LOL: Reborn in S9, Coaching the Trident

Chapter 17: Close the door!

Having only been in this world for a few days, from being unmoved when fired by LNG, to feeling anxious after being rejected by several clubs in a row, to now sitting here at IG signing this contract.

Everything that happened was too miraculous.

"Whoosh—"

The pen tip glided across the paper, and Chen Song's name was left on the contract.

Su Xiaoluo took the signed contract and carefully checked it over. She smiled and handed one copy to Chen Song: "Chen Song, welcome to IG. Please keep this copy safe."

"It's a pleasure working with you!"

Chen Song stood up and took the contract.

Wang Sicong also stood up and extended his hand to Chen Song: "I won't say much more. Work hard, IG won't treat you unfairly."

After shaking hands, PDD came over and patted Chen Songdi on the shoulder with a grin: "Good brother, congratulations! Now we're officially family. Let's keep in touch."

"must!"

Chen Song looked at PDD earnestly: "Thank you for today, Brother Liu."

"Oh, little sprout!"

PDD paused for half a second after hearing "Brother Liu," then laughed so hard his glasses almost disappeared: "Just for that 'Brother Liu,' when you come to my YM, I'll definitely treat you to the best takeout."

???

Chen Song's lips twitched.

The best takeout—doesn't that sound all too familiar?

"Alright, alright, stop joking around." Wang Sicong waved his hand dismissively, then turned to Chen Song and instructed, "Chen Song, you can go to the club and familiarize yourself with the environment first. Su Xiaoluo will take care of the rest."

Led by Mafa, Chen Song left the manager's office one after the other.

Mafa, who was accompanying them, listened to what seemed like gibberish the whole time, but even though he couldn't understand it, he kept smiling and welcoming them.

I felt a huge weight lifted off my shoulders the moment I left the manager's office.

Despite Karam being officially the head coach of IG, Mafa is basically the one who calls the shots. That's why Mafa, not Karam, always led the interview process.

As a former assistant coach who joined IG in Season 4, he has always served as the head coach due to his personality, but this does not mean that he lacks ability.

On the contrary, he is a "master of talent scouts" when it comes to judging people and contestants.

From Chen Song's resume and documents to the face-to-face interview and the on-site coaching in the training room.

One step at a time, Chen Song's performance gradually won him over, like climbing a staircase.

He hadn't felt his heart race for someone in a long time.

Because of his personality, Mafa could only work behind the scenes and quietly.

As a coach parachuted in, Karam had a resume and a strong presence, but he found that Karam didn't understand IG, was stubborn in his draft picks, and didn't get along with the players.

As Chen Song said earlier, winning a game requires more than just the players; it requires the combined efforts of the coach and players to work together and achieve victory.

From Chen Song's confident demeanor and his interactions with the players in the training room, Mafa saw something completely different about him compared to Karam.

The fact that a tactical analyst acted as a temporary coach and won against FPX is the most important proof of this.

Although one scrim match doesn't prove anything, it at least shows that the IG players are definitely skilled.

Another very important point is that Su Xiaoluo's idea is that if bringing in Chen Song, a tactical analyst, can change IG's current ecosystem, that would be even better.

If it doesn't work, it won't cause any psychological distance between Karam and her.

After all, his performance in the Spring Split was quite remarkable.

At Chen Song's request, Chen Song and Mafa returned to the training room.

There's nothing I can do; I really don't know where to go in the club.

As for eating, it's not time yet.

It's still early enough to go to sleep.

It would be better to go to the training room and get to know the players better.

I had just walked into the training room with Mafa when I heard the sound of an argument.

"If you don't play tanks, we won't be able to compete in the upcoming scrims. I'm not playing them anymore."

Even outside the training room, you could hear Ning's loud voice.

TheShy, sitting to Ning's left, responded in Korean:

"나는탱크게임을하지않아요.당신이어떻게하든좋습니다."

(I don't play tank games, you figure it out.)

Karam listened to the translation while watching the two of them argue.

Chen Song first smiled and nodded at Karam, then went to Ning's side and asked, "What's wrong?"

Karam frowned slightly at Chen Song's matter-of-fact attitude.

After making some inquiries, Chen Song learned that while he was in the manager's office signing the contract, IG and FPX played their third scrim.

The result was predictable; they lost.

It was this scrim game that led TheShy and Ning to blame each other.

And that's how the scene just now happened.

Chen Song grabbed a chair from the side and gestured for Ning to sit down: "Arguing won't change the outcome. You probably haven't reviewed the game yet, right? Come on, open the game and I'll review it with you."

"So, you're staying on Instagram?"

Ning may have a short temper, but he actually quite approves of Chen Song's draft picks in the second training match.

"Next up is your tactical analyst, so it's my duty to sit down with you and review the game."

After Chen Song finished speaking, he turned to TheShy and said in Korean, "TheShy너도앉아." (TheShy, you sit down too.)

Game loading screen.

FPX (Blue Side) lineup: Top lane Mordekaiser, Jungle Elise, Mid lane Nautilus, Bot lane Caitlyn and Galax.

Red team IG lineup: Top lane Akali, Jungle Lee Sin, Mid lane LeBlanc, Bot lane Xayah and Rakan.

In this match, FPX continued with their preferred lineup, the difference being that the top laner, Gangplank, was replaced with Mordekaiser, who is more capable of being left to his own devices.

For top laners looking to withstand pressure, Mordekaiser is a good choice, especially suitable for teams like FPX that like to gank the bottom lane.

Seeing IG's ever-present Lee Sin jungler, Chen Song frowned and asked, "Ning, tell me about your thoughts on playing Lee Sin in the early game last time."

"Thoughts? What thoughts?"

Ning was a little confused by the question.

"It's about analyzing your jungle pathing, the enemy jungler's jungle pathing, and what happens next."

Chen Song explained patiently.

"Red Opening".

"I almost always start with the red buff in the bottom half of the map, then farm upwards, and after farming the top half, I'll either gank for TheShy or counter-gank."

"So, you're saying you didn't consider the team composition or the enemy jungler's movements at all?"

"Almost not considered."

Ning then smiled and said, "Because I know that as long as I help TheShy establish an advantage, we can win this game."

"I'm not the only one who thinks this way; Coach 193 feels the same way."

"What the hell!"

At this moment, Chen Song wished he could give Ning a good elbow.

You do have a powerful father figure on your journey.

But we can't just focus on this big brother and ignore the bottom lane!

It's fortunate that he's teammates with a good-tempered player like JackeyLove. If it were a player with a bad temper, they would have fought to the death!

Chen Song clearly remembers that when he was still a player, there was a time when two teammates were arguing, and the other teammate with a bad temper shouted, "If you say another word, I'll cut you with a knife."

Luckily, he reacted quickly and shouted:

Close the door!