Am I Your Dad?

EDG Esports Club.

Inside manager Abu's office, Ming Kai cried out, "I don't agree!"

"We already have Mouse. Why are we looking for a new top laner? And if you want someone who can split-push and carry the team, we have Tong Yang too!"

At that, Abu's expression stiffened. He immediately said, "Do you think Tong Yang can do it? Don't you know what he did back then?"

Ming Kai's face darkened. Of course he knew what Tong Yang had done.

After the Season 5 MSI, Buddha's Palm had defeated SKT. It should have been something the entire LPL could celebrate.

Yet before his contract had even expired, Tong Yang had asked the club for a raise.

From the club's perspective, it was understandable to refuse a raise before the contract ended. But when Tong Yang saw that the club had rejected his request, he immediately gave up. By now, he had practically wasted away.

Ming Kai had a good relationship with Tong Yang, so naturally, he wanted to see him make a comeback. When he heard that Abu wanted to find a top laner with a different style for the team, Ming Kai had thought Tong Yang had another chance. He never expected Abu to want to recruit someone else from outside or promote someone from the academy.

"It's settled. I think Easy, the former RNG substitute top laner who's been making such a fuss online lately, is pretty good. Let's see whether he can reach rank one on the national server. If he does, I'll arrange for someone to contact him. I'm giving you a heads-up first."

Abu had not needed to tell the players about the club's decisions, but Ming Kai was a club veteran, the team's big brother, and the club's biggest source of traffic. It was better to tell him.

Seeing how resolute Abu was, Ming Kai had nothing else to say. He could only fling his arm aside and leave in anger.

Watching Ming Kai's back view, Abu slumped in his chair, holding his head as he stared at the famous moments from Season 6 matches on his computer. He could feel his blood pressure rising again.

EDG's results had been poor these past two years, though there were many reasons for it.

For example, Ming Kai was always invincible in the LPL, yet whenever he reached the World Championship, he would fall apart and make the most brainless plays at precisely the right time and place.

But after seeing the performances of Semb, Huni, and the others this year, Abu suddenly felt that EDG could use a change in style.

All this time, EDG's top laners had only needed to know three champions.

Maokai, Maokai, and Twisted Treant.

Mosue had always been called the "Maokai specialist," which was why he had been able to hold onto the starting lineup top-laner position.

But this time, Abu wanted to change things up. Maybe that could save this EDG team that was on the verge of falling apart.

"Chu Ran seems pretty good."

At the same time, inside a dark rental room.

Chu Ran, who was grinding away in Summoner's Rift, naturally had no idea that Abu had already set his sights on him.

Amid his teammates' praise, he claimed another ranked victory and had already reached over 500 points in Challenger.

"The season update is coming soon. I need to keep working hard, or I'll have to climb all over again after the reset."

"The new hero Camille will arrive on the national server in December. That long-legged champion with both numbers and mechanics is coming."

As Chu Ran pondered this, he glanced at the résumés he had sent to various clubs. Every last one had vanished without a trace.

That left Chu Ran somewhat disappointed.

Though he had been reborn and knew plenty of opportunities to make money, he lacked enough capital. He was counting on going pro to earn money.

Thinking of that, Chu Ran checked his Weibo and found that more and more Imperial stans were leaving comments beneath his posts. At least that was some comfort.

In just a few days, he had gained another twenty thousand Red Temperature Value.

"There aren't enough people following me yet, so I won't post any of those classic remarks for now. It'd be a waste. Once more people follow me, I'll stir up another online storm."

Chu Ran then used the Red Temperature Value to raise his mechanical skill by two points.

The perks were useful, but his own attributes were the foundation. If he could max out his attributes, he believed that even without perks, he could stand at the pinnacle of League of Legends.

Mechanical Skill: 73 → 75.

"Keep charging."

More time quietly passed, and Chu Ran had reached second place on the Ionia national server.

During this period, however, a major event occurred in the LPL scene.

EDG blitzed Poland!

Perhaps due to some force majeure, it had happened ahead of schedule, but the process and outcome had not changed much.

