After this game, it felt a bit like a breakup match for many EDG fans. As EDG supporters, it was hard for them to ignore Scout's enormous contributions during his time with EDG—not to mention that one of them had been the World Championship EDG had waited so many years for. But on the other hand, what he had done was indeed pretty underhanded. JKL called Guo Hao his lifesaver and thanked Hao Ge directly after the Summer Finals, while Certain Boss paid a Korean player's fine and still got indirectly mocked for it.
All one could say was that "I" was probably sick. After winning the championship and FMVP, "I" felt uncomfortable no matter what, groggy and utterly drained. "I" had always known that winning a championship would send my market value soaring. Yet while waiting at the base to receive the apartment, homesickness arose for no reason, and panic followed close behind. I touched my two pockets. One held a contract, and the other also held a contract.
It was pretty damn ungrateful.
Over at EDG's player area, after shaking hands and performing the Knight's Salute, the group packed up their belongings and hurried back to the venue's lounge. Of course, they were in such a rush not because they had successfully gotten revenge, but because of the line in the announcement saying that prize money would be settled on-site.
Especially Luo Zhen. He was the one most afraid that the money would not reach his hands today.
Don't ask. Before transmigrating, he had been conditioned by PUA tactics for far too long.
The environment in his previous life had been so rotten. The internet constantly said that "the overall employment situation remained stable"—meaning it had always been bad—and that "the unemployment rate had declined"—meaning that even working