Chapter 105: Timid Person 190

Our team, having won a decisive team fight, advanced straight to the enemy team’s Nexus and soon seized victory.

[Victory]

• [– We actually won this lol]
• [– We should give Setu half, right?]
• [– Agree, agree]
• [– Looked like she was carrying then smoothly rode the bus.]
• [– Outlaw’s bus lol]

“Um… it wasn’t a bus, I popped off in the early game so my teammates could grow well without issues.”

Perhaps because I’ve been streaming for quite a while now, excuses came out smoothly.

It was actually true, too.

• [– Yes, next excuse]
• [– Nope, not true]
• [– Nuna, excuse me, but you’re being pathetic.]
• [– Yeah. If her face is like that, at least her skills should be pathetic, agree? lol]

“Noo…”

‘…These bstards, just a moment ago they were all “Nuna, Nuna”? What’s with the sudden change in attitude?’

• [– Oh]
• [– Woah]
• [– Heol]
• [– Wow, what was that voice just now?]
• [– Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying Nuna I’m dying]
• [– Please marry me]

[‘EungaeNaAegiMulso’ has gifted 1000 Dalpoons.]

[“Heueung”]

“Oh, oh, thank you for the thousand…”

• [– Huh]
• [– No, is she doing this on purpose?]
• [– I love you]
• [– Nuna, take me, sob sob]

[‘EungaeNaAegiMulso’ has gifted 2000 Dalpoons.]

[“Take all my money”]

[‘[JjuSimDan]Wolbo’ has gifted 500 Dalpoons.]

[“Starting today, I’m leaving the JjuSimDan.”]

[‘Horororollollorol’ has gifted 1000 Dalpoons.]

[“Thank you for being born”]

“…”

‘What is this?’

‘Was money always this easy to earn?’

‘No, it can’t be…’

Although it’s true I’ve spent money like water until now, apart from that, I’ve never once thought earning money was easy.

Even though I boasted I’d earn 100 million won within a month, I thought the process would be very arduous.

‘But…’

‘Something… feels crazy.’

‘This place isn’t normal.’

‘I’m getting out of here. …is what I want to say, but unfortunately, it seems I won’t get the chance.’

‘Now, then…’

I briefly considered whether to turn the screen away or not, but then I realized it wasn’t even a question and decided against it.

‘My stream also has to serve as promotion for founding the team. There’s no need to hide the process.’

That way, it will give the viewers a greater sense of immersion, and they will soon become fans of our team.

[TimidPerson190]
[Friend Request]

• [– Oh?]
• [–Crazy]
• [– Chosen one tremble tremble tremble tremble]
• [– Heol, friend request lol]
• [– I want to get a friend request from a nuna like this too I want to get a friend request from a nuna like this too I want to get a friend request from a nuna like this too]
• [– Wait, but there’s only 1 person on her friends list right now? The chosen 2 tremble tremble tremble tremble tremble]

‘…Why am I so nervous about this?’

‘Indeed, thinking back, I’ve rarely ever sent a friend request first.’

‘No, have I never done it at all?’

‘Rainbow, and 3MinuteTopLaneHonoraryBeliever, they all approached me first.’

‘In contrast, the times I approached someone first…’

‘…Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever done it.’

In other words, it could be said that for the first time in my life, I sent a friend request to someone first.

‘What if they don’t accept?’

‘Should I find someone else?’

‘No… it’s hard to find someone with this level of skill among non-pros…’

That moment.

***

[TimidPerson190]
Online.
+

A green light appeared on the friends list.

• [– Oh lol]
• [– Accepted]
• [– Honestly, who would refuse?]
• [– But no way, are you going to duo? Then is there any meaning to the no-log-off stream?]
• [– Duoing during a no-log-off stream is crossing the line.]
• [– FR lol]

Thump, thump.

Pit-a-pat.

The feeling of talking to someone first for the first time in my life.

If there was one fortunate thing, it was that my dmned social skills had improved, even if just a little, while I was a trainee at YSG.

[Me: Hello]

[Me: Are you perhaps a pro?]

[TimidPerson190: No]

[Me: Then… are you perhaps on a team?]

[TimidPerson190: No, I’m not.]

[Me: Aha]

• [– ? Why the sudden background check?]
• [– Weren’t you going to duo?]
• [– Perhaps…?]
• [– Get that bstard.]
• [– FR, kill him.]

Regardless of what the viewers were saying, I did what I had to do.

[Me: Um… it’s nothing else, but I’m planning to create a pro team later, so if you’re okay with it, would you be interested in joining our team?]

• [– Oh?]
• [– Crazy]
• [– Suddenly?]
• [– What is it]
• [– Didn’t expect this]
• [– You, become my nakama!]
• [– What, you’re making a team?]
• [– Heol]
• [– I’m applying for the team. Tier Gold 3, dishwashing master.]
• [– Somehow, I thought it was strange that someone with this much skill wasn’t a pro tremble tremble tremble]

Of course, the chat window also went into an uproar at the sudden news of team creation.

[TimidPerson190: Ah, I have to go work out now]

[Me: Huh?]

And then,

***

[TimidPerson190]
Offline.
+

He logged off just like that.

“…”

‘What? What is this?’

‘Where did he go?’

‘No way… did I just get rejected?’

