I May Be a Virtual Youtuber, but I Still Go to Work

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93 – I Really Can’t Take It Anymore

After winning two consecutive rounds, there were hardly any coherent voices on Young-gun’s stream.

“… No.”

Even Young-gun was at a loss for words.

He had thought that after taking the red pill, he would realize that his playstyle didn’t fit at all with Combative and would approach the game seriously, or perhaps show at least one crack play.

But he never expected the round itself to be blown apart by a crack.

At this point, it was more of a crevasse than a crack.

Throughout the second round, Majiya had three kills, but those three kills were all achieved solo without any help from her teammates.

The value of those three kills was entirely different.

The chat window?

It seemed they had forgotten how they had mocked Majiya and were now busy criticizing the coach.

— The coach was a total idiot.

— This is just Young-gun’s fault.

— No, when you take off the leash, she just flies around? LOL

— Why did you put a muzzle on her? LOL

:: Anonymous supporter donated 1,000 Clouds! ::

:: Sigh… How can a coach who doesn’t even know the players expect the team to run smoothly? ::

— For real, LOL.

— Why is that true?

— Is this really happening?

— LOL.

It would be a lie to say he wasn’t frustrated, but it was also true that Young-gun hadn’t had high expectations for Majiya.

After all, Combative and the Battle Colosseum were two completely different games.

Even Majiya was aware of this.

She had said herself that she practiced with a Smoker who had the smokescreen ability to be helpful to the team.

“Why didn’t she just say she could use the smokescreen this well from the start…?”

But this was a situation that arose because Young-gun, a former pro, didn’t understand Majiya’s mindset.

Winning by creating a crack that fractures the entire game was something very difficult for someone who believed in the standardized play and snowballing of pro gaming.

In fact, Young-gun didn’t even know Majiya until just before they became a team.

He couldn’t attend the year-end party where Majiya was frequently mentioned due to a family event, so how could he know anything?

If Dohee had been the coach, it would have been different.

She would have immediately understood Majiya’s tendency to ride along and would have analyzed, “She’s playing a Smoker while being dedicated to the team, but she can’t give up the smokescreen. Let’s just let her do her thing for now.”

“I can’t believe it. Is it really possible for a person to change this much just because they were given a smokescreen?”

— To be precise, it’s the smokescreen and the shotgun.

— That’s right.

— You made it so she couldn’t shoot the mini-barrel, didn’t you? LOL.

“Ah. That’s right. Including the shotgun. No. Still. Good grief.”

But there was a reason Young-gun was the coach.

Even as the chat was flooded with mockery directed at him, he was only focused on the possibility of the team winning.

After all, he wanted to win with Serena, which was why he took on the role of coach for this tournament.

‘The first two rounds should be easy to win, but this isn’t enough.’

In the early game, during the pistol fights of rounds 1 and 2, Majiya had clearly shown that she could create a crack in the match with her smokescreen and mini-barrel.

However, she couldn’t use the same strategy every time.

Once she showed it in scrims, all teams would start preparing for it.

Where would Majiya try next?

What if they break through?

How would they change their placements next time?

Just the fact that these thoughts were ingrained in the players’ minds had its own effect.

But a strong shock that could break the enemy’s head needed to follow.

In other words, Majiya’s crack play couldn’t stop here.

‘If only I could carry this shock into the next round….’

Regardless of the previous round’s win or loss, from round 3 onwards, when at least one person would have their main weapon, even Majiya with a smokescreen could fall to ordinary rapid-fire shots that scrape the head.

But that common understanding was also an opportunity.

If Majiya could show something even in this situation, the team that had been treated as the weakest with 0 wins and 22 losses could suddenly instill anxiety in all the other teams.

‘Let’s go. Show me something more…!’

In the meantime, round 3 began.

Majiya immediately bought a good AR with the money she had saved.

— ?

— What’s this?

— Didn’t she say she was going to use a shotgun?

The viewers’ questions mirrored Young-gun’s confusion.

Why an AR?

It wasn’t even the gun Majiya usually used.

It was the assault rifle that Bajubi, who was in charge of infiltration, always had when he threw flashbangs and jumped in, often blowing up dice.

And the reason was soon revealed.

Wasn’t she buying a gun to hand over to Bajubi, who had 0 kills?

[When you held this, you shot well. Use this.]

[……? …But… ……………! ]

[It doesn’t matter. I’m fine with the mini-barrel.]

