LOL: The Joy of Being a Chinese Mid-Laner in the LCK
Chapter 15

You pro?!

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They had been beaten this badly in a 5v4. Xiaohu and Letme, who had been secretly gloating just moments ago, saw their faces turn from green to red, red to purple, purple to white, their expressions growing uglier by the second.

Yet no matter how they tried to seize an opening, the two on the other side always caught them perfectly—picking people off, split-pushing, sneaking waves into towers. They were impossible to guard against.

What frustrated them most was that although the other side only had four people, neither Ryze nor Camille could be beaten in a duel. Especially Camille—even sending three people after her might not be enough to kill her. It was incredibly troublesome.

Letme and Xiaohu suddenly fell completely silent.

Ridiculously, the chat in both of their streams also became eerily quiet. Those RNG fans who had been gleefully mocking them before now looked as sick as if they had swallowed flies.

"What does this mean? They're actually going straight for Baron? Are they looking to die?"

All of a sudden, Letme cried out in delight—no, ecstasy. The venom in his heart erupted again as he longed to avenge his humiliation.

They had truly had no answer to the invincible Camille-Ryze synergy before, but if the enemy chose to take Baron on their own initiative, wasn't that just asking to die?

"Kill them!"

Xiaohu was excited too, frantically pinging and ordering his teammates to hurry over for the fight—a 5v4 teamfight.

He had already gone completely red-hot, his face burning with humiliation and embarrassment. It had been a brutal slap in the face. But now, it seemed they had another chance to turn things around.

Idiot!

Xiaohu sneered inwardly.

But before he could finish laughing, a Crystal Arrow suddenly flew over and struck the face of the person at the very front.

Janna was rooted on the spot.

Camille stretched out her Hookshot, charged in forcefully, and kicked the ADC Caitlyn. In the instant after her Q and auto attack, Judgment of the Hextech came down. She perfectly dodged Sejuani's Ultimate Ability, thrown out with Extreme Reaction, while also scattering their tightly grouped formation.

And with Janna no longer protecting her, when Camille's second Q came back up, a Tiamat proc followed by a kick outright killed Caitlyn.

Xiaohu and Letme's side lost their strongest source of damage in the blink of an eye. Caitlyn died on the spot.

Xiaohu and Letme's expressions changed drastically. They wanted to focus Camille down, but Tahm Kench had already flashed over and swallowed Camille, protecting her.

The situation became a 4v4, but only for an instant. The moment Camille dropped Judgment of the Hextech, Ryze used his R to cross over from the Baron pit and enter the fight. After appearing, he unleashed a full combo, locking Janna down until she died.

With another person gone, Renekton, Corki, and Sejuani clearly had no way to keep fighting. They tried to flee, but there was no escape.

Although Ashe's lane had exploded, the slow from her Volley was still quite effective. And Camille's E was absolutely a pursuit tool. With Caitlyn's damage gone, Camille became completely unrestrained, diving straight into the middle of the three of them to deal damage. Behind her, Ryze rushed over and joined in.

Xiaohu and Letme fled with grim expressions. Xiaohu died during the pursuit, while Letme was chased all the way into the fountain by Camille and Ryze.

That was not even the end of it. Letme thought he had survived after that, but Camille Hookshotted onto the wall and suddenly entered the fountain, striking down with Tactical Sweep. At the same time, Ryze entered the fountain and used the simplest E and W combo, smoothly killing the low-health Renekton.

Afterward, Camille used the second part of her E to escape the fountain with a sliver of health. Ryze took one fountain shot as well, then easily walked back out.

Zero for five.

They had been utterly slaughtered.

Xiaohu and Letme's faces were truly ugly now, ugly beyond measure. Their necks were flushed crimson, and so were their faces.

An indescribable humiliation and rage consumed both of them completely.

What broke them entirely, however, was that after the ace icon appeared, Camille flashed a Robot Question Mark emote, while Ryze followed up with a thumbs-up emote.

And that was not all.

Camille, who had fallen silent after sending "BUG?" in all-chat, spoke again at that moment: "you pro?"

Those two words were far too mocking.

No one could forget that right at the start of the game, Letme had used that very question to taunt Camille, flaunting the arrogance and superiority of a professional player.

Even earlier than that, Xiaohu had proudly typed "I pro" in the all-chat box to demand a role. When two fanboys cursed people for him and made up lies that the player refusing to give up the role was an inter, Xiaohu had looked down on it all, secretly delighted and dripping with mockery.

And now?

The two professional players had been utterly destroyed by someone else—destroyed in a 4v5, no less. The irony was extreme.

Pro? Ninety-percent-off bottled water?

The funniest part was that the person named want to breathe had not responded with a single word from beginning to end, as though they were beneath his notice.

MinnaaQAQ had responded, but only twice: once with one word, once with two. It was as though saying even one more word to them would have been a waste of time.

Yet those two messages—those three words—drove Xiaohu and Letme nearly to their breaking point.

Crack! Letme and Xiaohu's streams suddenly went offline at the same time.

Inside RNG's base.

After enduring an entire game, Xiaohu and Letme finally snapped. Both had red faces and were practically jumping with rage.

"Fuck!!!"

Letme smashed his keyboard straight onto the floor and stomped on it viciously. His face twisted with fury as he screamed like a madman, "Who the fuck does he think he is? Fuck!!"

Xiaohu's face was so dark it seemed ready to drip water. In his rage, he clenched his fist and punched his monitor onto the ground, shouting furiously, "Fuck your mother, who the hell is this bastard? Who's he putting on an act for? I'll fucking kill him!"

"What happened?"

There had only been the two of them in the training room that day, but the team manager, Damon, happened to be passing by outside. Hearing the commotion, he walked in with a frown.

"We ran into an idiot."

Letme cursed in blind rage, his mouth full of obscenities, completely unlike the image he usually showed to fans and viewers.

Xiaohu's expression was terrifyingly gloomy, as though he wanted to kill someone. He recounted what had just happened.

Damon's face darkened as well, but remembering that the two had been streaming, he said coldly, "Turn the streams back on first and explain yourselves. Don't leave a bad impression on the fans. If you affect the club's upcoming marketing plans, you'll regret it."

Letme and Xiaohu's expressions both shifted. Xiaohu looked the worst, because in his rage, he had just smashed his computer.

Letme forced his expression to relax, still gritting his teeth as he cursed that Camille. He was burning with anger, but his movements were quick and obedient as he reopened his stream.

Facing the question marks in chat, his expression softened in an instant. He said, "Ah, Li Yuanhao accidentally spilled some water just now, and it short-circuited the power supply."

"Did we lose the last game, get mad from humiliation, and end the stream? No way, brothers. It really was a short circuit. As for that Camille from last game..."

"Yeah, that guy had some skill, I have to admit it. If I'm not playing seriously, I really can't beat one of those Ignite one-tricks."

Letme spoke cheerfully, making it impossible for anyone to see the hatred he had felt toward that Camille before. He added, "But seriously, stop bringing that person up. There's no point. He was just some ordinary random we ran into in solo queue. Why keep mentioning him? Who even is he? I don't know him. Maybe he came specifically to farm clout, provoke us, and make a short video, but he'll be disappointed. I'm not mad at all. Seriously, stop mentioning him. Next game, next game."

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