Is It Really That Hard to Practice One Jhin for an Entire Season?

November 10, 2016.

A Weibo post suddenly appeared on the account named RNG-Easy.

"First of all, I don't play AD. I'd like to presumptuously ask a question: is it really that hard to practice one Jhin for an entire season? Don't flame me, I'm just curious. After all, I said from the start that I don't play AD."

Looking at the Weibo post he had sent out, Chu Ran could not help feeling jealous of his own talent.

"Damn, I'm a genius!"

Chu Ran slapped his thigh, then looked up at the computer screen before him. Through his headset came the LPL commentators' congratulations for SKT and sighs for RNG.

Today, the highly anticipated RNG had been brutally crushed by SKT.

And Uzi, who had been hyped up by countless fans before the match, had been beaten senseless by Bang. Watching Uzi bite his fingers in a Red Temperature, Chu Ran burst out laughing.

They all said Uzi grew more mature every year.

He went red a few times every year. How could he not ripen?

He was practically overripe.

Chu Ran could not help sighing.

"Mata's still a clown, Uzi's red as ever. The timeline hasn't changed just because I was reborn. Looks like the future of the LPL still depends on me."

Watching Looper slump in his chair with a face as dark as thunder, Chu Ran almost laughed.

In this quarterfinal, aside from Looper, the other four barely even looked human.

Especially Mata's Wind Speaker Zyra in the third game—it was a classic replay right before Chu Ran's eyes.

He had thought Xiao Hu's solo kill on Faker would send the team soaring, but it once again proved that Xiao Hu was only good at flying off on his own.

Thinking about how Xiao Hu would later earn the title Great Full Filial, Chu Ran could barely hold it together.

And Chu Ran was RNG's unknown substitute top laner.

Right now, he was stuck in the water jail with Wuxin, and he had no idea when he would be able to leave this godforsaken place.

In his previous life, he had failed to use a level-three TP to protect top when a minion wave crashed under his tower during a scrim. He suffered Divine Punishment for it and rode the bench until retirement.

So in this life, he would rely on his own hard work and sweat to reclaim everything that belonged to him.

His Weibo follower count was far from ideal.

A few minutes had passed since he sent out that post, and it had only just begun to get some reactions.

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A very familiar ID appeared before his eyes.

"Uzi World's Number One ADC": What the fuck are you barking about? You don't even play AD, so what the fuck do you know? I already said Jhin was banned because of the strategy. How could Little Dog possibly not know how to play Jhin? It's because of haters like you that the LPL environment keeps getting worse.

Less than half a minute later.

"Uzi World's Number One ADC": Little Dog has won over every ADC, but he can't win over the mouths of haters like you. No wonder you can only be a top laner watching the water dispenser. You're destined to watch the water dispenser for the rest of your life!

Looking at this person's nasty comment,

Chu Ran was not angry at all. Instead, he grinned.

Good. He was red.

I like seeing you people this red.

With a thought, a panel appeared before Chu Ran.

Host: Chu Ran

Reaction Speed: 75

Dynamic Vision: 76

Mechanical Skill: 73

Awareness Acuity: 70

Red Temperature Value: 9675

Red Temperature Concept God System loaded.

Make people reach a Red Temperature to obtain Red Temperature Value.

Red Temperature Value can be used to draw traits. One draw costs ten thousand Red Temperature Value. It can also be used to increase personal attributes; ten thousand Red Temperature Value increases one point.

"There's still a long way to go."

Chu Ran sighed. He was not famous, so naturally he had no attention. In the months since his rebirth, he had sent out over a hundred Weibo posts, but almost no one cares.

As for Anti-Bar?

Don't even ask. Every post he made got deleted.

Baidu, fuck!

Hupu?

Heh. They directly said he had violated Hupu's community rules and muted him for 3,650 days.

Although he did not like this netizen called "Uzi World's Number One ADC,"

at least the guy was a diligent victim who provided him with Red Temperature Value.

"I'm just a little short of enough Red Temperature Value to draw a trait. I wonder what my first trait will be?"

His natural talent was not quite enough. Judging by his current attributes, he was at most a second-rate LPL player.

