Chapter 80 – Dinner
On December 6th, it was the loser bracket semifinals.
SYG team competed against HT team, who had overcome numerous challenges.
FG and Han Chuan were defeated in the third round of the loser bracket, but it was much better than their one-round elimination in the spring season.
Han Chuan said, “In the worst case, we’ll just go back to K League A next season and play. It’s not a big deal.”
Cheng Che gave him a sideways glance and said, “Focus on winning the winter championship and achieving good results.”
In fact, I remember that this year the league canceled team promotion and relegation, and the two temporary teams would have official spots.
Cheng Che knew he couldn’t say anything.
Han Chuan, goodbye in the winter championship. See you in the next spring season.
…
“Let’s congratulate SYG for securing match point! They have successfully advanced to the loser bracket finals!!!”
[Loser Bracket Semifinals]
SYG: HT
4:1
The next night was the winner bracket finals, where the winner would advance to the grand finals, and the loser would compete in the loser bracket finals.
The winner of the loser bracket finals would advance to the grand finals.
DCT faced their lifelong rivals, TG.
Coincidentally, it was Liang Feng’s birthday that day, and it was snowing heavily.
Everyone was excited and said they would celebrate the coach’s birthday after winning the match. They all rallied with a hundred percent spirit.
Wu You said the classic line, “We can feast again!”
Feasting is an important social activity for the DCT team and their only way of spending money.
DCT: “Poverty makes our vision short-sighted.”
It’s a pre-match taunt, a segment where all players are forced to do business.
Lava: “Your jungle is my home.”
Wu You: “I really want to laugh.”
Cheng Che: “Me, my…uh, is my team afraid of you?”
[“wdlpndm”]
[“Hilarious, my wife is your mom”]
[“Want to marry Che’s kid as my wife”]
[“Dad Star: Bring out my 80-meter big sword”]
Lin Xingling smiled and pinched him hard.
…The brat better not speak nonsense again.
“Phew…”
After finishing the trash talk, Lin Xingling returned to the players’ rest area. He took out a bottle of AD calcium milk from Cheng Che’s small backpack and just as he pressed the straw in, he saw the child staring at him.
Cheng Che said, “You…you stole my AD calcium.”
Tsk…Lin Xingling also took out a pancake, “Not only did I steal your AD calcium, I also stole your pancake.”
“You’re daring.”
“Childish ghost,” Lin Xingling smiled and handed him half of the pancake, “Here, eat.”
That’s about it…Cheng Che took the pancake and complained, “You kept the filling for yourself, and what you gave me is all bread!”
After falling in love, they spoil each other more than before…
I no longer believe in love.
Lin Xingling stuffed the bread into his mouth and mumbled, “It’s still delicious even without the filling. Just eat it.”
Munch munch, it’s so delicious.
Choking, he drank the AD calcium milk in one gulp.
Cheng Che:…
Holding my little backpack tightly.
Coach Liang Feng, the embodiment of justice, said sternly to him, “You’re already an adult, and you’re still snatching food from a child.”
After saying it righteously, he reached out to Cheng Che, “Let me teach him a lesson. Here, have some candy.”
…
After Cheng Che put down the little backpack he was hugging, Liu Ying reached inside and took out an orange, peeling it to eat.
Cheng Che said, “You all only care about snacks.”
Wu You nodded, “I really want to laugh.”
Phantom: “…Let’s focus on ganking the top lane in the first game.”
They have been playing together for over a year, and this is the first time Phantom has actively asked Wu You to help him gank before a match.
Wu You nonchalantly replied, “Sure! Hehe, Sister A Hua is casting tonight, so I have to make some flashy plays.”
Phantom:…
“C is my nickname, thank you,” Cheng Che crossed his arms and smiled.
Wu You said, “You can go AD, the C position belongs to me.”
This verbal battle for the C position was decided by a bet on who would get the most MVPs tonight.
