Chapter 25 : The sniper’s opponent is a sniper

At first, I thought it was a coincidence.

The second time, I thought it was curious.

The third time? It was a bit strange, but even then, I didn’t think much of it.

“…….”

But what if the same situation repeated fourteen times?

Then the story changes a bit.

Kwonwang Girl, Ha Subin, let out a groan and secretly sent a message to her editor and cousin, Lee Kiyoung, without the viewers knowing. The reply came almost immediately.

[Editor Lee Kiyoung: I think it’s true?]

[Editor Lee Kiyoung: It seems like about ten other streamers who started around the same time as you are being targeted, besides you. There’s already talk about it elsewhere.]

Kwonwang Girl bit her lip slightly at the message.

Then her neck muscles twisted, her trapezius muscles rose, the bridge of her nose twitched slightly, and her eyebrows furrowed a little.

It was just a natural movement of muscles following the action, but Ha Subin’s body, which had become tremendously strong thanks to the exercise she started after being teased for having a girl’s name in her school days, made all those movements look as if anger was condensing.

[‘Kwonwang Anger Mode’]

[Wow, shit. I almost pissed myself]

[I already pissed myself;;; If I saw this face in real life, my legs would immediately give out and I’d crawl home;;]

[It’s understandable to be pissed off, really]

[Isn’t it sniping?]

[She said with her own mouth that she’s ?not]

[How is this not sniping ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

Then, as if checking the reaction of ‘Kwonwang Girl’ broadcast’s chat window, a team chat pops up.

[I’m not sniping. Really.]

[And please subscribe to Sno.1’s channel, too.]

‘What do you mean you’re not……!’

It’s sniping no matter how you look at it. She says she’s not with her own mouth, but she’s blatantly showing it. What nonsense is she talking about when she’s reading the chat window’s reaction in the first place?

Of course, Seongwon, that person, wasn’t sniping to troll or mess up the game. Rather, when she was on our team, there was no one more reliable.

‘I didn’t know Minder was such a scam…….’

Just now, she went in alone and took out two of the C-side dealers who had ambushed us and came out alive. What on earth did she do? Is Seongwon’s Minder a monster!

‘Monster……!’

A real walking grim reaper.

But! Even so!

It’s true that she’s interfering with the broadcast!

‘First of all, if we meet as enemies, she always targets me first!’

And then she comes and teabags in chat, telling people to subscribe to her channel!

And when my teammates come to save me, she sends that damn bear-head thumbs-up emoticon and kills them! She even wears a bear head!

It’s truly vicious, vicious.

No, what is she doing between fellow streamers? Doesn’t she think she could be targeted too?

‘Of course, it’s hard to imagine that person being targeted by anyone…….’

Sigh.

Ha Subin swallowed a groan and 고민ed.

‘What should I do now.’

Ha Subin quickly scanned the chat window first.

His eyes, trained through training and repetitive learning, were able to read the chat window with minimal movement of his pupils.

[But she’s definitely good]

[Joint stream?]

[Duo?]

[What duo ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Our Kwonwang-nim doesn’t associate with such low-level people ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[But will you win? Can you rank up?]

[No, but still, a duo with a sniper is a bit……]

[Well, she’s not an idiot who interferes with the game, anyway.]

After reading the viewers’ reactions by reading the chat window, Ha Subin soon realized what lines she should say.

Ha Subin closed her eyes for a moment, then opened them wide.

Soon, she put on the mask of ‘Kwonwang Girl,’ the streamer who is always serious and passionate.

“……The ways of the martial world have fallen to the ground. However, the martial world is originally a place that operates on the logic of power. In a world of the strong, those who wield power are justified in whatever they do.”

[What is she saying again, can someone translate]

[‘Martial Arts Gramps Descent’]

[‘I’m pissed off about the sniping, but she’s better than me, so I’ll let it slide’]

[ty]

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[TeacherYourConceptIsCrumbling]

[No, but this is trueㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋAhㅋㅋㅋㅋIn the martial world, you have to bow to those who are stronger than youㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[Even I would bow my head to a crazy person who rushes at me with their life on the line and immediately slams their ultimate as soon as they see me, I admit]

“……However, even in such a world, pursuing agreement is the way of humanity. I will not join hands with heretics.”

[But she’s not doing a duo]

[Yeah, that’s better]

[There’s no need to get involved]

[yeah]

[That’s too bad]

[It’s okay, she’ll keep getting sniped anyway so it’s practically a duo]

[If you meet as enemies, it’s just sniping? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

Seeing the last chat, Kwonwang Girl felt a cold sweat running down her spine even though she was in virtual reality.

‘……Please, let’s meet as allies in the next round.’

Honestly, I just want to apply for a duo.

But today, this damn concept is holding me back again.

*

The game was starting to get fun.

‘I guess it’s because my rating has gone up, everyone’s skills are getting better.’

Actually, isn’t it?

A game is only fun when the levels are somewhat matched. If a chess grandmaster plays chess with a newbie who just learned what a queen and a pawn are, would that be fun?

In that respect, the lower tiers were honestly terrible in retrospect. I mean, in the beginning, I was still adjusting, but after a few games, there was just no answer. In fact, from the fourth game onwards, I just abandoned all my allies and played.

But now it’s different!

[Farming Lysen creeps at the lakeside in front. It’s an environment buff, so there’s no need to stick together.]

