Watch could only force a bitter smile in his heart. As one of Korea’s top junglers, he naturally understood the logic of helping the strong and not the weak in ranked games. But at this moment, the audience saw their idol being completely outplayed by a foreign server player, and they were getting riled up. Plus, Watch himself had the pride of being a top Korean pro player—of course he wanted to regain his dignity after being suppressed.

However, reality proved he was overthinking it. Henry Thompson called his own team’s jungler, Master Yi, to counter-gank. With an early-game item advantage, before Master Yi’s Q skill Alpha Strike even landed, Henry Thompson’s Riven easily secured another double kill.

After returning to base, Henry Thompson immediately bought a Sword of the Occult and roamed mid. The mid laner Syndra, seeing Riven coming to assist, immediately ignited the enemy. Henry Thompson played Riven aggressively, diving the tower for a kill, leaving the enemy Orianna at death’s door before retreating. At that moment, {watch}’s Lee Sin also arrived. The enemy Orianna, in her dying moments, tried to use her ult to pull back that damn Riven, but Riven dodged the ult with an E skill, and the kill was ultimately taken by Syndra’s ignite.

And Henry Thompson’s Sword of the Occult successfully gained another stack, getting off to a great start.

In Watch’s stream, viewers who saw the tower dive from Watch’s perspective started praising this Riven’s plays!

“This Riven is amazing, it’s like he knew Orianna was going to ult in advance.”

“It must have been a prediction. At first, I thought Riven used E to dive the tower, but he actually saved it, and dodged the ult the moment Orianna cast it. If he’d been hit, Watch could have chained his skills and definitely killed him. Really impressive.”

Next, with Henry Thompson leading the tempo, the blue team, with a huge advantage, wiped out the enemy in a 5-for-2 trade at the dragon fight.

After breaking one lane’s inhibitor, four members of Watch’s team chose to surrender. The camera quickly shifted to the red team’s Nexus, and as the familiar victory sound played, Henry Thompson stretched his arms and yawned in his chair.

At that moment, Watch’s stream on the azubu platform exploded, with messages like “mysterious foreign server powerhouse” and “foreign Riven outplays OGN champion jungler Watch with a sliver of health” sweeping across all Korean esports forums like a tornado.

“Bro… bro, is this really your first time playing this game?” James Harris had somehow appeared behind Henry Thompson, and after Henry Thompson finished playing, he asked in shock.

“Uh… I guess it’s not really my first time. I’ve seen this game’s matches on TV a lot, and sometimes I’d watch with Mei’er.” Henry Thompson scratched his head, making up an excuse.

“So there really are prodigies like dopa in this world, who can reach the top without training.” James Harris said bitterly.

“Uh…” This time, Henry Thompson didn’t know what to say.

“By the way, Hyuk, you just played Riven—why was your early-game damage so high? It was just like those pro players in MAD.”

James Harris asked curiously.

Only then did Henry Thompson remember that the technique of weaving Riven’s skills with auto-attacks, called “Lightspeed QA,” was actually popularized in his previous life by a Chinese commentator named Leng Xiaomo.

In this life, some high-elo Riven players in this parallel world’s Korea probably also mastered these techniques, but no one had formally named them yet, which was why many low-elo players didn’t understand.

“It’s a little trick with Riven’s Q skill and auto-attacks. I saw pro players do it on TV, so I gave it a name—Lightspeed QA. What do you think?”

“Lightspeed QA, that’s a great name! Hyuk, you have to teach me this trick.” James Harris instantly perked up, his eyes full of anticipation.

“Sure, no problem. But I have to help uncle with work now. I’ll teach you tomorrow since it’s the weekend, okay?”

“Alright, it’s a deal then.”

“You brat, would I ever lie to you? Go do your homework.” Henry Thompson stood up and gave James Harris a push.

Chapter 3: Hero Rankings Spokesperson

As the sun set and dusk fell, after helping bring the goods from the outside shelves back into the store, Henry Thompson greeted William Harris at the counter and prepared to go home.

While changing clothes, James Harris put down his pen and snuck over to remind him, “Hyuk, don’t forget about tomorrow!”

“You little rascal, what do you need your brother for now? Your brother is busy with his studies, you know? Gwangju Science High School—do you know what that is? That’s the best high school in Gwangju!” William Harris said, seeing James Harris sneaking around.

“Hey, Dad, I’m telling you, Hyuk is a genius.” James Harris said excitedly.

“Nonsense, of course I know Hyuk is a genius. If he wasn’t, how could he have gotten first place in the national math olympiad?” William Harris, standing at the counter, said without even looking up as he did the accounts.