Global First Stand Begins! NIP's Opening Match!

Shortly after NIP's five players arrived in the player tunnel, they saw five more players enter the tunnel opposite them.

They wore HLE uniforms, and Takuya recognized them at a glance: Zeus in his glasses, Viper, Peanut, Zeka...

Doinb had both Peanut and Viper on WeChat and knew them personally. He smiled and waved across the way to say hello.

Peanut and Viper smiled and nodded in response.

Friendship first, competition second. None of the others thought anything of doinb greeting the opposing players.

Soon, a stream of Korean rang out. Apart from doinb, none of them understood a word.

Luckily, with doinb there, they did not even need an interpreter. He translated for them in real time.

"All right, the chatter's over. They're about to call us onto the stage."

Doinb cleared his throat as he spoke.

"Are we going out first?"

Shanji glanced at Hanwha's five players across from them, sounding both nervous and excited.

"Yeah, they're calling us first."

Doinb nodded.

Sure enough, no sooner had doinb finished speaking than they heard someone call out Shanji's name!

His own name was the only part of that sentence Shanji understood.

He took two steps forward without looking back, then quietly checked with doinb again. "Bro, are they calling me up?"

"Yeah, go on. You've got this!" Doinb replied quietly.

Cameras were pointed right at them, presumably broadcasting everything live, so they could not fidget around too much.

They had better not embarrass themselves on an international stage.

With doinb's reassurance, Shanji strode forward confidently.

Next, Takuya heard "Relife" and followed behind Shanji.

Then came doinb, Leave, and ppgod!

After walking out, they did not simply take a lap around the stage and sit down as they did in their domestic league. Instead, they stood onstage facing the audience.