Esports did not care about anything else. It was all about talent.

If you were born with it, you had it. If you were not born with it, you did not.

If he had not received protagonist treatment after being reborn, Chu Ran would have run away from RNG long ago to work in another industry.

Looking at Wuxin, who shared the water jail with him, Chu Ran felt a surge of emotion.

When Wuxin had first arrived at the water jail, he swore that he would leave this place soon.

And then—

He got his contract Blocked.

Every day, he stayed in this water jail, picking at his toes and playing games. Occasionally, he went out to play in the LSPL, but the results were not very satisfactory.

Seeing RNG eliminated by SKT, he was actually one of the most excited people there.

"Brother Ran, Uzi didn't perform very well this time. Do you think I might have a chance to escape the water jail?"

"Absolutely impossible."

Chu Ran answered without even thinking, and the smile on Wuxin's face immediately vanished.

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This guy, seriously.

Wuxin cursed inwardly. He did not understand why, but Chu Ran had seemed like a completely different person these past few months.

He had gone from being humble and quiet to being sharp-tongued. Every sentence Chu Ran said always stabbed straight into his heart.

By now, his heart was already riddled with holes.

"Brother Ran, can't you say something nice? Maybe I'll make the starting lineup as AD. When that happens, I can pull you out of this water jail too."

"Look, you posted on Weibo again." Wuxin laughed helplessly. "This is killing me. It really is hard to practice one Jhin for an entire season, because he never practiced him at all. I don't even know what the club sees in him. Hmph, how can a great man remain depressed beneath another for long!"

Chu Ran laughed. Wuxin was beyond saving in this life.

The main thing was that he was not too bad, but he was not too strong either.

Being stuck in this position was the most painful part.

"Take my advice. Use all your savings to buy something called Bitcoin, then retire once your contract ends."

"Huh?"

Although Wuxin still had doubts, Chu Ran did not bother with him anymore. He turned on the low-end computer before him and called Wuxin over to Duo queue.

He played Fiora.

Although Blade Waltz would never return, the feeling of One Second Four Breaks still intoxicated Chu Ran.

This was also the champion he played best.

People called him a Fiora specialist.

Throughout the entire match, all he heard was Wuxin's praise.

"Holy shit, Brother Ran, when did your Fiora become this good? That One Second Four Breaks just now made the enemy top-lane Nautilus evaporate on the spot. You completely blew my mind."

"Basic stuff. Don't praise me."

Just as Chu Ran was starting to show off, the water jail's door was suddenly shoved open with a loud bang.

"Chu Ran, come out for a moment. I need to talk to you."

Just now, RNG's loss to SKT had already put RNG's management in a foul mood.

Then they saw Chu Ran's Weibo post and immediately flew into a rage.

Looper had originally been about to leave RNG, and management had planned to promote one of Letme and Easy, Chu Ran's ID.

Although it had not caused much of an impact, they now unanimously decided to make Chu Ran get lost.

"Easy has to go."

"Who's he trying to disgust with that Weibo post? Does he have any sense of team honor at all?"

"No skill, and Little Dog doesn't like him anyway. Make him get lost and fend for himself."

And just like that, Chu Ran was kicked out of RNG.

RNG had no need for a player with little skill who loved starting fights on Weibo.

People like that were terrorists in their eyes. QG had been the warning example back then.

A moment later, Chu Ran packed his luggage, signed the termination agreement, and stood at the entrance of RNG Club. For the first time, he felt the air of freedom.

"Take this fifty yuan as travel money. If you want to try out for another team, you can contact them."

Looking at the fifty yuan in Manager San Shao's hand, Chu Ran suddenly thought of Daozhang Ale. He reached out and took the fifty yuan, then stared straight at Manager San Shao.

"Can't you give me more? You can't even give me a hundred?"

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Manager San Shao's expression instantly became extremely complicated. He pulled out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to Chu Ran, intending to take back the fifty yuan at the same time.

But Chu Ran snatched the hundred yuan, turned, and left, as though he had made up his mind about something.

Manager San Shao stood there in confusion. He saw Chu Ran wave without turning around, while his voice still lingered in his ears.

"Thanks!"