The Gambler's kkOma!

With the next match not far off, and directly facing KSV, who had just beaten them to become world champions two months ago, the atmosphere at SKT was still tense.

KkOma had arranged many practice matches today, from morning till night, without a break. Xu Junyan and Faker debuted together, and surprisingly, these practice matches went very smoothly.

Just a few days ago, Faker had still shown a sense of alienation within the team.

And this was Xu Junyan's very first time playing practice matches with them.

But! They were dominating!

Starting from the first match at 10 AM, they played a total of 16 practice matches against different teams, winning 8 out of 8, with an average match time of around 25 minutes.

KkOma, who had been observing from the coach's seat without moving his backside, finally breathed a sigh of relief at 7 PM when the last practice match ended.

"The results are even better than I imagined,"

KkOma muttered to himself. The heavy burden he had felt since last night had finally eased considerably.

KSV, formerly Samsung, although they had just won the championship and still had their championship roster, with the changes to the rune system and the removal of the enchanter meta, he believed their strength was much weaker than at last year's World Championship.

Therefore, this should be enough to win, right?

KkOma's gaze swept back and forth across the data analysis charts after the last practice match, looking at Xu Junyan's for a moment, then at Faker's.

As for the current evaluations of SKT on the Korean internet, he hadn't looked at them at all, nor did he want to.

He didn't even need to think about it; SKT was definitely being heavily criticized right now, and the team manager, as well as kkOma himself, would be specifically targeted.

As a region that completely dominated the game of League of Legends, a region whose players were so abundant that they constantly went abroad to play worldwide, they had actually brought in a foreign player for the first time!

It was hard not to cause an uproar, but this matter, if handled well, was indeed easy to handle. Just as he had thought last night, as long as they broke their previous two consecutive losses and kept winning and winning and winning.

"As long as we keep winning, who can shut everyone up? As long as we can bring back the championship, who will continue to whine and complain?"

KkOma withdrew his gaze from the data analysis charts, his confidence growing even firmer.

He was a legendary coach, the template king among all League of Legends coaches worldwide. And similarly, perhaps few people knew that he was actually a true gambler!

It was precisely because of his series of crazy decisions that s3 saw the rise of the invincible Demon King Faker, s5 saw the veteran top laner MaRin's "borrow 30 seconds from the heavens," and the strongest shield Easyhoon, who stood against the masses. In s6, there was Duke, the leader of the LCK's four great top laners, a monster at split-pushing, who was actually not weaker than anyone else.

Now, he was undoubtedly still gambling.

This time, he was gambling on the top lane again, SKT's and even the entire LCK's first foreign player, Silence Xu Junyan!

"Coach, I'm going to learn some Korean."

Xu Junyan came over to ask for leave.

KkOma looked at him and said with a smile, "Actually, Junyan, your Korean level is already good enough to play matches."

"The more the better."

Xu Junyan didn't get carried away by the compliment. After getting kkOma's approval, he went back to the dormitory.

As it was too late, it wasn't suitable to go to Kim Min-ah's house to study anymore. Besides, she had a schedule today and needed to host a match. The two of them discussed it and decided to study via video call. As for the payment, that meal would have to wait for another opportunity.

Xu Junyan continued studying until 10 PM tonight. With Kim Min-ah's assistance, he felt his Korean level had taken a big step forward.

His learning ability was indeed strong. He had mastered most of the vocabulary by rote memorization in half a month before. Now, with the help of a professional bilingual host, he could do much more.

"It's just that my pronunciation is still a bit off when I speak, making it easy for people to misunderstand. As for what others say, even if they speak a bit longer, I can understand most of it."

Xu Junyan silently estimated his current Korean level in his mind.

Since it was getting late, he didn't return to the training room. He simply made a cup of instant noodles in his dorm, turned on his computer, and logged in.

As soon as he logged in, the client chimed, showing that 'Hide on bush' had invited him to join a game!

In the private chat window, Faker sent a greeting: "What a coincidence, I just finished playing. Want to duo queue together?"

Xu Junyan's lips curled up, and he joined directly, continuing the SKT mid-top duo queue journey without voice communication!

Domestically, the Weibo League of Legends section, or rather the LPL competition section, surprisingly had few topics today.

After the big explosion at 9 AM, the League of Legends section seemed to have been abandoned. It was a rare and unbelievable event to have a whole day without a single trending topic.

Uninformed passersby, upon returning from work in the evening and wanting to browse Weibo for some excitement, found this scene and curiously commented, "Why is no one here today?"

Informed passersby immediately replied, "Hahaha! This morning, God Silence bombarded the LPL and dominated the Royal Hooligans, making them all shut down."

These were clearly the true fans of Xu Junyan who had emerged today. Because of the extreme reaction, they had gradually become fans of Xu Junyan, and they were now the only ones in a super good mood.

All other parties, including RNG, the club most adept at pretending to be innocent, had been silent all day today, not uttering a word.

Passersby were still confused and didn't understand.

The Royal Hooligans and the LPL fans who were still angry about how Xu Junyan dared to directly bombard the entire LPL were not entirely absent. Some of them were still on Weibo, just not knowing how to speak first.

It was awkward! Too embarrassing!

Although they were often shameless, today they had been scolded so badly by Xu Junyan that they were stunned and couldn't lift their heads. The shameless faces they usually had were slapped so hard by Xu Junyan that they burned with pain.

Another reason they didn't show up was that Xu Junyan was very strange today, extremely strange!

In the past, Xu Junyan would directly curse everyone. Even if he mentioned someone individually, it would be @RNG. But today, he actually named names!

He randomly picked out a comment and then cursed it.

For instance, Uzi, and even several Royal Hooligans who had been so self-righteous, were all singled out by Xu Junyan for public execution. They were stunned into silence, unable to retort even a single word.

The two whose IDs were specifically called out were immediately disowned by the other Royal Hooligans. Many Royal Hooligans declared that those two were not their companions. How could their companions be such useless cowards, mocked like that by Xu Junyan? It was hilarious.

Therefore, they were afraid. Afraid that if they became the target this time, Xu Junyan might call them out again.

Although none of them wanted to admit it, the fact remained: they seemed to have never been able to out-argue Xu Junyan. Every single confrontation ended with Xu Junyan emerging victorious, while they could only rage impotently! Like dogs relying on their masters' power, they hid in the crowd and hurled insults back.

Ding!

Suddenly, many Royal Hooligans, whose expressions were extremely grim and who had been lurking on Weibo, received a Weibo notification.

At 12 AM, Letme updated a Weibo post: [Hey, that person should stop already. Do you really think spending money to have SKT make some inexplicable official announcement means you can play today? SKT has three championships, would they want you? An foreign aid? Hilarious. After so many years as teammates, who doesn't know your family is rich...]

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