LOL: The Joy of Being a Chinese Mid-Laner in the LCK
Chapter 45

SKT's Shocking Official Announcement: LCK's First Chinese Mid-Laner Joins!

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Xu Junyan posted on Weibo, it was already almost 2 AM. After posting, he was too lazy to look at it again and just went straight to bed.

He had done quite a bit on his first day at SKT, and Xu Junyan felt quite exhausted. He slept exceptionally soundly.

However, while he slept soundly, Weibo exploded!

It was true that it was 2 AM, but in today's society, there were plenty of night owls. Many people scrolled through Weibo in the middle of the night, and there were also quite a few Royal Hooligans who stayed up late doing nothing, specifically waiting to bark at Xu Junyan's Weibo.

Yes, the Royal Hooligans were just that bored and troublesome. Once they set their sights on someone, they were no different from clingy flies.

As soon as Xu Junyan posted this Weibo, the views instantly went from over a hundred, to over a thousand, then over ten thousand, and continued to increase.

After reading this Weibo, the Royal Hooligans were filled with anger, almost exploding instantly!

"Damn! What is he talking about?"

"Mocking the LPL? Is he mocking the entire LPL with this Weibo? Declaring war on the entire LPL? He's gone mad! Does he want to ruin the LPL?"

"Ungrateful wretch, how dare you?!"

"You're the one who's all glitter on the outside and rotten on the inside! You're the one who's dirty! Who are you implying?"

"Who the hell has been aiming for the championship every year! You can't argue, so you just resort to slinging mud, right? Oh! I get it, it's definitely because he saw that RNG is definitely going to win the championship this year, and he's jealous!"

"He's about to have a star on his jersey, but he'll never have that chance again. Is he driven mad by envy?"

"He probably just reached rank one on the Korean server with great difficulty, and then when he looked back, he realized that not only RNG, but the entire LPL had no place for him. He's completely broken! /Smug"

"Right, right! That's exactly it, serves him right! For offending our RNG, you didn't cherish such a great club, serves you right!! /Sweating face emoji"

"Now it's great, beautiful! The ungrateful wretch will never be able to play professionally again, nice! I'm so happy I could die! Hahaha! Piss him off!"

"..."

The initial emotions of the Royal Hooligans were anger and shame. They hadn't expected that even after all this, Xu Junyan would still dare to speak out publicly against them, even daring to confront the entire LPL without fear.

Why? Who gave him the courage? Shouldn't he be keeping his head down and acting submissively, or perhaps crying and apologizing to them?

Thinking back to how they had suffered a huge loss at Xu Junyan's hands just yesterday, losing face in front of the entire nation and being so angry they almost spewed smoke.

But then they thought, perhaps this was Xu Junyan's desperate reaction after realizing there was no place for him in the LPL?

The Royal Hooligans, who were best at finding excuses for themselves, comforted themselves this way, and instantly became happy again. They became arrogant and smug, mocking Xu Junyan for being completely unwanted in the LPL, calling him pathetic.

Over the course of three hours in the early morning, Xu Junyan's Weibo post continued to ferment, being reposted and cursed at by the Royal Hooligans everywhere.

At 5 AM, the Weibo post officially appeared on the trending searches, being seen by more people.

The first professional player to repost this trending topic was RNG.Uzi. After S8's Clearlove gradually retired, Uzi was the person with the largest following in the entire LPL.

He reposted the trending topic and commented, "Clown! It's understandable that he doesn't have a team. But someone like him, it's fortunate he never stayed with the RNG club. If he had managed to win this year's championship, it would have been the biggest joke in the entire LPL. He doesn't deserve to wear a jersey with a star!"

As soon as Uzi spoke, the Royal Hooligans, especially the purer gsls, instantly found their leader and became even more excited. They excitedly left comments under Uzi's Weibo, cheering wildly and shouting that their master was right, their master spoke well.

