Chapter 676

Everyone doubted Liang Yan's suggestion deep down, but after all, a person's name is like a tree's shadow; since the "World's No. 1 Jungler" said it, no one dared ignore it, so for a while no one directly refuted it, instead they indirectly questioned it in various ways.

Moreover, Liang Yan directly gave the answer—let Letme pick Shen to play.

This was too specific, so in the end RNG still accepted Liang Yan's suggestion.

After the opening ceremony, reeking of a "poor but chuuni" vibe ended, the finalists' starting lineups took the stage.

RNG's players sat in the player seats; the expected scene of the venue being one-sided in support of Dragon Pearl did not appear, and there were actually quite a few spectators supporting them.

Malaxiangguo sat in his seat, wiggling his butt to adjust to a comfortable sitting posture, put on headphones to test the mic and casually chatted with the brothers.

"What's going on, brothers? Are these people all SM? They were acting all tough before the match, but only submitted after getting beaten up."

"That's right, I heard everyone here is a second‑dimensional otaku, so they probably all have that kind of fetish." Xiaohu said, heehee.

"Indeed, the people here seem to really like eating frozen eel."

"Hahaha~"

"Hey Yan Junze, are you close with Jiao Shen? Why did he strongly recommend you to play? Also give me a brief introduction—I can't even add him on WeChat."

"No... no..." Although Letme had been on the team for a year or two, his mindset was still that of a newcomer; in the RNG squad he remained a nobody, speaking somewhat timidly with the senior members. He then said: "How would I know Jiao Shen? I don't know why he recommended me, and I don't have his WeChat either."

However, everyone paid no attention, just teasing Letme with hehe haha, even saying things like "selling one's butt to Jiao Shen" came out; Letme thought, that guy is so handsome, even if I wanted to sell my butt I wouldn't get a chance…

But honestly, regarding these teases, Letme not only felt no resistance, but actually felt a bit secretly pleased; after being a nobody for so long, today, because of a big shot's single remark, he actually became the focus of everyone's discussion and attention—how delightful.

……

LPL broadcast room.

After the advertising time following the opening ceremony had just ended, the three commentators' faces appeared on the broadcast screen, with Wawa sitting in the center of the frame:

"Hello everyone!"

"Ah, it hasn't been long, but it feels like we've been playing for ages. But exactly! Today! We have finally arrived at the decisive day of the 2017 Intercontinental Tournament Asia Confrontation!"

"As you can see, today we three will bring you the commentary and analysis for this regional peak showdown! I'm Wawa! Let the two teachers also introduce themselves!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Remember!"

"Hello everyone, I'm Su Xiao Yan."

These three are on the commentator bench, so it's easy to guess who the three on the analyst bench are: surely the long‑haired main shot‑caller plus Guan Zeyuan and Miller, the two professional analysts.

The players were still adjusting their equipment, and Wawa took the lead in chatting idly.

"Never mind other stuff, let's first talk about the win rate of today's starting match, come on, Teacher Remember, give us your answer!"

"LPL will surely win!"

"I'm talking about the starting lineup! What the heck, 'LPL will surely win'—do you even need to say that? Hurry up, be serious, make it even odds!"

"Uh, Teacher Wawa is so strict... cough! Well then, my answer is, RNG will surely win! 10‑0!"

"Huh? You're serious?" Wawa widened her eyes.

"Right." Su Xiao Yan also looked at Wang Ji with a face full of surprise, "The opponents are none other than Dragon Pearl, who have been blazing hot in the LCK this summer; RNG... uh, of course I'm also optimistic about RNG, but a 10‑0 score is a bit exaggerated, right?"

"Not exaggerated at all!" Wang Ji said with a face full of confidence, and his smile hinted at some smugness, "Do you know why I say that? I have some insider info!"

"Don't keep us in suspense, spit it out... no, wait! This... I want to confirm, can you share your insider info? Won't it be... some internal thing... is there any risk?"

Su Xiao Yan also looked tense.

Meanwhile backstage, Tabe, who had fallen into a major controversy after revealing IG's tactics on an English‑language commentary desk at some previous finals, hearing the commentators cueing his past, couldn't help but let out an embarrassed laugh, and quite a few people in the room turned to look at him with amused expressions.

In the broadcast, Remember, full of energy, said: "No problem, I've already confirmed with that coach and the director—this can be said!"

"Then go ahead and say it……"

"It's like this: just now I wasn't going backstage to use the restroom, and then I happened to meet a coach from the LPL team; I asked him what the LPL arrangement was for today, and he said RNG goes first—since the lineup had already been confirmed, saying it out loud is no problem, and then I was surprised, I asked why it wasn't VG going first, he said RNG is in good form, everyone agreed to let RNG go first, and moreover! The point is! Do you know why RNG is letting Letme play in this match?"

"What's so surprising about that? RNG has mostly been fielding Letme this season, with Kourou still in rehab training."

"No! Actually, RNG wanted to put Kourou in this match, because they think the enemy's top laner Khan is too strong, and Letme probably can't hold up."

Ah?

Then, actually, there was a person who suggested letting Letme play, and only then did RNG decide to let Letme play this round!

A suggestion? Whose face is that big!

Then I can't say it. But what I can say is, this person is extremely awesome!

That's definitely awesome, otherwise RNG wouldn't listen to him.

Let me guess... Su Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, "It should be Redmi."

Yeah, I think so too." Wawa nodded vigorously, "Redmi's coach is a gold-medal champion coach, pretty awesome, his words carry weight.

Having waited leisurely for the two to finish speaking, he then shook his head slowly with a smile, "Hmm, Redmi's coach is very capable, but unfortunately it wasn't his suggestion."

... Who else then?

Yeah. It can't possibly be RNG's own coach Feng Ge, right? According to your logic, that wouldn't make sense either—wouldn't that mean the coach and player had a disagreement? And speaking frankly, Feng Ge, if you say he's impressive, that's okay, but it's still a bit short of the level you're describing.

Not Feng Ge either!

Why don't you just say it outright?

I also want to say it, but I really can't; otherwise, if RNG loses... uh, I mean, just in case, if RNG loses, wouldn't I become the one who leads the rhythm and gets blamed?

You're already leading it!

Then let me guess another one, Jiao Shen." Su Xiao Yan said suddenly, "Because it feels like only this person matches the conditions the teacher mentioned."

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