[“What’s the debut? What are you talking about? Being the first in the Korean server doesn’t mean you’re the world’s top jungler. Don’t blow things out of proportion, okay? You have to be responsible for what you say.”]
[“We’ve watched Xiao Jieba’s livestream before; this doesn’t count as a debut, right? Your words are really strange.”]
Xie Ning didn’t explain the agreement between Jiang Mo and Manager Da Tian to the audience. What he was saying now amounted to leaking sensitive information.
He had this inexplicable confidence in Jiang Mo. The match had only been going on for five minutes, and he firmly believed that Jiang Mo would win.
This was a crucial match. If Jiang Mo won, he would successfully join the SVP team. If this wasn’t Jiang Mo’s debut, then what was it?
The barrage of comments continued relentlessly, but Xie Ning ignored them, sliding down into his seat lazily and saying, “Just focus on watching the game.”
[“What’s wrong with this streamer?”]
[“Why is this streamer livestreaming while lying down?”]
[“Is this your way of streaming, copying Taozi?”]
Xie Ning rewound the progress to the beginning. Jiang Mo had chosen the jungle champion, Graves
Blue Team Composition:
Top lane: Camille
Jungle: Graves
Mid lane: Diana
ADC: Kai’Sa
Support: Yuumi/Mao
Red Team Composition:
Top lane: Renekton
Jungle: Fiddlesticks
Mid lane: Kassadin
ADC: Aphelios
Support: Leona
In the first five minutes, Park Eun-kyung’s Fiddlesticks made a trip to the top lane, securing first blood. He then roamed to the mid lane and, with the help of his mid laner, secured the enemy mid laner’s Flash, while Graves remained unproductive.
From the audience’s perspective, it seemed like the game was leaning in favor of the red team….Right as the game started, Jiang Mo recognized the ID of the enemy jungler, Park Eun-kyung. This account had never changed its name and was in Korean.
The first time Jiang Mo saw it, he didn’t understand what it meant. It was only after someone explained it to him that he realized.
This incident happened during Season 8. At that time, Jiang Mo had just been poached by the NG team. Apart from training, he didn’t care about anything else. He only knew that the world championship that year had been won by the Korean EK team, and LPL’s RAG team had reached the World Finals but lost to EK.
That year, RAG’s jungler retired, and after Eun-kyung won the championship, he changed his Korean server account name to what it is now: “I am the Butcher.”
At first glance, there was nothing particularly noteworthy about it. However, when some netizens watched Eun-kyung’s livestream through a VPN, he was having an overly enthusiastic conversation with his teammates and accidentally let slip.
He believed that the Chinese players in the competition posed no threat; they were merely countless pigs waiting to be slaughtered by him.
He made a joking comment about the recently retired RAG jungler, saying, “Ah, he’s still young, why did he retire? Is it because of me? When I shook his hand, it was trembling so badly. Am I really that terrifying? I’m really sorry if I scared him.”
Chinese netizens were furious, but Eun-kyung acted as if nothing had happened and blamed translation issues. He didn’t have those thoughts at all, and he sincerely apologized to the RAG jungler.
He even posted on Instagram, wishing RAG good luck in the next year’s competition.
Full of sarcasm, anyone could tell that Park Eun-kyung was trying to defend himself, but as a foreign player, there was no way for domestic players to intervene, so the matter was just left unresolved.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing Jiang Mo’s tense expression, Chi Yu asked with concern.
Jiang Mo shook his head. “It’s nothing.”
“Is this match difficult?” Chi Yu asked again.
Jiang Mo bought his items and, with a voice not as nervous as his expression, said, “It’s easier than any game I’ve played before.”
Chi Yu: “?”
The EK team had always been a formidable opponent of LPL. Several LPL teams had entered the World Championship, only to be brushed aside by this supposedly invincible team.
That year, Jiang Mo led the NG team and faced the EK team in the finals.
With a score of three wins to one loss, they secured the championship.
