Another game ended, and David Parker felt that solo queue in Diamond rank was too tough, so he casually pulled a friend into his team. His friend list was either filled with pro players or top-tier randoms he’d met in solo queue—whoever joined could play.

A player with the ID “JustWatchMyPlays” entered the team room.

David Parker pressed the match button, but canceled it after just a few seconds.

He clutched his stomach and opened his friend’s chat window, just typing out “Sorry” in Chinese.

“What’s wrong?” Brian Carter asked.

David Parker grimaced in pain. “Stomachache…”

Brian Carter nodded. Just two seconds before David Parker was about to send his message, he stood up from his chair.

“I’ll play for you,” Brian Carter said.

“?” David Parker was stunned and quickly shook his head. “No need, we haven’t even queued in yet… Besides, if Mr. Harris finds out, he’ll scold me.”

Mr. Harris had strictly forbidden Brian Carter from playing games. To supervise him, he would even check his match history from time to time.

Brian Carter was already bored out of his mind.

He stood there unmoving. “I’ll just play for you for a bit. When you’re back, I’ll give it back to you.”

David Parker: “…Really, it’s fine.”

Brian Carter said, “Get up.”

David Parker: “……”

Successfully taking David Parker’s seat, Brian Carter asked, “Who’s in the team?”

“I didn’t really check, just pulled someone at random. Looks like this person changed their ID. Check the note,” David Parker said, then rushed off to the bathroom without looking back.

Brian Carter opened the friend list and glanced at it.

Note: Soft.

Suddenly, someone in the team spoke up.

[JustWatchMyPlays: Clicked the wrong button, I’m solo queuing.]

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: Okay.]

[JustWatchMyPlays: Who are you? I’ll add a note.]

David Parker hadn’t played on the Chinese server for a long time, but his account ID wasn’t a secret—you could find it online with a quick search.

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: Qian]

Ryan Cooper paused as he was about to leave the team.

[JustWatchMyPlays: TTC’s Qian?]

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: Yeah]

[JustWatchMyPlays: Oh…]

Brian Carter didn’t want to waste time. Seeing that Soft still hadn’t left, he was about to quit first.

[JustWatchMyPlays: How about we play a couple of games together? You’re climbing to King, right? I’ll carry you up.]

He sounded confident and cocky.

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: Sure]

[JustWatchMyPlays: But you have to answer a question for me first, bro.]

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: ?]

[JustWatchMyPlays: A few days ago… on Monday, was Road’s streaming account really him?]

Author’s Note:

Soft: Waiting online for a reply, kind of urgent.

Red envelopes as usual~

Thanks to the little angels who gave me overlord tickets or watered the nutrient solution between 2020-07-01 05:21:35 and 2020-07-01 22:05:21~

Thanks to the little angels who sent rocket launchers: 枫留儿 2; 冢不二天长地久, 白马富婆四号, 芜湖 1 each;

Thanks to the little angels who sent grenades: 浅色记忆, 莓莓想不出名字 1 each;

Chapter 6

Brian Carter rested his hand on the keyboard, pausing for a while before typing.

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: I think so.]

[JustWatchMyPlays: Oh.]

[JustWatchMyPlays: So was the gift sent by mistake?]

[JustWatchMyPlays: I can refund you.]

Brian Carter remembered how Xiao Bai had complained about Soft that day, saying he was obsessed with money—no matter how weird the ID, as long as you sent him gifts, he’d read it out and thank you.

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: No]

Ryan Cooper typed out another question, glanced at the chat box, and felt he was being too wordy, so he held back and deleted it.

[JustWatchMyPlays: Can you hear my voice?]

To make it easier for players to communicate, LOL has built-in voice chat. Brian Carter glanced over and saw that Soft’s microphone icon was flashing.

He switched to his phone headset, and as soon as he put it on, he heard the sound of someone typing on the other end—pretty loud.

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: I can hear you]

“Is my voice too loud? I just finished streaming and I’m too lazy to adjust the sound card,” Soft asked.

Brian Carter noticed that his voice was different when he was cursing versus chatting. When cursing, there was a provocative, mocking edge; when chatting normally, it was much more pleasant.

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: It’s fine]

Ryan Cooper raised an eyebrow. “You don’t have a mic?”

[Q Bro Universe Invincible: It’s broken, is that okay?]

For Ryan Cooper, solo or duo queue didn’t make much difference. He only used voice chat because he was too lazy to type, so it didn’t matter if the other person could talk or not.

“No problem,” Ryan Cooper said. “Pick your roles.”

Before entering ranked, every player has to pre-select two roles to avoid disputes over role selection.

Ryan Cooper hadn’t played much on his main Chinese server account this season, and this account had just reached Diamond 3. There was basically no queue time for ranked, and after a few seconds, they were matched into a new game.