Chapter 465: Xiao Duan is right

Liang Yan's remark that "Boss Lu is on the scene" startled everyone.

VG's team voice channel instantly erupted in noise.

"Boss Lu is on the scene?"

"Really?"

"You're lying; if Boss Lu were coming, why wouldn't he come with us?"

"Liang Yan, is this true?"

Liang Yan gave an affirmative answer.

Everyone fell silent; Zhu Xiaolong's face was full of shock, and for a moment he even forgot they were still in the ban/pick phase.

"How do you know Boss Lu is on the scene?"

"WeChat told me that, and it told me not to tell you."

"Why?"

"I was afraid you'd feel pressured."

"How could it..."

"Because Boss Ding also came."

"Holy shit!"

"Damn it!"

"Alexander, brothers!"

The team channel became noisy again; if it weren't for fear of a warning from the referee, Liang Yan would really have wanted to throw away his headset.

Who on earth said that one woman equals a thousand ducks?

Men are the same!

Suddenly, the referee's voice came through the headset:

"You have fifteen seconds left to ban champions, and VG still hasn't decided?"

Zhu Xiaolong started, then remembered they were still in a match, and began to panic.

Although he knew Fu Lan Duo's threat to report Liang Yan for personal revenge was a joke, he wasn't sure if Liang Yan was also joking. Zhu Xiaolong didn't dare to assume, so he hesitated and asked:

"Are we really going to take Green Steel Shadow?"

"Take it."

Liang Yan, however, had no hesitation and was equally determined to exact personal revenge.

Losing the match is impossible, but we must make Fu Lan Duo suffer.

Otherwise, the hatred in our hearts cannot be appeased!

As for why taking Green Steel Shadow would make Fu Lan Duo suffer,

That's because Green Steel Shadow's laning is genuinely weak right now; any normal top laner could crush him into the dirt—unless the skill gap between the players is huge.

But Zhu Xiaolong was still considerate; looking at their side's last remaining flickering ban slot, he offered a compromise:

"How about we ban one for him?"

Liang Yan, however, had no intention of giving Luxuanjun any way out:

"No need to ban; you just have to trust Luxuanjun's skill."

Luxuanjun: "I—"

Liang Yan: "Shut up."

Zhu Xiaolong: "Then what should we ban?"

Referee: "VG, five seconds."

Liang Yan: "Ban Varus; we probably won't have much front line this game."

Fu Lan Duo: "I-I-I, I'm sneaking out with the Big Tree Thief!"

"Clang!"

The Marquis had sharp eyes and quick hands, barely managing to snag Varus into the Small Black Room at the last second.

Zhu Xiaolong broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.

Although banning an empty slot wouldn't affect VG much, this kind of thing is too stimulating for a novice coach—even though he's been in the position for three months, he can't really be called a novice anymore.

The first round of bans ended, and both sides began picking champions.

WE's first pick was the Frost Archer.

VG's double pick secured Lulu and Mang Seng.

Wawa shouted on the commentary stage: "Jiao Shen is still fierce! Even though the enemy had already revealed the Frost Archer, they still chose Mang Seng to set an aggressive pace!"

Miller mused: "Lulu and Mang Seng... the support is definitely not frontline, so VG's top lane will likely need to fill the frontline, meaning they probably won't pick Green Steel Shadow in the second round."

Homme thought the same; having learned from the previous game, he decisively gave Condi a Male Gun with no pressure to perform, then third pick added a Swaying Locust, laying a trap for the second round's ban/pick to cause trouble for VG's second round of bans.

On VG's side, Fu Lan Duo, seeing this, felt secretly pleased, thinking her pick would carry over to the second round for further decision, thereby increasing the chance that Green Steel Shadow would get banned.

However, just as Zhu Xiaolong was about to speak, Liang Yan spoke first:

"Let's take Green Steel Shadow first; otherwise, it might get banned in the second round."

"……"

Fu Lan Duo's inner thoughts: MMP!

Zhu Xiaolong, feeling reluctant, tentatively said: "But if we don't take an AD carry, the second round might be targeted against us..."

Liang Yan: "No problem; Ma Ge's hero pool is deep."

Sima Laozei: "Hmm."

Fu Lan Duo: "(T﹏T) Ma Ge, I don't love you anymore."

Sima Laozei: "Get lost."

VG's third floor finally still locked a Qingying Shadow.

Fu Lan Duo, feeling lifeless, slumped in the chair, with deep resentment, muttering:

"Who understands, folks? Our Hong Se Fang clearly has a Kent spot, yet they deliberately gave me the top lane on the third floor to let others play Kent—such obvious public revenge, doesn't anyone see it?"

"No, Qiang Ge."

Xiao Duan spoke.

Fu Lan Duo's heart warmed; she thought finally someone was willing to speak up for her.

As a result, Xiao Duan then said:

"We all know you're being retaliated against, but the problem is you betrayed your teammates first; I think Jiao Shen's small retaliation is understandable."

Marquis: "Xiao Duan is right."

Sima Laozei: "Hmm."

Fu Lan Duo: "I'm innocent! I really didn't say that!"

Liang Yan: "So that's me, huh?"

Entered the second round of BP.

WE indeed banned both AD carries, even the female officer big mouth was sent to the ban slot.

VG's last two ban slots were given to Jinx and Titan; after consulting Sima Laozei's opinion, ultimately Sima Laozei got a rat.

This hero is considered obscure this season; the venue instantly erupted in noise.

Homme, upon seeing VG lock the rat, felt a jolt in his heart.

Banning Titan and picking the rat—could the opponent be trying to play a protect-one composition?!

The more Homme thought, the more he felt it was possible.

However, by this point in the BP, there's no room for maneuver.

Homme gritted his teeth; anyway, facing the big rat, all are equal, picking the front line is useless, so he went all in, executing the multi-core system to the end!

No need for team fights; just play split-pull tug-of-war with VG!

Click-click twice, WE locked in Ahri and Nami!

And VG's last pick was no surprise to Homme—they instantly locked Karma!

With a splash, the whole venue erupted in uproar!

"Good heavens?! VG hates the single-core protect-the-carries system, yet this pick is almost a protect-one composition!"

"Yes, on the contrary, WE picked an ultimate multi-core composition!"

"WE this is a four-core… no, even can be said five-core! Because Malzahar in the early game actually has combat power not inferior to a core!"

"If we cover the team names... our roles would be swapped!"

"Indeed, it has the vibe!"

"I'm really looking forward to this match! It seems the Redmi coach also learned from the last game's lesson—last game both cores were crushed by Jiao Shen, so this time I'm directly going with a four-core system; no matter if you want to play double lock-head or something else, I'm not afraid, because even if Jiao Shen is mighty, he's only one, while I have four cores!"

"And VG's choice is, magic showdown!"