[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 112

SY Dormitory.

Rainbow Ryu Jin-hyuk, as usual, finished his work and settled down to focus on personal practice.

[Defeat]

“…I lost.”

A defeat, but that was all there was to it.

Ryu Jin-hyuk lazily rolled the queue again. For some reason, losing didn’t feel as frustrating as it used to.

To be precise, it felt the same even when he won.

When did this start…?

Playing games wasn’t as purely joyful as it once was.

It wasn’t just the pressure of being a professional gamer.

It felt as if he had somehow lost the very reason to play games.

Ryu Jin-hyuk would desperately deny it, but on some level, he knew.

This was a symptom of burnout.

[Victory]

Victory and defeat.

Good results and not-so-good results.

First place and second place.

What did it all even mean?

It felt foolish somehow, struggling in this well, battling against something unseen.

‘Is it time to retire…?’

He was thinking thoughts he had never entertained before.

‘…I’ve practiced too long. I need to rest.’

He hadn’t been sleeping well lately.

A healthy mind comes from a healthy body.

Ryu Jin-hyuk kept that in mind, shook his head, and got up.

As he stood up, TheOne and Choi Won turned their heads from a distance.

“Going to bed?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay? Sleep well.”

With a brief exchange, Choi Won turned back to the screen.

Just as Ryu Jin-hyuk was about to move to his room without any lingering thoughts—

‘Hmm?’

Something caught his eye.

It was Yoon-ki’s screen.

‘A broadcast?’

Not just any broadcast, but a Legends of League broadcast.

He was watching an internet broadcast instead of practicing…

Well, it wasn’t like he was in a position to say much, but given that Yoon-ki typically didn’t follow internet broadcasts, it was a bit unusual.

“What are you doing?”

“Oh, hyung. Do you know? Yoo Sang-hyun told me it’s really amazing.”

He wondered who’d brought poison into the dorm, and sure enough, it was GuineaPig Yoo Sang-hyun.

If he had his way, he’d want to grab him and duke it out, but unfortunately, Ryu Jin-hyuk was not that kind of person.

“What’s it about?”

“There’s this new BJ who just debuted. She’s female and a Grand Master. Even plays Jungle. She’s super hot right now. Everyone in the community is talking about this BJ.”

“…Really?”

A Grand Master female BJ Jungler.

Even Ryu Jin-hyuk couldn’t help but feel intrigued by the story.

“Uh… is she a foreigner?”

Moreover, that appearance.

Even Ryu Jin-hyuk, who had no interest in anything but Legends of League, felt his heart racing.

“No… from the way she talks, I think she’s Korean, but… not sure.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

Though he said that, Ryu Jin-hyuk’s gaze was already glued to the broadcast screen.

It wasn’t just her looks—there was something captivating about that mysterious aura.

The screen was in the midst of ban/pick.

Ryu Jin-hyuk casually blurted out.

“Is she good?”

“She’s good. Really good.”

“…Yeah?”

“Do you think I’d be watching a girl gamer? This is all for study, you know?”

“Wasn’t it?”

“Hey.”

A surprising response came back.

Yoon-ki would never admit it, but he was quite stingy in recognizing others’ abilities.

Just a little while ago, wasn’t he the one who refused to acknowledge the Prisoner at all?

But now, was Yoon-ki calmly admitting it?

“It’s hard to explain in words… You should just watch it once.”

Just then, the game started.

The broadcast wasn’t all that entertaining.

She wasn’t actively communicating with the viewers, nor was she particularly funny with her words.

Of course, most flaws were covered by her otherworldly looks, but still.

“This isn’t even Grand Master level gameplay… but with that win rate, she’ll hit Challenger soon enough.”

“What’s her win rate?”

“100%.”

“…What?”

Is a win rate like that even possible?

Ryu Jin-hyuk, the two-time Red Cup champion, wasn’t even sure he’d achieve a 100% win rate in the wild and lawless solo rank.

‘What the.’

The mention of a 100% win rate crossed someone’s mind for Ryu Jin-hyuk, but he quickly shook his head.

It was, literally, nonsense.

‘What’s going on?’

That wasn’t the only weird part.

As the game progressed, Ryu Jin-hyuk found himself increasingly drawn to the broadcast screen.

He was enchanted by Outlaw’s spectacular gameplay.

“Wow, she makes it out of that?”

-Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!

-Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die! Sister, die!

-Does this even make sense? Outlaw is truly legendary…

Strange.

The gameplay felt oddly familiar.

‘…Why?’

A BJ’s gameplay that he was seeing for the first time.

Yet for some reason, it felt eerily familiar.

