[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 32
Order to LeaveTo deliberately target someone on my friend list…
That's definitely behavior deserving of criticism as a pro.
There wasn't some grand reason behind Ryu Jin-hyuk's targeting of Prisoner.
He just wanted to see.
What he had seen from Prisoner before.
Exactly what drove Yun-gi so hard.
And,
Why he was acting like this now.
So, he turned on the queue.
Amidst countless reasons that even he couldn't be sure of,
To meet Prisoner once again.
[Game Found!]
[Accept / Reject]
As expected, he was matched with the same queue as Prisoner.
Moreover, this time, they were enemies.
Even if they are the same player, the feeling is completely different when you meet them as an ally versus as an enemy.
That's why Ryu Jin-hyuk felt his heart pounding violently from a certain moment.
‘Alright, show me.’
What I saw.
What you are trying to show me.
The game started, and Prisoner's early game plan was sharp, as he knew.
‘He forced Ellison to take the bottom lane. As expected of Prisoner.’
The variable occurred right after that.
‘He's coming in?’
At level 1 timing, the opposing Kamal recklessly attempted a trade, ignoring the absolute matchup between a melee and a ranged champion.
Moreover, the opponent didn't even have Flash.
For a moment, he even thought it might be a trap, but the enemy jungler was Diana.
They couldn't come at this timing.
-First Blood!
Sure enough,
It wasn't a trap or anything.
They just pushed it.
That was all.
“……”
Despite getting the kill, Ryu Jin-hyuk felt a deep sense of disappointment rather than joy.
He knew this fact from the loading screen, but the enemy mid laner, 3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie, was originally a top laner.
Whether it was because they were in a lane they didn't want to be in, or for another reason, they didn't seem to have any intention of playing the game properly.
That's why it was a shame.
So very, very disappointing.
If Prisoner had had a slightly better teammate, they could have played a better game…
Soon, Prisoner, who appeared in the top jungle, glared at him, but this was also as expected.
‘The reaction is pretty good.’
Dodging skills with a forward Flash…
It wasn't a scene that often appeared even in pro matches due to the risk of wasting a spell, but Prisoner did it naturally.
Of course, that didn't mean they could kill him.
[Kamal – Level 1]
Because, as he knew, Kamal's level was still only level 1.
『🐧』
Even though he had to take some lane losses because his ally Ellison didn't come to cover, it was still okay.
And, once again, an incident occurred.
-An enemy has been slain!
His ally Renekton solo-killed the enemy Quinn.
It was the moment Prisoner's early invade plan fell apart.
‘Tsk, they should have been more careful if they didn't take Cleanse.’
Ironically, Ryu Jin-hyuk felt sorry for the opposing team who made a mistake, rather than praising his ally who got the kill.
Top and mid solo kills.
The balance of the game, which was already collapsing, was completely shattered from this solo kill.
‘I guess I'll have to look for another chance.’
Even for Prisoner, if the game structure was ruined this much, there was nothing to be done.
Ryu Jin-hyuk was about to look for another opportunity.
‘…Hmm?’
He felt a sense of incongruity from a certain moment, after the enemy Diana completely disappeared from the map.
Normally, if the enemy jungler doesn't appear, the ally jungler should be more active, but that didn't seem to be the case either.
Ryu Jin-hyuk soon knew the reason.
‘They're focusing on growth, and at the same time, they're leading Ellison's route with counter jungling.’
What should a jungler choose if their jungle is completely counter-jungled?
Prisoner gnawed away at Ellison's jungle as if asking that question.
Each time, Ellison, as if angry, went into the enemy jungle and similarly ate Diana's jungle.
Of course, most of it was the leftovers that Diana had eaten.
Because of that, Diana was able to focus on jungling while simultaneously tying up the enemy jungle.
It was only possible with mastery of vision and psychological warfare.
When Diana first appeared, there was already a level difference between his ally Ellison and Diana.
[Ellison – Level 5]
[Diana – Level 6]
No matter how much the jungling speed differs between the two champions, the level difference widened between the disadvantaged team and the advantageous team.
Diana, who reached level 6, began to be active in earnest.
-An enemy has been slain!
-An ally has fallen!
-An objective has been claimed!
The first skirmish was in the top lane.
Of course, since it was the timing of the time, Renekton was about to fight 1 against 3, and in fact, they even threw Kamal as bait and caught Renekton, who had a bounty.
It didn't matter that Diana got the kill.
‘Even if it's just a jungler. They can't carry alone in this situation.’
It didn't take long to realize that was an arrogant delusion.
-Double Kill!
Prisoner, like a ghost, only picked fights in places where he wasn't, or induced the fight when he took a brief recall.
As if avoiding him.
Juye's bounty increased day by day, but that was also the case for Diana's bounty.
[Juye – Bounty 150 gold]
[Diana – Bounty 300 gold]
The big difference between the two champions was that Juye had a bounty from pure growth and CS stats, and Diana had a bounty from kills.
