Xu Junyan posted on Weibo. It was already nearly two in the morning, and after posting it, he could not be bothered to look any further. He went straight to sleep.
It was his first day at SKT, yet he had already handled quite a few things. Xu Junyan felt rather exhausted, and he slept exceptionally soundly.
But while he slept peacefully, Weibo exploded!
Granted, it was a post made at two in the morning, but in this day and age, there were plenty of night owls and plenty of people scrolling through Weibo in the middle of the night. There were even quite a few Royal Hooligans who had nothing better to do than stay up all night waiting to bark under Xu Junyan's Weibo.
Yes, Royal Hooligans were just that bored and that troublesome. Once they set their sights on someone, they clung to them like flies.
The moment Xu Junyan's Weibo post went up, its views instantly passed a hundred, then a thousand, then ten thousand, and continued climbing.
After reading the post, the Royal Hooligans were filled with fury and practically exploded on the spot!
"Fuck! What is he even saying?"
"Mocking the LPL? This post is mocking the entire LPL! Is he declaring war on the whole LPL? Has he gone insane? Does he want to destroy the LPL?"
"You ungrateful bastard, how dare you?!"
"You're the one who looks good on the outside but is rotten within! You're the filthy one! Who the fuck are you implying is dirty?"
"Who the fuck has been talking about winning the championship every year? Can't win an argument, so now you're just slinging mud, huh? Oh! I get it. He must have realized RNG is definitely winning it all this year, so he got jealous!"
"His team jersey was about to get a star, but now he will never get that chance again. Has jealousy driven him mad?"
"He probably finally reached Rank 1 on the Korean server, then looked back and realized that not only RNG, but the entire LPL no longer had a place for him. He must have completely cracked, right? /smug"
"Right, right, right! That's exactly it. Serves him right! You dared offend our RNG. You didn't cherish such a great club, so you deserve this!! /sweatdrop"
"Now this is great, beautiful! That ungrateful bastard will never play professionally again. Nice! I'm practically dying of happiness, hahaha! Bet you're mad!"
"..."
At first, the Royal Hooligans were furious and humiliated, because they had not expected Xu Junyan to dare publicly speak out against them even now. He had even directly gone after the entire LPL without the slightest fear.
Why? Who gave him the courage? Shouldn't he have tucked his tail between his legs, or tearfully begged them for forgiveness?
Then they remembered how badly they had been humiliated by Xu Junyan just yesterday, losing face before the entire country. They were so furious they had nearly started smoking.
But on second thought, perhaps this was simply Xu Junyan panicking after realizing the LPL no longer had any place for him?
The Royal Hooligans, who were best at finding excuses to soothe themselves, comforted themselves this way. They immediately became happy again, smugly mocking Xu Junyan for being completely unwanted in the LPL. How pitiful.
Over the course of three hours that night, Xu Junyan's Weibo post continued to gain traction as Royal Hooligans reposted it everywhere and hurled abuse.
At five in the morning, the post officially hit the trending searches and was seen by even more people.
The first professional player to repost the trending topic was RNG's Uzi. After Clearlove gradually began stepping back in S8, Uzi was now the biggest traffic magnet in the entire LPL.
He reposted the trending topic and commented, "Clown! It's understandable that no team wants him. Luckily, someone like him didn't remain at RNG. If he had somehow coasted his way to this year's championship, it would have been the biggest joke in the entire LPL. A jersey with a star on it is not something he deserves to wear!"
The moment Uzi spoke up, the Royal Hooligans—especially the more hardcore GSL fans—instantly seemed to have found their master. They became even more excited, flooding Uzi's Weibo with comments, cheering wildly and shouting that their master was right and their master had spoken well.
Between five and six in the morning, many LPL clubs, including JDG, VG, and RW, also joined in reposting the post. They angrily condemned Xu Junyan's actions, condemned him for publicly mocking the entire LPL as a player, and demanded to know whether he was trying to rebel. Had he forgotten that he was also an LPL professional player? RNG also weighed in with two words: "What a pity." They continued frantically promoting their own pure-and-innocent image.
