Summer-Only Substitute [Esports]

*Coming soon: White Tiger Won't Meow and I'm Just a Mirror are included below. Take a look, everyone~* Yan Wangshu has held the top spot on the national server for ages. His fans say he's such an incredible support that he could win with a dog tied to his side. But illness kept him from becoming a pro player. Then one day, he woke up to find himself the substitute ADC for WPG, about to take the place of starting ADC Xiao Cang at the World Championship because Xiao Cang couldn't fly. Yan Wangshu, who doesn't know how to play ADC: ...Help, I'm about to embarrass myself in front of the whole world! Later, when the organizers announced that WPG could make an exception and compete remotely in this Mid-Season Championship, Yan Wangshu thought he could bow out now that his job was done. But Xiao Cang asked him, "Would you be willing to play support for me?" Yan Wangshu looked at his "old friend" and nodded with a smile. At the Mid-Season Championship, Yan Wangshu stunned everyone with his vast pool of support champions. Teammates: "Xiao Shu, you're so good at support. Why did you insist on fighting the ADCs for their jobs before?" Yan Wangshu sighed. "That's a long story..." Xiao Cang: "..." Yan Wangshu narrowed his eyes and smiled. "Of course, mostly because no other ADC is as handsome as our God Cang." Xiao Cang: "..." That night, WPG's support was cornered in his room by the ADC. Xiao Cang: "I think you look a lot like someone I know." Yan Wangshu: (playing dumb) "What are you talking about? I don't understand." Bonus scene: One day, Xiao Cang started a livestream just to pick a support and pad his streaming hours, only to run into someone whose most-played champions were all ADCs, but who still insisted on fighting him for the role. Yan Wangshu: "Giegie, I only know how to play support. Could you let me have it, please?" Xiao Cang: "...No." [Chat: Whoa, so this is what WPG's substitute ADC is like?!] Bai The game in this story is an original MOBA created by the author, inspired by League of Legends, Honor of Kings, and others. The author has limited gaming experience, so please forgive any rough edges in the setting and don't overthink them! Coming soon: Is He Out of His Mind or What? Lu Kong, WPG's notorious deadweight top laner, is jokingly called by fans "the luckiest esports player of all time." He joined a top-tier club as soon as he went pro, and all his teammates were superstars. As long as he played safe and didn't feed, his teammates would carry him to victory. The least noticed player on the team, Lu Kong had a pretty comfortable life. He hid in his teammates' shadows and occasionally amused himself during matches, but no one ever noticed. Then one day, during a boring stretch of the match, the director suddenly focused on Lu Kong as he sneakily stole the enemy's [unclear] and nearly got killed by the [unclear] while on a sliver of health. The audience: "Come look! There's a thief!!!" In the post-match interview, the host brought it up. Enemy jungler: "No wonder I always felt like there was something dirty in our jungle..." His own jungler: "Guys, who gets it? After all these years, somebody finally noticed!" Lu Kong: "...What, is the director out of his mind?!" There are two superstar carries and star jungler-support players to watch. Why focus on a deadweight top laner stealing jungle camps? In the matches that followed, Lu Kong became the director's favorite, with the camera constantly on him. His incredible trading, perfect wave control, and perfectly timed rotations were finally revealed to everyone. Even worse, someone put together a compilation of him stealing jungle camps and accurately analyzed when and where he did it. From then on, the top lane was never peaceful again. He could no longer happily slack off! Lu Kong: "...What, is the person who edited that video out of their mind?!" Later, Lu Kong finally learned that the director who had set him up and the person who edited the video were one and the same. He cornered him by the entrance after a match. Looking at the strikingly handsome man before him, who had the air of a scholar, Lu Kong swallowed the curse that had been on the tip of his tongue. Lu Kong: "Um, Director, I don't mean anything by this. I just want to ask, what exactly did I do to offend you? I'll change, okay?" Shen Ji smiled gently, as if he were surrounded by a holy light. Lu Kong: "...Well, he may be out of his mind, but he's really good-looking." P.S. This is an original game, so please don't overthink it. There's not much game content, so even readers who don't play games can follow along~ Important: Protagonist is the bottom, younger partner, so please take note if you have the pairing reversed! Theme: The pursuit of dreams never stops.