Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 212, Page 209: I Am a Legend

The already ridiculously large number of captains is now experiencing an explosive increase.

If the gifts and captains just now were like the champagne before a successful event, a blessing for Shimamura Yuna to gather her spirit bomb, then it was an impulsive consumption without considering the consequences.

So, for the current captain and the current SC, it's purely a celebration.

Or rather, it's purer form of impulse buying.

After all, when it comes to sending gifts, isn't it always an impulsive purchase?

Sending gifts on Bilibili, such as 30 RMB worth of SC (Super Coins) to post a short, eye-catching message in the live stream, is already considered the most cost-effective purchase.

The rest, whether it's the 198 captain or the more expensive admiral and governor, all cost a lot of money, and you can't even hear Shimamura Yuna's thank-you gift for a game.

Such consumption is certainly not rational.

but.
Sometimes, people are willing to pay the price for their emotions.

Shimamura-san won.

So, in everyone's opinion, she deserves the captainship.

At this moment, Shimamura Yuna had no idea what a celebratory scene was unfolding in her live stream.

She had no idea what kind of frenzy her viewers were having in her live stream.

Her attention was entirely focused on the current match.

Both the pre-match atmosphere within the team and the fact that the score was once behind halfway through the game caused her to have negative expectations.

Even until the very moment she won, she still felt a sense of unreality.

They felt like, "So we can still win," and "We can't believe we can't lose."

It feels very unrealistic.

At the same time, it's a kind of relaxation that's hard to describe.

'Very good'

Yes.

It wasn't the kind of excitement that comes after winning.

It wasn't that I was happy to have made it to the finals.

Instead, it was 'thankfully we won't'.

That feeling of relief when you see things don't turn out badly, like successfully pulling a horse back from the edge of a cliff.

The teammates seemed quite excited.

After winning, everyone took off their headphones and threw them on the table, then started hugging and celebrating.

"Holy crap, we won that too! Awesome, everyone!"

"Awesome, Shimamura-san! Awesome!"

"We won! Shimamura-san, you were so crucial!"

When her teammates were celebrating, they all regarded Shimamura Yuna as the biggest contributor, praising her incessantly and wanting to interact with her.

However, because men and women are different, no one rushed up to hug her.

But this is quite a coincidence that it reflects Shimamura Yuna's current feelings.
The teammates were very happy and were celebrating with each other.

but she
To be honest, while I was somewhat happy to win the game, I wasn't excited or thrilled at all.

I'm simply relieved that things didn't get any worse.

I felt relieved that I made it to the finals.

After realizing she had these feelings, Shimamura Yuna's mood suddenly became very complicated.

'Now, I can no longer simply enjoy the game.'

She has already won a championship once, and carries the expectations of her teammates, fans, and club.
Most importantly, it's about your own expectations.

She felt that she could never feel the same joy in every victory as she did in her first competition.

In her mind, both were victories, but they began to carry different weights.

The closer she got to the final victory, the more she valued the match.

But no matter how important a competition is, it's all just a prelude until you finally win the championship.

All of this made her feel like she was "a little closer to the championship."

But no matter how close you are, if you don't win the championship, then it's a match that has no real value to celebrate.

Even if the opponent is T1, it doesn't matter, even if this is the loser's bracket final.

She would be in great pain if she were eliminated in today's competition.

It seems that she is finding it increasingly difficult to feel happy because of competitions these days.

However, they are increasingly prone to feeling distressed by losing games.

It's more of a burden caused by high expectations.

Realizing this, she felt a little conflicted about her emotions.

Is this really the right thing to do?

In that instant, she suddenly felt that, in a sense, winning the championship too early was not a good thing for her.

Thinking about it carefully, if CFO hadn't won the championship in the Pioneer Tournament and had instead stopped at the semi-finals, would the psychological burden of this competition have been less heavy for him?

Sometimes, she feels that she is actually someone who can't stand losing.

It's not that I can't accept losing to others, but that I can't accept losing to my past self.

For someone like her, perhaps the best situation is to always desire something but never get it.

The only one who can surpass this champion is the next champion.

The only championship with greater prestige than this one is another championship of a higher standard.

But how can a champion always be won?
As one of the most popular and competitive esports events in the world, apart from Faker, no one dares to claim that they are the undefeated champion of this competition.

Victory or defeat, these are common occurrences.

Even Faker, after S7, went through several years of decline before he could finally win his next championship.

How did Faker persevere through those years when he held three World Championship titles but failed to advance further and couldn't even see the taillights of his past self, and finally won his fifth title last year?

With his past self as a comparison, how did he manage to accept the current situation calmly and continue to persevere?

Even though she had just defeated Faker, when she got up from her seat to shake hands with him, she felt a sense of admiration for him.

Faker, who holds three world championships, experienced countless defeats like this between S7 and S12.

But he did not give up, he was not defeated, he was not defeated by the negative emotions of failure, and he chose to retire.

Instead, they persisted until they won the championship again five years later.

How did he manage not to be defeated by the contrast in circumstances?
The gap between expectations and reality is the biggest obstacle preventing professional athletes from persevering after winning a championship.

When professional players who won championships earlier or later than him chose to give up their careers or lose their ambition due to the gap, how did he calmly view these failures and continue to persevere?

Thinking about this, even though she had defeated Faker today, Shimamura Yuna did not feel the slightest bit of contempt for Faker.

Faker has experienced countless defeats like this since S7.

But no matter how many times, he was never defeated from the bottom of his heart.

This was nothing more than a minor, insignificant defeat.

He will reflect, he will correct his mistakes, he will become stronger from this defeat, and then make a comeback in the next game.

