Chapter 43: The Dignity of a Winner

Same time.

“No, Fraud…nim! Just die!”

The team fight had already ended with Fluke’s side’s overwhelming victory, but Fraud used the champion’s skill set, which is good at hit-and-run, to continue to interfere with the return.

—Whoa
—Wow
—Fluke/Controversy
—He’s cursing at a senior to die lol
—lolololol
—Actually, it’s a compliment
—True lol
—Hehe, can’t go
—True has already pushed the 2nd tower
—It’s Fiora, so even the twin towers will be quick

At that moment, Filodog’s ping was marked/selected.

“…Should we push too? Sigh. It’s a bit…”

As a top laner, Fluke knew well the tower demolition speed of a well-grown Fiora.

[Filidog is targeting the Nexus]
[Filidog is targeting the Nexus]
[Filidog is targeting the Nexus]

But the pings of a pro kept being marked, and it was the words of him who had defeated Fraud at the highest place even once, so he had no choice but to start a tower demolition game.

And lost.

“No, I told you it wouldn’t work!”

When he was pushing one twin tower, Fiora was hitting the Nexus. It was a fight that couldn’t be won in terms of tower demolition from the beginning.

—Fraud>Filidog, you f*cker
—lolololol
—Judgment JOAT
—Just become a jungler later…
—What laner lol
—Fluke is innocent

“Haa……”

There’s nothing worse than losing a game that was hard to win, but losing a game that you had in hand by being backdoored by the opponent’s laner who won from the laning phase.

Of course, as usual, most viewers prioritized the result over the laning phase.

—They lose this
—lolololol
—A pro top loses to a guy who isn’t even his main position?
—Ahem, it’s a girl~
—True lol
—?? : What’s the point of winning the laning phase and getting kills? I won this game
—A wise saying that penetrates Lock…

“No, but aside from blocking the support’s return, I was recalling in the bush to go home, how did Fraud know this.”

So, in the replay I checked, True’s ping was accurately marked on the bush where Fluke was recalling while demolishing the tower.

Since there was no vision itself, there was only one conclusion.

“No, this is a power leak!”

—Who cares
—?? : It’s all about winning~
—True-nim’s big picture of improving Fluke’s skills and getting rid of his habits.
—You have talent, but work harder
—lolololol
—But can’t other teams use this if it’s really good?
—Honestly, everyone knows that much
—Do you think the coaches are fools?
—lololol

So, while exchanging words with the viewers and chewing on the defeat.

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“Suddenly?”

Before he could finish speaking, he heard someone knocking on the door of the dormitory.

“No, there’s no one who should come at this time.”

Instinctively, Fluke got up from his seat with the cliche of turning off Lock and going out, unfortunately, he didn’t see the chat window.

—lolololol
—Did True come?
—So funny
—He should have turned off the VR device’s ambient sound recognition function, but he didn’t…
—Actually, it would have been perfect if he didn’t open the door
—True lol
—As expected of top-tier
—He gets ganked even when he’s told
—But is it okay for a girl to barge into a guy’s room?
—It’s okay in Korea
—But the opposite is not
—lolololol
—The opposite, you f*cker
—The unicorns’ horns will break, you guys

“I’m going out, so stop knocking.”

Saying that, he opened the door, and True was in front of him.

“……Uh.”

When playing games or scrims, she always wore a uniform, so I didn’t know well, but seeing her like this in comfortable clothes, the impact was greater.

Of course, that thought didn’t last long.

“Noob.”
“…What?”
“A top laner picks a counter in the last pick and loses the top difference to an opponent who isn’t even his original lane?”

Fluke realized.

At least until the end of this season, maybe for a lifetime.

It was confirmed that he would be a laughingstock.

As soon as the door opened, I said only the facts, and Fluke was annihilated.

“From now on, this is True’s villa.”

I took over Fluke’s broadcast, leaving him half-collapsed and lying on the bed.

The VR device was a bit big, but since it was a ready-made product, I could use it all with a little adjustment.

“Okay, are there any of Fluke’s viewers who don’t want to see me?”

—None
—Who would
—I’m a girl, but I prefer True to Fluke
—lolololol
—Fact) Fluke’s viewers are half male and half female
—But True is very popular in female-dominated communities
—??? : Break the glass ceiling! She shines alone among the men, she’s so cool, Unnie
—Ugh
—Are you a current worker?
—Actually, whether she’s good at Lock or not, the reason why she doesn’t get much reaction from that side is because she either treats men like friends or is a wall + there are a lot of sexual harassment lawsuits, these two reasons
—And last time, when her search history was accidentally revealed, there were no female-dominated sites, only Lock gallery search history, so she’s immune
—lolololol
—Never touch the small True…
—But where did Fluke go?

