Chapter 129: DorAonGetBack

After a decision that felt both long and short.

One letter, one letter.

I carefully write it down.

[Um… Have you by any chance heard that I’m creating a new team this time?]

[Ah, yes, yes.]

As expected, he knows.

Then, what comes next is important.

[Um… If it’s okay with you, are you interested in playing mid for our team?]
[Mid, you say?]

Despite the short reply, I could feel the surprise through his words.

Well, it’s understandable…

GetBack is a retired pro gamer.

Although retired, he must have received several offers from overseas teams, if not domestic ones, right before his retirement.

Nevertheless, GetBack chose to retire.

How much thought must GetBack have put into making such a decision?

My current action is an attempt to reverse GetBack’s choice.

Naturally, I must present conditions and merits worthy of that.

[Uh… Just a moment.]

And a long silence followed.

As I kept my head down, feigning preoccupation with the streaming computer, the viewers started to get restless.

-? What’s the streamer doing?
-Why are you looking elsewhere?
-Are you contacting someone?
-Boyfriend?
-Thump thump thump thump
-Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing? Noona, what are you doing?
-Streamer, what are you doing?

“Ah… I was just doing something for a moment.”

This is why no-log-off streams are tough.

Even if I want to do something else for a moment, the viewers just won’t let it be.

‘Though the time I’m not actually broadcasting is also long…’

Generally, when other streamers do no-log-off streams, they often keep their cameras on and even do sleep streams.

However, due to a few concerns, I can’t go that far, so when I sleep, I keep the stream on but turn off both the camera and microphone.

It’s practically the same as the broadcast being off.

In addition to that, I was taking 10 hours, or even more, of sleep time, which is 2 hours longer than the 8 hours of sleep time established as a sort of unwritten rule.

In other words, given the situation, as long as I was claiming to do a no-log-off stream, I had no excuse for being pestered by viewers while the camera was on.

‘Well, if it were like before, I would have collapsed after just 4 hours of broadcasting, let alone 14…’

I feel it anew, but this body is excessively healthy.

As if to repay me for the life that had been taken from me until now.

“Um… Hmm. I’ll be right back from the restroom.”

-?
-What’s this?
-Is something wrong?
-?
-Is it really a boyfriend?
-??????

“It’s nothing like that. I’ll be back soon.”

The viewers sent strange glances, but since the recruitment-related matter was a bit more important to me, it couldn’t be helped.

‘I can just take care of it quickly and come back.’

The reason I, unlike others, was specifically hiding this fact from the viewers was because I was worried GetBack might face some kind of attack from them if he refused this offer.

Unlike 3BunTopGyoMyeongyeSindo or SosimhanSalam190, GetBack was a BJ actively working on Red TV.

‘This is Red TV. Even if GetBack refuses, I have to make sure he doesn’t get hurt.’

I took my smartphone and headed straight to the restroom.

[Are you really okay with me? Maybe you should look for someone else…]

In the reply that soon arrived, GetBack’s concerns were clearly revealed.

His career couldn’t be called a failure, but it would be a stretch to call it a success either.

A mediocre pro, found everywhere.

That was GetBack, and it remained the same even after retirement.

However,

I had already seen it.

The potential GetBack possessed.

GetBack still had a final spark left unburned.

It wouldn’t work with other junglers.

It wouldn’t work on other teams either.

Only with me, and in the team I will create, can GetBack’s potential be fully unleashed.

I will make it so.

[Of course.]

The reply came not long after.

[Then I’ll do it.]
[I really want to do it.]

From GetBack, who until a moment ago seemed negative about returning as a pro gamer, I felt a strong determination.

Well, who would want to end their life as a pro gamer just because they want to?

Pro gamers already have a uniquely short lifespan compared to other professions.

And that short lifespan is often determined by external factors rather than their own will.

Because no team calls for them anymore.

Because there is a team, but they don’t want to go overseas.

Because they’ve reached a certain age and have to go to the military.

If they could continue their pro gaming life that had ended due to such external factors?

Wouldn’t most pro gamers want to grab that lifeline at least once?

[Good thinking.]

Thus, GetBack became part of our team.

