Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 213, Section 210: The New God of LOL Ascends the Throne

Upon hearing Shimamura Yuna take the initiative to speak, the interviewer immediately became excited.

He hadn't expected Shimamura Yuna to reply at all.

after all
how to say.

Everyone knows what kind of style Shimamura Yuna used to have.

It's just a question about the formula; as for whether you'll give a valid reply, everyone has their own expectations.

To everyone's surprise, Shimamura Yuna, who has always preferred to dodge questions and avoid direct responses, changed her tune today.

It's like that fly that found dog poop and immediately started asking questions, trying to make a big fuss.

"So, you mean you're definitely going to win this championship? Are you absolutely confident against GENG?"

I don't know if it was his professional instinct as someone in that position, or the instinctive curiosity of an ordinary viewer.
However, whatever the reason, at this point, Shimamura Yuna feels she no longer cares.

Now that she dares to say these things, she doesn't care what people on the internet think of her or how they analyze her.

but.
At this crucial moment, she ultimately chose to hold back a little.

"Who knows? It's the finals, so anyone could win."

"Whether it's us or GENG, right?"

"I will give it my all in the finals; this is the first step that might lead me to legend."

That's right. They managed to say some things that the audience wanted to hear, but they didn't finish.

Until the very end of the interview, Shimamura Yuna did not say anything further.

She simply gave the camera a rare, playful, and adorable smile.

Although Shimamura Yuna did not actually offer any outrageous opinions or anything particularly controversial.

However, Riot's hype-driven spirit will never be extinguished.

After the competition ended that day, a large number of articles, as if they were produced in the same factory, were mass-produced and published on the Internet.

A new legend is born! World's number one female player, Shimamura, is on her way to the top!

Facing the Challenge Head-on! The CFO Will Take on GENG!

Is Faker's true successor? A Japanese prodigy is becoming a new legend.

Even though Geng and the CFO made it to the finals together, if you look up the news online, you might not even know who the CFO's opponent was in the finals unless you specifically search for it.

If you didn't know better, you'd think CFO was the team that made it to the finals from the winners' bracket, while GENG was in the losers' bracket and hadn't even finished playing against T1 yet.

It can only be said that Riot Games is truly unmatched by ordinary game companies when it comes to hype and marketing.

Press releases like these are constantly being issued, trying to create the impression that Yuna Shimamura is becoming a god.

Even if it's fake, it will gradually be hyped up to seem real.

Yuna Shimamura is the one who will succeed Faker.
Whether he can succeed her in terms of historical status is debatable, or even difficult to say.

However, in terms of popularity, thanks to the hype surrounding the punch, it has almost become an objective fact.

She is currently the most popular player after Faker, and the second truly phenomenal player in League of Legends since Faker, and this trend is gradually expanding.

It's important to understand that these League of Legends viewers are among the most rebellious even within the already rebellious online community.

The main point is that the more you hype something, the more I oppose it.

The more you push something, the less I like it.

However, at this moment, Riot's blatant hype has not provoked much resentment from players.

Instead, everyone online continued to enthusiastically promote this hype.

They were even happy about the hype surrounding the fist.

[Did you see that? After this match, Riot Games went on a whirlwind of posts praising Shimamura, showering her with praise from every angle. Has Shimamura truly established a dynasty?]

[It truly is a dynasty. Never before, whether in the LPL or LCK, has any other region or player received this level of official promotion.]

[I'll mention a name: UZI. Back when Uzi was at his peak (S8), the hype surrounding him was comparable to that of Shimamura today.]

That's quite impressive; it's impressive that Riot Games personally added an Easter egg to the music video. But having said that, given the level of hype this year, I feel like Riot might do it again.

Don't let Shimamura-nee die!

[Sigh, seeing how smoothly Shimamura-san has come this far makes me so happy. Back when I was always watching her livestreams and criticizing her for being lazy and late, I never imagined this day would come.]

Yes, rather than criticizing the fist for hype or anything like that, people are mostly happy for Yuna Shimamura.

I'm happy that she has come this far and has become a top-notch professional player.

I'm so happy that she went from being ignored to becoming a top star heavily promoted by the authorities.

As it turns out, people are never averse to hype.

What people find objectionable is using someone they don't like to create hype.

Furthermore, it cannot be said that Shimamura Yuna was simply being hyped up by Riot Games.

Most importantly, she gained the approval of her opponents.

That's right, the opponent is Faker himself.

In the post-match interview with the loser, Faker appeared somewhat disappointed, but his professional ethics as a player and public figure prevented him from shirking his responsibilities.

When asked by a reporter, "What do you think of Shimamura, and how would you evaluate her performance?"

Faker gave a very positive answer without hesitation.

"She's great. As a young player, she shows me the future of League of Legends. Although it's a pity we lost today, I still feel great to have the opportunity to challenge such a young player."

I hope to have the opportunity to face Shimamura again in the remaining matches this year.

Faker is known to everyone as someone who, although he appears very kind, is actually quite arrogant.

He is arrogant, and he has the right to be arrogant.

After all, it is the highest mountain and the longest river in League of Legends.

His career, in terms of both height and length, can be considered the undisputed TOP1 in the entire League of Legends.

He certainly has the right to look down on all other competitors.

When even a player like Faker is willing to give such a lengthy response to affirm Shimamura Yuna, it's clear that Shimamura Yuna's performance, at the very least, has impressed Faker.

The reporter then asked, "So, what are your thoughts on the upcoming conflict between the CFO and GENG?"

Faker replied, "I think the CFO has a chance to win."

That's a very subtle way of putting it.

Having a chance to win means having a greater chance of losing. In terms of skill, Faker clearly favors GENG a bit more.

However, his statement that there was a chance to win indicates that he was on Shimamura Yuna's side.

