't help but complain, "Dude, when you zoom in to look at scientists, have you ever thought about how your childhood dream was to be a ∠?"

Song Wen replied dismissively, "Even scientists need a magnifying glass to look at things."

Wang Ke's face darkened.

"Stop looking, I have a task for you!"

"Viewers watching the live stream, you are now watching the first round of the 2017 League of Legends Spring Split Playoffs! The two teams facing off are EDG Esports Club and Snake Esports Club! I'm your commentator, Miller!"

"I'm the commentator doll!"

As the two voices rang out, the audience in the stands began to stir.

"Go EDG!"

"Keep it up, Mingkai!"

"Ah, Mingkai, I love you!"

"Mingkai, I want to have your babies!"

In the commentary booth, Miller said with a smile, "For EDG fans, today's match should be highly anticipated! Clearlove! After being away from the competition for most of the season, he has finally reappeared on the EDG player bench! We can see that Clearlove's ID has a 7 added to it. Actually, before the match, I privately asked Clearlove about the meaning of this 7, and he told me that it represents a new beginning in 17!"

Miller's words drew another round of cheers from the crowd.

Wawa then spoke up: "On the other hand, we noticed that Snake made an adjustment to their starting lineup today. White didn't start, Crystal returned to the support position, and Zero started again as the ADC. This substitution is quite interesting; to be honest, I don't quite understand it."

Miller chimed in, "Um—actually, I didn't quite understand it either. We know that White has been performing exceptionally well lately, and it was under his leadership that Snake managed to turn the tide from the relegation zone to the playoffs in the regular season. Crystal's performance as AD carry has also been consistently strong. This sudden roster change just doesn't seem to make any sense."

At this moment, the director also focused the camera on Wang Ke, who was standing behind the team members.

In the live stream chat, the comments were full of laughter and jokes.

[You chickened out just because my factory is back in business?]

[Hilarious! This guy is the smartest.]

I'll say one number: three to zero!

EDG needs to get back into form.

[The white version is too much; they just abandoned the black version like that.]

EDG players' bench.

"Mingkai! The draft phase has begun!"

Nofe couldn't help but remind the factory manager again.

The factory manager suddenly snapped out of his daze, put the headphones on his head, and his eyes instantly turned icy.

Now that things have come to this, he no longer cares about the outside world's commotion, nor does he care who wrote the six-time champion's story, or whether there are two Mingkais in the world. With the big battle imminent, he no longer cares about right or wrong. He—

He's about to turn evil.

All the cyberbullying, doubts, and insults he has suffered during this period, as well as the grievances, anger, and resentment he has accumulated, will be resolved in this competition with a resounding victory to prove himself.

He's not just Mingkai, he's also Clearlove—

7!

Wang Ke was unaware that he had unintentionally activated the Dark Kai form. At this time, the draft phase had already begun. Since EDG had a one-point lead, Snake had the right to choose sides and was currently on the blue side.

Wang Ke chose to remove the big tree first, showing respect to EDG's big tree.

EDG, on the other hand, opted to ban Lux!

"Wow! EDG's first ban is quite interesting; they chose to ban Lux! White previously dominated Newbee's Ardent Censer bot lane with his Lux-Caitlyn composition in their match against Newbee. But White isn't on the field right now, so why did EDG still choose to ban him?"

Hearing what Wawa said, Miller analyzed, "I feel that EDG's decision to use the aura buff might mean they still want to play the Ardent Censer composition! Because we know that the Ardent Censer system is most afraid of two things: one is an early to mid-game composition with too many assassins, and the other is a strong bot lane combination like Caitlyn and Lux ​​that can dominate the lane."

Nofe's move also made Wang Ke ponder for a moment.

Is the other side really that indestructible? They're even going to use an incense burner?!

After thinking it over, Wang Ke chose to eliminate Malzaha as his second option.

Subsequently, EDG banned Rengar.

Seeing nofe's ability to block, Wang Ke chose to give the last block of the first round to Lee Sin.

EDG's last move was to ban LeBlanc.

On the commentary desk, after seeing EDG's first three bans, Miller remarked, "EDG's intentions seem quite clear. These bans are very targeted; it looks like they're aiming for an Ardent Censer-based composition today!"

The doll nodded and started rambling: "Then I think EDG must have found a system to counter the Ardent Censer system!"

At this moment, Wang Ke was indeed caught in a dilemma.

EDG's intentions are all too obvious.

And this bold move really caught him off guard.

Because Janna is still outside.

As a Tier 0 hero in the Ardent Censer system, Janna's self-preservation and AD carry protection abilities are too strong.

If Snake doesn't handle the early game well and EDG drags it into the late game, then the Ardent Censer composition with Janna is still somewhat unstoppable.

