Chapter 271: Earthquake-Level Signing! An Invitation from the LCK?

The main stage curtain fell, and the V5 members headed to their respective regional zones to accept interview invitations.

Ye Bo, having finished his official FMVP interview, was the first to wrap up. He rose with a light step and headed toward the backstage, clutching the FMVP trophy, ready to share the good news with his parents.

"Ye!"

"I am your fan~~~!!"

Ye Bo turned to look and discovered a slightly familiar-looking white-haired foreign woman waving at him from around a corner.

Even with his poor English, he understood that sentence.

It was just that before, he had always been the one saying that to others, but now, more and more people were saying it to him.

This feeling was quite marvelous.

"Oh, thank, thank!" Ye Bo greeted her enthusiastically using his broken English.

"Chinese, Chinese is okay!" Cat (Katsumi) said, using her own not-so-proficient broken Chinese, intermittently: "I used to be on the LPL English broadcast, casting, I know a little bit."

Ye Bo finally remembered why she looked familiar; she was that caster who had cosplayed Riven that he had seen in a livestream before.

"Photo, photo, okay?"

"I am your fan!!" When Cat said this specific sentence, it was surprisingly clear and articulate.

She looked excited and agitated, and with both hands, she forcefully pulled open her work uniform, scaring Ye Bo into quickly turning his head away.

In the month he had been abroad, Ye Bo had finally witnessed what "cultural differences" meant; he had seen more than once on the street the inexplicable, child-unfriendly sight of someone pulling open their clothes.

Fortunately, Cat was only revealing the V5 team jersey she was wearing underneath, showing her support.

"Oh, of course, Xiu'er, Xiu'er!"

Two people with half-baked foreign language skills managed to successfully communicate by mixing Chinese and English.

Cat only felt that the person in front of her was a complete, extreme contrast to the one she had imagined—the one who displayed magic in Summoner's Rift and brought a sense of oppression to everyone!

Cheerful, lively, completely unpretentious, and even enthusiastically helpful without finding it a bother.

It is not easy for the domestic scene to reach the international scene, and vice versa; it is very difficult to truly understand a person through reposted clips.

This was also why the three Riot designers had come to Ye Bo earlier to discuss a collaboration, wanting to produce some League videos for a global audience together—given Ye Bo's current popularity across all regions, not developing it properly would simply be a waste!

After pressing the shutter over a hundred times, Cat finally put away her phone, satisfied.

But just as Ye Bo was preparing to bid her farewell, she cautiously leaned in, wearing a mysterious expression.

"Master Ye, that matter, is it true?"

"What?" Ye Bo didn't know what she was talking about.

Cat couldn't suppress her curiosity and pressed on: "That, that, Uzi, Uzi and EDG!"

Ye Bo then understood and replied candidly: "This, this, I don't know either. I'm not at EDG anymore."

"How is that possible! You must know!" Cat made a cute, pitiful face: "Please! You are EDG's... Master! You must know!"

"The news has already reached us, which means it must be very likely, right!"

Hearing this, Ye Bo became curious as well.

He curiously looked at the phone she handed over and saw the entry that had just been pushed to second place by the "MSI Champion V5" entry.

He clicked translate.

【Breaking! LPL Spring Transfer Period Earthquake: Multiple clubs have huge moves! Uzi heading to EDG has video proof! 99. 9% probability!】

"99% is already here?"

Ye Bo was dumbfounded and couldn't help but laugh, lamenting that there were "shock" clickbait titles abroad as well.

There were indeed rumors about Uzi wanting to return, but they only stemmed from a casual remark he made during a livestream in the off-season; 99% was clearly too outrageous.

Just as Cat said, given his relationship with EDG, if it were truly confirmed, it would be impossible for him not to know!

"It's true! You click in and watch that video!" Cat anxiously leaned in to help Ye Bo click into that tweet.

It included a video.

In the video, Uzi's side profile was clearly visible in the center, with Meiko and Jiejie sitting next to him in their pajamas.

But the more Ye Bo watched, the more he felt something was wrong.

What kind of angle was this filmed from!?

The eeriness of this video lay in the fact that it was clearly filmed from a "high place" and "hidden in the leaves," as if from a gap in a window.

Combined with the shaky camera and whispering, the "peeping" vibe was maxed out!

However, Ye Bo remembered that there did seem to be a three-story-tall tree next to the EDG training room window.

