The spring season is still in full swing, but the situation is very different from team to team.

UR continues to be strong, but SKT is already hitting rock bottom.

Lee Sang-hyuk's performance is getting worse and worse, and it is visible to the naked eye that he is starting to change because of his age.

In fact, it is obviously a bit of an exaggeration to say that the dish is not worthy of playing professionally, but the current Lee Sang-hyuk really can't do what a top mid-laner should do, and his control of the battle situation is becoming more and more sluggish.

He's really changed.

After the collapse of S4, this was the biggest setback for Lee Sang-hyuk.

Even the most experienced players, in the face of this irreversible decline, there is no way but to train frantically and postpone this process as much as possible.

But sadly, this process can never be reversed, and it can even decline faster due to too much training.

"I feel like I can't hold on anymore."

To his teammates and outsiders and the media, Lee Sang-hyuk always looks like he has a chance to win, and he never exposes his fragility, discomfort, helplessness and other emotions.

But for Xu Ruoguang, an old teammate, Lee Sang-hyuk didn't think about hiding it.

"I've really changed my mind, Wakamitsu."

He spoke calmly, as if he were telling someone else's story.

"I used to be able to make the right choice the moment I saw someone, but now even if I know what to do, my reaction, my actions, I can't support me to do all this."

"My career is almost over, right?"

Xu Ruoguang stood on the second floor of the UR Club with the phone, looking at the light rain outside the window.

After a moment of silence, there was no positive answer,

"Are you willing?"

"I'm supposed to, pretty satisfied, right?"

Lee Sang-hyuk smiled indifferently,

"I've won three championships, how can I be unwilling, and I do ......"

He paused, then continued as usual.

“…… It should be almost, and after this year's fight, maybe I will consider retiring. ”

"Then you can retire."

Xu Ruoguang thought about it and said with a smile.

"How cool it is to retire, you don't have to train every day, and you are not short of money now, you can do whatever you want, right?"

"There's no pressure on grades yet, and no one will mention it again, and when it comes to Lee Sang-hyuk, everyone's reaction is that the triple crown is ah, it's very powerful when he plays professionally."

"Isn't that what you want?"

Lee Sang-hyuk was silent for a moment and snorted.

"You have a point."

"That's right, it's so tiring to play professionally, I haven't made enough money, and I've retired when I earn enough, whoever likes to fight will fight."

Xu Ruoguang is a serious way.

"Hmmm......"

"By the way, Sang-hyuk, remember to come next year when I get married to Eun-jeong."

“…………”

"Hello? Feed? Why is it silent? I'm out of signal? No, I still have no signal in Seoul? Could it be that we're calling over there? ”

“…………”

"Sanghyuk, Eun Jing doesn't need you to worry, I will take good care of her, remember to be my best man when the time comes, it shouldn't be very troublesome for you, right?"

"I suddenly don't want to retire."

Lee Sang-hyuk gritted his teeth.

"Huh? Don't, how can you give up when you have made up your mind? Retreat, I beg you. ”

Xu Ruoguang's voice sounded unusually disappointed.

"No, not only will I not retire, but I will watch you retire, and I will not retire if you retire!"

Lee Sang-hyuk said coldly,

"I've disappointed you!"

"That's not particularly disappointing, you're just one of my defeated generals, nothing special."

Xu Ruoguang sighed and said with a smile.

“…… Hung up. ”

Lee Sang-hyuk endured the mood of going down the line to gank Xu Ruoguang and hung up the phone.

Xu Ruoguang looked at the phone that hung up, shook his head, and continued to rank with a bright smile.

At the SKT base, Lee Sang-hyuk's originally cold face also showed a slight smile after hanging up the phone.

"Radical Method......

Of course, he knew why Xu Ruoguang said that, and while he was moved in his heart, he also sprouted the courage to persevere.

"Xu Ruoguang, do you know? Eun Jing has long been irrelevant to me. ”

"If I can't win you once, I don't want to retire in my life."

