“All right, I know everyone has been waiting. I’ll just say it straight today during the livestream.”
Xu Qiao’s voice suddenly came through.
Lin Anke turned his head and saw that Duan Chi had already opened Xu Qiao’s livestream on his computer.
“Has it started already?” Danqing hurriedly opened his own livestream as well. “I’m coming over right now. Brothers, charge!”
Inside Xu Qiao’s livestream, he was facing the camera with a faint expression but the reluctance in his tone was obvious.
“First of all, I want to apologize to Encore. Since the tournament organizers have already released an announcement saying that he didn’t throw the match, then I accept that. I take back what I said before. As far as I’m concerned, the matter ends here. I’ll accept whatever the officials say.”
“But what I want to say is, why did I lose my temper and say those things after the match that day? Doesn’t everyone have some idea why? Look at how the Spring Finals went. Compare his performance at TIG with the way he’s performing now at DG. Anyone with eyes can see the difference. Isn’t it perfectly normal for the audience to have questions? All I did was speak out and say what everyone else was thinking because I’m a straightforward person and what happened in the end? He gets all the credit for the good things, while I’m the one who takes all the blame.”
“Fine. Since the officials have already taken his side, then I have nothing more to say. Justice is in the hearts of the people and everyone has their own judgment. I’ve said everything that needed to be said and I don’t want to bring it up again. Let’s turn the page here. From now on, don’t spam my livestream with this matter anymore.”
【DG Egg (Danqing) sent a flower】
【DG Egg (Danqing):】 Wow, what a sincere apology. I’ve never seen anyone apologize with such confidence before.
【DG Adam (Adam) sent a flower】
【DG Adam (Adam):】 It really is nice to be someone with traffic. You can lose a match and still end up on the trending searches. Even when we win, we don’t get that kind of treatment.
【DG South (Jiangnan) sent a flower】
【DG South (Jiangnan):】 You can’t even figure out how to clear your own jungle but apparently you’ve already mastered the process of spreading rumors and then apologizing.
【DG Safer (Duan Chi) threw a rotten egg】
【DG Safer (Duan Chi):】 Hm? I made a mistake. Why isn’t this one a gift?
The moment Duan Chi’s comment appeared, the corners of Lin Anke’s lips curled upward uncontrollably. A smile spread into his eyes and he raised a hand to cover the corner of his mouth.
On the screen, Xu Qiao had already gone completely stiff, his expression turning extremely ugly.
“What do you guys mean?”
None of the DG players paid any attention to him. The several glaring professional player badges were still clearly visible in the audience, making it obvious that none of them had left.
Xu Qiao’s fans could no longer hold themselves back.
【Is this really necessary? Brother Qiao already apologized. What more do you want? These DG players are seriously being so unreasonable.】
【What a small minded attitude. I’m officially turning from a DG fan into an anti now.】
【Are you guys sick? What does Brother Qiao’s apology have to do with you? Why come into someone else’s livestream just to cause trouble?】
Xu Qiao had always had a good relationship with Xu Sheng, so there were quite a few fans who supported both of them, as well as Xu Sheng’s own fans, in the livestream. Seeing what was happening, they all joined in and started attacking DG.
【Anyway, I agree with Brother Qiao. How could something that obvious in the Spring Finals, where someone was practically feeding kills to the opponent, not even get called out? I really don’t understand what the officials are doing.】
【You still don’t understand? There’s obviously something going on behind the scenes. DG is a wealthy club with connections powerful enough to cover everything up. How could a bunch of ordinary people like us possibly stand against them?】
【And don’t you guys find it suspicious? After other matches, they always release audio replays of several key moments after the game but they didn’t release any from that Spring Finals match. Is that really normal?】
The DG players completely ignored the sarcastic comments flooding the barrage and continued mocking him exactly as they pleased.
【DG Egg (Danqing):】 Wow, the streamer makes so much sense. Then how about we all report the opposing team whenever we lose a match from now on? After all, if I lose, there must be something wrong, right?
【DG Adam (Adam):】 Well, we’re screwed, then. From now on, every time we run into Yuanche in a match, we’re going to get reported.
Adam and Danqing kept sending the lines they had prepared beforehand, completely ignoring both the barrage and whatever Xu Qiao was saying. They kept going until the other side was practically driven half mad with anger.
This only made those people even angrier. In particular, the DG team fans who had rushed over after hearing about what was happening practically climbed into the opposing fans’ faces, openly mocking both teams for being terrible while somehow still managing to create endless trouble.
Xu Sheng’s fans were furious. They banded together and flooded the tournament organizers’ official Weibo account with complaints, insisting that Lin Anke’s blatant feeding had gone unpunished and that the officials were deliberately protecting DG and Lin Anke. They demanded that the tournament organizers release the in game voice communications from the match.
After seeing this, Danqing looked disdainful. “Are Xu Sheng’s fans seriously this crazy? What do they think SEL is? And what’s with treating players differently? Do they think this is some kind of idol survival show?”
Panda was also watching the argument unfold in the official comment section. He shook his head. “I’ve seen people ask the officials to release their own team’s highlight voice comms but this is the first time I’ve ever seen people demand that they release the voice comms from a mistake.”
Only after saying that did he remember that Lin Anke had also been involved in that so called “mistake.” He hurriedly shut his mouth but he still caught a glare from Duan Chi.
