Vacation

"Take care, Hong Chao. We're heading out first," Doinb said with a grin.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Yu Shuang said, "Coin Bro, wait. You can't leave yet. The LPL officials still need to present you with the first-stage trophy."

"Oh! I almost forgot about that. It's been so long since I went through this," Doinb said, scratching his head.

He had taken two years off, so it had not quite sunk in yet that they had won the first stage and would be receiving their award onstage shortly.

A few minutes later, Yu Shuang led NIP's five players back onto the stage. She had Leave stand at the front with her, while the others stood behind.

Once the interview and award ceremony were over, everyone from NIP finally left in satisfaction.

They would have a week off to rest.

They would wait for the Global First Stand to arrive.

Their break lasted until the 7th. They would return to the base on the 8th, hold their departure ceremony, complete the paperwork for going abroad, set off on the 9th, and play their first match on the 10th.

There was no difference from history, except Top Esports had been replaced by NIP.

At exactly seven in the evening on March 10th, they would face Hanwha, HLE.

They would play a Bo3 against Hanwha.

The first stage was a BO3 round robin, with every team playing a single best-of-three series against each other. In the original timeline, Top Esports had been humiliatingly swept 2-0 by HLE without putting up any resistance.

This time, with Takuya and his cheat joining NIP, the LPL would never suffer such a miserable fate as it had in the original history.

Takuya was determined to sweep Hanwha 2-0, charge all the way into the