Chapter 16 : Well -winning manga

When people see something terrible, their bodies automatically shrink back.

Accidents, violence, death.

-Crack

Especially if it’s not someone else’s death, but their own.

Minchochip, Lee Seunghwan, was watching the replay of his death over and over again with his arms crossed.

Because of that, Minchochip had to watch The Batter, who looked just like him, get crushed by telekinesis several times.

Since Soul Frame was a game rated for ages 15 and up, it wasn’t like blood and flesh were splattered everywhere when he was crushed, but realistically, seeing his limbs crumpled was honestly nauseating.

But it couldn’t be helped.

He, famous on the internet as a crazy mad movie YouTuber for his bizarre play style and loony editing sense, had absolutely no idea what had happened to him.

As if tired of his near-obsessive persistence, a grumbling voice came from behind him.

“Hey, man. How long are you going to keep watching that? Let’s just play the next round. You need to make content, you know.”

It was Mirinae, an ‘aje’ streamer and acquaintance who had offered to help Minchochip create some content for editing on a rare day off.

He was grumbling, but he was also sneakily watching Minchochip’s reactions. It seemed clear that he was hoping Minchochip, a former ranker, would carry him on his smurf account rather than actually helping him make content.

“Just wait a bit. I think I’ll figure it out if I watch a little more.”

That’s why Minchochip could be even more forceful.

“What are you talking about? I already know. It’s just a hack.”

“There are no hacks in virtual reality. You could fry your brain.”

At that, Mirinae scratched the back of his head and replied.

“Well, you know. There are things like helpers. Or maybe he attached something external. He’s going to get banned soon anyway, so stop worrying about it. It’s not like a ranker can’t lose to a hacker, right?”

“What helper? What are you talking about…? And I’m not doing this because I’m pissed about losing.”

Minchochip sighed deeply. Besides, wasn’t the game that made helpers popular released when he was entering elementary school? Old men are hopeless. He could practically hear Mirinae’s dentures clattering.

Shaking his head, Minchochip muttered.

“I think I’m starting to get it. I can see the motion if I keep replaying it. I think he’s using cognitive acceleration and cramming all his skills in between.”

“Cognitive, what? What’s that?”

But Mirinae still didn’t seem to understand.

‘I told you to memorize the skills.’

Well, that’s probably why Mirinae is forever stuck in Silver.

“I told you to memorize all the skills if you want to reach Gold.”

“Hey, there are over 100 characters, how am I supposed to memorize all of that? When a person hits their 40s, their body changes to the point where they can’t even tell if they’ve had breakfast until they feel hungry. How am I supposed to memorize the skills of a troll character like that?”

At that, Mirinae shut his mouth.

Honestly. To some extent, it was a relatable story.

Minder is kind of… a hero for trolling.

But if you look at it objectively, there’s no hero as overpowered as Minder in terms of specs. How can this not be overpowered when it has both offense and defense, and even detection abilities?

It’s just that it can’t be used.

It’s simply unusable because it’s practically impossible to click on the skill coordinates while cognitive acceleration is active.

‘…How the hell did he do this?’

Honestly, he was curious. Just a YouTuber’s curiosity.

Minchochip, who had tried to become a Soul Frame pro but ended up becoming a mad movie creator who only did crazy things after hitting a wall of talent, was extremely curious about the identity of this extraordinary method of operation.

If he could figure out this method, he could make another video that would surprise viewers with unbelievable stunts!

‘Did he really attach some kind of auxiliary equipment?’

He had heard that some people sometimes used equipment and ended up as vegetables due to brain overload, but he had never heard of anyone solving cognitive acceleration with auxiliary equipment.

If someone could solve a problem like that, wouldn’t they get a job at Soul Frame instead of making and selling illegal equipment?

Just in case, he went to the broadcast that the opponent had typed in the chat as if he was T-bagging, but due to the nature of live streaming, the situation during cognitive acceleration was not revealed.

It was just a scene where the enemies suddenly exploded.

It’s natural that it wouldn’t be visible on the broadcast since the real-time and the time difference don’t match when cognitive acceleration is turned on…

‘…But, how did he type in the chat?’

Of course, the question that should have come before that was, why did he type in the chat instead of turning on the mic? But, in any case, Minchochip’s immediate task was clear.

[Friend Request]

Minchochip carefully sent a friend request.

The subscribe button… he hadn’t pressed it yet.

But, Minchochip thought.

For some reason, he felt like he would see this person again.

*

Soul Frame had a surprisingly strong aversion to Minder.

“Ugh! Minder! Troll!”

“Ah, please, please, please, why are you doing this?”

“Sigh. I’ll just dodge this, you inting bastard.”

It was simply difficult to proceed with the game if he picked Minder.

“Do you have no mother?”

[Yes.]

“I thought so, seeing you pick Minder.”

Crude insults and personal attacks were the norm.

There were plenty of people who would have a mental breakdown at the sight of Minder and threaten to throw the game as well.

So he told them to throw.

[I’m live streaming on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

[Please like and subscribe.]

Of course, Department Head Cha had said that he could get in trouble for saying things like that, so he phrased it a little indirectly.

