After speaking, the coach turned to glance at the just-seated Brian Carter, also known as Road. He was holding his phone in his left hand, scrolling through the screen, while his right hand rested casually on the armrest, fingers stretching slightly.

Half an hour before the match began, the coach started giving everyone pre-game instructions.

At the end, the coach looked at the team's mid laner and suddenly called out, “Kan, do you remember everything I said before?”

The person called took half a second to react: “Ah... oh, of course I remember. I definitely won’t make the same mistakes as before.”

Brian Carter glanced at Kan, and after the coach finished all his instructions, stood up and said, “Going to the restroom.”

Water splashed over his hands, bringing a burst of icy cold.

——“Are you okay?”

Hearing the voice, Brian Carter looked up, meeting the coach’s gaze in the mirror behind him.

A few seconds later, Brian Carter turned off the tap, pulled out a paper towel to dry his hands, and calmly met the coach’s eyes: “As long as you let me play, I can win.”

—

On the Starry Sky TV League of Legends live channel, the official broadcast room’s popularity had already reached 800 million, firmly holding the number one spot on the League of Legends channel. Right behind were the former pro players who started streaming after retirement.

At a glance, the stream titles were all things like “S10 Semifinals,” “Passionate Commentary,” “TTC Must Win,” and so on.

On the first page of rankings, the last stream’s title stood out as a breath of fresh air.

【Slacking off today. ——Soft】, stream popularity: 130 million.

Ryan Cooper came back with takeout, saw that the host was still chatting on stream, and casually opened the takeout packaging.

It was raining outside, and the food was almost half an hour late. He was so hungry his stomach was sticking to his back.

【No way, no way, are you really making everyone watch you eat takeout?】

【Such a lazy stream, reported.】

【What are you eating?】

“Zhajiang noodles.” Ryan Cooper had just woken up not long ago, his tone lazy. “If I don’t eat, how will I have the energy to commentate for you guys?”

【Yeah, eat more, or you’ll have no energy to roast people later.】

【Been out of the LOL scene for years, can someone tell me who this streamer is? Why is he so popular? Is he a retired pro? Is he really this handsome?】

【This is a well-known troll streamer on the LOL channel.】

【Trash-talking streamer.】

【Noob streamer.】

“Mods, ban the one calling me a noob... never mind, I’ll do it myself.” Ryan Cooper put down his chopsticks and personally muted the person who called him a noob.

After chatting casually with the viewers for a while, the players from both teams finally came on stage to get ready.

Ryan Cooper sat cross-legged on his gaming chair, holding the bottom of the takeout box with one hand, chewing a bit slower, his gaze unconsciously drifting to the second person on the left.

TTC’s jungler Road was already seated, currently adjusting his equipment. He seemed to have just washed his face, the ends of his bangs slightly damp.

The director started giving close-up shots of each player. When it was Road’s turn, the camera lingered noticeably longer than on the others, and the commentators immediately shifted the topic to Road.

Commentator A introduced, “Next, the camera is on TTC’s and even our LPL’s ace jungler, TTC·Road! God Lu is as handsome as ever today.”

Commentator B: “Yeah, and he doesn’t look nervous at all.”

“No wonder he’s the anchor of TTC. Just seeing him sit there makes me feel especially at ease.” Commentator C chuckled, and as the camera moved on, he said, “But the mid laner Kan looks pretty tense today.”

Commentator B: “Yeah, a bit. But that’s odd, he’s played in Worlds four times already. Hopefully Kan can adjust quickly and relax before the game starts.”

Ryan Cooper glanced at the chat, swallowed his noodles, and replied, “Who do I think will win? No idea, depends on both teams’ form. Will I give out red envelopes if TTC wins? I’m not TTC’s brand ambassador, why should I give out red envelopes if they win?… Is Kan better or am I better? Me.”

Longtime fans immediately spammed “666,” already used to Soft’s style.

Soft joined the streaming platform over two years ago, and shot to fame within just a few months. There were many reasons for this, but if you had to pick a few, one was his strong skills and high-quality streams, and the other was his arrogant personality—he really dared to speak his mind.

But some new viewers still couldn’t get used to him.

【You can only run your mouth in the stream.】

【Think you’re hot stuff just because you solo killed Kan a few times? Kan is a scaling teamfight player, not like you, a clown who plays kiddie Zed and troll Thresh.】

“I don’t know what a ‘scaling teamfight player’ is, I just know that if you can kill your lane opponent and send them home, you’re the winner.” Ryan Cooper said, “Who made that compilation of me solo killing Kan in ranked? Send a copy to this fan.”

【…Is this streamer always this cocky? Is he a Kan hater?】

【No, don’t get it wrong, he’s like this with everyone, not just your Kan. But Kan really has been playing like crap this season.】

【Honestly, I can’t think of a single famous player Soft hasn’t roasted.】