Danqing was nowhere near as careful as the others. He asked casually, “An God, do you still remember what you guys said back then? I wonder if the tournament organizers will actually release it in the end.”
Lin Anke did not really feel offended.
From the bottom of his heart, he simply did not believe that he had made any mistake in the first place. After thinking for a moment, he said, “I don’t think we said much. I can’t remember.”
Duan Chi leaned closer and deliberately teased him, “You really can’t remember? Don’t tell me you asked him to come over and collect my kill?”
Lin Anke looked away without saying anything.
Xu Sheng’s fans continued making a fuss for several days, flooding the official accounts across all of the tournament organizers’ platforms with their demands. Eventually, the officials became so thoroughly fed up with the endless arguments that, one day before TIG’s regular season match, they finally released the in game voice communications from the second game of the Spring Finals.
【Spring Split Grand Finals, Game Two, DG vs. TIG】
Lin Anke was crouching in the brush when he said, “Captain, come over for a moment. Safer is low health and doesn’t have Flash. We can hide here and catch him.”
Xu Sheng did not move. “What if Jiangnan is nearby? I can’t die this early in the game. Come back first.”
Lin Anke’s tone was certain. “He’s alone. The enemy jungler should be around mid and Yuanshan hasn’t respawned yet. We can take this fight.”
The moment he finished speaking, Duan Chi’s vision had already appeared beside Lin Anke. Lin Anke called for Xu Sheng again.
Xu Sheng told him to come back. “Forget it. Jiangnan hasn’t shown himself. It’s not safe.”
At that moment, Duan Chi used a skill to check the brush. The instant he realized there was someone hiding inside, he immediately backed away.
Lin Anke had no time to say anything. He instantly used his skill to lock the enemy down and urgently called out, “Follow up! We can kill him!”
Xu Sheng was still hesitating. “I feel like…………”
Before he could finish, that single second of hesitation from Xu Sheng was enough.
The crowd control duration ended and Lin Anke was immediately killed by Duan Chi with barely any health remaining.
The voice announcement for the extreme counter kill rang out.
At that exact moment, Jiangnan’s icon appeared on the minimap.
He really was in mid.
From beginning to end, he had never moved toward the bottom lane.
Lin Anke’s judgment had been completely correct.
The moment the voice communications were released, all of Xu Sheng’s fans fell silent.
Even an ordinary passerby who knew nothing about SEL could listen to that exchange and see that there was simply no way to blame Lin Anke for what happened.
As the support, he had been doing exactly what he was supposed to do: looking for opportunities to create pressure, checking the brush for vision and even initiating the fight by locking down the low health enemy first.
Instead, Xu Sheng had hesitated again and again, failed to trust his teammate and had ultimately abandoned the support.
After Lin Anke died, Xu Sheng clearly had a chance to Flash forward and take Duan Chi’s kill but he still let him escape with barely any health left. It was practically the most inefficient way possible to handle the situation.
【LMAO, what the hell was Xu Sheng doing? He actually let someone with a sliver of health get away like that?】
【Watching this is making me inexplicably angry. If you can’t even follow up with some damage, what are you doing playing ADC?】
【I think Old Xu Sheng must be getting old and has started believing in Buddhism, so he’s decided not to kill anymore. Did his basic attack key get eaten by the dog? The number one support in the country practically fed the kill right into his mouth, only to discover that he hadn’t grown any teeth.】
【Xu Sheng’s fans are absolute clowns. SEL has its very own circus.】
【You damn haters, apologize! Xu Sheng’s fans, apologize too! Come on, come on, tell me, who exactly was throwing the match and who was the one being accused of throwing?】
Seeing how quickly the mood in the comment section had completely reversed, Danqing burst out laughing.
“I’ll never say the young boss is impulsive again. Compared with a coward who only knows how to hide his head, I’d much rather have a teammate who dares to fight. This is way too frustrating to watch.”
Adam nodded deeply in agreement.
Duan Chi rested his chin on his hand and looked toward Lin Anke. “What does An God think?”
Lin Anke avoided his gaze. His lips pressed together and he gave the slightest nod.
Duan Chi smiled.
Seeing this, Yuanshan reminded them, “It’s fine to joke about it normally but don’t you dare underestimate them in an actual match. TIG’s macro and overall game management are still very strong.”
Danqing didn’t seem particularly concerned. “Don’t we have An God? An God definitely knows their system and how they operate.”
Jiangnan glanced at him. “They’re not idiots. They know how to change their strategy.”
Danqing: “……”
“Actually, that does make sense?”
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ChaptersChapter 1 · He was substituted off the fieldChapter 2 · I’ll avenge youChapter 3 · Leaving TIGChapter 4 · Point and shootChapter 5 · Join DGChapter 6 · Live stream collisionChapter 7 · MysteriousChapter 8 · Transfer NoticeChapter 9 · Want the championshipChapter 10 · Galaxy BattleshipChapter 11 · Be my DogChapter 12 · Post match ConflictChapter 13 · ReportedChapter 14 · Weibo CodeChapter 15 · Live Streaming to attract FansChapter 16 · Duan Chi’s horse was exposedChapter 17 · Emotional articlesChapter 18 · Match voice recording