[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 5

SY Pro Gaming Team Dorm.

After the Red Cup ended, even though it should have been a time to enjoy the vacation, the dorm was heated with the enthusiasm of the players practicing.

It was to achieve the grand goal of winning the Red Cup three times.

If you were to ask who the most diligent player was among them, the SY players would all pick one person.

Rainbow.

If there was a protagonist of this year's League of Legends, everyone would unhesitatingly pick this player.

That very Rainbow is now staring blankly at the monitor screen, just chewing on their lips.

"...I meet like this."

The moment he saw Prisoner's nickname in the pick screen, Rainbow seriously considered dodging.

It's not that he didn't want to play with Prisoner.

He felt uncomfortable because Prisoner seemed to have gotten into trouble because of the previous interview.

'Should I just apologize?'

It's been years since Rainbow first met Prisoner.

They don't even know each other's faces or names, but even so, the number of games they've played together easily exceeds hundreds.

Naturally, they could be seen as having a strong relationship that wouldn't be hurt by anything, but isn't it the case that the closer you are in a relationship, the more you have to be polite?

'Why did you say those words there….'

He regrets it belatedly, but all he accumulates is self-blame.

There were several reasons why Rainbow mentioned Prisoner, who was just an amateur, in the Red Cup victory interview, but the biggest reason was simple.

He was frustrated.

Rainbow thought that Prisoner had the ability to be successful even in the professional scene.

Of course, he didn't lack weaknesses in the basic combat physicals, but considering that Prisoner's position was a jungler, it wasn't a big weakness either.

To be honest… he thinks he's better in overall aspects than 'Yungi', the jungler who won the Red Cup with him.

So, he mentioned Prisoner in the grand stage of the Red Cup 2nd victory interview.

「“I think it was just luck that I won this year. If Prisoner-nim had debuted as a pro, I don't know what the result would have been.”」

Still not coming out?

I acknowledged you.

Let's see each other on a big stage now.

Looking back, it was an arrogant thought to a sickening degree.

He didn't even know what circumstances Prisoner was in.

No, he didn't even try to know.

He just couldn't understand why someone with such skills wouldn't even be a pro, let alone broadcasting, in his own stubbornness and thoughts.

How long has it been since the interview?

He heard from the coach that Prisoner's side had requested a test.

「“Really?”」

Rainbow couldn't hide his joy the moment he heard that.

Finally, he can play with Prisoner.

It's fine even if they're not on the same team. It's enough if he can meet him in a pro match.

However…….

He heard shocking news from the coach.

「“Anyway, it became difficult. I'm sorry. You must have been looking forward to it.”」

The story that Prisoner was a patient with a rare disease.

The moment he heard that story, Rainbow realized the mistake he had made.

What have I done?

For Prisoner, the fact that he was a patient with a rare disease might have been something he wanted to hide.

He brought it out into the world because of his own stubbornness and arrogance.

It was clearly an overstep, and it was something he had to apologize for.

‘…….’

Rainbow opened a 1:1 chat window with Prisoner and wrote and deleted various sentences repeatedly.

‘I’m sorry… no, this isn’t quite right. Then, I'm sorry? This doesn't seem right either….’

While he was in the midst of a band-pick, it was completed.

He chose Jhin, and Prisoner chose Ryze.

The combination between the two champions could be considered quite good, but it was a bit of a surprise for Rainbow.

‘Did Prisoner know how to play Ryze?’

He soon accepted it.

Ryze is a champion who has been assessed as an out-of-spec OP champion recently.

It wasn't strange that Prisoner, an old user among the oldest users in League of Legends history, handled Ryze, who was also an old champion.

And… the game started.

Looking at Prisoner's ID on the loading screen, he still had a complicated feeling, but Rainbow is a pro.

Moreover, he's a pro who has been to the top.

If it's before starting the game, it doesn't matter, but once the game starts, this is the battlefield.

-Welcome to the Summoner's Rift.

In a high-level game, the moment you leave the well, the game begins.

As if to prove that fact, with the pings being shot in unison, they entered the opponent's red side through the top bush.

