[VICTORY]
It wasn’t perfect, but I thought I had done my part reasonably well.
I rotated my tired wrist and looked to the side.
“Wow…”
Hanbyeori, who had gone AFK, was there.
[DAE SEO HA!!! DAE SEO HA!!! DAE SEO HA!!!]
[You’re just an ordinary person who went to the Worlds semi-finals in my absence… Farewell, Rave…]
[You’re not like someone who got 20 deaths and was stuffed. Right?]
[DAESDHISALEGEND… DAESDHISALEGEND…]
I could see the chat window praising me.
‘Of course, she’s a tough opponent to face for the first time.’
The Rave and k1ng duo had been met countless times in my previous life.
From the domestic LCK league, various international tournaments and exhibition matches, to solo ranked games.
They were opponents I had faced numerous times already.
A mid-lane level 2 gank with just one buff.
The skirmishes they initiate when the mid-lane gap widened in order to finish off their opponent.
I had encountered all of these strategies before, and I knew how to counter them.
“Have you ever met Rave in solo ranked?”
“This is the first time for me.”
Hanbyeori, who had switched to a more casual tone at some point, asked as if it were strange.
Indeed, it felt more natural to talk casually than formally.
“But how did you avoid the mid level 2 gank?”
“I’ve seen it a few times on YouTube. I also watched the group stage of Worlds this year.”
[You even watched the group stage games?]
[Alright, I admit, there are people who watch that]
[This is what it takes to reach Challenger…]
While communicating on the chat window, an alert went off in the client.
“What is it… is that really Rave?”
“It seems to be, doesn’t it?”
In my previous life, I had received a friend request under similar circumstances, so I remembered it.
Rave sends friend requests to those they consider to have decent skills.
For some reason, receiving recognition from a professional gamer after becoming a woman felt good.
[A middle school girl receiving a friend request from one of the top five mid-laners… A middle school girl receiving a friend request from one of the top five mid-laners…]
[Top five mid-laners? From now on, it should be called the top six mid-laners]
[Don’t act superior, it’s just one ranked game…]
[Yeah? Then get lost…]
“So, shall we start the next game?”
“Yeah, sure. We should move on when we win.”
[Let’s go for +1000]
[Isn’t the top cut around 1100 now?]
[We won in Challenger and got +27 points]
While we queued up again, the chat window was very active.
As if asking a new friend they met at the beginning of the school term,
The viewers kept asking useless questions like “Where do you use this?”
“Keyboard? I don’t really have a preference for any specific brand. I just use the one that came with the system.”
[Masterpieces aren’t about the equipment]
[The person next to you said it’s about the equipment and went full setup… gulp!]
[Are you implying that you consulted about your current Diamond rank being due to equipment issues, Hanbyeori?]
[This is what women’s banter looks like, huh? dddd? This is what women’s banter looks like, huh? dddd? This is what women’s banter looks like, huh? dddd?]
“Stop saying that. Equipment is just for personal satisfaction.”
[True, Hanbyeori has already proven it with her gold rank, hasn’t she?]
[Gear flaunters lol]
[But her eyes are really big]
[cute cute cute cute cute]
“Yeah, that’s right. Not only is she pretty, but she’s also good at talking.”
Hanbyeori hugged me affectionately as she said this.
Even when I was a man in my past life, I had always been someone who was comfortable with physical contact.
[A game has started!]
“Uh… can you show me Jinx?”
As the next game started and I was moving the mouse to decide which champion to pick, Hanbyeori hesitantly asked.
Jinx.
Jinx isn’t a bad pick in upper tier queues here. She can snowball well and her strong laning phase works effectively.
“I can pick her if it works with the jungler.”
“Really?”
“I’m good with Jinx.”
Our jungler ultimately chose Kindred.
A carnivorous champion strong in chaotic fights, he pairs well with Jinx.
Also, our top lane chose Orun, the bot lane picked Jayce and Lecien. With this lineup, there was no reason not to pick her.
[Yay! This will be fun, won’t it?]
Although it wasn’t my most favorite pick, I decided to go for it since Hanbyeori asked me to.
TOP: Orun
JG: Kindred
MID: Jinx
AD: Jayce
SUP: Lecien
VS
TOP: Yasuo
JG: Zac
MID: Vladimad
AD: Izreal
SUP: Senna
Our opposing team consisted of Yune, Zac, and Vladimad, 3 champions strong in the late game.
On the contrary, our team had Kindred and Jinx, a great combination that performs well if we could snowball.
With the ambition to push my laning phase, I chose Ignite.
