Alliance: My Qinggang Shadow made my alma mater famous

Chapter 403 [Spring and Summer Double Crowns!The Grand Slam is only one step away! ] (8K chapters please subscribe!)

Golden ribbons fell from the dome, the dry ice on the edge of the stage surged into the sky, and gorgeous lights flickered in the white mist.

The audience at the scene stood up one after another, took out their mobile phones to film the live action, and shouted the players' names excitedly.

At the same time, the director also advanced the camera, focusing the live broadcast on the Silver Dragon Cup placed in the middle of the competition seats of both sides.

The spotlight shrouded the trophy, and on the big screen behind it, there was also a picture of the previous summer championship team holding the trophy.

The positive energy of PE in 2013.

Silver Dragon Knight EDG in 2014.

The optimistic family LGD in 2015...

The team logos of the three teams were inlaid on the Silver Dragon Cup with special effects.

Afterwards, the three-masted sailing team emblem representing YM also appeared on the surface of the cup with a clanging sound!
"Congratulations to YM, they became the fourth LPL team to win the summer championship!" Wow sincerely praised.

In the live broadcast room, barrages slid past densely. At this time, the number of viewers of the summer finals was close to 600 million, and the popularity was terribly high.

[Congratulations YM!Congratulations Jiangshen!Spring and summer + MSI, there is also an Asian Games champion, only one S championship is short of the Grand Slam! 】

[This year's YM is really a dream team. It's fine to get MSI. I didn't expect to win the summer split again. This has already surpassed Guodian's peak performance. They have only played for a year! ! 】

[Sweeping RNG three-to-zero, I'm so obedient, it's too arrogant! 】

[Sigh, I feel that RNG is still in a hurry in the third game, I have been looking forward to the miracle of the second chasing the third]

[I feel sorry for the puppy, Jiang Keda gave him an Asian Games championship, and then gave him a league runner-up...]

[Although I am a black dog, to be honest, after watching Uzi's game today, I became a fan. He really carried the team forward in the last fight. If he had been as mature as he is now a few years ago, he would have been honored. ! 】

[The loser is convinced, YM is worthy of this championship, congratulations to them! 】

On the stage of the summer finals like a celebration, the entire YM team enjoyed the flowers and applause from the audience, and everyone was wantonly venting their joy after winning the championship.

"I'll just say it's three to zero! The last flip is just one word, cool!" Xiaotian, with two glasses stained with white mist, danced and talked about his mental journey during the game.

"The third one is really dangerous. I feel that the bull's head has been targeting me, and it's been staring at me for a few waves," the left hand said with a smile, "but it's useless to mess with me. I've got meat from Ryze."

"Hey, isn't it reasonable that I eat you to save a few waves at the critical moment? I don't care about the mother of the wheel." Zhang Xiaowen interjected.

"Brother Fox is amazing! You are King Tam!" The left hand gave him a thumbs up.

The shy Gala didn't speak, but secretly looked at the Silver Dragon Cup behind her, her eyes full of surprise.

Two months ago, he was still a rookie who couldn't even beat LDL's starting AD. He didn't expect to transform into the champion of the summer split!
Really fucking wins...

Although there is a replica of the Silver Dragon Cup of the spring game in the cabinet in the living room of the base, it has nothing to do with him.

"Don't worry, everyone will be able to touch it later." Su Chen saw Gala's thoughts, walked over and squeezed his shoulder, "These few games have been played well."

"I just try not to make mistakes." Gala rubbed the back of his head a little embarrassedly, he felt that he didn't play well.

However, Su Chen wasn't just boasting. Gala, who had always died suddenly, played very well in KDA in the past few rounds. In the third round, Wheel Mom even hit the third most damage in the game, second only to Jess and Xia.

It seems inconspicuous, but if you switch to other ADs, you will definitely not be able to achieve such an effect.

This is the embodiment of the upper limit of Gala.

During the interval of YM's celebration, the director did not forget to switch the camera.

On both sides of the stage are diametrically opposite atmospheres.

RNG, which was swept [-]-[-], fell into the shadow of failure.

The saddest thing is Uzi.

The moment the game ended, he lay down directly on the table, buried his face in his arms, and his back heaved continuously with sobbing.

Both Xiao Ming and Xiang Guo came to comfort him, while Xiao Hu stood at a loss and looked at Letme helplessly, feeling very uncomfortable.

