Chapter 367: Ordinary Hands? Brilliant Hands!
"Why did you hit your head against the wall when you were talking about Teacher Dafei?" In the office, Pei Yunteng talked to himself while studying the next transformation plan of Honor.

Just now, when Feng Xianjun came to him for the routine work report, he seemed to want to chat a little to liven up the atmosphere, and told Pei Yunteng about some unexpected events during this period.

This included the incident in which Faker Lee Sang-hyeok lost control of his emotions and hit his head against the wall after being defeated by KT 3-1 in the decisive game.

He even played the video of that event for Pei Yunteng.

At that time, the last game should have just ended. The KT players had just shaken hands with the dejected SKT players. Deft and others lowered their heads to organize their peripherals and prepare to leave.

However, Li Xianghe did not rush to pack up. He just faced the wall behind the fighting seat, lowered his head slightly, and no one knew what he was thinking.

After a second or two, his head began to shake slightly, and it could be vaguely seen that he was hitting the wall, but because the amplitude was too small and not very obvious, it did not attract anyone's attention.

But as time went on, the force with which he hit the wall began to increase.

Suddenly, he lowered his head abruptly, as if he had taken off his glasses, then he gathered all his strength and slammed it hard against the wall with a loud bang.

Pei Yunteng's scalp tingled and he could clearly feel the pain of the collision even through the screen.

Lee Sang-hyuk himself seemed to have been hit hard. He staggered two steps and slowly fell into the arms of Deft, who came hurriedly over to check the situation. The video ended.

"What is Teacher Dafei doing? Why is he hitting a wall for no reason?" Pei Yunteng was puzzled.

"Come to think of it, in your previous life, after you traveled through time, Teacher Dafei also did something similar." The system suddenly interrupted.

"Is Teacher Fei over there also involved? Didn't they just win the championship in S13?" Pei Yunteng raised his eyebrows.

"You know what the four little geniuses are made of." The system explained.

"And the S14 game version, especially the summer version, is actually a bit distorted."

"What kind of abnormality?" Pei Yunteng was stunned.

The system did not explain directly, but began to list some heroes: "Zeli, Xiao Pao, Lu Xian, De Zi, Fei Ji..."

"Isn't it quite normal? There are planes everywhere. Are they old planes that have been revised back to bring back real damage?"

"These things are walking in the middle."

"……Oh."

Well, after the system’s explanation, Pei Yunteng finally understood.

The version of the S14 summer season was distorted, with all ADs playing mid lane, which was naturally not friendly to traditional players like Faker.

So, Lee Sang-hyuk is banging his head against the wall... Is he trying to use this method to express his dissatisfaction with the game officials, saying that this version is too bad?
"Isn't this my shocking kneeling?" Pei Yunteng was shocked.

In 2023, when the Lakers' record was in jeopardy, the great Smurf. Sunshine. The first on everyone's list. Executive Vice Goat Comrade was at the home court of the Lakers' arch-rival Celtics.
Taking advantage of the fact that the referee did not call a foul on Celtics star Tatum at a critical moment, he made a big fuss and finally knelt down in the Celtics' home court in front of countless flash cameras.

The results were immediate. In all the following games that season, the Lakers had the league's No. 1 free throw advantage, averaging eight more free throws per game than their opponents.

Could it be that Lee Sang Hyuk also wants to act out such a scene?
"So the audience over there called Lee Sang-hyeok's crash into the wall a "shocking collision." The system confirmed his guess.

"By the way, after Lee Sang-hyeok hit the wall, Riot really urgently patched and strengthened Clockwork and other things."

"...Okay." Pei Yunteng had nothing to say.

He suddenly became curious.

Although in his previous life, Faker’s banging his head against the wall did seem like he was trying to get stronger with Riot, that was definitely not his intention in this life.

In this life, he is only seventeen years old and does not have many honors to show off. He is still an unknown person in the world. How could he dare to ask the official for a patch?

Even if he asked for it, Pei Yunteng would never give it to him.

So the question is, who is he looking for trouble with this collision?

LCK? SKT? Or someone else?

Pei Yunteng suddenly became a little curious.

……

"Hmm, strange ceiling."

Li Xianghe woke up from his sleep and felt a stabbing pain on his forehead.

I reached out and touched it, and found it was wrapped in thick gauze.

His memory slowly returned, and he remembered that he could not accept the fact of failure, and he lost control of his emotions and hit the wall while sorting out peripherals.

