[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 168

“……Yes.”

“Then that’s it.”

Kim Jae-min’s voice drooped.

Of course, strictly speaking, it’s not that Kim Jae-min, who is called ‘Open Your Mouth’, didn’t do his part at all.

Even if the lane is dominated by the support, it was true that Kim Jae-min held up well against the challenger and current pro gamer in the early lane phase.

‘He did his part in the late game as well.’

If Kim Jae-min was really that bad to the point of being unusable, they wouldn’t have won this game in the first place.

No, before that, he wouldn't have even gotten into our team.

Even so, the reason Baek Seong-an was so prickly was probably because he felt the need to rein in Kim Jae-min.

‘I gave him Jinx on purpose to do this… I feel a little bad.’

I don't know if Kim Jae-min had played the previous game well despite that, but, as a result, Kim Jae-min’s insistence on his pick led to a bad outcome.

Soon, he would have to pay the price for that himself.

“We’ll have about twenty minutes of feedback, and then we'll play the next game right away. Everyone, come here.”

At Baek Seong-an's words, the team members gathered around the giant monitor in one corner of the practice room.

It was a place prepared for use during feedback.

“First of all, even though we won this game, it's not a game without feedback. Actually, there's a lot. Everyone knows, right?”

“Yes.”

This time, Seo Yeon-woo was the only one who answered.

Well… to be honest, I thought I did pretty well in this game, so I didn't feel the need to answer.

‘The other two guys…….’

I glanced at the seats where Kim Jae-min and Kim Ji-hoon were sitting, and a chilling air was flowing from there.

Hmm, the atmosphere doesn't look good.

Let's not mention it.

And…….

Feedback was conducted under the leadership of Baek Seong-an.

Of course, I also helped out in the middle if Baek Seong-an missed something.

“Ah, why did you take the recall timing here? You could have pushed one more lane. You also showed the opponent's position. If you had pushed one more lane, the opponent would have had to rush to block the lane, which would have been advantageous in terms of numbers.”

“That… Ah, I think I was wrong. I thought it would be best to join as quickly as possible.”

“You still had some time until the dragon, so you could have pushed one more lane. Think about that in the future. It's not always good to join quickly. You have to look at the situation.”

“Yes.”

Seo Yeon-woo, whose difficulties were anticipated from the nickname, '3-Minute Top Bridge Honor Student,' surprisingly accepted the feedback from me and Baek Seong-an.

He didn't just accept it blindly with yes, yes, but pointed out the parts he didn't understand without skipping over them.

“I think I was right here, though?”

“That's true, in the end. But if this had happened here…….”

“Umm. That sounds right too.”

It was an ideal feedback acceptance attitude.

However, from my point of view, who has seen the 3-Minute Top Bridge Honor Student for a long time, it was only suspicious.

‘It’s a little suspicious.’

Was that guy the type to listen to others with such an innocent face?

The doubts boiling up from deep inside couldn’t stop, but I couldn’t bring myself to say it out loud.

Our team already faced many problems, and I didn't want to create unnecessary trouble by touching a guy who seemed fine on the outside.

Anyway, that's that, and…….

The feedback continued.

Baek Seong-an, who knows his position as a playing coach who directly participates in the game, didn't hide his mistakes either.

“And here…… Umm, I was wrong. …I'm sorry, everyone. I'll try not to make mistakes like this.”

“No, I should have made the call more clearly… It was too uncertain.”

“That was the situation. It's my fault.”

If you only look at this, it could be considered an ideal feedback session, but the problem was, as always, our bottom lane.

“…….”

Kim Jae-min is afraid of Kim Ji-hoon, the support player who stands with him in the bottom lane, but that's just a one-sided and temporary avoidance.

In fact, even when Kim Ji-hoon spoke during the game, Kim Jae-min flinched, but he didn't immediately follow Kim Ji-hoon's words sincerely.

It was due to the long-standing habits that had become ingrained in Kim Jae-min's body.

‘It’s not a habit that will change in just one game.’

It's a habit, but in fact, the result of all Kim Jae-min's actions can be seen as his current skills.

Therefore, simply saying, 'You shouldn't do this,' doesn't solve the fundamental problem.

Very detailed, and also in detail.

We must slowly correct what Kim Jae-min who is called 'Open Your Mouth' has.

“Bottom lane… I wish you guys would listen to the calls more. Both of you.”

“…Yes.”

“Understood.”

Kim Jae-min and Kim Ji-hoon nodded, but they didn't seem to be truly convinced.

Baek Seong-an shook his head and looked at me for help.

Shake, shake-

Since I didn't have any special tricks either, I could only shake my head.

“Ugh.”

Twenty minutes passed amidst all sorts of worries.

*

The second scrim began in earnest.

This time, since it was the second game, we switched sides, so we were the top side, meaning we were the second pick.

[Lucian]

The opponent's first ban was Lucian, the same as in the previous game.

It seemed that they didn't think the cause of the previous loss was in the ban pick.

