[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 27

[Me: Hehe;;]

The reason the 3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint whispered to me was simple.

No matter how bad the game process and result were, he couldn't curse a current pro player to their face, so he was making a small behind-the-scenes complaint like this in a whisper.

Neither I nor the 3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint were people who did personal broadcasts, so there was nothing to be particularly wary of.

Of course, I would only maintain the stance of just listening.

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: You, who let the Red Cup winner get rekt...]

[Me: I was just lucky ㅋㅋ]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: No no, I think your form is insane these days.]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: Even so, how does it make sense to put that on Yun-gi? It's like a different person.]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: In that sense, duo ㄱ?]

That's probably the real purpose.

Even if the jungle on the previous game was the Red Cup winner, he would still think they lost because of the jungle difference, so it was a natural reaction in a way.

‘Actually, it was the jungle difference.’

Well… strictly speaking, it's more accurate to say that it was because of Yun-gi's reckless play early on that had a huge influence.

If it wasn't me, Yun-gi wouldn't have made such reckless plays either.

That's how much Yun-gi underestimated me, and I paid him back properly this time.

‘He won't be able to do that again next time we meet.’

Even with a champion like K'Sante, it's hard for me to endure the shenanigans of a blue-blue route, even with my generous nature.

‘Well… I've endured it well so far.’

The feeling of having someone else's anger management disorder forcibly become anger management well is really… a feeling you wouldn't know unless you've experienced it directly.

‘Not anymore.’

I can stand up to Yun-gi.

No, beyond being able to stand up to him, I can deal a fatal blow to Yun-gi.

I already realized that fact clearly from the previous game.

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: Dude?]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: Don't pretend to be AFK ㄴㄴ]

Ah, we were in the middle of a conversation.

[Me: I'm sorry, I'm in 1st place if I win one more game ㅋ]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: ? That's why we should duo more]

[Me: Is that right???]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: ㅇㅇ Don't you trust me?]

[Me: I trusted you until yesterday, but today a little... ㅋ]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: No ㄹㅇ The previous game was so unfair. Anyone could tell it was a jg diff. Shall we read the replay?]

Of course, objectively speaking, the 3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint isn't a bad top laner.

‘If he was a bad top laner in the first place, he wouldn't be at this rank.’

In the previous game, he got completely snowballed by Yun-gi's throwing, and the 3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint's strength isn't even tank-type champions.

I know he usually plays aggressive champions… come to think of it, it was a little strange.

‘Was it a first pick?’

If it was a first pick top and there was no swap, then picking a tank was inevitable.

‘I don't remember well.’

The in-game content was so impressive that I didn't remember the ban-pick process very well.

Well, it wasn't an important issue.

‘Anyway, top lane….’

The Renekton from the previous game naturally comes to mind.

If you asked ten people who carried the previous game, about half would say Renekton, showing such a great performance.

‘The other half would, of course, be me.’

Anyway, the carrying ability shown by Renekton was very outstanding, and above all, our synergy was pretty good.

‘Is he a Chinese pro?’

I shook my head.

Just because he's a foreign pro doesn't mean he has to be from China.

The level of the leagues has become somewhat similar recently, but in any case, it's true that Korea is the only one dominating in the solo rank environment, which means that the Korean server itself has become a kind of legend of the league's place of study.

‘It could be a European or North American, or another pro.’

Or, in a reversal, it could be a Korean amateur or trainee.

Even though they look like foreigners at first glance, there are quite a few users who intentionally take on that kind of concept.

‘Whatever it is, I'll see them again if fate brings us together later.’

In the top-tier solo rank, once you start running into each other, you'll see them repeatedly, so to speak.

At that moment, a whisper rang out.

[2]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: Hey???]

[3-Minute Tower Church Honorary Saint: If you're not going to do it, say something. Let me queue]

Come to think of it, I kept him waiting too long.

‘One game will be okay.’

Just because we duo doesn't mean we'll lose.

No, strictly speaking, duo has a higher win rate than solo rank.

[Me: ㄱㄱ]

* * *

SY Dorm.

