Chapter 586: Is the Factory Manager jealous?

Both sides' AD carries are no pushovers.

Sima Laozei's laning temper needs no mention; Deft looks like a docile alpaca on the outside, but his laning style is also quite aggressive.

So when both junglers showed up in the top half of the map, the bottom lane naturally didn't want to be left out, and unsurprisingly they started fighting.

The war was initiated by VG.

For the first few minutes they were under constant pressure, even Xiao Duan got fired up; he caught Mata's Ezreal attempting to use Q to poke Sima Laozei but missing, planted a pillar behind Deft's Varus, then slammed his staff to the ground and charged forward.

"Nice! This pillar, once placed, directly blocked Deft's movement!"

"Xiao Duan activated Iceborn Domain and sped forward!"

"Mata moved up! Doran's Shield absorbed the troll's hit!"

"Both AD carries started focusing fire on the support!"

"Xiao Duan was burst down to below half health by the two of them! But in terms of follow‑up damage, VG is clearly stronger! Sima Laozei turned on Focus Fire and kept peppering Ezreal with shots! But don't think those little arrows are just acupuncture—once Ezreal's Doran's Shield wears off, the pure physical damage still stings!"

"The troll is also swinging his big stick and dealing damage comparable to the AD carries! But after KT's two players unleashed their burst, they're a bit spent!"

"This is the weakness of the lethality Varus build!!"

"KT feels like they can't hold up, trading blows while retreating! Mata's Justice Punch is ready but can't be used because the troll's in his face and would block it! Deft moves in to heal Mata a bit, but because he's slowed he can't pull away!"

"Sima Laozei also turned on heal and speed, sticking to Ezreal to keep pounding him!"

"Mata, low on health, flashes!"

"What do you say, should we try a flash‑kill?"

"No follow‑up! Xiao Duan turns back into the brush!"

"Sima Laozei also shut it down, no flash follow‑up!"

After Guan Zeyuan finished his solo in the team fight, Miller chuckled: "Huh? This wave Ma Ge actually managed to hold back—that's not common."

Changzhang also nodded: "It really feels like Ma Ge has changed a lot since joining VG; if he were still last year's OMG Ma Ge, he'd definitely have followed."

"Really?"

"Absolutely."

"Changzhang still knows Ma Ge best, after all, he's his godfather."

"Uh…"

"Haha, just joking. Getting back to it, the bottom lane's also improving—I think VG's advantage in this game is now pretty clear; what do you two think?"

"Actually it's fine; I think the key is still to watch the top lane."

"Right, as long as Blue Steel Shadow can't take off, VG in the mid‑game doesn't have to worry about his split‑pushing and can go all‑in; as long as we don't give him a chance to catch a lone target, Ezreal actually isn't that easy to make use of."

"Yeah, and having this kind of farmed marksman in Jiao Shen's hands really makes me feel completely at ease!"

"Speaking of which, would Changzhang be jealous?"

"Jealous of what?"

"There's a jungler like that on the team."

"…"

"Changzhang pretended not to hear, but in his heart he had a damn thought: "He's a jungler and I'm a jungler too—if he shows up I'll be out of a job, I'm jealous as hell!"

"But Changzhang didn't say those words out loud; instead he suddenly became thoughtful."

"Because Changzhang suddenly thought, if he could really succeed in transitioning to coach, and if he could recruit Liang Yan to EDG, that would indeed be great."

"With that thought, Changzhang actually started to envy Zhu Xiaolong…"

"The match continued."

"After Mata flashed and disengaged, this bottom‑lane skirmish ended without any deaths. VG's duo, having gained the advantage, quickly cleared the minion wave, then retreated into the fog, disappearing from KT's vision, and both recalled."

"The director's camera switched to the marksman."

"Liang Yan helped freeze the minion wave top lane, then after Fu Lan Duo's resurrection teleport arrived he relinquished minion aggro, raised his spear, and left top lane."

"On KT's side, Score somehow didn't feel right about draining his teammates' blood and just let go; although he couldn't stop the marksman from freezing the lane, he still cancelled his recall."

"Score lingered top lane for a while, waiting for Smeb to teleport home, then went up to help push the minion wave into the tower before recalling."

"Liang Yan didn't look back; the Mang Seng was willing to drag his own pace, which for Liang Yan was exactly what he wanted."

"The marksman hit level six!"

"This recall should be for buying a Green Sword, right?"

"Liang Yan cleared the second group of upstream crabs, then cleared a group of Stone Armor Beetles, reaching level six, but instead of recalling he kept his spear and headed to mid lane!"

"... Is Jiao Shen about to move the Fat General again?!"

"Hey, don't say that—I feel there's a chance! Marquis's ult cooldown is about to reset, and Flash is ready too!"

"Ah, is the Ice Queen's ult really coming up that fast? But the previous wave Ryze died without flashing, and he still has Flash now, so I guess he won't make that big mistake again……"

"Hard to say, it depends on how VG plays; Jiao Shen's pure‑damage build is explosive—if Marquis can lock down Ryze before he flashes, a full‑health target can be blown up in one combo!"

"Pawn probably timed the Ice Queen's ult; he realized it would be ready soon, so his positioning became cautious."

"Liang Yan didn't mess around—he strode straight out of the river, pushed the lane together with Easyhoon, and began auto‑attacking the tower right in Pawn's face."

"This is another indefensible yang scheme."

"To help Smeb ease lane pressure, Score the Mang Seng had been holding top lane for a long time, and only just now landed at the fountain."

"Smeb's Blue Steel Shadow teleport had already been used; although he's idly wandering toward mid lane, he won't get there quickly."

"Pawn alone in mid lane against VG's mid‑jungle faces huge pressure—he has to carefully consider whether he can even retreat under tower to clear minions, let alone stop the marksman and Ice Queen from tower‑diving."

"But if Pawn doesn't clear the wave, just letting the two of them chip away at the tower, then waiting for Blue Steel Shadow to arrive or the turret to finish off the minions, the tower will likely be left with little HP—almost as good as destroyed."

"Even the LPL's second‑tier commentators can see that."

"Joker's voice was steady but not slow: "This situation is really headache‑inducing—Pawn can't clear the wave, which is awful, but the enemy is basically saying 'if you dare step up I'll definitely hit you'; dare to go up? Probably not."

"Remembering the excited brows: "If you don't take this tower, you'll fall!"

Rita roughly calculated the damage in her mind, her tone uncertain: "But Rui Zi is at full health—can a combo really kill him instantly?"

In the KT players' bench, Pawn sat in the middle of the five chairs, his expression tense, his mind torn.

For a player of his level, calculating damage is actually not difficult.

The hard part is whether he has the courage to take the blame.