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7 – Kim Deok-bae, First Choice for Fireworks Festival

7 – Kim Deok-bae, First Choice for Fireworks Festival

… ─ Rain (Virtual YouTuber) Gallery ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

[I participated in the pool today, not taking questions]

There are essentially two Rains

As time went on, the kid and Maru also started to catch up with the acting, making it increasingly difficult

When narrowed down to just two, it’s basically random from that point

Ugh, you rain girl

If you don’t want to give pizza, just say so

Like with Brother Gicheol before

What, are you cultivating a celebrity field or something?

Where do you keep bringing in people like that one by oneeeee

[Comments]

— Rain184: Good job defending against falling into the abyss lol

– Rain815 (Author): My pizzaaaaa

— Rain881: Seeing the big chunk fall into the abyss, I’m glad I wasn’t picked lol

– Rain815 (Author): Yeah~ But I still got my hamburger~

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… ─ Parallel (Internet Broadcasting) Gallery ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

[Why the Rain MK2 that appeared today is not an employee]

In my opinion, she’s a 2nd gen trainee set to debut

It doesn’t make sense for an employee to be that good at voice impersonation and rap

If you think this is unfair criticism, shall we discuss it step by step on other broadcasts?

If she’s an employee, we can start with Boss Momo’s broadcast

(Recommended: 332) (Not Recommended: 1)

[Comments]

— Parallel715: Real name system for not recommending lolol

— Parallel341: IAGREE

– Parallel341: She’s too talented to be an employee

— Parallel418: Don’t do this here, go ask Komari and Maru

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Parallel164: Are you a genius?

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Parallel456: We can’t say they have loose lips, right? lol

— Parallel315: Honestly, being a VTuber is better than an office worker lol If it were me, I’d become a VTuber too if people kept insisting I stream lol

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Parallel981: Dude

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Parallel385: For real lol

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Parallel124: Buy the modeling and go for VTuber meat

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Boss Cheon Do-hee, looking at the reactions right after the broadcast ended, thought:

“… This interest is much hotter than expected.”

It’s not that she didn’t anticipate it at all.

The problem is that it’s hotter than the expected result.

If it had ended with Jia being the comedian as anticipated,

It would have been like ‘Oh that employee? She was funny.’

But looking at the current atmosphere, it seemed like the main character was Jia rather than Rain.

‘As expected of someone with a malicious background…’

She really had a different method when it came to irritating people.

It’s not easy to make people angry with just a few words, but Majiya managed to do that difficult task.

The fact that she’s a Parallel employee is making people somewhat restrain themselves.

If it weren’t for that, fires would have already spread everywhere, and they’d be busy trying to contain them.

“… But there shouldn’t be any immediate problems, right?”

The biggest concern was the 1st gen members.

Looking at them talking with Jia on Talk Code, it didn’t seem like anyone was particularly worried about tomorrow’s broadcast.

During the broadcast, it’s forbidden to talk about anything unrelated to the streamer anyway, so they just need to ban persistent troublemakers.

[Rain: Jia, you good for dinner tomorrow?]

[Rain: Let’s talk while eating]

[Parallel Operations Team Majiya: No]

[Rain: My god, I just asked about the time]

[Komari: Rain unnie, don’t cut in line]

[Komari: I’m first……]

[Maru: No, don’t do that!]

[Maru: Can’t we all just eat together?!]

[Parallel Operations Team Majiya: No]

[Maru: What’s with this naysayer]

[Maru: (Angry con)]

[Dora: Wow I just watched the broadcast]

[Dora: Jia-nim what are you, so cool it’s creepy]

[Parallel Operations Team Majiya: It’s thanks to the voice modulation program]

[Rain: wtf that’s bullshit for real]

They’re getting along so well.

It makes you wonder if they’re really getting along that well, but in Do-hee’s view, this level of interaction means they are.

When there’s a real problem, Majiya rushes to help without hesitation, but when asked to meet privately, she draws a clear line saying she’s not interested. That’s why there hasn’t been much progress in the relationship between the 1st gen and Jia for nearly a year.

Of course, while Jia cares for the 1st gen, isn’t she originally Do-hee’s fan?

In reality, while chatting so indifferently on Talk Code, the way she ran to Do-hee waiting in front of the PC bang near her house was like a dog meeting its owner after 10 years apart.

“Boss!”

Running over on her short legs and making incomprehensible gestures, it was quite adorable.

She must really enjoy playing games together like this.

“You submitted your vacation request, right?”

“I did it perfectly. Wow, to think I’d be going to a PC bang with the boss. I’ve really made it.”

“… What’s so great about playing Battle Call together? Besides, it’s inconvenient to play at a PC bang since you have to adjust the sensitivity and voice settings all over again.”

As soon as she said that, Majiya’s stern gaze flew at her.

It meant that these few hours were the most important thing in the world to her.

As expected of someone with a sniper background, she’s really dedicated to playing games with her favorite.

“We can just adjust the settings roughly, is that important? Every minute and second is precious right now.”

Seeing Jia now even humming a tune, Do-hee muttered quietly.

“You were really going to quit if I didn’t play with you, weren’t you?”

“I told you that was a joke.”

“Please don’t do that again in the future.”

“I won’t. Why would I?”

She giggled while saying that, and that appearance was, how should I put it.

Like a little witch desperate to play pranks.

And Do-hee’s worry soon became reality.

“Hey—!! Stop making gunshot noises! They keep coming!”

Her double-barrel shotgun had been spitting fire non-stop since the start of the game, drawing in all the enemies around.

“The mouse size is different, so I have to get used to this, can’t help it. So why don’t you try letting your body follow the sound of the duck-bae-kun, boss?”

“This is driving me crazy!”

A malicious person remains malicious even when they become an ally or a friend.