In addition to UR and SKT, the team with the best results right now is GRF.

However, at this time, GRF was not as happy as it was under the winning streak.

In the corridor under the cold light, two men in suits are facing each other.

CVMAX looked at Zhao Kuinan, who was smiling in front of him, and couldn't wait to punch him in the treacherous face.

"I said it all, don't do such superfluous things, Zhao Kuinan, you are too much."

cvmax suppressed his anger and said as calmly as he could.

Zhao Kuinan showed a somewhat surprised expression, looked at him with a smile, and said with a smile.

"What did I do? It's just asking them to help their teammates, what's the excesses? ”

"Hmph, you're really good at avoiding the heavy and light, but Zhao Kuinan, is this the way to help your teammates? Yes? ”

cvmax didn't eat him at all, and said with a sneer.

"You want Tarzan to be the first in Hanbok, OK, I can support it, and I like this kid a lot, but you can't ask other players to go to him to fake games to give him points just because you want Tarzan to be the first in Hanbok!"

"Match-fixing? No, no, no, I think Coach Jin is too up-to-date, it's just rank, not a game at all. ”

Zhao Kuinan waved his hand again and again, looking very wronged.

"For professional players, this kind of thing must not happen, you are breaking the will of the players, if they follow your command today to line up for Tarzan's acting, then in the future if there are other high-level demands that they must lose the game?"

CVMAX argued, and then his tone softened.

"Our results this year are very good, we really have a chance to go to the S9 World Championships, I beg you, Zhao Kuinan, don't interfere with my arrangements for the team anymore, I really want to get results."

Zhao Kuinan's smile disappeared.

"You think you're the only one who wants to make the grades? But I don't recognize your ability, why do you coach GRF? They can live better. ”

CVMAX looked at his grim face and smiled.

"Don't be so high-sounding, Zhao Kuinan, in the end, you are just not convinced that I am coaching the GRF, do you want to make results? Tell me, what do you mean by contacting them? Well? You don't think I don't know, do you? ”

Zhao Kuinan's pupils shrank,

"You got it? This is my business, you meddle too deeply, Jin Dahu, I am the CEO! ”

"If you want to say that, then I can also tell you, first, I am a coach sent by the GRF headquarters, and it is not up to you! Second, you don't have the right to interfere with my team's tactical arrangements, and third, I'm the coach! ”

CVMAX stared at him and said word by word.

Zhao Kuinan smiled,

"Oh? Do you see anyone listening to you? ”

He took a step forward, relying on his height advantage, and said condescendingly to CVMAX.

"Top laner sword, jungler tarzan, they're all people I brought over."

"Auxiliary lehends, also an academy assistant that I bought from T1."

"AD, nuclear, he has nothing to do with you."

"As for chovy...... You did bring him here, but what's the use of just a chovy? ”

Zhao Kuinan looked at CVMAX with some contempt.

"In terms of relationship with players, I'm much better than you, Jin Dahu, blindly being strict with players will only make them bored with you, do you think everyone is a player like Emporer and faket? Don't be too presumptuous. ”

He laughed.

"I know you're treating them well by being harsh on them, but do they know? You don't understand people's hearts at all! ”

I don't understand people's hearts?

CVMAX was somewhat silent.

He is a more traditional LCK coach, who is strict with players and cannot tolerate the loss of the right to speak, which is the most fundamental reason why he does not deal with Zhao Kuinan.

He opened his mouth a little dryly and looked at Zhao Kuinan.

“viper…… It's also because of this that you sold UR? ”

Viper is his direct line, and he has been pulling GRF for a long time before the name change, which has not received capital injections.

He is also a player that CVMAX trusts very much.

"No, no, no, in fact, the viper is fed up with your endless demands, and after UR sent out the request for purchase, I didn't do anything at all, I just asked him if he wanted to go, and the transfer was completed after he agreed."