Didn’t the opponent know that they would now be coming out with their main weapons?

But seeing that Bajubi and Kamik, the two in the entry team, were hoping that the two of them would get their weapons first, that didn’t seem to be the case.

— But why give the gun to that side?

— Wouldn’t it be better to buy from tier 1 or 2 first?

— No, no, Kamik and Serena already saved up for their own guns.

— Still, it doesn’t seem efficient.

Serena seemed to have that question as well and asked Majiya.

[Um… Jia, are you not going to go all out this time?]

[I need to take a break sometimes too.]

Majiya surprisingly gave a plausible answer.

Young-gun, who was watching, tilted his head, probably because he had come to know Majiya to some extent.

“… What’s this? She’s not the type to do that?”

Isn’t she the one who died because she couldn’t go all out?

The main culprit behind Majiya’s downfall was her tendency to go all out.

Is she really going to hold back?

Majiya’s intentions, which were hard to understand, were soon revealed through her own words.

[This round, I’ll follow Serena’s orders. Play as if you have 6 smokescreens.]

[Ah, yes!]

Young-gun could only cover his mouth.

Majiya wanted team play.

Moreover, she wanted to use the breakthrough strategy she had practiced until now.

They had lost 22 times in 3 days of scrims.

Majiya had been facing increasing restrictions, and coaching had become increasingly difficult.

All of it was to break and crush Majiya’s FPS ego.

Yet, it seemed Majiya could not let go of the formula of the Battle Colosseum.

‘… She’s realized it.’

However, while Young-gun struggled with a player like Majiya, whom he had never experienced before, and couldn’t let go of the perfect image from his pro days, Majiya found a way to adapt to Combative while maintaining her ego.

She couldn’t fully blend into Combative since she was a Battle Colosseum user anyway.

But she would utilize even that as a benefit to the team.

… This was declared in the conversation she just had with Serena.

And thus, it was born.

Winning the first two rounds by going all out and then taking a break in the first round.

This strategy, which the old Majiya would never have thought of,

could be seen as, “I’ve had enough fun, so let’s play properly once,” but.

That couldn’t be the case.

It was a clear psychological battle.

What state would the opponent be in right now?

Wouldn’t they be anxious, not knowing when Majiya would suddenly pop up?

Naturally, a tunnel effect would occur, and they would focus on catching the one person who suddenly appears, unable to think about the team pushing in all at once.

They would be unable to execute the most basic defensive strategy in Combative, which is to fall back and preserve numbers when the enemy pushes in.

What if two were cut down while trying to stop five?

That would be equivalent to losing the round.

And sure enough.

[Two with flashbangs, three going in. One, two, three!]

As per Serena’s order, the team members pushed in all at once, and two enemy players desperately engaged in combat and fell.

As mentioned, as long as they didn’t make mistakes, this team played quite decently.

Even Majiya calmly moved according to Serena’s orders.

Of course, as soon as the situation became 5:3 and Young-gun’s team gained the advantage, Majiya moved again.

Why would Majiya stay still while they were hunting rabbits?

She immediately turned around to cut off the enemies coming from B.

Push, push.

The smokescreen was laid down in succession, and victory announcements followed one after another.

Even if Majiya only exchanged kills and died, it was still a gain.

Perhaps because the enemies were already on the defensive, they couldn’t respond properly.

Even if they were tier 1 and tier 2 players from the construction team who could shoot a bit.

Majiya’s kill score: 9 kills, 0 deaths, 2 assists.

— This is insane.

— Wow.

— No, LOL.

— She’s so good, damn it, LOL.

— Wowwwww.

— Why didn’t they give her the smokescreen and shotgun earlier? LOL.

— Even the installation point is solid, LOL.

— Crazy Majiya, LOL.

— If she could do this, why didn’t she do it before!!!

— First, let’s beat Young-gun, right?

— The coach is the problem.

Hearing the flood of criticism, Young-gun also realized.

Although he had been one of the shining players during his active days, he wasn’t a good coach.

‘Suppressing wasn’t the answer.’

People aren’t machines. How could they just do as they were told?

In the end, a coach needs to adapt to each member to lead the whole team.

He had to devise strategies that suited the team members, not just believe that his way was the only right one.

From today’s events, he learned one thing for sure.

After that, Majiya equipped the long-barreled triple-barrel shotgun ‘Dragon-B’ that she had wanted so much and truly began to soar.

She didn’t ignore Serena’s orders, but neither did she refrain from going all out.

