The Factory Director Has Fallen

"I found it! I found it!"

In KZ's training room, a data analyst who had been working diligently for two hours suddenly looked up and shouted.

Upon hearing the sound, Hirai rushed over and looked at the computer screen, asking, "What did you find out? Did he frequently ban Irelia before?"

"Yes, I just collected his livestream videos after the Irelia rework and discovered a specific pattern: whenever he plays Jayce or Lucian, Jayce is always banned!"

The analyst's voice trembled slightly as he said, "And recently, the champion he's been using against Jayce is Irelia."

Upon hearing this, Hirai's mind raced. If that were true, he would have to make good use of it.

The next day arrived in the blink of an eye, and the MSI group stage continued.

Today EDG has two opponents: FNC from the European region and TL from the North American region.

As we all know, teams from these two regions can lose to any opponent in world-class competitions, but they absolutely cannot lose to each other.

In yesterday's matches between the two regions, FNC defeated TL, immediately earning the title of "European Pride" online and significantly increasing their fan base.

TL was extremely unwilling to accept defeat, and there was still a lot of criticism within the region, so they were eager to get revenge.

As for FNC, they also want to solidify their position and continue to relentlessly attack TL, crushing them into the mud.

However, since the two teams didn't have a match today and couldn't directly face each other, netizens chose another way for them to compete: who could last longer against EDG.

In the second match of the morning, EDG and FNC took to the stage.

As a home team from the European region, FNC naturally received a lot of cheers, but EDG was no less enthusiastic, after all, the strong deserve respect.

After entering the hero selection phase, FNC, as the blue side, did not ignore Li Chen like KZ did, but their hero banning strategy was also unique.

Besides Jayce, FNC gave the remaining two half picks to Camille and Xerath, as these two champions pushed too fast and couldn't be allowed to be picked.

When selecting subsequent players, FNC's lineup was also mainly defensive, with the mid and bot laners taking on the task of clearing waves, the top laner and jungler acting as the front line, and the support taking on the task of protecting.

Both sides quickly completed their character selections and entered the loading screen:

FNC (Blue Team):

Top Lane - Sion

Jungler - Gragas

Mid Lane - Ziggs

ad——Xia

Support - Toad

EDG Red Team:

Top lane - Renekton

Jungler - Sejuani

Mid laner - Azir

ad——Female Police Officer

Support - Thresh

At the LPL commentary booth, Miller looked at the lineups of both sides and said thoughtfully, "The lineups of both sides in this game seem to have a lot of meaning. FNC's lineup is obviously lacking in damage, and their two carries can only be considered one and a half in the late game, but they are very strong in defense and counter-engage."

As for EDG, there was some disjointedness. Top lane picked Renekton, and bot lane chose Caitlyn, which should have been a strategy for early-to-mid-game aggression. However, mid laner C-God picked Azir, a champion known for his limited early-game solo-kill potential.

"How should I put it? I still trust EDG's decision. Since they chose this lineup, they must have their reasons. Moreover, with C's Azir and Caitlyn's late-game damage, they can completely cover for the team."

Rita didn't want to delve deeper into this topic because she had already vaguely guessed EDG's thoughts.

However, he was clearly not the only one who guessed EDG's thoughts. There are so many experienced veterinarians in the LPL who have seen through EDG's unconventional player selection.

[Next up is the exhibition match!]

All I can say is, it's all about human relationships and social dynamics!

Not engaging in early-game skirmishes is a courtesy to EU; securing the late game is C's bottom line.

[No water wasted at point C.]

No meal is ever eaten for nothing.

[C says: Who are you calling an idiot?]

After entering the game, neither side engaged in any underhanded tactics. They exchanged a glance in the river and then tacitly chose to log off separately without disturbing each other.

Li Chen controlled the Tsar, positioned in the mid lane, observing the enemy Bomber across the minion wave. He adopted a conservative healing strategy throughout, only attacking minions and not attacking the enemy.

The bottom lane was even more stable, with Caitlyn and Xayah pulling each other back and forth, showing the demeanor of strong players, knowing when to stop!

Soon, ten minutes of the match were up. In those ten minutes, the commentators, who had talked about the match, the players, and the teams, felt that there was really nothing left to say.

However, at that moment, the two junglers suddenly clashed in the upper jungle.

In the top lane, Renekton has an advantage over Sion in the early game, especially after level six, when they can fight to the bitter end.

In addition, with Li Chen in the mid lane, even if he didn't make any moves and just farmed minions, his ID god丶C was enough to intimidate the surrounding area. Therefore, Clearlove inevitably acted a bit aggressively and showed off.

"The factory manager is going to invade the jungle. Does he really have to eat this Krug? Gragas is right there. It's not right for you to eat someone else's jungle monster in front of them. Sure enough, Gragas still chose to make a move. Sion also rushed over."

Not only did he not understand what the factory manager was thinking, but even Li Chen couldn't quite figure it out.

It's one thing for the factory manager to gank the raptors when he's bored, but the top lane Malphite is so far away that neither he nor Flandre can get there in time, so why does he have to go and show off like that?

However, Li Chen neither reminded them nor stopped them. After all, ten minutes had passed, and it was time for one or two people to get killed, otherwise people would easily say that they were playing an exhibition match.

The factory manager was clearly an old man whose thinking was prone to problems. Even though he knew Sion was coming, he was still entangled with Gragas near the Stone Golem and hurriedly called for Li Chen and Flandre to come to his aid.

As teammates, the two naturally couldn't stand by and watch someone die in public, so they each started to dawdle.

Miller quickly explained: "Sejuani isn't afraid of a one-on-one fight at this point, as she has an advantage in health. But can she really use this Q? Cosplay and Flandre are still far away, while Sion is so close that he's almost there even without his ultimate. Ziggs is also on his way."

Sion arrived first, his charged Q already unleashed. Clearlove, slowed by Gragas, couldn't move and was about to use Flash. He tried to unleash his ultimate, but Sion blocked it. Gragas then flashed and followed up with his ultimate, blasting Clearlove back.

The factory manager is not in a good position. He was unable to create distance and escape. Fortunately, all three of them are tanky and do not have burst damage, so they are still surviving.

Li Chen took a more direct approach. Instead of going through the jungle, he went to the Baron pit via the river. At this point, Clearlove had been chased to the tri-bush, and Renekton had arrived to provide support.

But as the Bomber unleashed his ultimate ability, the Factory Manager, who couldn't escape the damage range, was still taken down.

"The factory manager is down. He gave up first blood for a group of Malphite, but C-God and Flandre are not giving up. Flandre is very strong right now, like a god of war, holding his own against two opponents. C-God is still waiting, not making a move. Is he waiting for the Ziggs?"