Ch.290285 – Review Broadcast

The news about the Seoul Regional Academy Competition caused quite a stir as soon as the closing ceremony ended.

Office workers who had overcome their Monday blues could see the news plastered all over portal sites after returning home.

“Did you hear? Cephiron Academy won this year!”

“They’re always talking about generational change. They must be relieved to finally break their losing streak.”

“But I heard they got a forfeit loss in the middle school division?”

“Really? Why?”

Lee Jae-hwan, who cast a forbidden competition spell, couldn’t escape public criticism.

Though he and his parents quickly closed their social media accounts in a swift response that seemed to quiet the controversy…

[10/21/2051]

[I learned proper magic just for this day. Did I go too hard during rehearsal?]

[Hah, that? Hahah, hey, are you really going to use that? You’ll get disciplined later!]

[If it passed the committee, there’s no problem, right?]

A 15-second video uploaded to VTube by an anonymous account.

The controversy reignited when a conversation between Altair Academy students was leaked, suggesting they were all aware of it beforehand.

With NoName holding the entire recording as leverage, they couldn’t hastily issue an explanation for fear of provoking her.

As the atmosphere grew increasingly tense, they declared they would never participate in the competition again, posted a public apology, and disappeared.

But this controversy was nothing compared to the news that Name had single-handedly defeated five middle schoolers.

“She beat third-years? Seniors a year above her?”

“No! She beat 15-year-old third-years! That’s like a seven-year age gap!”

“Come on, stop lying. I saw NoName on TV and she’s just a baby. That’s impossible.”

“Here, look.”

[“South Korea is now a ‘NoName’ nation! The arrival of the child demon queen in a 1vs5! Full video of the 2051 Seoul Regional Academy Competition Middle School 3rd Year Division”]

[Views: 3.97 million]

It sounds like a lie.

Yet over 4 million people have already watched this story.

An 8-year-old child handling high-level magic?

Theoretically possible, if they have sufficient intelligence to understand the world.

An 8-year-old manifesting aura and performing various martial arts?

This too is theoretically possible, if blessed with an Aura Heart.

But when low probabilities accumulate in one girl’s body, people call it impossible.

It was only natural that the entire community was ablaze with talk about Name.

[I’ve been saying it all along! NoName definitely has military mage-level talent lolololol]

Does NoName Sensei’s Story Mode 10/10/10 clear achievement look like a joke to you?

Even professional mages surrendered to Ballum Benaons.

She spotted the loophole between the open world and magic system at a glance and cleared it with polarized arrays.

Looking at the Mephistopheles battle, she seems to have some knowledge of 5th circle magic.

If her Aura Heart continues to grow, I believe she could develop into not just Korea’s top 0.01%, but one of the world’s top mages.

[Comments]

-I usually avoid national pride, but this is different.

└ An 8-year-old completely dominating the competition? Who else could do that? lolololol

-NoName was that good? I’m going to rewatch the video.

-Virtual reality training method, wow

└ That’s crossing a line;;

└ Didn’t she say she studied online while trapped in the capsule? Am I wrong?

[Thank you so much for staying in Korea, NoName.]

Thinking about it again, Switzerland’s offer of 10 billion seems really low.

[Comments]

-Wasn’t it 30 billion, not 10 billion?

└ No, it was 1 trillion

└ No, I heard they offered 1000 trillion?

└ Was it 1 solar year’s worth?

└ You guys are so dramatic lol

-I was honestly annoyed that Switzerland’s Great Gener-whatever got second place. If they have an 8-year-old who can destroy top middle school monsters in an official match, let them come forward.

└ The first place wasn’t that impressive… just got an American electrical engineering license as an elementary student…

└ That’s actually impressive too, but compared to NoName it does seem pretty lame lololol

[Like if you’re still going to buy the Demon’s Horn even though you know better lololol]

Honestly, it seems like Name won through her own abilities rather than the Demon’s Horn… but like if you’re willing to be fooled lololol

[Comments]

-lol Does Name hate reporters? Her interview answers were hilarious.

└ Would you like them if they constantly tried to defame you?

-How can I resist when they say donations get you free magic usage rights?!

└ What a twist wow

└ You’re insane lololol

└ This guy wwwww became NoName’s broth wwwww

-Take my money! Hurry!

└ Sorry~ The first pre-order batch is already full~

└ It was limited to 10,000 people and it’s already gone?

└ Only 10,000 people lol. It sold out in 10 minutes.

In the past, they said rumors traveled a thousand miles, but in the information age, news about Name circled the globe several times per second, spreading everywhere.

While everyone wondered about the future plans of Name who had suddenly risen to stardom.