What was even more maddening was that the hypothesis surfacing in Ryu Jin-hyuk’s mind was simply implausible.

‘…Prisoner?’

No, no way.

It couldn’t be the Prisoner.

But Outlaw’s playstyle resembled that of the Prisoner astonishingly well.

Does this make any sense at all?

Could someone of the Prisoner’s caliber just suddenly appear like this?

And a woman at that?

He wasn’t disregarding women.

In fact, worldwide, there were female professional gamers in Legends of League, but…

There was still a limit to that.

‘I don’t understand. I can’t understand…’

Ryu Jin-hyuk stood there, staring blankly at the internet broadcast screen for quite some time.

As he watched the dazzling plays, he quietly murmured in his heart.

Who are you, really?

*

“Yawn…”

-Whoa…

-Yawn, what is this?

-Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying!

“Be quiet. I’ll kick you out for real.”

-ㅠㅠ

-ㄴ

-Hold your breath

-Inhale

Then, the broadcast went quite smoothly.

Half of the intended goal of recruiting team members for her non-stop broadcast was accomplished, and all that was left was to raise her tier to match the no-stop broadcast’s number one spot.

[Victory]

-They won again, what the heck?

-When are you going to lose?

-A woman who doesn’t know defeat ㄷㄷㄷ

-Sister, stop winning, stop winning, stop winning, stop winning, stop winning, stop winning, stop winning, stop winning!

-Is this really possible?

-What the heck ㅁㅊㄷ ㅁㅊㅇ

-Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying! Sister, I’m dying!

Amidst the cheers of the audience,

It had been about four days since the non-stop broadcasting began.

+

[Outlaw]


Ranking 284

Solo Rank

– Challenger

– 761 LP / 78 Wins 0 Losses

– Win Rate 100%

+

Finally, should it be said?

She became a Challenger.

-Entering the Challenger without bloodshed ㄷㄷㄷ

-At this rate, she might really finish her one-week no-stop broadcast at number one ㄷㄷㄷ

-Is this even real?

-Really lol

Thanks to the three-day non-stop broadcast marathon, the number of viewers also greatly increased.

[Current viewer count: 14,154 viewers]

A whopping 14,000.

Considering it had only been about four days since the broadcast started, it was quite an impressive feat.

‘I haven’t checked the number of balloon donations yet… but there are definitely a lot.’

The minimum unit price for donations in his broadcasts was ten balloon donations.

Moreover, a fair number of missions and purely sponsorship-related balloon donations had rolled in.

Although he hadn’t checked the specific amount yet, if this upward trend continued, he could really make a billion won in a month.

‘Am I daydreaming again?’

Calm down, calm down.

Don’t get all hyped up, heart.

-Chat wants to lick the host’s armpits

-For real lol

-Crossing the line

-Get lost

Of course, with more people came the occasional ones who crossed the line, but thanks to having a few managers on duty, they were swiftly dealt with.

-[‘MoolsoKimMoolso’ has been forcibly banned.]


-Goodbye

-Leave a greeting behind

The good news didn’t end there.

Earlier, he was seeing live the process of recruiting team members through the broadcast.

Given the situation, it was no surprise that the audience showed considerable interest in the team he wanted to create.

-When are you starting the team creation?


-Going from Division 3 to Division 2 playoffs?


-Top Support confirmed?

“I’ll talk more about the team later. Since nothing’s finalized yet.”

-ㄷㄷㄷ No plan at all

-If you’re the host, you can have no plan

-For real lol

Everything was going smoothly.

If it continued like this, everything would surely go well.

However,

As usual, unexpected changes came suddenly.

‘NaldaDulai’ gifted 10 balloon donations.

“Is this the place where the legendary runaway exists?”

-?

-Runaway?

-What does that mean?

-Don’t feed the troll, it’s probably bait

At first, it seemed to just blend in.

This was Red TV, after all, and such trolls popped up by the dozens every day, so there was nothing strange about it.

However,

‘NaldaDulai’ gifted 10 balloon donations.

“Please clarify the YSG runaway situation.”

Once a specific team name was mentioned, it became no longer just a troll.

What would have been easily ignored turned out to have credibility now.

-?


-Why suddenly talk about YSG?


-What does that even mean?


-Did the host leave YSG?


-Oh, now that I think about it, didn’t they mention Outlaw in Juwon’s broadcast the other day?


-For real?


-What’s happening?


-Did something happen?

At this point in the situation, he instinctively felt.

Ah, it’s finally come.

The past mistakes he had made were coming back to haunt him now.

-Explain

-Do

-Say it

-Explain

-Please clarify that incident

In the chaotic chat room, he slowly moved his lips.