"For Uzi, this year has been really ups and downs," Waowa said with emotion, "He was stuck in the spring game due to injuries and did not play. After the return of the summer game, he played at his peak, led RNG to the top of the West, and he also got a professional title. The first championship of my career."

"However, on the stage of the summer finals, he was swept [-]-[-] by YM, and fell in front of the Silver Dragon Cup again. Fate is really good at teasing people."

Miller was also very sorry and praised Uzi's maturity, but he also pointed out the reasons for RNG's failure.

In the three rounds, YM defeated RNG in terms of laning rhythm, BP, and team battles. It is equivalent to changing a trick to win you in each round, which is convincing.

It was Su Chen who led the team to make all of this happen.

In the game of life and death, when RNG was in the mid-term, he first led Xiaotian to complete a wave of two-on-four in the dragon pit, and the operation of killing Thain first was a stroke of genius!

At the last moment, his Jess rushed to RNG's heart after a shocking wave, found Uzi's Xia, and sealed his throat with a sword!
The well-deserved Mr. Key to the finals.

"Losing to YM with Jiang Keda, RNG is not wronged," Changmao said with emotion, "But the good news is that RNG has also won the second seed status in the World Championship, and they have even more ambitious goals to pursue in the S tournament. "

……

On the stage, Su Chen led his teammates to the RNG game booth.

Uzi, who calmed down, wiped away the tears on his face, looked at the hand extended by Su Chen who was calm in front of him, remained silent for a long time, and then held it.

"Congratulations, we are the ones who lost today. These three YM wins were beautiful, and I learned a lot." Uzi said sincerely.

"Remember what I told you in Jakarta?" Su Chen asked.

Uzi nodded, turned his head to look at his teammates behind him, then smiled relievedly, patted his chest, and told everyone not to worry about him.

After experiencing the game in Jakarta and being on the same team as Su Chen, Uzi finally understood the price to be paid to become a champion, and what kind of responsibilities the team leader should shoulder.

He didn't understand before, but Su Chen taught him everything by setting an example.

"Prepare well for the World Championships, and then we will try to meet up in Incheon!" Uzi said solemnly.

"Let's talk about it after passing the quarterfinals." Su Chen teased.

"Fuck you!" Uzi scolded with a smile.

After the two embraced, Xiaotian and his left hand behind him also followed up and bumped fists with the RNG players one by one.

When Su Chen came to Letme, the latter didn't say much, just thinking about something.

In the two rounds of playoffs, Letme played against The Shy and Su Chen respectively.

After playing this B010, Letme finally saw the gap between mortals and geniuses.

His ceiling has come to an end.

Perhaps, after finishing this year's World Championship, he should find another way out.

……

The RNG players left the stage one by one, giving up the stage to tonight's protagonist, YM.

Six contestants stood beside the booth of the Silver Dragon Cup, surrounded by Meng Ma, PDD, and other YM staff.

All eyes are on them.

Ren Dong stepped onto the stage slowly, pinching the microphone with one hand, while raising the other hand constantly, agitating the emotions of the audience.

The audience in the audience vigorously tapped the support sticks in their hands, and all kinds of voices gathered together to make a huge sound wave, constantly hitting people's eardrums!

Su Chen couldn't help covering her ears with her hands, and the teenagers on the side immediately started learning.

Ren Dong walked among them, put the microphone to his mouth, and said loudly:

"The winner of the 2018 LPL Summer League Championship is..."

As his words fell, the entire Wukesong Gymnasium resounded in unison.

"Young Mira Cle!"

The music of the celebration suddenly sounded, and the spotlights on the dome also cut into warm yellow.

"Now! Hold up your Silver Dragon Cup!" Ren Dong said while stepping aside.

YM people surrounded the Silver Dragon Cup.

"Brother, we meet again, I haven't seen you for a few months, you seem to have lost weight." Xiaotian said playfully while touching the trophy.

"Is this the same one that was used in the spring competition?" Zhang Xiaowen asked curiously.

"Don't talk about this for now, old Su, you stand in the middle, and the rest follow my command..." PDD assigned the station impatiently.

With Su Chen as the core, everyone in YM contributed a hand to the cup.

"Come on someone! Shout out a slogan" PDD urged and looked at Su Chen.

