Chapter 40: Perfect Live Interview! (Please keep reading)

WOW~

When Xu Dongmen, wearing a white jacket team uniform, appeared at center stage, the whole venue erupted.

Cheers rose and fell, never ceasing.

Male spectators howled, female spectators screamed.

Xu Dongmen had done live interviews before, but this was still one conducted in such an enthusiastic atmosphere.

Playing at home certainly has its perks!

Congratulations, XDM. First, congratulations on winning the match; QG now tops the standings, and you personally earned this match's MVP.

After the venue quieted down, host Ren Dong asked: 'How does it feel facing SKT? Can you tell us?'

The opponents were strong; we had a big early-game advantage, but mid-game they stalled us, and we only won after 40 minutes—overall, it wasn't an easy victory.

Xu Dongmen was very honest.

If it were any other team, catching their mid laner 0-3 early would have ended the game already.

SKT held on, especially during the 20‑30 minute window, displaying textbook‑level macro play—not only avoiding fights but even finding chances to engage.

Keep in mind, this period was our team's strong phase.

Male Ezreal and female Iceborn were both at their peak.

Very unscientific!

"Indeed, not easy."

After Ren Dong nodded, he posed the next question: 'At 33 minutes, you were caught in the enemy jungle, facing a four‑man SKT surround—what was going through your mind then? Did you ever think "we're done," possibly getting caught and losing Baron, then being reversed?'

"No."

Xu Dongmen shook his head directly.

"Huh? Not at all?"

Ren Dong kept probing: 'Can you tell us whether that play was intentional or accidental?'

"It was intentionally unintentional!"

Xu Dongmen lifted his chin and puffed his chest, as if a smell of pride emanated from the air. (Proud JPG)

A burst of laughter came from the audience.

Damn, this kid really pulled off the act!

Go ahead and act, after all you survived and aced four SKT members—even if you claimed everything was calculated, it's still in the Ganges.

Ren Dong wouldn't let up: 'I have a question for XDM player—how long can you brag about a single kill on Faker?'

Whistles rang out from the stands!

After all, he's a professional LOL host, and his questions are beloved by everyone.

In a League of Legends match, if a football host came up and asked whether you'd just celebrated a birthday, not being awkward would be strange.

Professional matters should be left to professionals!

During yesterday's opening match, Ren Dong, while interviewing, showed off a Faker play, creating the 'undying grip' meme, whose popularity remains high.

Having him ask this question couldn't be more fitting.

Top‑tier collaboration, indeed!

"Well, I think I can brag until we meet again—just see if he can single‑kill me back." Xu Dongmen replied without hesitation.

"Well said!"

Ren Dong gave a thumbs‑up; his question just now was actually not easy to answer.

As an opponent, claiming you can brag for a year over a single kill would be overly long‑winded on others' morale, although it's indeed a fact in the audience's eyes.

But if you say it's nothing special and you often single‑kill him in scrims, aren't you just becoming Old Lady Lu?

Furthermore, Xu Dongmen's remark 'let's see if he can single‑kill me back' also shifted the pressure onto Faker.

"What's up, Demon King? I just single‑killed you, buddy—if you can't handle pressure, who can?"

"The last time I interviewed you, XDM player, you publicly said you were a big‑match player; today's match proved you weren't lying—you played fantastically!"

Ren Dong wore an expression of praise and coaxed: 'Everyone knows that before you became the team's starting player, QG only placed fourth at the IEM10 World Finals and lost to SKT; now you're again in an international tournament, an official one at that—what result do you hope to achieve at this MSI?'

"Champion."

If he had hesitated a bit on the earlier questions, his answer to this one was completely off the cuff, with no hesitation at all.

Though not loud, it carried weight!

The stands erupted again over those two words.

"Champion, we must be champion!"

Whether it's youthful bravado or arrogant pride doesn't matter; what matters is that, after suffering a round of defeats in both region and team, they still hold this fearless spirit of vying for championship.

Xu Dongmen's face was expressionless, light as wind and clouds.

Having just beaten SKT, his words gained considerable credibility.

Many have already started to believe!

It can be called a perfect live interview.

Players, host, audience, venue—all online!

In just a few minutes of interview, Xu Dongmen gained countless fans.

Since he doesn't stream, this is nearly his most direct interaction with fans.

He was already handsome compared to Xu Gong, had crushed SKT in an away game, and even the interview was full of memes—not gaining fans would be strange.

"It's been two months; the teacher's team now has another genius."

"XDM, truly a big‑hearted player..."

In the SKT lounge, head coach Kkoma watched the interview livestream.

Besides him, apart from the five players who had just suffered a defeat and were still digesting it, jungler Bengi and coach Cui Bingxun were also there.

"Indeed strong; what I mean isn't just mechanics, but also adaptability—he can be called a top‑tier jungler."

Cui Bingxun stared at the white‑clad man on the screen and said.

Although he is a coach, he is also SKT's nominal head coach, possessing certain tactical acumen, and his eye for talent is even more ruthless.

Just considering the first wave where Xu Dongmen ganked mid, Blank's Leopard Woman only showed her head before he noticed the blue buff had been invaded; that alone is not simple.

What followed was even more terrifying: he directly started a party in Blank's jungle, to the point that the Leopard Woman's development was so stunted she was as thin as a kitten.

The whole crowd was just watching.

"Pengxiong, what do you think?" Kkoma looked at his veteran subordinate.

Xu Pengxiong, SKT jungler Bengi.

"I know saying this might not be timely, but I've faced him in scrims; honestly I don't think he's that strong."

Bengi broke his usual honest image and spoke bluntly: "All are new‑generation junglers; I think he's far inferior to ROX team's Peanut player, but…"

"But what?" Kkoma pressed on.

"I think he's not even as good as Shanjiu, yet in the previous match he completely crushed Shanjiu."

Bengi was very puzzled.

The Shanjiu he referred to is none other than Little Black Blank, who has firmly kept him on the bench this season.

He thought Xu Dongmen was inferior to Blank, but the result was Blank got smashed in the jungle, ruined to the point of dripping soup.

Could it be that we played a fake practice match?

The double‑crown jungler's mental capacity is a bit insufficient.

…………

Next door, the QG lounge.

"Dongmen!"

"MVP's back, everyone's waiting for you!"

"Holy shit, Dongmen, that jungle gank scared me to death, you know?"

Xu Dongmen received a welcome from the whole team.

All stars gathered around him, absolute core treatment!

Most unbelievably, even Swift, who had fallen to substitute, took the initiative to approach him for reconciliation: "Xu Dongmen player, I admit you're indeed stronger than me; congratulations on beating SKT."

"Huh?"

After Xu Dongmen reacted, he immediately replied: "You're also strong; I should learn from you."

This isn't flattery; judging by strength, Swift absolutely deserves the title of jungle king, especially his Leopard Woman, which in Xu Dongmen's view is a top‑two existence in the LPL.

However, when these words reached Swift's ears, they turned into mockery and ridicule: "Learn from you? Are you joking with me?"

Early March, IEM10 World Finals.

QG was bloodily abused by SKT, beaten to the point of having no power to fight back.

Two months later, after merely changing one jungler, QG completed its revenge.

Others may not remember, but the person involved, Shiwàn Fute, remembers it crystal clear.

In the match against SKT at Katowice, he and Jin Taixiang used exactly the Male Gun and Ice Girl duo in mid‑jungle.

Same picks, same opponent.

The results were completely different!

This guy even said he wants to learn from himself?

Heh, how could learning be getting crushed by SKT?!