Chapter 27: There’s a Spy Among Us

That evening.

I turned on the computer in my room after returning to the dorm before the team dinner.

Of course, it’s not something I brought from home. That was taken over by my dad from the day it was decided that I would move into the dorm.

The 1st division players are each given their own streaming room, but the 2nd and 3rd division players are not, instead they are given a computer and a VR device in their room. A webcam was a bonus.

“Ah, ah. Mic test.”

It’s not the first time I’ve streamed from here, but I haven’t done it many times, so I tested the streaming settings one by one again.

[—You keep your promise]
[—You’re the world’s best mid laner for today]
[—Great]
[—True]
[—Roo]
[—Bliss]
[—Aren’t you tired?]

First of all, the microphone is fine.

“I’m going to turn on the webcam now, so please tell me if it’s strange.”

I turned on the webcam that was set up to show my face and the back wall, and adjusted it little by little based on what I saw on the screen.

[—Noona, I have a problem down below]
[—[This comment has been blocked]]
[—Wow]
[—Pull it in a little more?]
[—Please]
[—What’s with the pajamas lol]
[—So cute]
[—She’s really a middle schooler…]
[—By the way, even the pajamas are ST logo edition]
[—True ST maniac lololol]
[—Just be a ST pro…]
[—I think ST would have attached a partner streamer even if she was a streamer in Bronze.
[—lololol]

The video transmission seems to be fine, so I started to accept questions from the viewers in earnest.

I did the POM interview, but it’s different because there are things you can say and things you can’t say in an official setting.

[donated 10,000 won ]
Just the fact that the first question is related to the game shows that my viewers have improved.

“It’s just that, in the game, it seems like I have to speak informally for the orders to be intuitive.”

And traditionally, ST has a messy family tree.

There are one or two videos of how Fraud treated Coach Ahn Jaehoon, and the current ST members are similar.

So, informal speech is natural in our ST3 team, where there is a difference of two or three years at most.

“After the game, outside, I use honorifics to the older teammates. Like I do to you viewers.”

[—If you don’t want to use honorifics to guys who are worse at games than me, give me a like]
[—lololol]
[—I’m not True, but I think this is right]
[—The state of Ox, sigh, throwing a tantrum when True doesn’t control the in-game voice for a moment and does a 1-person deal exchange is legendary]
[—ST3 needs True…]

[donated 1,000 won ]
I suddenly remembered something when I saw that question.

“Before I answer this, there’s something I want to say first.”

As I said that, I displayed the list of currently connected viewers on the screen.

“There are exactly three thousand four hundred and twenty-five people right now, and there are spies among them.”

[—?????]
[—What all of a sudden]
[—Is it time to regularly disinfect the troublemakers?]
[—Get rid of the LOCK gallery guys]
[—lololol]
[—Is there a Milky Way fan or something if it’s a spy]
[—I’m a Milky Way fan, but I’ve been watching True since Silver, please don’t kick me out]
[—2222]
[—333333]
[—So what is it really]

“So, among these people, there are ST3 players.”

[—lololol]
[—You guys…cowards!]
[—Who is the stupid idiot who got caught by True?]
[—??? : My heart told me to, my heart!]
[—Where are there people who secretly watch other teammates’ broadcasts]
[—lololol]
[—You should at least play solo queue together with your teammates]
[—Um lol]
[—If you play solo queue, True’s true intentions will come out, so you can’t]
[—?? : Hey, you f*ckers]
[—lololol]
[—Our True is not that kind of person~]
[—But how are you going to find them?]

“I’m just saying this so that the viewers know and are careful when writing, right?”

My room rules are practically non-existent, but anyway, the careers of the ST3 players are at most one season, or they are rookies.

People like me who are hardened can easily pass over whatever they hear, but other teammates won’t.

They might get hurt by a single chat written by someone without knowing, so it was good to warn the viewers in advance.

[—(An article saying to praise the players)]
[—Praise Fluke, Ox, Strike, and Bell, who all won today~]
[—True’s broadcast is clean and without flame wars lol]
[—Normalization of broadcasting]
[—Great True]

“Anyway, to answer the question, I’ll give it to Fluke.”

[—Argh]
[—There’s school ties and regionalism here too…]
[—He did well…did he?]
[—I think it was okay]
[—The fact is that True barely gave orders to the top lane in the in-game voice video]
[—Ah lololol]
[—That’s true]
[—?? : If you can do 1 serving without saying anything? You’re good, You did well]
[—Coolness is True Emperor]

[donated 1,000 won. ]
[—Gasp]
[—Tremble tremble tremble tremble]
[—You really receive all the donations without filtering them]
[—What’s with the sudden increase in the number of viewers]
[—I…
[—Lock…]
[—I…
[—Lock…]
[—I…]”
[—lololol What are these guys who are already going off without even hearing the answer]

I mulled over the question in the chat that was running wild for a moment.

‘Come to think of it…’

Was the conversation I had with Fraud after the one-on-one match included in my induction commemorative video?

[—Explain]
[—It]

It seems like it wasn’t.

