Ch.170165 – The Fisherman Who Catches Rumors

# [I saw someone who looked exactly like NoName at the hospital last week][48]

I know everyone hates these awkward posts, but this is the only community I have, so please understand.

I’m hospitalized with leukemia. Not here to complain, just providing quick proof.

(Blood test results showing Hb, RBC Count, Platelet Count.jpg)

Being hospitalized long-term means I have nothing to do, so watching streams all day is my only joy in life.

Anyway, I was heading for a detailed blood test when I saw a small kid, maybe 6 or 7 years old, sitting alone in the examination room.

Honestly, everyone getting tests here has something wrong with their body, so I just thought “poor kid” and moved on.

When the kid stood up for their turn and briefly looked at me, holy shit! They looked EXACTLY like NoName, I swear!

Since I watch NoName’s streams for 10 hours daily, I thought I was finally going crazy, but the more I think about it, I’m sure it was NoName.

Oh, and I just remembered the nurses kept passing by and saying how cute the kid was, while they wouldn’t even look at me…

[Comments]

-NoName is 14, what are you talking about?

-Didn’t she say she’s in 2nd grade?

└ Yeah, she’s probably in 8th grade?

-Maybe it’s her sibling?

-Whoa, two NoNames? Is this heaven?

-That last line is the real point lol

-Was she pretty?

└ Yikes, pedo

└ (OP): You idiot, the kid was like 1st grade! I’m saying they looked exactly like NoName’s main avatar!

└ Reporting you, goodbye

└ No, I meant the nurse, the nurse!

-Young kids all look similar, you probably misunderstood

└ (OP): Even if I have face blindness, I remember the kid had really long hair

-Maybe the parents made the kid cosplay as NoName

└ Imagine being born to parents who are stream addicts lol, already depressing

[I saw the NoName sighting thread, here’s my story too][20]

I didn’t see her myself, but my friend claims he saw NoName somewhere around Dogok Station on Line 3.

He said she looked exactly like her avatar lmao.

If she looked like her avatar, she’d be a blonde European model who speaks fluent Korean! I told him to stop talking nonsense.

Then he clarified he meant her main avatar, not that one?

I told him to stop talking nonsense again. But seeing these sighting stories pop up, maybe there really is someone who looks similar?

[Comments]

-I’m the author of the post above, and I definitely saw her! It’s so unfair, I saw her wearing an elementary school academy uniform!

└ For real? Which school?

└ I didn’t ask

└ How did you know it was elementary?

└ It was obvious

-This is weird;;

-But NoName already confirmed she’s fourteen

Rumors don’t spread linearly.

They lurk beneath the surface, then suddenly leap up like flying fish.

And journalists are the fishermen who specialize in catching these flying fish.

They need to catch them before others see them to make a living, and that’s a journalist’s destiny.

“Mr. Seongmun, the editor-in-chief is looking for you.”

“For me? Why?”

“How would I know? Maybe you got caught playing AR games during work hours?”

“Damn, how did they find out? Am I really getting fired today…?”

QBS Game Magazine reporter Jang Seongmun took a deep breath before facing his boss.

His position rarely required meeting with director-level management, and truthfully, he was quite satisfied with his job.

“Ah, Reporter Jang. During this morning’s meeting while organizing viewer tips, we found something that only you could handle.”

Not being asked to submit a resignation letter, he secretly sighed with relief.

“Yes, Director.”

“Everyone says you’re the expert when it comes to investigating people.”

“Investigating people…?”

The request to investigate someone could only mean one thing: an internet broadcaster.

He recalled the unpleasant memory from last year when the entertainment director had openly refused an order to get an interview with Seol Yoon-sul, resulting in significant disadvantages in his personnel evaluation.

“Director, my main job isn’t investigating people but reviewing games…”

Investigating people was always just a side task.

“Really? Your colleagues told me you recently investigated someone called ‘NoName’?”

“Oh, NoName?”

But why?

The editor-in-chief explained what had come up in the morning meeting.

“I hear she’s fourteen years old.”

“Yes.”

“And a genius too.”

“Oh absolutely, a complete genius.”

“I heard she uploaded something impressive on VTube recently? Have you seen it?”

“No Director, I’ve been too busy with work lately. What was it about?”

That was a lie. Reporter Jang had been staying up all night doing Resonance scenario quests.

“I wouldn’t understand even if I saw it! I’m a humanities major, haha! Anyway, if the quality is good based on what you write, we’ll put it on the news talk program. Get the details from your department head. Work hard, okay?”

“Yes sir…! But Director!”

“Yes?”

“Isn’t it an unwritten rule in the industry not to feature young children with talents on TV?”

After the ‘Ham Cho-rong murder case,’ all Korean news outlets had made it taboo to write articles featuring young children as the main subject.

It wasn’t legally mandated, but the public would throw stones at broadcasting stations whenever they did, accusing them of exploiting children, so an implicit rule had formed.

In fact, only the long-running entertainment program “Genius Discovery” had the privilege to cover such sacred territory since before the incident.

“Ah. Hahaha. That was 30 years ago! The people who left hate comments back then probably have such poor eyesight now they can’t even read articles properly. Besides, this came from numerous viewer tips, so we have plenty of justification. Got it?”

“Yes, I’ll work hard!”

“That’s the spirit. Have a good day!”

Back at his desk, Reporter Jang looked at NoName’s VTube and pulled at his hair.

