Chapter 154: After My Flowers Bloom, I Slay a Hundred Flowers

Done?

Done!!!

Snake manager Zuowu had just finished the call with G2 boss, manager, and coach Ka Lao Si, gripping his phone, face flushed, his gaze toward Flandre was like looking at a savior,

We just need to arrange the plane tickets; they'll provide the training venue and room and board!

Flandre gave an embarrassed smile:

Then that's good.

But inside he was shocked beyond words.

At first, when Liang Yan asked if he wanted to go to Berlin, he instinctively thought it was a joke; after repeatedly confirming the other party was serious, Flandre steeled herself, mustered some courage, and went to tell manager Zuowu about it.

Zuowu was also half‑believing, half‑doubting, but he figured it was worth a try—like treating a dead horse as if it were alive—and placed the call.

As it turned out, far beyond expectation, things went even smoother than the best‑case scenario; the other side simply agreed, and with a very friendly attitude, a few words settled the details, and they promised to help Snake with the visa process from start to finish.

Snake had barely managed to secure this world tournament slot.

Having come this far, who wouldn't have a dream?

Even if we can't win the championship, climbing one step higher is still good.

Everyone in Snake knows that, as long as we don't play terribly in this world tournament, it will definitely help improve our dire situation; even a modest boost in popularity would bring huge gains to the struggling Snake, enough to keep the club running smoothly, so the owner wouldn't even think about selling the team.

But reality is too harsh.

It's also because Snake lacks experience preparing for big tournaments, thinking that once they have the slot, they just need to train hard and then perform well.

But then the off‑season arrived, everyone went on vacation, and Snake couldn't find any team to scrimmage with!

EDG?

RNG?

They won't even play with you; they just went abroad at their own expense to train with the stronger Korean teams! Why would LCK teams want to play with them?

What else? First you need connections, then it's just about talking money.

Ordinary people don't know the ins and outs, but Zuowu, having managed to become a club manager, still understands some industry unwritten rules.

Zuowu actually does have some connections, and his college major was even Korean language.

But reality really is reality.

Having connections isn't enough; if you want a strong team to scrimmage with, you have to pay.

Snake just has no money!

Just plain broke!

After discovering this serious problem, the anxious Zuowu at first tried to find an LPL team to scrimmage with, and then attempted to contact several teams.

The response was either a flat refusal because the players were on vacation, or they went straight to talking money with Zuowu—asking for a lion's share, the excuse again being that the players were on vacation and calling them back would require overtime pay…

Heh.

Zuowu himself isn't exactly a saint, but after seeing these people's true colors, he really couldn't help feeling contempt from the bottom of his heart.

The vacation is real.

But the main reason is probably that they don't want to see Snake achieve results.

Sanshao may not be a proper person, but those diaries of his are certainly not random scribbles.

Zuowu had pretty much figured it out, and had basically given up on that idea.

No scrimmage? Then we'll just practice ourselves! If we end up going home after the round of sixteen, we might as well take a page from Sanshao's book and write a few diaries—let these upstarts see what they've got coming, and nobody's going to have an easy time!

He had originally made up his mind to do just that.

In dire straits, a ray of light suddenly appeared.

G2!

Snake's savior!

No……

Zuowu looked at Flandre with tears in his eyes:

"Luxuanjun, if we can make the top eight, you'll be Snake's savior!"

This made Flandre get goosebumps, and she thought embarrassedly:

You're wrong; if we're really picking a savior for Snake, it should be that guy.

……

"I never thought about being anyone's savior."

September 21, Riot Games released Episode 5 of Season 2 of *Legendary Prosperity*—'Striving for the Upper Realm'.

G2 finally appeared in this episode.

Accompanied by a calm, serene voice‑over, the opening black‑screen faded, and the first scene showed Liang Yan arriving at G2 that day.

He stood with his back to the camera, a plain backpack slung over his shoulder, in front of the G2 headquarters gate.

Against a pure piano backdrop, the camera pushed in toward the back of his head.

Liang Yan's voice‑over narration sounded again:

"I never even imagined I'd come to Europe."

The picture flashed, suddenly switching to the European summer finals venue at the end of the previous month—inside the Taolong Tiyuguan, lights blazing, the whole crowd shouting his name:

Fire!!!

Fire!!!

Fire!!!

Then the cheers faded away.

"But the moment I set foot on this land, I knew……"

The picture changes again.

Liang Yan finally shows his full face.

He sits alone in the empty audience stands, slowly lifts his head, revealing the eyes originally covered by his bangs, and stares directly at the camera:

"I was born for the championship."

His sharp gaze seems to pierce the screen, making all viewers watching the documentary involuntarily tense.

Those sharp eyes gradually fade into darkness, like a beast lying in wait.

G2 boss Ka Lao Si appears on camera, sitting in a spacious bright office, smiling and speaking frankly:

"Liang might not even realize it himself, but his joining truly saved us."

"We played terribly at MSI; back then the whole European public opinion wanted us to disband immediately, we were Europe's shame, unforgivable... Then Liang came, his accidental kick sent G2 into another timeline."

"Current G2 still far from being cleared."

"But we will prove ourselves at the S6 World Championship."

"Recently my players have become obsessed with reciting ancient Chinese poetry; I especially like the line Lu Ka often chants..."

Ka Lao Si's voice softly falls.

Perkz's figure slowly appears.

He wears the G2 jersey, waist straight, standing sideways on a vast desolate yellow plain; when the black curtain fully recedes, he slowly turns his head to face the camera:

"When autumn comes September 8, I bloom and kill all other flowers."

Overnight, G2 gained countless fans.

Mainly Chinese fans.

On the day the documentary aired, Ka Lao Si saw that the newly created team's official Weibo followers, less than a week old, surged to tens of thousands in a day, feeling very satisfied.

Good fellow, as they say LPL fans are hard to please yet easy to please.

Now we finally found their G-spot; opening the Chinese market is imminent!

"Can't you stop constantly brushing that lousy Weibo? Even with many fans, can they give you money or come to the US to cheer you on?!"

Tang Anna's angry voice sounded beside him, waking Ka Lao Si.

"Sorry, is BP starting again?"

Ka Lao Si hastily put down his phone brushing Weibo, looked at the player screen in front of him, and realized indeed a new training match's BP had already started.

Tang Anna glared at him angrily:

"I think you'd better just be a hands-off manager, stop being a coach!"

"There's still such a good thing?!"

Today is the fourth day since Snake arrived at the G2 base.