Chapter 150
-mocking lolololololol what a real jerk
-???: Baramgeom? Just run him over.
-won it like this lmaooo
-Parani! Parani! Parani! Parani! Parani! Parani!
What the heck is Parani.
The moment Baramgeom heeded Seojun's words and floored the accelerator, slamming into Pantyman, a message appeared before their eyes.
[Victory!]
Seems neither had a defibrillator. Anyway, the car's power is formidable. Knocked them out in one shot.
"Whoa! We won!"
"Neither Lumi nor I got a single kill! But we won! Awesome!"
"Didn't I just get a kill?"
"Stop ruining the mood."
"No, Lumi, if you glare at me like that…."
Was Baramgeom in his thirties? And Lumi in her mid-twenties?
'A kid.'
Seojun chuckled softly.
"Wow, but Seojun, you were really mean."
This time the arrow turned to him. Alpaca's words as she spun her head around.
"It was a bit harsh. Toying with the last enemy like that."
Baramgeom chimed in.
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"I mean, in any other case, coming down for a final duel and telling me to just ram him. I couldn't even open my eyes from the horror."
Baramgeom laughed sheepishly. He seemed pleased with the win.
Surprisingly, Baramgeom was the most taciturn one here. Yet now he was pushing like this.
Or was he just happy about causing a traffic accident?
And by shifting the blame onto Seojun, how could he not feel good?
Seojun quickly defended himself.
"What did I do? I just said keep pressing it. We had to get close to the enemy."
All he'd done was tell Alpaca to throw the weapon first and keep showing the frying pan to mislead the opponent.
He'd even asked the viewers to go and trick them, but the situation unfolded so fast he wasn't sure if it got through.
Anyway, wasn't it Baramgeom who hit with the car?
"No, you can't say that. Seojun, huh?"
"I don't know. The MVP of this game was clearly Baramgeom! My viewers agree, right?"
-No way, are you crazy?
-This guy gets multiple kills and asks us to agree?
-14 kills lol
-Devilish guys. Whether it's Baramgeom taking it bluntly or the streamer tricking the opponent lol
-The viewers who actually went and tricked them lol
"They say yes."
Seojun twisted the truth again.
"Fine! Whatever happens, I don't care. Pado is mid, and you'll have to deal with him again, Seojun."
Baramgeom's main lane was mid.
But naturally, everyone thought Seojun would take mid.
"That remains to be seen."
How lanes would be decided would be figured out gradually through scrims.
"Let's get out now."
Seojun said.
There was nothing left to do in the world after victory.
Ah, there was one thing.
"Kind of a shame. I'd stashed so many."
Seojun began pulling frying pans out of his inventory one by one, like unveiling treasures.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
With each additional frying pan, the expressions of his teammates looking at Seojun grew stranger.
Previously, he'd been Seojun, the evil, meticulous, somewhat questionable-conscience but reliable team ace. Now, they just looked at him like a madman, skill be damned.
Five.
Six.
Seven.
"Ah. Only managed seven. A pity, but whatever. Well, let's go."
It was because of insufficient inventory slots. One frying pan per slot.
That was also why he'd counted them as he took each out.
"W-well, seeing Seojun deflect sniper fire with a frying pan, I can understand stocking up like that!"
Lumi tried once again to rationalize Seojun's actions.
Then Alpaca interrupted.
"Understandable? The frying pan has infinite durability anyway."
"Well, I don't know about that! Anyway, you deflected bullets! Even if it was a sniper, even at long range! You deflected bullets! I think it's too harsh to call someone weird or crazy just for collecting frying pans."
"Uh, Lumi? No one called him weird yet."
"Did you just blurt out your inner thoughts, Lumi?"
Seojun also thought it was her inner monologue slipping out.
Anyway.
-lololol Deflected because it's long range? rofl
-Ah. The teammates haven't properly seen the streamer's play yet, so that's understandable lol
-I mean, who would even imagine what the streamer does is possible?
-Deflecting sniper fire is nothing compared to dual-wielding haha
* * *
"Is this the same species as us?"
"Is this truly human?"
"Could he really be using hacks?"
Back in Hayunho's lobby, the teammates were watching the relay broadcast together.
The relay was currently showing the highlights from today's match, and naturally, most of it featured Seojun.
"I see why Yunho started massaging Seojun's shoulders as soon as he arrived."
Lumi looked at Seojun in awe, then lifted her head to look behind.
"He's our team's hope."
It was Hayunho's voice as he pressed Seojun's shoulders.
He'd watched from outside from start to finish, so he knew all of Seojun's performance.
"This is why I went all-in. He's the best team leader ever. Agree? All those who were cursing earlier, come out!"
Hayunho addressed his viewers. And of course, that was audible in Seojun's stream too.
-Truth lol
-Hayunho's insight is insane lmaooo
-Can't dismiss a mentalist's intuition? So damn fascinating
-Taewoo too lol
-But honestly, the viewers who've been watching the streamer would've gone all-in too, right?
-For real haha
-Of course you'd go all-in. How can you resist the Dominator's unmatched first-clear Demon Cult Heavenly Demon?