[#1 Brocard’s problem (1876)]

[#2 Erdős–Straus conjecture (1948)]

[#3 Weaire–Phelan structure optimization (1993)]

[#4 Collatz conjecture bound further to n^0.737 (1937)]

[#5 Moving sofa problem upper bound improvement (1966)]

[#6 Twin prime conjecture (1849)]

[#7 Strong Goldbach conjecture (1742)]

“I’m a humanities major too, damn it…”

If NoName’s proofs were valid, they would certainly be a scoop, which is why her subscribers had been continuously sending tips to the broadcasting station.

And Reporter Jang Seongmun had to mobilize all his connections to find someone who could verify this.

* * *

In contrast to Name’s struggling team in World of Arsheria, her team in League, formed with 5 Challengers, was already considered the overwhelming favorite to win before the tournament even began.

The LoL Downfall Tournament started 5 days earlier than DWAB due to preliminaries.

With the round of 32 and 16 preliminaries almost over, they were just one step away from advancing to the quarterfinals.

“Wooooow! Is this even possible?!”

“NoName! NoName! NoName won’t stop! NoName is charging forward! NoName is beating Ornn to death!”

“The gold difference was 8,000 earlier! Now it’s only 1,000! They haven’t just caught up from that disadvantage, they’ve practically turned it around!”

“You’re a tank? So what? I’m a carry! In late game, carries rule! The best! Who would have thought that Ornn with 10 kills, that mountain of a champion, would fall so helplessly!”

Cheers erupted throughout the stadium.

Both the audience caught in a frenzy of excitement and the commentators shouting until their voices gave out were focused on the match that would determine the final participant in the main tournament.

35 minutes, 50 kills total.

With two teams that couldn’t help but fight whenever they made eye contact, the outcome of the match became even more unpredictable.

One side was a team composed of three former pros.

Like the experienced professionals they were, they put heavy pressure on top and mid, driving Name’s team into a corner.

However, even with the top split-push champion’s limbs cut off and the jungler starving for 15 minutes, all teammates trusted Name and focused only on the ADC’s growth.

In a game where the team was overwhelmingly losing, only the ADC was barely keeping up in gold.

And with just one team fight, the disadvantageous game was completely turned around.

“Looking at NoName now, she seems like a machine. Our top died to solo kills 3 times? It’s okay, I’m farming 12 CS per minute. Our mid got caught out on the side again? It’s okay, I killed the support who was trying to ward. I can’t count how many times she’s saved the team from crisis situations with the best decisions every time!”

“Exactly! It’s really scary. She has no fear whatsoever. You can clearly see that the ‘Trident’ team is intimidated in comparison. Even when NoName just makes a forward movement motion, they get startled and waste their flashes.”

“Her ability to measure the distance between champions is truly exceptional. NoName is an Asteria specialist, right? An ADC with changing attack range – how difficult must that be to handle?”

“Yes! Until now, she couldn’t play it because it was always banned, but even though it’s considered a tier 2 champion, no one dares to let NoName have it because they don’t know how it might transform in her hands.”

“It might be too late to say this now, but it seems like you should never give NoName ADCs with long range!”

“Another team fight seems to be starting! They start growling at each other as soon as they make eye contact! Again!”

A battle with a total of 10 participants.

The ground shook and smoke rose.

NoName, with a cannon on her shoulder, emerged from the flames.

She had baited out skills by waiting for the moment when all attacks would be concentrated on her.

“Aaaaaaah! If you don’t catch NoName here!”

“This could be the end if they’re not careful! They can’t afford any more deaths. Just as I say that, NoName mercilessly collects kills! Quadra kill!”

“This team is strong… especially NoName. Teams meeting them in the main tournament will need to prepare thoroughly. She’s come back even stronger recently.”

“We’re going to the quarterfinals! This long game ends after 41 minutes and 30 seconds!”

“GG!”

The heightened senses didn’t even allow time to savor the afterglow of victory.

Name’s teammates, momentarily dazed from the surge of adrenaline, watched the enemy team’s crumbling fortress.

When they felt the audience’s cheers on their skin, they finally shared the joy of advancing to the main tournament.

“Yeeeeees! We did it!”

“Waaaaaah that game was so hard… I’m never playing top again…”

“Hey Min-jun, you died 8 times and that’s what you have to say…! Hmph.”

“Name, good job. Our draft put us at a big disadvantage from the start.”

“A win is a win.”

Even their opponents from the preliminaries were strong contenders for the championship.

In terms of team synergy, the opposing team might have even been better.

However, Name’s team gradually improved their coordination as time passed, allowing them to achieve a perfect victory in the final team fight.

[Time – 41:34]

[NoName(Kaluya) – 16/1/7]

[Total Damage Dealt – 43.8K]

“Please prepare for the interview!”

Though one person needed to be selected for the winner’s interview, Name had to skip it.

“Don’t tell me you have to go practice World of Arsheria scrims right away?”

“Yeah. The game took longer than expected, so I need to go quickly.”

“You really live such a busy life.”

“Name, what were you planning to do if we had to play another set? Where’s this confidence coming from!”

“It’s just preliminaries, losing wouldn’t make sense. See you later.”

Without even time to enter the private room, Name immediately launched World of Arsheria.

[NoName: Sorry the tournament ended late, I’ll join right away.]

[NoName: Kariri?]

[Kariri: Oh yes! Hurry, everyone’s waiting!]