"Long time no see, Captain."
Centered on the stage, in front of the one-on-one duel area, Lin Ying feigned concern, saying, "Compared to your last live broadcast appearance, you look much more haggard and aged now, and you even have a few strands of gray hair on your head."
"And those blood-red eyes... The Imperial Crown's betrayal must have hit you pretty hard, tsk tsk tsk. But I really didn't expect you to be able to pull yourself together and emerge from the shadow of the Imperial Crown's betrayal."
Su Hang said coldly, "There are many things you can't imagine."
Lin Ying shook her head and sighed, "To be honest, Captain, I didn't have any bad intentions. I banished you to Imperial Crown 'Imperial Crown only to fully commercialize it. Now that my goal has been achieved, I really want you to return to Imperial Crown's embrace."
Lin Ying's eyes were filled with hope as she spoke quickly, "Look at you now, your beliefs have changed, you've embraced the Imperial Emperor identity and become completely commercialized, which coincides with my beliefs. If you don't return to the Imperial Crown now, when will you?"
Lin Ying said seductively, "Captain, if you voluntarily concede in the Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor competition, I promise you the title of Captain of the Imperial Crown will still be yours. I will step down from the front lines and assist you in reaching the pinnacle once again."
"Oh?" Su Hang crossed his arms and slightly raised his eyelids. "You're willing to give me the Captain of the Imperial Crown?"
Seeing that the other party was interested, Lin Ying suppressed her excitement and said, "That's right, Captain, I've specially prepared a sky-high contract for you. As long as you agree to sign it, I will immediately officially announce you as the Captain of the Imperial Crown!"
Su Hang tapped his upper arm with his index finger, a look of interest appearing in his blood-red eyes. "How much is the signing fee?"
"Ten billion!" Lin Ying's face lit up with ecstasy. "Payable in ten years, you'll receive a ten billion signing fee each year."
"Oh, so that means I can earn a billion every year from Imperial Crown."
Su Hang pointed to his mouth, a broad smile on his face, and said, "Look at the shape of my lips."
Lin Ying peeked out, puzzled, "Huh?"
Su Hang's lips moved.
Lin Ying was completely bewildered. "What?"
"Get out!" Su Hang shouted sharply.
Lin Ying shuddered in fright.
"That bastard tricked me."
Lin Ying clenched her knuckles, her anger blazing, and said, " Su Hang, I respect you, I call you captain, but I don't. You're a scoundrel! I'm warning you, we're all from Jiangcheng, don't push your luck!"
"So what if you don't appreciate my kindness?" Su Hang raised his chin and looked down at him, " Little Heizi, if I hadn't taken pity on you ten years ago and given you a smartphone, would you have achieved what you have today?"
The nickname "Little Heizi" Citong Lin Ying's heart deeply. It was his childhood nickname because of his Little Heizi skin.
"Yes, I really have to thank you." Lin Ying suppressed her anger and said with a forced smile, "That phone changed my life, taking me from a lowly person struggling to make ends meet to a Brahmin in the county town."
Su Hang's bloodshot eyes were icy as he said, "The farmer and the snake are not enough to describe the shamelessness of your ingratitude. That incident ten years ago, where you found the phone, was all staged by you. You actually stole my phone, didn't you?"
"That's right, I stole it." Lin Ying recalled with a smug look on her face, "Back then, you were 8 years old, playing Honor of Kings at the bus station, waiting for the bus, and I, 7 years old, pretended to pick up trash next to you, and I had my eye on your phone."
"I originally planned to steal your phone to sell for money, but I got hooked on Honor of Kings and decided to steal it for myself. However, your phone has a fingerprint lock that I can't unlock, so I can only try to sell it to a phone store, but they refuse to accept it because of its unknown origin."
"If one plan fails, I'll devise another. I'm certain you'll come back looking for your phone, so I'll stage a whole drama of finding it, successfully winning your favor and sympathy, and then using your kindness to buy me a smartphone."
Su Hang's bloodshot eyes grew even colder. "At only seven years old, he already possesses such deep cunning and scheming. I truly misjudged him back then."
"Because I'm a child prodigy!" Lin Ying raised her hands, her face filled with fervor. "A child prodigy with exceptional intelligence and monstrous emotional intelligence, at the age of seven, I saw through the true nature of the world—it's a world where profit reigns supreme."
"The genuine feelings between people are all built on self-interest!"
"As long as the benefits are there, even strangers can become your relatives, friends, and lovers. But once the benefits disappear, no matter if they are relatives, friends, or lovers, they can become strangers to you in an instant."
Su Hang's expression changed slightly.
Lin Ying stood up, her words piercingly scathing, " Su Hang, take a good look behind me. Because I can bring benefits to the core members of Imperial Crown, they chose to betray you and stand by my side."
"Because I can transform Imperial Crown into a globally renowned gaming team, 50,000 Imperial Crown fans in the stands are cheering and waving flags for me."
"And what about you?"
Su Hang's shoulders trembled slightly.
Lin Ying looked behind Su Hang, shook her head and sneered, "Belief in genuine human relationships is built on loyalty. As long as one remains steadfastly loyal to one another, one can reap kinship, friendship, and love."
"In order to create Imperial Crown free from self-interest, you even went so far as to bind yourself with the rules and regulations of the Imperial Crown, becoming flawless and embodying loyalty itself."
"But in the end, the entire Imperial Crown team betrayed you, Imperial Crown fans betrayed you, everyone who had sworn loyalty to you betrayed you, and now you have no one left behind."
Su Hang's bloodshot eyes trembled, and he slowly lowered his head.
Lin Ying's lips curled into a smile as the floodgates of memory opened.
The Imperial Emperor is a heretic, he knew that ten years ago. Despite living in a world where interests reign supreme, the Imperial Emperor attempted to build a loyal team untainted by self-interest.
At first, he thought the other party was just being delusional, until the Imperial Emperor led Imperial Crown to defeat the Hundred Demons Team, and a large number of top players joined Imperial Crown and swore allegiance to the Imperial Emperor. Only then did he realize the seriousness of the problem.
So he created a Jueying account, Jueying, to join the Imperial Crown team to find out what was going on. The top players who joined the Imperial Crown Team at the same time had their own ulterior motives, just like him, but after staying in Imperial Crown for a while, they all opened up to each other.
The Imperial Crown is practically an idyllic paradise, free from dirty interests and backstabbing. All team members are equal, and even the captain Imperial Emperor, mingles with the ordinary members.
The money earned by the Imperial Crown, regardless of rank, is distributed among all team members according to the principle of "more work, more pay; less work, less pay."
This is completely different from the Hundred Demons. The top 1% of the Hundred Demons live a life of luxury by exploiting the interests of the 99% of ordinary members.
Everyone at the Imperial Crown was energetic and vibrant. They were bound by loyalty to the Imperial Emperor, addressed each other as brothers and sisters, and poured out their sincere feelings for one another.
We are working hard to make the Imperial Crown team emblem, " The Imperial Twelve-Stream Crown," appear in all King of Glory servers.
It would be too terrifying to let Imperial Crown continue to develop like this. This fanatical team that believes in loyalty above all else will one day sweep through the King of Glory esports scene and wipe out those teams that believe in profit above all else!
Therefore, the Imperial Crown must be overthrown and the Imperial Emperor imprisoned!
Lin Ying stretched out her hand, and the demon whispered, "Come, Imperial Emperor, come to my side. As long as you completely abandon your loyalty and faith and instead believe in my interests, you will once again be surrounded by people supporting you!"
Su Hang slowly extended his hand.