[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 318

“Chill?”

“Are you crazy?”

“Do it if you want.”

“Go.”

The conversation moved forward like beans roasting in a flash of lightning.

Eventually, attention shifted toward me, who was watching this all with great interest.

“Hey, sis, do you want to go to the PC bang with us later? It feels like a 5v5 would be perfect.”

“Umm… but even if I go, what about the others…?”

“Oh, they’re fine. Hey! Are you in?”

One of the guys said this, and the atmosphere among the girls shifted slightly to a negative vibe.

It seemed sudden announcements of heading to the PC after a drinking session didn’t sit well with them.

“You can’t just decide that for yourselves.”

“Right. You’re not even listening to your sister.”

“And we’ve never played that game in the first place.”

Naturally, with such a sudden decision, there were quite a few opposing opinions.

I felt a bit disappointed, but hey, it couldn’t be helped.

“Hey, aren’t you going to play?”

One of the guys asked a girl.

That was the same friend who called himself bronze earlier.

“Well… kinda, but if they aren’t going, then I won’t go either.”

“Oh my.”

“Speak up if you wanna decide something.”

“I just asked!”

“…Forget it.”

In the end, the atmosphere felt like it was falling apart.

“Hey, forget it. Just find other people to play with.”

“Ugh… This felt balanced though.”

“Tough luck.”

At that moment…

“I want to go.”

My younger sister’s comment changed the mood entirely.

Even though it wasn’t a long time, from what I’d observed, her opinions seemed to hold some weight in this group.

“Well… if Yura goes, then I will too.”

“Me too!”

“Does that mean we’re really going?”

“Oh.”

“What’s up? You’re going anyway.”

As the situation turned this way, naturally the conversation shifted to forming teams.

“Alright, we’ve got ten people. Let’s roughly divide by tier, shall we?”

“Oh, I’m definitely duoing with that guy.”

That was the gold friend speaking up.

The platinum friend replied back.

“Ugh… seriously, stop showing off. We’re not taking that gold loser, okay?”

“The ranking 1 told me bronze-silver-gold-platinum, didn’t they?”

“…It’s just how it looks to your sister, it doesn’t actually mean that. Gold loser.”

“Next up, platinum loser.”

“Yep, gold loser.”

Is this… the level of conversation among grown adults?

…But then again, I recalled just moments ago, at the dorm playing with my teammates.

‘Well.’

This isn’t so strange if I consider it’s Kim Jae-min, a professional gamer who makes money off playing games.

Kim Jae-min, I don’t know… it’s giving me a headache just thinking of it.

“…Sis?”

“Oh, yeah.”

As I got lost in thought, the conversation was naturally heading toward forming teams.

“Did you hear the talk?”

“Um… what talk?”

“The team members. We thought it would be okay if we feel like this.”

Before I knew it, the members were decided.

Based on tier alone, it looked like this:

Top: Unranked vs Platinum

Jungle: Challenger vs Dia

Mid: Gold vs Platinum

Bot: Unranked vs Gold

Support: Bronze vs Dia

Our team composition was fairly simple.

Me, and the gold mid laner who had fought earlier with platinum mid.

Then my sister who’s just starting with Leona and her friend.

Plus, one bronze who had played some Leona before.

It looked almost like a women’s team vs a men’s team, but one on each side was mixed in.

Hmm.

It curiously seemed balanced, perhaps…?

“Not bad, huh?”

“Right?”

Honestly, with the current people there, we had no other option to form teams.

Having even one Diamond in our team would just feel like we’d win too easily.

‘Especially in this kind of in-house battle, the value of a Challenger jungle is massive.’

In-house battle…

What a nostalgic echo.

Such opportunities hadn’t been absent in the past.

No, rather, I could say there had been quite a few.

“Rainbow: If you come, it’s a deal, right?”

Long ago, when I was a Prisoner.

We had done these in-house games quite often back then.

‘Well… now it’s not an in-house but a pro scrim.’

However, while professional scrim matches are serious and weighty, in-house battles aren’t always that.

Of course, today’s in-house would be serious for someone, but not for everyone, I bet.

“So, should we just go?”

“Go go.”

“How about you, sis?”

“I’m fine with whatever.”

“What about you all?”

“Let’s go. We won’t be drinking anymore anyway, right?”