To defeat their tenacious opponents, Jiang Mo thoroughly analyzed their strategies and tactics, and he practiced countless times with his teammates, preparing multiple strategies. Any team could do simple analysis, but Korean teams were unwilling to practice with Chinese teams, and EK wouldn’t even play offline matches against them.
Jiang Mo believed that without a true understanding of the opponent’s strength, all the analysis on paper was futile.
When there were no practice matches, Jiang Mo borrowed many high-ranked accounts, calculated game delays due to ping, and invested a lot of effort just to face off against Park Eun-kyung.
At the beginning, he couldn’t win, and there was no shame in losing. He focused on finding the reasons and overcoming them. With his talent and skill, he didn’t believe he couldn’t beat his opponent.
With this mindset, Jiang Mo slowly went from an even match to taking the lead and finally, having no fear.
…
[“Fiddlesticks has taken three kills already, constantly ganking. What is this Graves doing? Is the jungle his home now? Has he moved in?”]
[“Don’t say it like that; at least Graves secured the Dragon!”]
[“He helped in all three lanes once and stole his teammates’ farm. I see the Graves in the jungle, and it gives me a headache. His gank efficiency is low, and he always likes to leech his teammates’ resources.”]
[“No wonder he’s a god like Park. This little streamer, no matter how good he is, can’t handle him. However, reaching second place in the Korean server is impressive too; losing is not embarrassing.”]
[“Being able to learn from Park is really worth it!”]
[“Cut the crap; stop trying to set the tone. Did you forget what Park Eun-kyung said?”]
[“I want to ask, is the average level of the chat silver?”]
The plate was piled high with cherry pits. Xie Ning crunched the last cherry pit in his mouth and said nonchalantly, “If you don’t understand, there’s really no need to start directing the chat. It’s unnecessary.”
Xie Ning used the mouse to draw several circles on the scoreboard.
“Even if Fiddlesticks got three kills, so what? The economy of Graves is on par with him. Did you see Fiddlesticks getting a bounty for killing his lane opponent? When Fiddlesticks was ganking, Graves was power-farming the enemy jungle. He had 26 more CS than Fiddlesticks. Do you know what that represents? It’s not like he’s doing nothing. Don’t just look at someone staying in the jungle and think he’s useless. However, Graves is indeed a famous power-farming champion. He just played to the strengths of this champion.”
The barrage suddenly changed, filled with [“hahas”] all over.
Claiming to steal teammates’ farm is ridiculous. The enemy mid laner recalled, our mid lane had no pressure, and it’s hard for him alone to push the wave. During the few seconds wasted in mid lane, what if Fiddlesticks from top lane came down? What if the enemy mid laner arrived just when Fiddlesticks was trying to restrain him in mid lane? The mid laner would lose out big time! This is the most basic knowledge. Some people always think that disturbing the minion waves in three lanes is dirty play. In some situations, you have to do it. Normally, when seeing these kinds of comments, Xie Ning would ignore them, but if they were criticizing Jiang Mo, he wouldn’t stand for it.
“The skirmish that just happened in top lane, Fiddlesticks had already shown up there. Teammates were in a precarious state. If Graves rushed there, he would just waste time and might even give a double kill. At this point, it’s better to go to the bot lane…”
After Xie Ning finished speaking, as if on the same wavelength, Graves indeed rotated to the bot lane. It was EZ and Yuumi on the opposing side, with a hard crowd-control support. It was difficult to fight in the early game.
Jiang Mo pinged a signal on the map. The high-ranked game’s teammates had quick reactions. EZ deliberately mispositioned himself, making a move to bait the enemies. The enemy Leona caught onto him. Leona used her two control skills on EZ. The enemy Aphelios immediately followed. The river bush had vision, and they already saw Graves. It was too late to retreat at this point. This fight had to continue. They might get a few kills, and maybe even turn it around and kill Graves.
Yuumi activated her ultimate, controlling two people. EZ was left with low health. Yuumi healed him a bit, with only 86 HP left, and escaped back under the turret. Leona kept her ultimate, waiting for EZ to use his escape skill before controlling him. When she saw EZ trying to escape, she immediately placed her ultimate under the turret, aiming to finish off the low-health EZ. Graves arrived in time, throwing a smoke bomb at Leona’s feet, confusing her vision. Her ultimate slightly missed, and EZ successfully escaped.
