Chapter 272: Public Opinion Frenzy, Korean Flair! Is it possible for Ye?

With the on-site matters concluded, the ravenous V5 team members, hosted by the London Riot Games management, headed to a famous local Chinese restaurant for a championship celebration dinner.

Usually, the local Riot officials did not have the custom of hosting championship teams; at most, they would send someone to see them off at the airport.

This time, it was mainly because the boss, Tryndamere, had come along with the V5 team, so naturally, they had to be hosted properly.

Come to think of it, they really were "riding the coattails" of Ye Bo.

He had previously arranged a collaboration with designers like Brother Three-Ring, and after this MSI concluded, he would temporarily part ways with his teammates to head to Riot headquarters with Tryndamere and the designers.

As a tournament sandwiched in the middle of the year, the MSI off-season would not be very long.

Afterward, they would immediately have to prepare for the Asian Games training camp during the Summer Split, making the schedule extremely busy and tight; naturally, there was no reason to have his teammates come along to work during their vacation.

As for Ye Bo, he was naturally full of interest in being able to visit the birthplace of the game he loved.

Not to mention that he was going to playtest new heroes and record an Akali video, so he was basically treating it as a vacation.

Ye Bo picked up a piece of "General Tso's Chicken" from the center of the table; it was said to be the most famous "must-order" Chinese dish abroad.

Unfortunately, although it looked like sweet and sour pork tenderloin, it tasted more like fried chicken drenched in sweet and sour sauce, which was simply cloying to the point of panic.

Fortunately, it was at least much better than "Starry Night."

Since the food couldn't hold his attention, Ye Bo habitually opened his phone to surf the web.

Nearly two hours had passed since V5 won the championship, and the public opinion had already thoroughly begun to ferment!

However, at this moment, Ye Bo first saw a screenshot sent by his mom in the "Loving Family" group chat.

The caption was: {So awesome, my son! You've become a big star again!

Ye Bo gave a wry smile at his mom's rather abstract choice of words and typed a reply in the group with one hand: {Please, Mom, stop browsing those social media platforms so much; they aren't good places!

He clicked on the screenshot to take a look; it was the Weibo trending list, which he had never downloaded or registered for.

【1#yeFMVP】

【2#V5 MSI Champions!】

【3#UziEDG】

【4#Ye's domineering post-match declaration】

Out of the ten total spots, excluding the fixed ad slots, Ye Bo's personal entries occupied more than half of them!

This was actually normal.

Although Flandre had been competing for many years, he had always kept a low profile both on and off the field and was not considered a "traffic-driving player," and the same went for the bot lane duo.

Both junglers were also newcomers.

The fan distribution of the V5 team could be said to have been composed of at least 70% Ye Bo's fans from the very beginning.

Of course, Ye Bo had actually always been quite low-key; at least he had never done anything sensational just for "traffic."

It was just a pity that his strength didn't allow him to be low-key. Just the moments he had on the field that made people's eyes light up had already spontaneously attracted a large number of fans!

Ye Bo also saw several more screenshots sent in the family group, all of which were "rainbow farts" (excessive flattery) about him in the Weibo comment section.

But Ye Bo knew at a glance that this was definitely "Mom's Selection."

After all, even when a player's public opinion was at its best, there would always be some "sober guys" who wanted to be contrarian; it was hard to have a 100% positive comment section, which could be considered a feature of the internet.

However, feeling his mom's intentions, Ye Bo still felt warm inside.

"My mom really understands me, knowing that I like this stuff~" Ye Bo turned his phone to show Flandre next to him.

"Why @ anyone else when you can @ this stuff!" Flandre, still chewing beef, showed his own screen where he was browsing a Hupu rating thread: "Every time I finish a match, I rely on this stuff to get a kick; it feels better for longer than winning the match~"

The observant Ye Bo suddenly noticed something.