• [– ?]
• [– Ahk lol]
• [– ???]
• [– Bug cut lolololololol]
• [– At… Aat…!]
• [– So fcking funny lol]
• [– True fitness fanatic lolololol]
• [– Ah lol, can’t stand muscle loss lolololol]

“Uh… huh?”

Was it because I was too hasty?

I had even forgotten anew that the stream was on.

• [– Her dazed look is so fcking cute lololol]
• [– Heueung… Heueung… Heueung…]
• [– Nuna…]

Slowly, I return to the reality I had painstakingly tried to ignore.

‘…So embarrassing.’

I want to hide in a mouse hole somewhere.

But, I can’t do that.

Because the “Number 1 no-log-off stream” was something I declared.

“Aish, sh…”

My face feels like it’s going to explode.

It’s so hot.

• [– Ooh-ya…]
• [– Her face is so white that the redness shows clearly tremble tremble tremble]
• [– Excuse me, are you a red person?]
• [– The Hongik Ingan is here.]
• [– So fcking pretty, crazy]
• [– Nuna I’m dying!]
• [– Wow crazy…]

I just can’t… lift my face.

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The ancestors won’t lift the bar’s weight for you.

Kim Jihoon, as if putting his usual motto into practice, lightly pushed up 90(+20)kg on the bench press.

“Hook! Hook!”

One, two, three times.

The warm-up was roughly finished, and now it was time for the main event: 130(+20)kg.

“Urgh!”

Height 190cm

Weight 110kg

Squat 220kg

Bench Press 150kg

Deadlift 250kg

Total 620kg

Considering the period Kim Jihoon had been seriously working out, it was an unbelievable record, but his innate physique made it possible.

In other words, Kim Jihoon could be said to have been born with gym-rat genes.

Having neatly finished today’s workout, Kim Jihoon drank his supplement shake and recalled what happened a few hours ago.

[Outlaw: Um… it’s nothing else, but I’m planning to create a pro team later, so if you’re okay with it, would you be interested in joining our team?]

‘A pro gamer…’

‘There was a time I dreamed of such a thing.’

In fact, the reason Kim Jihoon started exercising could also be seen as related to that.

Kim Jihoon now possessed physical specs like a human weapon, but he wasn’t like that from the beginning.

Originally, he had a physique that was just a tall, lanky pole, no, closer to an anchovy.

On top of that, due to his characteristically timid personality, his social skills weren’t very good, and the only thing he could concentrate on was games.

Because he was like that, he once dreamed of becoming a League of Legends pro gamer, the one thing he could be said to be good at, but unfortunately, Kim

Jihoon didn’t even have the courage to knock on the doors of a pro team.

The reason he started exercising in the first place was also because of that.

– Do you want to change? Exercise!

One day, a phrase he saw on YouTube.

So he started exercising.

To become a pro gamer, and to gain the courage to stand confidently before the public.

But once he actually started exercising, it was more fun than he expected, and from some point on, gaming took a backseat, and he became engrossed in working out.

The tables had turned.

Furthermore, while he had gained some confidence, unfortunately, his characteristic timidity remained, so despite the confidence, his social skills were still the same.

Kim Jihoon still couldn’t imagine himself as a pro.

‘But now, a pro offer…’

Of course, it wasn’t that Kim Jihoon had never received pro offers before.

Rather, he had received many.

However, Kim Jihoon refused all those offers.

The reason was simple.

‘If it were GTD, I might have considered it.’

GTD, befitting a team sponsored by a large corporation, boasted an incredibly scaled dormitory among the many domestic pro teams.

It wasn’t enough that they used an entire building as their headquarters; it was also filled with all sorts of amenities.

In particular, it had a top-class gym.

‘But Charon is there.’

If you ask who the world’s best support is, there are a few names that come up.

Everyone knows, and the first to be mentioned is GuineaPig of SY, the Red Cup winning team.

Vessel of GRS, the Red Cup runner-up team and MobyDick’s partner.

WhiteCat of SCV.

Up to this point, these are names without disagreement, but at least for those who watch the domestic league, one more name is added here.

Charon of GTD.

Since that was the situation, while other teams might have, GTD, with Charon, hadn’t particularly sent Kim Jihoon any love calls.

Rather, teams like SY or SCV, which had excellent academy systems, were the ones who attempted to recruit him.

‘Pro…’

‘If they made a dedicated gym for me, I might consider it once.’

‘Well, that’s unlikely though.’

Creating a team now meant starting from scratch, with nothing.

Kim Jihoon also knew, through acquaintances, what kind of life pro gamers who started from the 2nd division, and those who couldn’t even make it that far, lived.

‘The 2nd division is said to be manageable… but the kids who can’t even do that really struggle.’

In other words, Kim Jihoon had no particular intention of accepting this offer.

‘Being a pro… I don’t really need to do it.’

It was a dream he once had, but now, that dream was no longer desperate for Kim Jihoon.

To the extent that muscle loss felt more important, Kim Jihoon was completely captivated by the charm of exercising.

In short, it could be said that his life’s priorities had completely changed.

‘Come to think of it, the gym manager asked me last time if I had any thoughts about becoming a trainer.’

‘Did he say he’d hire me right away if I just got a Personal Trainer license?’

‘It would probably be quite good.’

Because Kim Jihoon himself quite liked exercising, and it seemed like a job where he could feel a sense of reward.

‘It’s not urgent.’

Amidst these various thoughts about his future, Kim Jihoon headed to the shower room.