Su Chen nodded and took a deep breath.

"we are!"

"champion!"

Under the uniform slogan, the Silver Dragon Cup was lifted high and bathed in bright lights!

The dry ice spray surged again, and Ren Dong also walked to the middle of the stage again, looking at Su Chen who was carrying the Silver Dragon Cup with a smile on his face.

"In this long summer, you can't help but achieved an impressive record of [-] consecutive victories in the regular season. At the same time, you defended the LPL league championship and won the Silver Dragon Cup for the second time. Do you have anything to say at this moment?"

Su Chen was carrying the trophy in one hand, and took the microphone in the other. Before he could speak, he was interrupted by applause from the audience.

"Jiang Shen is awesome!!"

"You are the number one top order in the world!"

Su Chen smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to press down, and then said: "We actually faced a lot of challenges in the summer split, especially after winning the MSI championship, the attention has been much more than before. Before the league starts, I also heard some voices saying that YM is just a flash in the pan, and it is impossible to defend the title in the summer split."

"But now, tell me loudly, what is this?" Su Chen patted the Silver Dragon Cup on his shoulder, with the corners of his mouth raised.

Immediately there was another wave of enthusiastic applause at the scene!

Xiaotian and the others beside him couldn't help snickering, and PDD laughed even more happily.

"Just kidding," Su Chen looked at the trophy in his hand, "Spring and summer double championship + MSI championship, we have proved our strength, but the final goal has not been achieved, I will not stop chasing the goal."

"You mean..." Ren Dong asked intentionally.

Su Chen handed the Silver Dragon Cup to Xiaotian beside him, then took a step forward, looked around the silent stadium, and asked.

"Who can tell me who was the champion of the first S2011 global finals in 1?"

There was an immediate response from the audience.

"Fnatic! I've seen that game, the first European French King xPeke!"

Su Chen nodded, and then asked, "Where is S2?"

"Taipei Assassin Star!"

The crowd said in unison.

Under Su Chen's deliberate questioning, the previous S tournament champion team also reported from the audience.

SKT T3 in S1, Samsung White in S4...

The S game kings of the past generations are well-known, but they have never had the name of a team in the LPL division.

In the eighth year of the League of Legends Global Finals, as the LPL division with the largest number of players and teams, the number of S-game championship trophies is zero.

The shadow of having no crown is always shrouded in everyone's memory.

"It's here at the end of November this year," Su Chen pointed to the floor under his feet, and said with his head raised, "We will bring back the S competition trophy and put it here so that everyone can see for themselves what the S competition trophy looks like! "

"YM will win the 2018 Global Finals, breaking the seven-year history of LPL without a championship!"

The resounding declaration of winning the championship once again set off a wave of frantic shouts!

Among the YM players behind him, Xiaotian also roared loudly in line with Su Chen's words, and the rest of them also looked determined.

After winning consecutive championships, everyone in YM understands what responsibilities they shoulder.

The glory of the competition area rests on each of them!
In the live broadcast room, there were even more barrages, and the summoner in front of the screen was excited.

Perhaps Su Chen's remarks were a little crazy, and he was suspected of setting a flag.

But the LPL just lacks such a voice. The disappointment year after year made many players dare not make such a declaration, but Su Chen stood up and told everyone.

What he wants is not to qualify for the World Championship as a success, not to qualify from the group stage, not to qualify for the guaranteed final.

What he wants is the World Championship, and it's this year!

As the saying goes, people don't frivolously waste young people, and they don't show mercy. No matter what the result is, such an attitude is necessary.

"I believe you will do it." Ren Dong couldn't help being touched by Su Chen's words.

In the past few years of hosting the LPL, it was the first time he saw a confident player like Su Chen.

He calmed down and continued.

"Next is the awarding session. Please invite Mr. Jin Yibo, President of Penguin E-sports..."

Everyone applauded, and Jin Yibo and several concierge staff walked slowly onto the stage with a warm smile.

"First of all, the prize money for the summer championship will be awarded!" Ren Dong stretched out his hand to lead the concierge staff.

On the huge bonus plate, there is a digital amount of 150W written, which is the championship bonus of this year's summer competition.

The boss PDD looked at the gold medal and laughed from ear to ear.

Everyone in YM stood on the gold medal and showed their thumbs up for a group photo.