It is generally considered not very wise to proceed with the same ban pick as in the lost game in a multi-game series, but this time the case was a little different.

‘It's the right decision.’

The weakness of our team is the AD carry.

No matter how much we agreed to pick what we were told to pick, that fact doesn’t change.

Even if the opponent knew our response, the ban strategy itself wouldn't have changed.

[“Uh… what should we ban?”]

At that moment, Baek Seong-an spoke.

[“Yujin. I'm going to try to cut out all the AD carries in this game, what do you think?”]

“Umm… what are you trying to do? Wouldn’t that make our team worse?”

[“It's okay. We won't play AD carry champions anyway. Let's do it the way we did before.”]

If it's the way we did before…….

There was only one game that came to mind.

Because we had already experienced a game where the AD carry was a hole.

“……Is that right?”

[“Let’s try it once. You said it's just a scrim anyway.”]

“Umm… Okay, then. Go ahead.”

After the bans were finished, Baek Seong-an said.

[“Jae-min, you can do the AD carry rule, right?”]

[“I, I don't know how to play support champions very well…….”]

Kim Jae-min's voice was filled with bewilderment, as if he hadn't expected to be asked to play support champions.

[“You still know the skills, right?”]

[“That's true, but…….”]

[“Then just do it.”]

At Baek Seong-an’s words, Kim Jae-min answered with his head bowed.

[“……Yes.”]

And so, Lulu was picked for the AD carry position.

It was something that happened because Kim Jae-min had no right to refuse.

And…….

Soon, the ban pick was completed.

+

Top: Camille / Malphite

Jungle: Graves / Xin Zhao

Mid: Morgana / Zoe

AD Carry: Lulu / Miss Fortune

Support: Yuumi / Leona

+

The concept of our team composition was clear.

A 3-support composition.

It was similar to the composition I used in the 5:5 match against Jjushi, but my shoulders weren't as heavy as before.

This was because we had Seo Yeon-woo, the 3-Minute Top Bridge Honor Student, who is a top laner who doesn't lose to anyone in terms of combat power even among the Challengers.

‘It’s good to have teammates you can rely on.’

Of course, I was a little doubtful about whether the 3-Minute Top Bridge Honor Student was a truly trustworthy teammate, but the situation was better than the mid lane, which was relatively lacking in carrying ability, or the bottom lane, which was still being adjusted.

“Everyone, let’s go for it.”

[“Fighting.”]

[“Let’s do our best.”]

[“…Fighting.”]

The response had increased compared to before.

It was Kim Jae-min, who is called ‘Open Your Mouth’, who responded in a crawling voice.

‘Hmm.’

The game began.

* * *

-The enemy agreed to surrender with 5 votes in favor and 0 votes against.

Only 17 minutes after the game started.

The surrender, which was obtained in less than 20 minutes, was just awkward and unfamiliar to Kim Jae-min.

[Victory]

We won.

Not just won, but we won overwhelmingly.

It was a much easier game than the previous one, a so-called bus ride game.

“…….”

It was a one-sided game, to the point that the bloodbath from the previous game was hard to believe.

Although the bottom lane was exhausting, the game ended regardless of the dominance of the bottom lane or the number of CS.

Kim Jae-min couldn't understand that fact.

He is an AD carry.

But, even though he went to the AD carry position, he played a support champion instead of an AD carry champion and won more easily?

He couldn't understand, but this was the current level of OLZ.

A team where the AD carry just plays a support champion and buffs from behind, and the overwhelming top side's power can crush a team from a first-division league like BOQ from the lane phase.

It was an overwhelming size, to the point that it was hard to believe that they were a team preparing for the second-division promotion match.

But, paradoxically, that fact was a great despair for Kim Jae-min right now.

“…….”

He could hear the teammates discussing feedback. But, unfortunately, none of it was getting through to Kim Jae-min's ears.

Kim Jae-min’s mental shock was that huge.

‘This isn’t it.’

He didn't boldly knock on the door of OLZ just to be a burden like this.

He wants to… do better.

No, he can do better.

“I, I have something to say……”

Therefore, Kim Jae-min, breaking the silence he had maintained until now, cautiously opened his lips.

“I, maybe…….”

Kim Jae-min wanted to prove it.

That it's different from the first game.

This time, he wanted to carry like Outlaw and show his teammates that he is no longer a burden.

“……Can I play AD carry champions in the next game?”

But…….

“Jae-min.”

Opportunities are not always given.

“I told you. We're only going to play the picks we're told to play today. Didn’t you hear?”

“That’s…….”

Kim Jae-min couldn't choose any words of rebuttal to Baek Seong-an’s words.

Because it was all true.

“Do as you’re told today. If you have a pick you want to play, you should have proven it when you were told to do it.”

It was the right thing to say.

Kim Jae-min had an opportunity.

But he failed to prove it.

“……Yes. I will do that.”

The prince’s pride collapsed.