Starting with Zaozi Ge, a dream lineup

Chapter 221 Neon Lights, Shining with National Power
"Welcome everyone to the quarterfinals of the Asian Games, where our Chinese team will face off against the Japanese team."

"I'm Miller, and this is Wawa. We'll be bringing you the pre-match analysis."

Two people with slicked-back hair suddenly appeared on the screen. They wore blue clothes and had fluffy hair. Although they had dark circles under their eyes, they could not hide the joy in their eyes.

League of Legends esports, representing your country.

As the live broadcast room is watched by countless eyes today, with these two providing commentary, even seasoned veterans like them feel a bit of pressure.

Similarly, on the other side of the sea, the Japanese commentary booth was also on high alert.

In the past, Japanese commentators often paired a female commentator with a male commentator to handle League of Legends matches, but today, surprisingly, a trio was used.

And it was an unexpected combination of one man and two women providing commentary.

The female commentator sitting on the left was wearing a light purple dress. She looked like an innocent girl next door, but when everyone's eyes were focused on her lower body, the black fishnet stockings with their intricate mesh pattern completely ruined the beauty of her upper body, leaving only arousing desire.

The female commentator on the right was unusually dressed in a schoolgirl uniform that was not appropriate for her age, with white over-the-knee socks that made many male otaku's mouths water.

The male commentator, sandwiched between two female commentators, was experiencing both pain and pleasure, and he used his recoil control skills to the fullest.

As the match time drew closer, and with more and more viewers flooding into the live stream, the three of them simultaneously opened their mouths in an "o" shape.

Those who have watched Japanese commentary on table tennis matches on a certain website know that the Japanese commentators use an unusually exaggerated tone when commentating on some sports, and even give the athletes a series of self-proclaimed impressive titles.

For example, Zhang Jike's "Imperial Ferocious Tiger", Ma Long's "Imperial Destroyer Dragon", and Coach Liu Guoliang's "Imperial Commander" are all unique styles that attract people with a rudimentary understanding of Japanese to watch whenever there is a competitive event.

During today's League of Legends match between the Chinese and Japanese teams, led by a group of Chinese fans from the "Back-to-Back" forum, waves of Chinese viewers completely overwhelmed the Japanese live stream, filling it with countless coded messages and pinyin.

"You are not from China?"

“zaima？shang mian de nv zhu bo fan hao you wu?”

"I'm awesome!"

Once in the overseas livestream room, all the gentle and easygoing guys shed their usual composure, and the conversation turned violent as the two female anchors struck provocative poses.

As the viewership data provided by the director continued to rise, the female commentator sitting on the far left, Eimi Fukada (hereinafter referred to as Fukada), became excited.

League of Legends isn't very popular in Japan, which makes life difficult for those in the industry as well.

On weekdays, after get off work or on days without competitions, she has to take on part-time jobs in many places to make ends meet for her high-end cosmetics.

Hearing that so many people were watching the game, Fukada suddenly felt that his chance to take off had arrived.

"This is the first time that esports has been officially included in the Asian Games. Thirty-two countries are vying for the ultimate championship. Our Great Empire team is about to compete in the quarterfinals. We look forward to everyone's performance."

The person on the other side of the bridge also knew this and immediately chimed in:

"Especially their opponents this time, the Chinese team that won the League of Legends World Championship last year and the Mid-Season World Championship this year. Their strength can be said to be at the pinnacle of the world!"

"Yes, RNG, a team name that sounds like a demon king, reflecting their invincible dominance. Today, our warriors, whether they can defeat the demon king, our hopes rest entirely on you! Ah~"

The male narrator in the middle got impatient as he listened to the two people on either side of him striking poses and trying to steal his spotlight.

"Our national team's results this morning were..., with the MVPs for the two matches being..."

Lacking good looks, the male commentator had to rely on his professional skills, but the comments on the screen were filled with "Get out!", "Can't we get a female commentator instead?", and "My hand was down there and you're showing me this?"

With the help of translation software, the guys showed no mercy and flooded the live stream with comments.

During the three minutes of the male commentator's broadcast, the number of viewers in the live stream, which had been increasing, gradually decreased over time. Seeing this, the director had no choice but to give the male commentator a signal via voice message.

The words were phrased tactfully, but the underlying meaning was: if you keep talking, get out of here.

