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Chapter 457 Expedition!

"We... won the championship?"

In the backstage lounge, Zuo Wu, the former manager of the Snake team and now the manager of the Thorn Bird team, looked at the screen dully.

He admitted that in the past six months, Thorn Bird has paid a lot up and down, including himself.

Although there were many ups and downs in the process, Li Luo was not able to win the Spring Split as he did in the EDG team last year.

In the regular season, the Thorn Birds lost a lot of big games, and the small games lost even more than the teams ranked behind them in terms of points.

But in the playoffs, the Thorn Birds soared like a rocket, soaring to the point where each final score exceeded Zuo Wu's pre-match presets.

Now in the final, JD.com was crushed 3-0!
Although Thorn Bird's opponents in the final were not the giants IG and EDG who had won the world championship before and were widely recognized by domestic audiences, it is undeniable that JD.com stood out among them. This is enough to explain the JD.com team Strength.

However, such a team was completely suppressed by the Thorn Birds in terms of tactics and player execution ability.

From Zuo Wu's point of view, it was really like a dream.

As the manager of the club before, when did he see the final stage?
But now he has seen it, and soon he will be able to have close contact with the players, and even hug the championship trophy!

"Calm down, it's just the championship of the LPL league, it's no big deal."

Zhu Kai patted Zuo Wu's shoulder.

Zuo Wu looked at Zhu Kai's narrow expression, and was instantly amused: "Oh, I'm pretending."

"Then you see, my buddies were both champions in the spring and summer splits last year, and the champions in the spring split this year. Besides Abramovich, I'm the only coach who won three consecutive championships in the domestic LPL division, right?"

Zhu Kai is proud of himself.

"Okay, okay, what are you talking about serving tea and water?"

Zuo Wu immediately replied, but after the reply, he smiled in relief: "But it's true, you are the one who serves tea and pours water, and ordinary people really can't do it."

Just kidding.

Zuo Wu had noticed Zhu Kai's hard work in the past six months.

Zuo Wu admitted that during the Snake period, in his eyes, Zhu Kai did not have any particularly important help to the team's performance.

Zhu Kai has done a good job in training the relationship between players and maintaining the daily needs of the players.

But the tactics are hard to describe.

However, Zhu Kai, who came back after being "gold-plated" in the EDG team for a year, gave Zuo Wu a feeling of seeing each other for three days.

How many times in the middle of the night the contestants have fallen asleep, but Zhu Kai hasn't slept yet.

How many times he has woken up, only to find that Zhu Kai is still staring at the computer screen to record replays and some tactical data in detail when he arrives in the training room, and sometimes he even sleeps on the chair directly.

Zhu Kai may not be the best coach in LPL.

But at least for the past six months, Zuo Wu can be sure that Zhu Kai is definitely the most diligent coach in the LPL division!

He is so hardworking that he is desperate, and he is in his thirties so hard.

"Then look, otherwise, why weren't you the one who was on the bp stage?"

Zhu Kai also patted his old partner on the shoulder: "Come on, haven't you touched the trophy yet, have you? Just had a good time this time?"

"Alright, let's go!"

On the stage of the venue, neon lights poured over the bodies of several teenagers who stepped onto the stage after shaking hands.

The teenagers quickly rushed to the championship trophy and raised it high around the trophy!

"Okay, less tearing, don't be tense, come on, hold it and feel it yourself."

Seeing Liu Qingsong staring at the trophy in a daze, Xiangguo joked immediately.

However, this time Liu Qingsong did not reply, but after a short hesitation, he stretched out his hand to hold the trophy.

"A little heavy."

Liu Qingsong, who held up the trophy, had mixed feelings in his heart.

He has been playing professionally for a long time.

And besides the LPL league, Liu Qingsong also played other messy games.

Now when he holds the trophy, which symbolizes the highest honor in the domestic league, Liu Qingsong feels that this feeling is really wonderful.

"Does it feel good? My buddies have played enough, and you can feel more when you return to the base."

Xiangguo said with a smile.

"I'm done with hugging like this. Now I really want to know what it feels like to win the MSI championship trophy. Do you know, Mr. Guo?"

Liu Qingsong glanced sideways at the incense pot.

