Chapter 71: Is This Even Possible?

Time passed by a little.

However, the referee Huya brought over hasn't announced the start of the next game yet, which means the opposing side is still reviewing the replay.

"It's been ten minutes already; aren't they ready?"

Ning retorted, "Does a replay really take that long?"

"No rush."

Bao Lan said slowly, "They probably lost a game and are being scolded by their coach; they might go all out in the next round."

"Whoa, G2 really loves pulling stunts."

At that moment, Uzi spoke up, "Su Xing, check Weibo; the G2 official account mentioned you again."

"Huh?"

Su Xing was a bit surprised—what stunt had G2 pulled this time?

He then grabbed his phone, opened Weibo, and saw that just ten minutes ago, right after the scrimmage ended, the G2 official Weibo account posted a microblog with an emoji meme.

"Maybe you didn't know that we've actually known @Su Xing for a long time; this guy is unbelievably strong. I think his joining G2 would create great chemistry. Sometimes decisions are hard, but after three seconds of thought we decided to have the legal department team set off from Berlin to Chengdu right away. We are eager to see Su Xing don the G2 team uniform. As for caps, we wish him all the best in his life after leaving G2."

In just ten minutes, the comments topped ten thousand, so you can imagine how massive the hype is for the scrimmage organized by Huya tonight.

"@caps, congratulations, you're unemployed now."

"caps: Huh, I just crushed TaoBo and now I'm getting fired?"

"No problem, G2 beating tes doesn't mean caps beat Xiao Nai You, but now Su Xing beat tes and also beat Xiao Nai You, so the conclusion is Su Xing is stronger than caps."

"tes is really terrible; being crushed by G2 is already humiliating, how can they still get owned by a bunch of old men?"

"Don't be a hater; the only one getting crushed is Xiao Nai You. Brother still has the advantage on the bottom lane."

"Isn't getting an advantage by beating an old Wu Zi supposed to be the norm?"

"tes won't admit it; on what grounds do you claim the opponent is tes?"

One must admit, when it comes to riding hype and pulling stunts, G2 dares to call itself second, while no other team claims to be first.

"No stunt, just forcing it."

Su Xing was silent for a few seconds before giving his assessment; he guessed why G2 posted that Weibo at this moment.

The reason is simple: G2 knows their opponent is tes, so the post appears to interact with us but actually uses the chance to mock tes.

"Their operations team was just discussing an exhibition match with me yesterday."

"Looks like, regardless of how MSI turns out, they still want to play an exhibition match with us."

Actually, before this, Uzi thought G2 was just talking trash, but he didn't expect G2 to take it seriously.

Especially after a 3-0 sweep of tes, G2 was determined to seize this chance to draw domestic viewership: first they beat tes, which features the current LPL traffic star Shui Zi Ge, then in the exhibition match they defeated the two former LPL traffic giants, Uzi and theshy.

Thus G2's domestic fame will become unprecedented, which, of course, isn't a good thing for the LPL region.

"Yeah, it's basically a must-play."

Su Xing smiled and said, "Otherwise, why would it be such a coincidence that the five of us appear tonight? Isn't this a perfect chance for us to build synergy?"

"Ah, can we still play G2?"

Theshy froze for a moment, then his tone clearly grew excited, "Really? When do we play?"

Everyone: Not really—why do you get excited as soon as G2 is mentioned?

"Shy bro really likes playing G2."

"Probably didn't have fun playing in S8." "Man, back then we never lost to European teams."

When S8 was mentioned, Ning couldn't help but sigh, "I can't at all understand how current pros could actually lose to G2."

"Is there any possibility?"

Uzi paused briefly, then said, "I've lost before."

Everyone: "Almost forgot about that! Sorry, my bad, my bad."

Ning was also a bit awkward; isn't this just rubbing salt in Uzi's wound? "That was years ago."

Uzi just smiled and said, "It's already 2024, I've long let it go."

"Whoa, awesome."

Ning gave a thumbs‑up and praised, "That's a god‑level mindset!"

Just as Su Xing was about to speak, the Huya‑brought referee announced that the opponents had finished reviewing and the next game could start.

"GOGOGO!"

Uzi exclaimed excitedly, "Let's aim for a 2‑0 win and give the younger generation a proper lesson!"

As everyone gradually entered the custom rooms, after a quick confirmation the second match officially began.

The prior BP phase was basically the same as the last game, except this time the opponents locked in the champion Airplane on the first tier.

"They picked Airplane."

tabe frowned slightly; having just witnessed Airplane's strength, he wasn't sure if Su Xing's champion pool had any other picks that could counter this version of Airplane.

"Do you want to play Xiao Pao?"

tabe said, "I think Xiao Pao versus Airplane is doable."

"Xiao Pao can't secure an advantage."

From Su Xing's perspective, Xiao Pao can indeed beat Airplane, but only just.

Because Airplane is currently overpowered, picking Xiao Pao forces a late‑game development race, but the opponents are a pro team, and their team‑fight prowess is far beyond what our few old guys can handle.

"Give me Pantheon."

Su Xing thought for a moment and said, "Shy bro, can you pick an AP champion?"

Having seen Ning's jungle style, he felt it unsuitable for an AP jungler, so now he needs theshy on the top lane to select an AP champion to boost the lineup.

"Sure."

Upon hearing that, theshy directly picked Kayn, and what could be more fun than using a top‑lane champion to beat a bottom‑lane champion? "Pantheon, are you sure?"

tabe said, "Then just lock it in, and Shy's Kayn can come out later. If the enemy picks Quisanti, you take Garen, okay?"

"Okay."

theshy nodded, indicating it was absolutely fine.

Even though he likes to play top‑lane champions, he never hijacks the team's champion select; if the team needs him to play a certain champion, he can play it.

"For the bot lane, pick a stronger lane champion, and also keep an eye on the mid lane."

tabe explained word for word, "Because Su Xing will have a high frequency of fights in the early‑mid game, if you're fighting in the jungle, just try to arrive before the enemy, and that'll be fine."

"As for Ning, why not pick Jarvan IV? In the early game Jarvan IV synergizes very well with Pantheon; if you don't like that, Lee Sin works too, and its kill potential with Pantheon is much higher."

(End of chapter)