-Triple Kill!
-The enemy is dominating the battlefield!
With the power of only one person named Prisoner, the additional balance of the already crumbling balance is slowly moving towards the center.
And…
It didn't take long for that center to collapse.
-Double Kill!
-Triple Kill!
-The enemy is legendary!
Gradually, Ryu Jin-hyuk's sense of reality disappeared.
It was a natural story, but he, the two-time Red Cup champion, had never experienced a losing process so helplessly.
Even when meeting a strong opponent, even when meeting overwhelming despair, he always won in the end.
-Game Over!
However, when he finally came to his senses, only one word was engraved in front of Ryu Jin-hyuk's eyes.
[Defeat]
“……”
If it had been like before, he would have joked that it was a good game for Prisoner, but Ryu Jin-hyuk couldn't move.
It was such a shocking game.
“Ah.”
Ryu Jin-hyuk, who had been in a daze for a long time, barely came to his senses.
And then he made up his mind.
To speak to Prisoner.
Apologies are good, greetings are good.
Any words are fine.
However…
[Prisoner]
Offline
When Ryu Jin-hyuk made up his mind late, Prisoner was already not there.
* * *
[Victory]
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[+16 LP]
[1715 LP]
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After the grueling game ended, I had a brief conversation with 3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie.
[3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie : Carry]
[3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie : It's a joke]
[3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie : Thanks for the carry. Wow, we won this]
[Me : ㅎㅎ;]
[3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie : I'm going to go now, thanks for the carry today. I'll carry hard next time]
[Me : Okay]
[3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie : Bye]
I don't have much expectation, though.
Anyway, after 3-minute Top-Lane Honor Newbie left, I habitually accessed the match history search site.
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[Prisoner]
Rank 1
Solo Rank
- Challenger
- 1715 LP / 247 wins 172 losses
- Win rate 59%
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Finally, I should say.
I finally regained the throne.
Looking around, it seemed to be a hot topic in the community as well.
-Breaking News) Prisoner Regains 1st Place
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[Prisoner]
Rank 1
Solo Rank
- Challenger
- 1715 LP / 247 wins 172 losses
- Win rate 59%
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The main content was, as expected, a profile screenshot of my ID through the match history search site.
There were so many eyes watching every game…
I shifted my gaze and looked at the comments.
-A true master of this game, lol
-Seriously, how many seasons have you been in first place? Even pros can't do that, right?
-ㄴ They can do it because they're not pros. Do pros have time to spare?
-ㄴ It's an attention seeker, don't feed them
-Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner! Prisoner!
-Now that I see it, the opponent in the 1st place decider was Rainbow, lol, how did you do it?
Most of the comments were praise for me, but there were also comments that occasionally criticized the pros who played with me.
-Rainbow is washed up, lol
-Isn't that jungler GRS jungler? They lost even though the mid laner was Rainbow this time, lol, the bottom one-trick bus driver is still in the same class, right?
-Information) Even Yun-gi got crushed by Prisoner in the previous game.
-Seriously, Yun-gi and Rainbow all get crushed by Prisoner. Even the mid laner is 3-minute Top-Lane, lol
‘Tsk.’
I turned off the community.
I had taken first place, so I decided to end the game here today.
Because the game a little while ago was that hard.
Of course, I didn't intend to be satisfied with this.
In the first place, 1st place in solo rank was only a starting point for me.
That's the place I'm aiming for.
A place that no one has ever reached.
A place that will never be reached.
I will decorate the end of Prisoner there.
-Kkatok!
At that moment, a message popped up in the lower right corner of the monitor.
-Mother.
It was my mother.
Since I don't usually answer calls, she contacted me through a messenger app that was linked to the computer, where my gaze could at least reach.
[Mother : Yu-jin, guests will be coming home soon, so be aware of that.]
Guests out of nowhere?
[Me : What are you talking about?]
[Mother : They're going to look at the house]
[Me : Why are they looking at the house?]
[Mother : What are you talking about now? I told you a few days ago, didn't I? We're moving. We put the house up for sale.]
Come to think of it, I think I heard something like that a while ago…
「“Yu-jin, we're moving soon, where do you like?”」
「“Uh, yeah. Okay.”」
「“…Are you even listening?”」
「“Yeah, do whatever you want. I'm fine with anywhere.”」
…The problem was that I was in a team fight of the soul at the time.
Anyway, it wasn't hard to guess why the moving story came out of the blue.
‘It must be because of me.’
To make me live a completely new life.
It's a neighborhood and a house I've been attached to for a long time.
Our family was sacrificing so much for me, to the point of abandoning even such a foundation without regret.
“……”
When I was trying to calm my stirring heart.
[Mother : So, anyway, your problems still haven't been fully sorted out. Since there's a 'what if', could you go outside for a while?]
An unexpected expulsion order was issued.