"The next thing to be awarded is the FMVP winner of the 2018 Summer Finals!" Ren Dong handed the microphone to Jin Yibo.

"The one who won the FMVP of the final is..." Jin Yibo deliberately kept it off, paused for a few seconds, then looked at Su Chen, and said with a smile.

"YM JKD!"

Everyone at the scene shouted out the ID together.

On the big screen in the center of the stage, the portraits of Su Chen's players and the statistics of each game also appeared.

Three small fields, three different heroes.

Crocodiles, cards, Jess... the data of each round is gorgeous enough.

In the first game, the crocodile had a huge advantage in the single line, flattening the high ground in 13 minutes.

In the second round, the card master made a stealing decision at a critical moment and led his team to victory.

In the third game, Jess Carry scored a perfect record of 8-0-7. At the same time, a wave of two-on-four in the dragon pit, a wave of key circles and a second drop of Xia, completely stifled RNG's hope of a comeback.

This FMVP, Su Chen deserved it.

Su Chen took the round cake-shaped golden FMVP trophy from Jin Yibo, and raised his hands high, which once again aroused the shouts of the audience.

Counting the Asian Games, this is already his fourth FMVP this year.

And this is his first year.

After awarding the awards, Ren Dong stepped forward again.

"Summoners, let us once again congratulate YM for winning tonight's championship. The 2018 LPL professional league has come to an end, but a new journey has begun."

"In the next three days of bubbling matches, IG, EDG, and WE will compete for the No. [-] seed. Please stay tuned."

……

Post-match interview session.

The five starters of YM sat behind the long table together with the coach, and the Silver Dragon Cup placed in Su Chen's hand was very eye-catching.

"JKD player, may I ask how you made the decision to steal cards at the last moment in the second game, which seemed very risky at the time." A reporter asked.

Su Chen took a sip of water to moisten his throat, and a look of memory appeared on his face.

"At that time, I calculated that the TP in the middle and top of the opposite side was almost turning around, and I carried two waves of cannon lanes. As long as Xiaotian can get stuck in the middle lane, the opponent will definitely not be able to dismantle them as fast as I do. So I directly decided to dismantle it, it was just an on-the-spot judgment."

After Su Chen finished speaking, Meng Ma beside him nodded in agreement and silently applauded.

"I want to ask the next day's contestants, is there any special meaning for you personally to win the summer championship again?" Someone asked again.

Xiaotian glanced at Su Chen beside him, and then said calmly, "It's special? It should be because no one will disqualify me from being a jungler for a while."

The reporter froze for a moment, and then saw all the YM contestants laughing.

Xiaotian was the one who received the most criticism in the summer split.

First, some people said that he snatched the spot for the incense pot in the Asian Games.

The second is to play jungle for a while in the regular season, and many people feel that he is not good enough.

After tonight, though, those discussions can come to an end.

Four championships a year, his honor is second only to the factory director.

"Emperor Gao Tian, ​​you are Shi Yiye." The left hand on the side teased.

When Xiao Tian heard this, his smiling eyes narrowed.

Everyone took questions one by one, and finally it was the head coach Meng Ma's turn.

"This year is a perfect year for YM. You have achieved very good results. Can you share your secrets?"

Meng Ma adjusted the microphone in front of him and said seriously:

"You know, when you have an outstanding player like JKD in your team, winning the championship itself is not a difficult task..."

He talked about everything with emotion, such as the communication of the team, the hard work of the coaching staff, the trust of the management and so on.

But most people have heard the core purpose.

Just play around the top lane and you're done.

The coaches of other clubs watched this interview and could only cover their faces and sigh.

……

After the interview, everyone in YM took a photo with the Silver Dragon Cup, and this is the end of all the procedures.

PDD, who left early, has already rented a big bus and took everyone to a barbecue restaurant for tonight's celebration banquet.

"Eh? According to the usual practice, aren't we going to eat at Boss Pei's private restaurant?" Xiaotian asked after getting into the car.

"The original plan was to fly back to Shanghai tonight to eat at Mingyun Villa, but it's a bit late at this time, so let's do it in Yanjing." PDD said while tapping his phone.

Su Chen only saw a notification pop up on WeChat, and then saw PDD raining red envelopes in the group.

"I'm Zhuo! 425! Is this a lucky red envelope?" Zhang Xiaowen exclaimed.

