Chapter 15 : Network_ca

The deputy manager spoke.

“First of all, we need to stick to the concept in the early stages of the broadcast. Originally, in the beginning, most broadcasts attract attention in that way.”

“I guess that’s true.”

As I nodded, the deputy manager’s eyes lit up.

“And the chairman’s concept is…”

“The concept is…?”

“Hmm. It’s a bit difficult to put into words, but simply put, it’s probably something like a ‘complex crazy b*tch’.”

The moment those words were out, Miley’s eyes shot out murderous rays. However, the deputy manager, perhaps having undergone a final evolution after surviving a heart attack, didn’t fear Miley’s murderous intent and boldly declared.

“The crazier you are, the easier it is to become famous on the internet. This is also like noise marketing. It’s all for the chairman, so please don’t look at me like you want to kill me.”

Not that he was bold, just that he was going to say what he had to say. When I looked closely, the deputy manager’s legs were trembling.

He said seriously, even while shaking.

“Absolutely, absolutely do not reveal your voice. The schedule for when to reveal the chairman’s gender and appearance through your voice has already been set. So you absolutely must not speak. Let’s just turn off the voice altogether.”

“…Then how do I communicate?”

“Oh, um. All communication should be done by typing in chat with cognitive acceleration. Anyway, we’ll only be doing Soul Frame for the time being.”

The deputy manager grinned.

“Actually, just by seeing you type like that, people will automatically treat you like a crazy person.”

Just like that, I lost my voice.

* * *

With cognitive acceleration, my thoughts speed up in an instant.

Suddenly, the whole world slowed down, and finally stopped.

Is this what it’s like to accelerate 1 second by a few hundred times?

This is probably the maximum limit of cognitive acceleration.

I think I could go even further if I wanted to, but I don’t know what kind of strain it would put on my body, so I should only accelerate to the limit specified in the character settings.

In this moment, the only thing I can move is telekinesis.

Opening the virtual keyboard again, I used telekinesis to type in the chat. The keyboard keys clacked, and only after hitting the enter key did I release the acceleration.

[Two in the northwest park.]

Then, my chat message appeared.

Immediately, a shout erupted from behind.

“Hey, just turn on the mic, you crazy bastard!”

“Communicate, let’s communicate!”

“Ha, I really should have dodged.”

The three people, who I didn’t know if they came to play the game or to whine, cursed and followed behind me.

Honestly, I didn’t understand.

Even though Minders are famous for troll picks, why are they complaining so much when I’m not throwing and playing the game properly?

It makes me want to throw.

Maybe this is why Minders are famous for being trolls. Because of this unfair treatment, even users who love and play Minders so much end up turning dark!

I erased the thought that came to mind and turned on cognitive acceleration.

And then, I spread the skill [Telekinetic Wave] to the location I had just briefed. The telekinesis spread out with a bang and provided information on the location of the enemy users. I opened the virtual keyboard again and typed.

[They’re turning left. Out of the park and towards the city hall building. There are no Cs nearby.]

“But how are you typing right now?”

“Was it possible to press the virtual keyboard while running?”

My allies were still not focused on the game. Even though I gave them a briefing, they didn’t seem to be listening. No, are these guys really my allies?

‘Are they suffering from some kind of intelligence reduction?’

Well, it could be because the tier here is low.

‘It might be better to just abandon them halfway through.’

I came to that conclusion and glanced at the current number of viewers displayed in the upper left corner of my vision.

It goes without saying, the number of viewers was 0.

In the first place, it’s unlikely that people will come in just because a new streamer starts broadcasting. Moreover, I’m not saying anything and just playing the game, so what’s the fun in watching the broadcast?

A couple of people came in earlier, but they soon left because I didn’t respond to the chat and just played the game without saying anything.

‘Deputy Manager, you bastard. Is this concept really okay?’

I had my doubts, but what could I do? I have to trust him.

Thinking that, I immediately kicked off the ground and jumped. Thanks to my body being assisted by telekinesis, I was able to fly several meters in an instant and stick to the wall of the building.

As I looked down, I saw two heroes running between the buildings.

One was ‘Explosion’ with an explosion ability. And the other was ‘The Batter’ who uses a baseball bat as a weapon.

They were the so-called Batting Ball combo.

Instead of having an instant explosion skill, Explosion’s damage increased in proportion to the concentration time. It means that you have to concentrate for a long time to deal maximum damage.

Because of that, this guy was originally a trash character.

You have to concentrate for a long time to deal maximum damage, but unless the opponent is an idiot, they’ll kill you before that.

However, the explosion skill was buffed, adding an object destruction effect, and he became a scam hero.

Originally, Soul Frame doesn’t allow you to destroy most of the objects in the game. But some heroes could, and Explosion’s explosion became one of them.

And objects deal damage upon collision.

That’s right.

The Batting Ball is a combo where Explosion destroys an object, and The Batter hits it like a baseball to deal damage!

‘They must be a duo.’

According to the data Miley gave me, that combo requires some practice between duos who are in sync.

Well, does it matter if the opponent is a duo or not?

I looked at the allies who were flustered and forming a line, and then I spread out my telekinetic wave again to scan the surroundings. It seems that these two are the only enemies nearby.

‘Did the other two drop out?’

Or they could have been separated.