Teammates –
Sharp & Stars & Phantom: Immature.
460: No worldly desires like that.
As they stepped onto the stage, the players sat on their gaming chairs and adjusted their equipment.
Wu You hummed the song “Lemon Tree”.
“…yesterday you told me about the blue, blue sky~and all that I can see is just a yellow lemon tree~”
It is said that this song was written about a young boy waiting for his girlfriend on a Sunday afternoon when it was raining.
Phantom didn’t say anything and took a sip of water with a low mood.
Wu You hoped he would find a girlfriend soon, at least for his own peace and quiet.
Too noisy.
In the first game, DCT was on the red side, and Wu You started by clearing the red jungle and then ganked the top lane.
He got three kills, wiping out the enemy minions.
Cheng Che, who didn’t even manage to last-hit a single minion, said, “Get lost! Get lost like a galloping horse!”
Lane thief!!!
Lin Xingling frowned and commanded, “Xiao Pei, retreat.”
As soon as the words were spoken, the first blood announcement sounded.
The enemy ADC, Mo Luo, secured the first blood.
Phantom narrowed his eyes and, a few seconds later, opened them, controlling Ma Chao to rush to the opposing lane.
“Xiao Pei, you keep farming minions. Wait for me and Little Brother Ying to come over,” Wu You killed a minion in the top lane, securing a kill on an enemy player.
Zhou Yu reached level 4 and coordinated with Zhao Yun to roam to the bottom lane and catch the enemy ADC and support.
Mo Luo and Qi Xi cautiously checked the bushes and came out to pressure Phantom.
Liu Ying and Zhou Yu flashed behind to flank and control the two, Wu You and Zhao Yun initiated with their ultimate abilities, and Phantom’s Ma Chao swiftly ran forward to poke the enemy.
Double kill.
“Today is another day of working hard to assist my dear Pei~” Wu You’s eyes winked involuntarily as he smiled.
The bottom lane duo focused on farming.
Cheng Che controlled Marco Polo, wearing a stern expression while farming.
Lin Xingling’s Dun Shan: “,&-#×!…”
Nonsense.
They became nervous when they saw the enemy jungler, Lava, and mid laner, Lian Rong, increasing their gold by +3 per second on the economy panel. They were not farming or clearing minions; they were waiting to ambush.
“Clear and come back.”
Cheng Che followed the order and retreated, but in an instant, Lin Xingling flashed again and rushed into the brush, surprising Na Ke Lu Lu as she returned.
Na Ke Lu Lu tearfully killed Marco Polo.
Unknown appeared and, together with Shiranui Mai, took down Dun Shan
“Your flash… has some personal grudges attached to it.” Cheng Che laughed helplessly.
Wu You took down the Overlord, saying, “Even if you die,
what does it mean? Kid, you’re just a noob~”
…
These two seem to have an irreconcilable feud.
When they won the first game, the MVP went to Lin Xingling’s Dun Shan… Cheng Che and Wu You had a full-blown fight backstage.
“My… My captain’s MVP is equivalent to mine!” (Che)
“Then he’s also my captain, right?!” (You)
“The captain is… my brother!” (Che)
“He’s my brother too.” (You)
“And the captain is… my husband!” (Che)
“He’s my husband too! …Well, what the hell?” (You)
The more they talked, the more absurd it became.
Lin Xingling intervened, separating the two who were wrestling and swinging their fists, sighing, “Enough… Both of you are the C position, alright.”
“Alright…” Liang Feng gave a thumbs up. “You saying ‘alright’ is really great.”
I would call it the epitome of casual banter.
In the second game, Cheng Che went all-out and secured the victory.
Wu You: “…”
Depressed Xiao You kept isolating himself.
In the third game, Mo Luo led the team to win one round back.
Mo Luo is a marksman cultivated by the TG team’s youth training camp. In the playoffs, his reflexes and judgment are exceptional, but what’s most impressive is his sharp gameplay.