It was as if she already had an idea of what Serena would do in her head.

She repeated the cycle of breaking through, stopping, breaking through, and stopping organically.

And as for the shots?

As soon as she closed the distance with the enemy using the smokescreen, the Dragon-B would spit fire and take down at least two.

She was truly an optimized destruction tank.

And Majiya’s achievements had an unexpected effect.

As the confidence of her teammates, which had been low due to repeated losses, began to recover, everyone started to perform beyond their individual capacities.

[Bajubi! Support the turret at A Long!]

[I’m on my way!]

[Bajubi, do you see the midline?]

[I can’t see it…!]

[My side, no, A Short is coming in! I’m pulling back, need smokescreen support!]

[I’m coming!]

The issues that had not been resolved despite Young-gun’s continuous reminders were neatly resolved.

As Majiya relieved the pressure of having to lead the team, Serena regained her energy.

With the orders and calls becoming clearer, Kamik’s deaths, which had been falling rapidly, decreased sharply.

Even KraeMang, who had been causing confusion with frequent briefings, seemed to be inspired by his niece’s performance, covering his mouth with his hand in effort.

Bajubi finally began to speak in a normal voice.

As a result, Young-gun’s team,

Finally, they put an end to what seemed like an endless 22-game losing streak.

Starting with a heartfelt remark from a moved Serena, the team members cheered loudly.

[We won!!!]

[……We won!!]

[We won…!]

[Oh my!! Well done, well done, my nieces!! You did so well!!]

Only one person, Majiya, muttered in a voice that wasn’t entirely relieved.

[Sigh.]

Since it would be troublesome to interrupt the celebrating members, Young-gun immediately pulled Majiya into a separate voice chat room.

Even though he wanted to praise her for being impressive and truly amazing, he held back, knowing that overly boosting her could affect her performance in future matches, and offered Majiya restrained praise.

“You really did well, but why? I was surprised.”

[That’s true, but it’s frustrating.]

“What’s frustrating?”

— ?

— LOL.

— ??

— You won, didn’t you? LOL.

— What’s so frustrating about it?

— You did really well, damn it.

After finally achieving victory after 22 consecutive losses, Majiya was still full of complaints.

[I really hate this game.]

… ─ — Battle Colosseum Gallery ─ ─ — …

[??? : Combative is so boring (somewhat fabricated)]

(This game is so annoying. clip)

She had previously cursed on an official broadcast,

What’s up with her these days?

She’s not a runaway pony, LOL.

[Comments]

— BattleCol395: Can’t you tell at a glance? She’s totally suppressed, LOL.

— BattleCol941: She’s on the verge of exploding, no matter how you look at it, LOL.

— BattleCol114: How can a troll who should be smashing heads in be expected to act properly in Combative, LOL.

… ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

… ─ — Parallel (Virtual Youtuber) Gallery ─ ─ — …

[Shouldn’t someone shut Majiya up?]

What if Combative ads completely stop coming in?

Although no ads have come in yet, LOL.

This doesn’t mean that Battle Pack Games discriminates against Parallel.

[Comments]

— Parallel239: Given that she cursed before, she’s probably already been called in, LOL.

— Parallel023: She probably got a good smack from Momo, LOL.

— Parallel562: Honestly, the first generation had way more drama, so I don’t know how serious this is.

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Parallel461: Maru leaked a collaboration a month ago, Dora broke the streaming computer during an ad broadcast, Komari got her account suspended for accumulating reports of swearing while saying Naore, and Rain asked a viewer for a real-life fight. ㅠㅠ Don’t slander the first generation.

–
Parallel995: This is dizzying, LOL.

–
Parallel046: Don’t joke… Is all of this really happening?

… ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ …

In fact, the next day, Majiya was called in by Momo as soon as she arrived at work.

“Teacher. It seems you’ve caused quite a stir while I wasn’t paying attention?”

However, Majiya had something to say.

“Considering you’re bringing this up four days later, there’s definitely a problem with the CEO’s industry insight…”

“Hey. You’re being scolded right now…”

Majiya awkwardly smiled and looked down.

“I know. I’m reflecting on it. But what can I do? Combative is just such an infuriating game.”

“It’s true that it’s a game that doesn’t suit your tendencies. But still, can you please hold back in the future? Just because people aren’t saying much this time doesn’t mean you can just let it slide.”

“Hehe.”

“However, aside from that, the promotional effect was definitely there.”

“Eh?”

