Chapter 98: Problem Child (1)

“No, honestly, this is quite a crazy play. I don’t think there are any pro gamers who play like this.”

“Isn’t that too much of a compliment?”

“No, Dong-su. You don’t know because you’re Gol-lon. Anyone who understands this play would know. If we had just one of these top players, we’d easily win the World Championship.”

After sending Seong-shin away, that evening.

I went to Dong-su’s house for some sudden content creation.

The content Dong-su suggested to me before bed yesterday.

It was very simple.

Dong-su and Director Lee Tae-ho would give me advice while watching my gameplay directly.

The one drawback was that I couldn’t stream it on my channel.

However, because Dong-su used the ‘Shia Free Pass’ I gave him after the ‘confession incident,’ there was no other option.

But if it was on Dong-su’s stream, I could always join in with a smile.

Moreover, Dong-su’s viewers weren’t much different from mine.

Since I had already announced the joint stream, the Evil Gang naturally migrated to Dong-su’s broadcast, and due to the controversy over Director Lee Tae-ho’s dismissal, the number of viewers skyrocketed beyond our capacity.

90,000.

It seemed like we could break the 100,000 viewer mark soon.

Without a special issue, the 100,000 viewer wall was something even neither Dong-su nor I could easily surpass.

– Official) Lee Tae-ho, Shia has top-tier physicality.

– Even certified for his brain power.

– Wow, I honestly thought Shia was just playing with brute force, but he considered all that?

– Shia is truly unmatched.

– Avoiding all enemy attack skills while reading the map?

– This guy should be a pro gamer.

As expected, the atmosphere of the broadcast naturally flowed in my direction.

Inevitably, I was the main focus of the content.

The content was supposed to end with three solo queue games, and the first two games ended smoothly with me carrying.

As always, I completely destroyed the enemy laner and quickly snowballed.

Not that it was much of a gain.

Meanwhile, there was quite an interesting scene.

The location for this League of Storm World Championship was Korea.

So, foreign teams whose season had ended were already in Korea for training, and of course, they played on the Korean server when not in scrim matches.

The top laner I faced was from G4, one of the World Championship contenders.

What was the result?

– Our devil! Our devil! Our devil! Our devil!

– This is Korea.

– Whether it’s Korean or foreign pro gamers, they can’t keep their composure against our devil.

– Truly a devil’s talent, a devil’s talent.

– Crazy.

My overwhelming victory.

I scored four solo kills, completely collapsing the top lane, and successfully ended with some BM.

I deliberately didn’t counterattack and took the enemy’s hits for 20 seconds.

It seemed like he attacked dozens of times, but not a single hit landed on me.

It was natural for the viewers to cheer.

As soon as the second game ended, Director Lee Tae-ho, who had been silently watching, exclaimed in admiration.

“That top laner is ranked 2nd on the European server? Being 2nd as a top laner is really impressive. And from my analysis…”

This guy had a lot of TMI.

He was someone with a strong tendency to be a speed wagon.

I knew he was a talker, but I didn’t expect him to fill the audio so completely.

Surely, being an ex-streamer, he had a lot to say about this and that.

I liked it.

Having a professional team director, especially one called a master, praise my play, why wouldn’t I?

After finishing the game leisurely, I immediately started the next match.

Meanwhile.

A comedy show started between the two spectators.

“So what are you going to do now? If you return to streaming, I’ll help you. Actually, I also helped raise Chan-sik. You know that, right?”

It was Dong-su who made the jab.

“I’ll stream a bit and then join another team. Oh, Shia. Would you like to join the team I’m going to?”

“Suddenly?”

“It’d be really reassuring if you joined… We’d pay you a lot… Oh, right.”

“At least, don’t talk about money in front of this guy. He probably earns more than me now.”

Hmm.

That was true.

I received more in advertising fees than Dong-su, and recently, I took on some significant missions.

Even if I became a pro gamer, I didn’t know if I could earn more than I did now.

After all, I hadn’t been proven in the pro scene.

I had confidence I could excel if I became a pro gamer, but…

Why bother?

I was already making money comfortably and happily.

I chuckled and played along with their jokes, then prepared for the last game of the day.

A match was found, and I chose a hero called after a long time.

A hero with outstanding carry potential and the ability to handle multiple enemies if grown well.

A hero I frequently used.

A hero with a simple mechanism of avoiding enemy attacks while spamming skills.

“This is the last game for today, and after this, let’s have some drinks and chat more.”

“Hyung, it’s still early.”

It was only 7 PM.

But Dong-su shook his head firmly.

“Tae-ho has a lot to say. He said it also involves your close friend, Seong-shin.”

Something felt ominous.

While the three of us were chatting, the game started, and as soon as it began, the chat exploded.

– Wowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.

