Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 286

[The opposing team has declined the consecutive win match.]

“Oh…”

An unexpected rejection.

I thought the opposing team would naturally accept my offer for a consecutive win match.

[Yuna…]

Sohee’s voice came to my ears.

I blankly lifted my head and looked up at the sky.

The blue sky in this fake world was bright without a single cloud.

Why is that?

Why aren’t they accepting?

I bit my lip and glared at the blue sky.

The opposing team, just like Sohee, must be watching me through the screen.

“Sigh…”

I let out a sigh.

I realized that getting this angry wouldn’t change anything.

The consecutive win match only takes place when the opposing team agrees.

I felt deflated.

I exited the game and emerged from the capsule.

Standing in front of the capsule was, of course, Sohee.

As soon as she spotted me, she took off her large headset and opened her arms towards me.

“Sohee…”

“Yeah.”

“The opposing team didn’t accept the consecutive win match…”

“I know.”

“Why could that be…?”

I walked towards Sohee with weary steps after exiting the capsule.

Sohee naturally embraced me with open arms.

She hugged me and gently patted my back with her hands.

“Ugh… To reject a consecutive win match, they must really be dishonorable scoundrels!”

Ellie exclaimed angrily while watching the match on the screen.

Seeing her stomping her little feet, she really seemed upset.

Without anyone being able to stop her, she dashed into the capsule.

I wasn’t feeling good.

It was an opportunity to showcase my overwhelming skills to everyone.

“Maybe they were afraid of Hayun.”

“Is that so…?”

“Definitely.”

Is that really the case?

I nodded at Sohee’s words.

Certainly, with my skills, it would be understandable for normal people to feel fear.

After all, hadn’t I taken down their ace in an instant?

Upon reconsideration, the opposing team only made a perfectly rational decision for victory.

“Are you feeling better now?”

“Yeah.”

In the end, I found myself sitting on Sohee’s lap, watching Ellie’s match.

As expected, Ellie had chosen the knight class.

Clutching a huge claymore that was almost as tall as her, Ellie shouted loudly as the match began.

“Do you have no honor?!”

In this virtual world, she now became the shining knight, Jupiter.

I began to search for the tournament rules with a distressed expression.

* During the match, if one uses severe curses or insulting language towards the opponent, they will be disqualified.

As my gaze fell, I discovered the small line of text.

I anxiously looked at the screen.

The opponent attempting to approach Ellie had frozen in place with a startled expression.

Only Ellie swirled her claymore around while spewing words.

“I, the shining knight Jupiter, will judge you all!”

Hiyahhh!

Ellie started charging at the opponent with a bold declaration.

But contrary to my worries, there was no disruption in the match.

Fortunately, it appeared that Ellie’s behavior didn’t seem insulting to the referees watching the match.

Ellie, who charged quickly, ruthlessly swung her sword at the flustered opponent.

Though the opponent didn’t fall easily due to a lack of strength stats, Ellie’s dazzling swordsmanship was enough to push them back.

Tadadang-!

Swords clashed and flew apart.

Forty seconds had passed since the match began.

I frowned.

From the first clash, I could tell.

The opponent’s skill was far beneath Ellie’s.

But why wasn’t it settled yet?

As I continued to observe the match, I finally realized.

The corners of my mouth lifted slightly.

“Hayahh!”

With a big battle cry, Ellie’s sword struck out.

Her attacks seemed slightly slow, as if signposting her intended direction to the opponent.

I was now certain.

Ellie was acting right now.

To the untrained eye, this appeared to be a practically evenly matched duel, or maybe Ellie was even slightly behind.

But Ellie was completely at ease. She could take her opponent’s life anytime yet chose not to.

The match time exceeded two minutes and was approaching three.

Ellie had 70% health left,

while the opponent had 80%.

In that moment, the opponent seemed to have decided to go all in and swung their sword with a large motion.

Ellie didn’t dodge the attack.

With eyes wide open as if she hadn’t anticipated the attack, she received it with her body.

Ka-ga-gak!

Her armor shattered, leaving a large wound on her chest.

It wasn’t a deadly blow, but that one strike took away 30% of her health.

As if realizing the situation a moment too late, Ellie bit her lip and thrust her sword forward.

The opponent was off balance.

Naturally, they couldn’t escape Ellie’s attack.

Kwa-jik!

A clean hit pierced through their head, right through the eye slit of the helmet.

With that one blow, the situation concluded in an upset victory.

The battered knight lifted his sword in that state.

“If you have any sense of honor…”

A challenge directed toward the unseen opponent.

Ellie’s sword tip pointed toward the blue sky.

