Chapter 709

Uzi's appearance completely ignited the LPL venue.

As for Y4's future, no one paid attention; although he was a major contributor who helped RNG shine on the Intercontinental Tournament stage, after all he was merely 'Little Uzi,' and now the real Uzi has returned, so he naturally had to step aside—something most people see as perfectly natural. Of course, some will still remember him.

VG base training room.

"I Giao! Uzi really came back!" Gangzi, who was watching the LPL livestream, took off one side of his headset and excitedly shouted at his brothers.

"Uzi, forever god!" Xiao Duan raised both hands and cheered.

Liang Yan also laughed and said: "Awesome, RNG, you really held it in."

Fu Lan Duo: "Holy shit, they pulled off a big move; really, nobody in the scene knew at all—RNG is awesome!"

Sima Laozei wanted to join the brothers' discussion, but didn't know how to chime in, looking around with an embarrassed smile.

Sima Laozei suddenly said: "What about Y4 then?"

The training room fell silent for a few seconds.

Then Liang Yan said: "Objectively speaking, Y4's ability still has a considerable gap compared to Uzi's, but if..."

"What if?"

"If I had to pick a teammate, I would rather choose Y4."

"Holy shit?"

"Why?"

"Exactly, Uzi is obviously that strong!"

Everyone was surprised, including Easyhoon, unable to understand why Liang Yan would say that—why not want Uzi, who is so strong, instead of Y4 whose limit is obvious at a glance?

What does that mean!

Fu Lan Duo, however, seemed thoughtful and faintly realized why Liang Yan had chosen VG instead of stronger teams when he returned.

At that moment, Tabe walked in from the door, apparently having overheard the brothers' conversation, and as soon as he entered he said: "Because Uzi wants to be the absolute core, he refuses to listen to orders once he's upset."

Because of Uzi's temperament, Tabe had suffered a lot in RNG before; back when he was the shot-caller for RNG, he and Uzi had many unpleasant incidents.

Even the original 'dog concubines' have shown up to speak, so naturally nobody would object.

Liang Yan no longer explained, because what Tabe said was completely correct.

For Liang Yan, while competent personal ability is certainly important, comparatively he needs a teammate who can follow his lead like an arm and finger, rather than a huge‑power but utterly unstable teammate who could at any moment blow up himself and his allies—a walking bomb teammate.

That said, Uzi's playstyle is indeed fascinating.

Liang Yan cannot work with Uzi, but that doesn't stop him from appreciating Uzi's combat style.

Today RNG's opponent is IG; in Uzi's return debut, his state looked fairly average. He picked Caitlyn in the first game and lost, ending with a 4‑4‑6 line. Neither his individual performance nor his duo combo could match the opposing West‑Bao combo, especially since West Huang receives no praise from LPL fans—Uzi can't even suppress him, still playing Berserker's Greaves against Big Mouth. Such a return debut naturally fails to satisfy.

Fortunately, Uzi heated up quickly; in the second game he picked Big Mouth, paired with Shi Senming's Karma, laning against Xi Huang's Frost Archer, finally exhibiting the dominance expected of the LPL's top AD carry, finishing with a 7‑1‑9 line and earning MVP.

In the third game, Uzi took advantage of the residual heat from the second game, pulled out Berserker's Greaves again to prove himself, and once again laned against Xi Huang's Big Mouth. Facing the AD god whose condition had warmed up, this time Xi Huang couldn't get any advantage; early on he was blown up in lane, suffering two lane kills, and moreover once Shi Senming went out to roam, the enemy provoked, Uzi with Bu Long jumping onto his face 1v2 killed Xi Huang and also flashed Bu Long away, the commentator shouted "This is why Uzi is the god of bottom lane," and the whole RNG crowd screamed nonstop.

At the end of the third game, the Berserker's Greaves had a 9‑2 kill‑death record and earned another MVP.

RNG defeated IG 2‑1.

The paparazzi were satisfied this time, flooding various platforms with celebratory posts.

It's worth mentioning that in the third game of today's match, IG once again fielded the highly anticipated rookie top laner Theshy.

Theshy picked Prince to lane against Letme's Lamborghini.

As a result……

On major professional esports data websites, such as WanJia and SaiGao, the evaluations of Theshy derived from various detailed data are without exception…… the scapegoat.

This means Theshy bears the greatest responsibility for IG losing this match.

Liang Yan also watched this match and agreed with the website's evaluation. However, this does not mean he is not optimistic about Theshy as a player; currently, the biggest reason for Theshy's poor performance is still the lack of coordination with the team. The later‑dubbed IG trident of Theshy, Ning, and Rookie—the top‑mid‑jungle player combination—has only just come together, and in both daily life and battle coordination they are still very unfamiliar.

Moreover, IG is still missing the final piece of the puzzle——

JackeyLove.

The IG management takes the blame for this; IG had originally planned to let Jakeylove, whose virtual age was already 17, debut officially in this spring split, but because of a grand celebration event at the end of S6, JackeyLove's real age was exposed—he only turned 17 after his birthday at the end of 2017.

Then someone reported this to the Ace League, and after that nothing happened.

For the entire S7 season, JackeyLove could not appear in the LPL, and that outcome could not be changed; with no alternative, IG had to urgently call up substitute Marge for the spring split, and in the summer split they brought West (the Western Emperor) into the lineup, but these two AD carries still fell short……

The Duke bought at great expense basically cannot carry.

The new top laner Theshy and the new jungler Ning still have major coordination problems.

Therefore, IG as a whole can still only rely on the Dean Chicken True Lord's exploding seed……

After watching this match, Liang Yan felt sorry for the meat chicken; the prime of his age went without suitable teammates, wasting two years for nothing—truly unfortunate.

……

That night, after the match, the EDG members returned to Ji Di.

Late at night, when all was quiet, someone knocked on the door of A Bu's dormitory.

He opened the door in his pajamas, saw Changzhang standing outside, and exclaimed in surprise, 'Why aren't you sleeping this late? What are you doing?'

Changzhang pressed his lips:

"Coach, I want to play a match."