Nirvana Top Laner, Reborn Tokyo Girl

Chapter 260, Section 257: Let LPL Shine Once Again
Perhaps it could be described as the focus of everyone's attention.
Or perhaps it could be said to be destiny.

After a series of playoff matches, on September 21, the day of the LPL finals, WBG, led by Yuna Shimamura, won the LPL championship with almost no suspense.

After many adjustments, BLG fought their way from the loser's bracket back to the finals.

Facing Shimamura Yuna, whose tactics have been largely exposed during the match, the information gap has been eliminated. Logically, they should have made more tactical adjustments than in their last encounter.

At least the general public hopes that BLG can bring the score back to 3:2.

Regardless of whether WBG or BLG wins, everyone hopes that BLG can win 3:2.

But instead of winning by a larger margin than the previous 3-1 victory, they suffered a decisive 3-0 defeat.

It's clear that BLG is indeed making adjustments to their tactics against WBG and has a clear intention to break down WBG's system.

However, the solution they came up with was a complete failure.

From the audience's perspective, it's just a somewhat nonsensical scientific research project.

For example, having the left hand steal Shimamura's vampire, or having Bin play Fiora to go head-to-head with Shimamura Yuna.
This tactical change, which was completely ineffective, was of course easily swept away 3-0.

After the match, public opinion was mainly divided into two aspects.

On a smaller scale, it's like mocking BLG for being all high and mighty for a year, only to find it all for nothing in the end.

In the LPL region, there are far too many people who dislike the BLG team.

Before Shimamura Yuna appeared, the controversy surrounding BLG lasted almost the entire year, and the various "BIN sayings" about BIN were also widely discussed.

BLG can be considered one of the designated villains in the LPL.

Of course, not everyone hates this team, but those who do hate the team are more likely to gain the upper hand in the discourse.

At this moment, the team that was the focus of attention for certain groups lost, and naturally some people will jump out and start to ridicule and mock.

However, for the moment, this little bit of public opinion surrounding BLG is nothing.

The mainstream audience's attention is still mainly focused on WBG.

To be honest, this victory wasn't particularly exciting for most viewers.

Because we've been winning too easily all along.

Basically, ever since they beat BLG, everyone guessed that WBG would win the championship.

Then, in the next round, this team defeated TES, who had fought their way to the winners' bracket finals, 3-0.

Against TES, a team whose top lane isn't particularly aggressive, Shimamura Yuna played like a fish in water, completely without any pressure.

From this point on, the team began to display a strong, undeniable "championship aura."

Everyone was thinking, "How can this team lose?"

But I couldn't picture anything in my mind at all.

To be honest, WBG isn't a team that wins games by having some amazing plays in team fights.

They are simply executing a simple and stable game plan, and as long as this game plan is executed successfully, they will win.

Rather, other teams beat them by occasionally having a breakout performance.

Yuna Shimamura's performance was indeed excellent and top-notch.

But this good performance is consistent for her.

WBG is essentially executing a stable, reliable, and efficient plan to achieve victory in the game.

Such a team can create a sense of visual pressure for the audience.

It makes people feel that "this team is simply invincible".

WBG's subsequent performance confirmed that the audience's expectations were basically correct.

After easily defeating TES, they then easily defeated BLG again.

They relied on this simple plan and executed it continuously until they finally won the championship.

Such an obvious victory is unlikely to evoke any special emotions in the audience.

The other veterans on WBG's side were quite excited.

Most of these people are no longer in their prime.

In terms of both strength and fighting spirit, they have declined significantly compared to their peak.

These few people, before Shimamura Yuna came, were probably just thinking about getting by, hoping to make it to the World Championship if they could, and if not, so be it.

They probably never imagined that at their age, they could qualify as the LPL's number one seed.

I never imagined that I would be able to provoke a conflict with LCK in such a high-profile manner.

Perhaps it was this emotional fluctuation that caused a slight change in their strength.

