Chapter 147
A little while ago.
The underground bunker at the center was a crossroads connecting three entrances, so it was large and piled with all sorts of supplies.
It had been unmanaged for a long time, so some boxes were broken, and overall it was dark.
The supplies created small alleys, and about 65% of them had no proper lighting.
The ceiling was high.
There was a second-floor walkway made of iron structures along the walls, though it was only used when going to maintain the ventilation shafts.
Anyway, if you climbed up there, you could see everything below at a glance.
That meant even if it was dark, you could broadly keep the first floor in view.
But on the flip side, anyone on the second-floor walkway could be attacked from anywhere, making it a double-edged position.
Moreover, most of the second-floor paths were brightly lit.
However, the moment Taewoo was breached by Seojun faster than expected, Keril ordered the B-rank ranged dealer Namu to climb up to that second-floor walkway on the wall.
Because the biggest drawback—exposure to gunfire—was nonexistent.
It was only an enemy wielding a frying pan, after all.
Bang!
Bang! Bang!
Gunshots rang out and grenades exploded in the dark, winding paths.
From above, it was hard to properly grasp the current situation amid that chaos.
He could only provide supporting fire when things were roughly certain.
Right now, a game of tag in a labyrinth was underway.
A fierce battle of wits was unfolding between Keril, who tried to confront Seojun together by any means, and Seojun, who dodged and lured them until he was alone.
As if they had grasped this space in an instant, those two were predicting each other's positions one or two moves ahead and moving.
They herded, lured, and chased each other.
Even watching that, Namu couldn't help but think Seojun was superior.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Because there was one moment when the last remaining teammate became isolated. And they hadn't even been fighting long.
At that time, he had provided cover fire, and the teammate barely survived.
Maybe Keril was even taking that into account when herding, but the chances of that were slim.
[Turn to the left outside.]
Orders came quickly. Looking down from above, he tried to draw a mental picture.
'As expected, I don't know.'
I'll just look and shoot where Keril said.
At that moment.
A sudden event struck.
Gunshots were heard from the corridor leading to the commons.
The appearance of another enemy.
[Let's quickly take down the new enemy first. I'm providing cover, so come toward me.]
Keril's judgment.
That moment.
Below him, Seojun appeared.
Namu reflexively fired a bullet.
Bang!
Seojun blocked it, using the frying pan as a shield.
- Really amazing
- That's the enemy? LOL If it were me, I'd just surrender
- Is this Ground Zero?
- No answer
- Wow, shit. That guy really was the tournament's dark horse.
Namu also empathized with the chat.
'Whenever I see that, it's way too overpowered.'
Seojun had suddenly appeared, and Namu had fired his gun.
The gunshot reached even behind, some distance away from Seojun.
And there stood Keril.
Keril checked the direction where Namu was and immediately fired at Seojun.
That moment.
Seojun tilted the frying pan diagonally to block.
Bang!
With a spark flying from below, a bullet lodged into the side of Namu's face. The bullet that had ricocheted off the frying pan had flown over.
'Crazy.'
He was terrified.
Seojun had vanished before he knew it, and Keril again focused on the newly appeared enemy.
- ???
- Was he actually aiming with the ricochet?
- Must be a coincidence. Does that even make sense LOL
- No, it looked a bit intentional though?
Yeah.
Must be a coincidence.
[Keril--> NeedBlackoutCurtains]
[GodOfSwords14--> WetWipe]
Keril quickly killed the newly appeared enemy, and the moment Namu refocused below.
Thud!
A vibration came from the end of the walkway, as if someone had put their weight climbing up.
'Crazy.'
He quickly looked to the side.
Seojun, the moment the bullet passed by his head, had used the turned field of view to go left, then quickly climbed the ladder and came up onto the walkway where he stood.
- His movements are seriously on par with special forces
- When did he get there?
- This guy's dead LOL
'I'm dead.'
Bang! Bang!
Unlike with Taewoo, in just two shots, Seojun closed in, and Namu died just like that.
* * *
Seojun brought the frying pan down on the fallen Keril.
"Sorry, Mr. Cale."
"It's Keril, hyung! Ah, seriously!"
Seojun thought he was quite shameless. He'd lost but was smiling and correcting his name.
"Sure, Mr. Cale."
Seojun finished off the unconscious Keril.
[GodOfSwords14--> Keril]
The remaining one teammate had fled, and Taewoo, his revival cut off, was staring at him in disbelief.
"Did you piss yourself?"
Seojun said.
It wasn't the usual bravado of boys or an expression of confidence in his own sick play.
He literally meant, did you piss yourself.
"What are you talking about. It's virtual reality, so you can't piss yourself?"
Is that so. Then in reality, would you?
"Go out and check the capsule to find out."
"Shut up and kill me quickly. Wow, seriously crazy bastard. Using dual-wielding there of all places."
Taewoo gave up and lay down.
- What the hell happened? LOL
- Damn, I literally felt the chills the moment this bastard grabbed two frying pans
- Did I piss myself too?
- I pissed myself too
- Streamer, are you crazy for real!!!
- The commentators are all flipping out, giving the penguin Nyangche shit to prepare LOL
- This is definitely a win. Rios wins. This bastard is a stock that will go up
- There's no idiot still not going all-in with points on the streamer, right? LOL
Seojun laughed at the chat, then turned his head toward Taewoo.
"Why would I kill you?"