Her stream turned on late at night.

With a meaningful title.

[NoName]

[Just Chatting – Thinking Room (Thank you to everyone who supported me at today’s competition.)]

[Stream time – 0:01:49]

[Viewers – 8332]

* * *

The Academy Competition finally ended at 6 PM sunset after completing various schedules including interviews and the closing ceremony.

I fell into a deep sleep in the passenger seat and returned home after a week.

Professor Cheon prepared a hangar steak with butter, thyme, and garlic for dinner.

The fresh pine scent of the herbs harmonized perfectly with the crimson meat, creating a dish so wonderful it could melt away even a vegan’s guilt.

While fully enjoying the pleasure of consuming calories, I didn’t notice that Professor Cheon was unusually quiet today.

I just thought he must be tired from sitting in one place for so long…

“Name, come sit over here.”

They say children are much more sensitive to ominous feelings. My body seems to be that way too.

And then a two-hour lecture followed.

Starting with asking how I’d been feeling lately, he scolded me for cutting my arm during the match, and expounded on the importance of our bodies. Then back to the beginning again.

No matter how many fifteen-year-olds I’d defeated outside, all I could say here was “Yes, yes.”

Occasionally I felt wronged and tried to argue back, but this backfired and extended the lecture by 30 minutes each time, like adding time at a karaoke room.

When our emotions seemed about to escalate, Professor Cheon sent me to the “thinking room.”

It’s just my ordinary room, nothing special.

-No opening today, host… sigh…

-The universe temporarily shut down.

-NoName! NoName! NoName! NoName!

-Turn on the camera now!

-Donations are closed too crying

-Didn’t you have an after-party?

-World’s strongest 8-year-old wow.

-Please share some stories about the competition!

With nothing else to do, I habitually turned on my stream.

Since the Academy Competition tag was still active this week, viewers immediately flocked to my channel.

I placed my phone on the bedside stand and opened my desk drawer.

*slide*

-???

-Name, I can’t wait anymore crying

-You’re not just leaving like this, right? Please tell me you’re streaming today?

-I pre-ordered the Demon’s Horn!

-Can’t resist the Demon’s Horn lololol

-Did she just get home?

I took out a cool aloe mask pack and put it on my face to cool down the heat.

“Phew.”

Then I jumped onto my soft bed and lay down.

The moment the stream turned on, my face with the mask pack was broadcast head-on.

-Oh! You startled me!

-Wow that scared me, thought it was a ghost

-What mask pack is that lololol

-Haha so cute lololol

-You’re so harmless!

-Harmless (will do a 720-degree spinning kick if provoked)

-Cosmetic sponsors, please contact us!

“It’s a bit overwhelming now that I’ve turned it on. Should I just turn off the camera?”

-Noooooo

-We’re fine!

-The kid says she’s uncomfortable!

-I want to pinch those baby cheeks crying

-Your face is so small that the mask pack covers your ears and neck too lololol

“Someone asked earlier, so I’ll share some stories about the competition today. Where should I start? Ah.”

I pulled the hologram to my bedside and showed viewers the photos I took at the hotel.

“This is the Aquila Hotel where we stayed. The bed was so soft that I fell asleep really easily.”

Whether it was because the bed was soft or because I kept staying up all night, I’m not sure.

As I continued swiping through the photos horizontally, there seemed to be no end. Most were probably taken by Lee Ha-ru and Kim Han-gyeol taking turns.

“This is the unmanned soft ice cream vending machine in the hotel basement. Oh, what’s this?”

When a photo of me eating ice cream with it smeared around my mouth appeared, I quickly swiped past it. When was this even taken?

-lololololol

-Why! Show us more!

-That much ice cream without adults around?

-This really is heaven, heaven.

I like taking photos, but personally, I don’t like being photographed.

“I ended up substituting for the third-years because the senior who was supposed to compete got a stomachache from eating ice cream. After rehearsal day, we weren’t allowed to take many photos due to security, so this is all I can show you. Let’s review the rehearsal.”

The rehearsal competition where Yoon Si-hoo competed as the elementary school second-year representative.

Actually, I couldn’t properly watch the match because I was caught by reporters doing an interview in a closet.

-Wow, is she really 8 years old?

-Her casting speed is incredibly fast.

-So this is what it takes to be top of the academy.

-Her talent is scary.

Watching Yoon Si-hoo’s match with viewers on VTube, I pointed out some areas for improvement.

“The liquid helium formation was well constructed, but the rapid cooling was slightly disappointing. This cooling system is called a Stirling cycle, and if you increase the operating pressure, you can greatly improve efficiency. Si-hoo said he practiced a lot, but I think some old habits still remain.”

