Chapter 253
After Seo-jun silently but briefly provoked and turned off the broadcast.
Naturally, people were thrown into confusion.
It was a sudden declaration of rest by the 1st place racer.
But in people's eyes now.
[????]
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Why did he suddenly give up?
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A declaration of withdrawal would be a more accurate expression.
That's because from 8 PM to 12 AM, he cleared all of stage 1 and even figured out the final boss's second gimmick, and saw the third gimmick.
Health was at 40 bars.
It was down to less than half.
The jobless would be fine until 5 AM, and even the office workers who took a day off could challenge it until morning if they burned the midnight oil.
A clear opportunity was definitely there.
Everyone thought so.
-Yeah, seriously, why did he suddenly give up?
-Isn't he gonna catch it if he just does 4 more hours?
└It looked that way
-Hmm. This is quite disappointing?
[Hey, he's not the type to do this, you know?]
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Did something big happen?
Or is he just tired or something?
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-That could be.
-It seems possible. Like a truly unavoidable circumstance.
-We don't know, but the team members seem to all agree.
-But as a fan, it's a bit disappointing.
└For real lol
[Actually, even if he really just went to sleep because he was sleepy, there's nothing strange about it.]
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Lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
Right?
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-That is true lololol
-If he misses the first clear like this, public sentiment will be totally fucked, but he wouldn't care anyway.
-Lolololololololol With his personality, it's fine even if he suddenly says screw the first clear.
└But the streamer isn't that kind of weirdo, you know??
└Then why did he go to sleep lolololololololol
└For real
└Looking at what he just did, he is a weirdo, yeah.
[No, seriously, why did he go to sleep lololololololol]
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Isn't it because he was tired?
He's still at 0 hits and people keep praising him for it, but it's tiring to keep that up, so he just gave up on the first clear?
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-This is also a possibility.
-Maintaining 0 hits is tough lolololol
└I understand!
└What do you mean understand lololololololol
-Sigh. So from now on, this guy is a rabbit?
From then on, Seo-jun became a rabbit.
Of course, going to rest and managing his condition is the streamer's freedom.
But it's inevitable that public sentiment turns a little sour.
So it's also inevitable that Seo-jun becomes the lazy rabbit in the fable of the tortoise and the hare who lost the race.
Countless rabbit memes began to occupy Laben.
Occasionally.
[Could it be that he's actually going to sleep and then come back to get the first clear?]
Posts that seemed to grasp Seo-jun's intention did come up.
But these posts.
-Lolololololol It's calculated? That's why he rested? Lololololololololol
-Why bother when you can just clear it here and now?
Received not even 1, let alone 30 or 10, recommendations, and got buried.
And gradually, more people came into the community and began pouring out complaints.
It's not that what Seo-jun did was a bad thing in itself.
It's because they had lost their way.
As many as 100,000 people.
[So what now?]
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I took off work tomorrow to watch the streamer get the first clear.
I even ordered late-night snacks to stay up all night...
How can this be!
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-Me too lol
-He lost his original intention
└I keep saying this, but that bastard's original intention...
└What about that bastard's original intention!
└Lololololololol That's true though
-So are you all going to sleep?
-It is a bit difficult.
Anyway, people, as always, found an answer.
Among the 100,000, those who would watch a little more and then sleep were the most, for now.
In the first place, the majority were people who watched because it was Seo-jun.
They might complain, but they didn't harbor deep ill will. They just assumed there's a reason.
The next largest proportion looked for other broadcasts.
They were determined to watch someone else get the first clear, at least.
A very small minority.
[I'm going to sleep.]
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I'll watch the streamer's first clear tomorrow morning.
Everything is calculated!
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-Here we go again.
-Yeah, when you wake up, the first clear will be out~
-At 8 o'clock, Jin Seo-jun's broadcast title: [Congratulations on the first clear] lololol
Saying things like this out of belief, they went to sleep and later got bashed in the comments.
And in the end, the person who became the biggest beneficiary of this situation was.
[Viewer count – 33,000 people]
It was TP, who had sniped Seo-jun first.
“Huh? Why is the number of people so many......? No. They said that person ended the broadcast?”
Having failed the raid and pressed retry, TP checked the viewer count that had increased far more than usual every time.
Because it made him feel good.
