Chapter 445: You're dead!

Everyone left the lounge and met the two groups who were exiting in the corridor.

In the fifth match, the factory chief who had returned to the stage saw Liang Yan, his eyes lit up instantly, he came over with a spring in his step, eyebrows dancing, and said:

"Come on, you went ahead first, the finals are waiting for you!"

Liang Yan smiled and said okay, out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a certain chubby figure hurrying past behind him, and he let out a soft sigh.

In the fifth game he still glanced at the BP, and when he saw RNG pick Vayne as their third pick, he knew the final outcome.

"Uzi, when will you ever mature?"

As Uzi's friend, Xiao Duan went up to him, quietly comforted Uzi, but Uzi didn't appreciate it, his face sour, he gave a perfunctory reply and left.

Xiao Duan watched Uzi's retreating back, his expression somewhat heavy.

Fu Lan Duo walked over with her hands in her pockets, bumped Xiao Duan with her shoulder, and said teasingly:

"Everyone has their fate; Uzi earns several times more than you, so drop your sympathy."

"..."

Xiao Duan was speechless for a moment, thought it over carefully, realized it really was that logic, so he became even more speechless, and gave a wry smile:

"Qiang Ge, you're way too good at comforting people."

"That's right."

Fu Lan Duo whistled and walked away.

……

The venue was packed with heads.

Above the stage, flags of various colors hung silently on all four sides.

EDG, RNG, VG, WE.

After the first semifinal ended, RNG realized they had no chance to reach the finals; the lights that had been shining on their yellow team flag went out, although still visible, they had dimmed, just like the faces of the RNG fans who had just left the arena.

Before the players of the two sides in the second Bo5 match took the stage, the seats left by spectators who had exited after watching the previous match had already been refilled by VG and WE fans.

Of course, there were also spectators who chose to watch both matches back-to-back, numbering about one or two hundred, most of whom had come from afar. However, unlike the regular season viewing procedure, in the playoff stage even those who had bought tickets for two Bo5 matches needed to leave the venue and re-enter.

On the big screen, the pre-match promotional videos of the two teams were playing.

In each clip, WE's footage was mostly from last year or earlier, even from ancient times, and the most representative highlight was naturally their championship moment at IPL5; that title established WE's status as a powerhouse.

However, due to certain reasons, some players' shots were cut, making it seem a bit lacking in flavor. Nevertheless, these clips are WE's glorious history.

WE has never won a league title, but they certainly deserve to be called a powerhouse, and they have consistently maintained strong competitiveness in the LPL.

Conversely, VG's promotional video mostly featured footage from this season. This is because VG's historical performance has been utterly unremarkable, whereas their performance this season has been strikingly outstanding, and their undefeated regular season record has added a remarkably glorious page to their team history.

At this moment, VG's two bosses, wearing masks and caps, sat in the audience, looking up at the splendid plays of the VG team on the big screen. Lu Wenjun could recognize several of those scenes—they were matches he had personally led the team into. Rewatching them still stirred his emotions, while sitting beside Lu Wenjun, VG club's big boss Ding Jun wore an expression of extreme complexity, with astonishment and pride, as well as reflection and worry.

Why the worry?

As the saying goes, the higher you climb, the harder you fall. VG club's boss Ding Jun has experienced this firsthand since its founding; he knows all too well that the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

Thus, while feeling proud of the alliance division's excellent results this season, Ding Jun also harbored unease about the possibility that future performance might fall short of expectations.

However, with the team's morale soaring, Ding Jun naturally would not voice these damp thoughts to anyone, not even to his longtime comrade Lu Wenjun; he simply kept them quietly tucked away in his heart, as a kind of mental preparation for himself.

After the promotional video ended, the commentators reappeared in the livestream room. For such an important match, the commentators were naturally heavyweight: Wawa sat in the middle, Chang Mao and Miller on either side of her; the Haier Brothers had practically become the fixed commentator pair for VG matches, while the remaining slot usually rotated among Guan Zeyuan, Ji De, and Chang Mao, and newcomers like Rita were not qualified to appear in a match of this level.

At the same time, the players of both sides stood at the two backstage entrances, waiting to go on stage. Although the venue hadn't changed, the playoff stage included an introduction segment.

After the commentators chattered for a while, they announced the players' entrance, and the host Ren Dong's enthusiastic voice rang out across the venue:

"Welcome to the LPL!"

"This is the venue of the 2017 Spring Playoffs semifinals, and the upcoming match is the final Bo5 of the semifinals!"

"Now, let's welcome the two teams' players with warm applause!"

"First up, welcome ViciGaming!"

The crowd cheered.

The stage lights flashed wildly, and each time Ren Dong called out an ID, the venue also erupted with even more enthusiastic screams and cheers from VG fans.

"Top lane, Flandre!"

"Sheng Qiang Ge, I like you!"

"Fu Lan Duo, awesome!"

"Sheng Qiang Ge, keep it up!"

"Jungle, Firrrrrre!"

"Ahhh!!!"

"Jiao Shen, look this way!!!"

"Jiao Shen, keep it up!!!"

"Xiao Jiao Gege!!!"

"Huh?!"

Liang Yan was striding forward when a loud shout suddenly pierced the noise and reached his ears; his steps hesitated slightly, he turned toward the direction of the sound, but unfortunately it was pitch black below the stage, and he couldn't see anything at all.

But when the audience saw he had reacted, they became even more excited, and more people started shouting 'Xiao Jiao Gege' along with him.

Ren Dong could barely hold himself together; after finally suppressing his laughter, he tremulously announced the next player:

"Mid lane, Easyhoon......"

Liang Yan walked over to the blue team's player bench with a dark face, standing shoulder to shoulder with Fu Lan Duo about half a meter apart, his lips moving slightly up and down as he said:

"Confess and be lenient, resist and be strict. Tell me, was it you who spread this!?"

Fu Lan Duo held her head high, chest out, hands behind her back, legs apart, wearing a carefree expression as she faced the stands, and also said softly:

"I'm innocent, brother."

If not you, then who?

How would I know? I was just shouting like that in Ji Di, others also heard it, you can't assume it's definitely me just because I shouted first.

It's you!

No.

It is!

No......

You're dead!

...... Really not me.