At seven in the morning, after unprecedentedly stepping in yesterday to support RNG and confront Xu Junyan, the LPL officials stepped in once more.
In light of the considerable impact caused by player Silence's remarks, which have severely damaged the LPL's image and sparked backlash and dissatisfaction throughout the LPL, the following punishment has been issued.
Silence is banned from competition for ten years! After ten years, further action will be determined based on his conduct. All players are asked to take this as a warning.
The LPL officials had stepped in again, and the moment they did, they directly handed Xu Junyan a full ten-year suspension.
What did that amount to? It completely cut off any possibility of Xu Junyan ever signing with an LPL team and competing again.
The Royal Hooligans were utterly ecstatic.
"Haha! Ten years! The officials did a beautiful job!"
"In ten years, it'll all be ancient history. Wasn't he so amazing? Let's see him keep being amazing now. Hahaha, this is killing me."
"This is what happens when you offend our RNG!"
"This guy is completely finished, hahaha!"
"Keep jumping around if you can! The LPL has completely banned you. Let's see what you can still do now! /sweatdrop"
At the RNG base, early in the morning, many people had gathered in the training room. Team manager Damon, starters Letme, Xiaohu, Uzi, and the others were all there.
"Haha!"
Damon suddenly burst into laughter. Holding his phone, he triumphantly announced, "That kid Xu Junyan is completely finished. The officials have announced a ten-year ban!"
Everyone in the professional scene knew that a League of Legends player's peak only lasted a couple of years. Once they got older, into their thirties, who could still keep playing?
A ten-year ban undoubtedly meant Xu Junyan was completely done for!
"Good!"
Letme was the first to jump up, a venomous sneer on his face. "This should have happened long ago!"
"I don't even know what he thought he could use to fight us. We couldn't be bothered to get involved before, so we let him hop around like an idiot. Today, I casually made one Weibo post, and that was enough to finish him off." Uzi sat in his chair, sneering arrogantly.
Seeing Uzi put it that way, Xiaohu immediately echoed him, equally pleased with himself like a victor. "All I can say is that he deserved it. If he had obediently taken the blame earlier, this would have been over long ago. Now, if he doesn't die, who will?"
"What a beautiful end!" Mlxg wore an expression of vengeful delight as he gloated. "What the fuck was he acting tough for? Did he really think trash like him could provoke RNG?"
Only after they had all finished sneering, mocking, and gloating did they gradually realize that one person had not said a word. Their gazes involuntarily turned toward the team's only silent support, Xiaoming.
"What's wrong, Shi Senming? Aren't you happy?" Damon frowned and asked, somewhat displeased.
Xiaoming's face was slightly pale. It was as though he had not heard the others at all. His eyes remained fixed on his phone screen while his fingers kept tapping frantically.
"Shi Senming!"
Uzi grew unhappy. His face gradually reddened as his temper rose, and he cursed.
Xiaohu reflexively shuddered. Realizing Uzi was not talking to him, he gave an awkward smile before immediately turning an angry face toward Xiaoming as well.
Xiaoming seemed to wake from a dream. His face was as white as paper as he looked at everyone from RNG, his heart pounding violently.
"What the fuck are you upset about? Feeling sorry for him?" Damon looked displeased.
"No, no."
Xiaoming's face was deathly pale. Trembling, he held up his phone and said, "I was scrolling through Instagram just now, and I saw this..."
Mlxg, who was closest to him and still wore a gloating smile, casually tilted his head to look. But after only one glance, his expression instantly froze.
Then Uzi, Xiaohu, Letme, and Damon approached one after another with furrowed brows. After lowering their heads to read it, their expressions changed dramatically and turned incomparably ugly.
On Xiaoming's raised phone was a trending Instagram headline:
Today's major news! Possibly due to poor results during the competitive season, SKT officially announced at eight o'clock today that rookie top laner Silence had joined the team. The shocking part was that he was actually a Chinese import from the LPL!!
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