The moment a ward was planted in the opponent's red bush.

The appearance of the opponent's team of 5 was revealed.

‘As expected.’

It was something he had already anticipated.

The team members were the same, and before the vision was revealed, their Nautilus had already succeeded in a grab.

In other words, this is a winning battle.

Before he could make a judgment, Rainbow invested the skill point he hadn't been putting in on w.

-First Blood!

-Double Kill!

-Triple Kill!

-Rampage!

At this rate, it was at a level where you could say the game was over in 2 minutes.

Of course, he wasn't without the experience of being reversed by being careless, so Rainbow didn't let go of his focus.

The game continued.

It was a one-sided game as expected, but the opponent also had a final move as they were high-level users.

-Allied has been slain!

-Shut down!

When their top lane died to the opponent's 5-man dive, Prisoner's ping was shot.

And the 2:5 battle that ensued.

-Dominating the battlefield!

-Godlike!

-Legendary!

-Extermination!

The result was a great victory.

"Ah…."

Finally, when he caught the last enemy champion and announced the end, Rainbow felt a strange feeling that he couldn't express in words.

It wasn't because they had wiped out the opponent alone, but because he saw something in the synergy with Prisoner.

‘…What is it?’

The sense of incongruity that Rainbow felt was nothing else.

‘Did Prisoner play Ryze this well?’

No, it seems like it's the first time he's ever seen Prisoner play Ryze in the first place.

If it's this combat ability, it was at a level that was no less than Yungi, who won the championship with him.

‘Did he grow up well? No… it wasn't just that.’

Rainbow's evaluation of Prisoner has been consistent until now.

Relatively lacking physicals, but a cool judgment and divine operation that would make up for it.

But what Rainbow saw from Prisoner now was the jungler in its entirety.

Prisoner, who appeared since the launch of League of Legends in Korea, is one of the oldest users among the old users.

For such an old user, rather than seeing their skills decline, they're growing even more…….

‘…How can someone like this not be a pro?’

Rainbow felt the same feeling he had felt before.

Frustrating and heartbreaking.

No, maybe it's because of that situation that Prisoner has grown one more time.

After all, pain makes people grow.

‘Let's apologize.’

That he was truly sorry for mentioning it without consent. That he didn't mean any harm. That he'd be honest.

Rainbow made up his mind.

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The game ended.

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

The result was, of course, a 15-minute surrender.

My KDA after the game was 11/0/8.

The level difference with the enemy jungler was 4.

And the number displayed at the bottom right.

[2]

A 1:1 conversation had come from Rainbow.

[SY Rainbow : Good work.]

[SY Rainbow : Oh, and there's something I need to say to Prisoner-nim.]

The moment I was about to reply.

Knock, knock─

With a knock, my mother opened the door and looked at me.

“Yujin.”

Only then did I see a piece of paper in my mother's right hand.

Maybe… it's what I think it is.

Judging from the seriousness of the situation and my mother's expression, it wasn't the time to be playing games.

I urgently typed in the chat.

[Me : I have something come up suddenly. I'll see you next time.]

There was no time to wait for a reply, so I closed the League of Legends client.

It wasn't like before, when the muscles in my whole body contracted, but it's so hard to turn my head.

Slowly, I faced my mother.

“……”

A moment of silence.

In the end, it was my patience that ran out first.

“What… what happened?”

My mother looked at me silently.

What is it? Is it not what I expected? Then what will happen to me now?

In the midst of such thoughts, my mother's lips moved.

“Yujin….”

Calling my name quietly, my mother hugged me.

“Thank goodness, thank goodness….”

Along with that, the contents of the paper scattered on the floor came into view.

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[DNA Test Result Report]

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(Omitted)

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Paternity Probability: 99.9997%

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“Ah.”

Only then did I heave a sigh of relief.

Many things had changed, but I was still my mother's child.

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In a way, after overcoming the biggest hurdle, the second hurdle remained.

“…You still haven’t told them?”

“How can I tell them?”

That's true.

“Haa…”

I slowly stood in front of the door.

It's time to go meet my family.