“Confirmed. Let’s go left. Is there a possibility of C?”

[Wait a minute. No.]

“There’s an Overlord there, should we take it out?”

[We have to target the Overlord. Let’s go.]

“Let’s take the raid boss. There’s no one around right now.”

“Wait a minute, we’re lacking damage right now. I think I can do it if I farm a little more, are there any creeps or easy teams nearby?”

[There are those guys who were doing Homerun Ball in the north, they’ve been left behind. Let’s finish these guys off and grow.]

“Okay. But what’s that Homerun Ball?”

A team, teammates who can communicate exist!

I guess it’s because my rating is going up, even if I pick Minder, it ends with people just stiffening their faces. Rather, once we get in-game, the atmosphere changes immediately. It means that there are people who recognize my orders or control ability.

“Wow, Minder-nim is really good. Minder is good.”

“But doesn’t Minder have a skill coordinate problem when Cognitive Acceleration is on? How did you solve that?”

They even speak nicely! Of course, there are occasionally some crazy people with foul mouths, but even that is much better than below.

If I were to compare the ratios, 99% of the people below were coarse, while up here it’s about 30%. And even among those, about 20% were those who had been targeted by me in the previous round.

‘Well, that’s justifiable anger.’

I can understand. I can understand.

I muttered inwardly and glanced at the chat window. Then I see an atmosphere completely reversed from the beginning.

[Other than not being able to see how to use skills during Cognitive Acceleration, it’s a feast for the eyes lolololol]

[He’s definitely really good;;]

[He’d be good even if he used something other than Minder?]

[But why is he sniping other streamers?]

[Hey, what do you mean sniping? He said he didn’t]

[ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

[SnipingNot(ItIs)]

[No, I said I’m not sniping~~ It’s a coincidence~~]

[‘A person who suspiciously charges and slams their ultimate as soon as they meet a streaming streamer’]

[But he survives]

[He’s the top in terms of physical ability among Minders;;]

[?? He’s the only one who plays Minder, what are you talking about]

[Ahㅋㅋ The others aren’t humanㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]

Isn’t it amazing?

The atmosphere in the chat window has completely changed!

The messed up atmosphere from the beginning is nowhere to be seen, and now all that’s left are good viewers who praise me, compliment me, laugh, and enjoy the broadcast.

And even this, the live streaming managers haven’t really touched it much. It’s a picture created purely by CEO Cha’s planning alone.

‘He’s someone who’s had a big hit in the broadcasting industry, right? He knows what viewers want, how to generate issues, and how to divert attention.’

But why would a person with this kind of ability get involved in exposing the corruption of a former president? Hmm, I can’t understand. Was he involved in social activism?

‘……Or maybe he was trying to get into politics.’

Well, that’s none of my business. Whatever CEO Cha was trying to do, he’s TS Media’s CEO Cha now. Now that he’s in my hands, I’ll never let him go.

As always.

-Boom!

At that moment, I stopped Psychic Acceleration at the sound of an explosion from afar. My teammates who were running with me also heard the sound, stopped moving, and searched the surroundings.

[I’ll check with Psychic Wave.]

I turned on Cognitive Acceleration and spread Psychic Wave around.

Then I felt, roughly three teams?

[It seems like two teams were engaged and got C’ed. I’m not sure what the explosion was because the distance is ambiguous, but since they’re sticking together and rolling around, there’s definitely a bruiser sticking to them.]

My teammates made a wicked expression at my report.

“Hmm, then D?”

“Oh, D is good. Shall we go mess things up? If we go in and sweep everything up deliciously, that’s a real meal stealer.”

“The martial world is originally cold. I agree too.”

Originally, in this game, when a fight breaks out, it’s common sense to run over and flip everything over. Who told them to fight first?

[Everyone agrees, so let’s go and turn things over.]

So the happy-go-lucky train of chaos immediately departed.

We continued to search the surroundings to check for additional variables, and confirmed that there were none. There are only four teams here.

And three teams are engaged. Then?

[If we go in, we can wipe them all out.]

“Sounds good?”

“……Today, a bloodbath will open.”

A very deliciously prepared meal.

We immediately invaded the battlefield.

We hit the rear of team A, which was hesitating and looking for an angle to retreat, and then charged forward. We abandon the lagging A team tank. He can’t keep up with our speed anyway.

And as if turning a revolving door, we spin around and deal damage.

‘Psychic Explosion’

‘Psychic Explosion’

‘Psychic Explosion’

A Lysen who was playing cocky got obliterated because of sudden C and even D, and the others started individual battles after my team spread around.

Seeing the other team members finding their respective places, I turned on Cognitive Acceleration and tried to search for a squishy that I could assassinate with my ultimate.

Then.

‘……Hmm’

I feel a gaze, something targeting me.

I lower my head and see a strangely familiar face.

No, is it a face or a mask?

‘Ah, um.’

Come to think of it, I forgot that I could be targeted too.

‘It can’t be helped.’

To save stamina, I turned off Cognitive Acceleration.

Then I heard a voice filled with faint anger.

“Well, well. I’ve been looking for you for a long time, and we finally meet.”

[Um, did you perhaps snipe me?]

“Ha, there’s no way.”

The opponent grinds his teeth as he says that.

“I just happened to meet you, so I’m returning the favor.”

A current Soul Frame pro player in the first division.

APK’s NoSurrender came to snipe me.

And that too, with his main hero.