Well, since I’ve already said it, I have to fix it quickly.

“That’s because after the one-on-one lane match with Fraud last time, he said he would play another game with me if I win the Master League. So I said that.”

An array of words that pour out without a moment to breathe.

It couldn’t be more sincere.

[—Phew]
[—If you’re a True fan who has won again, give me a like]
[—Our True is a baby…]
[—The unicorn’s horn has grown back]
[—lololol]
[—No, looking at the video, the two of them were really good at controlling the distance in reality too]
[—As expected of mid GOATs]
[—?]
[—Ah]
[—I understood, to the LOCK gallery…]
[—lololol]
[—That’s not getting cut]
[—[This comment has been blocked]]
[—That’s true~]

It seems like the explanation went well, and I received a meaningful question, so it doesn’t seem bad for a broadcast that was opened as a guerrilla.

“I have a victory celebration dinner soon. I’ll do it until here.”

At my remarks, the speed at which the chat went up changed, but there was nothing the viewers could do if I turned it off.

“Why did you turn off the broadcast so early?”
“……”

As soon as I went down to the lobby where we were supposed to meet, our team’s AD Carry was firing.

Come to think of it, those guys were viewers too. Right.

The dinner didn’t go as I expected.

‘…We were minors.’

The wine pond  was omitted from the wine pond and meat forest .

“Why is only the coach drinking alcohol?”

When I looked at the coach with a sullen face, he gave me another zero cola with an absurd expression.

“Why, do you want to drink alcohol already, Eunseol?”
“What, have you already drunk alcohol?”
“……No.”

Actually, that’s right.

I drank a lot.

When I lost in the LOC World Cup for the first time after Fraud retired, or when I recreated that glory again.

The type of alcohol was different, but anyway, I drank and lived.

In the first place, the reason I can be like this now is because I hit my head on the keyboard while drinking alcohol.

‘…Hmm.’

Come to think of it, it might be okay to refrain a bit in this life.

I drank the zero cola and turned my chopsticks back to the meat.

“But were you serious when you said that Fluke was the best teammate on the broadcast earlier?”

Our team’s AD Carry’s suppressor and support, Min Jiseok—nickname Bell—asked me.

I thought he wasn’t the type to be interested in this kind of thing, but it was unexpected.

“I don’t lie.”
“Then who was the second best?”
“The support, of course.”
“…It feels like I’m asking for a compliment.”

When he made a somewhat reluctant expression, I turned on my phone on the spot, since it would take time for the next meat to cook anyway.

“Then shall we do feedback?”

Anyway, since the game is broadcast live for free, it’s easy to find the video because the full video is uploaded on the official Master League YouTube.

First, I found the part that came to mind first in the 1st set and showed it to him.

“Here, instead of just getting vision and going up, you cut off the jungle as soon as you saw it, and went in one more time to get vision deep, right?”

Thanks to this play, I was able to more easily identify the opponent’s jungle location and continue to put strong pressure on the mid lane and spread my influence throughout the lane.

“Wow, it’s been a long time since I heard the word jungle.”

While talking, Coach Ahn Jaehoon laughed and added.

“If you’re your age, you’ll all use the word hunter. Where did you hear that and use it well?”

In the days when games were played with keyboards and mice, they used words taken directly from other AOS games, but it became so popular as a game using VR devices that the company that developed the original game sued for copyright or something.

Fortunately, it was a word that was used so extensively in relation to lanes that it was passed over, but in the case of jungle, it was said that the unique copyright was recognized and it was forcibly renamed.

I was a little confused at first, but I got used to it after playing a few solo queues.

Of course, it’s inevitable that it sometimes pops out like this.

“I guess I learned it from the coach?”
“Did I say the word jungle?”
“Sometimes when giving feedback after scrims.”
“It’s really hard to change that because I’m old.”

At the coach’s excessive reaction, everyone laughed and clinked glasses.

“Now, shall we watch the part I mentioned earlier again?”
“……”

It was a good time for the first dinner.

—They were coming out of a meat restaurant after winning today’s game
I begged and got an autograph
(Photo)
└sigh So envious
└I want an autograph too…
└Is she prettier in person?
└YesYesYesYesYes
└I really want to go see it in person
└lololol
└Did she smell like alcohol?
└She’s a minor, would she drink lololol
└I think only the coach drank
└As expected, True Emperor is good at avoiding ganks

—True describes the game scene to her teammates and walks around here and there
(Video_link)
└lololol
└Why is she so serious about feedback
└Does this Noona drink?
└She’s a middle schooler
└That’s not the level that can come out from drinking
└So you’re saying she did that sober?
└Fact) True didn’t drink alcohol at this dinner
└This is true because fans who took pictures with them at the meat restaurant certified it
└Then that’s sober?
└Tremble Tremble Tremble
└It’s not easy
└You have to do that to become a pro…
└I, I think that’s a bit out of the standard…….
└I don’t know about anything else, but I’m watching the video for the 10th time
└lololol
└I’m on my 100th
└I don’t know LOCK, but I can’t take my eyes off it