LOL: The Joy of Being a Chinese Mid-Laner in the LCK
Chapter 49

Xu Junyan's LCK Debut Against the S7 Champions! This Time It's Pure Face-Slapping

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Letme deleted that Weibo post quickly, but one minute was enough for countless Royal Hooligans who were still awake to see it and start fantasizing.

"A paid official announcement?"

"His real identity is a rich young master?"

"Real or fake?"

The Royal Hooligans, who had been acting cowardly all day and hadn't dared to show their faces or say a word, afraid that Xu Junyan would call them out and expel them from the RNG fan club the next second, only thought for less than a second before they were completely convinced and excited without a shred of doubt or overthinking!

"No wonder, no wonder! How could LCK suddenly hire an external player when they have more than enough of their own players?"

"LCK hiring an external player is pure nonsense!"

"Exactly, those Koreans win championships every year, there's no reason for them to find a substitute player from our LPL region, let alone a cast-off from our LPL region! /sweat"

"Even if LCK were to buy a substitute player, it would definitely be top players like Uzi or Xiaohu. Why him, Silence!"

"So it was bought with money, spent a lot of money, rich guy? You really know how to play, send me 50 so I can see your skills? /smirk"

"Hahaha! The biggest joke in history, paying SKT to help announce it to show off, but he can't even play. I'm dying of laughter!"

"No, has SKT become that desperate for money now? They're earning this kind of dirty money, spit! So disgusting!"

"..."

A group of people who had just converted and firmly become Xu Junyan's fans, and were called "Yan fans" by the Royal Hooligans, were about to go to sleep because there was nothing interesting on Weibo. Suddenly, they saw this scene...

The Royal Hooligans had suddenly become "super" again!

They were barking on Weibo, each and every one of them, acting incredibly smug and mocking Xu Junyan for paying for an announcement.

These Xu Junyan fans were first stunned, then speechless. They had now completely come to their senses, and seeing such outrageous remarks from the Royal Hooligans, they were truly at a loss for words.

Paying for an announcement, and paying for an SKT announcement? Are they crazy? Can't they use their brains and think properly? Who would believe this normally!

SKT, no matter how bad they were doing, was still a three-time champion dynasty, unparalleled in LOL history. Their investors came from South Korea's second-largest telecommunications operator and a major American internet giant.

With such backing, could their announcement be bought?

Besides, even if such a thing were possible, how much money would it take? It would likely be at least millions, and even then it might not work, as a false announcement would definitely affect the club's reputation.

And then there's Faker! Faker himself commented to welcome him, how could that possibly be fake?

"Are these Royal Hooligans really sick? Don't they think about anything sensible all day long?"

"I'm stunned. I almost became an RNG fan before. This is outrageous, too outrageous! Thinking that I almost became such an outrageous person before, I'm going crazy! I'm so ashamed I want to crawl into a hole! /frustrated"

"Silence spent millions just to slap the Royal Hooligans in the face. What the hell, how narcissistic are these Royal Hooligans? Who do they think they are?"

"Reality increasingly proves Silence's innocence. The purity of the Royal Hooligans is too high, aren't they just a bunch of pure idiots?"

The Royal Hooligans, who were celebrating and had straightened their necks and backs, saw Xu Junyan's fans daring to show their faces again and swarmed them like locusts to argue.

"Is this what you 'filial sons of Yan' are like? It's quite laughable!"

"How about this, let's make a bet. SKT has a match this afternoon, right? If your Daddy Yan actually plays, I'll livestream myself kowtowing! /sweat"

"Wake up, Yan fans. No matter how much you fawn over the rich guy, he won't send you 50, haha! So funny, paying for an announcement!"

"I'm putting it out there, if he plays, I'll eat it! Eat whatever you point to, I won't leave a single bite!"

"..."

The Royal Hooligans poured in overwhelmingly, their numbers were staggering. Of course, the Yan fans had argued with them yesterday and weren't scared, they just felt these Royal Hooligans were getting more and more outrageous.

Especially those who said they would eat something, didn't they say the same thing yesterday? And they had the nerve to come back today!

"Idiots!"

The Yan fans unanimously replied with the standard two-word response and then couldn't be bothered to deal with the furious Royal Hooligans anymore.

It was already late at night, who would keep arguing with these flies endlessly? When Xu Junyan played in the afternoon, they would become the clowns themselves.

Arguing with them too much would lower their IQ.

Thus, the Yan fans on Weibo withdrew from the battle, leading the Royal Hooligans to believe they had won, making them even more smug and arrogant, thinking they were so awesome.

They barked exaggeratedly on Weibo for an entire night and morning, until the afternoon when the eighth day of the LCK Spring Split arrived, and the matches were about to begin.

At 5 PM Seoul time, 4 PM Beijing time, the first match was SKT versus KSV!

The Royal Hooligans, who had treated Letme's instantly deleted Weibo post as a sacred decree and had been arrogant on Weibo all day, were in high spirits.

"If he really plays, I'll eat it! /smirk"

"The rich guy is going on stage~"

"The biggest joke of the century, a cast-off from LPL becomes the first substitute player for the three-time champion dynasty SKT of LCK! /grinning"

"If it weren't for the Emperor revealing the truth, I probably would still be in the dark about this ungrateful wretch. The Emperor is awesome!"

"Brothers, please pay attention, especially the Yan fans. I've already started streaming. I'm just watching the match live. If Silence even shows his face on the field, I'll kowtow and admit my guilt! /sweat"

"Why are the Yan fans so silent? Speak up, keep speaking up. Weren't you guys so loud before?"

The "super" Royal Hooligans moved their battlefield from Weibo to the official LCK broadcast on Huya, still with that smug look on their faces.

At 4 o'clock, on the LCK competition stage, host Kim Min-ah smiled and announced, "Now, let's invite the two teams for today's match... KSV!!!"

The S7 championship lineup of We1less, Ambition, Crown, Ruler, and CoreJJ slowly took the stage.

The next group was SKT.

At this moment, not a single Royal Hooligan was nervous; instead, the corners of their mouths were practically splitting to their ears, filled with anticipation.

After all, their "Daddy" had already revealed everything, and they believed it! They believed it completely!

Official announcement?

Just bought and paid for.

"Please welcome... SKT!!!"

Kim Min-ah's clear voice rang out across the stage once more.

Wolf walked out first, followed closely by Bang, and then, that man, mid-laner Faker, jungler Blank, top laner...

A figure that all the Royal Hooligans didn't want to see, someone who was clearly very unfamiliar yet incredibly familiar, walked out slowly behind Blank.

Xu Junyan!!

The smugness and arrogance on the Royal Hooligans' faces suddenly froze, their expressions shifting dramatically, impossible to describe.

A sense of immense disorientation and absurdity washed over them again. Their faces first turned pale, then the temperature suddenly shot up, and their cheeks flushed red.

No! Didn't their Letme post on Weibo saying all of this was fake, all a script, just a rich guy's game?

How could this actually be happening?

The Royal Hooligans felt their bodies go numb, their faces numb too, their thoughts becoming hazy and muddled.

In just a few short days, who knew how many times they had been proven wrong!

At this moment, on the LCK commentary stream, commentator Roaring Emperor humorously introduced, "We see that SKT's top laner today is their newly activated, the first mid-laner recruited from the entire LCK, Silence Xu Junyan. Oh~! What a super handsome young man, I was captivated by his handsomeness at first sight, haha!"

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