Chapter 36 Facing Winston Again

Jean scratched her head, a little frustrated.

Time

for another match.

She queued up for ranked–and finally-

bDeadmark’s /bname popped up on the enemy team.

For the first time bin /ba while, her heart actually raced.

Winston, you little punk. Gotcha

At the same time, news bthat /bbWingre /band Deadmark had matched again exploded across the server.

Even yers who weren’t online started logging in just to watch

The League of Legends forums were instantly flooded.

“Wingre vs. Deadmark–round two. Who remembers the bet?”

“Wait, was that bet really made by Wingre himself?”

Finished

“Looks like it. The ount was made the same day as his first ranked match. No bragging, just said his piece and dipped”

“This is gonna be huge.b” /b

“bWhy /be

“bWhy /beven bet? Wingre’s doomed.”

“Wingre bet his dignity and still thinks he can take Deadmark? Know your limits, manb.” /b

“Deadmark’s a saint for humoring that sore loser’s nonsense.”

“Y’all btalk /ba big game, but you’ll be the first in line to watch the stream”

“Damn right I’ll watch ‘I wanna see Wingre get wiped.”

The match hadn’t even started yet when Jean typed in all–chat:

“Deadmark, remember the bet we madest time?”

Deadmark didn’t reply.

Other yers filled the chat before the match even loaded.

“Wait, the bet’s breal/b?”

??

“I thought someone faked that forum bpost/b.”

“Now I’m stressed. Don’t drag us into your bdrama /b

“No way this is actually happening.”

“If we lose, you two better not me us randoms”

“Don’t put that pressure on us, bro. We just queued up like normal people.”

Jean didn’t say anything else. Deadmark stayed silent too.

But right before the match began, he bfinally /bresponded with ba /bsimple:

Chapter 36 Facing Winston Again

Jean was locked in.

This match mattered.

Finished

Not just to settle the score from theirst crushing loss, but to win the bet–and make Winston do whatever she asked.

Still League was a team game. She couldn’t win this alone. Last time, Winston had camped her with constant ganks, and she’d lost hard.

So this time, she needed her team

She typed. “This game really matters to me. I’m not asking much–just follow my calls and back me up if I get targeted”

To her surprise, her teammates were super chill. They agreed right baway/b.

Jean loaded into midne. And there he was–Winston, waiting across the river.

Alright, let’s see what you’re trying to pull this time.

But instead of calling for early ganks or hard pressure likest time. Winston just yed thene calmly, trading blows as if it were a standard lvl.

What’s he up to

Just as she was wondering-

He suddenly lunged unloading a fullbo.

Luckily, Jean had been alert. Her reactions kicked in, dodging everything with razorb–/bbsharp /bprecision.

The livestream chat exploded.

“That was awesome”

“Now this is a real fight.”

“Wingre’s movement is so clean–dodged every bskill /b

“Their reactions are insaneolline. I could never pull that off. Youth is wasted on the young/li/ol

This won’t be a stomp likest time. It’s actually close.

Jean exhaled slowly.

That was close. If she’d slipped for even a second, Winston would’vended the kill and taken First Blood,

That would’ve been really embarrassing.

Bir Winston wasn’t giving up that easily

He pressed in again, each trade sharp and calcted—aiming to break her down and humiliate her inne.

Jean clenched her jaw. Her pride red

She wasn’t leting that happen.

Winston charged at her, reckless and aggressive Jean fought back with everything she had.

Both their health bars dropped rapidly, down to nothing.

were needed. One basic attack could kill either of them.

Chapter 36 Facing Winston, Again

It was anyone’s game now.

Then–suddenly–Winston shifted his position, striking from a sharp angle, like a de out of nowhere.

It was perfect. bClean/b. Inescapable.

Jean knew it the moment he moved.

I’m dead.

But she bwasn’t /bgoing down alone.

At thest second, she cast a bcontrol /bspell and yanked Winston into her turret.

The tower auto–locked onto him instantly.

His attack hit her–but the tower’s counterattack hit bhim /bat the same time.

bBoth /bof them fell.

A clean trade. One for one,

The stream chat blew up.

“That was awesome.”

“Insane. What ba /bfight”

“That bwas /bpure eye candy. Can these two get any sweatier?”

“bThat /bwas incredible. It’s been ages since I’ve seen a match this good.”

Finished

“Anyone who said Wingre was trash–apologize right now, I told you he was the real deal. He just got campedst time.”

“This is what Wingre can do when he’s left alone. Cloud–chasers need to shut it.”

“It’s only the first few minutes. Can we stop hyping him already?”

“Deadmark fans are so snobby. Chill. They’re both amazing.”

“Seriously, they’re both cracked. Can the fanbases stop fighting for once?”

“Petition to mute the entire chat. The match is amazing, the fans are unbearable.”