Reborn: Raising an Intelligent AI with the Whole Internet
Chapter 20

Divine Hook Blitzcrank

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Miss Fortune had never expected that, despite hiding behind Warden Thresh, she would get caught, and she was instantly pulled right in front of Blitzcrank.

A basic attack, a sidestep behind Miss Fortune, then a knock-up—Miss Fortune was locked down for two seconds.

At the same time, their Caitlyn also placed a trap, and the moment Miss Fortune recovered, she was snared again.

After that full combo, Miss Fortune died just like that.

"Awesome." "That grab was so accurate." "He really is an expert." The onlookers in the Internet Cafe praised him.

Miss Fortune had given up first blood, so Warden Thresh could only retreat under the turret to defend.

Outside the turret, however, Caitlyn farmed to her heart's content. As long as Warden Thresh dared enter her range, she would tag him with two shots.

A minute later, Miss Fortune returned, but she did not rashly step out from under the turret.

Clearly, the two of them had sensed that Blitzcrank had disappeared and was very likely hiding in the brush.

Only when the next minion wave arrived did Miss Fortune cautiously hide behind the minions to farm.

But misfortune struck again. The instant a minion fell, the Rocket Grab shot through the minion's corpse and hooked Miss Fortune dead on.

The instant she was pulled over, she triggered the trap Caitlyn had placed, and with the knock-up on top of that, she was controlled for a full three seconds again. There was no suspense—Miss Fortune died a second time.

During this process, Warden Thresh also tried to place his lantern to save her, but unfortunately, the controlled Miss Fortune simply could not click it.

Whoo! A wave of cheers rang out in the Internet Cafe, and some people even whistled in celebration.

Li Nanguang realized this was a very good opening.

"Let's force an early teamfight, take down bot turret, then Blitzcrank and I will roam through the river."

This suggestion was also typed into the team chat, precisely to communicate with the player controlling Blitzcrank.

In the team chat, the numbered player replied: "Received."

Immediately after, top lane cleared a wave and recalled, mid lane also disappeared from the map, and the five-man squad gathered in bottom lane. Caitlyn still acted as bait, while the other four hid in the brush.

After suffering twice, the enemy side was clearly preparing to strike back as well. Three champions flanked in from the river, planning to pincer them together with their two teammates under the turret.

The biggest threat among them was Cassiopeia. Once she got her ultimate off, her burst damage would explode instantly.

Li Nanguang typed rapidly: "Hook Cassiopeia."

"Received."

At the same time as that reply came, Blitzcrank actually ran out of the brush, then suddenly fired his grab.

It was so sudden that there was no way to anticipate it. Before the other side could react, Cassiopeia was already hooked.

Under the focus fire of all five players, Cassiopeia died before she could even let out a scream.

An instant advantage appeared in the teamfight, but even though the enemy was fighting four against five, they still decided to continue.

Now that Blitzcrank's threat was gone, Darius charged in, cutting off Caitlyn's retreat, while Vel'Koz used stealth and opened with his ultimate, wiping out half of Caitlyn's health.

Left with no choice, Caitlyn burned Flash and flew into the brush.

Nidalee gave her a heal, narrowly pulling Caitlyn's health bar back up, then transformed and got ready.

At the same time, Lissandra used her ultimate to freeze Darius, Blitzcrank used his ultimate to silence the other opponents' skills, and Gangplank's ultimate also came crashing down.

Three large-area ultimates enveloped the enemy team. Nidalee, in cougar form, leapt out of the brush and unleashed a flurry of damage, while even the low-health Caitlyn hid in the back and threw out her full combo.

The enemy had lost the initiative and was then controlled one after another. Darius was the first to die, then Vel'Koz, and Warden Thresh failed to escape either.

This time, Miss Fortune was very cautious. If she could not win, she ran, and she had already made it under the turret.

"What a shame, no ace." The spectators sounded a little regretful.