-Expert tutoring wow

-Now that you mention it, one side of the magic circle is a bit darker.

-Teacher Name, you’re going too fast for me crying

-Even being this good isn’t enough.

-Let’s quickly see Name’s fight

-But how did you end up with a forfeit loss?

“There were some spells prohibited during matches according to regulations, and the opponent violated that, so it was ruled a forfeit. Actually, I only found out after the competition ended. I was dozing off the entire day when they explained the rules.”

-It is a sleepy time crying

-NoName is so cute it makes me smile automatically.

-How can her eyes be so pretty?

-How long are you going to wear that mask pack?

And finally, the match where I competed.

I actually had a lot to say about this match.

There’s a lot I want to tell viewers, and without an explanation from the person involved, it’s difficult to understand what judgments I made at each moment.

“Here, I took a direct hit from the ice hammer, and many of you might be wondering how I could come out unscathed.”

-Yeah

-I was shocked when that demon hand thing suddenly appeared

-It was like a horror movie lol

-Did you just endure it with willpower?

“To get straight to the point, I created a counterspell formation here too. When thinking about counterspells for ice magic, most people think of raising the temperature to melt the ice, but in this case, I used the method of sublimation to transform it like dry ice. A counterspell doesn’t necessarily need to be a one-to-one correspondence.”

-Wow

-Insane lololololol

-You used a counterspell in that situation?

-Just a combat genius.

-Your face doesn’t match your skills, Name crying

-Cute cute (sound of bones breaking)

└ lololololol

-Isn’t external manifestation also basically a youngest-ever record?

└ Wasn’t the Dalai Lama of Tibet around 10 years old?

└ NoName’s life is just a speedrun;;

“Resonant frequency adjustment. This is just using the common principle of resonance to amplify vibrations and maximize impact force. The commentators explain it well here.”

When Jo Su-yeon and Lee Jae-hwan entered after the first two participants were eliminated, sharp reactions emerged from viewers.

They were students who had cheated, and they hadn’t shown good behavior normally either.

I decided to focus only on the match without evaluating the participants.

“Longinus’ Spear. A double-layered chain magic circle, right? You all should learn to identify these trap magic circles when you get into street fights. Otherwise, you might get hit by a follow-up attack and lose your organs in the blink of an eye.”

-Who uses double-layered chain magic circles in street fights? lololol

-Even Brazil or Mexico wouldn’t go that far lololol

-Name identifying it at a glance is much scarier…

-Magic is really diverse. This is why middle school division is more fun than high school.

“Then I cast Adella 20 Strikes for promotional purposes. Pretty powerful for a 1st circle spell, right? It’s a spell with great potential, so those of you learning kendo in Korea might want to try casting it sometime.”

-Here it comes. That problematic scene.

-The scene that got rejected by VTube’s algorithm…

-Is your arm okay, Name? crying

-It was really scary…

After throwing the mask pack in the trash, I turned my head to check the streaming time.

[NoName]

[Just Chatting – Thinking Room (Thank you to everyone who supported me at today’s competition.)]

[Stream time – 0:45:30]

[Viewers – 31928]

The viewer count had surpassed 31,000.

Even though I restricted chat to subscribers only because there were too many people, the excitement didn’t subside.

At this point, I paused the competition video and spoke to viewers in a serious tone.

“The reason the title is ‘Thinking Room.’ Actually, when I got home today, I was… scolded a bit by my father. Yes, for the reason you’re all thinking. We didn’t fight, he’s just really worried about me. Since we’re both not very good with words, we decided to take some time to think and then talk again.”

In short, my argument was that since it was a substance created by magic, there was no risk of tetanus, and if I immediately used tissue regeneration magic, all the pain would disappear, so what’s the problem?

Moreover, it’s known in this world as a type of therapy for sending out neural interference mana.

“It’s not much different from getting a shot or donating blood. Don’t you think?”

Since my brain seems a bit insufficient to convince Professor Cheon, I should get help from viewers.

-???????????

-No no no no what are you saying Name Name?!?!?!

-Do you seriously think that?

-Our bodies aren’t game characters crying

-There’s a difference between a little prick and slashing yourself!

-Thinking Room (+1 hour)

-Thinking Chair (+1 hour)

-So this is where the madness was…

-Father, I understand now crying. Raising Name is no joke crying

-What if she develops a habit of self-harm later…? Oh shit…!

My decision to trust in the power of collective intelligence was betrayed thoroughly by them.

“There’s no one on my side in this world.”

I puffed my cheeks and turned away from the camera, lying down.