Below, there were quite a few amusing comments from foreign netizens.

【China!!!!】

【Holy shit! What a country of crouching tigers and hidden dragons! So Chinese people really can use light-body techniques!】

【I told you not to mess with the LPL; even if you can beat them on the field, you can't beat them off the field. Look, they brought out a Ye Wen this year; maybe next year they'll bring out a Jackie Chan!】

【KR fans are Sion, CN fans are Ivern, too OP.】

【What? Uzi to EDG?? Is this something that could actually happen in the real universe???】

Actually, when Ye Bo first heard of this possibility, he was just as surprised as the netizens.

As everyone knows, Uzi and EDG have countless "loves and hatreds."

Ever since the creation of the legendary classic "XXX owes XXX a championship!", the "Pig-Dog War" that lasted for years began.

Uzi and Clearlove are collectively known as the two great "experience books" of the ancient LPL era.

RNG and EDG are two ancient, bitter rivals, fighting from S3 all the way to S11, clashing almost every year.

Whether it's the individual fans of the players or the fans of the teams, both sides are absolutely incompatible!

Who knows how many years they've been cursing each other!

If one were to explain it to an outsider.

The level of explosiveness is no less than Cristiano Ronaldo joining Barcelona, Messi joining Real Madrid, Sika marrying Pan Hui, Ding Zhen switching to Furongwang cigarettes, Jia Nailiang joining the Red Flower Society, Chu Yunfei incorporating the Independent Regiment, Han Wenqing performing the Dragon Raises Its Head, Xiao Yan becoming the successor of the Soul Hall, or An Xin becoming the chairman of the Qiangsheng Group.

It is absolutely the most explosive earthquake-level transfer news in the League circle!

After saying goodbye to Cat, Ye Bo couldn't wait to run to the backstage lounge, wanting to quickly get his phone and send a message to confirm.

As soon as he reached the door, he found two people waiting there.

"Clearlove!?" Ye Bo was pleasantly surprised: "Why are you here!"

Ming Kai revealed a kind smile: "Haha, you, Xuanjun, and Alpaca have made it to the finals, how could I not come? I definitely had to come to cheer for you all~"

"Oh, right, let me introduce you, this is..."

"I know him, the World's Number One Soup, right~"

Standing next to Ming Kai was none other than EDG's former coach from S11, Zhu Kai.

The year after winning the S11 championship, Zhu Kai went to RNG, and this year, S13, he returned to EDG.

Zhu Kai stepped forward with a fawning expression, taking the initiative to shake Ye Bo's hand: "Oh my, hearing about you a hundred times is not as good as seeing you once! Truly a hero among youth! Master Ye, you played so well in the finals today; I didn't expect you to know Yasuo and Anivia too. This champion pool is definitely historical-level! It's such a pity we couldn't work together at EDG this year..."

Listening to the very obvious and deliberate flattery, Ye Bo felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He pulled the two of them into the backstage area.

Along the way, Zhu Kai kept trying to get close to him in a very deliberate manner, leaving Ye Bo somewhat confused.

But Ye Bo was in a hurry to get his phone to go online, so he turned and complained: "Clearlove! You don't treat me as one of your own; Uzi is going to our team and you didn't even tell me!"

As soon as Ming Kai heard this, he knew what the other was talking about.

He helplessly twitched his face, clearly speechless about this abstract affair.

"It's not that I didn't tell you; it actually wasn't finalized yet..."

Ming Kai gave a rough account of what happened.

Actually, it was someone who was either a "fanatical dog fan" or an "esports paparazzi" who had climbed a tree next to the EDG base to sneak photos!

They announced this matter, which hadn't been finalized yet, in advance, making it known to the whole internet!

Uzi did indeed want to return.

But joining EDG was purely a coincidence.

To be honest, as a "slacking-off year" after two consecutive championships, EDG really didn't want to deal with this traffic of uncertain quality, so they had been struggling with the decision.

As for Uzi personally, he wouldn't be willing to go to a bottom-tier weak team, but it was hard to fit into a top-tier strong team; if he could choose, he would of course want to go to V5.

The turning point appeared within EDG itself.

This year, the rookie AD player Leave, who was brought up from the second team, performed quite well. EDG even made it to the top eight in the Spring Split playoffs, which was already far beyond everyone's expectations!

However, Leave had recently been caught in a "Midnight Prostitution" scandal, committing a mistake even more serious than Huanfeng's!