Fell for It?

"Whoa, impressive!"

After Viper dodged two of his W casts and three of his Q casts in a row, Lin Heng had a hunch that Viper had realized what was going on.

He only confirmed it after On came over and dodged two more abilities.

"What is it?" Uzi, who was getting a little bored farming, asked after hearing Lin Heng talking to himself.

"Viper realized I'd studied their movement habits, and he was able to stop moving according to his usual habits on short notice."

"Movement habits?"

"Yeah. You don't dodge based entirely on reactions either, do you?" Lin Heng asked as he continued casting abilities.

"Of course not! I used to be able to rely on my reactions, but now I mostly go by feel." Uzi made the self-deprecating remark with a hint of melancholy.

"Right. Everyone moves a little differently when they're going by feel. For some people, rather than calling it 'dodging,' it's more like 'throwing out a feint' to make the other person miss.

"Some people like to juke back and forth, and some like to press S. Everyone has different movement habits, and once they've formed them, it's very hard to change the way they move subconsciously."

After Lin Heng finished explaining, Uzi's hand stopped moving as he was last-hitting. He hadn't realized what Lin Heng had just said.

After a full second's pause, Uzi asked, a little uncertainly, "You mean your abilities are so accurate because you studied their movement habits? Whose did you study? Viper's? On's?"

As Uzi was asking his questions, he suddenly noticed Lin Heng, who had been heading toward mid lane, stop halfway and start casting his ultimate.

As it turned out, Rookie and Knight had started fighting in mid.

Knight had a third of his health left after using Flash to dodge Orianna's ultimate. Although Orianna still had just under half her health, her abilities were on cooldown, so he chose to use his ultimate right away. He was clearly going for the kill, but unexpectedly, Xerath suddenly activated his ultimate and landed a perfect hit where Akali landed after the first cast of her R. That wasn't hard to predict.

But after Akali deployed her shroud, Xerath landed another hit. Knight no longer had enough health to fight Orianna to the end.

After moving through the shroud toward the point closest to his own turret, Akali waited for Xerath's next R shot. As long as he dodged one, he wouldn't die.

But Orianna stepped forward, looking to pressure him with Q and W. With no choice, Akali used the second cast of his R to dodge the abilities. Then something happened that made his scalp tingle: Xerath's next shot actually hit him as he used the second cast of Perfect Execution toward his turret.

With only a sliver of health left, Akali used E without hesitation. She had already reached the edge of Xerath's ultimate range, and after having his movements predicted and hit twice in a row, he had also heard Viper and On talking about how accurate Lin Heng's predictions were. He no longer dared trust his own movement.

But to his surprise, the final shot of the ultimate landed on him right in the path of his E, instantly reducing his health to zero.

Rite of the Arcane! Every shot hit!

All ten players in the game, along with the coaches and staff on both sides, held their breath as they watched the entire display called "prediction."

After two full seconds of silence, everyone erupted at once.

On BLG's side, Knight was left speechless as he looked at the damage from Xerath's ultimate in his death recap.

Xun asked doubtfully, "Seriously? Did someone on the other team plug in a USB drive?"

Bin silently blinked hard twice, paused to process it, then went back to laning.

Viper said with complete certainty, "He really knows our movement habits. He must have watched a lot of our replays."

The others still found that explanation a little hard to accept. It was just too outrageous.

"Wait, seriously, dude? I'll be honest, how is that any different from cheating?" Ning even took off his headset and looked over at Lin Heng, who was sitting in the farthest corner.

"Damn, that was incredible." Rookie smiled as he looked at the fallen Akali on his screen.

"Oh? Your abilities are way too accurate, aren't they?" TheShy was also a little incredulous as he moved his camera back to his own lane.

After picking up the kill on Akali, Lin Heng continued answering Uzi's earlier question.

"I have a lot of free time. I don't get to play many matches, after all, so I have plenty of time to watch replays. I study pretty much all the new-generation starters and the veterans who've stayed at the top. Know yourself and know your enemy, and you'll never be defeated in a hundred battles."

Hearing Lin Heng's answer, Uzi felt a little dazed and continued asking blankly:

"I heard about your situation from the manager and the others. You look like you could be out of a job at any moment, so why are you still willing to spend so much time studying this stuff?"

"Because I figure I'm going to play professionally eventually," Lin Heng answered without hesitation.

"But what if you hadn't gotten this chance this year, or even next year? What would you do?" Uzi pressed.

"Then I'd wait." Lin Heng's expression was calm.

"How long could you wait?"

"Until I got to play in a match, of course." Lin Heng spoke as though it were the most ordinary thing in the world.

But when he saw Yunara standing still on the screen, he belatedly turned to look at Uzi beside him.

Uzi stared blankly at the screen, lost in thought, repeating Lin Heng's answer under his breath.

"Until I get to play in a match... until I get to play in a match..."

He took off his headset and looked up at the ceiling. Everyone turned to look at him, unsure what was going on.

After taking seven or eight deep breaths, Uzi slowly said, "So it was really that simple?"

After he had composed himself, he forced a smile and looked at the boss behind him. "The support's really good. You've found a gem."

In just two scrims, Lin Heng had earned the recognition of his teammates and the club.

Although they had some reservations about the champions Lin Heng had chosen, his overall mechanics, awareness, communication, and even shot-calling were all excellent.

The club gave Lin Heng an excellent score of 95.

Only one person gave Lin Heng a score of 100! That was Danny.

As soon as the tryout ended, Danny stuck close to Lin Heng and peppered him with questions, even getting Rookie to translate anything he couldn't understand.

"Besides those two, what other supports can you play?"

"I can play anything you dare to pick for me."

"Like what? What are you best at?"

"As long as the team comp and the lane matchup are right, you can pick any of them."

"Don't you have any champions you're super confident on? Ones you feel you can score with as soon as you pick them?"

"Uh... Sylas?"

"?"

"Then... Anivia?"

"?"

"Not satisfied? LeBlanc?"

"?"

"Sett? Riven? Ginseng? Varus?"

"????"

"Is it possible I was asking about supports?"

"Is it possible I was talking about supports too?"

"Good! Good! Good!" Coach Danny was excited. It seemed the player in front of him was just what he wanted.

Only Uzi, standing to the side, looked at his support in bewilderment, as though he'd been tricked.

Did I fall for it?

Why do I have such an ominous feeling?