[TS] Obsessed Gamer: The Ultimate Return – Chapter 413

Seo Yeon-woo’s passion was incredible.

Well, in this case, it would be more accurate to say it was her obsession, but since she’s a professional gamer, I’ll stick with passion for now.

“One more game!”

“Just one more…”

“It’s the last one.”

I couldn’t hold back any longer and said,

“Let’s call it a night. Tomorrow’s schedule will be affected.”

“Just one game, please! Just one!”

I couldn’t ignore Seo Yeon-woo’s pleading eyes.

Looking back, I question whether those eyes truly held desperation, but still…

37 wins, 0 losses.

That was the record of practice games between Seo Yeon-woo and me over the past week.

No matter how quickly the early lane phase finishes in a 1:1 practice setup, that’s enough to hinder personal practice time.

Well… technically, one could consider this as practice too, but right now, that wasn’t the most important thing.

“Sister, what time are we playing solo queue until tonight?”

“Um… I was planning to play until I fall asleep.”

“…Really? Could you help me practice a bit?”

“Hah… just one game?”

“Yes!”

Of course, I won that one too.

Maybe because of the “just one game” restriction, Seo Yeon-woo made more mistakes than usual, and exploiting those gaps wasn’t that hard.

Baek Seong-an cautiously approached me, seeing the situation.

“What’s with her lately?”

“Well… I guess she’s just trying really hard.”

“Is that so? Hmm… But the season is starting soon, isn’t it too much? She should take care of her health.”

“I’ll try to talk to her.”

Though I said that, honestly, I didn’t think I could convince Seo Yeon-woo.

In the end, this battle would only end when either she or I collapsed.

And Seo Yeon-woo certainly wouldn’t allow herself to be the one who collapses.

“I can’t just let her win…”

Of course, it wasn’t an official match or even a solo ranked game, just a private 1:1, so it wouldn’t be a big deal if I deliberately let her win.

However, doing that would not only be a huge insult to her, but Seo Yeon-woo herself would feel disappointed instead of happy.

Thus, the conclusion of this endless battle is that Seo Yeon-woo has to surpass me.

“Hah…”

It wasn’t that Seo Yeon-woo couldn’t do it.

She was a player from 3 Min Top School Honorary Members, or in other words, Honor, and I knew her well.

If we solely looked at the raw skill, she would outshine me in champion mastery and lane detail, yet here I was, achieving an absurd 38 consecutive wins in a 1:1 practice setup.

But I knew.

I knew what Honor, that player, and Seo Yeon-woo were thinking, and how they played.

When you can read an opponent’s psyche as easily as flipping through your palm, overcoming a slight deficiency in champion mastery or lane detail is no big deal.

Whether the opponent will use their skill, whether to push or pull the lane in this situation, whether they’re looking for a kill angle or not—

I could see all that.

How could I act like it was invisible and engage in the game?

“…I don’t know anymore.”

I just let it flow.

“Good job.”

“Thanks for your hard work, everyone.”

After much contemplation, today’s practice came to an end once again.

Today’s opponents were GTD and BOQ.

Both GTD and BOQ are steady mid-tier teams in LCKR, showing us just what it’s like to withstand the brutal competition of mid-tier teams in LCKR.

Of course, that doesn’t mean our scrim results were bad, but it was clear that they weren’t easy scrims either.

“Hah…”

After engaging in intense practice with mid-tier LCKR teams, all my energy drained away.

Even the stamina beast Kim Ji-hoon seemed fatigued after this scrim; he momentarily set aside his favorite exercise and focused entirely on feedback.

“So, you shouldn’t have moved there.”

“Uh… I understand. I’ll be careful.”

Though feedback was mostly Kim Ji-hoon speaking to Kim Jae-min unilaterally.

“Alright, everyone gather around.”

Separately from the bottom feedback, a comprehensive feedback session was led by Baek Seong-an.

“And Yeon-woo.”

“Yes?”

“You did well today. You were almost at a level where there’s hardly any feedback needed.”

“…Really?”