As soon as the male commentator stopped, the number of viewers rose again in a strange way after Fukada spoke.

"First, let's introduce our member, the top laner."

After introducing their own team members, all the audience members immediately perked up, eager to hear what these people had to say about the Chinese team.

"Next, we'll introduce our national team's opponent, starting with their captain, Uzbekistan!"

As soon as Daqiao finished speaking, the screen behind the three of them immediately lit up with the official photos taken before the match. The director thoughtfully zoomed in and placed Uzi's head in the center.

"As the dominant force in League of Legends, South Korea had already dominated the competition before our Japanese server was even launched. But it wasn't until 196 days later that a team called RNG, led by the world's best player, broke through South Korea's defenses."

"The S7 World Championship was the darkest moment for our national team, and also the strongest team in history. But in such an era, as a player from the ancient times, he became the nightmare of all bot lane players with his incredible game understanding and invincible champion pool."

"He is currently recognized as the world's best ADC!"

"He is an insurmountable Mount Fuji for all ADC players!"

His name is!!!

The Japanese pronunciation of “彼の名前は” is “ah-na-ta-na-ma-ai-wa”, with the last “wa” sounding incredibly dramatic thanks to Fukada’s exaggerated pronunciation.

It even included gasps of breath from exhaustion.

"U!Z!i!, the most ferocious ultimate humanoid weapon in history"

"Ah~"

In the live stream room of the rat platform, the barrage exploded as Fukada brought a small climax.

Not only were Chinese netizens flooding social media with comments, but even Japanese netizens were energized when they saw the highlight reel of the match starting to play on their screens.

Coupled with Japanese anime background music, the live stream was incredibly entertaining.

Although many Chinese people cannot understand it, they can tell that Japan's traditional arts have started again just by listening to the unique tone and pronunciation, as well as the elongated ending sounds.

What is considered shameful praise in China, when accompanied by energetic background music in Japan, evokes a sense of exhilaration. This strange sense of conflict intensifies once the translation is revealed.

"Humanoid weapon? I can do that too!"

"Umesiloina! (This is interesting!)"

"If you don't understand, just ask: Can't the voice acting for S10 be done by Japan instead?"

"This is already a guaranteed trending topic, awesome!"

In the domestic live stream, as more and more netizens sent over Japanese translations, the atmosphere in the live stream immediately became joyful.

"In the 2017 World Championship, he was a member who was not favored from beginning to end, and was even predicted to be the team's weak point before the tournament. But in just 180 days, he reversed everyone's prejudice against him with his strength. He is the strongest shield of the empire, Letme!" "The young Rose Tiger, Xiaohu, on his powerful face, everyone can see the ferocity. He is a fierce tiger ready to devour anyone, and also the overlord of the mid lane. Even when facing the strongest mid laner, Faker, he was not at a disadvantage at all."

"The Tyrannical Gentleman, mlxg, as the most insane man in the jungle, his strength turns all the tough guys who wreak havoc in the jungle into little kittens."

"The fierce man's shield, ming"

One after another, the cringeworthy nicknames were shouted out by the two commentators as the players entered the field.

"That's hilarious! Luckily, Mingkai and Langx are substitutes, otherwise they wouldn't have escaped this fate either..."

"A tyrannical gentleman? I can picture it! I can picture it!"

"Animations for the League of Legends professional scene are back on the agenda..."

"Everyone else brags about their own teams, but I didn't expect the Japanese to like praising other people's teams. 666"

The noise outside was deafening, but all five RNG members were at the match venue in Jakarta and knew nothing about it.

The Japanese team won the first game of the best-of-three series against the red side, and they have a counter pick. According to the information gathered by Chris, the counter pick will most likely be given to either Evi in ​​the top lane or Ceros in the mid lane.

Both players are from the same team, DFM. Of course, without Li Luo's intervention, this team will rely on its two core players in the top and mid lanes to make it into the S8 play-in stage.

Back then, during S8, when they faced EDG, they were highly anticipated by netizens. Even if they were eliminated in the round of 16, they couldn't afford to lose to the Japanese team.

The result was obvious: the huge gap in strength allowed EDG to be easily eliminated 3-0.

However, Tofu Girl's team still left a deep impression on all the players who watched the qualifying rounds.

