League of Legends: League of Unknowns

The audience was gifted with mouse pads as a token of appreciation, and Jiang Jiu and Qiu Jingtai who had sneaked in illegally without a ticket were bold enough to take the gift and asked for Qiu Shenping’s signature. Qiu Shenping, laughing while being surrounded and asked for autographs, carelessly forgot about a very important matter.

After obtaining Cat Eye’s autograph, Jiang Jiu and Qiu Jingtai boldly approached Qi Qiao. They both knew that in their course, there had to be a lot of LoL enthusiasts as well, and if they were able to get a signature and photograph with Qi Qiao, they would be the envy of all the losers in their class.

Just as they were walking toward Qi Qiao, someone called out to her and she walked quickly toward the backstage. Jiang Jiu and Qiu Jingtai could only gaze at her retreating back in grave disappointment.

***

“Mr. Wang, may I know why you wanted to see me urgently?” Qi Qiao patted her hair down neatly and spoke to the man in front of her politely, maintaining a courteous smile. This man, Mr. Wang, was none other than the Publicity Manager from the Coca Cola Company, and he was the main reason this competition was able to receive a huge sum of sponsorship money from the company.

The man in question had a square-ish, stern face, and he looked more like an army officer rather than a gold collar. It was easy to discern his unsmiling personality from the expression on his face.

“Ask one of your GTV programmers to check the computer used by Qiu Shenping,” Mr. Wang ordered in a low voice.

“What’s the matter?” Qi Qiao asked, visibly puzzled.

“Just do as I say,” Mr. Wang refused to explain further.

Qi Qiao dared not question his authority and immediately did as she was told as soon as she got back into the auditorium. The autograph session inside the auditorium was about to end when she walked back into the hall. Almost all the audience had left the hall, and nobody paid attention to the programmer who was busy scrutinizing the computer.

Not long after, the programmer walked back to Qi Qiao with a grim face and whispered something to her, handing a USB disk retrieved from Qiu Shenping’s computer over to Qi Qiao. Qi Qiao was rather surprised hearing the news, but she was more disgusted than shocked by the unsportsmanlike behavior that she had just discovered.

Mr. Wang knew exactly what was going on as soon as he saw Qi Qiao’s expression. He did not say anything and instead, turned back toward the meeting room beside the auditorium hall.

***

The meeting room was luxuriously decorated in a classic western style. There were wall paintings, a magnificent chandelier, a luxurious carpet, and an elegant fireplace.

Artificial fire danced violently inside the fireplace, and the light that shone from it illuminated a lady that was sat gracefully on a chair beside it. She had long dark hair and was wearing a plain dress, her snowy-white arms hung lightly on the armrest.

Next to her sat another lady in office attire holding an expensive laptop in her lap. The screen of the laptop was facing toward the long-haired lady seated on the chair.

“Miss, how did you know Qiu Shenping was an impostor?” Mr. Wang asked her in a serious tone.

“The signal source did not match. Someone must have installed malware and allowed the computer to be controlled externally,” The lady with dark hair explained.

“How dare he collaborate with a hacker and find himself a ghost-gamer,” Mr. Wang admonished angrily, “The framework of E-sports has yet to be stabilized and this type of misconduct is already in place. How pathetic.”

“They are too eager for quick success,” The lady with black hair said calmly.

“How do we deal with this?” Mr. Wang asked.

“Disqualify Team Sunlight but keep the reason discreet.”

“Discreet?”

The lady with black hair said nothing. It was the lady in office wear who responded, clicking on the computer and showing Mr. Wang Qiu Shenping’s profile. She read, “The profile here states that Qiu Shenping has never skipped practice last year, spending a total of 12 hours daily to hone his skills. If we reveal the reason, no team would ever accept him again. It would be too harsh to hinder the teenager’s effort thus far all because of a single offense. Right, my lady?”

The black-haired lady nodded lightly.

“Do you want me to look for the hacker?”

“No. I already know his identity.”

“How about the ghost-gamer?”

“Mm.”

The lady in the office wear expressed a glimpse of pleasure in her eyes. ‘You little brats. Don’t you ever try to play tricks in front of me and my boss again. Do you know how many hackers in China would piss themselves just by hearing our names?’

Well, Cat Eye and his accomplices were a little unfortunate. The two ladies had only been here by chance, and now, they had exposed the rigged game.

***

After he took off his earphones, Yu Luocheng smiled, seemingly satisfied. He felt that he had played well today. At the very least, he had not been immediately killed after charging into the enemy’s group, as he had experienced in some of his previous high-rank games.

Although Vayne was fully capable of rounding in from the backline, the opponent’s lineup had to be taken into consideration as well. In this match, the opponent’s top and jungle champions had a short attack range, while their AP only had Skillshot abilities, thus, the chance of success had been rather high.

“Your friends are pretty skillful. Please bring me along if you have another custom game like this in the future,” Yu Luocheng said to Xiao Bei.

Liu Zhangming and He Jin nodded immediately after hearing him say that and replied, “Sure, sure!”

‘Such an amazing Vayne!’ He Jin and Liu Zhangming would certainly like him to play for them again in the finals as well. 200,000 yuan was at stake, normal people might never see this huge sum of money even after working for years.

Moreover, sponsors would definitely come knocking on their doors after they had won the tournament. This was an endless wealth that would be brought to them by the national champion title!

Yu Luocheng was baffled, looking over at He Jin and Liu Zhangming oddly.

‘Are you two crazy or what? I was talking to Xiao Bei, why did the two of you answer so eagerly?’

“Lin Dong, what’s wrong?” Xiao Bei looked at Lin Dong’s troubled face and asked.

Lin Dong shook his head and said, “Xiao Bei, bring Yu Luocheng downstairs. I will be there in a minute.”

“Okay.”

Yu Luocheng peeked at Lin Dong who was acting oddly, but he didn’t give it much thought, knowing that Lin Dong was a hacker with a lot of secrets.

He Jin and Liu Zhangming had already left, most probably to join their team in celebrating the victory. Irene passed a name card to Yu Luocheng and Xiao Bei, asking them to keep in touch with her and left the room, trailing behind He Jin and Liu Zhangming.

***

“Let’s go,” Yu Luocheng told Xiao Bei.

Xiao Bei nodded, gushing on and on about the moment Yu Luocheng had killed Orianna with Baron Nashor’s venom, his eyes full of admiration. Yu Luocheng, on the other hand, ignored his ceaseless ramble and walked toward the lift. It was at this moment that two gorgeous ladies came into his view from the opposite direction.

‘A white office suit with a black collar, an office skirt, curly orange hair, a long pair of legs, and a busty chest—This is an enchanting beauty in attractive office wear!’

‘Let’s see the other one. A plain dress. Her appearance stands out from the other dull-looking workers and supervisors all around this place. She walks like a gorgeous butterfly, her steps quick, yet elegant. What a babe!’

The two ladies seemed to brush by them quickly, but they did glance at Yu Luocheng furtively. Yu Luocheng sensed the attention of the two ladies and felt a little curious, but his narcissistic instincts won. ‘My good looks will never escape the instincts and vision of pretty ladies.’

Yu Luocheng and Xiao Bei entered the lift after that short encounter, and the two ladies halted and looked at the closed elevator’s door.

“My lady, do you know him?” The office-style lady asked.

“He looks familiar. Unfortunately, I just can’t recall where I have seen him before.”