“Yep. Just keep doing this. Tomorrow’s scrim is against BAN, so don’t let your guard down.”

“Oh, okay.”

Tomorrow’s opponent BAN ranks lower than GTD or BOQ, yet they have a crucial top-laner, EZ.

Despite their team’s not-so-great performance, EZ is always mentioned when talking about the best top players; considering our team’s main strength lies in the top lane, we couldn’t afford to underestimate him.

One wrong move could totally mess up our team synergy.

“That’s enough feedback. I think I need to practice my meta champs too. Let’s go play some solo queue.”

“Okay.”

Once the feedback wrapped up, everyone returned to their spots to practice individually or play solo queue.

“Sister, what time will we be playing solo queue until tonight?”

“I’m just going to play solo queue and actually rest after this. I’m tired. We have an early scrim tomorrow morning.”

“Oh… alright.”

Seo Yeon-woo looked like she desperately wanted to cling to me, but maybe she realized she had been pushing too hard lately; she didn’t press further.

I felt a bit sorry for her, yet I shook my head.

“I have to stay calm during times like this.”

If I kept giving in to her whims, I might not make it to a ripe old age.

After refusing Seo Yeon-woo’s request, our team members all jumped into solo queue.

[Searching for a game.]

Since our team just finished scrims together, it wasn’t weird that we all queued for solo at the same time.

Actually, it was expected.

But for some reason…

[Accept / Decline]

[Decline]

Seo Yeon-woo, who had been watching from the side, didn’t join the game despite having a queue ready, as if she was waiting for something.

“Hmm?”

Sure enough…

[Decline]

[Decline]

…

[Accept]

After her multiple rejections led to a penalty that prevented her from rejecting again, she changed her ID and accepted the game right when I matched the queue.

This girl.

She was targeting me.

Well, now that we both matched and I rolled jungle, I ended up in the sub-position of top.

And naturally, Seo Yeon-woo ended up on the opposite team.

“…Look at that.”

Seeing her go to such lengths just to win against me was a mix of pitiful and somewhat adorable, leaving me no choice but to break into an incredulous smile.

“You… you’re really something.”

“What?”

“Nothing, it’s fine.”

She pretended to be innocent after targeting me.

I was left speechless by her shameless yet innocent demeanor.

And then…

The ban/pick phase began.

My pick was Yune.

Seo Yeon-woo’s pick was Renekton.

Finally, after all the bans and picks, the game officially started.

– Welcome to Summoner’s Rift!

To be honest, the early vibe wasn’t great.

– First Blood!

– We lost a champion!

The opponent invaded, and our team’s bot-laner, who was just holding vision, used all their spells and died.

The kill went to the opponent’s bot-laner, Kai’Sa.

It’s not an exaggeration to say she’s been one of the top-tier picks among bot-laners recently.

With the enemy bot-laner gaining momentum, they pushed the lane and ate all the objectives, leading to a dive from their jungler, Lee Sin, on top.

Although the dive failed and I barely managed to survive, I had no choice but to back off due to my poor health situation.

In the meantime, our top turret got taken down, and with the opponent’s bot-laner joining the rift herald fight early, the game completely fell apart.

[Defeat]

Ultimately, I lost this game.

– Our team voted 4 in favor and 1 against surrender; surrender approved.

I tried to cast a dissenting vote, but you can’t win a game when 4 people are in favor of surrender.

It was that tough of a game.

Lately, losing in solo queue wasn’t unusual, but losing to Seo Yeon-woo had been a rare occurrence for a long time.

Maybe that’s why.

As soon as the game ended, Seo Yeon-woo jumped up, choking down her silent joy.

“……!!”

Her expression was somehow funny, and as I watched, I couldn’t help but break into laughter.

As I smiled softly, Seo Yeon-woo, who had been silently celebrating, glanced at me.

“Loser.”

“…Huh?”

With a total record of 1 win and 38 losses (recent record 1 win and 0 losses), her quiet words left me momentarily speechless.

Then came the next hammering moment that felt like a blow to my head.

“Sister, you’re a top loser.”