In the input box at the bottom of the other person's rating interface, there seemed to be a line of text that hadn't been finished or sent yet.

It seemed to be: 【Don't be a hater, I think Flandre played quite】

Ye Bo couldn't help but chuckle as he turned back: "That reminds me, Twitter really lacks rating threads; to see this, one still has to look at our domestic forums~"

When abroad, Ye Bo usually just browsed local social media, but this time he specifically turned on his VPN to flip back to the Hupu and Tieba forums he was familiar with.

As soon as he clicked in, a tidal wave of public opinion regarding this match rushed toward him!

【The easiest episode!】

【Wonderful! As for where it was wonderful, I can only say they played with experience, played with muscle memory, and played with friendship!】

【Question for the uninitiated: Since when did League of Legends have a "One-Click Sweep" mode?】

【In the first game, when I saw Knight pick that Cassiopeia, I thought JDG really had hope today, but who could have guessed that Knight's Cassiopeia looked like a caveman in front of Master Ye~~】

【Congratulations to JDG! The small score against V5 this season has already reached 8 to 0! It has broken the historical record created by Zhuge Liang! It's one more capture than Zhuge Liang capturing Meng Huo!】

To be fair, Ye Bo did feel that they had already developed a "knack" for playing against JDG.

The players on this team were the type who found it very difficult to change their playstyle, and without changes to the roster, it probably wouldn't be easy to have any earth-shattering changes in the second half of the year.

And according to the current situation, JDG, which was guaranteed to make the playoffs, would at least play them twice more in the Summer Split.

This record would probably have to be improved!

After scooping up another spoonful of cloyingly sweet Kung Pao Chicken, Ye Bo kept scrolling down with his finger until he reached the rating thread section.

But just as Ye Bo clicked in... he almost spat out the chicken!

He saw that the top-rated comment in Knight's rating section was actually the original splash art of Ahri's "Popstar" skin—except Ahri's face had been replaced with Knight's!

This troll of an artist seemed to have deliberately enlarged the mouth area and added blush and bright red lips.

They even specifically selected a face of Knight wearing {pink cat-ear headphones} to contrast with Ahri's fox ears; at first glance, it was completely seamless, making Ye Bo recall what happened two hours ago...

【Your mother's kiss, no wonder Master Ye didn't dare to eat a single kiss from this Ahri later; one kiss from her would at least give me nightmares for a week!!!】

【To be fair, the credibility score of the bros in the bullet comments is really worth learning from "Daily One-Up"; when they say it's photoshopped, it's really photoshopped. Sigh, it's a pity Hupu doesn't allow monthly tickets, I can only give you a like.】

【Damn! Give me back my Ahri! How am I supposed to look at my favorite Ahri in the future!】

【Purely rational discussion, is Ye the hard counter to Knight? He played so fiercely against Chovy and Caps in the first half, but as soon as he plays him, he craps his pants; could there really be some truth to it?】

【It really is true; looking at the team voice comms, that time Knight was solo-killed by Sylas turning his head, he was so anxious he actually started talking; it's simply a fucking medical miracle!】

Ye Bo kept scrolling down, his mind still filled with that big-lipped Ahri.

He used to often fantasize about the scene of him summoning Ahri in his "Pot" in the future, but now, whenever he thought of Ahri, his mind was full of this image!

Struggling to shake that image out of his head, Ye Bo prepared to go to his own comment section to cleanse his eyes.

The pinned image was his most iconic peace-sign photo.

【What is an octagon mid-laner (tactical lean back)】

【Why does Master Ye use his right hand to make a V-sign? Is he implying that Knight (Left Hand) is no good?】

【Fun fact: In history, only one person has ever won both the "MSI FMVP" and the "S-Tournament FMVP"! The Ye dynasty is coming~~~~】

【It really is! Even the path is very similar; SKT became invincible starting from the second half of S5, and then they were invincible for two and a half years, just one step away from achieving a dynasty!】