Chapter 48: My brother is so bad at games.

As the saying goes, strike while the iron is hot, Jina headed straight to the hospital the morning after drinking with Hyoin.

If I put it off for a day or two, there’s a chance that I’ll put it off for a month or two, or even a year or two. You have to go right away when you make up your mind to do something like this.

Fortunately, there was a large university hospital near my studio apartment, next to my alma mater, so I went straight there.

“It’s convenient because it’s close.”

This is the power of living near a doctor.

It’s very satisfying to be able to go to the university hospital wearing a tracksuit and parka, with only one eco bag, as if I were going to a neighborhood clinic.

The place Jina headed to was not endocrinology or obstetrics and gynecology, but psychiatry.

Of course, I could have checked my body first.

But before that, I thought that it was more important to prove that I was sane first.

Whether this is a disease or whether I have become strange.

I had to clearly define that boundary.

When I opened the door and entered, a female professor with a calm impression greeted Jina.

The professor put down a tablet full of data on one side and raised her head to ask, “Hello, are you Ms. Na Jinha?”

As soon as Jina sat down, she took a short deep breath and suddenly threw out a word.

“Professor, actually… I was originally a man.”

Jina didn’t miss the very brief distortion of the professor’s facial muscles.

I guarantee that the professor is now convinced in her head that Jina is the kind of person who would come to the psychiatric department for treatment.

And she’s thinking that she’s not just a patient, but a seriously ill patient.

If she wasn’t a psychiatry professor, she might have said, “Are you crazy?”

The female professor paused for a moment in silence to choose her words, then asked carefully.

“First of all… I smell a bit of alcohol now. Jina-ssi, did you drink a lot yesterday?”

“I didn’t drink a lot.”

“If you didn’t drink a lot, how much would it be?”

“I drank about a bottle of soju, three 500cc glasses of beer… and half a bottle of wine.”

Looking at it this way, I didn’t drink that much considering I drank it with Hyoin.

My alcohol consumption has decreased a lot. I definitely start to think about my liver health when I’m in my 30s.

“That’s… in the category of drinking too much.”

Of course, the professor in front of me didn’t seem to agree with the fact that Jina was abstaining.

“It’s okay. I didn’t have a hangover when I woke up. More than that, I want to talk more about the fact that I was originally a man.”

Jina shrugged her shoulders and then moved on to the main point.

“I’m not good at speaking articulately, so I brought a few documents instead.”

Jina put her ID card and documents on the table.

Starting with a resident registration card and license.

I brought everything plausible, such as old albums, degrees, and photos taken during graduate school.

“This is…”

The professor’s eyes sparkled as she checked the contents.

The female professor asked a few questions with a professional attitude, and Jina answered earnestly without hesitation.

As the conversation continued, the professor’s gaze towards Jina changed.

From a severely alcoholic patient.

To a super rare case experimental specimen that I definitely want to study once.

The female professor called the reception desk in the middle of the story and asked them to send the patients on standby in her name to other professors.

That’s how interesting Jina’s story was.

What? A TS protagonist that you can only see in novels or dramas appeared in front of me as a patient?

I can’t stand this.

As the clock hands turned for a long time.

The professor put down the tablet pen and let out a happy sigh, then began to speak.

“So… Jina-ssi was originally a man, but her body changed to a woman for an unknown reason overnight.”

“Do you believe me?”

“Honestly, I still can’t believe it, but… I can’t help but believe it after listening to Jina-ssi’s words and looking at the documents submitted.”

The professor nodded her head as if she was interested and continued to speak.

“So Jina-ssi, what do you want to do in the future?”

“First of all… I want to know why my body became like this.”

Anyway, an unknown problem has occurred in my body.

There’s nothing as scary as a disease with an unknown cause.

“That’s definitely an important issue. As for that, I’m a psychiatrist, so it’s difficult for me to help you.”

Instead, I will contact an internal medicine professor that I know well, and Jina carefully said that it would be good to go and get hormone tests and various necessary tests.

