Chapter 39
Treat me like a friend of twenty years.
Show the raw flavor of a personal stream.
It was all requested by Mr. Kangseok, and I followed along exactly.
“Did you get your ultimate?”
“Y-yeah….”
“Then what are you doing? Why aren't you jumping over here?”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㄹㅇ If you got your ult, you gotta come over
-Can these two handle this??
-Isn't there a bit of an age gap between them…?
There was an age gap, of course.
About ten years, if I recall.
But what could I do? He'd told me to treat him like a friend of twenty years.
“Ah, ah!”
“Hey, what are you doing! You said you'd come gank!”
“Ah, so that's how it works.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This bastard
-Wow, the game's screwed
More importantly, I'd gone and called for a gank.
But the enemy jungler came to gank too, so we both died.
“Is their jungler a pro or something…? He's sharp.”
“You bastard.”
-ㄹㅇ This bastard
-Mr. Kangseok's face is cracking
-He's really hopelessㅋㅋ
“Wait, old man. I'll handle everything.”
“Old man…?”
“Then what should I call you?”
Mr. Kangseok seemed a little shocked by the word “old man” as he replied.
Huh? Wasn't he an old man once he'd finished his military reserve duty?
“I suppose I am an old man….”
-When was he mixing banmal in like they were friends..?
-Calling him old manㅋㅋㅋ
-Then are you an old woman too??
“I'm a teacher.”
Still, I wasn't an old woman.
Hmm, since we'd been friends for twenty years, let's say we'd been friends since I was four.
“...So what are you going to do? Top's screwed.”
“Technically, it was jungle that got screwed.”
For reference, the enemy jungler had gotten both kills.
As for me, I hadn't lost much since the lane was in pretty good shape.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㄹㅇ
-Jungle's what got screwed
-Who told you to keep forcing ganks??
-Should've taken the scuttle crabㅉㅉ
“This fucking bastard is just going to camp bot.”
“Huh?”
That was a problem.
“Come back, Teacher.”
“When did we meet for you to call me Teacher? Get lost.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-The duo got destroyed after two gamesㅋㅋㅋ
-This is what abandoning top looks like bb
-ㄹㅇ Gotta play around bot
After I'd teased him a few times, Mr. Kangseok seemed to sulk and really did nothing but go bot.
For fuck's sake… Is he going through menopause?
Since I had some tact, I didn't actually say that and just pinged.
[If You Ping, I Lock Top : (Disconnected)]
[If You Ping, I Lock Top : (Disconnected)]
[If You Ping, I Lock Top : (Disconnected)]
[Steel Heart Stone Fist : Ping blocked]
[If You Ping, I Lock Top : **erㅋㅋ]
-They're fighting in chat nowㅋㅋ
-What are these bastards doing?
“Ah, we're getting dived. I'm going to die, die!”
“Let's go into their jungle~”
“For fuck's sake.”
In the end, the top matchup fell apart.
After the incident early on, the enemy jungler had grown monstrously strong and intervened.
It was no longer easy even to safely collect minions in lane.
So I had no choice.
I turned the champion heading top around and entered our jungle.
“Hey, hey, what are you doing!”
“Since the jungler isn't coming top, I'm going in.”
-What are these bastards doing??
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Wow, this is legendary
-Just play separately, both of you
What else could I do?
Rather than letting a low-tier player take jungle camps, a carry top like me should take them.
“Go ahead and touch the wolves too.”
“Boop.”
“You bastard.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
And more than anything.
You keep refusing even to look toward top, and our jungle monsters are going to waste.
Who told you to abandon them, then?
Fortunately, my champion was good at clearing jungle, so I swept through it all periodically.
“I'll just write off the top side of the map, guys. That one's hopeless.”
“I'll take Teleport off.”
-No, why are they fightingㅋㅋ
-Are these two actually close??
-They'll never see each other again after todayㅋㅋㅋㅋ
By this point, it was a battle of pride.
Top refused to group up.
And the game continued with the jungler not even looking toward top.
[Victory]
We won the game.
-...?
-How did they win?
“I told you we'd win.”
…Why did we win?
Ah.
[Western Gunslinger : If you queue us with these ** bastards again, I'll uninstall Rell, you ** matchmaking-rigging ***-ass game]
[Princess of the East : ㄹㅇㅋㅋ]
Since we were so bad, the game must have matched us with people who were good.
Long live rigged matchmaking, fuuuck.
**
Anyway, all things considered.
Mr. Kangseok and I actually worked pretty well together.
“Ha~ Why are kids these days so bad?”
“Tsk, exactly. They have no passion, either.”
-Aren't you one of today's kids too?
-<<How old is this guy, anyway?
-Why do these two work so well together??
“No one has any grit, any grit. They just keep starting surrender votes.”
“This is why Rell men are a problem. A real problem.”
“Aren't you a Rell man?”
“I'm a Rell girl.”
-ㄹㅇ She really is a Rell girl..
-This bastard should've been born a man
Mr. Kangseok had clearly been flustered at first.
But now, true to his status as a professional broadcaster, he'd adapted.
“But I think abandoning top is the right play. It pays off even without investment.”
“You should invest in such an excellent top laner.”
“But you spit it back out, you fucking bastard.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㄹㅇ You spit it right back out
-This bastard's meant to be abandonedㅇㅇ
-He only plays well when abandoned..
“Either way, we won, right? We're all trying things based on the expected return.”