“He was so happy to hear me call him a noob at the door that he collapsed on the bed, right?”

I wonder if they’ll believe me if I say it’s part of training to strengthen his mentality.

—Reward lol
—Mom, I want to enter the ST Academy too!
—I’ve never been envious of pro gamers until today, but today I’m envious for the first time
—This guy Fluke receives both a salary and scolding
—So unfair
—Just wait
—Fluke, you just take the top dive
—lolololol

I laughed while looking at the reactions in the chat window.

Certainly, these viewers seemed to have seen Fluke a bit, so their way of hitting him was exceptional.

Or maybe the viewers from my side, who hit anything, came over.

“Get out of the way, really.”
“But the number of viewers increased. Have a drink.”

As expected of a pro gamer’s room, there were more than one or two VR devices, and the guy logged into Lock using another device as soon as he got over the shock of my remarks.

“But what’s with your decorating sense?”

Each friend invitation or the unique lobby that you can use alone can be decorated individually.

It’s like decorating a house or shop in a tycoon game.

But Fluke’s room was all red.

It’s not that it’s plastered like the ST’s unique color, it’s just that it’s rough like a hunter’s room.

In a word, it’s a top-like lobby.

“Didn’t you have a room like this before?”

Certainly, when I first played Lock together at the PC room, it was a basic room.

Did his personality as well as his aesthetic sense become rough after playing top?

“Is it as bad as your lobby?”
“What about me?”
“It’s not just full of ST-related furniture, it’s packed so tightly that it sometimes causes errors.”
“That’s because the vessel called Lock is too small to contain ST.”
“……”

I’m confident.

—A true ST fanatic
—Suddenly, Fraud, who only uses the basic room, is amazing
—He was forcibly given a display case by the game company to decorate and live
—lololol
—The display case behind the basic room is so magnificent
—6 LOC World Cups lined up is just violent
—Saying someone only has one or none is a bad word
—Our True and Fluke’s trophies…

One of the basic furniture given to each pro.

Trophy display case.

In the past life, it was a cool object that only players with affluence in real life put one in their house and displayed trophies, but now, the game company has taken the lead and put one in each pro’s waiting room so that it can be seen more violently and intuitively.

For reference, this display case is literally a display case where you can’t put electronic figures—real electronic figures—or other goods.

Especially, the fact that this trophy display case is automatically deleted if you retire without any championships is a cruel system.

On the other hand, if there are many things to put in, one or two more will be added next to it.

So, there’s a joke that they take away the trophy display case of a player who hasn’t won and give it to another player.

“Hmm…why is yours so empty?”

—Why is it empty lol
—lolololol
—Isn’t your display case also empty?
—True lol
—True-nim who always swears first
—Accept it because you lost, Fluke

At my question, Fluke glared at me with a look that asked what I was talking about.

“You don’t have one either.”
“I have a lot.”

To be precise, I used to have a lot.

I don’t have it now, but in my heart, the size of my display case is infinitely large.

“…It’s our first season in the Master League, what championship are you talking about?”
“Do you think you can’t win?”

At my words, Fluke sighed.

“Because you pinged my return location to people earlier, the probability of winning has probably decreased by about three percent.”
“Hey, top is not that much, let’s agree on one percent.”

And actually, it’s not like I just pinged it for no reason.

From Coach Ahn Jaehoon to the coaches, they not only analyze the opposing team but also analyze our team members.

And as much as that, the uniformity of this return location, where the problem is clear, is a part that Fluke is also pointed out, so I just told him to fix it once more.

‘He’ll know well if he falls in the finals.’

I’m sure he can correct his habit at once if he loses by getting solo killed because he caught the return location wrong in the last set.

Of course, it’s difficult this time because we’re on the same team.

“From this year, we have to fill up the empty trophy display case one by one. Right?”

The Master League doesn’t have other cup competitions or international competitions, but from the Grand League—2nd division—it’s quite similar to LOCK.

So, let’s neatly win the championship cup this year, and win more next season.

“A player who has won trophies in all possible competitions. It’s cool, isn’t it?”

It’s not as good as the huge LOC trophy in Fraud’s waiting room, but at least it’s better to have it than not.

“I wish I could put a LOCK trophy.”
“Why is a man’s dream so small?”
“What’s with the gender discrimination?”
“I told you. I’ll let you win the LOC World Cup.”
“It’s not letting me win, it’s doing it together.”
“Then work harder.”

There should be one big one in the trophy display case.

“Then get out so I can play solo queue.”

So I was kicked out of the room.

The treatment is very harsh.