Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 203, Question 200: Leave it to me.
Shimamura-san has already done her best, what more do you want!
Everyone's expectations for Shimamura were already low; a top-four finish would have been good enough. Now she's guaranteed at least third place, what more could you want?!
In short, you're not allowed to say anything about Shimamura-nee!

This is the benefit of low expectations.

Although expectations for CFO in this competition are much higher than last time, they are no longer the wildcard CFO who believed that "a brilliant performance is enough to win".

Everyone hopes they can achieve good results and show the prowess of the Pioneer Tournament champions.

But all these expectations are based on the premise that MSI's overall strength is much higher than FS.

After all, none of the other regions from FS have come to MSI yet. You not only came to MSI, but you also put up such a good fight against GENG, who seem to be a favorite to win the championship. That's already enough.

Why must a CFO be required to win a championship to be considered successful?
Why must the CFO achieve the best results to be considered a failure?
The strength of FS's opponents is completely different from that of MSI.

Most people believe that it is unreasonable to expect a CFO to fail if they don't win a championship.

Of course, Shimamura Yuna's fans would retaliate.

Ultimately, in terms of public opinion, the CFO's supporters did not lose out.

On the contrary, it subtly suppressed those CFO haters who wanted to make a fuss about it.

And soon, it became a pure tailwind.

Because very quickly, AL played a full match against T1 in the loser's bracket semifinals, and was then eliminated.

As the last remaining LPL team, AL, hailed as "LPL's last hope," ultimately lost to T1 and was eliminated, just like in another parallel world.

However, in another world, for some reason, AL did not receive too many negative reviews because of this elimination.

One reason is that LPL viewers didn't have high expectations for 2025 to begin with. After being fed a huge pile of garbage by TES in the Pioneer Tournament, almost no LPL viewers still fantasized about winning the championship this year. Expectations were low, and so were the demands.

In this situation, if AL can play the full 90 minutes with both GENG and T1, then everyone will think that he has done his best, and that "maybe he was just one step short."

Therefore, I won't be too demanding.

However, in this world, firstly, there is a better-performing CFO to compare them to, and secondly, they even lost to the CFO 3-0. So, this champion who didn't even play the full game seems a bit lacking.

In terms of visual appeal, it was a far cry from the two heartbreaking defeats to LCK in another parallel world.

Also, in another world, the CFO doesn't receive much attention because Shimamura Yuna doesn't exist, and the debate mainly revolves around AL and BLG.

BLG became the team that was disliked by the public, while AL became the tool used to criticize BLG.

However, in this world, the presence of the CFO has drawn away a lot of attention that originally belonged to BLG.

BLG, in poor form and eliminated early, became nothing more than a roadside oblivion, ignored by everyone.

The controversy then mainly revolves around the CFO and the AL.

In this situation, AL essentially took over the niche that originally belonged to BLG, becoming the team that was criticized and used to be put down.

[This is the designated LPL team that some people are talking about? That's it?]

【没感觉牛逼在哪。不过也正常，岛村姐打T13:1，打AL3：0，那T13:2AL就属于是正常发挥了。】

The hierarchy seems a bit too rigid.

Is this the only designated Chinese team's level? I still think 4CN > 3CN.

[To be beaten so badly by Shimamura-san's defeated opponent, haha.]

With the CFO's performance, not only AL, but the entire LPL was made to look like trash.

AL is just the one at the front, the one used as a target.

From the moment some people tried to attack the CFO from the perspective of AL fans by parasitizing AL, these team members who originally did not want to get involved in the controversy had nowhere to escape.

CFO's fans, who were previously criticized, will retaliate by amplifying AL's failure in the media at this time.

This public opinion intensified completely the next day.

The reason is that CFO defeated T1 13-2 in the lower bracket final, thus entering the final as a lower bracket player, and will then face GENG in a rematch.

It has to be said that T1 truly lives up to its reputation as a veteran team with a rich history.

