Xu Junyan's words alone were naturally just a drop in the bucket, easily drowned out by the heaps of Royal Hooligans' comments.
But that did not matter. Spending some money on a fan badge would turn his comments colorful, making them much easier to notice, right? It would also make it easier to maintain his Royal Hooligan disguise.
It was only a small gift worth a few bucks. Xu Junyan did not care, treating it as money tossed out to feed dogs.
Xu Junyan quickly typed out a second comment:
Why the hell does he deserve to reach Korean server Rank 1?! He's a trash actor, so why does he get to do it?
As expected, after he sent two consecutive colored comments, they immediately caught the attention of the other Royal Hooligans. Quite a few swarmed over like locusts.
"I saw it on Douyin too. It's fucking disgusting! How can some clout-chasing actor reach Korean server Rank 1? Are the Korean server admins idiots?"
"I've been reporting him the whole time, but nothing works. His backers must be pretty powerful, huh? /sweating"
"If Xiaohu ran into him again, he'd stomp him effortlessly. It's only because Xiaohu doesn't play on the Korean server anymore that trash like that gets to show off!"
"..."
The comments gradually picked up momentum. At the mention of minnaaQAQ from half a month ago, countless Royal Hooligans still felt their faces burning. Some were humiliated into rage, furious beyond measure, wishing they could kill that person.
In truth, after that day, Letme had forced a smile and shifted the blame with one sentence: that guy was a streamer chasing clout. Countless Royal Hooligans immediately obeyed like a locust swarm, crazily searching every major platform for this so-called "imaginary" streamer.
But Letme had only been spouting nonsense to comfort himself. How could they possibly find this streamer?
As time passed, they could only grit their teeth in secret and swallow that poisonous resentment, hoping their RNG daddies would run into him again someday and preferably beat him senseless, so they could put on airs again.
Strangely enough, after that day, no one on RNG played on the Korean server anymore, forcing them to keep that resentment bottled up until they were nearly driven mad.
Now that the old matter had been brought up again, they were naturally still humiliated and enraged, still wishing they could kill that person. Hearing that he was about to reach Korean server Rank 1 made every one of them feel as miserable as if their mothers had died.
Xiaohu had glanced at the comments many times and had long seen people bringing it up. He had simply pretended not to notice, desperately suppressing the surging anger and humiliation in his heart.
He had known for a long time that minnaaQAQ was about to reach Korean server Rank 1, since he also had an account in high-elo Korean server games. He had merely kept a deadpan face and pretended not to know. Letme was the same, except Letme's expression was even more lifeless.
He had thought these idiotic comments would stop after a while, and he tried his best to ignore them. But they just kept coming!
Finally, he could no longer hold it in or keep acting. His eyes blazed with humiliated fury as he sneered, about to mock and ridicule him—when he suddenly saw someone walk in through the training room door.
Damon!
Xiaohu jolted and forcibly swallowed his anger again, temporarily pushing down the humiliation, rage, and hatred in his heart as well.
Damon keenly caught Xiaohu's reaction. Frowning, he walked over and stood behind him, watching his stream.
After one look, he quickly understood.
He had not forgotten how Xiaohu and Letme had exploded with rage in the training room half a month ago, smashing keyboards and computers in humiliation. The cause of it all seemed to be this minnaaQAQ.
Because of that, Damon had feared that Letme and Xiaohu would encounter him on the Korean server and lose their heads again, damaging RNG's grand image-building campaign. Thus, he had made everyone on RNG get off the Korean server and play ranked on the Chinese server instead.
But he had never expected that this person truly had the potential to reach Korean server Rank 1, and that his influence would persist until today.
Damon thought for only a moment before immediately forming a plan.
This was not a bad thing. With this plan, perhaps they could successfully hype up RNG and Xiaohu's public image once more.
