Red Temperature Warning!

Hiss—!

Upon hearing this, Scout's eyes widened like brass bells, his nostrils flaring wildly as he snorted, his gaze filled with fury.

[Red Temperature Value +145]

How dare he?

How dare Chu Ran speak to him like that?

Scout felt like he was going to get depressed. He wanted to post on Weibo and find his mommy fans to speak up for him!

Family, who understands~

"You"

"What do you mean, 'you'? Your Brother Ran is happy that you want to carry the game, but your Brother Ran really dislikes your attitude when you talk, understand?"

For a moment, everyone present backstage at EDG was stunned.

Seriously, dude, did you eat explosives today? Why are you so angry?

Seeing this, Meiko quickly tried to smooth things over, tugging on Chu Ran's sleeve. "Brother Ran, forget it, forget it. After all, our lineup today is better suited for mid and bot. Brother Rui Can didn't mean any harm, it's just his tone that's a bit off."

"Isn't that right, Brother Rui Can?"

"You understand again."

Chu Ran's words choked Meiko. What did he mean by "you understand again"?

Fine, Tian Ye's eyes rolled, and he wisely chose to shut his mouth.

Scout glared at Chu Ran, his face flushing slightly. At this moment, he was already thinking about how to call Mouse back.

At least Mouse honestly listened to him. Chu Ran was just a troublemaker.

In their LCK, people like this wouldn't even be fed.

If he's starved for a few days, he'll behave.

If the top laner didn't play tanks, how could he, Scout, have a stage to carry?

"Then let's see the opponent's BP later. Don't let this matter ruin our harmony," Nofe said with an awkward smile, quickly changing the subject.

Just then, the staff announced it was time to go on stage.

Scout left the backstage first with Nofe, Zet, and the others. Meiko and Chu Ran walked at the very end.

"Brother Ran, why did you have to snap at Brother Rui Can? If he posts it on Weibo later, EDG might send you to the second team to maintain their image. Your starting spot on the first team isn't even stable yet. Listen to your little brother's advice. Brother Rui Can's fans are even more terrifying than GSL. Brother Ran, you can't handle them."

"Let those mommy fans come!"

"Even if I'm bombed by GSL and bombarded by mommy fans, I, Chu Ran, will still be invincible in this world."

Chu Ran shook his head noncommittally. Actually, he wasn't deliberately targeting Scout.

Firstly, Scout had a bad attitude towards him. Secondly, Scout had a rebellious streak, so he was preemptively helping EDG avoid risks.

Thirdly, Chu Ran had his own selfish motives. League of Legends was a team game, but due to some butterfly effect, both Pawn and Scout were on EDG this year. Who would be the starting mid laner?

Chu Ran would have to cooperate with one of them to play more games, including the World Championship, in the Bird's Nest.

Chu Ran definitely hoped it would be Pawn. Since Scout was going to be a rebel sooner or later, and they would sign an intention contract anyway, if he wanted to leave so badly, he might as well let him leave earlier.

"6," Meiko gave Chu Ran a thumbs up. "So, are you going to play a tank later?"

"Depends on the situation. Playing against AJ, I can play anything. Playing against him, I don't even need smart cast. Oh, right, V me 50 yuan first."

"."

"No money, I'm a pauper too."

"Alright, I'll have to rely on myself."

Chu Ran sighed. Fortunately, he could still exploit a bug and use a smurf account to V himself.

Looking at Chu Ran's retreating back, Meiko stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

Why didn't he have this ability to act cool so effortlessly?

Was this also a talent?

As the host's shouts echoed, Chu Ran and the others took their places on the player stage one by one.

In the Zhengtai Plaza, countless Uzi haters and GSL fans gathered, filling every seat. Upon seeing Chu Ran appear, many GSL fans gritted their teeth, wishing they could rush onto the stage and beat Chu Ran up right now.

It was because of him that the title of GSL spread throughout the LPL overnight, enraging them all.

The viewership on major streaming platforms surged wildly at this moment. The match hadn't even started, but countless bullet comments were already scrolling.

[Smash this BYD, Ran Chu, for me!]

[AJ, if you don't beat Ran Chu, just retire directly.]

[As long as AJ beats Ran Chu today, Little Dog will have one-tenth of AJ's credit when he wins the championship.]

[Hurry up, my essay is ready. As long as AJ beats Ran Chu, we'll immediately start a campaign to get EDG to fire Ran Chu.]

[That's right, if you can't even beat a secondary team's top laner, what right do you have to be a starting player?]

[Beating Zz1tai and Jinoo before was just because they weren't playing well, they weren't even serious.]

As the bullet comments were in heated discussion, the camera turned to the LPL commentary desk.

"Hello everyone, welcome to the 2017 LPL Spring Split regular season match between IM and EDG. I'm commentator Miller."

"And I'm commentator Wawa."

Suddenly, the camera focused on Uzi next to them. Uzi was dressed even more handsomely than last time, and he greeted the camera with a smile.

"Hello everyone, I'm guest commentator Uzi."

Miller smiled, "It's a pleasure to be commentating with Little Dog again today. Today's match between the two teams is very exciting, it's practically an internal match for EDG. The biggest highlight is the duel between the two top laners."

"There's been a lot of discussion online recently. Easy's ability is beyond doubt, he's very strong. But IM's top laner AJ is not bad either. Last year, he led IM to a three-stage promotion, defeated 957, eliminated WE, and entered the World Championship."

"Looking at the personal career data, I think AJ is superior to Easy. After all, his champion pool is deeper and wider, while Easy hasn't shown us much of his champion pool."

