Yerin with Suspiciously Too Much Money

The Ladies Tournament team selection ceremony became a huge topic.

First, the average live viewer count hit 170,000.

And short highlight edited videos were made for each BJ and uploaded to the official site, and those videos also got tremendous view counts.

Especially the video of me breaking the board has already surpassed 780,000 views in just two days.

The interest of countless people.

It’s satisfying.

These things all come together to become the +@ added to the prize money.

“By the way, are there no special missions for this tournament?”

[The tournament difficulty is judged to be much lower compared to the administrator’s level. Unfortunately, there are no special missions.]

“… Can’t be helped.”

It was a fact I knew too.

Although it’s much larger in scale than the blame game tournament and directly run by New Continent TV, its level is actually lower.

On average, it’s about the level of gathering 5 Platinum tier players?

Our team should be a bit better than that.

Nevertheless, the reason this tournament is successful is the power of the participating BJs’ fandoms.

And there are probably simps who just like watching women play games too.

Anyway, I wasn’t taking winning this tournament too seriously.

I judged that winning was possible with at least 70% probability.

The important things are being selected as MVP, which I’ll fiercely compete for with 19girl, and finding a good house to move to.

[If you let your guard down like that, you might face unfavorable results.]

“Yeah, no. Your tier is unranked, gg!”

[……]

It’s always thrilling to shut the helper up.

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“Mid! Quickly, to mid right now!”

“Ah! I got caught.”

“No, what are you doing now!”

“……”

My thoughts were wrong.

Was it because I let my guard down too much?

Of course, we won the game.

The problem is that it was a fierce battle dragging on for over 40 minutes, unlike the confidence that we’d win easily.

After the game ended, a brief interview was conducted.

The hosts kept smiling and tried to create a good atmosphere, but no hint of a smile could be found on the faces of team members including myself.

The clear fact realized through this match!

League of Legends is a team game.

Why can’t Challenger experts who fly high in solo rank debut as pro players?

Or even if they debut, why do they disappear after a brief flash?

The reason was clearly shown in the poor performance we displayed today.

Our individual skills clearly overwhelmed them.

We got solo kills in top and jungle several times and sounded the victory cry.

But that’s all we could do as individuals.

The joining timing that was always one beat late.

Mismatched orders.

Sluggish communication on top of that.

It was a total mess.

We won thanks to 19girl’s amazing individual skill in the last teamfight, but no one was happy.

Because at this rate, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that we’d be eliminated in the next game…

“This isn’t right. We can’t win like this.”

We gathered at 19girl’s house, which was closest, after finishing Saturday’s tournament schedule.

Various opinions were exchanged.

The revealed conclusion was one.

Thorough practice to match up is needed during the remaining period.

“Come to think of it, we’re a team formed just two days before the registration deadline. We didn’t get much team game practice because the preparation period was short.”

“That’s right, there are teams that have been preparing together for a month… no, even before that, and in the case of the We Won The Championship team, they’re fixed members. They were the same members in last year’s Ladies League Winter and Summer too.”

“……”

Though I don’t say it, I feel like I can hear the helper’s mocking laughter.

The situation assessment is done.

Reflection on past arrogance is reflection, but winning is necessary for the goal.

I want a more productive conclusion.

“Practice…”

“Yeah, there’s nothing but practice.”

It’s the established theory.

The answer everyone knows.

But there wasn’t enough time to build up steadily.

We have the round of 8 match tomorrow, the semifinals next Saturday, and the semifinals and finals on Sunday.

“… If we win tomorrow, there is one usable method though.”

“Huh? What is it, tell us anything.”

Yerin, who had mostly been listening until now, finally spoke up.

“In the end, what we lack is time, right?”

“That’s right. Even if we start practicing right after tomorrow’s match, we only have until next Friday.”

Honestly, that practice time would be enough if we were facing weak teams.

But the problem was the ‘Upper Body Carry’ team we’d meet on Saturday if we keep winning like this, and the ‘We Won The Championship’ team expected to be met in the finals.

“If time is lacking, we should buy it with money.”

“Buy time with money?”

19girl frowns at the incomprehensible words.

Feeling additional explanation was needed, Yerin opened her mouth again.

“To be precise, we’re buying ‘efficiency’. I have a plan, would you all like to hear it?”

Yerin’s confident smile.

We all had no choice but to nod.

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“Ah, this isn’t right. Player Mia and player IDontLikeTools’ coordination doesn’t match.”