This competition won't destroy him; he'll just take it objectively and quietly wait for the next opportunity.

But
What about yourself?
This was a narrow victory, a double narrow victory both in terms of gameplay and psychological impact. As Shimamura went to fist bump with Faker, she and Faker exchanged a glance.

From the eyes of this legendary player, she didn't see a dejected sore loser.

Rather, it is a calm acceptance of reality.

Faker smiled at her.

Then, he said, "Keep it up."

This match has generated immense public attention from all aspects.

First of all, both Shimamura Yuna and Faker are players who generate a lot of buzz.

A five-time champion and the most popular player in League of Legends.

One is a super popular rising star female player who showed her super talent as a top laner shortly after her debut, winning the FS championship and MVP.

And what seems to be her greatest achievement now is not even winning a championship.

Instead, she led the CFO team, which was originally a wildcard team, to win the championship.

As the saying goes, champions are common, but wildcard champions are rare.

The weaker the region, the more difficult it is for a champion to emerge.

Regions like LCP, which had been declining for years and seemed to have no signs of improvement, quickly transformed into world-class teams after Yuna Shimamura joined, even winning the FS championship and becoming highly competitive at MSI.

This greatly improved her standing among people.

He's not a champion who just coasted to victory; he's an undisputed supernova.

Without a doubt, she is the core of the entire CFO team, directly transforming this wildcard-level team into a world-class core figure.

The king who remains powerful from the old era to this day.
And, the new gods that have risen powerfully in the new era.

How could anyone not want to watch the final showdown between two such contestants?

Thanks to this, the match set a new record for the highest viewership of the entire MSI to date.

There's a high probability that the finals won't achieve this level of viewership.

Many people on the international internet were deeply moved by Shimamura Yuna's victory over Faker and advancement to the finals.

[Shimamura is a rising star who is clearly visible, and her performance in this match can be described as turning the tide. Whether it was Fiora breaking through Doran's lane and making opponents never dare to pick Sion again, or Akali diving into the enemy formation, she brought us fantastic visual effects.]

I'm really happy to see such a great match.

To be honest, I was saddened by Faker's elimination. But when I saw him smile at Shimamura after the defeat, I felt like it wasn't such a big deal after all.

[I really can't wait to see Shimamura head to the finals and give us a fantastic match. She always excites us.]

These online broadcasters and commentators are all like formulaic robots, with highly similar styles.

Although the content of their tweets varied, they were all trying to create a certain atmosphere.

"This is a battle between two gods."

The goal was to create an atmosphere where the old guard was fading away and the new generation was rising.

A new generation takes over from the old.

Old internet celebrities will eventually grow old, and Riot Games now wants to promote new ones.

This loser's bracket final was thus transformed into an atmosphere of a succession ceremony.

Shimamura Yuna's victory is undoubtedly in the best interests of the Fist League.

They need to create a new god besides Faker.

If one cannot defeat the old gods, how can one become a new god?
Or rather, there is no such thing as God.

However, the fist needs to convince the audience; it needs to make the audience believe the story it is telling.

This is the underlying logic of commercial leagues like League of Legends esports.

Perhaps for this reason, Riot Games probably consulted with all the streamers.

Everyone is unanimously lamenting that Faker is getting old, but a new version of the island village has risen.

Although most people have no idea what makes this god so divine, or why the fists silently ignore GENG.

it's fine.

Anyway, the story has been told.

If they win, they'll gain popularity; if they lose, Shimamura will face pressure.

He's a winner in Riot either way.

Yuna Shimamura used to care a lot about these kinds of things.

She hates it when others put pressure on her through public opinion, making her feel uncomfortable.

She would be angry if this kind of hype, aimed at generating buzz, was imposed on her.

But recently, she has gradually become indifferent.

Although she still felt that the punches were a bit unfair, she realized that it was history, the audience's expectations, and everything else that had put her in this position.

I am the one everyone expects.

Thus, I inevitably became the one who attracted everyone's attention.

During the post-match interview, the interviewer intentionally guided her to create that kind of atmosphere.

"Hello, Shimamura, welcome to our post-match interview. Please say hello to everyone."

"Hello everyone."

"So, our first question today is that viewers all over the world are watching your decisive battle against T1. So, what would you like to say about this match, about defeating the legendary player Faker?"

"There's nothing in particular I want to say."

"Many people now believe that you will be the next legend after Faker, and the next phenomenal player in League of Legends. What are your thoughts on this?"

Sure enough, it was a similar question again.

In any case, they are consciously creating their own idols and pushing themselves into the limelight.

In the past, Shimamura Yuna would have used her high emotional intelligence to dodge such questions and never answered them directly.

But today, for some reason, she experienced a subtle change in her mindset.

Seeing Faker's composure in the face of victory and defeat, and his ability to smile at her even after losing a game, she suddenly felt...
Am I being too afraid of losing?

That's right, she realized that she was actually a bit of a sore loser.

It's not that I can't accept failure, but that I can't accept that I'm worse than before, even if it's just temporarily or occasionally.

However, one cannot always move upwards; life is full of ups and downs.

The more afraid you are of losing, the more likely you are to lose.

Being afraid to withstand public pressure is essentially a manifestation of fear of losing.

'I need to change myself.'

Thinking about this, she suddenly felt less averse to the hype surrounding fists.

So he stopped practicing Tai Chi all the time.

She smiled and replied, "Let's talk about becoming a legend first by winning a championship."

"However, I will win the championship."

"So, I am a legend. Or at least a legend in the making."

(End of this chapter)