…Although it was a team that didn’t even have a proper name yet, for now, that was how it was.

[Ah, is it okay to talk about the recruitment on stream?]
[Yes, yes, of course.]

It’s going to be noisy for a while.

[Yes, then I’ll contact you again later.]
[Yep.]

Leaving the restroom, I headed back to the computer with light steps.

-Ruin
-When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back? When is the streamer coming back?
-My
-Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you.
-Ruin
-Explain
-Yourself
-Now
-Explain
-Ruin
-Explain

Should I say it was as expected?

The chat window was literally a mess.

“I’m back.”

-What happened?
-Explain.
-Yourself.
-Now.
-Get rid of the explanation-demander.
-ㄴGet rid of the explanation-demander-getter.
-My
-Ruin

[‘ILoveOutlaw’ has gifted 10 Star Balloons.]
[“Explain the boyfriend.”]

Would I even have something like that?

“Alright, alright, everyone calm down. I’m about to say something very important.”

-?
-Oh
-Is something coming?
-Thump thump thump thump
-Something big is coming.
-SBIC
-What, what is it?
-Don’t just keep it to yourselves, tell me too, sh*t.
-We don’t know either, you idiot.
-Seriously lol.

[‘GarGarGar’ has gifted 10 Star Balloons.]
[“What is it, what is it?”]

“Um… I’m creating a team, right? I’ve finally found a mid laner.”

-Oh
-No way…
-Am I the only one thinking of ‘that guy’?
-Nah, no way lol.
-Thump thump thump thump
-Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you. Noona, I’m gonna die waiting for you.
-No, but hasn’t that person already retired? Can he do it?

The moment I brought it up, the viewers also seemed to expect it, as talk about GetBack started to flow freely.

“You all already guessed it. That’s right. GetBack, who played with us this time, will be playing mid for our team.”

-Crazy.
-Oh.
-Good.
-GetBack was definitely good.
-He’s a classic.
-He’s a former pro, but…
-He might make it to the second division, but isn’t it iffy after that? He’s Master tier…
-That’s just Master tier in general, it’ll be different if he goes pro again.
-Yeah, he went even against Router this time lol. Router is Challenger 1000 LP.
-Seriously.

“I know what you’re all worried about. But don’t worry too much.”

I said with conviction.

“GetBack, he’s a good player.”

In the first place, if he wasn’t a good player, he wouldn’t have been able to survive for several years in the domestic first division, which is teeming with those monsters.

Even if he didn’t achieve good results, that in itself already made him one of the top ten mid laners in the country.

-Agreed, agreed, agreed.
-Didn’t GetBack even solo kill Rainbow once?
-Yes, yes, he did. That was GetBack’s hard carry game lol.
-Seriously lol.
-GetBack is overflowing with classic status.

The viewers also started to recall past memories of GetBack, and various stories emerged.

Well… what I focused on with GetBack wasn’t such past 모습, but entirely his current form.

-Only ADC left now?
-No way, recruiting Nilliri?
-Hey, you sh*t lol, Nilliri is Diamond tier.
-Seriously, crossing the line.

“Um… I’ll look for an ADC slowly later. I haven’t found a suitable person yet.”

-Agreed.
-The one who mentioned Nilliri, come out.
-A Diamond-tier pro is crossing the line.
-Seriously lol.

BJ Nilliri was definitely a decent ADC for a Diamond 1 player, but… no matter how you look at it, he wasn’t pro material.

Some might say it’s just a Diamond 1 vs Master difference with GetBack, but GetBack is a veteran player from the first division. They weren’t even comparable in the first place.

‘Alright, then…’

The outline of the new team was mostly formed.

Top: 3BunTopGyoMyeongyeSindo
Jungle: Outlaw
Mid: GetBack
ADC: Vacant
Support: SosimhanSalam190

Although it might seem like an unremarkable lineup right now, I will make that lineup be called the best laners in the country within a year.

‘Finding an ADC is important, but first, there’s something more important.’

To create a team, funds are essential.

And to get those funds, I must win the bet against my father.

‘There’s not much time left now.’

Too much time was delayed due to an unexpected non-event event.

The remaining time is now just one week.

It’s about time to end the no-log-off stream.