Within the two seconds of Leona’s delay, Graves took down a half-health Kai’Sa. Yuumi jumped onto him, granting him increased movement speed. Immediately after, they secured the kill on Leona attempting to escape into the upper brush. Graves achieved a double kill.
This skirmish wasn’t over yet. The enemy Kassadin came out from their base and headed straight through the jungle. The very moment after Graves secured the kill on Leona, Kassadin used his ultimate to teleport to the location. Kassadin’s ultimate had a very short cooldown, stacking additional layers of magic damage with each use.
Almost at the instant Kassadin emerged, Graves flashed out of the brush, evading Kassadin’s combo skills. He positioned his bullets and unleashed a set of damage onto Kassadin. Kassadin’s health suddenly dropped by two-thirds.
Despite Yuumi’s ability to slow down enemies and speed up allies, she couldn’t catch up to Kassadin who could use his ultimate to escape over walls. Sensing danger, Kassadin swiftly leaped into the Dragon pit the moment his ultimate was ready, disappearing from Graves’ field of view.
Graves’ ultimate explosive shot, and the sound of the explosion echoed in his headset. Yuumi’s delayed ward was placed inside the Dragon pit. The splash from the explosive shot angered the Dragon, causing it to crawl out of the pit, its roar swirling in the headset, seemingly celebrating this impressive kill.
The audience only managed to witness Kassadin’s lifeless body hitting the ground.
—Triple kill—
“Nice!” Xie Ning exclaimed, his eyes wide open, unable to contain his excitement.
He clearly saw it—
Graves unleashed his ultimate the moment Kassadin jumped down. Prior to this, Graves couldn’t anticipate Kassadin’s next move. Both Graves and Kassadin had only one-third of their health. If it were him, he would definitely dive back into the fight the moment his ultimate was ready.
Kassadin’s damage was on par with Graves, and he excelled in finishing off low-health targets. However, after Graves dealt a round of damage, Kassadin hesitated; he was afraid to die.
Jiang Mo had intuited that Kassadin would flee and unhesitatingly aimed his ultimate at the Dragon pit. He believed Kassadin would escape in that direction.
How confident was this decision?
[“Wow, awesome!”]
[“Just a moment ago, they said Xiao Jieba wasn’t contributing. Come out now.”]
[“Didn’t you see Xiao Jieba farming all along? Foye ganked a few times and got a few kills. Have you seen Xiao Jieba’s teammates at a disadvantage? Not even the first turret is down, but you’re rushing to criticize. Seems deliberate.”]
[“??? Why is his damage so high? Did I read it wrong? He fired just a few shots, and Kassadin lost so much health?”]
[“That’s Graves for you—three shots for one kid. I never understand his damage. —From a victim’s final words [sigh]”]
To ensure Chi Yu had the best viewing experience, Jiang Mo wasn’t wearing headphones, and the game sound was played through the speakers.Chi Yu, like the audience in Xie Ning’s livestream room, felt a surge of excitement when he heard the explosion sound of Graves’ ultimate. The long-lost adrenaline rushed back. His chest was pounding, and his heart was vibrating at a high frequency. This long-lost sensation was brought back by Jiang Mo.
He shifted his gaze from the computer screen and looked at Jiang Mo.
Jiang Mo’s focus was on the computer. Normally, his overpowering possessiveness didn’t allow Jiang Mo to concentrate on anything or anyone else. But when it came to the game, he couldn’t compete with Jiang Mo’s gaming time.At this moment, Jiang Mo shed his gentle exterior. He seemed like a deity standing at the summit of a mountain, calmly overlooking everyone.
An indescribable, instinctive sense of awe made Chi Yu only able to look up to Jiang Mo.
He liked Jiang Mo in every way, and now, seeing Jiang Mo in this state, he couldn’t help but be smitten for the second time
….
