After all, in his previous life’s pro scene, not only was there a famous man known as the Hokage’s Zed, but also the Zed of the Sea Master, who was renowned for split-pushing and backdooring towers.

Henry Thompson went straight home this time and immediately bought an Oracle’s Elixir, which hadn’t been removed in this patch, then headed directly to the bot lane to take down the outer turret that had been left with just a sliver of health by Ashe earlier.

Seeing that all five opponents were still grouped in front of their mid turret, poking and showing no intention of coming over, Henry Thompson wasn’t in a hurry and continued to push the lane.

Zed’s wave-clear ability is still quite strong, and in no time, Henry Thompson had pushed the minion wave to the enemy’s bot lane inner turret.

Because Henry Thompson had been relentlessly pushing the lane earlier, their own mid outer turret had barely been touched by minions and was almost at full health, so the enemy couldn’t break through for a while.

After pushing the wave to the enemy’s inner turret, Henry Thompson didn’t continue attacking the tower. Instead, he circled around to avoid enemy vision and entered the enemy jungle, hiding in the brush next to red buff after confirming there were no wards.

“Where’s the enemy Zed? Why isn’t he pushing the tower?” asked Miss Fortune, who had been keeping an eye on her own bot lane.

“Maybe he’s afraid we’ll catch him and recalled. Who’s going to clear that wave under the bot tower?” said Jarvan.

“I’ll go, I have my ult,” said Ryze.

This is a typical trick for assassin champions like Zed. Usually, these types of champions are great at picking off isolated targets, but when the enemy realizes this and starts grouping up to deny you opportunities, a competent assassin not only needs good mechanics but also different strategies for different ranks to create chances for themselves.

Clearly, Henry Thompson’s strategy was perfect for this rank.

Ryze’s camera was focused on the minions under the bot tower, happily calculating what item to buy after clearing the wave. As he walked over, he suddenly noticed he was losing health. Hitting the spacebar to snap the camera back, he was startled to see Zed had somehow appeared and was already auto-attacking him down to half health.

Without hesitation, Ryze tried to root Zed in place with a W and flash away, but just as he raised his hand—

“Forbidden Jutsu: Instant Prison Shadow Clone!”

A familiar scene, a familiar moment!

“Damn, how did he dodge that?!” You have to know, Ryze’s W root is a point-and-click ability with no projectile.

Shuriken, Death Mark—a full combo, and Henry Thompson didn’t even use Ignite, just left the low-health Ryze there and stylishly retreated.

A second later...

Unstoppable!!!

“Wow, that damage is insane!” exclaimed Ashe.

“You don’t get it, this is what a real assassin looks like—no, a Hokage!” Zhao Xin, whose ID was “Korean Pro,” immediately chimed in.

“Push the tower.” Henry Thompson moved to mid lane and pinged the enemy’s mid inner turret.

With one man down, the enemy’s Malphite didn’t dare to ult and force a fight to defend. They put up a token resistance and then gave up the inner turret.

Henry Thompson then pinged the bot inner turret, and the team, riding the momentum, rotated bot and took down the inner turret there as well.

After recalling, Henry Thompson immediately bought a Last Whisper, picked up a few control wards as usual, and headed top to split-push.

“What do we do? Zed is top again.” Ryze saw that Henry Thompson had already pushed the wave to the top outer turret and asked anxiously.

“Ignore him. Malphite, look for a chance to ult their Master Yi and ADC. Two of them have already been forced back to base. In a moment, we’ll force a fight under their tower!” Jarvan said through gritted teeth.

“Wait, Zed is coming, fall back!” ADC Miss Fortune suddenly spotted Henry Thompson sneaking over from the river through a ward near Baron.

“Are you scared silly? Relax, just stand in the middle of us—he can’t fly. The tower only has a bit of health left, let’s finish it off quickly,” Malphite said angrily. “If he dares to come this time, I’ll flash ult him!”

Thanks to his Boots of Mobility, Henry Thompson sped to the mid lane brush. Without any hesitation, he threw a W shadow into the brush behind him, then, like a cold-blooded assassin who sees death as his destiny, charged straight at the five enemies. That chilling aura of “I’ll kill you all even if you’re armored to the teeth” actually made the five enemies’ first reaction—run?

Run my ass! Malphite remembered his job just in time, flashing and ulting straight at Henry Thompson’s position.

Malphite even felt that, in that instant, his hand speed had reached a new level. The combo of those two abilities had never been so smooth, so fast. Should he thank this Zed for igniting his fighting spirit and anger? Is this what the books mean when they say we should thank every opponent?

But before she could finish the thought, the space around Henry Thompson twisted—Flash! Another clutch Flash.

“Damn it, how is anyone supposed to play like this?!” In a luxury apartment in Seoul, a girl named Anna Wood sitting in front of her computer was so angry she was about to smash her keyboard. She was a member of Girls’ Generation, usually busy with all kinds of schedules, and finally had some free time on the weekend to play her favorite esports game—only to be driven mad by this Zed!