And the figure he just checked was triple the previous one.
“Why did he end the broadcast? Could it be that he got the first clear?”
Crazy.
TP felt his heart drop.
No, no matter how much that streamer drew attention from countless people with 0 hits, that's nonsense.
Just the previous round, their highest reached points were the same.
Fortunately, that wasn't the case.
-Lolololololol
-That guy just went to rest
-Surrender notice
And because the news was that it wasn't the case? Maybe that's why.
He unconsciously let out words.
“Ah, so he ran away?”
He wondered if it was okay to act up this much, and after finishing his sentence he felt his heart drop again, but fortunately the reaction was good.
-For real lollll
-Run is correct lolololol
-I guess he got scared
-You go get the first clear!
-Unless there are some circumstances, he just pulled a run
-TP, just beat the big corporation!
It was not just good; they actually egged him on.
So.
“Haha. You say I should beat them? I've already beaten them. Isn't that right?”
He said, full of confidence.
-Kya!
-That seems right?
-If you abandon the runaway bastard and get the first clear, you'll become a hero lololol
-Honestly, Jin Seo-jun <-- isn't he just a bubble?
-No, you bastard
-Does 0 hits look like a joke to you?
A storm of cheers pouring from the 30,000-viewer chat. There's no way he could resist that, right?
‘Clearly, the intention of going to sleep first is to miss the later gimmicks on purpose.’
He himself talked as if it was a big deal to keep the broadcast on, but then he left first.
To gobble up the information.
Or maybe he really lacked confidence.
‘The level of the party members.’
TP sneered.
Look how the raid group that gathered following him caught up quickly.
Whatever it was.
“I think it's a bubble? Ah. Right now, half of you agree and half of you don't.”
The remaining time is 8 hours.
It's enough.
The opportunity to catch up and surpass that streamer has come.
You have to row the boat.
And.
‘Even though he ran away so pettily, still half of them are defending him.’
It bothered him.
“Isn't there a reason why he ran away right when we caught up! I'll show you with results. Why that guy ran away.”
If he had known that this streamer was at best this level, he would have provoked more boldly without chickening out at first.
Rather, he could have completely taken all the viewer pie, and it felt regretful that he only managed to gather 30,000 because he miscalculated.
‘Well, anyway, if I succeed this time, I might absorb the popularity as it is.’
Putting the belated regret aside, TP resumed the raid, enjoying the cheers of the people.
-He says he ran away until the end lololol
-But if it's not running away, then what is it lolololololol
-Let's go for first clear!!!!!
-At this point, if Jin Seo-jun really turns out to be a bubble, I'll upvote lololololol
-He must have found it hard to carry lololololololol
Among all remaining parties now, be the first to clear.
Even if not to the point of ruin, take away that streamer's viewer share.
His heart pounded.
It was from excitement.
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12 o'clock.
The situation was quickly settled, and even though viewers went off to find something to do, there were still many people calling Seo-jun petty or a coward.
This was partly because TP egged them on during his broadcast, and also because the monster who hadn't yet cleared Stage 1 gave up on the first clear and kept reigniting public opinion with comments.
[If it wasn't for some real reason, I can't see it in a good light]
[Well, if he had done it for a long time it might be different, but going to rest after only 4 hours is a bit... lol]
[I rewatched. I thought he was always a crazy-skilled guy who broke things, but he was a guy who runs away when it seems really impossible]
However, in the end, interest in Seo-jun cooled.
The majority defending Seo-jun had already gone to sleep to wake up at 8 o'clock.
It takes two hands to make a loud clap.
1 o'clock.
TP's party members now reached a level where they could reach 40 bars in just two or three tries, and they began studying the gimmicks of Stage 3.
Having become the frontrunner, TP loudly boasted that he wouldn't run away like someone until the clear, wouldn't turn off the broadcast.
2 o'clock.
TP's raid group's success rate of reaching 40 bars gradually increased, and they began unraveling the clues to the gimmick deciphering.
3 o'clock.
Around 10 minutes past, they finally deciphered the third gimmick.
Saying it was befitting a party where the best of the best gathered, everyone who had stayed up waiting for the first clear praised them.
TP felt as if his world had arrived.
-Looks like they'll clear by 6?
-Those 5,000 people who went to sleep here lololol What are they gonna do, they can't watch
-Let's go!