Well, it doesn’t matter anyway. I watched the two heroes diligently hitting objects at the three people who weren’t even my allies, and then slowly timed it.

Explosion and The Batter, both are pure dealers and bruisers with no detection abilities.

There’s no way they’ll notice my approach during combat.

‘…Now!’

Explosion was destroying the surroundings with small explosions to create object fragments. The moment he used his skill to destroy the ground, I jumped over the heads of the two people.

My airborne body falls with gravity.

At the same time, I turned on cognitive acceleration.

My thoughts accelerated in an instant, and everything stopped.

And, after a while.

-Boom!

As the acceleration was released, the entire ground near the Batting Ball duo shattered and overturned with a telekinetic explosion.

* * *

Just like how Explosion became a scam hero by discovering a special effect, Minders are also ‘in terms of abilities’ a scam among scams.

Thanks to telekinesis, pure basic attack damage isn’t bad, they have a wide-range detection ability, they have a shield that can also be applied to allies, and they have a powerful nuking skill.

Looking at the specs alone, it’s a separate OP hero.

The problem is the casting time.

The casting time of MInder’s skills was too long.

As a hero with cognitive acceleration as the main concept, they made it so that you couldn’t use skills while accelerating.

Normal use of the character is impossible without using acceleration, but the problem is that using skills while using acceleration is a terribly difficult task.

‘Because there’s no skill coordinate correction.’

Soul Frame has a coordinate correction that shows you where your skill will be cast with a shimmer of light, but the problem is that this coordinate correction doesn’t appear when you turn on cognitive acceleration.

It seems to be a limitation of the acceleration implementation…

Because of this, this guy has to turn on acceleration to use skills, but when he turns on acceleration, he becomes a crazy trash character with no range. It’s a very unfortunate thing.

‘So, I have to change the perception.’

Explosion was retired by the sudden explosion. The design itself is a glass cannon concept, so when hit with such a powerful attack, he has no choice but to lie down.

Unfortunately, The Batter didn’t die instantly.

He must have good health because he’s a bruiser.

“Huh? Wait, MInder?”

The Batter’s eyes widened as he realized what kind of character I was. I immediately swung my telekinesis to attack.

Even though he was ambushed, the opponent’s reaction was quick.

The Batter, carrying the stunned Explosion on his back, immediately kicked off the ground and escaped from my field of vision.

At the same time, he swung his baseball bat and sent stone fragments rolling on the ground towards me like cannonballs.

‘Oh, he’s good.’

The check and escape are very neatly connected.

A textbook play.

-Crash! Crash!

Of course, it doesn’t really work on Minders.

‘Accelerate, barrier.’

If you can pinpoint the coordinates properly, defense or anything else isn’t that difficult. Just pay attention to the stamina consumption.

‘Is he trying to hide and revive him?’

I glanced at my allies, and all three of them were already down. Two of them were even dead. Seeing that he grinded all three of them with stone throws, at least The Batter isn’t from this tier.

‘Is it something like a smurf account?’

It doesn’t matter.

Shouldn’t I just do what I have to do?

I kicked off the ground and accelerated my body with telekinesis.

The acceleration quickly built up, and the surroundings passed by like a sports car with the accelerator fully pressed. Usually, it’s hard to control when accelerating this much, but it was a familiar speed to me.

“Wow, shit. You’re following me?”

The opponent let out a hollow laugh when I caught up.

No matter how much The Batter is a hero with top-tier physical abilities, how fast can he run when he’s carrying a large lump of weight on his body?

Eventually, the opponent seems to have decided to fight.

The Batter, who threw Explosion roughly to the side, spun his baseball bat and clicked his tongue. The thrown Explosion screamed.

“Hey! How can you throw me, you bastard.”

“Oh, hyung. Let’s never do this again. I don’t think this is good. It’s not carrying, it’s not carrying.”

“That’s because we got a troll. We’re just having bad luck today, okay? Hey, if we do this properly and upload a video…”

“Ah, I don’t know. Let’s never do this again. I really can’t do it. There’s a reason why pros don’t appear in the first place, you know?”

The Batter was chatting leisurely with each other.

He seems to be very confident in his skills.

The opponent who was muttering like that glanced at me and grinned.

“But it’s the first time I’ve seen someone in this section who doesn’t use MInder for trolling. It’s amazing. The customization is a bit crappy though.”

“…”

Hmm.

Insulting my customization.

“I saw you catching up earlier, so you seem to have pretty good body control, but that trash chaaaaar…”

I immediately turned on cognitive acceleration.

In an instant, 1 second stretched to hundreds of seconds, and at the same time, I roughly calculated all the coordinates of the surrounding terrain.

And basic attacks in all directions of the opponent.

‘Telekinetic Explosion’
‘Telekinetic Explosion’
‘Telekinetic Explosion’
‘Telekinetic Explosion’

The ultimate skill with the longest casting time in the center of the body.

‘Singularity’

Finally, even the virtual keyboard.

After finishing all the preparations, I turned off the cognitive acceleration.

Then.

“knowing aaaand something else.”

-Crunch

The Batter, whose body was instantly crushed, died.

At the same time, a global chat message appeared.

[Sno.1 is live streaming on Pachik.]
[It’s a real ‘skill’ broadcast.]