Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 229, Section 226: Come back, Shimamura-nee!!

Amidst controversy and widespread discussion surrounding Yuna Shimamura's schedule.
Shimamura Yuna herself once again chose the art of invisibility and disappearance.

No one has come forward to provide a second response to the issue.

The promised live stream will be temporarily canceled.

He only posted one message on his Bilibili account: "Stage 3 regular season, see you in the live stream."

Then things fell apart.

Someone asked, "Shimamura-san, are you really not going to compete anymore?"

Someone else asked, "Shimamura-san, does that mean you'll be commentating on the regular season during the third stage?"

There are all sorts of comments, but everyone seems to be very concerned about what will happen to Yuna Shimamura.

But in any case, Shimamura Yuna didn't reply.

For her, posting such an update was just a notification.

She didn't want people to think, 'I did something wrong, that's why I need to respond.'

Ultimately, these were all decisions she made herself, decisions she believed were the right ones.

Since the purpose of this decision is to rest, then naturally we shouldn't waste too much energy.

But her decision has made Riot Games a bit anxious.

For an average player, whether they play or rest is irrelevant to Riot Games.

There are so many professional players in the world, what are you compared to them?
However, players of the caliber of Yuna Shimamura and Faker are truly indispensable.

For a player of this caliber to simply quit is a huge blow to the league's business and popularity.

It should be said that in the past, UZI was forced to retire due to the contract issues with RNG, which already caused LPL and the league to suffer a loss once.

If there were a time machine, Tencent would definitely travel back in time and make a big splash by signing UZI to RNG, rescuing him from his contract troubles.

In any case, they won't let UZI retire.

Having learned a similar lesson the hard way, I won't repeat it a second time.

Upon hearing that Shimamura Yuna was no longer playing, the other side immediately suspected that there might be some kind of contractual issue or similar problem.

So, they asked Riot Japan to frantically contact the CFO and Yuna Shimamura herself.

Riot Japan sent people to visit Yuna Shimamura's home, bringing lots of gifts, such as League of Legends figurines and some Riot headquarters collectibles—basically, they were very sincere.

But the message is simple: "Please, please don't retire or stop playing, you're one of the most important star players in our league right now. If you stop playing, we're doomed."

This left Shimamura Yuna completely helpless.

She realized that with great power comes great responsibility.

To be precise, the greater the influence, the greater the responsibility.

In her past life, she retired in disgrace because she couldn't find her ideal team, but at the time, nobody cared about her at all.

Apart from the team leader giving her some perfunctory blessings, none of her teammates came to see her off.

As a result, in this lifetime, all I did was say I needed to rest for a while, and so many people got so nervous.

Is this the treatment popular players receive?

They were relieved only after Shimamura Yuna repeatedly emphasized that "it has nothing to do with the contract, I just want to take a break."

But afterwards, he kept saying, "Please make sure you participate in this year's World Championship."

In the end, the League of Legends merchandise that had been sent as gifts was left at Shimamura Yuna's house.

Looking at the enormous Jinx figure, Yuna Shimamura fell into deep thought.

"If you want to please me, shouldn't you give me a vampire figurine?"

"That's really insincere."

The itinerary has been announced to everyone.

Riot Games has also made arrangements.

Now, no one will disturb my rest.

Now is the time to simply enjoy it.

Yuna Shimamura is full of anticipation for her life in Japan for the next period of time.
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It can only be said that Shimamura Yuna's decision to take a break for a while was probably the right one.

This year's schedule is incredibly tight.

It's July 13th, and the MSI just ended.

As a result, only two or three days after the MSI ended, on July 16th, the League of Legends competition at the EWC eSports World Cup began.

In a large sense, this match can be considered the rematch of MSI.

The participating teams are not much different, just slightly more than at MSI.

He had just finished the MSI in Canada and immediately flew to Saudi Arabia to participate in the EWC.

On the same day that Shimamura Yuna announced that she would not participate in the third stage of the race, the rest of the CFO team were already playing the first day of the group stage in Saudi Arabia.

After seeing the schedule, many people said, "I understand Shimamura-san now."

To be honest, this year's schedule is really too much. MSI is followed immediately by EWC, then EWC is followed immediately by the league, and shortly after the league, the World Championship is next. This kind of back-to-back schedule is probably taking a huge toll on players' form.

[That's true. It's hard to imagine many players being able to keep up with this kind of competition, especially someone like Shimamura who has some physical issues. She could definitely rest for a month or two.]

[This year's schedule is indeed excessive, but Shimamura-san can take a break whenever she wants, which is a privilege for star players. Other players wouldn't dare to play like this even if they feel tired.]

Even star players don't play like this. My brother keeps saying he wants to retire, but he still wants to finish this year's competitions.

[That's true, Shimamura's contract just happened to expire. Also, many professional players might not be able to regain their form after a break, but Shimamura seems to have a lot of experience with rest.]

This is what a lazy dog ​​is like.

However, while expressing their understanding of Shimamura-san, everyone also discovered something else interesting.

That is.
Many people have said that Shimamura Yuna was not that important to the CFO, and that she was just someone who leeched off the CFO to make herself stand out.

It's like saying that this team's strategy is to protect the top lane, regardless of whether Shimamura Yuna is there or not.

Although anyone with eyes can see that this is pure, unwarranted slander, the trolls just feel that 'you can't disprove it,' and they just want to annoy you.

The main goal is to achieve an invincible position.

And now.
MSI and EWC are only two or three days apart. And Shimamura Yuna just stopped playing like that.

So now there's a stark contrast between before and after.

One is a CFO without Yuna Shimamura, and the other is a CFO with Yuna Shimamura.

The latter just won the MSI championship, but what about the former?

Anyway, Shimamura Yuna's fans really want to see the current CFO lose the game.