After being nearly crushed by CFO 3-1 in the first match, most people thought that CFO, given his form, would likely maintain his momentum and easily defeat T1 in the rematch.

The result was different from what everyone expected.

In this rematch, T1 clearly made tactical adjustments targeting the CFO.

Both in-game operations and hero selection have been optimized.

The most crucial factor, of course, is the players' return to form.

Both Faker in the mid lane and Gumayusi in the bottom lane have shaken off their previous slump and gained the advantage that their IDs deserve in their laning phase against HongQ and Doggo.

Even Doran, playing in the top lane, was able to withstand the pressure from Shimamura Yuna a bit better.

CFO's slow, methodical approach, allowing the top laner to develop gradually, was completely overwhelmed by T1's accelerated dragon-speed after their adjustments.

Ultimately, T1 took the lead, tying the score at 2-1 and reaching match point.

When many CFO fans saw this, they thought, "Oh no, is this going to happen?" "Is this going to backfire?"

Many of the CFO haters who had been criticized all day, as well as some "AL fans" of dubious origin, started popping champagne halfway through the event.

The comments section was filled with mockery and sarcastic remarks directed at Yuna Shimamura's fans.

[Lulu, the Japanese team is going to be eliminated!]

[The Japanese seem to]

[I don't see what's so impressive about that. Faker stole a game for you and you're really taking yourself too seriously. It would be ridiculous if you didn't win 3-2 and ended up getting swept 3-1.]

I have to cheer for Faker, the legend of League of Legends! We must fight against Japan! China and South Korea are united in this regard!

【Japanese go home! The Japanese go home! 】

The comments section is going crazy right now.

What these people want to see most right now is probably T1 eliminating CFO 3:1, and then using that to prove that CFO is not as good as AL being defeated 3:2, because AL at least played the full game, while CFO can't even play the full game.

Never mind that your ranking is still higher than AL's, and never mind that you beat AL 3-0.

In today's internet environment, the key is that if you want to win, you can always find a way to win.

Even if Shimamura Yuna's fans argue with these haters afterward, they will absolutely not be able to convince them.

As the saying goes, flies don't land on eggs without cracks.

All the haters want is a flawed argument; they don't need the real facts, nor do they need to win a debate by exchanging words back and forth.

All they need is an angle to attack.

It's just a black dot that can be used for repetition.

Don't worry about whether you're 3-0 against AL, and don't worry about whether you beat T1 before.

Just look at this match, didn't you get T13:1?

Then you're not as good as AL, you're not as good as AL!

Even if you rank higher than AL and perform better than AL, you are still not as good as AL!

因为，T1把你3:1了！而AL是3：2！

What? You're saying you beat T1 3-1 before?

I don't care. I'm going to repeat a year of high school, and I'm going to make you all furious.

Perhaps sensing that this might happen, CFO's fans are now very nervous.

At this moment, Shimamura Yuna became the savior of the entire team and the fans.

Since losing to GENG, the CFO team has been in a slump.

Although, in the eyes of the audience, their performance was not problematic.

Everyone gave it their all, and everyone showed their best, but they were simply outmatched, or rather, they simply couldn't win.

However, from the CFO's perspective, accepting defeat so easily is not so simple.

The higher the momentum is, the more people's confidence will inflate.

Especially after leading 3-0 against AL, everyone on the team really felt like they were invincible.

So what if we're GENG?
So what if it's T1?
Watch me destroy him in one move!
Victory and championships seem as easy as picking candy from a baby to the CFO, who is on a winning streak.

However, after actually playing against GENG, this unrealistic fantasy was quickly shattered.

The CFOs and their colleagues quickly realized that GENG was still the same GENG.

And the CFO is still the same CFO.

Almost all the problems that occurred in the training matches also appeared in the main competition.

The explosive reversal and breakthrough that everyone was looking forward to did not happen in reality.

Furthermore, because GENG was even more rigorous during the main tournament, the result was that they had fewer weaknesses and were harder to defeat.

