[TS] The Return of The Gamer - Chapter 68

‘……No. It can’t be.’

Lee Zixuan shook his head.

The hypothesis that the current Raize was a Prisoner was absolutely absurd.

Lee Zixuan knew.

He was aware that what he was seeing was merely a kind of illusion created by his obsession with the Prisoner.

‘My condition isn't normal right now.’

Lee Zixuan examined his condition coldly.

‘I haven't slept properly for days, and I haven't eaten much either.’

Judging by the situation, it was correct to say that his obsession with the Prisoner had become so excessive that everything in the world seemed like the Prisoner.

A healthy mind comes from a healthy body.

Lee Zixuan, who had always been thorough in his self-management as a professional, knew that fact better than anyone else.

But why?

Even though he thought he knew his condition in a rather cold manner, he somehow kept seeing the Prisoner overlapping with Raize's appearance.

Especially, that unique movement.

‘Clearly, he's dodging skillshots by watching, not predicting.’

Is that even possible with human reaction speed? But in fact, the Prisoner had been doing that until now.

But if you were to ask if there was anyone else like that…...

‘Ah.’

There was.

And that was right now, in the same game.

‘Rainbow.’

The cause of Lee Zixuan's obsession with the Prisoner, and the nemesis he had never been able to overcome.

Even though he was so jealous, so hateful, and so admired, Lee Zixuan's feelings for Rainbow were quite indifferent.

Probably because of the Prisoner.

‘Ah.’

A thought came to mind along with that.

Maybe Rainbow knows something about the disappearance of the Prisoner?

He learned while investigating the Prisoner that the Prisoner and Rainbow had played games together since the early days of Legend of League.

If it's someone like Rainbow, maybe he knows the whereabouts of the Prisoner?

‘...Let's ask him after this game.’

Where the Prisoner went.

Or, is he even alive?

He felt as if the order of things had changed, but what did it matter?

What was important now was the Prisoner's whereabouts.

‘First of all, this game.’

Lee Zixuan focused his mind again on the screen he had been staring at blankly until now.

* * *

[“Didn’t I tell you? That Raize is fierce.”]

[“That's bullshit. It's because hyung raised him that it became like this.”]

[“Isn't it obvious that the jungler should be careful if the mid lane is pushed?”]

[“Ping MIA.”]

[“Jungle difference.”]

[“Throwing.”]

Even while the teammates were exchanging friendly words, Ryu Jinhyuk couldn't laugh.

It wasn't because of the word "jungle difference," which made Yoon-gi, who was next to him, flinch.

It was also because of his own mistake in the previous battle, but above all, it was because he felt a strange sense of déjà vu from the opposing Raize.

‘What is it?’

It's not just a matter of being good.

You can meet good players in solo rank or scrims.

But this feeling clearly bothered Ryu Jinhyuk's senses.

‘This feeling, definitely somewhere….’

In the end, Ryu Jinhyuk searched for the opposing team's record.

+

[GameWell4148]

[Level 29]

Solo Rank

- Unranked

Normal Games

- 116 wins 0 losses

- 100% win rate

+

Should he say it was as expected?

A sub-account with a 100% win rate.

Moreover, it's an absurd record of a 100% win rate for over 100 games.

“……”

Of course, if he thought about it calmly, creating a sub-account with a 100% win rate wasn't that difficult by Ryu Jinhyuk's standards.

Moreover, if that win rate was for normal games, not rank games, it was even more so.

‘But.’

Surprisingly, the opponent hadn't achieved victory with a duo.

Pure solo rank, or should he say solo normal?

If so, the difficulty increased exponentially.

Making a high win rate of over 90% on his own in the wild of normal games, where you don't know what variables might occur, and a perfect, undefeated record of 100% were completely different stories.

‘The opponent is at least Challenger.’

And not just any Challenger, but a top-tier Challenger with over 1,000 points, that was certain.

‘Was there someone like that?’

Ryu Jinhyuk applied the play styles of countless mid-laners in his head.

But there was no one who immediately came to mind.

Instead, should he say?

For some reason, a person's nickname flashed through Ryu Jinhyuk's mind.

‘...It can't be. It's impossible.’