Zhao Kuinan waved his hand again and again, denying that he had anything to do with this incident.

He really didn't tell a lie in this sentence, at most he added a little fuel and vinegar.

In fact, Viper has never expressed any opinion about CVMAX.

But it's true later.

"Is that so..."

CVMAX's gaze darkened slightly.

Viper's departure hit him very hard.

[In fact, after cvmax was kicked out of the game by GRF, he didn't plan to break the news, after all, he didn't play the power struggle. If you lose, you have to admit it. But at this time, viper, who was instructed by the high-level, warned cvmax in an interview not to reveal anything about GRF, and directly made cvmax, who originally thought that the viper he brought over, would definitely stand on his side, broke the big defense, and then broke the news about the kanavi contract. 】

"That's it, you don't understand anything at all, e-sports is not about fighting and killing, it's about human feelings."

Zhao Kuinan glanced at him contemptuously and turned to leave.

Only CVMAX was left leaning against the wall, looking up at the cold white light, his eyes glazed.

Zhao Kuinan walked all the way to where the youth players lived, and did not see Kanavi.

He didn't care, and finally found it in the cafeteria.

"Kanavi, come here."

Kanavi followed him to a secluded place with some fear, and Kanavi, who was holding the meal, sat down before plucking up the courage to speak.

"Manager Zhao."

Zhao Kuinan nodded.

"JDG, did you send you a message?"

He slowly sorted out his cuffs, didn't look at Kanavi, and said plainly.

"Yes...... The manager of JDG told me that he wanted me to transfer to JDG and not sign a loan contract. ”

Kanavi couldn't figure out what he meant, and said honestly.

"Oh? So how did you reply? ”

Zhao Kuinan stopped moving, his eyes sharp.

"I ...... Coach CVMAX told me not to reply, otherwise it would be a violation of the team treaty. ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Kuinan snorted noncommittally,

"And what do you think? What kind of contract is being proposed by JDG? ”

"Honestly, I ...... I don't really want to sign. ”

Kanavi struggled a little,

"The contract they say is too long...... Three or five years, it's almost a whole career for me, and I don't want to stay at JDG for the rest of my life. ”

Zhao Kuinan nodded, and the conversation changed.

"But you know what, Kanavi, even if you don't reply, you've actually violated the clan rules and belong to the private clan."

He stood up, his tall body casting shadows in the cafeteria lights, enveloping Kanavi.

"If, I mean, I escalate this to the top, and behave like this, what do you think you're going to do?"

Kanavi's body couldn't help but tremble, and he resisted the panic in his heart and asked.

"What...... What? ”

Zhao Kuinan smiled lightly, but the words he said almost made Kanavi despair.

"I can make it impossible for you to play professionally again."

"No, no!"

Kanavi couldn't suppress her emotions and spoke eagerly.

"Manager Zhao, help me, please! I really want to play professionally, I'm very talented! I can help GRF make it to Worlds! Please forgive me this time, I really didn't know it was a private team, I'm sorry, I'm really sorry! ”

His eyes were red.

As a trainee, it's hard to get through, how can Kanavi accept such an ending?

Zhao Kuinan looked a little headache,

"It's hard for you to deal with this matter, there are too many people who know, I know, cvmax also knows, JDG can also use this to blackmail you."

"It doesn't matter what, you must help me! Please! ”

Kanavi spoke eagerly, as if a man in the water had grasped the last straw that saved his life.

Hooked.

Zhao Kuinan showed a secret smile, and said in a deep voice:

"Want to solve...... Actually, maybe it's not impossible. ”

Kanavi Daiki,

"You say, no matter what you do, I will listen to you!"

"Okay then."

Zhao Kuinan nodded calmly. Look at Kanavi.

"Then agree to JDG's request and go to JDG to play for five years."

Kanavi sensed that something was wrong.

Manager Zhao ...... Isn't it a three-year or five-year contract? Why does it have to be five years...... Five years is too long, is it okay? ”

Nonsense, where the do I earn transfer fees when you sign for three years?

