As the comments surged,
the staff member managing RNG's official Weibo account was completely baffled.
What C God? What does he have to do with RNG? What are these people spamming? Why can't I make sense of any of it?
Confused and unable to handle the situation, the staff member finally went to the RNG club manager.
"Manager, do you know C God?"
"C God? Chen Yu, the guy who hit rank one on the Chinese server playing AD with an 85% win rate? Sure. He's been really popular lately."
"Were we the ones who let him go?"
"Huh? Let him go? We never even managed to get in touch with him. What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Well... that's what everyone's saying in the Weibo comments..."
After getting the full story, the manager was baffled too.
Since when had Chen Yu had anything to do with RNG? And their youth team, at that?!
Not long ago, he had actually been tasked with contacting the guy and bringing him into the club.
He just hadn't been able to reach him.
How had he suddenly become a player who had left RNG?!
Honestly, the manager's head was spinning. He hurried off to find their coach, Fire Fox.
Then he and Fire Fox rushed over to the youth division to pull up the file on the player with the ID Chen.
[Lu Chen, ID: Chen, youth team substitute, two-year contract, released upon expiration.]
"Hiss..."
In the youth team manager's office, Fire Fox drew a sharp breath as he read the file. His gaze grew unfocused. "I think I remember now..."
That boy who had suddenly knocked and entered while he was discussing the solo queue star "Chen Yu" with their boss, Bai Xing!
If he remembered correctly, his name was... Lu Chen?
Bai Xing had called the boy by name then, so Fire Fox still had a vague impression of him.
"Quick, check the real name of IG's player Chen Yu," Fire Fox ordered at once, his expression stiffening.
That was easy enough to look up.
After all, Lu Chen had been a member of RNG's youth team and had registered as a player long ago.
They only needed to check the roster with TJ Sports.
Soon, the results came back.
Holding a document, Fire Fox stood motionless in the office for a long time, his eyes vacant. No one knew what he was thinking.
The document plainly displayed one simple line: [Player: Lu Chen, ID: Chen Yu, team: IG].
Yet that single short line left Fire Fox unable to recover for quite some time.
Lu Chen, Lu Chen. In other words...
Chen Yu had originally been an RNG player, and he had spent two years on their second youth team?
And just a few days ago, they themselves had terminated his contract?
Now he belonged to IG?
A string of thoughts surfaced in his mind.
Finally, they came together into a crushing reality he had no choice but to face. Like a boulder slamming into his chest, it left Fire Fox struggling to breathe.
"Well..." The manager standing beside him was at a complete loss too. "What... do we do now?"
Fire Fox turned and gave him a look filled with complicated emotions. Slowly, he said, "Go tell the second team's manager to pack his things."
"W-what do you mean?" The manager was bewildered.
"What else could I mean?" Fire Fox sighed.
Knowing their boss's temperament, he would undoubtedly fly into a rage when he learned about this and fire the second team's manager.
At the end of the day, Lu Chen had played under him for two years without his talent ever being discovered. Who else was supposed to take the blame?
Half an hour later.
In the RNG owner's office.
Bai Xing sat blankly behind his desk and looked up at Fire Fox across from him. "Everything you said... is true?"
"Yes..." Fire Fox nodded with difficulty, confirming it.
The manager standing beside him was sweating and didn't dare say a word.
"Oh." Bai Xing responded, then slowly lowered his head and fell silent.
After a brief silence,
Crash!
A cup on the desk was suddenly hurled to the floor, shattering into dozens of pieces.
Bai Xing finally lost control. He shot to his feet, breathing heavily, his face flushed as he roared, "Bastard!"
"RNG trained him for two years! Two years!"
"And this is how he repays me? Traitor! He's a traitor!"
He planted both hands on the desk and glared viciously at Fire Fox. "He clearly had the ability to reach rank one on the Chinese server, but what did he do?! What the hell was he playing at on the youth team for those two years?! Huh?!"
"And IG! They actually took in a fucking useless piece of trash who spent two years on our youth team without even making the starting lineup?!"
Outside the office,
the RNG staff all instinctively swallowed.
Their boss had completely blown his top. So... had he really been the one to let C God go?
Inside, as Bai Xing continued ranting, his eyes widened as though he had suddenly figured something out. "Right, that useless piece of trash spent two years on our second team without showing anything. That proves he's only good at ranked games. The moment he plays a real match, he'll definitely show his true colors..."
The more Bai Xing talked, the more worked up he became.
It was as though he had finally found a reasonable excuse for his mistake.
Of course, even so, his heart still ached terribly. It hurt so much he could barely breathe!
That was all traffic, all money!
A monster of a player who had hit rank one on the Chinese server with an 85% win rate! A player drawing enormous attention from the entire League of Legends community!
And he had simply released him without receiving a single cent?
Even if he had kept the guy on the second team to stream and run some ads, the revenue would have been enormous!
At that thought, Bai Xing looked at the manager across from him again and asked between heavy breaths, "Tell me... is there any room to maneuver with the contract we signed with him?"
The corner of Fire Fox's eye twitched.
The manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head. "Probably not. Boss, you know the contracts we offer players without much potential are pretty 'simple'..."
"Useless!" With another crash, Bai Xing
smashed a vase. "You're useless too!"
The manager shrank back meekly, not daring to do anything. He simply stood there.
After venting for quite a while,
Bai Xing finally calmed down a little, his expression so dark it seemed ready to drip venom. "Hmph. Just a choker in real matches. What trouble could he possibly cause? Once the Summer Split starts, we'll see how much longer he can act so pleased with himself!"
He sat back down, opened their official Weibo page, and scrolled through the comments.
Most people were asking whether RNG had really let C God go. With RNG taking so long to respond, the spectators looking for entertainment were mocking them in every way imaginable.
At the same time, though, there were also plenty of fans speaking up for RNG.
"RNG already has Uzi. What do they need Chen Yu for?"
"You don't seriously think your C God would've made the starting lineup if he'd stayed, do you?"
"Even if he stayed at RNG, he'd only be warming the bench for Uzi."
"I really don't know what you're all getting worked up about. With Uzi here, there's nothing wrong with RNG letting Chen Yu go, is there?"
"I thought this was some huge deal, but that's it? Once they face off in the Summer Split, you'll know why RNG didn't want him. Hehe."
Only after reading those comments did Bai Xing's expression finally improve a little.
Exactly. Just wait for the Summer Split.
He wanted to see just what a useless player who had spent two years as a substitute on his youth team could possibly do!
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