Xiangguo's face suddenly collapsed.

Of course he played MSI.

It's a pity that I couldn't touch the championship trophy.

You must know that the symbolic meaning of the MSI championship trophy in the S6 season is actually quite far-reaching, because the first MSI in 15 only had medals and no trophies.

They defeated the SKT team in the group stage, but they were bloody in the knockout stage.

This has also become a big knot in the incense pot.

"Although I haven't picked it up, at least I have smelled it. You can ask Lao Li how it feels. He knows everything."

Xiangguo resentfully said.

"I'd love to know too."

Xiye immediately added a sentence.

In fact, his and Xiangguo's desire for the MSI championship trophy is theoretically higher than that of Holy Gun and Liu Qingsong.

People are curious about things they have never encountered before.

To put it bluntly, I am just interested.

But only when you touch that stage, when the championship trophy has a chance to fall into your hands but flies away, the feeling of knowing how to cherish it when you lose it will make people desire the championship trophy even more.

It was the same for Xiye and Xiangguo.

After Li Luo thought about it for a few seconds, he said slowly: "It's been a long time, and to be honest, I've forgotten a bit. This time, I'm trying to write a note about my feelings. If I write it for a long time, I might be able to publish a book."

Li Luo's words startled the other members of Thorn Bird slightly.

Xiangguo took the lead and smiled: "Okay, then you review it for the second time, and we will learn it for the first time."

"Learn it for the first time, hit MSI!"

After Xiye said these words, everyone in Thornbird said "Impact MSI" in unison, and at the same time, they lifted the trophy again amidst the lingering cheers at the scene!

In the post-match interview session this time, Li Luo and Liu Qingsong were invited to participate.

Liu Qingsong didn't accept many interviews. Although he didn't resist the interviews in his heart, he definitely couldn't like them.

This time I chose to accept it because Li Luo was by my side.

Today, Yu Shuang is still in charge of post-match interviews.

Li Luo is also used to being interviewed.

It's just that after frequently winning the championship in the finals and answering some similar content in interviews, Li Luo is also a little tired.

Except for the feeling of winning the championship, most of the other questions were answered by Liu Qingsong.

"This time the Thorn Bird team will represent the LPL division in the MSI mid-season championship. At the same time... in the next version, last year's EDG team's champion skin will also be launched. Here I want to interview Shine players. In this MSI Will you use the champion skin you won last year?"

Li Luo was a little surprised by Yu Shuang's question.

As Yu Shuang said just now, this is the last question.

But according to the usual practice, shouldn't the last question be something like "the outlook for this MSI" and so on?

Although he was stupefied for a short time, Li Luo quickly considered his words, smiled and said: "Of course, at the same time, I also hope that the teams in other competition regions that can participate in this MSI will use my champion skin more." , the more you use it, the more it will heat up, and the skin will naturally sell better."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Yu Shuang glanced at Li Luo in surprise. In her memory, it was the first time that Li Luo answered the question in such a "straightforward" way.

"Then... there is another question."

Yu Shuang blinked, and continued under Li Luo's astonished gaze: "Actually, you already know, right? I believe the audience also knows what I want to ask. This time MSI... Team Li, what expectations do you have?"

"Sure enough, I can't run away."

Li Luo was helpless, but Li Luo had actually already prepared for how to answer this question.

Thornbird prepared a lot for MSI.

But in Li Luo's impression, there are too many variables in this MSI.

Faced with this problem, Li Luo was not [-]% sure in his conscience.

Therefore, Li Luo's answer was only four words: "Do your best."

"Okay, do your best, then let us look forward to whether the Thorn Bird can overcome all difficulties and fly high at MSI!"

Yu Shuang was also slightly taken aback after hearing Li Luo's answer, and then she seemed to realize something, and even her tone became a little more serious.

In fact, it is not difficult to guess the real meaning of Li Luo's many answers in the interview.

When Li Luo said that he would do his best instead of pursuing a certain goal, Yu Shuang understood that perhaps in Li Luo's eyes, this MSI is very likely to be a fierce battle.

The LPL Spring Split has come to an end.

But for the viewers who eat melons, the effect of the program has just begun.