Even while thinking that, Ryu Jinhyuk felt his heart racing involuntarily.

‘But.’

Even though it was time for the champion to revive, Ryu Jinhyuk didn't stop searching.

‘Position? Which position do they usually take?’

However, whether it was because Ryu Jinhyuk's prediction was wrong, it seemed that GameWell4148 didn't have a fixed position.

Of course, jungle and support were a bit more frequent, but since those two positions are the ones that usually remain when playing in the remaining lanes based on normal games, it wasn't strange.

‘…That's how it is.’

He didn't know why he saw the Prisoner overlapping with that Raize, but in fact, Ryu Jinhyuk already knew.

The Prisoner won't come back.

It couldn't happen in the first place.

He tried so hard to shake it off, but to see the Prisoner in an opponent he met in a normal game…...

‘Let's stop.’

In various situations, the game was heading towards the middle.

Despite having gone through a dominant early game, they couldn't roll a decent snowball, perhaps due to the cracks that began to occur in the mid lane.

Although they took the bottom lane's first tower and the dragon, they didn't take the mid lane's first tower and the herald, which could be considered the core of snowballing.

[“They are trading blows. Jungle difference.”]

[“Anyone can see it's mid difference.”]

[“Both of you shut up. You guys are blaming each other.”]

[“That's true.”]

The opposing Raize and Liss were strong.

Kamal, who had been outplayed with a solo kill, also fully recovered, thanks to the growth of Raize and Liss.

On the other hand, the allied Yasuo and Jarvan were relatively struggling.

The structure of what is often called a battle between the upper and lower bodies was formed.

Of course, strictly speaking, the allied upper body was relatively healthy compared to the opposing bottom lane, which was completely destroyed, but that's how the apparent structure was.

[“Don't worry. I will carry.”]

As if proving Yoon-gi's confident words, the growth of the allied Ezreal was extraordinary.

-You have slain an enemy!

-Double Kill!

Yoon-gi was unusually good at playing the ADC as a sub-position, for a jungler.

It was a phenomenon that occurred because Yoon-gi himself was a player who had the extreme status of being a one-trick, with mindless and brute force, which was unusual for a jungler.

[“God, is he Yoon-gi?”]

[“Isn't he just a moron?”]

[“That's too much.”]

Unlike the serious Ryu Jinhyuk, his teammates laughed, teasing each other whether the game was difficult or not.

Yes, this game was that kind of game.

It was fine to win, and it was fine to lose.

It wasn't polite to his teammates to be the only one looking so gloomy in a place where everyone was enjoying themselves, so Ryu Jinhyuk shook his head.

‘Let's not worry.’

He felt as though the fact that he was determined not to worry meant that he was worrying.

Centered around the well-grown Ezreal of Yoon-gi, the allies naturally took the initiative in pushing the mid lane.

This was very important, as it was the initiative that connected to the objective fight.

However,

Despite having taken the mid lane, as the game reached the middle, the opposing Raize Kamal formed a special unit and began to run rampant.

-Allied has been slain!

[“Ah. What the hell?”]

The game, which should have ended long ago, began to drag on due to the two special units' fierce activity.

The Raize Kamal special unit was very tricky.

If they carelessly put in members, they were cut off by the Kamal Raize combination, and if they invested too many members, they would run away with their unique mobility.

They were shaking the world's best team, SY, with only two people.

Of course, the allies were the world's best team, SY. They weren't unaware of how to deal with it.

The answer was simple.

If it wasn't a combination without an initiation, the allies had Jarvan, Yone, and Yasuo, a strong rush combination, so they could just break through the base Jinx, Nami, and Liss team that were clearing the lane in the mid lane.

However,

[“Ah, the mid difference is so severe. Did they die again?”]

[“I agree.”]

[“They didn't join, good job.”]

…These guys have to actually join properly.

The reason the teammates still weren't losing their composure, despite the game dragging on compared to the advantageous situation, was simple.

No matter how much the opposing Kamal and Raize ran rampant, the objective game situation was very advantageous to the allied side.

‘They don't really need to be desperate in the first place.’

It's just a normal game.

Ryu Jinhyuk smiled sardonically at the obvious fact.