The immense pressure felt during the match, and the final defeat of 3-1, felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured on the entire team.

After the match ended, the coach repeatedly emphasized that there was still a finals and that they could fight their way back from the loser's bracket, and that there was still a chance.

With great rises and great falls, the loss of form is almost inevitable.

This momentum continued into today's match against T1, where it was particularly pronounced.

Although there were also reasons such as T1 status recovery and tactical countermeasures.

T1 played better than before, demonstrating more of their expected level as the LCK's second seed.

Even so, it is an objective fact that the CFO's performance is not as good as before.

T1's good performance and the CFO's poor performance are two things that do not conflict.

So when the score reached 1:2, the atmosphere in the whole team was as low as an ice cave, as if the air itself was frozen.

If things continue like this, it's likely that, as those critics of the CFO have been hoping, he will ultimately be avenged by T13:1 and eliminated from MSI in third place.

But it is well known.

Whenever the CFO's team is in trouble, there is always a hero who steps up to turn the tide.

And this person was Shimamura Yuna.

While the coach is still reviewing the team's tactical issues as usual, trying to figure out which part was not executed well.

Shimamura Yuna spoke up.

"That's enough, let's stop discussing those meaningless things."

As soon as she spoke, everyone's eyes turned to her, and even the coach fell silent.

"It's pointless to dwell on poor tactical execution or the details of laning and team fights. If you can't do something well, you can't do it well; it won't improve just because you say a few words."

"We're making mistakes we wouldn't normally make now. Why? If it were simply because the other side did better and we were defeated, that would be one thing. But we haven't done our best in things we should have done. What's the point of discussing the problem in this situation?"

"His incessant chatter is annoying."

Shimamura Yuna's tone sounded a bit aggressive, and it didn't seem like she was trying to solve a problem.

Under normal circumstances, she would have been scolded long ago.

But after more than half a year of competition, relying on her performance and mental attributes on the field, her position as CFO has long been as solid as a rock, and she enjoys the absolute highest say without any doubt.

Now even the coach doesn't really challenge her anymore.

Therefore, although Chawy noticed that Shimamura Yuna was a bit emotional, he didn't dare to yell back at her.

He simply responded tactfully, "But if you think it's pointless, you have to come up with a solution, right?"

"I'm trying to find a solution. You can't do a better job than me by yelling at me like this, can you?"

Shimamura Yuna took a deep breath and managed to calm herself down.

She realized that she had lost control of her emotions, so she apologized to the coach first.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong just now."

Then she added, "But this kind of meaningless and unconstructive post-match review, which seems to solve problems but actually solves nothing, has already affected my mood. It makes me anxious."

Chawy sighed helplessly: "So what do you want? Do you think it's right to just go up there listlessly and do nothing?"

"Is it right to just watch the game go downhill and end up losing?"

Shimamura Yuna looked at him and shook her head slightly: "No, we won't do nothing."

"The ending won't be as you described, a lifeless and deteriorating turn of events."

"because."

"I will do everything in my power."

"If you can't get into the right mindset in a short time, then leave everything to me."

"What you need to do now is to play around me, and then relax as much as possible."

"Don't feel pressured, because from now on, I will bear all the pressure. If we lose, it will be my responsibility."

"Is this alright?"

A resolute glint flashed in Shimamura Yuna's eyes.
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Despite a minor argument with the coach in the locker room, the atmosphere within the team did not become any colder.

It should be said that, quite the opposite.

When Shimamura Yuna stepped forward to say that she would take on the pressure and responsibility, everyone felt a sense of security that they couldn't quite describe.

Because she is Shimamura Yuna.

Because she is the top player who personally elevated the CFO team, a wildcard level, to the world's top level.

What she said must be true.

Since she said she would take responsibility, then she can definitely take it.

Because she is Shimamura Yuna.

She is the genius top laner who became world-renowned in just six months since her debut.

Yuna Shimamura's strong statement gave the entire team an extremely strong sense of security.

(End of this chapter)