– Hey, just tell me. This is all rigged, right?

– The legendary match we’ve dreamed of ON.

– At this level, it’s really fateㅋㅋ

– The Elder ON.

“Oh shit.”

“Wait a minute. I’ll go get some popcorn.”

I slightly furrowed my brows, Dong-su got excited, and Director Lee Tae-ho sighed.

It was because of the nickname of the top laner on the enemy team.

– Unicorn Blade.

The person who had already faced me once yesterday.

We met again unintentionally, and an unintentional video moment was set up.

I glanced between the chat and the game screen and grinned. Then I bowed my head slightly and said,

“It’s time to be an adult.”

The time for the villain had arrived.

2.

Everyone gets nervous.

Especially in a match with a lot of attention.

Unicorn Blade must be more nervous than anyone else.

He, too, knew how many people were watching this game.

Pro gamers naturally play solo queue when not scrimming.

They often communicate with fans while streaming or test their carrying capacity in solo queue.

Until yesterday, that friend was playing with his stream on.

But now he wasn’t streaming.

He couldn’t have been unaware of the online controversy, so he was silently playing solo queue.

Honestly, I didn’t have any deep resentment or hatred.

I was just annoyed that he politicized against Seong-shin.

In society, I knew well that there were always a few guys like that.

Even during my military service, I had seen plenty of such people.

It’s understandable to make such mistakes when you’re young and immature. That friend is only 22 years old, not a particularly mature age.

-Why dodge only to the left?

-He never dodges to the right, huh.

-Is he deliberately dodging only to the left?

-Honestly, it seems like he’s only been surviving because of his teamㅋㅋ.

-He really didn’t perform well in the league except against lower-ranked teamsㅇㅇ. He always got outplayed by higher-ranked top laners.

The chat room was on fire.

However, contrary to my expectations, Director Lee Tae-ho spoke in a calm voice.

“That friend is originally a bit defensive. He’s a friend who does well if you give him a defensive role.”

His voice seemed devoid of any emotion.

Listening to his voice, I quietly glared at my opponent.

Was it because he was nervous?

He seemed much more intimidated than when I met him last night.

Coincidentally, he chose the hero .

He had no choice but to play defensively, and that hero’s nickname was .

A hero that surprisingly fit well with the current situation.

Despite choosing such a hero, his score was 0 kills, 5 deaths.

It felt like his mentality was completely shattered from his play.

If he wasn’t a pro gamer, wouldn’t he have already opened mid?

Pro players face strict sanctions for trolling, so he couldn’t do as he pleased.

On the other hand, I had already recorded 7 kills, 0 deaths, and 2 assists.

The gap was so extreme that even an amateur jungler on the opposing team was getting annoyed.

The person above was a fairly famous jungle user on another platform, and the one below…… I wasn’t sure.

Anyway, the game ended as even his teammates criticized him.

People commonly refer to this as ‘public shaming.’

I watched as the enemy team declared surrender and delivered a heavy remark.

“That’s not how you play an Elder…… Contact me later. I’ll teach you how to play an Elder properly.”

There was no more humiliating remark for a top laner than that.

Of course, he probably blocked me, so he wouldn’t hear it, but he would eventually come across it through a video posted on MeTube.

Thus, a one-sided game ended, and today’s coaching content was over.

The last game, which I thought would provide great entertainment, ended up being more of a celebration for the viewers than for Director Lee Tae-ho.

Surprisingly, Director Lee Tae-ho had held back from saying much.

I guess it was because he was once part of that team.

So, one piece of content ended, and as soon as I stepped out of the capsule, Dong-su hyung skillfully took over.

“Unfortunately, today’s real-time Shia analysis time ends here.”

-Wasn’t this Shia’s stream?

-Hyung, step back a bit!

-Ahㅋㅋ Just when Shia was warming up.

-Please let him play more solo queue.

-I just came to watch the famous player…….

Only the second part had ended.

The last third part of the stream remained.

Dong-su hyung temporarily paused the broadcast under the pretext of checking the quality and glanced at me.

“Let’s take a short break. Chan-sik. You’ve worked hard. I’ll calculate the donations received during part two by the hour and send it to you right away.”

This hyung was always reliable when it came to this.

I nodded while taking a sip of water.

I wasn’t particularly worried about getting paid.

However, there was something I was curious about.

Something I could ask only now that the stream wasn’t broadcasting.

After taking another sip of water, I looked at Director Lee Tae-ho and asked.

“By the way, you mentioned something related to Seong-shin earlier. What is it?”

Director Lee Tae-ho bit his lip for a moment, then sighed and spoke to me.

“Well, the thing is…….”

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I gritted my teeth and glared at him.

Then, I roughly crushed the water bottle in my hand and asked again.

“What did you say?”