The key question now is whether they should try to take Janna.

Seeing that the Snake team hesitated in their first pick, Nofe adjusted his glasses and a confident smile appeared on his lips.

Unlike Hiro, this coach from South Korea is capable of coaching the strictly managed EDG team, which means he definitely has some skills.

In the last match between the two teams, nofe was caught off guard by Wang Ke and was almost completely outmatched in the draft phase. This made nofe take today's match very seriously and want to regain their pride.

The trap he set for Wang Ke began the moment the opponent chose the blue side.

After seeing the Snake team uproot the big tree on the first floor, Nofe had already made his decision.

Although the Ardent Censer composition is countered by strong early and mid-game compositions, the results of recent matches and scrims have shown that it's not unplayable; it just has strict requirements, such as needing Lee Sin or Janna as the first choice.

The strength of a team composition is significantly different depending on whether or not Janna is present.

If you can get Janna, then even against early to mid-game compositions, you have a good chance of winning thanks to Janna's strong self-protection and AD carry protection abilities.

Now that the first round of tagging has ended, there are only two possible scenarios left.

The first scenario is that Snake doesn't pick Janna, then EDG will, and they'll play an Ardent Censer composition. At the same time, their bans have already done their best to limit Snake's early and mid-game composition.

The second scenario is that Snake manages to pick Janna by stealing the pick, which forces EDG to play the Ardent Censer composition against them. In this case, EDG counters by picking Lulu to create lane advantage in the bot lane. Relying on EDG's mature and stable macro system, Ardent Censer vs. Ardent Censer, nofe believes their chances of winning are very high.

At this moment, Wang Ke had also realized Nofe's thoughts. He rubbed his chin and muttered, "That's interesting."

However, nofe is actually somewhat of a given.

If Wang Ke wants to play a strong push-lane composition in the bottom lane, simply disabling Lux is clearly far from enough.

In Wang Ke's mind, there are many alternatives to this combination; he could even come up with a double marksman bot lane.

Are you playing the Incense Burner in the bottom lane?

You're kidding me!

But now is clearly not the time to pull out these things, because he still doesn't quite trust 0-Emperor. At the same time, this lineup requires the jungler to pay close attention to the bottom lane to protect it. Since he's not playing, he can't remotely command the Vietnamese players.

"Let's get Janna."

As soon as Wang Ke finished speaking, his gaze fell on the Nofe across from him.

The other person wore a confident smile that said, "Just as I expected."

Seeing that Snake Team had picked Janna, nofe immediately exclaimed, "Lulu and Kog'Maw!"

Then he turned his gaze to Wang Ke.

The kid on the other side is still young, after all.

He's playing a game against himself; what does he have to gamble with?

What is he laughing at?

Nofe paused for a moment, then saw Wang Ke smiling and nodding at him.

noife returned the smile.

"Silly boy, you're still laughing even after being sold out."

In the commentary booth, Miller exclaimed excitedly, "After Snake Esports picked Janna, EDG immediately picked Kog'Maw and Lulu. Does that mean both sides are going to play Ardent Censer again today?!"

Wawa then spoke up, "It feels like EDG really came prepared today! Coach Nofe's experience is indeed more extensive. It seems like White was somewhat forced to pick Janna today."

In the live stream, the screen was flooded with comments.

[I told you long ago, Bai Chu has a bit of cleverness, which works in B03, but he'll be exposed as incompetent in B05.]

Indeed, it seems like he's playing Janna rather awkwardly.

Coach Nofe is actually quite capable.

[This is when you need to tag that useless guy, hiro.]

If Newbee's coach were Nofe, Snake Esports wouldn't have made the playoffs.

It's fine, letting EDG send him away is the same.

The right to vote has returned to Snake's hands.

"Let's get Varus."

Since the opponent wants to use the incense burner, that's exactly what he wants.

This match was originally intended as a source of material for Wang Ke to study EDG.

The more operational and the longer the project drags on, the more time Wang Ke has to prepare.

"Varus! It looks like Galio is going to be picked in the mid lane!"

In the commentary booth, Miller had barely finished speaking when Song Wen from the Snake Team's player bench blurted out, "You can't give me Galio, can you?"

Wang Ke knew what Song Wen was thinking and said, "But giving it to the other side would be a bit tricky too—"

Zhu Kai, who had been practicing his lip movements, stepped forward and offered a constructive suggestion.

"Then you can let it travel and play."

Upon hearing Zhu Kai's words, Saint Gun Bro became somewhat agitated.

"Did I ask you, you noob?! How do you even play Galio top lane?!"

The next second, Wang Ke said, "Great idea, let's go top lane Galio!"

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