Cheon Do-hee showed her the view count trends of the content uploaded to the official channel over the past few days.

In fact, the moment Majiya cursed during the auction, the live viewer count hit 50,000.

And when she vented about how hard Combative was while talking with Coach Young-gun yesterday, it hit 30,000 again.

Did the increase only apply to live viewers?

Not at all.

Her antics made it onto the ‘drama’ list of incidents involving virtual YouTubers.

The ‘drama’ of an employee of a virtual YouTuber company who hadn’t even debuted spread across various communities, naturally helping promote the official channel.

“Let’s just hold on for one more week. Until the tournament ends. You’re doing well.”

And ultimately, only Cheon Do-hee could manage the about-to-explode Majiya.

“Then please buy me beef for dinner tonight.”

“Even though I gave you a bonus, can’t you treat me once with your own money?”

“If I treat you, it would mean I’m meeting a fan in a private setting, even if it’s for a meal. Especially beef? That’s dangerous.”

“What are you talking about? It’s fine if I treat you, right?”

“Of course. It’s normal for a boss to buy a meal for an employee for their hard work.”

“……?”

“I just support you with money. Buying goods and subscribing. That’s how it should be. So, beef. Give it to me.”

“Seriously, this is driving me crazy.”

After that, Majiya ate the beef that Do-hee bought for her and gathered her strength—though she couldn’t finish even two servings due to her small appetite—and somehow managed to get through the remaining scrim schedule.

What was the result of the scrims that took place over a total of 7 days from Friday, when the auction happened, to Thursday?

12 wins and 24 losses.

Although it was only a 33% win rate, after Majiya found her own way, she showed a clear team synergy, achieving a remarkable feat of only 2 losses after the 22-game losing streak and winning 12 times.

Moreover, these 2 losses were against the Pandral team, which was the closest to winning, so the atmosphere of the tournament began to shift dramatically.

Young-gun’s team thought they were certain to finish in 4th place.

As the latter part of the scrim unfolded, discussions began to arise about whether the protagonists of the finals would be the Pandal team and Young-gun’s team.

And that speculation was revealed on Friday with the shocking results of the round-robin matches.

─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─

{{ 2025 Match Tournament: Competitive Division Round Robin Standings }}

– 1. We’re Done | 2 Wins | 1 Loss | Score Difference +8

–
– Panyalal | 2 Wins | 1 Loss | Score Difference +7

–
– Gongsa Gadamhan | 1 Win | 2 Losses | Score Difference -6

–
– Dolgo Dolra | 1 Win | 2 Losses | Score Difference -9 |

─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─

Everyone watching was left in awe by the absurd drama of the last-place team securing a direct spot in the finals.

It was even just a single round difference.

If Young-gun’s team had lost even one more round, or conversely, if the Pandal team had won just one more round, the rankings could have flipped.

But the surprises didn’t end there.

[No, Panyalal team! How could you not make it to the finals like this!!]

In the semifinals held the very next day between the second and third place teams, the Pandal team, considered the overwhelming favorites to win, faced another bitter defeat.

The Gongsa Gadamhan team, which had been hit first by the awakened Signal Flare and nearly collapsed, instead turned that into a turning point, regaining their mental fortitude and pushing through.

13:15, 18:16, 25:23.

After an incredible number of overtime matches, they ultimately wrote a drama of a win-loss-win.

[Who could have predicted this? The scrim’s number one would fall like this!!]

[In the end, mental issues held them back. As the matches dragged on, the fact that they had been winning continuously in the scrim became a poison! On the other hand, despite finishing third in the round-robin, the Gongsa Gadamhan team managed to regroup and make it to the finals. This is truly an astonishing result, and an unprecedented finals has been set up!!]

Thus, an extraordinary situation arose where the two teams that finished fourth and third in the scrim met again in the finals, causing viewership to skyrocket.

[ (🔴Live) 2025 Match Tournament Competitive Division, Finals ] 👪80,442

#Competitive #Ppajijik #MatchTournament

By Sunday, there were officially 80,000 viewers on the channel alone.

When combining all the broadcasts, the number exceeded 250,000, breaking last year’s record of 200,000 and rewriting the history of viewership in the competitive division.

[Hello, viewers!!

Sponsored by Ppajijik and organized by Battleback Games, this is the Match Tournament Competitive Division!]

[We will now begin the first match of the finals!!]

Author’s Note (Author’s Afterword)

Let the games begin!

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