It's not because I dislike the CFO.

I just want to say that 'the CFO team just can't function without Yuna Shimamura'.

With this sense of spectatorship, the CFO competition garnered surprisingly high levels of attention.

But.
In terms of the outcome, it can only be said that Shimamura Yuna's fans won by a small margin.

First of all, CFO may have initially been a team with only average strength, and it would have become much weaker after losing Shimamura Yuna.

However, after two seasons of adjustment, it's not just Shimamura Yuna who has become stronger; the team's cohesion and the individual skills of each player have also improved.

The most obvious one is HongQ.

From a mediocre newcomer in the first stage, he has now become the second bright spot for CFO, after Shimamura Yuna.

Even without Shimamura Yuna, HongQ alone would make the CFO a reasonably competitive candidate this year.

Therefore, even after Shimamura Yuna left, the entire CFO team did not collapse and crumble as everyone had expected.

Winning the game
That's definitely something we can't win.

After all, the opponents are top teams from LCK and LPL, and their own core player has left, so it will naturally be more difficult to fight.

But to say that they couldn't fight back would be completely untrue.

In the game, it can be said that the two sides are evenly matched, and they can win one or two smaller rounds.

Watching all the matches throughout the EWC season, CFO's impression is that he's not bad, but he's definitely lacking when it comes to winning.

This result does not confirm the claim made by some of Shimamura Yuna's extreme fans that "without Shimamura Yuna, the CFO team is just a pure wildcard team, completely unable to fight back."

After all, even without Shimamura Yuna, CFO is at least a team of normal strength and competitive in the world.

But who says a small win doesn't count as a win?
For CFO, who just won the MSI championship, the fact that they can't even make it to the EWC finals and can't win a single big match means they have to play every single game. Isn't that a nerf?
The Grand Slam has been replaced by winning every title. Isn't that a weakening?

Although you have played your best and your performance was not bad.

However, it's a fact that the game couldn't be won without Yuna Shimamura, right?
As a result, Shimamura Yuna's fans naturally started to criticize those who were attacking her.

[Who was saying before that this team is the same whether or not Shimamura is there?]

[It doesn't seem to be working out for me. How come the CFO, who just won the MSI championship, is struggling so much without Shimamura-san?]

Are the haters still making noise?

Some haters just love to claim "father figures." First, they claim T1 as their father, then AL as their father, and finally GENG as their father—whoever beats CFO is their father. Now that Shimamura is no longer with CFO, CFO has become their father too.

It's a pity that the fathers the haters have chosen are all disappointing. Shimamura-san proved with her strength that she is just that awesome and that indispensable.

After losing the match, HongQ was asked in an interview, "Did Shimamura's departure have a significant impact on you?"

HongQ said: "The impact will definitely be quite significant. After all, she was our core player and the best player in the team before. It's impossible to say that things will be the same after she leaves us."

Then, perhaps a bit gossipy, the reporter might ask, "So, what are your thoughts on Shimamura's departure after winning the FMVP award in ice hockey?"

The real question is whether the CFO and his team are dissatisfied with this decision.

But the result was completely useless.

HongQ responded, "Shimamura has her own choice. It's already a great thing that she's willing to stay with the team and finish this season's competition with us, and help us win the MSI championship. It's something I never thought I would do before."

Now that she has chosen to leave, I will respect that decision and wish her well.

Whether she chooses to come back or we meet again on the field, I think there's nothing more to say.

All I can say is that I hope the CFO performs better and better, and proves to Shimamura that even without her, we are working hard and not giving up.

At the same time, we hope that whatever decision Shimamura makes, she will be happy in her future career.

This statement garnered him a lot of goodwill from Shimamura Yuna's fans, and even some of Shimamura Yuna's extreme fans who were originally attacking her along with the haters and the CFO stopped talking about the CFO.

The increasingly extreme trend among Shimamura Yuna's fans has already made some more neutral netizens feel uneasy.

I think 'these people are really annoying'.

However, this is an era where the victor is justice.

No matter how outrageous or controversial Shimamura Yuna's fans are.

As long as Yuna Shimamura remains the idol of her fans and continues to win, as long as Yuna Shimamura continues to prove herself as the strongest player.

Those extreme fans who depend on her and are obsessed with her will always remain invincible.

The CFO's disastrous performance at EWC, after a year of smooth sailing, propelled Shimamura Yuna's popularity to unprecedented heights.

At least on various forums in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and in various gathering places for CFO fans, the topic of this is absolutely nonstop.

Looking at it now, it seems that even without Shimamura, CFO is a competitive team. HongQ and Doggo aren't bad either. But without Shimamura, they're just missing something.

Ah, I'm so glad Shimamura-nee is back QQ

If Shimamura returns, CFO might actually have a chance to achieve a grand slam this year, including EWC, World Championship, and the third season championship.

[But Shimamura left the team because she wanted to find a better team, right? If a good team in the LPL or LCK offers her a contract, she probably won't come back.]

[That's not necessarily true. I don't think Shimamura-san necessarily had that many ulterior motives for not playing; it's also possible she's simply resting.]

[Taking a break is one thing, wanting to find a better team is another; I don't think the two things are mutually exclusive.]

[I feel like the chances of Shimamura's return are slim now. Sigh, this year's FS and MSI championships, it all felt like a dream in the end.]

While online discussions about CFO Yuna Shimamura intensified following the EWC tournament results, Shimamura herself remained almost completely silent.

The reason I say "almost completely" rather than "completely" is because she actually left a comment under a clip of HongQ's interview on Bilibili.

"No matter what the future holds, I hope you all get better and better, and play more and more smoothly. Whether you are opponents or teammates."

Then, the enigmatic Ms. Shimamura once again fell into a state of cyber disappearance.

(End of this chapter)