"Why is Mao Laozi only 60??" Xiao Tian was furious, and then glanced at the list of red envelopes.

Meng Ma actually grabbed 1300, which is indeed the Emperor of Europe.

"Don't worry, I'm just warming up for the first time." PDD deliberately teased everyone.

Except for Gala who was sneakily taking pictures with the Silver Dragon Cup, everyone else was staring at their mobile phones waiting for the rain of red envelopes.

When Su Chen was about to test his luck, a WeChat call popped up.

After seeing that the initiator was Lin Chu, he froze for a moment, then hung up quickly.

But the sound of the reminder has already been heard by the people around him.

"Huh? Brother Chen, why don't you answer the phone?" Xiaotian asked loudly on purpose.

Su Chen coughed dryly, and silently looked out the window: "It's not an important call."

"Huh?? Is there a situation??" PDD keenly caught this point, and immediately began to gossip.

"I didn't say anything." Xiaotian felt the murderous intent, and hurriedly whistled and pretended to be an outsider, for fear that he would suffer a set of precise etiquette with real injuries in the next second.

PDD immediately laughed strangely, and the bus was filled with joy.

Su Chen's scalp was numb because of a group of yin and yang, he looked down at his phone.

After Tom was hung up, he didn't send a message for a while.

Ten minutes later, the bus stopped in front of the barbecue shop.

"Room number 2200, you can just come in later." PDD had an expression of "I understand you", then opened his arms, with Xiaotian and Zhang Xiaowen stuck on both sides, and walked into the barbecue shop swaggeringly.

Su Chen couldn't laugh or cry, but he couldn't explain anything, so he walked to a bamboo forest next to the barbecue shop, took out his mobile phone, opened WeChat, and called Lin Chu.

A few seconds later, WeChat voice connected.

"Hello~" A female voice drifted out.

Just as Su Chen was about to speak, Lin Chu said hastily.

"Wait a minute!"

Immediately afterwards, she switched to video call mode.

Before Su Chen could react, Lin Chu appeared on the screen.

She was wearing a large white T-shirt, the hem of which just reached her knees, her snow-white skin could be seen faintly, her hair was tied up in a bun casually, and she was dressed like a house girl.

Behind him was the kitchen, where soup was simmering on the stove, and hot mist was floating upwards.

"Are you cooking?" Su Chen was a little surprised.

He remembered that Lin Chu didn't know how to cook before, and usually ate in the school cafeteria, and occasionally ordered takeaway.

"Yeah, I'm studying." Lin Chu frowned and adjusted his phone.

The camera shook for a while and then fixed in place, and then Lin Chu went back to the pot and started tinkering.

"If you're busy, just let me know. Don't rush to answer my call." Su Chen said casually.

"But I'm afraid you won't have time to call me later." Lin Chu said seemingly casually.

Su Chen's heart skipped a beat.

What does this mean... She actually wanted to call here by herself?
After frantically covering the pot, Lin Chu grabbed the phone again, and the camera shook for a while before arriving in the living room.

She held a trumpet-shaped paint spray, and then said with a bright smile.

"Handsome guy! Congratulations on winning the championship again!"

With a "pop", colorful ribbons gushed out.

"You have a sense of ceremony," Su Chen also smiled, "Thank you."

"I watched today's game. I almost had a heart attack when I watched the last game. I almost thought I was going to lose." Lin Chu said with lingering fear, "Will you be nervous at that moment?"

Su Chenxin said that he could be nervous if he wanted to, and [Steady Aura] stabilized his emotions in the calm state of a robot.

But he changed his rhetoric.

"A qualified professional player must have the ability to withstand pressure at critical moments." Su Chen said flickeringly.

"But I think Uzi seems to be shaking his hands at the end." Lin Chu blinked, looking at the ceiling and recalling.

"Well, let's not talk about that, how did you learn to cook?" Su Chen glanced at the passerby who secretly photographed him, turned around, and asked.

"I just think I should give it a try." Lin Chu took out the recipe and praised, "Would you like to try it when I'm done?"

"It's not food poisoning, I haven't bought medical insurance yet." Su Chen joked.

When Lin Chu heard this, he held his belly and laughed a series of goose goose goose.