At least that's what it looks like from the outside.

"Hey, you're awake?" Li Xianghe was still sorting out his memories when he suddenly heard a teasing voice coming from beside him.

Li Xianghe looked at it carefully and was immediately shocked: "Why are you dressed like this?"

The person who came was Park Jae-yoon. The relationship between the two was relatively harmonious after the summer season, so it was reasonable for Park Jae-yoon to come and take a look.

But what scared Lee Sang-hyuk was his attire.

It was the end of the summer season, at the end of August, and the weather was terribly hot. Even wearing short-sleeved shirts and shorts felt hot.

This guy is covered tightly from head to toe, and there is a hat, mask and sunglasses on the table next to him.

"There's nothing I can do. If I don't hide, you SKT won't let me in at all." Park Jae-yoon spread his hands.

Under SKT's publicity, it seems to outsiders that he and Lee Sang-hyuk are incompatible, and Lee Sang-hyuk is the brave man who personally drove him, the devil king, off the throne.

If paparazzi were to capture Park Jae-yoon visiting Lee Sang-hyuk, it would be hard to predict what kind of public opinion storm would ensue.

So Park Jae-yoon could only disguise himself before trying again.

But even so, he was willing to sweat all over himself in the hot weather to see Lee Sang Hyuk. I have to say, he was really considerate.

“Hukyu and the others had originally planned to guard the ward, but they have to prepare for the defeat against Samsung next, so they don’t have that much time,” Park Jae-yoon explained.

"How long have I been unconscious?" Li Xianghe was silent for a few seconds and asked.

"Not long, about ten hours or so. But I asked your management, and you hit your head pretty hard, and you have a concussion. At least during the summer season, you can forget about playing."

Park Jae-yoon shook his head and suddenly became interested: "By the way, what on earth are you thinking? Why are you so cruel to yourself?"

Li Xianghe's brows slowly knitted together, and after thinking for a while, he answered honestly: "I can't see the direction."

Faker is like a driver of a car whose brakes have failed and the accelerator is pressed to the ground. Despite his superb skills and the fact that he has passed all the obstacles and bends on the road without any danger, he cannot find a way to stop the car.

No matter how hard he thought about it, he couldn't understand why five such outstanding people had ended up like this?

To this day, he still firmly believes that the SKT five-man team in the summer season should be the strongest galaxy battleship in the league.

Deft and Xiao K have a good chemistry, and he and Bengi are even more compatible. Khan on the top lane is a little reckless, but he has the demeanor of a top laner in both laning and teamfights, and he won the solo kill king in the regular season.

Why can't I win the game?

So when he lost to KT, his mind was in a mess and he couldn't see any way out, so he subconsciously banged his head against the wall.

"It's not until now that I can understand to a certain extent how my predecessors felt in the past." Li Xianghe couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't." Park Jae-yoon smiled and shook his head: "You understand me when you are only seventeen years old, so this life is really mine." "...What should I do?" Li Xianghe stared at Park Jae-yoon's face.

"Aren't you on the right track now?" Park Jae-yoon smiled.

"What do you mean?" Li Xianghe was confused.

"Although you haven't realized it yet, your subconscious mind has helped you make the most correct choice." Park Jae-yoon stared at the bandage on Lee Sang-hyuk's head.

"Although there are cases of going against the version, with your current personnel composition, it is not a good thing to follow the version."

"Your real problem is that the training team and management actively interfered with your playing style out of selfish motives."

In the final analysis, if it weren't for the desire to praise the god, SKT would have forced everyone to play with Faker as the absolute core.
Even if the version adaptability is not high, with the current SKT lineup configuration, it can fight back and forth with the other two galaxy battleships.

The management is primarily to blame for the current outcome.

“And the solution is actually very simple.”

"Noisy."

……

Park Jae-yoon didn't talk to Lee Sang-hyuk for too long. After all, they were at most seniors and juniors who shared the same suffering. Their time as teammates was not very pleasant, so there was really not much to talk about.

Shortly after he put on his outfit and left the ward, the coach came in with an eager look on his face and a fruit basket.

"Sang Hyuk, you finally woke up. You've worked really hard this summer. Take a good rest." The coach didn't mention a word about their defeat, but just offered his courtesy.

Li Xianghe also watched him put the fruit basket beside the bed, but did not take it. He just stared at him expressionlessly.

