[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 164

I'm, I'm dead.

At the instinctive sense of threat, Kim Jae-min involuntarily flinched.

The moment he saw the ominous smile of So-shim-han-saram190, his actions moved before his thoughts.

"……?"

However, surprisingly, nothing happened.

"What are you doing?"

"…Ah."

At the voice of Outlaw mixed with bewilderment, Kim Jae-min finally remembered where he was standing.

He flinched without realizing it due to the sudden feeling of intimidation, but this wasn't a battlefield where life and death were at stake.

This is TEAM OLZ's dorm.

It's not a battlefield where life and death are at stake, but a place where Kim Jae-min will stay and a place to unfold his dreams.

Naturally, the giant in front of him wouldn't hurt him either.

Even though that's how he looks, aren't they going to be working together as a team from now on?

"I'm, I'm sorry. I was so surprised."

"What's there to be surprised about."

Outlaw chuckled, finding it amusing.

Kim Jae-min was even uneasy about that laughter.

While Kim Jae-min was just looking around, being cautious, his vision shook.

Because the person blocking Kim Jae-min approached.

"I guess I startled you. Ah, can I speak informally? Looking at your age, I'm the older one."

"Y-yes, of course!"

Kim Jae-min's voice rose excessively. However, unfortunately, Kim Jae-min didn't have the energy to worry about such trivial facts.

'I'm, I'm screwed….'

Like a revolving lantern, Kim Jae-min felt his past quickly flash before his eyes.

「"No."」

「"Ah."」

「"Pogol is a bit."」

「"No, you can come bot."」

「"Bot."」

「"Jungle-nim."」

「"Bot gank please."」

「"Ah..."」

「"No, why are you doing that there."」

「"Ha."」

「"Noooo!"」

If it had only been up to here, Kim Jae-min wouldn't have been so frightened.

Yes, if he hadn't heard those words from So-shim-han-saram190.

「"Take it easy."」

Kim Jae-min remembered the voice he heard that day.

Even though he played games with So-shim-han-saram190 all day, the words he said were only a few, but he still remembered that one word vividly.

'It was definitely an angry voice.'

No, when he thought about it, he had every right to be angry.

Kim Jae-min thought that on that day, or usually, he had a hard time controlling his emotions when playing games.

'…Why did I do that?'

It was too late to regret it.

The water had already been spilled.

'Am I really a complete idiot?'

Legend of League has a very, very scary power that brings out hidden nature even if a person is outwardly kind.

And among the people who often reveal such a nature, there are many tops and marksmen who often clash with other teammates.

That was because the environment given in terms of the position was like that.

Of course, that didn't mean that the mistakes Kim Jae-min made disappeared.

'What do I do?'

The face of So-shim-han-saram190 is visible.

Although the position of the head was too high, so he had to lift his head to see up close, So-shim-han-saram190's impression seemed gentle compared to the ferocious muscle armor.

In a word, he has a good impression.

'Perhaps….'

Won't he consider it as a youthful recklessness and just let it pass?

He has a good impression and seems kind, doesn't he?

Yes, they're going to be working together and living together, so there's no way they'd be uncomfortable already…….

"Hey."

*Flitch─*

"…Yes?"

"Do well."

It was a short sentence, but Kim Jae-min could feel what it was like to have his blood dry up.

Surely, surely.

The age of the barbarians is long gone.

Modern times are an age of civilization where people live together, and an age of reason where law is prioritized over individual violence.

Individual strength no longer determines the superiority between people.

It should be like that…….

Unfortunately, that's just an ideal, and traces of barbarism still remain in all parts of civilization.

Physical strength certainly influences the hierarchy between humans.

There is a big difference between someone who can do something but doesn't do it and someone who can't do it at all.

That person is someone who can kill me if things go wrong.

This very simple fact alone makes a person shrink and feel pressure.

Kim Jae-min was like that now.

He knows that that person won't hit him or cause him any harm.

Because there's no need to.

But, but…….

'…I'm scared.'

This is instinct.

The natural instinct that humans, who were once beasts, have had for a long time, facing an overwhelming predator.

His legs tremble.

His lips are parched.

He's afraid of the sound of swallowing saliva.

At that moment.

As if reaching out a hand of salvation, a very clear voice echoed in his ears.

"What are you doing?"

"Y-yes, yes?"

"Let's go. I'll show you your room and the dorm."

Along with the hand Outlaw extended, Kim Jae-min was barely able to escape from the clutches of So-shim-han-saram190.

No, the expression "escaped" might be a little wrong. Anyway, Kim Jae-min will have to live here now.

'Hoo….'

Nevertheless, Kim Jae-min felt so grateful for the fact that he had escaped from the immediate fear.

He felt as if a halo was shining from the back of Outlaw, who was walking ahead.

"Okay, this is Jae-min's room. Ah, can I speak informally?"

"Ah, yes. Of course."