The old man who resisted the bar hasn't started to take the rhythm, so the bar is gone.

The e-sports Louvre was destroyed, and all the troops were transferred to the anti-pot bar.

Two days before the end of the final, no accident, most of the voices in the bar were congratulating the Thorn Bird team.

But after two days passed, some lurkers began to show up.

They began to "reasonable" with wave after wave of rhythm.

One of the bigger rhythms is undoubtedly Li Luo's ambiguous answer to the question about MSI expectations in the post-match interview.

"Insufficient confidence", "MSI is dangerous", "LCK will repeat its glory this year", "There is no hope for the Chinese class", etc. A series of remarks emerged like toilet paper.

And as the teams participating in MSI in each competition area have been released one after another, the classic European team G2 has also started to work.

Ah P, who has transformed into an ad position on Twitter, directly expressed that it is a pity that he did not meet EDG in the World Championship last year, but it does not matter. Although EDG did not appear at MSI this year, the most important person is here, waiting to accept the gift of a genius adc Baptize!

In addition, other members of the G2 team and even the coach also expressed their own ambitions.

In this regard, most LPL audiences regard them as comedians.

Because that's how G2 used to be.

In the minds of the LPL audience, the opponents that the Thorn Bird team should really pay attention to do not include Europe and the United States.

The SKT team in the LCK division is still in full swing this year, winning the LCK Spring Championship with overwhelming momentum and advancing to MSI.

At the same time, kkoma, the supervisor of SKT, also stated very straightforwardly that this time they will definitely avenge the LPL, and the goal is to target the MSI champion.

The two competition areas of China and South Korea are already facing each other. Even if there is still some time before the start of the competition, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides has gradually become stronger.

However, at the same time, in the base of the Thorn Birds, the members of the Thorn Birds who had already prepared officially embarked on the journey.

Zhu Kai said slowly on the bus to the airport: "The location of this competition is not too far away from us. The finalists and group matches will be played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the group matches will be held in Hanoi, and the knockout matches will be held in We don’t need to make any adjustments in terms of jet lag, but when we get there, remember, don’t eat indiscriminately, and don’t go out and run around alone.”

"Vietnam is not India, so the problem shouldn't be that exaggerated?"

Brother Holy Gun said thoughtfully.

"My understanding of Vietnam is limited to knowing that their currency is not very valuable, and the prices seem to be very cheap."

Xiangguo thought for two seconds and then turned to look at Li Luo: "Brother Luo, do you know what specialties there are in Vietnam?"

"I'm not a know-it-all."

Li Luo was speechless, Xiangguo had a lot of questions recently, and he liked to ask him everything.

At this time, Li Luo's mind was always echoing the classic images he had seen before he was reborn.

He remembered that before the rebirth, the IG team, as the team going to this MSI, left an indelible classic scene in the group stage.

This scene is not against 1557 against the SKT team.

It was Yu Wenbo's famous interview scene.

This time... I won't encounter a translator, will I?

When Li Luo realized this problem, he tried to learn Vietnamese by himself.

Li Luo, who was abroad before rebirth, learned English very quickly, so Li Luo subconsciously felt that he should be considered relatively talented in language.

However, after studying Vietnamese for 10 minutes, Li Luo really gave up.

Now Li Luo could only pin his hopes on "luck".

If it doesn't work, then promise your teammates a little temptation and ask them to go up for interviews for you.

Well, that's a great idea.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Li Luo's mouth, and his eyes scanned several of his teammates.

"Speaking of which, the European teams are very jumping this time, but I have watched their finals and feel that they are still very capable."

Liu Qingsong said suddenly.

"It's definitely not as bad as it is said on the Internet. The more people like to point out the country, the more they don't know anything. I also think that G2 is a strong team. TL is not bad this year, but I don't know if they will be in the world competition. Continue to trigger the debuffs that come with them in North America.”

Saint Gun followed closely.

"We just need to train well. To be honest this time, I will tell you the truth about each MSI. This version seems to be like this. It is difficult to measure the strength compared with yourself by watching the games in one division alone."

Xiangguo was silent for two seconds after saying this: "Other teams said otherwise, I just want to play SKT once."

(End of this chapter)