Damon smiled smugly to himself, cleared his throat, and acted as though nothing had happened. Bracing both hands against the back of Xiaohu's chair, he leaned down and said in surprise:
"Oh? Is minnaaQAQ about to reach Korean server Rank 1? That's a good thing. We should congratulate him."
"Xiaohu and Junze only had a tiny little disagreement with him. Neither Xiaohu nor Junze actually took it seriously, so there's no need for everyone to keep bringing it up. In fact, if he truly reaches Korean server Rank 1, I, Damon, RNG's team manager, am willing to personally sign him to RNG."
Xiaohu, who was in the middle of a game, immediately glanced at Damon, only to receive a cold, stern look in return. Xiaohu shuddered, read the situation sharply, and did not dare say another word.
Unhurriedly, Damon typed out a message on his phone to remind Xiaohu: "Even if we really sign him, you can take revenge however you want later. Cooperate with me for now."
After seeing that message, the overwhelming humiliation and anger in Xiaohu's heart finally began to fade. Instead, he grew excited. Without hesitation, he nodded with a fake smile. "That's right, the manager is correct. No fight, no friendship. Everyone has their reckless younger days. I'm actually looking forward to the day this brother joins RNG and becomes family with us."
The Royal Hooligans in the stream heard Damon introduce himself as RNG's team manager, then heard their Daddy Xiaohu speak up as well. They immediately changed their tune and began barking away.
"Xiaohu is so magnanimous."
"This is what a pro player should be like! Look! Look at Xiaohu's broad-mindedness. I knew I hadn't supported the wrong person. /grinning"
"That makes sense. Brother Hu and Junze never took that ranked game seriously in the first place. Who would even remember it?"
"Not only is he not holding a grudge, he even said he'd personally recommend the guy to RNG. My God, Xiaohu is too sweet! Such a warm-hearted man—I love him to death!"
"That guy is fucking lucky. If he can use this chance to join RNG, it'll be a blessing earned over eight lifetimes!"
"..."
Seeing how positive the response was, Xiaohu became even more energized. Maintaining his magnanimous smile, he said in his drake-like voice, "I mean it. Don't take it as a joke, everyone. If anyone here knows anything about minnaaQAQ's background, just DM me directly. I sincerely want to bring him to RNG."
Damon, standing behind him, nodded in satisfaction and added, "Xiaohu is right. As RNG's team manager, I'd also like to formally extend an invitation here to minnaaQAQ, this solo queue player. RNG sincerely welcomes you. We hope you can join our Mud Monster family. From then on, we'll all be one family. Rest assured, as long as you come, RNG will absolutely offer you the best treatment in the entire LPL. Everyone in the LPL knows how good RNG is. They all call us the most humane club in the LPL. I believe that once you join us, you'll quickly come to like RNG too."
Though his eyes hid venomous resentment, Xiaohu chimed in from the side, shamelessly putting on an act as he joked, "Yeah. Once you come, you'll be the big brother. We can duo queue together, and you can carry me."
Damon gave Xiaohu another satisfied look and declared generously, "Everyone in the stream can serve as witnesses. You can also clip this part of the stream and post it on short-video platforms. Help us find this solo queue friend and tell him that RNG truly welcomes capable young people like him. We desire a championship more than any other club. We'll be strong next year, and next year's championship will definitely belong to RNG!"
With the two of them playing off each other, the Royal Hooligans in Xiaohu's stream were completely ecstatic, spamming comments wildly.
"I'm crying, my Mud Monsters! So touching!!"
"Mud Monsters thirsting for talent—who wouldn't like a club like this? I'll be an RNG fan forever!"
"RNG is my dad!"
"The facts prove once again that RNG is truly magnanimous!"
"RNG is awesome!"
"Last year's Worlds was ruined by that damn traitor, but it's okay. This year's RNG is even stronger than last year's. This is our year with the greatest hope!"
"I'm crying. Being able to support a club like RNG in this life is truly so lucky, sob sob~"
"..."
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