[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 28

Yoon-gi slowly raised his head.

At the end of his gaze, the person he least wanted to see at this timing was looking at him.

SY Rainbow.

Ryu Jin-hyuk.

For Park Yoon-gi, he was the best partner he could trust more than anyone else, but at the same time, he was a difficult older brother.

"What's wrong?"

"Huh? No. Nothing."

Park Yoon-gi almost reflexively closed the game result window.

Since the solo rank results are searched by teammates when they're bored anyway, he wouldn't be able to hide it, but he didn't want to get caught looking at it right now.

To Yoon-gi, Ryu Jin-hyuk was always a difficult person to deal with.

It wasn't because Ryu Jin-hyuk was like a so-called "young꼰대" who put his age or authority before Park Yoon-gi.

Rather, Ryu Jin-hyuk always tried to make the team members, including Yoon-gi, feel comfortable, and he actually got along with the other team members without any barriers.

It's not like he had a strange personality or that the two weren't close.

Rather, despite the two-year age difference, Ryu Jin-hyuk and Park Yoon-gi usually spoke to each other informally and got along comfortably.

Objectively and subjectively, Ryu Jin-hyuk was a respectable and excellent professional gamer, a trustworthy teammate, and a good older brother at the same time.

However, the reason why Park Yoon-gi still found Ryu Jin-hyuk difficult was close to instinct, so Yoon-gi shrank back whenever he saw Ryu Jin-hyuk, like a puppy in front of a lion.

"If you have nothing to do, do you want to duo?"

"...Duo?"

Funnily enough, the first thought that came to Yoon-gi's mind was, 'What if we end up meeting him as an opponent again?'

It's not because he was afraid of losing.

He was afraid that he might show an unsightly appearance in front of Ryu Jin-hyuk.

'Prisoner's was the first game today.'

Yoon-gi knew that the number of games Prisoner played in a day was limited.

In that situation, the fact that it was the first game meant that there was a high probability that he would queue up right away.

In other words, due to the nature of the high-tier game, if he queued up with Ryu Jin-hyuk, there was a very high probability that he would meet Prisoner as an opponent.

"......"

Yoon-gi couldn't answer.

Ryu Jin-hyuk already has a very high opinion of Prisoner.

If he were to show a losing appearance to Prisoner in front of Ryu Jin-hyuk... He didn't even want to imagine it.

"Ah."

Whether it was because he noticed Yoon-gi's somewhat uncomfortable appearance, or whether he had that thought from the beginning, Ryu Jin-hyuk added a word.

"I'm not saying we should do it seriously, but just lightly as a bot duo. Today's scrim was tough."

As he said, today's scrim was not ordinary.

Although they recorded a perfect victory as a result, there were also several long games that exceeded 50 minutes per game.

"Bot duo?"

This wasn't the first time Ryu Jin-hyuk and Park Yoon-gi had played a game as a bot duo.

Rather, it could be said that they played a lot.

"Yeah."

Playing in a position other than your main position makes your mind lighter.

Furthermore, if it was a mid-jungle duo, it wasn't a duo that felt greatly out of place even if they went as an ADC-support duo.

Although their understanding of the bottom lane was a bit lacking, there were definitely aspects in which they were superior to the existing bottom duo.

However...

If it were normal circumstances, he would have gladly accepted Ryu Jin-hyuk's duo offer, but he didn't want to do it today.

"...No. I'm a bit tired today. I'm going in."

"Is that so? Okay."

Ryu Jin-hyuk nodded as if he understood without any particular questions.

This cool and easy-going personality was also one of the reasons why the team members liked Ryu Jin-hyuk.

'Hmm.'

Ryu Jin-hyuk went back to his seat and subtly searched Park Yoon-gi's match history.

Judging from his reaction earlier, it seemed that what happened in the previous solo rank game had an impact.

[Match History Search]

-SY YunGi.

'Huh?'

-Defeat.

Ryu Jin-hyuk, who had searched Yoon-gi's match history familiarly, couldn't help but be a little surprised.

This was because the nickname of the opposing jungler who had led Yoon-gi to defeat a little while ago was very familiar.

'...Prisoner.'

To think that this ID would come up here...

In fact, it wasn't a strange thing.

Who is Yoon-gi?

He is a jungler who won the recent Red Cup with outstanding performance and earned the so-called "best jungler in the world" title.

Even if it's just solo rank, if it's a jungler who pushed Yoon-gi like that, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they're one of the best in the world.

Ryu Jin-hyuk thought that Prisoner was definitely one of them.

Others may dismiss him as just an amateur, but Ryu Jin-hyuk always highly valued Prisoner.

'As expected......'

Ryu Jin-hyuk, who had logged in to his main account after a long time, checked his friends list.

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[Prisoner]

Searching for a game......

