Alliance: If you block my contract, I will just start!

"Congratulations to EDG for winning today's match! They will advance to the second round of the playoffs and face BLG the day after tomorrow. Also, thank you to SN for their amazing performance today..."

The narration began soon after.

Cheers erupted from the audience.

Some were happy, some were sad. As the victors, the five EDG players were naturally very happy. They happily took off their headphones and walked towards the SN players' bench, chatting and laughing.

During the post-match handshake, the two teams didn't exchange much. The main reason was that the five SN players looked genuinely disappointed. Shen Lang's decision to return to the game in such a crucial moment was, upon closer examination, somewhat disrespectful. Anything he said at that point could be interpreted as post-match mockery.

It's certainly regrettable that Sima Laozei missed the World Championship again, but that's how esports is. Teammates are important, and so is luck. Unless you have extraordinary skills like Shen Lang, you can ignore the influence of teammates and luck to the greatest extent.

However, it is clear that Sima Laozei does not possess such extraordinary strength.

……

Post-game interview session.

Interestingly, the official interviewees this time were not only the players, but also the team's coach, Clearlove.

Having been out of the public eye for a long time, the factory manager was so reclusive that when he finally appeared on camera, the audience erupted in enthusiastic applause.

With the championship trophy, the factory manager's popularity far surpasses that of his previous life.

"Thank you to Wave and Clearlove for accepting our post-match interview. I believe that the audience at the scene and the netizens watching the live broadcast were wondering why EDG didn't let Wave play in the first few games, but only brought him on at the crucial moment?"

The host asked.

Shen Lang smiled slightly: "This was arranged before the match. Manager Abu felt that the team could win without me, and he also wanted to give the new players some experience, so he benched me for the first few matches."

He shifted the blame without any difficulty.

Inside the lounge, Abu's eyes widened instantly upon hearing this, staring at Shen Lang with utter confusion.

"Slander! Utter slander!"

"I swear to God, no one wanted him to play more than me, it was clearly him who didn't want to play!"

"This person is a complete liar; not a single word of truth comes out of his mouth!"

……

He was shouting wildly in the lounge, but he wasn't the one being interviewed. No matter how much Abu shouted, only the staff in the lounge could hear him.

However, the viewers in the live broadcast room were easily convinced by Shen Lang's lies.

"That bastard Abu deserves to die. I think he can't tell the difference between the king and the queen. Is this the time to train new players?"

"Thanks to Brother Weiwu's help, otherwise Abu would have had to atone with his death."

"Does Abu even know how to be a manager? If not, can't he just order takeout for the players? Can you please stop with the weird stuff?"

"They only let Brother Weiwu play in the crucial game. He's really got a lot of nerve."

Of course, there are also more rational netizens.

"Is Brother Wei Wu the kind of person who can be manipulated by Abu at will?"

"Given Wei Wu's status in EDG, if he really wanted to play, could Abu stop him?"

Even the host was a little skeptical.

She turned to the factory manager beside her: "Is what Wave said true?"

Under Abu's expectant gaze, the factory manager also revealed a mischievous smile, and then he nodded: "It's true. I tried to persuade him in the middle, but it was no use."

When it comes to harming people, the factory manager and Shen Lang have an unusually good understanding.

"I'm innocent! I'm innocent!"

Abu wailed incessantly in the lounge.

……

The schedule before the knockout stage is quite tight. EDG only has one day of rest after today's match, so Abu did not give the players a break after the match, but continued their daily training.

Even Shen Lang was no exception this time.

After the post-match interview, Abramovich's eyes looked like he wanted to kill someone.

Today's match result was good. Even if netizens believed Shen Lang's nonsense, they wouldn't have gone so far as to bombard Abu with criticism. However, many netizens still hurled insults at Abu on Weibo, forums, and other places. With Factory Director's corroboration, no matter how Abu explained, the netizens wouldn't listen.

So on the night the competition ended, Abu vented his resentment on Shen Lang.

That murderous glare was so intense that even Shen Lang had to avoid it and obediently went to Rank training. If he were to make excuses to slack off under these circumstances, Shen Lang was worried that Abu would drag him off a building tonight.

However, after playing a few ranked games, Shen Lang suddenly felt that it would be better to let Abula drag him off the building.

What kind of monsters and demons are these?!

Garen is a popular pick in the top lane, but the problem is that because he lacks mobility, he gets constantly ganked by the enemy top laner.

After being tricked in two consecutive games, Shen Lang decided to accept his fate.

You like playing Garen in the top lane, right? Can't I go top lane?

The results of it?

Garen is back in the mid lane.

The key is that Shen Lang can't say anything; if asked, he'll say it was taught to him by professional player Wave.

"If someone like Langshen can pick Garen in competitive matches, there's nothing wrong with me picking Garen in ranked games, right?"

"Dare to insult me? Do you look down on me, the God of Wandering?"

Looking at his teammates' comments, Shen Lang felt an urge to slap himself twice.

Failure, failure, and more failure!

The once formidable Shen Lang on the field suffered a crazy losing streak in ranked matches back at the base at night. Even Shen Lang himself was confused, wondering why ranked matches were even harder than the actual matches.

I don't know if it's because his account has a very high hidden MMR, but all sorts of weirdos always end up on his team, while his opponents are all very normal and incredibly strong.

Seeing Shen Lang become increasingly dejected as the game progressed, viewers watching the live stream couldn't help but joke:

"Brother Weiwu can only beat professional players in tournaments, he's really bad at ranked games."

After losing six games in a row, Shen Lang couldn't hold back any longer and directly self-destructed in front of Abu standing behind him.

"I'm not going to play this ranked game anymore. If you really want revenge, just drag me off this building. A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one. Compared to jumping off a building, playing ranked games is pure mental torture..."

Hearing this, Abu really wanted to laugh, feeling incredibly pleased.

Of course, it was impossible to drag Shen Lang off the building. Seeing the look of mutual destruction on Shen Lang's face, Abu had no choice but to compromise.

"If you don't play ranked matches, then play ARAM (All Random All Mid) matches. At least you can practice your team fight skills."

So Shen Lang went to the Howling Abyss and started a free-for-all, hoping to have some fun and relieve his mood.

The game starts quickly, and random heroes appear on the screen.

Garen!

"Fuck Garen!"

Shen Lang simply shut down the computer with one click.

I'm done practicing, time for bed!