Zhao Kuinan smiled secretly in his heart.

"No! This is the appeal of JDG, if you don't agree, then you can honestly be a trainee at GRF for four years and can only get 1 million won a year. ”

"Of course, in four years, you won't be able to play professionally, you will never be able to play professionally."

Zhao Kuinan lowered his face coldly, looked at Kanavi's somewhat frightened face and said,

"I'm already merciful to give you a way, kanavi, if it weren't for the fact that I still have a conscience in my heart and don't want to let a talented professional player like you ruin your career, you don't have a way!"

Kanavi is still hesitating,

"Yes...... It's ......"

"What is it? If you don't agree, you will be a four-year trainee at GRF, and you will have no career after the contract ends, and then GRF will kick you away. ”

"Choose!"

Zhao Kuinan said coldly.

"I ...... I ......"

Kanavi really had a hard time choosing, but Zhao Kuinan didn't have the patience anymore.

He looked at the untouched rice in front of Kanavi and suddenly smiled.

beckoned, beckoned the staff.

"Manager Zhao!"

"Remove the rice and replace the leftovers, I don't think he really wants to eat."

Zhao Kuinan said something that Kanavi didn't expect at all.

"Yes...... Be! ”

The staff's scalp is numb, is this corporal punishment of the academy players?

But he's just a staff member.

We don't dare to say it, and we don't dare to ask.

With the leftovers served, Zhao Kuinan looked at Kanavi, whose face was becoming more and more embarrassed, and said with a chuckle.

"If you don't want to. That's how you'll be treated later. ”

His face turned unforgiving.

"GRF doesn't raise idlers, a player who is not qualified to play professionally, is worthless."

Kanavi exhaled, the fear and uncertainty about the future that made him completely unable to resist.

He lowered his head and whispered.

“…… I, I sign. ”

Zhao Kuinan was afraid that he would regret it, so he immediately smiled.

"That's right!"

I took out my phone and ordered a high-end Korean beef set meal in front of Kanavi.

He got up, patted Kanavi on the shoulder, and smiled kindly.

"I'm sorry to delay your meal. Just now it was just a joke, how could we GRF let a talented youth player like you eat leftovers? Hahaha. ”

"You eat slowly, it should be delivered immediately, I won't bother you."

Zhao Kuinan walked out of the cafeteria, took out his mobile phone, and dialed a call.

“…… Right. It's been solved. ”

"Hmm. Or is it what we say? ”

"He's just a youth player, you don't have to pay him too much, just give it to the lowest level, he doesn't dare to say anything."

"However, for our GRF, he is a very good player, and he is also a player that our GRF focuses on, and the transfer fee is ......."

"After the deed is completed, 1 billion won [about 6 million soft girl coins] will be sent to you."

The person opposite spoke in a calm tone.

"Okay, then it's a deal."

Zhao Kuinan smiled happily and hung up the phone.

He even hummed a little tune.

What is Kanavi's career?

A player's future?

What bullshit is that.

In front of 1 billion, it is worthless.

CVMAX, who was still pensive, unexpectedly saw Kanavi with a somewhat gloomy expression.

"Huh? Why did you finish eating at this time? ”

CVMAX knows Kanavi and is optimistic about Kanavi's future.

"Yes...... It was Manager Zhao who invited me to eat. ”

Kanavi forced a smile.

"Zhao Kuinan? What is he looking for you for? ”

CVMAX's brow furrowed high.

Kanavi hesitated, but decided to tell cvmax.

CVMAX's face also changed from calm, to surprise, and then to anger.

"What the hell is he trying to do? Five years?! Dentist Nishihachi shake it! ”

CVMAX burst into foul language.

CVMAX, who had forced himself to calm down, couldn't calm down anymore.

Kanavi smiled reluctantly, shuffling a little tired, and left.

