How can Scout compare to Tiger?

At the 21st minute, the game screen froze completely.

As Lin Xiu's team of five combined their efforts to destroy EDG's Nexus, countless red shards flew across the screen, reflecting the diverse expressions on the faces in the training room.

This training match, originally intended to teach newcomers, turned out to be such an absurd result.

结算页面：中单瑞兹，5-0-8，打野盲僧，4-1-10。

In comparison, Scout's 0-4-1 LeBlanc and AiLoli's 30% teamfight participation rate and 40 CS deficit Kha'Zix stand out starkly.

"call--"

Lin Xiu took off his headphones and exhaled a long breath.

He felt a slight warmth in his fingertips, and the pleasure brought by the maxed-out proficiency level continued.

For a professional player like him, who comes from Season 15, Lee Sin's various maneuvers are second nature.

However, with maxed-out proficiency, the transitions between various skills and basic attacks appear exceptionally smooth.

He's practically the Blind Monk himself!

This gave him more confidence to implement some advanced jungle farming routes and ganking strategies.

Faker, sitting quietly in his chair, was looking at the match statistics with a calm expression.

They showed no joy at defeating the first team, as if it were all a matter of course.

This calm made the atmosphere in the training room even more oppressive.

"What, what are we hitting?!"

Ai Luoli was the first to throw off his headphones, his face flushed red with anger and frustration.

He stood up abruptly, the chair scraping against the floor with a screeching sound.

"Lin Xiu, is that a trial? You're just messing with my mentality!"

Ai Luoli pointed at the screen, her voice slightly off-key with excitement.

"You're a complete gambler. What if I start with a red hand? What if I get reversed and don't enter your red zone? You're just lucky that you bet right on both occasions."

Losing a scrim in an internal team match is no big deal.

The loli's resentment stems more from a sense of shame at being manipulated and stripped bare.

He calls himself the "Crown Prince" of EDG, and has always been regarded as the successor to Clearlove, the team's soul and totem-like figure.

Today, however, I was walked around like a dog for a full twenty minutes by a substitute I've always looked down on.

This psychological gap was unacceptable to him.

"Luck, this game was purely bad luck. You guys got the rhythm and started snowballing."

Lolita was still muttering to herself.

Scout, on the other hand, appears even more sinister.

He stared intently at Lee Sang-hyeok's profile, his knuckles turning blue from gripping the mouse too tightly.

"Ruican, you're in too much of a hurry, Enchantress..."

Meiko opened her mouth, wanting to say something to defend Scout, but in the end she just sighed.

As an assistant who needed to have a holistic view, he saw things very clearly.

Scout's problem in this game was definitely not just a matter of mentality.

Instead, from level one onwards, he was completely suppressed by this rookie substitute mid laner.

In terms of gameplay, he failed to trade blows at level one, and his level three all-in attempt was also poorly executed, resulting in him giving up first blood.

Later on, his rhythm was completely outmaneuvered. When Ryze was pushing the lane, he stood under the tower watching; when Ryze ganked, he vented his anger on the minions.

Unable to push through Ryze's lane, he was always a step behind and had almost no impact on the one-sided situation.

"I was careless."

Scout spoke haltingly in Chinese, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"His maneuver of pulling minions at level one isn't that difficult; it's just that not many people have tried it in matches. If I had some time, I could do it too."

"The subsequent ganks were also due to the advantage gained at level 3, which allowed the ball to snowball."

He is not satisfied.

As a talented mid-laner who has already established himself in the LPL, he would never accept being completely outmatched in lane by a random player.

Especially since this person is from my hometown in South Korea and has some connection with SKT.

This filled Scout with a sense of crisis.

"You were careless, but if you think the only reason for your failure was carelessness, then you'll probably stop here for now."

A deep and authoritative voice suddenly came from the training room door.

Everyone turned around in astonishment.

All that could be seen was that the serious-looking boss, Edward Zhu, was already standing at the door.

He was watching this match before Abu told him he wanted to sign the rookie mid laner.

It turns out that while Ryze was solo killing LeBlanc, the real-time battle situation discussion in the EDG coaching staff's small group chat had already exploded.

Seeing that they were all praising the new mid laner, Edward Zhu immediately pulled up the game signal from his office and happened to see the whole process of Ryze and Lee Sin forcibly ganking the other two.

