LOL: The strongest all-Chinese team? My G2 top laner

Damon stood in the doorway, glancing at the mess of sugar water stains and overturned chairs on the floor.

Then, his gaze settled on Uzi's face, which was flushed red with rage, and he asked softly:

"Hey puppy, what's with all those photos of people playing cards online?"

Uzi, who was being persuaded by Xiaohu and Letme, suddenly looked up and loudly defended himself, saying, "That happened several years ago! It was just friends playing around. I don't understand why anyone would post it online now to stir things up! Are they crazy?!"

Damon's face immediately darkened.

He wasn't angry that Uzi played Texas Hold'em.

For players in the circle, playing Texas Hold'em privately is just like ordinary people playing mahjong after get off work, as long as it doesn't involve huge sums of money or cause them to get carried away. It's something they can understand.

What angered him was that these photos had to be released at this crucial moment, when RNG was at the height of its popularity and Uzi had just been selected for the Asian Games!

This is absolutely no coincidence!

As RNG's manager, he's a master of media manipulation and marketing!

Uzi clearly didn't fully grasp Damon's concerns. Pointing at his phone screen, he continued to vent to Damon: "That bastard, he specifically emphasized that LPL's top AD players play Texas Hold'em? Am I the only AD player who plays Texas Hold'em? Doesn't WeiXiao play? Why is he targeting me?!"

"Little dog, little dog, calm down, don't worry about others," Letme quickly whispered to him.

Damon took a deep breath and said, "Little dog, don't be angry!"

"Listen to me, the most important thing right now isn't finding that bastard who posted the photos."

Uzi stared wide-eyed, clearly unconvinced.

Damon continued earnestly, "The most important and urgent thing now is to quickly find a way to suppress the public opinion to a minimum and reduce the heat!"

"Nothing's wrong!"

Uzi retorted, sticking his neck out: "Don't the Dota scene next door play Texas Hold'em too? In our scene, Electric Stick, Pdd, Strawberry... who hasn't played it? Besides, do they have any evidence that we gamble for real money? If we don't gamble for real money, it's not gambling!"

"No, no, no!"

Damon shook his head repeatedly, anxiety showing on his face: "Little dog, you're overthinking it! In the past, this kind of thing might not have been a big deal. You could just let it go, and the fans would naturally fight back for you and curse you back."

"Even the LPL officials might help to cover up the topic."

"But things are different now!"

He stared at Uzi and emphasized, word by word, "Now, you are a member of the Asian Games team! You are a national team player! You cannot be affected by any negative public opinion, especially anything related to pornography, gambling, or drugs!"

Do you understand?

Asian Games?

These three moments brought Uzi back to his senses.

The flush on his face faded visibly, replaced by a pallor and panic.

He's just short-tempered and occasionally acts like a giant baby, but he's not stupid.

Damon had made his point so clear that he instantly realized the seriousness of the problem.

That's the Asian Games!

They are representing their country in the war!

It goes without saying how strict the relevant departments are in the qualification review and public opinion assessment of athletes, even those in e-sports exhibition matches!

Even the most baseless rumors could cause a newly secured Asian Games spot to slip away!

Seeing this, Damon quickly said, "I'll contact people right now, spend money, and get the trending topic taken down! I'll suppress it before it completely blows up! Don't do anything, don't post on Weibo, don't respond, just pretend you didn't see it!"

"Whether it's training or ranked games, you're doing just fine!"

"Leave the rest to me!"

After saying that, he didn't bother to comfort Uzi anymore and hurriedly left the training room.

The training room fell silent again, and Xiaohu and Letme looked at each other in bewilderment.

Uzi silently sat back down in his chair, looking at the sticky sugar water stain on the floor. His previous raging anger had turned into a heavy burden on his mind.

He scratched his head in frustration, finally muttering only, "Damn it!"

……

Meanwhile, in Wenzhou.

Jiang Ling discovered that less than half an hour after he issued the police's "Statement of Circumstances," the hashtag #UziTexas# skyrocketed to the top of the trending topics list.

"Oh?" Jiang Ling raised an eyebrow and clicked on it.

The pinned post is a highly retweeted Weibo post from a secondary account, which reads:

"Former RNG player Demon just mentioned that the person who spread rumors about him was arrested for 'providing conditions for gambling'."

"I feel like this person is someone in the industry."

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few people in the LPL who like to gamble! As far as I know, a certain top AD in the LPL really likes to play Texas Hold'em."

The Weibo post included four pictures.

Clicking on the larger image reveals that, although the resolution isn't particularly high, one can clearly identify Uzi as the round-faced young man frowning as he looks at the cards next to one of the card tables.

The comments section has exploded:

"Holy crap?! It really is an Uzi?"

"This photo is quite old, isn't it? Judging from the clothes, it looks like it's from Season 5 or Season 6?"

"What's wrong with playing Texas Hold'em? Why should we regulate casual games between friends?"

"The entertainment bureau uses chips? Stop trying to defend it, this is clearly gambling with money."

"So what if you gamble for money? Haven't you heard of 'a little gambling is harmless'? Haven't you ever played mahjong with your friends with stakes?"

"Royal Traitors, come and clean this up! Your idol has collapsed!"

"Hilarious! Is RNG having a run of bad luck today? They just lost to JDG, and now their key players' scandals are surfacing?"

"..."

Jiang Ling browsed through the comments with great interest, and the doubt in her heart was instantly resolved.

No wonder I suddenly received a huge sum of 500 points of negative emotion value.

So it was this guy who deliberately mentioned himself when he leaked the information about Uzi playing Texas Hold'em.

He took a closer look at the homepage of the whistleblower account, which was completely empty, clearly indicating that it had just been registered.

The timing of posting the photos came shortly after his clarification Weibo post sparked heated discussion.

It's very possible that the inspiration for the revelation came suddenly from seeing the comments in his own comment section.

Jiang Ling leaned back in his chair, a knowing glint in his eyes.

Of course he's not stupid!

This person didn't reveal the information earlier or later, but at this crucial moment, when public opinion is focused on RNG, they dug up old photos from several years ago.

Jiang Ling was almost certain that someone in the industry, or rather, a competitor of RNG, was secretly collecting dirt on them, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

RNG has been incredibly strong this year, winning the MSI championship, having four players selected for the Asian Games, and signing with Mercedes-Benz, almost drawing away most of the LPL's traffic and resources!

The LPL pie is only so big; if you take too much, others will go hungry.

It's perfectly normal for someone to want to sabotage RNG.

"Oh……"

Jiang Ling looked at the trending topic #UziTexas# on the screen, which suddenly flickered and then disappeared into thin air before his eyes.

Refresh the page again, and it's no longer on the trending topics list.

Searching for related keywords yields mostly fan-controlled comments and irrelevant content; the original Weibo post that broke the story also appears to have been blocked or deleted.

"They were pretty quick to remove the trending topics."

"RNG's PR team is really impressive!"

Jiang Ling merely twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a cold smile.

"What goes around comes around; no one escapes the judgment of Heaven."

"When RNG messed with others, they should have thought that one day they would be messed with themselves."

"This matter is definitely not something that can be resolved simply by removing it from the trending topics list!"