-Now Ground Zero Frying Pan Murderer gets another line in the achievements lol
The teammates giggled along with the viewers.
The mood was already good, and now they'd won the game on top of that.
"But what's this dual-wielding stuff in the chat? I've been seeing it for a while."
Lumi asked Seojun.
"I'm curious too. What is it?"
"What on earth did you do... Did you beat people up with two frying pans?"
"If you watch a bit, it'll come up."
Hayunho answered for him.
And then.
[We showed Pado's insane sense play. Now let's cue the next highlight!]
[Yes. This is Seojun again. I mean, what highlights are these, Seojun, Seojun, Seojun, Seojun, Pado, Seojun! It's crazy! Penguin caster, what do you think?]
[Ah, I think this is incredible...]
[Here it starts! Now, this is Seojun from Kim Taewoo's perspective that we missed earlier. Appearing from a dark corridor! A killer with a frying pan!]
[It's like a scene from a zombie movie. Penguin caster, your thoughts?]
[Ah. I'm quite scared...]
[Taewoo fires his gun! And with each flash, he's getting closer!]
"Wow. So this kind of fight was happening while we were casually looting."
"But it doesn't look intense. Probably because Seojun's so relaxed."
"But why is Penguin getting roasted?"
Only Hayunho and the viewers who'd watched the relay alongside understood and giggled.
[Now he dies, and the indoor fight begins. Another Seojun highlight!]
[Here, Keril kept calling Kael just Kael? The trash talk was pretty good, too.]
[By the way, even in this dark fight, the movement paths of Keril and Seojun stand out. Their tactics seem equally outstanding. What do you think, Penguin caster?]
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-lolololololololololololololololololol
-What a genuinely mean stream host lol
-Why are all streamers such rotten people lmao
-Travel has something. Something that turns people rotten lol
-The commentator is a fucking jerk lmaooo
Reading the chat, they finally understood.
"Aha. You made a bet?"
Lumi laughed brightly.
"A victory squad bet. But we were out there reliably looting, so of course it's our squad!"
Alpaca spouted something shameless and got mobbed in the chat.
Seojun shared his thoughts.
"Hmm. The stream host is exercising the winner's natural rights."
It was a casual remark.
"We get a glimpse of our ace's philosophy."
"Winner's natural rights, noted..."
"As expected of Seojun! I need to get closer before that personality comes back to me..."
But the reaction was slightly odd. Seojun let it slide.
[Now! Next up is my personal pick for the greatest highlight of today's tournament.]
Arin said.
By now, the scene had shown up to Seojun going to the second floor, killing Taewoo's teammate, and vanishing.
Bangju and Taeyang agreed in turn.
[Same here.]
[There's no room for argument.]
[But Penguin caster? What do you think?]
[Even you, host... Well! Anyway, I also think the upcoming scene is the greatest highlight of this tournament!]
[Oh! You regained your spirits quickly! For that, the operations team says they've prepared something in a hurry!]
As Arin relayed the new information just received from the ops team, someone entered the studio, handed Arin an object, and left.
Arin then displayed the object in front of the screen.
[Cat ear headband!]
Penguin's face instantly soured, and the screen showed Seojun's dual-wielding.
Soon after watching the entire play, Baramgeom's reaction was:
"Wow, insane."
"What's insane? The cat ear headband? Seojun's dual-wielding?"
"Both."
* * *
[Seojun's ultra-long-range snipe! And Pado's frying pan challenge! Ah! Here, Seojun's bullet is blocked, and Pado spins his frying pan, laughing confidently! At this close range, you can even see his fine hairs!]
[Fine hairs is a bit...]
Arin interjected, but Bangju stubbornly continued.
[Resulting in a roadkill! Right now, the chat is flooded with 'Parani,' a mix of Pado and water deer! Ah! What a humiliating nickname for Pado!]
[Honestly, if it weren't for that smug line at the end, we'd just have laughed it off. Hoho.]
[Ah, you mean that? Hohoho. Fine! Let's see who the frying pan master is! You're talking about this, right?]
Everyone burst out laughing at Bangju's words.
Bangju cleared his throat and explained.
[There was some paraphrasing.]
[Bangju, how can you paraphrase the Korean language?]
[No, that's not just 'some paraphrasing.']
-lololololol
-That's straight-up fabrication, isn't it? rofl
-Meanwhile Pado is currently cringing
-Yeah. He probably didn't expect to get hit by a car either hahaha
-The first player to be roadkilled in Rios.
[Anyway, you could say all the A-rank players fell to Seojun. Bare-knuckle brawl at low HP! The first frying pan victim! Just Kael. Roadkill deer!]
Seojun thought:
Is it okay to call players that?
[There's no Spoon, is there??]
[He fell before the tournament even started!]
[Ah!]
[Thus, the MVP of this preliminary match can only be one person, right? Out of 24, or rather, 20 excluding his own team, he single-handedly took out 14! I have so many questions for him. You too, Penguin, right?]
[Hahaha. Yes...]
[All of it?]
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