Chapter 257: My previous ideas were a bit naive

When they received the news of SKT's roster change, the G2 team was also very surprised.

In the life-or-death match, the young rookie — one cannot deny that this decision was made with great boldness.

Everyone then voiced their opinions, speculating that Bengi was likely preparing to retire and become a coach, deliberately letting the successor come up to hone his mindset — winning would be a transformation, losing would also be a wind‑and‑rain baptism that a growing tree must endure.

Lao Zhang laughed and said, "Sure, SKT — this move is definitely not a loss."

Everyone burst into laughter.

Except for Perkz.

Perkz laughed somewhat awkwardly.

Because he recalled how, in that previous match, G2 had fallen into a huge disadvantage, the suffocating silence in the team voice channel, and then contrasted it with the current cheers and laughter, this huge contrast made Perkz can't help but wonder:

If we had lost that match earlier, what would things be like now?

The more Perkz thought about it, the more embarrassed he felt.

……

Amid the enthusiastic cheers of the live audience, the players from both sides returned to the stage.

And most of those cheers were directed at G2.

SKT enjoys greater popularity worldwide, but the underdog's rise is always the most beloved theme in stories, because ordinary people can more easily project themselves onto the weak, and G2 is widely recognized as the challenger in this match.

G2 is a brand‑new team that only just made it into the top league this year, without a doubt.

Throughout the S6 season, they experienced great ups and downs, at one point nearly disbanding.

But today, in the semifinal of the event representing the highest level of this field, they faced double‑champion SKT and won the match point game.

Regardless of the outcome, this is already an astonishing feat.

And in the commentators' mouths, G2 became the strongest dark horse in history.

The meaning of "dark horse" is: I originally thought you were weak, but I didn't expect you to actually be able to trade two blows with a strong team — how exciting, how exciting!

Yes, even now, people deep down still feel that SKT will not lose.

The pick‑and‑ban phase hasn't started that quickly yet.

Perkz sat in the player seats, not rushing to put on his headset, listening to the commentators praise G2 and the cheers of over twenty thousand spectators, his mind unusually calm.

He didn't realize that his mindset had undergone some fundamental change at that moment; he was merely wondering whether he deserved the praise he was receiving.

"What's wrong?"

The teammate sitting beside him noticed his odd state and asked concernedly.

Perkz did not respond.

"Lu Ka?"

The teammate shouted again.

Perkz then came to his senses, turned his head to see Liang Yan, whose eyes showed a hint of worry, shook his head with a smile, picked up his headset and put it on, saying:

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"What were you just thinking about?"

"……Nothing at all."

Perkz paused for a moment, then added:

"I just feel that my previous ideas were a bit naive."

"No, you only just realized that?"

Liang Yan teased.

Perkz, however, nodded seriously, looked at Liang Yan and said:

"Yes, I only just realized that."

Liang Yan stared for a moment.

"Good grief, is this guy suddenly enlightened?"

"How come he sounds all mystical……"

Two minutes later, the fourth game's pick‑and‑ban phase began.

In the LPL broadcast studio, the cut went to the commentator desk; the three commentators on camera all wore delighted smiles. Wawa's voice grew even more excited:

"Welcome back!"

"The fourth game of the Bo5!"

"The current score is one‑to‑two, SKT is behind by one point, G2 holds two match points and needs just one more point to win this semifinal and advance to the final stage!"

"Although those deserving praise have already been lavishly praised by the commentators earlier, we won't repeat it here. At the moment the fourth game's pick‑and‑ban begins, I just want to say:

"G2! Since you've already driven the Demon King to the edge of the cliff, why not give it an extra push and send SKT tumbling down!"

G2! Since we've already pushed the Demon King to the edge of the cliff, why not put in a little extra effort and directly send SKT down?

Miller, full of passion, took over the topic,

"Facing SKT, a team with extremely strong adaptability and great resilience, all G2 needs to do is never let up, never let SKT catch a breath, press on and take another point to send SKT straight onto the plane!"

"Well said! Also, I'd like to remind everyone that SKT executed a substitution in this game: the veteran jungler Bengi went out, and the young Blank came in!

"And besides that, G2 actually made a substitution as well."

And besides that, G2 actually changed its lineup.

As soon as Wawa said that, the two commentators beside her were stunned.

As soon as Wawa said that, the two commentators beside him were both stunned.

"When did G2 make a substitution?"

Wawa chuckled, pointing at the big screen:

Wawa gave a hehe smile, pointing at the big screen:

Although G2 hasn't announced, but we can already see it.

Miller quickly raised his head, and only then saw that the coach standing behind the G2 players' bench was indeed no longer that big man with a full beard, but a slim young woman.

Ah... the coach has been changed?

Oh my!

The long-haired one also let out a cry.

So G2 changed coaches, no wonder we didn't get the news; indeed, changing coaches for BP doesn't require reporting.

And she's a pretty young lady!

The live camera happened to give Tang Anna a close-up of her face, and the audience immediately let out a gasp, started shouting and whistling.

Miller is a married man, and somewhat afraid of his wife; he sized up the girl on the big screen and cautiously commented:

Emm... I didn't look closely before, but now I notice that G2's young beautiful female coach seems to be of mixed heritage, her features are quite distinctive.

Wawa is also married, and the person at home isn't as strict as Miller's wife, but out of consideration for Miller's younger brother, he didn't dwell on this topic.

Yes, if anyone is interested in this coach's background, you can look it up online; so let's cut the chatter and first look at the BP.

As the losing side of the previous game, SKT has the priority side choice for this match and actively chose the blue side, while G2, who was blue in the previous game, has switched to the red side; however, the players' seats haven't changed. SKT, who has the first ban and pick, still banned the Leopard Woman first, and G2's first ban was also given to the Female Gunner.

Yes, that's exactly Fan Mom! Moreover, this thing actually doesn't need to be countered; if you don't pick Janna, you won't be countered by her.

But if we don't pick Janna, it seems there aren't many good support choices either?

That's a problem for their coach to solve; we'll just watch the excitement!

SKT's second ban is still Vi... Speaking of which, does SKT really have no trump cards left?