As the saying goes, good things happen and people are in high spirits.

Xiao Hu and Xiao Tian are alright.

These two are not exactly invincible in terms of strength.

He might not have been at his peak, but he was definitely a pretty good professional player.

Their extensive professional experience, coupled with the training volume they managed to maintain, already gave them a strong competitive edge in the professional arena.

The fact that these two were able to perform well after Shimamura Yuna arrived was within the expectations of many viewers.

But what surprised everyone the most was Liu Qingsong.

Before Shimamura Yuna arrived, this contestant truly looked like he was about to be buried.

Despite being a former champion support player and owner of Thresh skins.
But time is like a butcher's knife.

Not only did the cosmetic products on his face expire, but his skill level also declined rapidly.

Throughout the third stage, his laning performance in the bottom lane was truly appalling.

Anyone who watched the race would likely find it difficult to give a positive evaluation of his performance in the third stage.

Before Shimamura Yuna arrived, many people were saying, "What's the use of Shimamura Yuna? No matter how good you are in the top lane, can you stop the bottom lane from feeding?"

The main issue is that people don't have high hopes for Liu Qingsong's laning skills.

However, this elderly support player, whose strength was widely recognized to have declined significantly, has seen his condition visibly improve since Shimamura Yuna arrived.

At first, it wasn't very noticeable.

But in the last few games, he's clearly getting hotter and hotter.

Not only are there fewer and fewer low-level operations and situations where the elderly react.

They've even started to make some highlight plays more often.

It subtly evokes the feeling of Liu Qingsong at his peak.

This left the audience in awe, exclaiming, "A miracle cure!"

It can only be said that a person's strength is largely tied to their spirit and fighting will.

When someone is thinking about retirement, they are most likely to actually be thinking about retirement.

If someone thinks they are bad at something, then they are probably really bad at it.

But when a person feels hopeful, regardless of whether there is actually hope, the desire for hope will unleash the greatest potential in their body.

These old guys are clearly in this situation.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Hu, who were already in good form, are in even better form now.

My skills and awareness are all returning to their peak.

Liu Qingsong, who was in terrible form, saw even more remarkable results, almost as if he had returned to his S9 form, with a very exaggerated before-and-after comparison.

These veterans were naturally overjoyed to win the LPL championship after such a long time. Their smiles when they lifted the Silver Dragon Cup were genuine.

In contrast, Shimamura Yuna was quite calm.

She has won many similar championships this year.

They have defeated GENG, T1, TES, HLE, and AL.

Moreover, all of them were defeated in world championships, on a much bigger stage.

In comparison, the LPL today seems less dazzling and less convincing.

Even after winning the championship, more people felt than praising them was that "it's just an LPL champion."

That's right, it's just the LPL champion.

However, it is a league that has not won a championship since S11, and has not even won the runner-up position in the first two World Championships this year. Its popularity and attention are declining, and its strength is appalling.

It's just a region that was defeated by LCK, has an improper professional attitude, and is highly fan-driven.

No matter how you look at it, it's difficult to give a positive evaluation of the LPL today.

Winning the championship in a league like this is no big deal at all.

No one would find it special, and no one would be impressed by such a competition.

I just feel...
It simply proves that the team possesses the strongest competitiveness in a region that is gradually declining.

Don't misunderstand.

People don't necessarily have a negative view of WBG, nor do they want to deny the value of WBG's championship.

On the contrary, WBG now has countless fans across the internet, and what these viewers probably want most is to prove that WBG is the strongest and the most powerful.

But it is precisely because of this mindset that they don't take this LPL championship seriously.

[Shimamura-san has already won a more prestigious title, so what's this compared to that?]

The upcoming World Championship is the key; this title isn't all that great.

[Shimamura looked at her previous two championships this year and smiled without saying a word about this LPL championship.]

It's probably a little more prestigious than the LCP league championship, but that's about it.

That's right, I don't mean to belittle the value of Shimamura Yuna's championship.