When Chu Ran saw the trending topic, he still could not help laughing out loud. He did not know when he would ever see this and not laugh.

EDG as a club was just too ridiculous.

With that thought, Chu Ran was about to pick up his phone and post a Sharp Review of EDG on Weibo. But after thinking it over, his job was still uncertain, and life ultimately forced him to bow his head.

Once his job was settled, it would not be too late to roast them. His Weibo only had a few thousand followers right now, and most of them had followed him only so they could insult him. He could not farm much Red Temperature Value from them anyway.

Shaking his head, Chu Ran continued queueing.

Then he instantly locked in Fiora!

But as soon as the game loaded, Chu Ran spotted two familiar IDs.

"Oh? Isn't that Brother Jujube and Hades?"

At the same time, RNG Esports Club.

Uzi took a sip of rock sugar pear drink. When he saw Chu Ran's ID, his expression immediately turned serious.

"Uzi, we got matched with Easy."

"I saw."

Uzi gave a cold snort, feeling deeply annoyed. He actually had to carry Chu Ran this game.

He had also taken a look at Chu Ran's Weibo posts.

Chu Ran had actually said he could not play Jhin!

That was pure slander!

Out of consideration for the fact that they had once been teammates at the same club, he had let Chu Ran off the hook. Otherwise, he would have hired a lawyer to send Chu Ran a legal notice and sue him for spreading rumors.

Saying that the dignified World's Number One ADC could not play Jhin—wasn't that joking?

It had only been a tactical issue that made them ban Jhin!

After the game loaded, Chu Ran found himself facing Du Ji's Irelia.

In Du Ji's Huya livestream room, when Du Ji saw Chu Ran's ID, his relaxed body immediately straightened up.

"Brothers, we got matched with Easy this game. I don't need to say much about his Fiora, right? He's already second on the national server. But watch how I crush this Fiora."

Du Ji had been smiling at first, but every time his E Skill came off cooldown and he rushed in to stun Fiora—

Either Chu Ran blocked it with W, or Chu Ran simply did not give him the angle.

In the early game, Fiora's W, Laurent's Riposte, had nearly twice the cooldown of Irelia's E Skill.

That made Du Ji refuse to believe it.

"Ah, misplay! I Q'd onto a minion!"

"I don't believe it. You can still block this E?"

Du Ji roared, Q'ing to a minion and instantly dashing into Chu Ran's Fiora's face. He used Q Skill to close in, then threw out E Skill.

There was almost no gap or backswing. Du Ji was already planning the solo kill.

But in an instant, he saw Fiora bend down into a crouch, while he himself was stunned instead. Du Ji cried out in shock!

"No, why?! How can his Fiora block even that? I seriously suspect this guy is cheating!"

A moment later, Chu Ran used AEA, then Flash Followed with E2 to strike a vital and land a critical hit. The towering Irelia let out a wail.

"Easy has slain HuyaTV-Du Ji!"

In an instant, Chu Ran saw his own mid and jungle repeatedly typing 6.

Seeing this, Xiao Ming was also a little stunned. "Easy seems like he's evolved. He Solo Killed Du Ji at level three."

"Just average." Uzi remained unmoved. "Go straight at them. We can fight this."

But just as Uzi confidently controlled EZ and prepared to kill the enemy bot lane, the enemy jungler Lee Sin suddenly appeared behind him. Uzi's expression changed at once. He hurriedly made all sorts of plays, but in the end, he still could not escape death.

That made Uzi furious. He roared, "Why the hell is this Lee Sin here?!"

After saying that, he frantically Pinged the Fiora who had just recalled, his furious anger clear in the speed of his typing.

"Why the fuck didn't you TP? The bot lane was fighting and you didn't know? Do you even understand who's carrying this game?!"

Chu Ran had originally been thinking about how to crush Du Ji and devour the LP from this match to rise to first place on Ionia.

But after seeing Uzi's words, he directly burst out laughing.

An old lady crawling into bed had somehow made him laugh his ass off.

He immediately started typing, and several crisp, forceful words appeared in the chat.

"Am I your dad?"