There is a saying now that after Clear, talented marksmen continue to emerge.
Cheng Che’s expression: …
Lin Xingling said, “They are who they are, but you are my talented marksman.”
…
Finally, they won a round, and Gu Xincha breathed a sigh of relief.
Lian Rong patted Mo Luo’s shoulder and gave him a thumbs up, saying, “You’ve made me proud.”
“Clear, you’re strong,” said Mo Luo.
You Peng reached out and ruffled the young man’s soft hair, saying, “You’re amazing too, not inferior to him.”
Qi Xi nodded and said, “In my heart, Xiao Luo is the strongest.”
Respect is more easily earned by the strong.
Even Lava, who is proud and arrogant, had to admit that Mo Luo, this newcomer, is a genius. He can compete on an equal footing with top marksmen like Charity and Clear.
Some people online even compare Mo Luo to a second Clear.
Lava couldn’t sit still and said, “Mo Luo is Mo Luo. He will always be himself.”
The boy who used to look down on others has grown up.
Mo Luo looked at Lava, who was ignoring everyone, and made a “six” gesture at him.
Lava said, “Six.”
Looking at this group of teammates with excellent coordination, Gu Xincha felt momentarily happy.
“Coach T, if possible in the next game… shall we try picking Yu Ji?” he suggested.
Mo Luo smiled and looked at their coach.
Gu Xincha nodded.
DCT locked in Bai Li Shou Yue.
TG locked in Yu Ji.
Cheng Che: …
Honestly, I’m already nauseated.
“Let Liu Ying take Shou Yue,” Lin Xingling smiled, “I’ll play as a tank support, and Xiao Pei can take a mage solo lane.”
Can’t they deal with Yu Ji?
But the fact proved that they really couldn’t.
Mo Luo displayed remarkable skill with Yu Ji’s second skill and ultimate.
Moreover, Qi Xi had Tai Yi Zhen Ren to revive him, making it difficult to take him down.
In the end, TG secured the fourth game in 24 minutes.
“Tied the score.”
…
They couldn’t continue like this.
In the fifth game, Liang Feng brought out his trump card. Phantom used Luna as a solo laner, and Clear paired up with Stars playing Yao.
They won that game comfortably.
In the sixth game, TG played a double lane. You Peng played as Tan Bian Lian Po, while Mo Luo fought in the side lane as Old Master.
Mo Luo kept getting killed.
Mo Luo: …
“I perfectly controlled Di Ren Jie with my ult… ah, I’m dead.”
Phantom elegantly controlled the enemy marksman, only to be mercilessly beaten by the enemy Da Qiao’s skills.
Cheng Che said, “That was close…”
Lin Xingling said, “It’s too dangerous to farm alone. Bring Qiao Qiao with you.”
Cheng Che replied, “…You’re being ridiculous.”
Wu You controlled Pei Qin Hu over to leech off the minion waves and said, “It’s too dangerous to develop alone. Bring Hu Hu with you.”
Liu Ying added, “Bring Ji…”
The player of Zhen Ji couldn’t bring herself to say it.
The sixth game lasted for forty-two minutes, and everyone’s hearts were hanging in suspense.
Both sides had all three high ground towers destroyed and were locked in a stalemate.
On the TG side…
Mo Luo asked, “What should we have for supper tonight?”
On the DCT side…
Clear (protesting stomach): “Growl~~~“
In the end, in a team fight at the Lord Dragon Pit, the momentum on both sides was almost visible to the naked eye.
“We can’t lose!!!”
“I don’t want to play in the peak match!”
…
Commentator A Hua said, “Let’s congratulate the DCT team on winning the winner’s bracket final and successfully advancing to the grand finals!”
DCT prepared to go for a feast.
TG prepared for the loser’s bracket final tomorrow night.
Mo Luo said, “Let’s take it easy…”
At least they still have one more chance to reach the grand finals, and they can have a meal later.