Between 5 AM and 6 AM, many LPL clubs, such as JDG, VG, RW, and others, also participated by reposting the Weibo, condemning Xu Junyan's actions, denouncing him for publicly mocking the entire LPL as a player, and questioning if Xu Junyan was trying to rebel against heaven. They reminded him that he was also an LPL professional player! RNG also made a statement, with two words: 'A pity.' They were still aggressively marketing their innocent image.

At 7 AM, the LPL official, after unprecedentedly stepping in to support RNG and confront Xu Junyan yesterday, made another appearance.

[Given that the statements made by player Silence have had a significant impact, causing extremely vile damage to the LPL's image, and have also provoked backlash and displeasure from the entire LPL, the following penalty is hereby imposed.]

[Player Silence is suspended for 10 years! After 10 years, further action will be taken based on his performance. All players are warned to take heed.]

The LPL official once again stepped in, and this time, they directly suspended Xu Junyan for a full ten years.

What did this mean? It completely cut off any possibility of Xu Junyan continuing to sign and play in the LPL.

The Royal Hooligans were completely ecstatic.

"Haha! Ten years! The official did a great job!"

"In ten years, he'll be old news. Wasn't he so great? Let him keep being great, haha, this is hilarious."

"This is the consequence of offending our RNG!"

"This guy is completely finished, hahaha!"

"Jump! If you have the guts, keep jumping! The LPL has completely banned you, what else do you have to play with! /Sweating face emoji"

At the RNG base, it was early morning, but many people were gathered in their training room. Team manager Damon, starting players Letme, Xiaohu, Uzi, and others were all present.

"Haha!"

Damon suddenly burst into laughter, holding his phone. He smugly announced, "That kid Xu Junyan is completely finished. The official announcement states he's suspended for ten years!"

Who among professional players didn't know that the peak period for League of Legends professional players was only two years? Once they got older, in their thirties, who could still play at that level?

A ten-year ban undoubtedly meant that Xu Junyan was completely finished!

"Good!"

Letme was the first to jump up, a venomous cold smile on his face. "It should have been like this long ago!"

"I don't even know how he planned to fight us. I was too lazy to step in before and let him run wild. Today, with just one Weibo post from me, can't I finish him?" Uzi sat in his seat with a look of arrogant disdain.

Seeing that Uzi had said so, Xiaohu immediately chimed in, also with a victorious and smug expression. "I can only say he deserved it. If he had just honestly taken the blame earlier, everything would have been fine. Now, if he doesn't die, who will?"

"He died beautifully!" Mlxg said with a sense of vengeful pleasure and schadenfreude. "What the hell was he pretending to be! Is he someone our RNG can be messed with?"

The others sneered, mocked, or gloated before slowly coming back to their senses. They noticed one person hadn't said anything, and their gazes all turned to the team's only silent support, Xiaoming.

"What's wrong, Shi Senming? Aren't you happy?" Damon asked, frowning slightly, clearly displeased.

Xiaoming's face was a little pale, as if he hadn't heard what everyone was saying. His eyes were fixed on his phone screen, his fingers tapping frantically.

"Shi Senming!"

Uzi was getting annoyed, his face flushing with rising heat. He cursed.

Xiaohu, alert, flinched unexpectedly. Realizing Uzi wasn't talking to him, he chuckled sheepishly and immediately turned an angry gaze towards Xiaoming.

Xiaoming snapped back to reality, his face as white as paper. Looking at the RNG members, his heart pounded wildly.

"What the hell are you so upset about? Feeling sorry for him?" Damon asked, his displeasure evident.

"No, no, it's not that."

Xiaoming's face was deathly pale. Trembling, he took out his phone and said, "I was just scrolling through Instagram and saw this post..."

Mlxg, who was closest, still had a gloating smile on his face. He casually tilted his head to look, but after just one glance, his expression froze instantly.

Next, Uzi, Xiaohu, Letme, and Damon, one after another, frowned and leaned in. After reading it, their expressions changed dramatically, and they all looked incredibly grim.

On the phone Xiaoming held up, the top trending Instagram post read:

[Major News Today! Due to poor performance at the start of the season, SKT officially announced the addition of new top laner Silence at 8 PM today. Shockingly, the player is actually a Chinese support from the LPL!!]

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