The room was so spacious that it was hard to believe it was a single room in the dorm.

Even the bathroom was separate.

"Wow…."

"How's the room?"

"Oh, it's great."

Until he got here, Kim Jae-min imagined five people huddled together in a small room.

He heard that the original rookie teams often did that, so it was a very natural inference.

But this environment now... It was, in a word, more than enough to be called a professional team.

"This is your room, and the room next door is the support's room. You know? The person you saw earlier. The bot duo has to stick together."

"…Yes?"

Kim Jae-min's expression became tearful.

* * *

With the addition of the marksman, TEAM OLZ became a complete team.

This means it's time to start full-scale team dorms and scrimmages.

"Did everyone greet each other?"

"Yes, well."

"Yes, yes."

The answers are not good.

When I actually saw them sitting in their chairs, they looked awkward.

3-bun-tap-gyo-myeong-ye-sin, Seo Yeon-woo, was twisting his body here and there, embarrassed by something.

Getback, Baek Seong-an, was sipping coffee with his unique sly smile, enjoying something.

So-shim-han-saram190, Kim Ji-hoon, was busy strengthening his muscles with dumbbells as if he didn't even have time for this.

Finally, A-gal-yeol-eo-boseyo, Kim Jae-min, who newly joined this time, couldn't hide his uneasy expression, looking around with his eyes as if he was afraid of something.

'These social problem children.'

Although it's not something I should point out, these guys lived a life more normal than mine, but what a mess…….

'Well… if we bump into each other while playing games, they'll get used to it.'

What kind of game is Legend of League?

Isn't it a devilish game that makes people's emotions go up and down to the point of breaking existing friendships?

Therefore, I believed that the issue of harmony among team members would be resolved naturally as time passed.

'What's urgent right now isn't that.'

I gathered the team members and started briefing them on the future schedule.

"About the future plans."

Well... I said it was a briefing grandly, but it was just a chat.

"As you all know, we're going to participate in the preliminary round of the second division league promotion match soon."

"I, um…."

The one who carefully raised his hand was the new marksman, A-gal-yeol-eo-boseyo, Kim Jae-min.

"...If we lose?"

"We won't lose."

"So, if…."

"We won't lose."

"There's an if, right? So if we lose, the contract…."

"We won't lose."

"…Yes."

Of course, it wasn't that I hadn't thought about it at all, but I completely ruled out the possibility that we would lose in the promotion match preliminary round.

"Confidence is good, but you have to practice to do that. How are you going to practice with your practice partner?"

It was Getback, Baek Seong-an's, point.

Baek Seong-an knew how to hit the core like this, as an experienced veteran.

"Well…."

I looked at Baek Seong-an.

Naturally, the surrounding gazes also turned to Baek Seong-an.

"…What is it."

"No, I just think there's someone who's good at it."

While conducting the marksman's admission test, it was Getback's role to hold scrimmages with other teams, knowingly or unknowingly.

Since that was the case, it was natural for the team members' gazes to turn to Baek Seong-an, excluding A-gal-yeol-eo-boseyo, Kim Jae-min.

"…Isn't this something the coach or the coach should do?"

"Then, from today, Getback-nim will also be a playing coach. Playing coach Getback Baek Seong-an. Wow, that's cool. Okay, everyone clap."

Seo Yeon-woo clapped first, and Kim Jae-min belatedly and awkwardly followed suit.

Baek Seong-an laughed in disbelief at that perfunctory inauguration ceremony.

"...I asked beforehand because of this, and it ended up like this."

However, he didn't seem unhappy.

He seemed to have expected that this would happen anyway.

"Can you do it?"

"It'll be difficult at first… But if I can prove it to some extent, it'll be easier from then on."

Thus, the discussion about the scrimmage issue was temporarily concluded here.

"What time is the free time─"

"It depends on the scrimmage schedule. You'll have time to exercise every day, so don't worry."

"...Hmm hmm."

So-shim-han-saram190 Kim Ji-hoon's question also passed like that.

And now it's another important issue…….

"You."

"Me, me?"

The tip of my finger pointed to the newly joined marksman, Kim Jae-min.

Although I recruited him because there was no other alternative, I had no intention of leaving Kim Jae-min as he was.

"Isn't it too embarrassing to be a professional and be Diamond?"

"It's the team's fate…."

"No excuses, it's a task from today. Get at least Grandmaster before the promotion match. Got it?"

There's about a month left until the promotion match.

Considering the team schedule in the future, it's a tight time to go from Diamond 1.

"…What if I can't make it?"

"It's a penalty for breach of contract."

"Pe, penalty?!"

Kim Jae-min's voice rose.

Of course, I didn't really intend to make him pay the penalty, but I should give him this much motivation.

"Don't worry too much. After all, would I make you do the impossible?"

"Th, then?"

I added with a smile.

"You can duo and climb."

"…Yes?"

Kim Jae-min's face turned pale as he understood what I meant.