“Ah, stop talking nonsense and focus on the game!”

“I’m going to throw. Good luck.”

“I’m going to go terrorize that broadcast, for real. For real.”

[I’m live streaming on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

[Please like and subscribe.]

[Southeast Park C is dangerous. Be careful and prepare for engagement. Or you can just take the creeps and get out quickly.]

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“Stop spamming and play the game!”

This is definitely not copy-paste.

All chats are typed by turning on cognitive acceleration and using the virtual keyboard. How could it be copy-paste?

Besides, I’m actually playing the game properly.

[They’re coming into C. Frontline fall back. We’re low on stamina, so have one of the Racers grab them and run.]

[I’m live streaming on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

I just put some ads in between orders.

There are so many ads these days, so can’t there be some ads during the game?

“Crazy bastard. Truly a crazy bastard.”

“But I think the orders are good…”

“Why are you giving orders in chat!”

[License is coming down from the left building. It looks like they’re trying to wipe us out with their ultimate after getting an environment buff, so gather near the fountain and push forward as soon as I give the signal.]

[I’m live streaming on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

And if I show a little skill like that.

“…What? How did we win?”

“Weren’t we behind in leveling?”

Their perception changes in an instant.

I shrugged my shoulders while wearing a bear costume.

[Minder is good.]

[I’m live streaming on Sno.1 Pachichik.]

[Please like and subscribe.]

“Wow, thanks for the carry.”

“But why that shitty character…”

“Ah, it’s fine if he carried us. Stop talking so much.”

“The guy who asked if he had no mother is talking a lot.”

“Triggered?”

Leaving behind the teammates who were bickering, I started a new queue. Friend requests were slowly piling up in my friend window, but I had no intention of accepting them.

‘Sigh, the number of viewers is still low.’

I glanced up and saw that the number of viewers was now 10.

Still, those 10 were users who had been consistently watching the broadcast. They weren’t users who came and went.

『Wow, carry with Minder;; How the hell did he do that?』

『More importantly, how the hell is he chattingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ』

『Is this pre-recorded? How can he chat during the game?』

『Idk? Maybe he prepared all the possible situations and is copy-pasting with a macro?』

They’re even chatting a bit. For a new streamer who just started their first broadcast, 10 viewers is quite a decent number. There was no need to be impatient.

‘Well, it’s only a matter of time before it increases anyway.’

I thought so and gave an answer in the chat.

Department Head Cha said that communication is important.

Turn on cognitive acceleration, and turn on the virtual keyboard.

Tap, tap, tap.

[If you lock in your pick from the beginning, you can use your abilities in the waiting room. And you can use telekinesis to press the virtual keyboard.]

At my answer, the chat room went wild.

『What does that even mean?』

『What the hell is cognitive acceleration, you nerd?』

『I think Minder has a passive ability that accelerates brain speed? I think time slows down when you use that?』

『??』

『So he’s saying he slowed down time and opened the virtual keyboard and is chatting with telekinesis?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ』

『This guy is crazyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ』

Good.

Seeing the good reaction, it seems that I’m doing well with the broadcast. In my memory, the better the chat room reaction, the better the broadcast was doing.

『Wow, but I’ve never seen anyone who can use Minder.』

『I thought this was for trolling in the first place.』

『Is it originally this strong? Isn’t it overpowered?』

『It’s overpowered in terms of specs. But the skill casting time is ridiculously long. So you have to turn on acceleration and use the skills, but no one can do that, so no one uses it. That’s why it’s a shitty character.』

└Chat containing severe profanity is a warning. Warning 1 time

『What the hell, this small stream even has a manager;;』

『For realㅋㅋ』

『No, but why is ‘has no mother’ filtered as profanity;; I wasn’t even talking to the streamer, you f***er.』

└Chat containing severe profanity is a warning. Warning 2 times

『Aww』

There seems to be some misunderstanding.

I kindly explained the reason.

[That’s because, I really don’t have one.]

『??』

『ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ』

『You messed up thereㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ』

『You did a Tallulah ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ』

『I acknowledgeㅋㅋ』

『Sorry;;』

『AhㅋㅋThen I acknowledge it.』

[Then I’ll continue with the next round.]

『Ok, ok.』

『Wow, but he’s really good.』

『The problem is, I don’t know what’s going on during accelerationㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ It just goes boom.』

『It’s kind of cool and makes him look like an overpowered protagonist.』

『But the streamer’s briefing is so clean that I think he’ll reach Diamond soon?』

I grinned at the comment in the chat.

‘Diamond.’

In Soul Frame, the Diamond tier is the highest rank.

A stage that only the top 3% of Soul Frame users worldwide can reach. Was the top rank the top 0.6%?

But, I can’t be satisfied with just that.

Above the Diamond tier.

‘Ranker’, ‘High Ranker’, and ‘The Hundred’.

No.

‘At the very least, I have to try to become the world’s number one.’

Something like this is pretty cool.

The title of an internet streamer who is better at the game than Soul Frame’s all-time number one pro player.

A streamer who is better than a pro, I can’t resist that.