This made many traffic-generating professionals in Europe and America extremely happy.

Many of these European and American influencers don't actually have their own favorite teams, since their own teams play poorly and aren't strong enough.

Many of these people are just hyping up whoever's being promoted, and they just follow suit and like that person.

So, Shimamura Yuna, who has been the subject of the most hype recently, is naturally the new favorite of this group of people, who adore her to no end.

When such a new era's traffic king is recognized by the true GOAT of the old era, it feels like a new king accepting the legacy of the old king.

Needless to say, the internet erupted in a frenzy.

It's driving me crazy!

In any case, the ultimate goal of the fist has been achieved.

Now, this match between GENG and CFO has become the coronation battle for the new CFO champion. The whole world is now waiting for Shimamura Yuna to defeat GENG and become the well-deserved champion.

Of course, GENG's internal staff were not satisfied with this atmosphere.

That evening, inside GENG's base, they looked at various post-match interviews and observed the online public opinion.

Everyone's feelings were complicated.

Kiin said, "Hey, aren't we being treated like the villains? It's like we're the great demon king who's destined to be defeated, and the CFO is the hero."

Canyon smiled and said, "So what?"

Kiin replied, "Of course it matters. We were the winners in the winners' bracket, but we don't have much support even in South Korea. Isn't that strange?"

Chovy remained calm about it: "It's nothing serious, and this kind of thing isn't surprising. Besides, public support isn't necessarily a good thing."

What he said was quite convincing.

As the core of GENG's team building over the years, Chovy has also enjoyed the treatment of being hyped by Riot as Faker's successor.

This manifests itself in the fact that, despite having no significant achievements, every year during the World Championship, a large number of people haile him as the "world's best mid laner."

Despite his score being 88848, Riot Games insists on giving Chovy a lot of screen time in the World Championship promotional videos every year.

It's fair to say that before Shimamura Yuna, Riot Games' idea for the next Faker successor was Chovy.

It's just that Chovy himself failed to capitalize on the hype and instead got burned.

This has led to both Chovy's fists, which are trying to generate hype, and Chovy himself, appearing somewhat like a clown in terms of public opinion.

However, it is clear to the naked eye that Riot Games has abandoned Chovy in the last year or two.

He then turned back to Faker.

Since we can't create a new Faker, let's just enjoy this Faker for as long as we can while he's still alive.

The main theme is "live for today, for tomorrow we die".

Chovy, on the other hand, was completely backfired on and became a clown used by Faker's fans to put down and compare him.

It's safe to say that Chovy is all too familiar with Yuna Shimamura's current situation.

In his view, what Shimamura Yuna is experiencing now is nothing more than what he himself had already experienced.

Perhaps at the time, the power of the fist to create its own god-like image was not that great.

She also doesn't have the same level of public approval as Shimamura Yuna does now.

He also acknowledged that Shimamura Yuna was more dazzling than he was when he first debuted.

But
Regardless of what they say or how much hype they generate, it doesn't matter.

In competitions, results ultimately matter.

Simply saying "Faker's successor" is meaningless.

Chovy has firsthand experience with these things.

Therefore, he was neither angry nor furious.

He just felt it was normal.

After all, GENG is always the one being criticized in every match.

He is always a clown who is compared to Faker.

So, for him, the task at hand is quite simple.

"No matter how much the public praises them."

"No matter how much the public praises them."

"But in the end, as long as we beat them, all this praise and flattery will be meaningless."

"If everyone thinks we are the villains, then we must show the spirit that villains should have."

"There's never been a reason why the villains couldn't defeat the heroes, is there?"

"Then let these people receive their bad ending."

Chovy player
It ignited their fighting spirit to win the game.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Shimamura Yuna, facing the overwhelming praise from the internet, couldn't really say she was happy.

If possible, she hopes to keep a very low profile.

She hopes everyone will have extremely low expectations of her.

Just like FS back then, you get praised when you win and you don't get scolded when you lose.

In some ways, her mindset is similar to that of AL's manager, Ai Xiao.

I don't want to face the pressure of public opinion.

But she wants to enjoy everyone's support.

But in this world, are there really such good things?

As mentioned before, once public opinion pushed her into this spotlight, there was no way she could escape anymore.

In the current situation, if she loses, and if she loses badly, she will probably be criticized online for two or three months until the S-series starts, and then the public opinion will change based on the results at that time.

But at this moment, Shimamura Yuna no longer had the idea that "because there would be public pressure if she lost, she had to win."

because
Rather than running away, rather than being unwilling to bear the pressure, it's better to...
'Accept the outcome calmly, regardless of winning or losing.'

Only in this way can you perform at your best.

"It's just a 'Geng,' watch me."

As she spoke, Shimamura Yuna pretended to crush something with her hands in front of the hotel mirror.

"Refine it in an instant!"

But perhaps she herself found the action a bit funny, and so she herself laughed.

I look so young now.

No matter how much you try to look cool or stylish, the final result will have absolutely nothing to do with being handsome or cool.

It just gives off a silly and cute feeling.

She used to feel very uncomfortable about it.

It might feel a bit different from what I expected.

'I'm not that kind of silly, stupid persona. I don't actually want to act cute at all.'

There will be some struggle like this.

Even so, how could people not like such a short, petite girl who is just over 1.5 meters tall?
Now, she has made peace with herself.

So what if I'm stupid?

It's cute if it's cute.

Although the actions were a bit funny, they didn't quite achieve the effect or expectation I wanted to achieve.

However, if it's just a small gesture to lighten one's mood, then it doesn't seem to matter so much.

All I have to do is...
"Win the game, that's all."

The person who wins the game is cool no matter what they do.

As the saying goes, the victor is always right.

The MSI championship is within reach!

GENG VS CFO, let's start the battle!
(End of this chapter)