Chapter 260

When the two coaches left the stage, although Tang Anna was doing her first independent BP on stage, she didn't make any mistake; reminded by the staff, she took off her headset, came to the center of the stage and shook hands with the opposing coach.

She stood there waiting for a moment.

Kkoma was warned twice by the referee before he hurried over with his headset.

Tang Anna stood there with a deadpan face, watching the SKT coach, who was half a head taller than her, walk up to her.

The two stood face to face, and Kkoma couldn't help but show a surprised expression—first at the girl's youth, then further surprised that such a young girl could produce such a cunning BP.

"You're impressive."

As they bent to shake hands, Kkoma quietly praised her.

She merely glanced at him expressionlessly, then turned and left.

Kkoma rubbed his nose, turned and walked backstage. He knew she was G2's analyst; just a moment ago he had thought of trying to win her over and poach her, but the personality she displayed now made him feel she would be hard to get along with, so he dropped the idea.

Tang Anna returned to the restroom, and Ka Lao Si gave her a thumbs-up.

"No need to praise me, it wasn't me who did it."

After saying that, Tang Anna sat down in front of the computer.

The screen was playing a pre-match interview clip of Liang Yan.

Ka Lao Si occasionally turned his head to glance at Tang Anna, observing her expression.

But Tang Anna always had no expression.

Ka Lao Si then thought to flirt a bit:

"Pretty pitiful, huh?"

Unexpectedly, Tang Anna directly shook her head:

"No, it's actually pretty good—what's there to pity?"

Ka Lao Si was stunned:

"Even orphans aren't pitiful?"

Tang Anna gave him a sideways glance:

"With all limbs intact and sharp senses, where's the pity?"

Ka Lao Si was actually speechless.

The bullet comments were actually full of 'fuck'.

After the MV interview ended, the camera showed three LPL commentators.

Ka Lao Si was watching the LPL livestream.

Actually, starting from the quarterfinal elimination matches, Ka Lao Si, while watching the livestream in the break room, had always been watching the Chinese-language stream; aside from Biman and Expect, who completely couldn't understand it, everyone else on the team could understand at least a bit.

Actually, whether they could understand or not wasn't important; everyone present was an industry professional, so judging the situation didn't require listening to the commentators' analysis—they had their own understanding.

As for why Ka Lao Si watches the Chinese stream, there are many reasons.

First, to learn Chinese, understand the cultural atmosphere of the Simplified Chinese internet, making it easier to communicate with Weibo fans.

Second, it's a statement. Although Ka Lao Si is carefree, he is not completely lacking in crisis awareness; he clearly knows how hard it will be to keep Liang Yan next year, so he puts effort into the details, striving to create a familiar environment for the team's two mid laners to strengthen their sense of belonging.

Finally, it's because… the commentary style of the Chinese stream suits Ka Lao Si's taste, especially this pair of Haier brothers; although Ka Lao Si also doesn't understand much, occasionally catching a joke makes him feel happy, like a stand‑up comedy.

Moreover, Ka Lao Si likes to hear other regions praise G2.

For example, this time.

Wawa said: "SKT's lineup…… is a bit stable, and it looks quite similar to G2's lineup from the previous game!"

Miller said: "You can't say they're very similar; you can only say they're almost the same—top, mid, jungle, and AD are the same champions, only the support was swapped for Janna."

Chang Mao said: "This…… is copying homework live?"

Miller mused: "They probably still have their own understanding, but to say there's no influence would be wrong—there definitely is some."

Wawa smirked: "But Faker meditated for half a minute and then pulled out a Viktor?"

Miller defended SKT: "At this point, stability is most important; SKT itself is stronger in raw strength, and the two games they lost were actually because they had an advantage but failed to hold it, so they actually don't need any fancy tricks—just staying steady is enough."

Wawa suddenly raised her voice: "Alright, then let's see if SKT can hold steady this game! Okay, the battle has already begun; let's look at how both sides start..."

Amid the cheers of the audience, the camera focused on the 2016 World Championship trophy emblem on the ground of the mid lane in the Summoner's Rift, then swooped down from above.

The battle officially began.

SKT, Blue side

Ban: Leopard Woman, Vi, Caitlyn

Top: Duke, Bo Bi

Jungle: Blank, Mang Seng

Mid: Faker, Viktor

ADC: Bang, Ezreal

Support: Wolf, Janna

Coach: Kkoma

G2, Red side

Ban: Gun Woman, Syndra, Ryze

Top: Island, Trundle

Jungle: Firrrrrre, Olaf

Mid: Perkz, Orianna

ADC: Zven, Jhin

Support: Mithy, Karma

Coach: Anna

At the start, SKT's mid, jungle, ADC, and support grouped together and moved down, aiming to catch G2's duo.

But this time, G2's duo did not group together to go down and take the jungle camps; instead, they split up, one going down lane and the other heading to the river.

Zven, who was heading down the river, saw Mang Seng and Viktor emerging from the Triangular Grass, immediately placed a ward in the river bush, then quickly retreated toward the blue buff Ye Qu direction, while signaling and informing teammates via voice chat.

On the Shang Ban Qu side, Liang Yan immediately signaled toward the enemy blue buff Ye Qu, bringing Lao Zhang's Olaf and Perkz's Orianna to invade directly, placing a ward in the blue buff camp bush.

Blank knew his side's Shang Ban Qu had vision, but still chose to start at the Magic Swamp Frog and, as usual, skipped the blue buff to go straight for the three wolves.

On the other side, after scouting the invasion ward and detecting Mang Seng's route from Shang Ban Qu, Liang Yan chose to start Olaf solo at the blue buff.

For Olaf, the lower his health and the higher his mana, the higher his jungle clear efficiency, so Liang Yan gave Olaf the Smite on the blue buff at the start, recovered a bit of health, and continued clearing the Magic Swamp Frog.

After finishing the Magic Swamp Frog, Olaf's health was about one quarter, and his mana bar was roughly the same length as his health bar.

This is certainly a dangerous state, but since the enemy jungler's clearing route is known, there will be no real danger.

Liang Yan precisely controlled his health and mana; after clearing the three wolves, his health bar grew a little, reaching about one third, with his mana the same.

He continued clearing all the way up.

When he was about to finish the red buff, Liang Yan glanced at the situation in the top and mid lanes.

On the top lane, Olaf versus Bo Bi is a walk in the park, even easier than Jayce versus Bo Bi; moreover, Lao Zhang had communicated with Liang Yan at the start, and now he is fully pushing the lane, with his mana and health well maintained, the minion wave has already crossed the river, and it will soon be able to crash into the tower.