Leaving aside Ceros's nickname "Japanese Faker," he became famous overnight for his exquisite skills and his quirky act of measuring the screen and keyboard with a ruler before a match.

Evi is somewhat similar to SofM, both of them playing in the Korean server with close to 100 ping. Of course, the difference is that SofM dominates high-ranking games with high ping, while Evi gets dominated by others.

It's worth mentioning that in the S8 and S9 qualifying rounds, evi's control in the top lane was quite remarkable, and his several solo kills were highlights.

Even if they were given the counter-position, it would be unlikely that they could effectively counter the current Chinese team online.

The reason why Clearlove was chosen as the jungler is that Xiangguo's playstyle is not really suitable for playing as the main jungler.

Especially after Season 7 ended, and Riot Games nerfed Mlxg's playstyle, jungle routes and gank strategies became even more important.

To maintain your previous control, you must learn to be patient and decisive, striking only when necessary.

After all, compared to players like Xiaotian who use their brains to play the game and rely on experience to jungle, Xiangguo's strategies are easily figured out once they are revealed too often.

The reason for keeping Xiang Guo (Xiang Guo) is twofold: firstly, this weak team doesn't need him to step up, and secondly, it's to conserve strength for a surprise for the Korean team.

The most terrifying junglers are those whose strategies are unpredictable.

On the other hand, the Japanese team seemed to be chatting and laughing, with their mid and top laners even discussing what to eat for dinner after the game. They didn't seem worried at all about losing badly and having to apologize to the whole nation when they got back.

The Japanese coach, feeling quite confident, finished off Ornn, Syndra, and Lee Sin, then wanted to see how his players would react.

The fact that the team members looked relaxed made him relax as well.

The gap is too big.

The five Japanese players couldn't even imagine how they could win the game.

If you're going to use some advanced techniques, you need to be evenly matched with your opponent in lane, otherwise you'll get crushed before the game even starts.

The national team's bans were very targeted.

When Yasuo was banned, the commentators, the Haier Brothers, were stunned. But this was understandable. In the S8 version, Yasuo was no longer a well-known orphan. Occasionally, some bold professional players would pick him to show off. If used well, he could even counter many weak mages in the early game.

Although they sensed something was wrong, their professional skills allowed them to come up with a story that left the live stream viewers completely bewildered.

The second ban of Kennen made the two players realize the problem. Both of these bans seemed to be champions with Japanese elements. Fortunately, Kennen is a relatively strong champion in this version, and he can often be very effective against short-range top laners.

"Chris is really targeting the Japanese team's top laner here; that Kennen ban was a great move!"

"Yes, Miller, have you noticed something? Both heroes seem to be..."

"No, thank you. This is going to be the third ban. Let's see how Chris handles it."

Sure enough, when they saw Shen, the third champion to be banned, the two of them could no longer keep up their lies.

They then started talking about the qualification situation of several other countries.

After all, the national team's actions are already a tightrope walk. If they are over-interpreted by people with ulterior motives, it could be seen as an attempt to sow discord between friendly nations.

"Aomo Xiluoyi"

Seeing the Chinese team banning heroes, even the usually good-natured Japanese players couldn't hold back.

Their initial plan was to pick some flashy heroes, regardless of whether they could win or not, just to show off.

But now, they want to teach these overconfident guys a lesson.

Of course, this is just a lesson. The chances of defeating this team with its terrifying dominance are no less than that of Tofu Girl making it to the quarterfinals of the S8 World Championship.

"Is the puppy really going to do that? Won't something bad happen?"

It was time to pick the first hero. Letme, who was in the top lane, still turned around and asked, not entirely at ease.

"Take it, take it. Li Yuanhao can't play well anyway, I'll just carry the team."

Hearing what the team's star player said, Letme felt reassured and immediately locked in the hero.

"It was indeed a wise choice."

A huge yellow head appeared out of place on the Chinese team's selection screen, accompanied by the chosen lines, seemingly mocking the opposing team in an unspoken way.

"Sinoi, you're too much!"

Ceros, who wanted to teach the Chinese team a lesson, was dumbfounded.

It's worth noting that in Japan, his great inventions are considered exceptional.

Of course, even in later years, such as S8 and S9, his great inventor left an impression on everyone at the World Championship.

Seeing the other side grab the first shot, isn't that blatant provocation?
(End of this chapter)