Jungler's Bait [Esports]

As a former world champion, former world's top jungler, and the player with the highest market value, most accolades, and largest fanbase in the league, Yu Du hadn’t appeared on the competitive stage for an entire season—nearly a year. His team, NOG, performed disastrously, at one point ranking at the bottom of the league. Just as speculation swirled that this legendary player might retire due to accumulating injuries or conflicts with teammates— This year’s regular season saw the sudden rise of the LPL’s most sought-after mid laner, who paid his own termination fee to forcefully join NOG. Earlier, fans had mocked Yu Du, saying he was washed up and should retire, that one must accept aging and fate… Only to realize later that they were the ones who were washed. —When the king of the old era returns, he’ll show you what true cruelty means. --- During filming for the Summer Split documentary, the crew provided the questions in advance. Yu Du lounged on the sofa, casually crossing his legs, and read the first question aloud: “Your family is so wealthy—why did you choose to go pro?” Lin Huainan lifted his eyelids slightly, smirking as he replied, “Because this team’s jungler captain used a voice changer to pretend to be a girl and catfished me online, then told me love transcends gender?” Yu Du: “……” But when the official documentary filming began, the interviewer followed the script and asked, “Player South, it’s said your family is quite well-off. What drove you to become a professional League of Legends player?” Yu Du sat across from him, swallowing nervously, terrified Lin Huainan would say it was because “the captain catfished me with a voice changer.” Instead, Lin Huainan lowered his gaze and said softly, “Because of Yu Du. He was my entire youth from ages thirteen to seventeen.”