[“Brothers, you must review this match. It’s basically a fundamental tutorial for Graves jungle. If you had paid attention from the beginning, you wouldn’t have said so much nonsense. I calculated the time specifically; his jungle efficiency is really high, paying great attention to details, hugging the wall with E, optimizing jungle clearing for maximum output. He did everything exceptionally well.”]
In the high-rank games, jungle efficiency is highly emphasized—how to clear the jungle quickly, whether those few seconds of stealing are necessary.
In the arena, every second is crucial.
Xie Ning saw this barrage and smiled. “You’re right. There are a few places in the jungle where Graves can optimize his E skill, reducing the distance of the dash, quickly refreshing the bullets…”
Graves only has two bullets. Once he’s done firing, he has to reload. During this time, he can’t use normal attacks. Using the hero’s skill can add a bullet. Graves’ E skill is a dash in the specified direction, and using the skill also takes time. If he hits a wall, it reduces the dash time, allowing for a quicker reload and subsequent normal attacks.
Xie Ning doesn’t play jungle much and rarely plays Graves. All these little tricks were taught to him by Jiang Mo, including the combo order for Graves, how to utilize bullets efficiently, and how to use his passive skill to jungle more effectively.
The reason why he blindly idolizes Jiang Mo is reasonable. He had never met a jungler who could maximize the potential of all jungle heroes before Jiang Mo.
“If you get the chance, my brother can teach you,” Xie Ning said proudly.
“But, you have to praise him first. Those who have cursed him before, don’t come to freeload, I don’t like it!”
[“Haha, you saying ‘I don’t like it’ sounds so shy.”]
[“Here it is. Whenever you mention Xiao Jieba, you can’t stop. Are you the world’s number one Xiao Jieba supporter?!”]
[“Haha, what’s ‘Xiao Jieba supporter’ even supposed to mean?”]
In the high-rank match, the teammates’ mentality was good. They wouldn’t break down just because of one or two ganks from the opponent. They were good at seizing opportunities. Even if the score was brought down to 1-5, as long as someone created one or two opportunities for them, they could turn the game around.
The audience criticized Jiang Mo for not leaving the jungle and not helping the teammates. It seemed like he heard the complaints from the audience.
After Graves secured a triple kill, he officially graduated from the jungle and started moving around the map, engaging in fights wherever he went, feeling annoyed.
His damage output was high, almost taking off half of the opponent’s health in a few shots. With a follow-up combo from his teammates, the opponents couldn’t withstand his explosive damage. Even when facing Foyege
Fuyege was Jiang Mo’s signature hero. He could predict what the opponent was thinking and how they would use their skills. None of Fuyege’s skills hit Jiang Mo. Moreover, there was a Yuumi that could heal and control the slowing effect in his team. Yuumi focused on nurturing the team’s AD, hanging around Graves like a loyal companion.
Near the Dragon pit, Graves, accompanied by Yuumi, took on four opponents and killed them, securing a quadrakill.
Park Eun-kyung was furious and had a grim expression. He had sensed the danger when the fight started and was already speeding up to support his teammates. However, Graves’ damage was too high, and his movements were too elusive. Yuumi weakened him, and Graves, equipped with anti-control items, dealt immense damage. When he arrived, all his teammates were already dead. He caught up with the low-health Graves, and the cat sped up Graves. His dash skill was evaded by Graves’ clever movements. Graves had also predicted his moves, using his E skill to escape from his ultimate.
Graves’ smoke bomb was placed where his ultimate landed, obscuring vision. When he came out, he had lost a significant amount of health. He reacted quickly, trying his best to dodge the damage from Graves’ Q skill. Yet, Graves reloaded two bullets and took his remaining health away.
——Penta Kill
“Asi—”
The screen went black, and Park Eun-kyung slammed the keyboard.His teammates, who had been spectating, couldn’t help but exclaim, “He’s really strong.”
“My teammates and his teammates are not on the same level. He was fed so much, that’s why he’s strong. Otherwise, he’d be an easy target,” Park Eun-kyung said, looking at the scoreboard with a serious face. “And besides, he cheated. He played with a Yuumi alongside him, it’s not fair.”
