Chapter 81: The Tiger Living in the Arena

Team Proud’s practice room.

Despite consistently achieving decent results, Wild, forgotten by everyone for failing to lift the championship trophy, was diligently engrossed in practice today.

He felt a sense of incongruity.

“The rank level is weird these days?”

Something was off with the solo rank.

There were a lot of people doing strange things.

He checked the match history site, wondering if he was being matched with too low of a queue, but it was indeed a Challenger-tier game.

“Isn’t that because of your friend, hyung?”

“Who? Victory?”

“No, not the male Victory. The female Victory.”

“Jeonjeonseol is not the female Victory. Victory is the male Jeonjeonseol.”

The practice room had already been taken over by Jeonjeonseol’s streams.

Wild felt complicated as his teammates spouted streaming memes.

It felt like Jeonjeonseol had snatched away the rival position closest to Victory.

He had never been equal to him.

He was always in the position of a challenger, looking up from below.

But now, a bird was soaring even higher beside him.

Is a tiger that can’t fly left with nothing but to stand idly by on the mountain and watch?

No, I absolutely can’t give up.

“So, what did she do to make the rank so weird?”

“Originally, people focused on mechanics when giving game feedback, right? Because it’s much easier to see. But after watching Jeonjeonseol’s analysis streams, they realized that macro is also important.”

“Wasn’t the conclusion that it’s impossible in solo rank?”

Starting points are random.

Too many possibilities arise.

Even the team members are random.

You can’t decide who will give the orders.

In the end, all you can do in solo rank is do your best in your own position.

That’s why the level is inevitably lower than in tournaments.

That was the conclusion.

“What kind of stream did she do?”

“A stream where a supercomputer runs simulations?”

“The strategy of Zhuge Liang and the strength of Lu Bu!”

“It was simpler than you think. Instead of dividing it into what the enemy will do and what the team will do, you just calculate what each of the 10 players will do separately.”

“Jeonjeonseol is god!”

One person has already become a devotee.

Wild asked the one who seemed relatively normal.

“So, the rankers who have too many thoughts broke down?”

“Some people are intentionally twisting their plays. Because if you play by the book, your moves will be read.”

“It’s hard enough to just play by the book. Is it even possible to make twisted plays in solo rank?”

“As you can see. That’s why it’s so weird now.”

“Jeonjeonseol has poisoned the ranked games!”

Wild finally understood the state of the ranked games.

By forcing demonic energy into unfinished vessels, everyone collectively fell into demonic cultivation.

‘That guy’s influence is really huge.’

To become so famous as to change the landscape of the rank.

‘If they try to pick up what they gave up on, their skill will rise even further.’

It’s very difficult for anyone to follow Jeonjeonseol’s macro.

But now, everyone is trying to get their hands on what they had previously given up on.

If that happens.

Maybe the overall level of the game will improve soon.

Wild thought.

“Turn on Jeonjeonseol’s stream!”

‘Dongwoo is already a lost cause.’

What’s a pro gamer going to do becoming a streamer fanatic?

Well, there’s a lot to learn, though.

But I don’t think that’s why that guy likes her.

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[Victory]

Watching the victory message appear, I spoke my thoughts out loud.

“After kicking out the disassembly analysis room, the game actually got easier.”

The people who used to play solidly based on the fundamentals are now playing strangely, as if they’re obsessed with the idea that if they can’t stop Jeonjeonseol, they’ll lose!

“They say a tiger can freeze a human just by growling, right? Has my presence already reached that level?”

[A tiger living in the Arena, lol]

[What’s with the weeb concept, lol]

[I wonder if it’s really a concept?]

How long has it been since I declared my run for #1 and started streaming for 8 hours a day?

Before I knew it, my score had surpassed 2500.

[Breaking News) Jeonjeonseol enters the single-digit ranking]

[Is she 9th?]

[No way, she’s already there???]

[No one can stop this woman’s rampage]

[Jeonjeonseol is god]

[Isn’t goddess spelled ‘goddess’?]

[No, the 2x stream time event will end if she hits #1]

[Everything has to end eventually…]

[I’ll take care of your health, so please focus on streaming, Legend]

[What good is it if you take care of your health, lol]

[Viewers’ health is also important]

[Save Jeonjeonseol, give her sick leave ㅠㅠ]

[She streams for 8 hours a day and seems fine, so maybe she’s tougher than we think?]

