Five People They Threw Away

"Still need a coach?" Zhao Ye stood in the doorway, rain darkening one corner of his old strategy notebook. Three years ago, before the deciding game at Worlds, he had ended an argument by telling Chenzhou, "If you see a road, lead them down it." A year later, Solarion dismissed him for resisting its new "data-driven management." Chenzhou opened the door wider. "We need a coach, a facility, sponsors, and five eligible players." "Perfect." Zhao shook the rain from his umbrella. "All I brought are players." Three names filled the notebook's final pages. Top laner Chen Yehuo, ID **Fireline**, twenty-seven, once feared for his laning before a knee injury sent him out of the secondary league.