Chapter 3

“Easy?”

The Organizer certainly knew who Rong Yi was, but since they had never seen him in person, they were unsure. “You know him? He hardly ever shows up, right?”

“He seems to have Camera Phobia. It’s actually fine for him to appear in public normally. I was in the RS Logistics Team before and saw him once or twice.”

The assistant, now questioned, felt a bit uncertain. “But he really has no reason to be here. Maybe it’s just someone who looks like him?”

“Do you know Yin-God?” the Organizer curiously asked Xiao Yin.

Xiao Yin, however, suddenly inquired, “Camera Phobia?”

The assistant hesitated for a moment, unsure how to refuse—after all, it involved another player’s privacy.

Xiao Yin quickly caught on, “It’s okay, you don’t have to say.”

His attitude was calm, detached yet sufficiently gentle. The assistant suddenly recalled the media’s praised description—”A rational player from head to toe, with Computing Power close to AI.” Compared to his Computing Power in the Arena, he himself seemed more like an emotionless AI, perfect in every way but hard to approach.

By the time the Sponsor’s side finished their talks, it was already late at night.

The driver, who had been waiting outside, was dozing off. When Xiao Yin came down, the driver barely opened his eyes. Xiao Yin didn’t immediately get into the car but glanced back at the second floor.

All the lights were off. At this hour, only the higher-ups were still working overtime.

“Xiao Yin, are you waiting for someone?” the driver, who wasn’t much older, asked sleepily.

“Let’s go.” Xiao Yin opened the car door and got in.

At midnight, the League Official announced the registration of a new team, as a welcome gesture for Xiao Yin’s return.

Within the domestic League, this was a treatment reserved for the top Pro Players.

Even though the announcement was made at midnight, it caused a huge uproar, staying on the trending topics until noon the next day. Many people took the opportunity to gossip about the Team Composition.

With the Transfer Window open, speculations were rampant.

“Yin-God personally recruited members from the youth training team. Looks like he’s building his own core team, but according to the setup, they’re still short on players. Yin’s own position as the Jungler is solid.”

“It’s so sudden. Who would have thought Yin would come back so abruptly? Many top players have already renewed their contracts!”

“So, putting aside the Jungler, which top-tier players in the domestic Transfer Window can fit into Yin’s core Lineup?”

The discussion’s intensity kept rising, with gaming forums across the board being taken over by this new topic.

There were indeed a few notable Mid laner Players recently. However, not many mentioned Rong Yi. His recent contract termination with RS caused a significant stir, and any mention of him would inevitably bring up controversy. Furthermore, everyone remembered him as a Support, and few considered him for the mid lane.

…

Rong Yi returned home and played a few Fun Matches, losing himself in the game. It wasn’t until later that he noticed he had received a private message on his Weibo.

His pro player account was commercially managed by his League Club, but this account was a Smurf account with just over a few thousand Fans, making the message easy to spot.

The sender was labeled as: [Violet Team Manager].

It was sent yesterday.

Rong Yi initially thought it was from some obscure team, but he clicked to check it out.

[Violet Team Manager]: “Hello! Mr. Rong Yi, we are Violet, a new team entering the League. We are interested in acquiring you as a team player. Would you be willing to discuss this further via this private account?”

After reading it, Rong Yi closed his phone, only to realize something a minute later.

This was Xiao Yin’s team.

The message had the same businesslike tone. Based on Rong Yi’s understanding of Club operations, it was likely sent to a large number of Transfer Players, with further talks to decide on the final picks.

He replied: “Hello! I am not interested. (^o^).”

Sent at: 2 AM.

To his surprise, the response came almost immediately: “Can we ask why? We would greatly appreciate any advice and feedback you might have.”

Rong Yi: “…”

He couldn’t exactly say he had a past relationship with their Yin-Ge.

After thinking for a moment, Rong Yi replied: “Because I might retire soon. It’s not your fault. I’m very sorry we can’t work together, but I really appreciate your invitation.”

The message was quickly marked as read, and there was no further response.

After sending that last message, Rong Yi suddenly felt very relaxed. He thought for a moment and added, “I wish VIOLET Team invincible success and to win the World Championship.”

And may that person continue to stand at the pinnacle of the world.

He had never said such clichéd pleasantries in his life, so it felt a bit awkward. But he didn’t care anymore.

Rong Yi put his phone down again and leaned back on the sofa, closing his eyes for a nap.

He hadn’t been sleeping well these past few days. Perhaps his body hadn’t yet adjusted to the sudden leisure.

The living room was dark, and he slept on the sofa. The weather was a bit chilly, and the sound of rain gradually began to patter outside.

The clock slowly moved to 8:30 PM.

His phone buzzed again. Rong Yi struggled in a half-awake state for a full twenty seconds before his rationality overcame his reluctance to wake up. Without even looking at who was calling, he pressed the speakerphone button.

His warm voice, tinged with a hint of anger and a sleepy tone, asked, “Who is it?”

There was a pause on the other end, and the wintery calm voice and tone made Rong Yi suddenly open his eyes wide.

“Hello, this is the Violet Esports Club. I’m Yin, Xiao Yin.”

“Is this Easy’s number?”