The interior of the dorm was busy, perhaps because it was not long before the new season.

The sound of someone (mostly top) shotgunning, with a shallow panel as the divider, had become familiar and turned into white noise, and the coaches were busy, with no time to even look at their noses, due to feedback and other overloaded tasks.

The busy nature was the same for the players.

After the scrims ended, the players were busy running solo ranks during the individual practice time that followed.

And….

SY YunGi, Park Yun-gi, couldn't take his eyes off the results window of the solo rank he had just had.

[Loss]

One letter that stood out clearly.

A brand that you could never get used to.

If it were normally just solo rank, he would have just passed it off, but Yun-gi couldn't take his eyes off it.

That's because the defeat he had just suffered was so shocking.

“……”

He lost.

He lost completely.

There were few people who had made Yun-gi feel this way so far.

However, in the end, even they had knelt before Yun-gi.

Red Cup victory.

Yun-gi announced to the whole world that he was the best in the world.

But, the fact that it was an amateur who made him feel like this?

Moreover, the opponent wasn't a promising prospect who appeared like a comet.

If that had been the case, Yun-gi would have also thought, ‘Ah, I guess I'm getting old now,’ and felt the generational change, but the opponent was someone Yun-gi had met to the point of being sick of it.

Prisoner.

An opponent he was already familiar with, and had known for a long time.

Yun-gi still remembers when he first met Prisoner.

At the time, Prisoner was an amateur master who maintained the top spot in solo rank every time, and Yun-gi was one of the promising prospects who was just raising his score.

But….

‘He's so bad.’

Yun-gi truly thought so, looking at Prisoner, who was then ranked first in solo rank.

Yun-gi, who secretly thought that, literally crushed Prisoner whenever he met him.

‘This is 1st place?’

Now that he had learned enough about the Legend of League, it was different, but Yun-gi's perspective on the game at the time was surprisingly simple.

Only physical.

In that sense, Prisoner was substandard to the point where it was hard to believe he was in first place.

In terms of tier, it was around the upper Diamond to Master tier at best?

‘Even the number 1 ranking can't beat me. Uhehe.’

That's what Yun-gi was thinking, having just gotten out of his middle school phase.

Of course, that doesn't mean that Yun-gi's point of view at the time was completely wrong.

In fact, Yun-gi, who had completely defeated Prisoner shortly after appearing in the heavenly game, immediately received attention from the public and received offers to become a trainee from several teams, including SY, the best e-sports team in Korea.

Soon, Yun-gi joined SY and showed a unique talent among the trainees of SY, where the best people gathered.

It didn't take long for Yun-gi to take over the starting position, which was virtually a vacancy at the time.

And then, victory, victory, victory.

The domestic league, as well as the international competition, and in addition, the dream stage called the Red Cup.

Yun-gi had it all.

Of course, from that point on, the head-to-head record against Prisoner began to falter little by little, but it was just a solo rank record at best.

Yun-gi didn't care much.

Above all, even if he lost to Prisoner, the results of the game were all that was the case, but Yun-gi never truly thought he had lost to Prisoner.

‘He's just running away. Does he fear me that much?’

However, if there was a part that Yun-gi cared about Prisoner, it was the part related to Rainbow.

Prisoner is an old gamer, and Rainbow is also an old gamer, although not as much as him.

Because of the time they spent playing together, the two were quite close, and Rainbow actually highly valued Prisoner.

「“Prisoner? He's good. Definitely.”」

‘What's so good about Prisoner.’

Although he didn't show it, Yun-gi didn't understand Rainbow whenever he said that.

Because it seemed that he was the one who was good no matter what.

In fact, Yun-gi's thoughts weren't wrong.

An amateur and a Red Cup winner.

They couldn't even be compared.

But….

He was utterly crushed by Prisoner, whom he had secretly looked down on so much.

It's not even that he fell for Prisoner's schemes, as he had until now.

He lost purely.

He lost, in other words.

While Yun-gi was mulling over the feeling of defeat.

“What are you doing?”

A familiar voice was heard.