Seeing the girl smiling like a little lunatic on the screen, Su Chen had a hard time associating her with the cold and cold goddess.

After leaving school, Lin Chu seemed to have changed a lot.

Maybe this is the real her.

"By the way, what kind of work do you do in Shanghai, I heard you mention it before, but I never asked." Su Chen asked.

Lin Chu smiled mysteriously: "Guess."

Su Chen was about to speak, but the latter couldn't wait to say the answer.

"Game planning! Unexpected!"

Didn't you let me guess... Su Chen smiled helplessly.

"I really didn't expect you to do this, and it feels a bit bigger than my previous work."

"I didn't think it was right at first, so I went to the interview with an attitude of trying, but I didn't expect to pass." Talking about his job, Lin Chu was obviously very satisfied.

"It's not some scam company, is it?" Su Chen asked vigilantly.

"Don't worry, it's very famous in the industry. This company is called Chixing. The implication of the name is that it is not too eager for quick success. It's very good," Lin Chu said confidently. They are all surnamed Lin, and it is said that they have only been in this business for a short time, but they have already produced several good games."

"Sounds good," Su Chen nodded, "I'll treat you to dinner when I return to Shanghai. I've been busy playing games before, so I don't have time."

"No problem," Lin Chu smiled and made an OK gesture, then seemed to hear something, glanced back, and was shocked.

"Yeah! My soup!"

Seeing her running into the kitchen in a hurry, Su Chen probably could already imagine what happened, so she held back her laugh and hung up the video call.

……

In the private room of the barbecue restaurant, Su Chen opened the door and walked in.

"Brother Chen finished the phone call? We talked for so long?" Xiaotian couldn't hold back his death instinct again.

"Be honest, is there something wrong?" PDD winked.

"Don't think about it, friend." With one hand on Suantouba's head, he sat on the empty seat and saw Meng Ma who was watching the video beside him.

On the screen is the game video of KT and GneG.

"The LCK final is also played today." Meng Ma explained.

"What a coincidence? How's the score?" Left Hand asked.

"It's probably a [-]-[-] sweep, just like us." Meng Ma raised his phone.

Su Chen took a glance. The third round had been played for 31 minutes, and the head ratio was 21:7.

KT leads the economy by 12K. The best statistics are Pawn in the mid laner and Deft in the bottom lane. Both of them have a 5-0 record.

Gala also came over. He doesn't pay much attention to the LCK teams, but Deft is his idol, so he usually watches some KT games.

"This year's LCK No. [-] and No. [-] seeds should be confirmed. KT and Samsung will each get one, and the remaining one vote will most likely be AFS. The overall strength of the Hanguo team this year is quite strong." Xiao Ma interjected.

"Without SKT, it's easy to talk about," PDD laughed. "As long as I see Lee Sang Hyuk in the World Championship, I feel bad. It's lucky not to have him this year."

"I want to fight again," Xiaotian said to himself, "I don't feel like playing in the Asian Games."

"Come on, you, it's not you who was fighting against him." The left hand said angrily.

"What's the matter, you also have demons?" Xiaotian retorted.

"Okay," Su Chen waved his hand, "It's next year's fight against SKT, you two don't let this void hunt for enemies."

"Let's order first."

"Don't make such a hassle," PDD grabbed the menu directly, called the waiter, and then said proudly, "Everything on this one will come here!"

"Professor whore!" Meng Ma laughed.

PDD coughed his throat, and said earnestly: "Brothers have worked hard for the past six months. I haven't been in the backstage to support you in the first half of the year due to physical reasons. I am very ashamed to be able to get this result. I just won by lying down."

"But Su Chen also said today that the ultimate goal of this year is to compete in the World Championship. I think everyone has a good chance in terms of their current state, so I still hope that everyone can persevere. scattered."

After speaking, he pried open the beer bottle next to him and filled everyone's glasses.

"After finishing this cup, let's continue to rush together, no matter what the final result is, it's still the same sentence, if you win, you will be crazy, if you lose, you will carry it together!" He said hoarsely.

Su Chen also stood up immediately, picked up the wine glass, and everyone in the room also stood up.

"Come on, old Su, let's shout the slogan." PDD raised his cup to Su Chen.

Su Chen smiled, looked around at the people in the room, and then shouted.

"3, 2, 1..."

"cheers!"

　Typos are posted first and then corrected.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)