Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 242, Page 239: Customized Vampire

(I hadn't noticed this before, so here's a correction. Based on the current developments in the book, the LPL will not have four World Championship slots. The following content will be based on three World Championship slots.)
Yuna Shimamura didn't care what these people thought.

Or rather, it's useless to care.

Whether you care or not, whether you are concerned or not.

Once people's expectations are raised, they won't disappear easily.

People are always looking forward to idols and gods.

If not, then create.

But if no miracle occurs, it will be overturned and disproven.

Thus, victory after victory made the legend of the god increasingly credible.

Conversely, if they fail, God's authority will be challenged.

In fact, Shimamura Yuna never claimed to be a god.

It wasn't that she wanted to become a god, but as mentioned before, it was people who longed for idols and miracles.

Conversely, some people deeply resent these fanatical believers, and these people form the trolls of Shimamura Yuna.

Neither the fanatic nor the unbeliever can claim absolute justice.

However, in today's online environment, so-called rational people have no channel to voice their opinions.

It should be said that, from her personal standpoint, Shimamura Yuna might even be more supportive of these non-believers.

She has never liked excessive idol worship.

She wasn't particularly interested in becoming an "ideal idol" in the eyes of some people.

but.
In a sense, her goals were aligned with those of the fanatics.

Fanatics want to fulfill their idol fantasies by having her constantly win competitions and establish authority.

Coincidentally, Shimamura Yuna also wanted to keep winning.

Even if her goal wasn't to become a god, it might still be something she longed for.

Then why should she resist?
She only recently came to understand this.

Previously, she was always afraid of one thing.

If you win, you'll be hailed as the greatest.

But if I lose, will I fall to the ground and be so painful that I can never get up again?
However, recently, she has stopped worrying about this issue.

It won't fall.

The idols that people fantasize about will collapse, and the idols that people imagine will die because of the disappearance of miracles.

However, from beginning to end, I am just myself.

I want to keep winning, I want to become a champion, I want to fulfill my long-held expectations.

It was for his own wishes.

Rather than to meet the expectations of believers.

Those fictional gods were never themselves.

When she stepped onto the field with this in mind, she felt...
I no longer care so much.

They don't care about being praised too much by others.

But he doesn't care about other people's hatred towards him.

She wanted to win, that's all.

And today.
It's just one of countless competitions that I will experience or have already experienced in my life.

And the things I have to do are no different from what I've always done.

That is.
win.

Before the match started and the players officially entered the venue, WBG's other teammates seemed a little nervous.

Everyone was looking forward to Shimamura Yuna's arrival.

We hope that Shimamura Yuna's changes will bring about changes to this team, and we hope that the miracles that unfolded in the training matches will be realized in actual combat.

However, everyone was also a little scared, what if it was all just a dream, what if the results of the training matches weren't so strongly correlated with the actual matches?
So what should we do?
Nobody knows.

This unease made the team members somewhat nervous before the match.

Liu Qingsong is considered one of the more outspoken individuals.

He looked at Shimamura Yuna and asked her, "I feel like if we lose today, the pressure from public opinion will be overwhelming."

"What if everyone says you're worse than a breather, and that WBG's roster change is a complete mess? Damn, I feel like this is going to explode."

His words weren't particularly malicious; they were more about someone who enjoys having fun.

However, saying it now will definitely put pressure on Shimamura Yuna.

If it were the old Shimamura Yuna, hearing this might have made her even more nervous than before.

Xiao Hu, who was standing nearby, also felt that Liu Qingsong's words were a bit harsh, and quickly stepped in to smooth things over: "No, losing doesn't necessarily mean it's Shimamura's fault. Winning or losing a match is a very complicated matter. For example, the fact that Breath is temporarily on the bench is not because he's not good enough. He's actually very strong. It's just that our team needs someone like Shimamura to bring about some changes."

"Just because Urabuchi won yesterday and Shimamura lost today doesn't mean Shimamura is worthless. It's also possible that we're all working together to put on a show for Shimamura, or that we're part of the pro-Urabuchi faction."

Liu Qingsong is a rather amusing person.

Xiao Hu, on the other hand, has higher emotional intelligence.

The two have somewhat different styles.

But in fact, they all reveal their true thoughts.

That is feeling uneasy about the outcome of the game.

Feeling uneasy about the changing public opinion.

To this, Yuna Shimamura simply smiled confidently.

"Don't say things like 'What will happen if we lose? What will happen if we don't win'."

"Since you believe I am a boost for the team, then I should give the team feedback and meet the expectations of the team and myself."

"If I can't do it, then it's my responsibility. I will take responsibility."

"Now, all you have to do is trust me and execute the game exactly as it did in the practice match."

Yuna Shimamura exudes the confidence of someone who is strong.

This confidence is not unfounded.

It was her strong performance throughout the year's competitions that gave her confidence.

in other words.

This is her reward for a whole year of hard work.

Fueled by this confidence, she grew stronger and stronger.

It's so powerful it exceeds its limits.
It seems that to her, a team like JDG is indeed just an ordinary team that can be wiped out in the blink of an eye.

Is that right?

Amid cheers from the audience, the two teams officially took to the stage.

This was just an LPL regular season match, the final game of the regular season for both teams.

Two teams that didn't initially receive much attention.

A match where the outcome is almost certain to be the same.

However, this particular match had an atmosphere as intense as the LPL finals.

The moment Shimamura Yuna appeared in her WBG team uniform, the cheers from the crowd were so loud that the other WBG members were somewhat dazed.

Many of them are seasoned players who have seen the world.