“It’s not like I’m that sickly. I’m relatively healthy… healthy…”

[Why did you stop talking?]

[Estimated to have a legendary lifestyle]

[Streaming for 8 hours straight is tough]

[She’s probably so tired after streaming that she spends the rest of the day in bed]

Doesn’t exercise, hardly ever goes out, barely leaves the bed.

All of that is true, so arrows are piercing my heart.

[ㅇㅇ donated 10,000 won.]

– “You’re not putting heavy weights on your desk while playing games, are you? You’ll ruin your back.”

[Gasp!]

[Is this sexual harassment? It’s a bit ambiguous]

[Isn’t he just worried about her health?]

[Everything is sexual harassment if the streamer feels uncomfortable]

[But doesn’t your shoulder get ruined if you keep your back straight while gaming?]

[You’re bound to ruin something at some point… it looks good, but it’s actually a curse…]

[How many people are jealous of that curse]

[True, what a privileged thing to say, lol]

[You insensitive bastards, the sound is muted, shut up]

[You’re so clueless]

I’m sorry, guys.

There’s nothing like that to think about.

It’s all a lie.

But this is just a smokescreen to avoid being identified in real life.

It’s definitely not because I’m jealous of huge breasts that I’m making up these lies.

There’s no way I, with a 100% pure male spirit, would be jealous of something like that, right?

What’s so good about a lump of demonic power that only seduces men?

Of course, Venus’s are different.

That’s a great maternal love, no, agape itself, that embraces all the hatred and sins of the world.

“Suddenly, I’m thinking that Venus is incredibly lovely.”

[?]

[A surprise confession]

[It’s a habitual confession, we just witnessed it by surprise]

[The solidarity of the haves, lol]

[I also suddenly think Jeonjeonseol is incredibly lovely]

[Jeon.Sa. (Jeonjeonseol, I love you)]

[ㅇㅇ donated 10,000 won.]

– “So, are you going to Kuroichi’s autograph session?”

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

Kuroichi is the scenario writer for Magical Girls Chronicle, the work that my beloved Venus appears in.

Since he’s a Japanese person living in Japan, there’s no way I could go to an autograph session.

[Kuroichi is coming to Korea]

Why is that person suddenly coming to Korea?

[He’s saying hi at the theater and having an autograph session?]

[Magical Girls Chronicle mobile game is coming out soon, so he seems to be active?]

These days, the Japanese anime and otaku game industry seems to be in a meta of digging out old, toothless works buried in time and remaking them.

The Magical Girls Chronicle movie is probably part of that.

A mobile game is coming out.

There’s never been a decent gacha game that uses an otaku IP.

Please, just stop the posthumous humiliation!

‘An autograph session…an autograph session…’

I love Venus.

And Kuroichi is the person who created Venus and her narrative.

If you ask what I think, I respect him very much.

I’d like to see him if I could.

I don’t attach much meaning to autographs, but it would be nice to get one.

But I should probably say I’m not going for now, right?

If I really don’t go, then that’s it.

If I do go, the chances of being caught will decrease, so it’s a win, right?

“I don’t think I’ll be able to go. Probably.”

[You’d get caught right away if you went, lol]

[Too easily identified]

[Tiny XX doesn’t make sense, lol]

[Why can’t you say huge breasts] -This message has been deleted.

[Oh no… someone’s gone…]

[Participation in an illegal fan meeting, too bad]

[Is it really necessary to hide your personal information so thoroughly? Hmm…]

[Easy to say when it’s not your problem]

[Female streamers really have to be careful]

[You know it’s stalking to act like you know them, right? Even if you see someone like Jeonjeonseol, pretend you don’t see them]

[Especially if you’re a creepy-looking Ttaku, you must restrain yourself]

[Waa… Ttubu suddenly became depressed…]

Apart from one Ttubu experiencing sudden depression, I felt a little relieved looking at the chat.

As expected, most people are sensible.

It’s just a problem with a few strange people.

But no matter how low the probability of being targeted is, it’s 100% for the victim.

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think the day I reveal my identity will come.