[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 213

It was a challenging and yet easy relegation match for the second division, and it’s finally over.

Now, we’re going to spend our summer in Legends of League Challengers Korea (CKR).

Well, that’s that…

“Everyone take it easy today. You must have had a tough time yesterday. We don’t have any plans, right?”

“Uh, we didn’t schedule anything for today,” Kim Jae-min replied.

“It wasn’t that hard. Honestly, they played like dogs.”

Baek Seong-an sighed at Kim Jae-min’s bluntness, saying, “Don’t say stuff like that outside. It’ll cause trouble. And GKG was a decent team too, especially in the last match.”

In the past, I would have scolded him hard, but now that I’ve realized it doesn’t work, I compromised a bit.

“Ah, I was just saying it. And I’m a kid, right?”

“You are a kid.”

“Well, I might be a bit young… Ow! Why did you hit me!”

“Because you deserved it.”

With a stinging palm, I returned to my seat and sat in front of the computer. I felt like Seo Yeon-woo was staring at me with a strange expression, but I didn’t pay much attention.

“Even if it’s a day off, I can’t rest.”

We had about two weeks left until the summer season of Legends of League Challengers Korea.

It wasn’t really the right subject to be bringing up on a supposed day off, but it was indeed a tight timeframe.

We had to dive back into intense practice starting tomorrow.

That’s why I planned to take advantage of this rare break to do some broadcasting, something I hadn’t done in a while.

“It’s good to earn money when you can.”

Plus, there were fans eagerly waiting for my broadcasts.

Though they’re called fans, some of them would likely become our team’s supporters once we officially jumped into the league.

I couldn’t ignore that.

“Hey? Are you practicing, sis?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“Um, we were thinking of going to the karaoke. Want to come?”

“Karaoke? What’s that?”

“…You don’t know what a coin karaoke room is?”

“Oh, coin karaoke room? Oh, I know.”

I pretended to know, but of course, I had no clue. I had never even been to a karaoke room, so how could I possibly know about such a place?

“Anyway, wanna come? Seong-an and Ji-hoon said they’re not going.”

“Eh, then I’ll pass too.”

I couldn’t sing anyway.

“Is that so? Alright then. Let’s go!”

“Uh, okay.”

Kim Jae-min surprisingly agreed and left the practice room with Seo Yeon-woo.

What can I say… It was a very 20-year-old behavior.

Not long after Kim Jae-min and Seo Yeon-woo left the practice room, Baek Seong-an also started getting ready to go out.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m just stepping out for a bit.”

“Where to?”

“Meeting up with some old teammates.”

“Ah… have a good time.”

Well, even though it was the second division now, it was still a return as a pro.

Informing my former teammates about it firsthand wouldn’t be a bad idea.

“I’m off then.”

“Yeah.”

So, Baek Seong-an went out, and Kim Ji-hoon headed to our team’s gym as usual.

“Isn’t this a lucky break…?”

I finally had a solo broadcasting environment after a long time.

“Let’s see.”

Should I start soon?

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[ON AIR] [Outlaw111]

– Long time no see.

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Before even a minute passed since I started the stream, hundreds of viewers flooded in.

I was surprised even though I had turned it on myself.

[Current viewers: 642]

– Oh

– What’s this?

– Whoa

– ?

– Hi hi

– Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw! Outlaw!

– Ah-ha

– Sis, why are you so late?

“Ahaha… Hello, everyone. Long time no see.”

I was taken aback by the flood of messages in the chat right after I turned on the stream.

I had forgotten just how popular my streams could be.

– Sis, I’m dying! Sis, I’m dying! Sis, I’m dying! Sis, I’m dying! Sis, I’m dying! Sis, I’m dying!

– Even after a long time, your beauty is stunning!

– Saw the public workshop, it was legit.

– The home stream seems less appealing, right? Or is it not home?

– Looks like a practice room? The background is the same as when I was with Jaem-min last time.

『‘Nal-naerana’ gifted 10 balloons.』

『“Where did the other team members go?”』

What should I say to make it sound like a good answer?

I didn’t think long at all.

“Well, everyone except me went out to have fun.”