Just like that, the drinking party ended in a flash, and our group naturally headed out of the place.

“Check, please.”

At that moment, it seemed like my sister was about to pay, so I pulled out my card.

“Uh, no, I’ll handle it.”

“But this is both our dad’s card anyway.”

“…Is it?”

Having lost my argument, I just had to put my card back.

We walked out of the bar as a group of ten.

As we hit the street, I couldn’t help but feel conscious of the stares directed at us again.

“Hey, there.”

“…Isn’t that an Outlaw?”

“Yeah.”

“Are they friends?”

“Seems like it?”

At that moment, my sister who had come up next to me pulled me aside.

“Come this way.”

“Uh, okay.”

Stumbling as I walked, we quickly made our way to the PC bang.

“Oh, no seats here.”

“Looks like we’ll have to go somewhere else?”

After moving among about five different PC bangs, we finally found a place suitable for all ten of us to sit.

“Darn… I wore heels today.”

“Who’s looking at your heels?”

“Not you, so no worries.”

“Ugh, I loved that guy.”

“You crazy bunch.”

Seeing them all giggle among themselves, it was clear they were really close.

‘College life…’

Strangely sentimental yet, I didn’t let it show.

“Sit here, sis.”

“Uh, okay.”

So we naturally sat down, splitting into two teams of five as planned.

“If it feels unbalanced after playing, we can shuffle the teams again.”

The platinum mid from the opposing team, who could be called one of the main characters of this in-house match, said.

“But you guys are bound to get wrecked, so what’s the point of shuffling?”

“Ugh… gold loser, you can’t.”

“Get serious and go.”

Just then, as we opened up the Legends of League client and started to ask each other for nicknames, my sister logged in smoothly.

“Oh, you have an account?”

“…Yeah, signed up a while back.”

Peeking at her match history, I saw she had played a couple of bot games and some normals.

Seemed like she hadn’t been very into it and just played a few games.

“Well, the others just told me to try it out, so I did.”

My sister rambled on, sounding almost like she was caught doing something she shouldn’t have.

“Uh-huh.”

“…No, it’s not like that.”

“Like what?”

“Anyway, it’s not.”

Honestly, I didn’t think much of it, but since she said that, I figured I’d just let it slide.

No point in poking around and tiring myself out.

“Um, sis, can I add you?”

“Uh-huh. You have to add before you invite.”

“I’ll send it right away!”

The temporary leader from the opposing platinum mid looked particularly pleased.

At that moment, the gold mid friend sitting next to me chimed in.

“Hey, sis, can I add you too…?”

“Oh, yeah.”

“Is it okay?”

“Yep.”

“Oh!”

That’s when I felt a strange gaze from beside me, and looking over, I found my sister staring at me intently.

“Hmm? What’s up?”

“…Nothing at all.”

Then, the platinum mid sitting opposite us shouted.

“Are you all ready?”

“Hey hey, quiet down.”

“Ah, sorry.”

The private game officially began.

As our nicknames started to show up, the chat box became quite lively.

[Wow… Challenger]

[Such a gank, dang.]

[Sis, I’m dead.]

Somehow, it felt like I was face-to-face with one of those toxic audience members, but I didn’t let it show.

[Ready?]

[Go go.]

[Let’s goooooo!]

[What are we waiting for? Let’s go!]

And so the ban/pick started.

Our team was on the red side.

That means we’re the second pick.

[“Aah, can you all hear me?”]

[“Yeah.”]

[“Fighting.”]

[“Let’s go, everyone…”]

Our team’s overall strength, excluding the jungle, is clearly at a disadvantage.

That means I have to step up.

And the opposing team knew that too, so it wasn’t hard to predict how the ban/pick would unfold.

[Graves]

In some ways, it looked like a top ban, but considering our team’s composition, it was clearly a jungle ban.

‘On the other hand, what our team should be careful of… are the champions that become most threatening when the opponents’ laners start snowballing.’

In that case, it’s usually best to ban champions like Fiora or Jax who are strong in 1v1 or excel in split pushing or teamfighting.

‘Personally, I feel Fiora or Jax should be banned…’

Suddenly, that thought crossed my mind.

‘This isn’t even a pro game.’

Of course, I don’t mean to dismiss the game.

I just wondered if we could make it a bit more fun, sticking to the original purpose.

“This… let’s not ban it.”