But they seemed to have forgotten that Blitzcrank still had Flash.

With healthy HP, Blitzcrank flashed under the turret, and his just-cooled-down grab flew out again, accurately pulling Miss Fortune back.

Without any surprise, under the double assault of Nidalee and Caitlyn, Miss Fortune died in bitterness once more.

Yeah! The whole place cheered again.

Li Nanguang turned his head and shouted to Lin Qiye, "Big Lin, where did you find this expert? He's definitely pro-level."

"He's not a pro player. He only plays Blitzcrank."

"That's already really impressive."

Li Nanguang turned back and continued the game.

The bottom turret was taken down with ease, and they even grabbed the mid turret and dragon along the way.

The other side was still very tenacious, retreating to defend their second-tier turret and farm. Even when their top turret was pushed, they did not dare rashly go save it.

The root cause was that Blitzcrank's miraculous hooks made them far too wary, terrified something would go wrong again.

But this kind of turtling playstyle could not win. They had to fight another teamfight to seize back the initiative.

The opportunity came at Baron.

It was already twenty minutes in, and Li Nanguang's team suddenly disappeared from the map.

The enemy did not even need to guess to know they had gone for Baron.

Vel'Koz circled around, placed a ward, and saw Baron spewing venom.

There was no way they could allow that. The five-man team immediately came charging over.

This time, the one walking in front was Thresh, built full tank. Clearly, even if he got hooked, he could hold out for a while.

When Baron had only a third of its health left, Thresh flung out his chain and latched onto Nidalee.

At the same time, Darius dove into the backline toward Caitlyn.

With both damage dealers controlled, Cassiopeia immediately used her ultimate to freeze Blitzcrank in place, while Miss Fortune found the right angle and unleashed a cone of bullet rain.

After that full combo, Blitzcrank instantly lost half his health, and the other champions fell into danger.

When the brief control ended, Blitzcrank still landed an accurate hook on the enemy Darius, relieving the pressure on Caitlyn, then moved in front of Thresh, knocked him up, and used his ultimate at the same time.

Only then did he give up his first death.

In the end, the team fight result was not bad. Blitzcrank and Nidalee died, but the other side lost Darius, Thresh, and Vel'Koz. To avoid getting ended in one push, Cassiopeia and Miss Fortune had no choice but to retreat and defend their base.

With no enemy threat left, Baron was taken smoothly. The result was already clear.

The match went on for another five minutes. The economic gap between the two sides was too large, and the opponents typed gg.

The campus showdown sparked by a verbal spat was finally over, and Li Nanguang hurried to contact the other side on QQ.

"Bro, a bet's a bet. Where's the ten big bills?"

"Who'd welch on this bit of pocket change? We underestimated you this time. Didn't expect your Blitzcrank to be that good. Dare to keep playing when there's time in the future?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Anytime. Hurry up and transfer the money."

Under Li Nanguang's urging, his Taobao account received a transfer of one thousand yuan.

Now things were good. There really was prize money, and everyone who had taken part in the match was delighted.

Only that player with the numeric ID suddenly went offline.

Lin Qiye replied on his behalf: "Something came up at his place. He logged off after playing. Transfer the money to me, and I'll give it to him tomorrow."

Li Nanguang did not think too much of it and transferred the money directly, then called the group of friends who had taken part in the match to go celebrate with a late-night meal.

Jiang Dabao and Jiang Wanxin refused, saying they had to go to a relative's place.

Lin Qiye looked at Tian Nina, and Tian Nina shook her head slightly.

That was true. Eating late-night snacks out every day was not actually that interesting. Besides, Lin Qiye was not very interested in that circle of gaming fanatics.

"You guys go. There's still work to do at the Internet Cafe."

Then the group headed out in high spirits. With their departure, the Internet Cafe became somewhat quieter.

Lin Qiye and Tian Nina found seats side by side and sat down, then looked at each other.

For some reason, they looked at each other and smiled.

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