Only CVMAX, whose face was cloudy, was left.

All this, no one knows.

Three days later, Viper, who had just finished the game, unexpectedly received a call from CVMAX.

He was quite surprised, knowing that after viper chose to go to UR, cvmax's relationship with him was immediately broken, and viper also knew what cvmax was thinking.

So it was very surprising that CVMAX would choose to call him.

After hesitating for a moment, he picked up the phone.

"Aniase?"

"It's me, Daoxian."

CVMAX on the other end of the phone spoke calmly.

“…… Brother Dahu. ”

CVMAX's real name is Jin Dahu, and Viper had a good relationship with him before, so it's no problem to call Brother Sheng.

"I'm at UR now, if you call like this, I'm afraid that Brother kkoma will misunderstand......"

Viper hesitated.

"It's okay, I'm on business."

CVMAX said calmly,

"I'm already planning to turn against Zhao Kuinan."

"Huh? Ani, brother, you can't fight him. He now has a close relationship with the top management, and it is very telling that he is still the CEO after the GRF was recapitalized. ”

Viper was taken aback at first, and then couldn't help but persuade.

How could CVMAX spell Zhao Kuinan?

Anyone with a discerning eye can see how big the difference in strength between the two people is, how can cvmax, a simple coach, fight Zhao Kuinan, the CEO?

It's also irrational.

"I know, Do-hyun, I know it all."

CVMax was silent for a moment and said.

"Then why ......"

"But, Daoxian, remember what I told you?"

CVMAX looked at the somewhat dim sky.

It was dark at this time, but ......

In such good weather, it won't be long before the bright moonlight will be able to sprinkle the world and ...... Get rid of the things that are not clean.

"I want to make the GRF better, and once there is a problem with the GRF, even if it is to scrape the bones to cure the poison, I will not hesitate to do it."

"Even if ...... will ruin GRF. ”

"I also can't accept that such a GRF continues to exist."

Cvmax said softly.

"Maybe I really don't understand people's hearts, I used to be so strict with you and often scolded you, I'm sorry, Daoxian, can you forgive me this time?"

Viper was silent, and nodded after a moment.

"Well, I forgive you, brother."

"Thank you."

CVMAX softly thanked him. Go on.

"Zhao Kuinan is too much, he chose to bury the future of GRF players for his own selfish desires, which I can't accept under any circumstances."

"I don't understand people's hearts, but I have a bottom line."

"I know I don't have the ability to fight him, and I can't be his opponent, but ah, now that I've seen it, I really can't sit idly by."

"Dohyun, if I bet on my coaching career, I should be able to save that player's career, right?"

"If you think about it this way, it's actually quite profitable, isn't it?"

CVMAX said with a smile.

"I'm not a good coach, but I believe he can be a good player."

"It's a bargain to trade a bad coach for a good player."

Viper's pupils narrowed, and a terrible guess came over him.

"Brother, you won't be ......!"

"Yes."

"Brother, what are you thinking...... This kind of thing is thankless, I really don't want you to have an accident, pretend not to see it, and then leave the GRF in the future, can't you? Do you want to be hidden? ”

Viper eagerly persuaded.

This is Viper.

In fact, in the original world online, Viper chose to warn CVMAX that it was really not necessarily Zhao Kuinan.

It is more likely that it should still be in the protection of CVMAX.

But cvmax is this character.

I don't know how to back down, and my temper is hot.

Viper knows that cvmax will never win against GRF.

CVMAX also knows.

But he didn't care.

"Do-hyun, listen to me, you should be in the UR team now, right? Can I give the phone to the Emporer player? I need his help now. ”

"Only Emporer players will be able to contact Chairman Lee."

CVMAX said earnestly.

"If I go on my own, the GRF management will definitely send my application back."

"Please, Dohyun."

"I need to make Chairman Lee ......"

CVMAX took a deep breath and said word by word.

"Thoroughly, GRF!"

(End of chapter)