"So, Maple listened to your suggestion and went to watch the LSPL live today?"
A call was made to the other side of the strait. Nian Shisan, who was on the other end of the phone, frowned slightly and asked.
Tian Tian nodded on the other end of the phone. At this time, he was in the club training base of his King Team. The team was going to have a daily tactical analysis meeting later. He took the time to call Nian Thirteen.
"Well, Lin Feng should be at the LSPL game now."
For some reason, Tian Tian's tone sounded a little nervous and uneasy when he said that.
Nian Thirteen asked,
"You didn't go with him?"
Tian Tian rubbed his hands on his clothes a little uneasily, "My team has a tactical meeting tonight, so I can't go, and —"
Nian Thirteen interrupted him with a sneer on the other end of the phone, "And you don't know how to answer Maple's questions, do you?"
Tian Tian was silent for a moment, and then said in a bitter tone, "Mm."
Nian Thirteen was also silent. After a while, he said,
"'That' guy … I remember he's still in the High Mountain Team, right?"
Tian Tian nodded. He seemed to think of something, and his face looked a little gloomy, "Well, but 'he' may not have a chance to play today. I remember that 'he' has been sent to the bench since the beginning of last season."
"Bench —"
Nian Thirteen repeated these three words. On the other end of the phone, there seemed to be a flash of anger on his face. He suddenly lost his temper,
"F * ck, what the f * ck!"
"The strongest jungler in China back then has been reduced to being a substitute in a second-tier professional team?!"
"F * ck him! How can this be?!"
"Year after year, everyone else has worked hard to make it, but he's going back. I don't know how he became like that! How disappointing! Worthless! Trash! Trash! "
Nian Thirteen seemed to have unleashed all of his anger at once. His sudden outburst caught everyone off guard and even stunned the onlookers. How could the jungler captain of the Assassins Team, one of the Seven Kings of the World, lose his composure like that?
But Tian Tian could completely understand Nian Thirteen's mood at the moment.
Because …
Even though Nian Thirteen had become one of the two top players in the world alongside MAFA and stood at the top of the world's professional eSports pyramid, he had always regarded someone as his biggest enemy. He had always hoped that one day he would be able to defeat him on the battlefield.
But now …
Of the two top junglers in Asia and the world back then, one was already one of the Seven Kings of the World, while the other was reduced to a substitute for a second-rate team in the LSPL A-League. The gap between the two was extremely wide, let alone having a chance to fight head-on.
(Therefore -)
Tian Tian thought to himself as he listened to Nian Thirteen, who almost lost his composure on the other end of the phone.
(The reason why Old Thirteen is acting like this now isn't because he's maliciously insulting her. Perhaps it's more of a kind of heartache and anger at Old Thirteen's failure to meet his expectations.)
…
After venting his anger, Nian Thirteen finally calmed down. Then, he seemed to think of something and frowned again.
"Wait —"
"If you're not there and 'that guy' is sitting on the bench and won't play, what's the point of Maple going to the LSPL to watch the game?"
"If you can't see 'him' at all, wouldn't it be a waste for Maple to go?"
Tian Tian nodded hesitantly.
"Well —"
Nian Thirteen was a little speechless. "Damn, then what's the point of putting in so much effort?"
The expression on Tian Tian's face was a little hesitant and conflicted.
"I …"
"Actually, actually, I haven't thought about it yet."
Taking a deep breath, Tian Tian finally told the whole story in a bitter tone.
"Because —"
"I promised Eleven."
…
Tian Tian's thoughts drifted back to more than half a year ago. He still clearly remembered that he had reunited with Lin Feng at that time. When Lin Feng carefully asked him about the situation of his former teammates, he was speechless and didn't know what to say. But in private, he secretly contacted his former jungler teammate.
When he told the other party the good news that he and Lin Feng had reunited, and excitedly said to the latter, "Lin Feng is going to form a new team again, Eleven, you should come back too …"
What he got was a rejection that was completely out of his expectations.
"Why?"
At that time, Tian Tian was almost stunned. He didn't expect that his former jungler teammate would actually refuse him.
On the other end of the phone, the teammate asked bitterly and with difficulty,
"In my current state …"
"Do you think that even if I return to the team, what contribution can I make to everyone?"
Tian Tian choked for a moment. He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.
"That won't happen!"
"You just haven't found your form yet. As long as everyone gets together again, we can definitely help each other improve again. And, and Lin Feng definitely won't care about this kind of thing —"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by his teammate on the other end of the phone.
"But I care."
The teammate who could even beat Nian Thirteen in the jungler matchup in the S1 season smiled bitterly. There was a hint of sadness and bitterness in his voice.
"If I go back to see Lin Feng and the others in this state …"
"I don't want to."
"If I return in this state after so many years, how can I face everyone?"
Tian Tian was stunned.
Then he only remembered that before he hung up the phone, the teammate almost begged him to emphasize the last sentence repeatedly.
"Please."
"Don't, don't … don't let Lin Feng know about my current state!"
…
After hearing the whole story, Nian Thirteen suddenly fell silent on the other end of the phone.
Tian Tian smiled bitterly and said,
"That's what happened. I promised Eleven. Originally, this kind of thing should be kept completely secret from Lin Feng. But I feel that since we are comrades who fought side by side, Lin Feng should have the right to know about this kind of thing."
"But I don't know how to tell him this kind of thing directly, so …"
"I can only do what I'm doing now."
There was a deep sense of helplessness in his tone.
Nian Thirteen was silent. After a long while, he sighed.
"Everyone has their own difficulties. I understand."
"But —"
"Even so, I still hope that Maple can see Eleven this time."
"If he can see him, given Maple's character, he will definitely not sit back and do nothing. No matter how many difficulties and reasons Eleven has, it will be useless. Besides —"
After a pause, Nian Thirteen gritted his teeth and suddenly shouted in a deep voice,
"Damn it …"
"How can the guy who was called the world's strongest jungler fall like this!"
"It's time to go back!"
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