“That… if possible, I hope that there are few people who know about my problem.”

“Oh, of course. I’ll make sure to tell you so that no one other than the professor in charge of Jina-nim knows.”

Jina bowed her head, grateful at the professor’s words that it was the basic duty of a psychiatrist to protect the patient’s secrets.

“More than that, let’s talk about something different here.”

“What kind of different story are you talking about?”

“The question I wanted to ask Jina-ssi is about how Jina-ssi, who was a man and became a woman, wants to live in the future.”

Whether you will do your best to find a way to return to being a man.

Whether you will give up and live as a woman.

Or… whether you are happy to be a woman.

At the female professor’s specific questions, Jina scratched her head.

It was a question that I had never properly faced.

“I don’t know well,” Jina started, then continued speaking with a drowsy expression.

“I was a bit embarrassed at first… but actually, I don’t really care these days. I don’t really care whether I’m a man or a woman…”

The female professor asked again with a slightly puzzled expression.

“After all, people have to live in contact with other people, so wouldn’t your ambiguous gender identity be uncomfortable in your future social life?”

“I don’t know about later, but it’s okay for now. To be honest, I’m so busy just living each day doing what I like…”

The professor burst into laughter at the words that she didn’t have time to worry about things that haven’t happened yet.

Jina, reflected in her eyes, was a mentally healthy person enough that she didn’t seem to have any reason to receive counseling in this place.

“If you don’t mind, can I ask what you’re doing?”

“I’m a freelancer. To be exact, I make 3D avatars.”

The professor smiled brightly, saying that she was doing interesting work.

“Then what Jina-ssi needs most now is… not having annoying things happen due to gender issues.”

“Well… that’s how it will be.”

“First of all… since you’re ‘a woman’ now, it would be more convenient to be a woman administratively, right? Do you feel any discomfort as ‘a man’?”

When Jina shook her head as if she didn’t care, the professor quickly typed on the keyboard and continued to speak.

“I’ll write you a doctor’s note. If you take good care of the other additional documents and submit them to the family court, you can change your gender in about 3 months.”

“Thank you for your concern.”

The professor smiled and wrote a few short lines on a memo, then raised her head again.

“I don’t think there are any other mental problems, so you can go now. Pick up the doctor’s note at the reception desk, and be sure to get internal medicine treatment later.”

Saying that, the professor handed Jina her business card.

“If possible, I hope you come to me for counseling regularly. Before being a medical professional, as a professor, I want to continue to observe a special case like Jina-ssi.”

Jina sweated involuntarily at the words that she wanted to lock her up somewhere and study her if she could.

The joke didn’t sound like a joke.

The thought that she might really do it came to my mind, and Jina folded the business card she had in her pocket in half.

A certain day in January when Jina was getting a thorough examination at the endocrinology department.

Winter was broadcasting in a state of mind that was somehow restless.

This is the so-called seaweed state.

[Jina Mama: It’s just a health checkup, why are you coming to visit me in the hospital?]

[But you’re being hospitalized… I’m worried… (crying emoticon)]

[Jina Mama: It’s just a day or two of hospitalization.]

[You also collapsed last time! (SD Daon is furiously angry emoticon)]

[Jina Mama: That’s not collapsing, it’s more like deep sleep… Anyway, I’m not feeling bad.]

[Jina Mama: Winter-nim, do your best on the broadcast. I’ll be watching from the hospital room.]

I didn’t feel good about not being able to visit Jina in the hospital.

“Spring-ah, did you hear footsteps on the right just now? Can you attract attention from your side once?”

“Uh, uh? What did Winter unnie say? Sh, shall I shoot first?!”

“…Just stay next to me.”

I also didn’t like doing Battle Survival duo with Spring.

At first, I thought it was a normal teaching content.

…But our sister is so bad at games.

There were more than one or two times that I was about to scream without realizing it because I was so frustrated.

In that respect, Winter herself ended up practicing holding back swearing. Anyway, isn’t that Lucky Bucky?

-Springkkkk A sigh is really.