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He's still online.

Ryu Jin-hyuk hadn't had a separate conversation with Prisoner recently.

In the past, they would at least exchange greetings, but for some reason, it had become awkward since the last time.

'What should I do?'

Ryu Jin-hyuk pondered.

He had many concerns.

'Should I talk to him?'

If I talk to him, what should I say?

Just a greeting?

The apology I was going to make last time?

Or maybe......

'...Okay, let's do that.'

The deliberation didn't last long.

* * *

I browsed the community while queuing.

It could be seen as a very natural routine for me.

-Breaking News) Red Cup winner Yoon-gi's recent situation.jpg

Could it be that I've finally developed superpowers?

I can see the content just by looking at the title.

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[SY YunGi]

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Solo Rank

2 minutes ago

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Defeat

15 minutes 14 seconds

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Karthus

1 / 8 / 2

0.38:1 Rating

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Righteously educated by 'OG' Prisoner LOL

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When I clicked on the post, what I saw was, as expected, a screenshot of Yoon-gi's match history and a mocking sentence.

The comments were even worse.

-A Galde Cup post is about to open

-Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner!

-Is this... the Red Cup winner?

-Ah ㅋㅋ Can't help it against 'OG' Prisoner

-Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner!

-The guy spamming is 100% Soon-gal

-See? Yoon-gi was carried by Rainbow, right?

-ㄴWhat are you talking about, you moron? Does your bus also get MVP #1 among the Red Cup junglers?

-ㄴYeah, next, Soon-gal trembling

-Nope ^^

-Can you see him clenching his teeth and hammering the keyboard? Yoon-gi, who you were sucking and praising, is actually a bus rider who gets crushed even by amateurs, right?

-Fact) Yoon-gi recorded MVP points #1 among the Red Cup junglers.

-Fact) All the Red Cup junglers who participated declared that they felt a wall against Yoon-gi.

-Fact. Yoon-gi is a bus rider.

The community is all good, but the problem is that there are occasionally guys who cross the line like this.

Well, that's what makes it fun, though...

Of course, not all the comments were fighting comments.

Although it was relatively infrequent, there were definitely praise comments about me as well.

-Leaving the fans and haters aside, when you see this, it's really a shame that Prisoner didn't go pro. He's been taking #1 every season, and if it's this much, isn't he full of fundamentals?

-Seriously, it's honestly a shame. I wanted to see him play in a tournament once

-OG Prisoner! King Prisoner! God Prisoner!

-But you can really learn a lot by watching Prisoner's replays. It's rare for him to play the game with just his mechanics like other pros.

-ㄴ That's not the case these days, though? His form is crazy these days

-That's true ㅇㅈ

-Prisoner, who has a rare disease, takes #1 like it's nothing... Our LoL players...

-ㄴWhat's your rank?

-Bronze 3.

I was blankly looking at the comments when I suddenly found a game.

[Game found!]

[Accept / Decline]

Of course, I'll accept.

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3MinuteTopDoctrineHonoraryBeliever has joined the lobby.

SY Longbow has joined the lobby.

MAX WooChan has joined the lobby.

IlIIIIlllllIIIIlll has joined the lobby.

Prisoner has joined the lobby.

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'Hmm.'

First of all, the start isn't good.

The lanes are tangled.

'Two ADCs and two tops.'

I looked at my teammates.

First of all, SY Longbow.

As you can tell from the ID, he's an ADC.

The Red Cup winning ADC, no less.

Seeing that I'm seeing a lot of SY players today, it seems like their schedule ended or something.

The barcode was also an ADC when I searched his match history.

His current position is support.

It was fortunate that the two ADCs went to the bottom lane.

'I meet that person quite often too.'

I can't distinguish the barcode ID itself, but when I looked at the match history, it was someone I met quite often.

Well, this bracket itself originally had a lot of cases where people who used to play together played, so it wasn't strange.

'And what's left is......'

MAX WooChan.

I feel like I've been meeting this friend quite often recently too, and he's a top as expected.

[MAX WooChan : Top, can I go top?]

It's a scene I've seen a lot.

Well, there was no need to worry.

I knew the lane dominance of the Top-Doctrine believers very well.

'Of course, he'll reject─'

[3MinuteTopDoctrineHonoraryBeliever : Okay]

...Huh?

What kind of thunderbolt is this?

I immediately sent a 1:1 chat to 3MinuteTopDoctrineHonoraryBeliever.

[Me : Dude?]

[3MinuteTopDoctrineHonoraryBeliever : I'll show you a mid-jungle duo ㄱㄱ]

[Me : Is it true??]

[3MinuteTopDoctrineHonoraryBeliever : Hey, what do you think of me? I'll show you mid Karma]

Hmm... I feel a little uneasy for some reason.