"What about the next schedule?" asked Li Xianghe.

"Don't worry, it's not a big problem." The coach's answer surprised him.

"Hmm?" Li Xianghe frowned.

"First of all, Sang Hyuk, don't even think about playing. Your injury will definitely heal you until the summer season is over." The coach patted his shoulder in a friendly manner.

"But don't worry, we still have substitutes."

"What about SKT?" Lee Sang-hyuk looked directly into his coach's eyes.

"Don't worry, it's safe to go to the World Championship." The coach was full of confidence.

"We are the third place in the Spring Championship and Summer League, so we can definitely play in the bubble match based on the points."

"Not only that, because Samsung's performance in the spring season was not very good, they only made it to the top six, so as long as KT can win the championship, we can even directly advance as the second seed!"

The coach introduced the team enthusiastically and seemed very satisfied with SKT's current performance.

But he didn't notice Li Xianghe's increasingly cold eyes.

So, in your eyes, is it an honorable thing to rely on others, even the opponent who just eliminated you, to help you get a ticket to the World Championship?

For the extremely competitive Lee Sang-hyuk, this was simply a criminal thought.

But the coach didn't notice his emotions at all and even planned to add fuel to the fire.

"Speaking of which, Sang Hyuk, your idea this time is really good. I never knew you were so smart before."

"What wisdom?"

"Bumping into the wall!" the coach said excitedly, "That's a really great move."

"Given our current state, it will be very difficult for us to defeat those two galactic battleships."

"If you lose, it will definitely have a significant impact on your reputation."

"But it's okay now!" The more the coach spoke, the more he felt that Li Xianghe's arrangement was really ingenious.

"After you hit them, you won't be able to talk to them directly in the next few games, so others naturally can't use them to drag you down."

"Being so eager to win that he hit his head against a wall after the game is also a point that can be marketed..."

Looking at the person in front of him with his mouth moving up and down like a catfish in the water, Li Xianghe suddenly found it a little ridiculous.

It turns out that the extreme behavior I committed because I couldn't accept failure was actually seen as a self-taught marketing campaign in their eyes?

Sure enough, what Jae-yoon said was right...

"Coach," Li Xianghe suddenly interrupted the coach's chatter.

"Is there anything you want me to do?" The coach quickly put on a well-behaved look.

"Can you help me ask He Kui and the others to come over?" Li Xianghe lowered his eyebrows slightly, suppressing the anger in his eyes very well, and spoke in a sincere tone.

"My behavior must have worried He Kui and the others. In order not to affect morale, I think I should have a good chat with them and apologize."

The coach thought it was best if the morale was affected. The worse SKT was, the more it would prove the value of Lee Sang-hyuk's leadership.

But of course he couldn't refuse Li Xianghe's request which was so reasonable and responsible.

"Thank you for your consideration, Sang Hyuk. I'll contact them right away and they'll be here in a moment."

……

"Brother Sang Hyuk." Li Sang Hyuk, who was resting with his eyes closed, heard the familiar delicate voice coming from beside the bed. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Jin Hekui sitting obediently beside the bed.

His first words were not a greeting but an apology: "I'm sorry, He Kui."

"No, Xianghe brother did this because he was under too much pressure. I should be the one to apologize." Jin Hekui was stunned.

"There are only two of us left, so there's no need to say any more polite words, right?" Li Xianghe smiled.

"You and I both know what the coach and management think, and I know how much you have sacrificed to support me."

"I'm sorry about this," he said again.

"…Not really, brother. We are all willing to do this. Don't take it to heart, Brother Xianghe." Jin Hekui was silent for a while before speaking.

"But I don't want to." But Li Xianghe's voice suddenly became tough.

Kim Hyuk-kyu looked up in surprise and saw that some kind of light was gathering in Lee Sang-hyuk's eyes that were fully open.

"I don't care about any damn deification or marketing. I only care about whether we can win in the end." Li Xianghe's voice was calm, but it contained a kind of determination and momentum that shocked Jin Hekui.

"If I can win, everything will be fine. If I can't win, I'm going to smash these to pieces."

"And now, I feel that some people's ideas need to be smashed."

Lee Sang Hyuk slowly turned his head and looked directly into Kim Hyuk Kyu's eyes.

"Hakui, just think of it as my sake. Become SKT's hero for the upcoming summer season!"

(End of this chapter)