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Battle Colosseum is a battle royale game played in teams of 3.

However, there are many eccentric players who play solo or duo without necessarily filling up to 3 people.

It’s what’s commonly called “payoen”.

They’re strange veterans who have become so accustomed to the game that they can’t feel the thrill unless they’re at a numerical disadvantage.

Of course, there are also parties who just play as 2 because they don’t want to get random teammates, in which case teams of 3 have an easier time pressuring 2-person teams with their numerical advantage.

Since Battle Colosseum itself is a TPS (third-person FPS) hero shooting game, even missing just one special ability that can change the tide of battle can create a significant difference in combat power.

“Ping on 2-person queue.”

[Confirmed. I’m on it.]

[I’ll follow.]

This 3-person party, currently in the midst of a game, consists of confident Platinum rank gamers who are within the top 10% in skill.

A 2-person queue in a normal game, not even ranked?

There was no reason to hesitate to charge in.

“One Revolt, one Crazy Shot. Don’t get too close, surround them from a moderate distance.”

[Got it.]

“I’m already watching.”

The man, observing the movements of the two people from afar through his scope, waited for his two teammates to approach.

As soon as his teammates entered the combat radius, pung!

With the sound of an accurate headshot, Revolt’s shield, who had been standing still, shattered completely with a clang.

The startled Revolt tried to dodge by spraying smoke, but lost health quickly under the grenade shower from the approaching teammates and was soon downed.

However, all three were so focused on Revolt that they lost track of Crazy Shot’s position.

They figured it didn’t matter since Crazy Shot was right next to Revolt and could be found quickly anyway.

“Revolt down. Where’s CShot?”

[Weren’t you watching?]

“Who broke Revolt’s shield? I lost track for a moment while zooming in with the scope.”

[Wait, I can’t see because of the smoke.]

“Let’s finish off Revolt first and then think. I’ll look for CShot—.”

Shashak.

The sound of footsteps approaching tickled the man’s ears.

“CShot is here!”

He immediately called out the situation and ran, but since actions are slower when releasing a zoom, he was already a step too late.

Bang!

A double-barrel shotgun at point-blank range is like a bomb.

With all the pellets lodged in the head, the maximum level shield disappeared in an instant.

But the double-barrel, while powerful, only has two shots.

And it uses both shots at once, so the opponent would need time to reload the magazine.

So the man quickly pulled out the SMG he was holding in slot 2, but.

Again, bang!

The HP bar disappeared and the man’s character flopped onto the ground.

And then a nice puff of smoke, pshushshu.

“What the hell, why does this crazy bastard have two double-barrels…?!”

Crazy Shot is a character that benefits from additional shotgun damage, but people don’t usually carry around two double-barrels.

That’s because after firing all four shots, it takes 3 seconds each to reload, totaling 6 seconds, which feels like an eternity in higher tiers.

In other words, the player who just took down the man is not in their right mind.

It’s a concept that requires the confidence to definitely take down one opponent with two double-barrel shots, and the madness to give up on long-range combat.

Suddenly reminded of a famous player in Battle Colosseum, the two teammates finished off the downed Revolt and came to back up the man, saying:

[Two double-barrels? What, is it HumanSignalFlareKimFirecracker?]

[Signal Flare? That Momo simp?]

[Yeah, he loves dual double-barrels]

But when the man who heard that looked at the kill log, it wasn’t HumanSignalFlareKimFirecracker himself.

{{FireworksFestivalRecruitment1stChoiceKimDukBae >>(Head)(Downed) MyEyesAreNotYours}}

“… It’s not Signal Flare?”

[But man, look at that nickname.]

“The naming is vaguely similar to Signal Flare.”

[Isn’t this Signal Flare’s alt account? The nick is hilarious.]

As the two were talking back and forth in bewilderment, that’s when it happened.

The downed man saw Crazy Shot approaching behind his teammate who was coming to revive him.

The smoke that had been sprayed wasn’t for escaping, but for setting up a kill angle.

“Hey! Behind! Behind!!”

Bang!

{{FireworksFestivalRecruitment1stChoiceKimDukBae >>(Head)(Downed) Solo}}

One teammate who had rushed in without even charging their shield paid the price for their carelessness and was downed.

The other teammate following behind at least came with a charged shield, and immediately rushed at the enemy who revealed themselves to take advantage of their reload time, but.

Bang!

Once again, a single shot completely destroyed the highest level shield.

Before there was time to be surprised by the shockingly accurate shot, an adhesive grenade flew in.

The sole survivor went boom with a short scream.

{{FireworksFestivalRecruitment1stChoiceKimDukBae >>(Adhesive Grenade)(Downed) MarbledBeef}}

{{FireworksFestivalRecruitment1stChoiceKimDukBae >>(Kill) MyEyesAreNotYours}}

{{FireworksFestivalRecruitment1stChoiceKimDukBae >>(Kill) Solo}}

{{FireworksFestivalRecruitment1stChoiceKimDukBae >>(Kill) MarbledBeef}}

In an instant, the 3-person party was completely wiped out and the game was over.

The three finished the game with an ambiguous 15th place out of 30 teams.

“Whoa. What was that?”

Up until then, everyone just accepted it.

Even though there’s MMR, all tiers gather in normal games, so it was common to get your head bashed in by a mysterious pro who suddenly appeared.

But what if you suddenly hear a voice from the opponent who just took you down?

Moreover, if that voice is cute and adorable like a little girl?

[Boss, I’ll save you!]

[………]

[Sigh, why is the equipment so weak? How can you protect the floor gang like this?]

[……!!]

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That experience is bound to remain as a shocking memory for a long time.

Author’s Note (Afterword)

Everyone, I’m writing hard so please don’t get dark

Don’t lie down either

Just look at Jia instead >_ㅇ✨