He has stood on a big stage and experienced moments that were crucial to his career as a player.

They had experienced such cheers before.

This is especially true for Xiaohu, the mid-laner.
When was the last time fans cheered this loudly?

Was it when you were teammates with Uzi that you heard his fanatical fans roaring below?
Or was it when you were teammates with TheShy and barely made it to the finals?

But regardless, he knew one thing. That was, all that cheering and anticipation was inseparable from the contestant's large fan base.

in other words
'She's already a star on par with, or even surpassed, those two.'

Why are there always so many star athletes around me?

Thinking about these things, Xiao Hu smiled self-deprecatingly.

Over the years, people have come and gone around him, and his teammates have changed batch after batch.

I always seem to be the one who's neither hot nor cold, with some popularity but not much.

He was used to this feeling.

I've also gotten used to being a relatively unknown player, interacting with those star players.

Now, it feels to him like history is repeating itself once again.

But will things be different this time?
Will this break his long-standing curse of never being able to win the S-series championship?
Or is it essentially no different from before?

Little Tiger didn't actually have high expectations.

No matter how you look at it, this year's WBG lineup isn't particularly strong.

He is someone who doesn't like to speak ill of his teammates to their faces.

But they have their own judgment in their hearts.

A jungler whose performance fluctuates and is not stable, whose skills have declined as he gets older, an AD carry who can hardly carry, and a support whose mechanics are seriously flawed.

It's already quite an achievement that WBG has stumbled and struggled to get to this point this year.

This is already the best result achieved by combining the team members' will to win and their competition experience.

But it seems that it can only be classified as a maggot.

Even with the addition of a seemingly formidable top laner, the team didn't suddenly come alive.

Will a ship riddled with holes become powerful once a strong patch is added?

Xiao Hu was very skeptical of this.

But
That's what it says.

Before Shimamura Yuna went to compete, the CFO was also described in this way.

Everyone says
This is a terrible team.

This is a team that can't be helped.

But that's not how it turned out.

With the addition of Yuna Shimamura, this team could win two world championships and demonstrate formidable competitiveness throughout the year.

So, can WBG do the same?

Xiao Hu still held no hope, but deep down, he harbored a vague longing.

But to what extent should this yearning be amplified?
That will depend on the result of today's match.

After the opening ceremony, the draft phase of the match began.

Although today's match is not related to the final result, JDG takes it very seriously.

The reason is simple.
Their condition has been really bad lately.

Playing like this for the rest of the Cavaliers' journey, and for the playoffs, feels incredibly risky.
The chances of making it to the World Championships are extremely slim.

Scout, who was considered one of the world's top mid laners until last year, has had a disastrous performance with JDG this year.

Meanwhile, the performance of JDG's other positions was also far from good.

On the contrary, Xiaoxu, who was pulled in as a newcomer to save the day, performed quite well in this team.

From the audience's perspective, this team has essentially been sentenced to death.

After all, the LPL only has three slots for the World Championship this year.

According to this year's World Championship rules, the first and second regions of MSI will each have four slots.

The remaining competition zones each have only 3 slots.

Because Shimamura Yuna led CFO to victory, LPL became the third-ranked region.

Therefore, this year's World Championship will have four slots for LCP and LCK, while LCP will only have three slots.

This makes the competition for qualification extremely fierce.

If we assume that BLG and TES, who are currently in the best form, will advance, then the remaining teams are AL, IG, WBG, and JDG.
These four teams are competing for the last spot.

To put it bluntly, JDG's chances seem the slimmest.

JDG can't even beat any of the remaining three of those four teams.

WBG might have been able to win, as the two teams are equally bad, making it difficult to distinguish which one is the leader.

But the result is as follows.
WBG has added Shimamura Yuna, who just won two World Championship FMVP awards and is currently the most watched player in the world.

On the JDG side, the new addition is the rookie player xiaoxu.

The difference is just too big.

Although it's obvious to everyone that JDG has almost no chance of qualifying.

However, JDG itself still doesn't want to give up.

Until the very last moment, no one wanted to give up.

They are eager to get back in shape and find ways to win games before the playoffs begin.

But how do we win?
This question made everyone feel a little uneasy.

Yesterday, we just lost to WBG, which is theoretically not a complete version.

As a result, today, without any time to adjust, they were forced to face a fully-formed WBG that was many times stronger on paper.

Can we really win?

do not know.

no feelings.

They also lacked self-confidence.

But I want to win.

Without having played any scrims against this new WBG team, they were simply instinctively banning Shimamura Yuna's heroes based on stereotypes.

In the first round, I directly selected three top lane champions.

They are Rambo, Gwen, and the vampire.

Just a side note.

For reasons unknown, in this timeline, Riot gave the champion Vladimir some buffs that weren't present in the other timeline.

This changed the hero from being difficult to play to being somewhat usable.

In the hands of an average person, this hero would likely be a weak hero who is difficult to use.

However, this kind of enhancement is very direct and effective for someone like Yuna Shimamura, who is a vampire specialist.

Since the enhancement wasn't too significant, no one said that Riot customized it or anything like that.

Many people still think, "This is just a buff; the champion still won't be viable. Riot, if you want to give Shimamura a custom-made champion, can you at least show some sincerity?"

But in fact, this level of enhancement is just right.

Because if it's promoted to the point where everyone uses it, then Shimamura Yuna won't have any special advantages.

This is just a typical powerful hero.

Strengthening it to this perfect degree will actually have a very strong effect when only Shimamura Yuna brings it out.

Just like it is now.

JDG themselves can't play this hero at all, so they have to ban it.

This is true customization.

(End of this chapter)