It wasn’t even a lie.

– ?

– Whoa

– Huh?

– Ow, what?!

– No way?

– Ugh, ugh ugh

– Club owner’s tears ㅜㅜ

– Haha, just earn me some money while watering ㅋㅋ

– Agreed, agreed ㅋㅋ

– ㅜㅜㅜㅜ

『‘Gangbuk Sitter’ gifted 1,000 balloons.』

『“Phew… That’s this month’s grocery budget.”』

“Ah… thank you, Gangbuk Sitter, for the 1,000 balloons! I was just joking, but I didn’t expect you to give right away…”

– ?

– Scammer ㄷㄷㄷ

– Haha Gangbuk Sitter is crying.

“Still, it’s true that the others went out, so I’ll gratefully accept it.”

– ?

– What’s true?

– After being away for so long, you’re acting different now.

– For real ㅋㅋ

– If I watch other pros, they usually turn on the stream when they want to grind in solo queue, why doesn’t Outlaw?

– If I can avoid it, I’d rather not turn it on… you could expose strategies for no reason.

– Exposing strategies is funny ㅋㅋ the streams get recorded when you’re grinding anyway, so what does it matter?

– That’s right ㅋㅋ

A debate erupted among the viewers about my streaming frequency.

If I left things as they were, it would surely affect my streams, so I had no choice but to step in.

“Alright, everyone calm down. From now on, I’ll try to find time to stream more.”

After all, the reason I hadn’t been able to stream up until now was due to unclear circumstances around the environment and timing.

Once we establish ourselves in the league later, creating time for streams will be impossible but not entirely out of the question.

“Sometimes I could just stream solo queue.”

Initially, the plans we had when forming the team had been just that, so there was no reason to feel uncomfortable about it.

– Okay.

– Good.

– Is that a promise?

– See, I told you it would work if I said that, right?

– Shhh.

『‘JjuhsimNalNagNarak’ gifted 10 balloons.』

『“What do you think about the upcoming MSL?”』

Should I call it the kill pass?

Or was it a question I should have expected?

“Hmmm… it’s disappointing. Personally and as a Korean player.”

– If SY had gone up, I wouldn’t have known.

– True.

– ? Haha, next up, the team that got stomped 3:2.

– Sun-Gals are talking nonsense again ㅋㅋ

– If they lost, just accept it. Honestly, GRS played really well this time.

– Agree, MaBing really killed it.

– Did Prisoner change his name since going to China?

– Is the world’s first 2,000-point jungler gonna look bad? To be honest, MaBing is good, but he’s not on the level of Prisoner.

– For real ㅋㅋ

Hmmm… It feels weird to have compliments thrown around when someone is right in front of me.

『‘JjuhsimNalNagNarak’ gifted 10 balloons.』

『“If SY had gone, it would have been different vs. No, the result would have been the same. What’s your choice?”』

“That’s…”

It seemed like a question where no matter how I answered, I’d be sending myself to hell.

“…I’ll pass on that.”

– Gah!

– Answer

– Tell us

– Now

– Give

– us

– an

– answer

“Okay, okay.”

I had no choice but to open my mouth.

“There’s a saying, right? In esports, there is no such thing as ‘if.’ So I believe the premise of SY going is flawed. The result is that SCV won anyway.”

Of course, if SY had won the spring season and made it to the MSL, things could have turned out differently.

But what does that really mean now?

In the end, the winner of the throne battle is SCV, and the loser is SY.

Losers have no say.

And that goes for the fans cheering for the losing teams as well.

– Hmmm.

– What?

– At this point, I agree.

– Sun-Gals are trying their best to pull out Outlaw ㅋㅋ

– For real ㅋㅋ

– If you push it too far, you’ll just end up feeding the Sun-Gals. It’s right to stop here.

“Alright, I think we’ve talked enough, so let’s queue it up.”

If I kept going on like this, I might accidentally say something I shouldn’t.

[Looking for a game!]

[Accept / Decline]

Soon enough, the queue was found.

– Oh

– Is this?

– Wow

One familiar ID caught my eye.

[SY Rainbow]

A very familiar ID to me.