-Uh-oh… Winter nuna’s forehead is wrinkling…

-Wow, you’re holding it in? If it was me, I would have coolly another once

At that time, a jeep was approaching quickly, making a loud engine sound.

It’s because Spring shot a gun into the air and exposed our position.

“Kyaak! Winter unnieee!! A car is coming, a caaaaar!!”

The chat window was covered with laughing emoticons at the sight of Spring’s character running around like a fawn.

Winter quietly aimed her gun, ignoring Spring’s sound terror and the viewers’ chat terror.

Tang, tang, taang-!!

The short burst of gunfire broke through the window, pierced the bulletproof helmet, and pop the head properly.

As Winter quickly suppressed the enemy duo and posted the kill log, the chat window was filled with question marks.

-Wow… What was that shot just now?

-Neat 

-Winter is properly feeding Spring Tree kkk

[Winterssaemeeunmilhanagwaoe donated 10,000 won]

[I thought her control was unusual even when she was playing single-player games, but she’s really showing off her skills since she came to competitive games]

[Gajimuchimjuseyo donated 1,000 won]

[I wonder what this woman would be like in ‘the Rift’?]

“Wow… Winter unnie, I’ve heard a lot about it, but you’re really good at games.”

“It’s because you’re unable.”

“Eh, eeee?”

“Ahem! No. It’s because you’re too flustered. Don’t try to see the enemy, try to listen. Got it?”

“Yes, unnie!”

-Winter kkkk You just showed your true colors? kkkk

-Judge, I didn’t hear anything…

As time passed, the game was already in the second half.

There are 6 survivors.

Only two teams, including Spring and Winter’s team, have all 2 people alive, and the remaining two belong to different teams.

Fortunately, the magnetic field of this map is shrinking around Spring and Winter.

We have a chicken dinner.

-Winter is really frying chicken and feeding her sister properly kkk

-‘Chicken Restaurant’s First Daughter’

Winter, who was glancing at the chat window, frowned at the sharp sound that rang from the left side of her headset.

“I heard a gunshot.”

“Gu, gunshot?! Where? Where is it?!”

“I think our position has been exposed? Spring-ah, throw a grenade to the left once.”

I didn’t really expect Spring to do anything.

I thought it would be fortunate if she only attracted attention with the sound of the grenade exploding. If she takes away even a little of the enemy’s blood, that’s really good luck.

…But.

“Winter unnie, I’m going to throw it!”

“Wa, wait! If you throw it in that direction…”

I really didn’t expect the grenade to bounce off the wall and come back.

“Mommy…!”

With the sound of Pung-, Spring and Winter’s screens turned black.

Then the result window popped up.

#4/50

It’s okay. There are days like this, what.

-Eokkkkkkk Grenade Jakkkbombkkkkkk

-Not only did you kick the table with all the food set, but you also blew it upkkkk

-FPS genius SpringSpring! FPS genius SpringSpring!

[Ssaessakbangbeomdae donated 50,000 won]

[Spring of Seoul (Bomb)]

It had been a while since jeering chats and donations had been posted.

“Yaaaa!!! Spring, youuu!!!”

In the end, Winter exploded properly, hitting the keyboard.

At the same time, Winter’s avatar clothes turned bright red, and an effect of flames burning behind her back burst.

Naturally, this is also Jina’s work. She made it so that special gimmicks occur when Winter hits the keyboard.

“No, bleep — How bleep- bleep- bleeep.”

All sorts of creative swear words that made me wonder if it was okay to send this on the broadcast were pouring out of Winter’s mouth.

It’s fortunate that this was Battle Survival, not the League of Legends.

Winter almost ended up doing a penalty content less than a month after doing the New Year’s collab.

Of course… I didn’t think she wouldn’t swear even if she was playing solo rank in the Rift.

“Heuaaaang-!! Winter unnie, I’m sorry!!”

And Spring also… With these skills, it seems difficult to avoid the penalty content.

I vaguely saw a future where the two were doing a public game streaming marathon.