“Accept my consecutive win match.”

Despite the overwhelming difference to secure victory, she chose not to.

Ellie was waiting. Waiting to deceive the opponent.

She instilled a perception in them.

The opposing team likely thought.

“At this level, we can handle this, right? They seem like a team we can win against!”

Ellie had 40% health remaining.

If they accepted the consecutive win match here, Ellie would have to enter the next match with only 20% health.

How long had it been?

[The opponent has accepted the consecutive win match.]

A message saying the opposing team has accepted the consecutive win match popped up on the screen.

Gotcha.

Everyone here must have thought the same.

The opposing team had completely fallen for Ellie’s charade.

During the brief waiting time before the next match began,

I snatched the headset Sohee was wearing and put it on my head.

“Ellie.”

[Hayun? Did you see? My match?]

“Of course I was watching.”

[Hah. Hehe… How was it?]

“It was amazing.”

[I knew you would understand.]

“Can you do well in the finals?”

[Are you questioning my abilities? Have you forgotten who I am?]

“The shining knight Jupiter…”

[That’s right. I am the shining knight…]

Ellie, no, Jupiter nodded and silently gazed ahead.

Time passed while she stayed in that position, letting the waiting time drag on.

Finally, the last opponent revealed themselves.

A knight wielding a longsword and round shield.

Despite a favorable situation, their stance hinted at a defensive strategy.

“I won’t drag this out!”

Jupiter shouted as she charged toward the opponent.

To others, it might have seemed like a reckless charge, but to me, it looked different.

As the distance between Jupiter and the opponent narrowed, the opponent began to move.

With a shield thrust forward, they prepared to swing their sword.

Swish—!

But that strike did not reach Jupiter.

The quickly swept sword merely brushed past the tips of Jupiter’s hair.

However, the opponent’s attacks were not yet over.

If the sword attack was blocked, they swung the shield.

But yet again, the strike didn’t connect with Jupiter.

As if she knew the future, Jupiter evaded every attack.

I understood. She had arrived at that world where everything felt slow except her mind.

Jupiter had less than a minute granted.

Once she initiated it, she couldn’t stop midway.

But right now, that was enough.

“Hyah!”

Jupiter’s signature, deflation-like battle cry.

Yet the swordplay she displayed pierced through the opponent like sharp fangs.

Kweeejik!

The blade that penetrated the chest soared through the opponent’s back and shot upward into the sky.

A flawlessly clean strike.

A perfectly executed conclusion.

Before the opponent could scream, they were out.

“Haah…”

A sigh escaped her lips as if releasing the intensely burning heat.

Jupiter wiped her sword as if to declare her victory.

Thud—

With my single win and Jupiter’s two wins,

this bracket of 64 ended with our team’s victory.

Ellie exited the game and emerged from the capsule in a hurry.

I rushed over to Ellie.

Just as expected, Ellie was slumped over, showing no reaction.

“Ugh…”

She looked like a broken doll.

I pulled Ellie out from the capsule and sat her down on the floor.

If it had been Deron, he would have carried Ellie around like a sack of rice with his overflowing strength, but here was reality.

In reality, I was just a powerless and fragile young girl.

“So, Sohee…”

In this situation, naturally, the only one who could help me was Sohee.

Sohee sighed as she looked down at Ellie.

“Search Ellie’s pockets.”

“Ellie’s pockets…?”

Nodding at Sohee’s words, I slid my hand into Ellie’s pocket.

I could feel her soft thigh through the pocket’s interior.

After fumbling for a while, I finally pulled out a small plastic container.

“Is this it…?”

“That’s it. Just put the pill in her mouth and give her some water, and she’ll come around quickly.”

Inside the plastic container was a single white pill.

A pill…

As I took the pill out of the container, I swallowed hard as I examined Ellie’s mouth.

Her tongue was listless.

Saliva was dripping over it.

I reached out my fingers and pushed the pill into Ellie’s mouth.

Sticky and soft.

The feeling of the mucous membranes intertwining was strangely arousing.

Now that I had put the pill in her mouth, it was time to give her some water.

I grabbed the nearby plastic water bottle and poured some into Ellie’s mouth.

Time passed, and after about five more minutes with a staff member coming to hand me the papers like yesterday,

“Ah—”

After looking down at Ellie anxiously for a while,

finally, a voice escaped Ellie’s mouth.

Her previously lifeless eyes sparkled, and her limp arms and legs began to thrash about insistently.

“Haah!”

Now, as if fully revitalized, Ellie sprang up.

She began to pat down her body and nodded.

It seemed there were no issues with her condition.

Ellie had fully resurrected.