He hadn’t even considered that at the time Graves was in a bad state, without his ultimate and flash. He avoided the opponent’s skills entirely based on positioning and champion abilities. The healing Yuumi provided to Graves only brought him back to half health.
While saying this, Park Eun-kyung’s inner confidence was starting to waver. What he didn’t say was—
In the early game, it seemed like he had the advantage. He successfully ganked several times, securing a good number of kills. However, Graves had infiltrated his jungle.
“Who is he? I’ve never seen this ID before.”
“I don’t know him either.”
“Wow, Eun-kyung, your rank has dropped.”
Park Eun-kyung paused and clenched his mouse.
“It doesn’t matter, I just need to climb back up. Next time I encounter him, I’ll definitely play seriously.”
Score updated, 1812, ranking first on the leaderboard.
Jiang Mo stared at this number, took a deep breath, finally…
“Mo Mo, you’re amazing.” His body was tightly hugged by someone, and Chi Yu stood up first to embrace him.
His head was being rubbed by Chi Yu’s big hand. Jiang Mo raised his slightly sore hand and hugged Chi Yu back.It wasn’t the first time he had reached the top, but it was the first time someone was there to witness it, to congratulate him so warmly.
In his delayed reaction, Jiang Mo realized that Chi Yu had just called him— Mo Mo.
Jiang Mo blushed and buried his face in Chi Yu’s arms, murmuring, “C-Can you say it again?””
What?” Chi Yu couldn’t catch up with his thought process.
Jiang Mo said softly, “Mo Mo, can you say it again?”
Chi Yu chuckled and leaned in close to Jiang Mo’s ear, using a voice both of them could hear, “My Mo Mo.”
…
[“Wuwu, congratulations to Xiao Jieba for reaching the first place on the Korean server!”]
[“Wow, so amazing! I actually witnessed the birth of a king!”]
[“Ah, I really want to send gifts to Xiao Jieba. At this moment, seeing fireworks must make him very happy. Xie Ning is lucky. Remember to share our love with Xiao jieba!”]
[“Too amazing, 666. Xie Ning, you weren’t bragging. Let me see, are there any viewers here who haven’t given a 6?”]
[“666—”]
Since Xie Ning’s bold statement, Xia Zeyu’s attention had been drawn to Xie Ning. He quietly watched this match and finally understood why Xie Ning was so idolizing of Moo.
He silently compared himself to Moo. He couldn’t measure up. In the three encounters between Moo and Park Eun-kyung, one time he had to run due to low health, another time both of them were mid-fight and got picked off by their respective teammates, and the last time, a full-health Park Eun-kyung was played with effortlessly by a low-health Moo.
This person could actually beat Park Eun-kyung; he was too strong.
[Xie Ning: Wuwu, brother, wuwu!!!]
[MOMO: ???]
[Xie Ning: I’ll have your room prepared immediately, facing south, good lighting, wide view, single room, it will definitely satisfy you!]
[MOMO: …]
[Xie Ning: By the way, the finals of the spring season are the day after tomorrow. Do you want to come and watch? Also, you can meet my teammates.]
There’s also someone here who firmly believes that he will definitely come to SVP…
[MOMO: The tickets are all sold out, so even if I want to go, I can’t.]
[Xie Ning: I have a ticket. Just come!]
Moreover, isn’t Jiang Mo already with their boss?
The boss can just take Jiang Mo through the employee entrance, right?
Jiang Mo was still hesitating and asked Chi Yu for his opinion, “Xie Ning wants to invite me to watch the match…”
Chi Yu: “Hmm?”
“Do you have time? I want to take you with me,” Jiang Mo was being a bit stubborn for the first time. It wouldn’t be a big deal for him to go alone.
He wanted to show Chi Yu his world.
Chi Yu smiled. The little silly finally learned to stick with him
.”I’ll take a couple of days off with Director Qin to accompany you,” Chi Yu said.
Uwuwuuu momo still doesn’t know chi yu is the boss of the group, it’s nice to see the look on his face if he knew.
Thank you for translation,Love.