[lovekindred(Kindred) has sent a danger signal]
[lovekindred(Kindred) has sent a danger signal]
[lovekindred(Kindred) has sent a danger signal]
Since 1 minute and 30 seconds before the laning phase even started, our allied jungler began sending danger signals to mid.
Judging by the style of the username, he seemed Chinese.
Based on my experience from my previous life, he probably means that the enemy jungler is coming, so he’s asking for our mid lane to push.
After the minions arrive, I pushed the mid lane as strongly as possible.
[lovekindred(Kindred):ππΎ]
I saw him throwing the thumbs up emoji as he moved into the enemy jungle.
After that, the game became one-sided.
Kindred, who always came into the enemy jungle with my early pushed lane, began growing by eating the trinket pings as much as he wanted.
“Whoa, already 4 stacks?”
The disaster of achieving 4 stacks, similar to level 16, happened just 11 minutes into the game.
To the opposing team, his growth was nothing short of an absolute catastrophe.
The bottom lane had to delete their lines as much as possible and barely survived after diving into the tower and using their ultimate.
The opposing top lane, who was pushing lines to try to maintain any advantageous formation, disappeared after taking two autoattacks and one skill from Kindred.
“Wow, Jinx’s passive ultimate isn’t blocked by fog?”
“You didn’t know?”
“Oh, so that’s why I always used it after the fog wore off.”
“It’s something like… flying judgment instead of moving judgment.”
[Teacher is going too fast]
[If you keep playing like this, you’ll become Challenger. Isn’t it easy?]
[You can even see over walls with Jinx’s ultimate γ γ γ I’ve watched Hanbyeori’s broadcasts for 3 years now, but I just saw this for the first time]
[At this level, you could have had an Expert Seat for Jinx without any problem γ γ γ γ ]
As a result, we easily won the game.
Though, it was questionable to call it a game when the opposing bot lane duo with their coordinated nicknames left as soon as they could.
Still, we won, so it was fine.
[+28 Challenger 858LP]
[3 WINS IN A ROW! 3 WINS IN A ROW! 3 WINS IN A ROW!]
[Will we reach 1000 points? Will we reach 1000 points? Will we reach 1000 points?]
[Going to Mars, going to Mars, going to Mars]
[Yoon Seohwa, I am the junior high student who stands in the sky (edited)]
Already 3 hours had passed since the broadcast began.
Whether it was because I played 3 games in a row, or because the last game, which we should’ve lost, was somehow carried, I felt completely drained.
“I need to exercise more seriously.”
Recently, I started physical training to improve my endurance along with Father.
Even in sports where physical traits are not particularly crucial, such as Go or chess, there is a difference in skill between men and women, and that is due to stamina.
All the more so for professional gamers who have to play 2 international tournaments every year, it is only natural to develop endurance.
“Still, it’s surprising how my physical condition is getting better.”
Fortunately, there were no negative factors in physical aspects.
My wrist, which used to be a weakness, seems to have become stronger.
As long as I maintain my stamina, I’ll be fine.
“So… if I take the feedback next time, should we eat first?”
Noticing my condition, instead of the originally planned feedback content, Hanbyeori suggested eating.
Since most of the participants who appeared on the Expert Seat ate at the end, it wasn’t an unusual proposal.
[How can you eat with a mask on? γ γ γ ]
[The broadcaster is young…]
[The broadcaster’s foresight γ·γ· The broadcaster’s foresight γ·γ· The broadcaster’s foresight γ·γ·]
[Face king! Face king! Face king! Face king! Face king! Face king!]
I was wearing a mask right now.
Of course, it’s impossible to eat while wearing a mask.
“Ah… that’s right. Then, shall we end the Expert Seat here?”
As Hanbyeori paused momentarily and announced the end of the broadcast.
[Leave]
[Me]
[Lock]
[π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯]
[Lock]
[Are you joking? Are you joking? Are you joking? Are you joking?]
[Is this really the end of the Junior High Challenger Expert Seat for a girl like her?]
“No, think about it. Is it right to treat someone who came here like that?”
[That is true]
[π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯]
[Who pressured someone who rescued them from Diamond to come onto the Expert Seat?]
[Please, please don’t end the Junior High Challenger Expert Seat here…]
[π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯π₯]
What should I do?
The truth was that my answer had already been set.
I hadn’t even planned to wear a mask in the first place, it was just something I received and put on.
Seeing the troubled looks like this made my heart ache.
“I don’t mind at all. Go ahead and eat, let’s.”
…