Instead, they felt that for Shimamura Yuna, winning a championship at this level was no longer enough to satisfy their expectations.

Riot Games and Tencent are hoping to make Yuna Shimamura a legendary player like Faker.

This inevitably involves a lot of marketing and idolization.

But this god wasn't created by fists alone.

This god is also what the audience themselves are looking forward to.

They were looking forward to the birth of a new god.

They greedily craved the brilliance.
This year's S-series tournament was that ritual of ascension to godhood.
It is the fuel that makes the brilliance burst forth.

Yuna Shimamura could feel the overwhelming anticipation surrounding her.

So, in the atmosphere after the competition, she said something in front of the audience that she might not have said in the past.

"Actually, I've always known one thing."

"People are not as interested in the competition as they used to be."

"People may be a little disappointed with LPL, and consequently, they've lost interest in watching LOL esports."

“Discussions and topics such as ‘LCK will win anyway’ and ‘Nothing can be done without Koreans’ have almost never stopped.”

"Even before the start of this year's MSI in Chengdu, some people were already predicting that there would be an internal LCK battle this year."

"I think that for LPL viewers, this year's S-series may be an unprecedentedly pessimistic year."

When Shimamura Yuna said these things in front of so many viewers after winning the championship, the comments section was flooded with exclamations of "explosion!"

Some of the commentators on the second channel were also stunned when they saw this.

People expressed similar sentiments, such as, "Is this something we can even say?"

At this point, even the on-site director was starting to panic.

'What the hell are you trying to say?'

I couldn't suppress these feelings.

However, it was a live broadcast after all, and it featured a very popular contestant like Yuna Shimamura.

In this situation, it's impossible to abruptly cut off the live stream; doing so would only invite ridicule.

In fact, given Shimamura Yuna's large fan base, if the platform dared to cut off her live stream, it would be a real nuisance.

A single fan can kill someone with just their spittle.

Therefore, even though what Shimamura Yuna said was a little bit outrageous, everyone could only hold back.

This is the fearlessness of a popular contestant.

Seeing the somewhat silent atmosphere, Shimamura Yuna continued speaking.

"There's nothing interesting to watch in the LPL anymore, and people don't want to look forward to it anymore. It's understandable that people feel this way."

"Given my position, people might think that what I'm about to say is untrue, or that it's intended to curry favor. But..."

I am actually Chinese.

She was thinking of saying that.

However, in the end, to avoid trouble and misunderstanding, Shimamura Yuna changed her wording.

"I have actually always been a fan of LPL. That's why I learned Chinese before coming to LPL and why I was willing to start streaming on Bilibili."

"Many of the LPL players that everyone likes were also people I admired."

"It was my desire to shine on the stage of League of Legends and the competition that led me to a professional career."

Shimamura Yuna's tone was exceptionally sincere.

Sincerity
Mingming's words, given her Japanese identity, would normally be labeled as "fake romance," but at this moment, no one thought so.

Of course, it's not entirely due to tone of voice.

There's also the common perception of Yuna Shimamura.

People thought she wasn't someone who would flatter for personal gain, and they all felt that she was sincere in everything she did.

Even what he said next was sincere.

This has always been her behavior, the feeling and impression she gives.

"But nowadays, the LPL stage is gradually losing its luster, and people are gradually losing their expectations for the LPL. Even if I win the championship today, many people may think, 'This is nothing.'"

"After all, they are just LPL champions. They only defeated LPL players."

"I can understand how everyone feels, but I am also somewhat saddened by the current situation."

"But since this championship win allows me to represent the LPL as the number one seed at the World Championship, then so be it for the LPL as well."

"League of Legends is also good."

"It sounds a bit like I'm bragging. But I feel like I need to win to make all of this shine again."

"And I will give everything for this."

The moment Shimamura Yuna finished speaking, a deafening roar erupted from the audience, a roar so loud it felt like it was about to shatter eardrums.

(End of this chapter)