The Clown

The four-character comment appeared bland and incredibly calm.

After all, it contained neither exclamation marks to emphasize the tone nor rhetorical questions to enhance expressiveness.

It seemed as though the commenter had simply typed on their keyboard and posted it so effortlessly.

The loyal RNG fans, who arrived like a swarm of locusts, all felt this way in their hearts at first.

However, the next second, they erupted in fury!

What the heck?!

What was this ungrateful wretch commenting nonsensically again?!

They hadn't forgotten their sole purpose for rushing over: to mock Xu Junyan, to ridicule and scorn him mercilessly.

But Xu Junyan, this ungrateful wretch, had posted such a baffling Weibo beforehand. What did he mean?

'Told you to scram.'

Huh? That's hilarious! In this context, it was clearly a response to RNG's earlier Weibo call-out, right?

"Hahahaha! I'm dying of laughter, I really can't stop laughing. You ungrateful wretch, please get up from your bed and stop dreaming, stop living in your own fantasy!"

"Oh no! Did we curse too hard and make the match-fixing guy really lose his mind? He actually thinks he's the great [minnaaQAQ], what do we do?"

"Oh my god! Quick! Someone call the psychiatric hospital, or does anyone have some urine to splash on the match-fixing guy's head? Hurry and wake him up!"

"We already said the ungrateful wretch is driven mad by envy and jealousy, especially of the great [minnaaQAQ] whom RNG is sincerely inviting across the internet. So, it's probably normal for him to be driven to madness and lose his mind out of jealousy? /side eye"

"I can only say people like him are truly disgusting. He caused trouble himself, disgusted everyone, got fired by RNG, and now he doesn't want anyone else to do well."

"Exactly! But what can he do by just spouting nonsense? No way, no way, does anyone actually believe the great [minnaaQAQ] will believe anything he says?"

"A match-fixing guy like him will never reach the top of the Korean server in his life, pfft! He's just a piece of trash not even in the top ten, or even the top hundred~"

"So, who gave him the courage to speak in that tone, saying 'Told you to scram.' Hahaha, I'm literally bursting out laughing!"

"Tried to act cool but got thoroughly slapped in the face by the entire internet. Match-fixing guy, you live up to your name. Congratulations, you successfully made me laugh out loud today. /sweat emoji"

"..."

In the blink of an eye, another hundred or so comments poured in.

When the comment count officially surpassed the 5,000 mark, a very familiar ID suddenly appeared in the comment section of the post.

RNG Esports Official Weibo!

RNG's official Weibo had entered the fray.

It commented on the post:

[Although things have changed and people are no longer the same, no one is perfect. The past is like smoke; we should let go of it and look forward to the future. The future is bright. Mud Monster hopes everyone's future will be well, and also hopes player Silence can soon walk out of his inner gloom. Although we cannot continue to cooperate for certain reasons, Mud Monster sincerely hopes player Silence can rise again! Perhaps in the future, player Silence will also become our Mud Monster's cute little fan again~ /cute /cute]

This statement was extraordinary, dealing a devastating blow to the already not-so-bright little RNG fans!

"The most humane club in the world!"

"He's still caring about a player like this ungrateful wretch, I'm about to cry. RNG is awesome!"

"This is the club I stan! I'm proud!!"

"Look at RNG's magnanimity, and then look at the match-fixing guy. His narrow-mindedness is even nauseating!"

"That's right! Even now, RNG is still wishing the match-fixing guy all the best for the future, but what did the match-fixing guy do? He's urging [minnaaQAQ] not to join RNG, haha!"

"This kind of person doesn't deserve sympathy! Go to hell!"

"Exactly! But it doesn't matter, anyway, the great [minnaaQAQ] will never care about trash like this~"

"..."

Ding!!

Just as all the RNG fans were tearfully moved by their master RNG's magnanimity and were once again furiously spewing insults at Xu Junyan, they received another Weibo update notification.

Silence Xu Junyan updated his status.

['Not rolling?']

Two words.

However, this time, following these two words was an image that all of RNG's die-hard fans and sycophants could not accept.

It was the client career homepage of [minnaaQAQ], whom they had been hyping up and aggressively promoting for the past two days!

The name was undoubtedly the [minnaaQAQ] they had been calling for across the internet, and the score was 2781, the undisputed number one in the Korean server!

Suddenly, in that very instant, across the entire LPL, countless RNG fans, whose expressions had previously been mocking, sneering, disdainful, or cold, all froze on their faces.

They couldn't believe it!

They couldn't accept it!

They even felt a strong sense of shame in their hearts due to the sheer absurdity of the situation!

This shame, this intense humiliation, made their faces instantly flush red, and the muscles in their bodies tensed up.

They couldn't laugh anymore, couldn't find it funny, and their eyelids were twitching wildly at that moment.

What the heck!

For days, they'd been rallying support online, calling out for the great minnaaQAQ, showering them with praise, treating them like an idol, a belief, hyping up how amazing minnaaQAQ was.

At the same time, during that same period, they never forgot to flood Xu Junyan's Weibo with mockery and ridicule, viciously sneering at him.

The most crucial part was that they even deliberately brought up minnaaQAQ and being number one on the Korean server as examples, comparing Xu Junyan, this match-fixer, in every way. Back then, they felt incredibly smug and thrilled, and it must have really provoked Xu Junyan.

Just now, they were still using minnaaQAQ to mock Xu Junyan's overestimation of his abilities and his daydreaming.

RNG's official Weibo wasn't much better. To show their sincerity, they even publicly humbled themselves, saying, "We humbly await the great minnaaQAQ to join us?!"

The commotion surrounding this matter had been trending on Weibo for a long time, and many people, whether they played LoL or not, had witnessed it all.

But now, a glaring reality had suddenly hit them: this minnaaQAQ and Xu Junyan were actually the same person!

MinnaaQAQ was Xu Junyan's Korean server account! And Xu Junyan, using this very account, had climbed to the number one spot on the Korean server in just over a month with a win rate of nearly 90%!

Ding!

Silence Xu Junyan's Weibo updated again.

This time, it was just as brief as before, only two words.

"Clown."

Still a period, not an exclamation mark. Still a statement, not an emphatic exclamation.

But its double meaning, targeting both RNG's die-hard fans and RNG itself, made the statement, despite being a mere statement, feel incredibly powerful, sending shivers down their spines.

Shame! An unprecedented sense of humiliation spread rapidly and fiercely through all the "Huang Za" (a derogatory term for RNG fans).

Though separated by the internet, their faces were astonishingly alike – completely flushed! Red from the nape of their necks all the way to their faces!

They had made such a huge blunder, making a complete fool of themselves in front of the entire nation!

They trembled with rage, furious to the point of wanting to kill. Each and every one of them was on the verge of exploding with anger, hating Xu Junyan with every fiber of their being, their eyes wild with fury!

Because of this, Xu Junyan's Weibo post, titled "Clown" and containing the content "Clown," surprisingly remained silent for a full minute without a single comment.

However, at the 1-minute and 1-second mark, one "Huang Za" finally couldn't hold back, bracing themselves and sneering in response:

"You say it's your account, and we're just supposed to believe it? Save it, match-fixer. While I don't know how you got this screenshot, what isn't yours will never be yours, understand? 😅😅"