“It was a good opportunity, but they’re letting player RunAwayTonight escape like this. What a shame.”

-Ah, for real, why is their teamwork so bad.

-They were like this yesterday too, looks like the Fighting Girls team didn’t practice much.

-I thought they were championship candidates seeing Hani and 19girl, but I guess I need to cut my losses ㅋ

-To get the prize, go for the We Won The Championship team

-For real, the Fighting Girls team got all the attention, but another team winning?

Today’s match wasn’t easy either.

As if they saw through my strategy of enjoying early counter-jungling, the enemy jungler not only made completely opposite pathing to me but actively avoided engagements while giving up even scuttle crabs.

The enemy top laner also picked a tank and completely laid down.

A customized strategy to check our team’s aces, me and 19girl.

And their coordination was good too.

Appropriate joining timing and speed, and even teamfights.

The opponent was much better as a team.

We could lose at this rate.

With such a sense of crisis manifesting, I eventually avoided teamfights and gambled with a backdoor.

We luckily succeeded and won, but… it was a game where I keenly felt how much we struggle when unprepared.

‘If we keep showing such messy games, we won’t be able to get MVP either.’

It was clear that our team’s current performance would negatively affect the MVP selection done by viewer votes.

‘Should we go with Yerin’s proposal after all?’

19girl immediately accepted yesterday, and three team members including me were still in a position of reserving judgment.

It was because following the proposal as is was burdensome.

But after finishing today’s match, my mind tilts slightly.

Because an anxiety that we really can’t win anymore at this rate became pervasive.

“What are you going to do? If it’s really burdensome, at least pay for 5 days’ living expenses. I think it’s no longer time to be picky for the sake of winning now.”

“Me too. I hesitated a bit, but for the sake of going on a trip with unnie…”

I didn’t know she would believe so firmly in the talk of going on a trip together if we win.

Anyway, following 19girl, Mia also turned to agree with Yerin’s proposal.

Now all that’s left are my and IDontLikeTools’ opinions.

“I-I’ll go with the majority.”

Her evasion.

Now everyone’s gaze is directed at me.

A deep sigh.

In the end, I had no choice but to raise both hands.

“There really won’t be any problems with school attendance, right?”

“I told you I can even let you talk to them directly. Don’t worry and let’s go quickly!”

As soon as I accept, Yerin smiles brightly and leads the group at the front.

Surely she’s not taking us to some strange place?

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Is it a strange place?

Maybe it is a strange place…

No, looking again, it really is strange!

“Huh? Uhh?”

“Is this for real?”

“I’ve already registered everyone in advance, so you can just come in.”

It was a building that looked like something only seen on TV.

Right! I remember.

Tower Palace?

That very residential and commercial complex building!

Unlike Yerin who walks in proudly, we were so intimidated that we stopped without passing through the entrance.

“What are you all doing? I said follow me.”

“Can we really foll… I mean, is it okay?”

“Unnie! What’s with the sudden formal speech!”

No, I didn’t do it on purpose.

It just came out without me realizing.

It’s scary.

Is this the instinct of common people?

I tried my best to hide my flustered appearance and followed behind Yerin.

“Wow, this is insane. I’ve lived long enough to see this. To think I’d come to a place like this.”

“Hey hey, your voice is too loud. Speak quietly.”

The group looks around here and there.

IDontLikeTools restrains 19girl’s uninhibited behavior.

From the entrance, it was on a different level from ordinary apartments.

Starting with the security guard, the ironclad security system going through several stages, and the surrounding facilities that made our eyes go round.

There was nothing missing.

As expected of a residential-commercial complex building where residence and commercial facilities coexist.

We rode the elevator exclusively for residents.

After Yerin selected the floor, the inside of the elevator fell silent.

An atmosphere where everyone just watches each other’s reactions.

So just as I was about to open my mouth taking the lead, the elevator arrived at the target floor.

It’s incredibly fast, shamelessly living up to its expensive price.

Couldn’t it have waited a little?

“Um… Should I play some love house BGM?”

“……”

I threw out a joke, but when there was no reaction, Yerin also looked a bit embarrassed as she unlocked several stages of security starting with fingerprint recognition and opened the door.

Finally, the 5-day training camp is revealed before the team members!

I really couldn’t have imagined it would be a place like this.

No, Yerin… What exactly is your identity?

It was Yerin with suspiciously too much money.