Anyway, we'd won quite a lot today.
I didn't know why.
Why were we winning when I kept abandoning top? Was I getting matched with good teammates, after all?
-<<If you don't invest in him, he's ㄹㅇ the best top laner
-Mr. Kangseok's kind of smartㅋㅋ
-Just playing around bot is the right call
-He didn't climb tiers for nothing
“Can't you all be quiet?”
Anyway, I was satisfied with all the wins.
I hadn't expected it, but my score had climbed a lot.
“Let's stop here and do this again sometime.”
“Yeah, you bastard. Let's die in duo ranked next time.”
“Mr. Wayo, I'm done.”
“Oh, are you? Good work, Mr. Kangseok.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Hey, the buddy-time is over
More importantly, we'd won quite a lot today.
So we gradually wrapped up the collab.
We should part cleanly after a win.
Click.
-?? Is it over?
-What? Did he hang up right away?
Rell was over, and since we ended the collab immediately, the viewers were caught off guard.
“There's nothing else to talk about.”
We'd had plenty of time to shoot the breeze while waiting for matchmaking.
And in the first place, it was cleaner to play the game and end the collab there.
-So how was the collab??
-Was that guy good?
“Old man Kangseok? He was pretty good.”
As I said that, I launched LEx.
I'd played enough Rell, so it was time for LEx.
-??
-Why are you launching LEx?
Well, I had to do what I had to do.
Didn't I have LEx quests to complete?
“If he keeps jungling, he could probably reach Emerald.”
More importantly, Mr. Kangseok had been surprisingly good.
Honestly, I'd come prepared to have my points drained, but maybe his tier hadn't shot straight up for no reason.
Well, he had really held this Wayo back today, though.
-??
-?
-Who held you back??
“Are you all deaf…?”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋ
-So are you going to collab again?
“Again? Well, if the opportunity comes up.”
Still, we had gotten along and had fun talking.
It even reminded me a little of when I'd collabed with Haegan and Yeonguk.
Back then, the three of us had played ranked flex together a lot.
‘This girl's got a strong ego, tsk.’
‘What are you calling me, you Silver scrub?’
‘Stop fighting, you fucking weaklings.’
…They were fond memories now.
Well, the foulmouthed ones who'd been driven by spite back then had moved into the light and found salvation.
Wasn't that good for everyone?
Anyway.
“All right, let's go raid.”
Now that they'd gone into the light, I had to remain here, if only for their sake.
-ㅆㅂ
-Do we have to watch this again???
-Please go back to the Rift, Teacher
“I'll turn on donation videos.”
-Kyaㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Get ready, you bastardㅋㅋㅋ
-Let's watch a senior's videoㅋㅋ
Lying perfectly flat in my camping spot,
I watched the videos sent by the demons of the abyss.
**
Kangseok was a streamer who had been broadcasting for nearly ten years since leaving the military.
“That was intense.”
Now also a major broadcaster whom few people on Jijijik didn't know, he sighed after the collab ended.
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋ
-Why is that guy so good at broadcasting??
-That's considered a small streamer??
“Well, he isn't exactly a small streamer… but I was still a little flustered.”
How old was Teacher Waryong?
I hadn't heard, but judging by the fact that Haebin and Seong Hayeon were his friends, he could be no older than his late twenties. Well, that was something.
-He started cursing right awayㅋㅋ
-He was refreshingly direct
Naturally, it had been good for the broadcast.
The appeal of a collab was the back-and-forth, after all.
Even younger friends you're close to start by cursing at you when you collab, don't they?
'You bastard, if you play a farming jungler again, you're dead.'
…Of course, I was flustered since he'd done it during our very first collab.
He'd been so polite in the first game, too.
Once you gave him a stage, he was top-tier at taking off his mask.
“Still, he was pretty entertaining.”
-Let's invite him again next time
-ㄹㅇ
-Does he not play in tournaments?
“A tournament? Ah, right. I forgot to ask him.”
Come to think of it.
I'd meant to casually bring up tournaments during the collab, but I'd forgotten.
-How do you forget thatㅋㅋㅋ
-I was wondering why you didn't ask
-Think he'd do well in a tournament?
“Hmm, you think so?”
Was he the type to do well in tournaments? I wasn't sure about that….
The sight of him devouring my jungle during the collab flashed through my mind.
…Surely he wouldn't do that if he entered a tournament, right?
-People like that are often good at tournamentsㅋㅋ
-You can tell he has a feel for broadcasting
-He'd probably do well if invited?
Right, he must have done all that for the broadcast.
“But won't he contact me later about this?”
-ㄹㅇㅋㅋㅋ
-He'll definitely come apologizeㅋㅋㅋ
More importantly, in my years of broadcasting experience, guys like that always contacted you afterward.
Something like, “Sorry, senior,”
or, “I hope you weren't offended?ㅠ”
Since it was a broadcast, he'd gone for it first.
But I was older than him, and also his senior in broadcasting, so he was probably worried.
“I should tease him a little when he does.”
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Go easy on himㅋㅋ
If Teacher Waryong contacted me too, I planned to tell him it was fine.
That it was all just part of broadcasting, and offer a word of encouragement before telling the story on stream….
[Me : Let's collab again sometime]
[Wayo : Sure! I had fun]
“Hmm.”
Even after a day had passed.
“Hmm….”
Even after two days, then three.
“Hmmm…?”
In the end, he never contacted me.