After Miller finished, Uzi also nodded and agreed with a smile, "That's right. Back when Easy and I were teammates, he wasn't fast at practicing champions, and he wasn't very serious. I think as long as IM focuses on targeting his champion pool today and breaks through from the top lane, a 2-0 victory will be easy."

"Wow, it seems Little Dog knows quite a few secrets about Easy. Without further ado, let's move on to the first game's BP."

As Wawa finished speaking, the BP interface quickly appeared before everyone.

In the coin toss for side selection, Nofe lost, and IM chose the blue side.

At IM's player booth, Sun Dayong was constantly flipping through his notebook. "Ban Fiora, Maokai, and Titan. They'll ban Camille themselves. This way, Easy will have no champions to play. The data shows he doesn't play Poppy much, so we can pick her to ban. As for Jayce, he probably won't pick him."

"Sigh, IM immediately banned three top laners. This makes it very difficult for Easy. EDG banned Fizz, Kha'Zix, and Camille. So, what else can Easy play? Jayce? We've also seen him..."

Miller stopped abruptly as he felt a sharp gaze, and changed the topic.

"IM first picked Poppy. Good heavens, this basically locks down Easy's entire champion pool. EDG picked Jhin and Kha'Zix. Then IM picked Orianna and Graves. What will EDG pick third?"

At EDG's player booth.

Nofe looked at his notebook. "Zhiming, get Shen for Chu Ran."

"No way, I haven't played that champion much."

"Then what else can you play?" Nofe was taken aback. Before Chu Ran could say anything else, "Just take Shen. You'll play tank this game, and the mid and bot lanes will carry. I'm the coach, and I have the final say in BP."

Before Chu Ran could speak, Scout's voice suddenly emerged.

"If you don't want to play, let someone else do it. There are plenty of people willing to come to EDG to play tank top laners, like Ah Guang. Who can guarantee they know every champion? Don't you learn by playing? Besides, if you can't even play a tank properly, what kind of top laner are you?"

"If you don't want to play, just say so. I'll talk to the club next game."

Scout's tone was very forceful, which made Chu Ran's anger surge.

Damn it, you Korean punk, you haven't been in China for long, and you haven't learned anything else, but you've mastered this domestic essence?

You, Scout, want to be a team bully?

Then I won't indulge you.

If you spoke to me nicely, I might have considered it.

Chu Ran raised an eyebrow. He had a bad stomach and couldn't stand being pushed around.

"Uh, actually, Rui Can has a point. Should we just take Shen?"

"What point? A point that ignores the fact that I haven't played Shen much?"

"You don't consider the player's champion pool during BP? If I don't know Shen, don't talk about being a coach, you can be a beast, it won't work."

"You..." Nofe was so angry he was snorting and glaring. "Zhiming, just pick Shen! Chu Ran, I think you're going through a rebellious phase."

Going through a rebellious phase?

No, I'm reaching Red Temperature.

Warning!

Chu Ran narrowed his eyes, his expression gloomy, and his tone calm. "Zhao Zhiming, if you dare to pick Shen for me, I'll pick Lucian jungle next game."

"Oh, right, Li Rui Can, I almost forgot. If there's a game after that, I'll pick Soraka mid lane with you."

"It's fine, you just said that if you don't know it, you can learn it. If you don't pick it in a game, how will you ever learn it!"

"If you can't even play Lucian jungle or Soraka mid, then what are you playing jungle for? What are you playing mid lane for? Go home and raise pigs!"

[Red Temperature Value +231]

[Red Temperature Value +145]

Sensing Chu Ran's intense emotions, Ale, who was about to lock in Shen, stopped. Scout was instantly enraged, turning a shade of liver-red, and Nofe was taken aback.

He didn't want Chu Ran to play other champions, but his mouth seemed to have a mind of its own. "Then what do you want to play?"

"Renekton."

Everyone was stunned.

Renekton is not a good matchup against Poppy. His E skill's dash is completely countered by Poppy's Steadfast Tomboy.

This is practically a counter-pick selection. Are they not even considering AJ as a person?

And they hadn't seen Chu Ran play Renekton much either. Nofe was already cursing internally, but seeing Chu Ran's expression, he immediately followed up on Chu Ran's words, asking, "Uh, Renekton against Poppy? Xiao Ran, are you sure? Can you do it?"

Scout frowned, feeling very displeased, but why didn't he refute Chu Ran?

He felt like Chu Ran had cast a spell on him.

Chu Ran twisted his neck, his tone filled with confidence, "It's alright, I know a little bit."

"Then Renekton it is."

As expected, Chu Ran glanced at Nofe and the others, thinking that the Red Temperature warning was still useful.

As time passed, after both sides banned two more champions, IM finally locked in Lucian and Braum, while EDG locked in Alistar and Syndra. The lineups for both teams were revealed.

IM on the blue side: Top Poppy, Jungler Graves, Mid Orianna, Bot Lucian and Braum.

EDG on the red side: Top Renekton, Jungler Kha'Zix, Mid Syndra, Bot Jhin and Alistar.

Once this lineup was confirmed, the audience at the venue and in the live broadcast room were a bit surprised, and then a heated discussion immediately erupted, with mockery and exclamations echoing endlessly.

The director gave close-ups of Chu Ran and AJ's faces.

AJ's lips were slowly parting, and judging by his lip movements, he seemed to be saying—"Is this guy crazy? He picked Renekton after I picked Poppy?"

On the other side, Chu Ran's expression was calm as usual, with only a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.

"Welcome to the Summoner's Canyon."

The next second, everyone spawned in the fountain.

Looking at the Renekton king holding his axe, and recalling Nofe's worried yet subtly angry gaze before he went backstage, Chu Ran felt a touch of emotion.

Who says Poppy counters Renekton?

He, Chu Ran, didn't admit it.

So, let AmazingJ feel the pain.