And at 3:30.
TP realized something was wrong.
Up to the third gimmick clear, with everyone's concentration at its peak now, there were no failures.
But after clearing, they couldn't get past what was ahead.
After 40 bars, the boss, which had moved according to a pattern, began to show irregular movements.
Originally, raid bosses, when aggroed, approach within a certain distance and perform specific patterns probabilistically.
But after 40 bars, it started judging and moving, choosing the best attack suited to the distance and situation with the player.
The sudden change felt like everything they had adapted to so far was crumbling.
Furthermore, now if you get hit three times, a clone appears instead of a sword.
4 o'clock.
More time is needed.
4 hours left?
No.
Other parties who saw them struggling quickly went to sleep.
But they couldn't go to sleep.
And now, the re-evaluation began.
-To the few remaining viewers lololol It really doesn't look like these guys can clear by 8, if you think the streamer's foresight was sick, upvote lolololol
-OMG lolololol He rests fully, sees the gimmick, and gets the first clear? Jin Seo-jun <--- is he really a fucking genius????? Lolololololololololololololol
-He seems real smart lolololol
-TP, you should also give up and go to sleep quickly
-Since the streamer also won't be able to clear quickly, it seems best to sleep now and somehow aim for tomorrow.
‘Streamer! Streamer! That damn streamer!’
The remaining people who had praised him until just now changed their attitude.
It was inevitable.
Right now, this is the time slot when the toxic ones remain the most. It's also because viewers who like aggro mainly came.
Also, those who had been watching while holding back the criticisms about Seo-jun for the past few hours now held the strongest voice.
The public sentiment was bound to not go their way.
‘Damn!’
“There's still plenty of time left.”
Although the party members were visibly becoming fatigued, it was still possible. Still.
5 o'clock.
Despite repeated failures, they carried out the strategy with superhuman mental strength.
6 o'clock.
-If you're starting to feel sorry for them, upvote lolololololololololol
-I believed the streamer and slept at 12 and just came now lolololol but the viewers who watched this until now are the most pitiable? Lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol
-The streamer is a god! I went to sleep and woke up, heard the news that they're not even close, and came running lololololololol
-Could it be that he even designed this much suffering for them?
-No way lol
-If you're looking forward to 8 o'clock, upvote lololololololololol
-If only we had first-cleared when those guys who were making noise on Laben earlier were sleeping lololololololol
7 o'clock.
Finally, they succeeded in seeing up to 10 bars, the gimmick presumed to be the last.
But when one of the party members had a health problem and was forcibly terminated, their challenge ended.
‘There's still 1 hour left! Damn. Damn.’
Sleepy.
Exhausted.
If this were reality, deep dark circles would have greeted him when he looked in the mirror.
Nevertheless, TP bit his lips tightly out of frustration.
The viewers had dropped to under 10,000. Even that was because users who had woken up newly entered and raised it.
“TP-nim. It doesn't seem like we can go on like this.”
“…….”
“TP-nim?”
The party members were all veterans of Rakle, who had watched over him even when he was a small-time streamer.
He couldn't push them any further.
“I'm sorry. Let's sleep for exactly 6 hours from now and try again at 1 PM. The opponent won't be able to clear it either.”
[Do you give up the raid?]
[Exit the game.]
-Lololololololol
-1 hour until the god descends!!!!!! I just listened to the streamer and became a child of a new country and slept, I am the winner!!!!!!! Lololololololololol
-Come, streamer! TP is out! Lololololololol
-He is coming
[End the broadcast.]
After closing the programs one after another and lying down on the bed, TP.
‘Need to sleep quickly. Need to sleep quickly. Need to sleep quickly.’
He repeated inwardly.
But the more he did, the more wide awake he became.
Earlier he was so tired.
Actually he knew why this was happening.
Before he knew it, the clock pointed to 7:55.
He entered Travel to check what had been bothering him.
[‘Dangso’nim is starting the broadcast.]
[I slept really well!]
[‘Kim Taewoo’nim is starting the broadcast.]
[First clear party. Descent.]
[‘Jin Seo-jun’nim is starting the broadcast.]
[Couldn't clear, huh? ㅋ]
Ultimately, he ended up witnessing the scene of Seo-jun turning on the broadcast.
With wide eyes.