Seojun said, but Taewoo didn't even pretend to listen and just said what he wanted.
"It's just a warm-up game anyway. I'll beat you in the main tournament. Remember there are no frying pans there, you bastard. Seriously pulling such bullshit. Everyone, report for hacks. Quickly. No, does that even make sense!"
"Hey, I said I'm not killing you."
"Didn't they give only him some other overpowered capsule... Huh? Why?"
"You have to find the key to the secret room."
Seojun spoke as if it had been entrusted to him.
"Uh... huh?"
"Hurry up and find it. If you find the key to open it, I'll let you use the defibrillator."
Seojun simply thought that two people searching would be easier than one.
He could hear the other teammate was also heading out quickly.
- Jin Seojun! Jin Seojun! Jin Seojun! Jin Seojun! Jin Seojun! Jin Seojun!
- The winner is already decided
- Blocking with a frying pan? Sure, experts can do it after a hundred concessions. But dual-wielding? LOL That's impossible
- Now he'll definitely become a clear target for checks
- Seriously, how is this a synchronization rate of 10?
- How many legendary scenes are you creating in just one day!
The chat window was a mad pandemonium.
"But Seojun."
"Yeah?"
"I have to search in this state? For real?"
Seemed he had the will to search. From Taewoo's perspective, victory could be considered already gone, but it looked like he still wanted to play the game more.
"Yeah."
"You want me to search while incapacitated? My movement speed is insanely slow and I can't even stand up?"
"Then you'll run away right away."
Using the defibrillator makes a loud noise, so he could immediately notice and come.
"Fine, I get it."
Taewoo said that and went off to find the key to the secret room. More precisely, he crawled away slowly.
* * *
The key to the secret room spawned randomly somewhere in the basement, but there were locations where it frequently appeared.
First, corners. Though the terrain was randomly generated each round, the corners never changed, so the creator seemed to have chosen those spots.
Or, you could search near the secret room in the very center.
'That's what the viewers said.'
Seojun quickly rounded the corner, being cautious in case the other teammate hadn't fled.
Clank.
As a result, he easily found the key. Seojun quietly approached the center.
[Pado--> asdqwe12#]
As he got closer, a kill message popped up.
That teammate from earlier really did go outside.
"Ah, so he died. Am I the only hope of our team? As the team leader, I should show something. Then that plan from earlier won't work anymore."
Unaware that Seojun had quietly approached, Taewoo was crawling around the center, looking for the key.
Since he had the defibrillator, Taewoo wasn't dead immediately even though all his teammates had died.
'What does he mean by that plan from earlier?'
Seojun watched a bit longer.
"The teammates are telling me to just die? But a live dog is better than a dead lion."
Fortunately, his viewers hadn't gone to Taewoo's channel to inform him that Seojun was behind him.
"The moment I revive and get my bearings, I'll backstab him right away. Then why didn't I just go to Seojun's channel earlier and end the capsule? Honestly, I admit it. I should have done it before my teammates died. Sigh, they're all dead now. There's no more hope."
So that's what it was.
"Extract the capsule code? What extraction. It has a built-in auxiliary battery, so it'll keep running. The best way is to just normally press the shutdown button."
The capsule can also be normally shut down by pressing the termination button from the outside.
It's one of the secrets that kids with capsules at home absolutely don't want their moms to know.
"Alright, let's see you try."
"Huh?"
"For the record, I found this. So no complaints, right?"
Seojun jingled the key.
"Goodbye."
* * *
After packing items in the secret room, Seojun prepared to go outside. The special weapon was a sniper rifle.
Currently, based on the safe zone, the only exit available was the airfield.
Seojun walked toward the airfield, communicating with his teammates.
They said there were no enemies in sight, so to meet up first.
Before he knew it, only two squads remained.
In terms of headcount, 8 people were currently on the field.
And out of a total of 24, Seojun's kill count was 12.
"With about 12 kills, I'm the MVP, right?"
- Simply a squad shredder LOL
- All of this was achieved by one person
- It was confirmed from the moment he blocked with a frying pan. No matter how insane a play the others show, from the moment he shows dual-wielding, it's unquestionably beyond
- Is Pado the only one left?
- Let's not tell him, guys. Be mannered
Trying not to give away information they knew.
It's not that they're mannered.
"Guys, you're just not telling me because you want me to suffer. No, at least for the warm-up game, stream sniping is legal."
That's right.
They just want Seojun to struggle more.
"Seriously, you're like elementary school boys who bully the girl they like."
Seojun chuckled as he went up the stairs.
- ???
- Why would we like you?
- No? I hate the streamer though?
- We're watching because you're freaking good. If your skill level were just average Challenger? Then I wouldn't watch and would leave hate comments every time you acted arrogant.
- For real LOL If it were just average Challenger level, it would be instant viewer-schooling, but ah LOL
- But he's not average Challenger level, is he?
- This bastard's holding us hostage to watch his stream with his skill. Such a cunning bastard!
Strong denial is strong affirmation.
Seojun went outside.
There was a tomb-like heap of weeds.
'Then now it's time to end this.'
A sniper shot came grazing by. It was the bullet that had passed him earlier. It lodged into the floor.
'Did the enemy also get a supply drop? A sniper rifle?'
From afar, he could see what appeared to be Namu's loot box, presumably the corpse of the teammate Taewoo had fled from earlier.
Bang!
Seojun quickly ducked behind cover, then pulled out his radio.
It was time to finish this.