And then a clean and decisive victory.

Ed Zhu strode in, holding a professional contract in his hand.

Abu was stunned: "Boss, why did you come in person?"

Edju completely ignored Abu, his gaze sweeping across the entire room before finally settling on Lee Sang-hyeok.

As a boss who loves esports, he doesn't understand too much about strategy and hero counters, but he does understand advantages and victory.

In those fifteen minutes, what he saw was not an equal contest, but Chang Wei beating up Lai Fu.

He saw the shadow of top LCK mid laners in this rookie mid laner.

"Top rookie contracts, effective immediately once you sign."

Eddie Joo laid the contract out in front of Lee Sang-hyeok, her tone so decisive it was suffocating.

"Once you sign your name, you will be the core of EDG's future team building."

This scene completely silenced Ai Luoli, who had been stubbornly arguing.

In esports leagues where commercialization and fan culture are not yet fully developed, sponsors hold absolute authority.

Abu, seeing Scout's pale face, knew something was wrong.

He greatly admires Lee Sang-hyeok, and based on his performance in this match, he believes Lee Sang-hyeok has a limitless future.

But as a professional manager, Abramovich would never promise a key role based on just one game.

It's even less likely that Scout, who has already proven himself to be a top-tier mid laner in the LPL, would be removed from the starting lineup because of this.

Abu thought for a moment and tried to maintain the balance:

"Boss, their performances were indeed amazing, but with the Spring Split just around the corner, Scout and Airoli have been with the team for quite some time now."

My idea is to let Xiao Li and Xiao Lin train on the first team as substitutes for a while, and then transfer them to the first team for rotation when the time is right.

As soon as Abu finished speaking, Scout's previously stiff back visibly relaxed.

The time is ripe for the second team to train.

If he can put on a stellar performance in the new season, he's confident he can keep this nobody on the bench.

Eddie frowned, clearly having some reservations about the plan.

Lee Sang-hyeok stood up, looked directly at Ed-joo, and said:

"Boss, I'm willing to start as a substitute. I said that during my interview."

Lee Sang-hyeok's eyes were earnest; he knew he wasn't ready to face his nightmares.

The LPL in the S7 Spring Split was a nightmare he could never forget.

Led by his two strict fathers, Uzi and Xiaohu,

RNG is an all-Chinese team!

Although they dominated Scout today.

But Scout can't compare to Tiger.

Are they worthy?

Lee Sang-hyeok thought to himself.

When Edward Joo heard that Lee Sang-hyeok said the same thing, he nodded slightly.

"Xiao Li, due to team cohesion issues, you may have to stay on the bench for a while, but my promise will never change."

Lee Sang-hyeok stood up and nodded slightly.

"Okay," he replied calmly.

Ed Zhu nodded, turned and gave Abu a few instructions before leaving the training room.

Not long after, Lin Xiu and Lee Sang-hyeok returned to the training room for the substitutes.

As soon as he sat down, that cold, electronic voice echoed in Lin Xiu's mind:

[Ding! The host has led Lee Sang-hyeok to victory in the training match. System mission accomplished!]

[Divine Synchronization Increased by 2%...]

Lin Xiu: 21 years old

[Performance: 58 (+5) points (LPL bottom edge)]

[Awareness: 81 points (+5 points) (Top-tier LPL)]

[Mindset: 100]

[Draw a hero with full mastery: Nidalee]

Feeling a cool sensation in his brain, Lin Xiu subconsciously clenched his fist.

A skill rating of 63 is still incredibly bad in the LPL.

However, combined with his top-tier awareness in the LPL and his advanced understanding of the current meta, he is already capable of creating a lot of variety in the jungle and ganking.

[Lee Sang-hyeok successfully overcame his mental demons at EDG.Meiko, mental fortitude +5.]

Lin Xiu clicked on Fei Fu's profile picture and noticed that EDG.Meiko's portrait below was slowly fading away.

Lin Xiu swiped again, and Lee Sang-hyeok's attribute panel appeared:

Lee Sang-hyeok: 21 years old

[Performance: 100 points (World's No. 1)]

[Awareness: 100 points (World's No. 1)]

[Mental state: 100 (-85) points (Broken Dao heart)]