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At that time, a fairy in Tokyo.

A spacious room with tatami mats.

With men in kimonos sitting on cushions to the left and right, an old man in a white kimono is holding a bear pillow and closing his eyes.

“What happened?”

“Failed.”

In the middle, a man in a suit and sunglasses answered with a dogeza.

His face was swollen, as if he had been beaten, and his words were barely escaping through his veiny lips.

“Fail. That doesn’t sound good.”

“Well, I will definitely succeed next time!”

“Success. Is there a way to do that?”

“Yes!”

thud!

The sunglasses man hit his head on the tatami mat.

“Goblin is someone who likes women! I will definitely make the beauty world a success and bring in the seeds of goblins!”

“Yes, the child we prepared the best for failed. As you said, a goblin won’t back down if a woman attacks him, so we supported S-class at best, but were treated like crap.”

As the old man continued to speak, the sunglasses man began to tremble.

“I have never been thrown into the sea like that in my life. Rather, I would have put an anchor around the ankles of the disobedient people and thrown them into the sea. I am saying that I was not a child who would be rolled up and thrown away like that.”

“I have nothing to say…!”

“Okay. There shouldn’t be any. The S-class superpower has a mental crack and is on the verge of becoming a devil, and even though it is a friendly match, he has suffered such a mental blow that he cannot even participate in the friendly match.”

The old man snapped his fingers.

Soon, the female secretary wearing a kimono next to the old man tapped her smartwatch, and the female secretaries also brought a portable whiteboard and attached batteries to it.

“Ayaka. How much did it pay out against Korea’s hero, Emperor Lei this time?”

“As a result of analyzing the numbers in all cases, we were originally supposed to receive dividends around the 8th match.”

“Okay. But what if one person goes to yoga and fails, and ends up suffering from mental trauma?”

“…After being pushed to the end, it is only possible for Nadeshiko or Cheong Hye-seong to step forward to respond.”

“Phew.”

The old man kept bouncing the stick to the side.

“Look here. Vice President.”

“Yes, yes!”

“I have invested heavily in horse racing in this country for a long time. I have also had some of my own horses win. Do you think I wouldn’t be interested in this means of making money?”

“Well, that’s…”

“This is horse racing in the 21st century! Even pachinko is a possible element! Why don’t you know that just by inserting the face of an S-class psychic into a slot machine, you can spin the slot 3-4 more times!!”

The old man shouted, blood forming in his neck.

“You must succeed without fail! Either kill the goblin, or tell him that if you don’t give him a child, he will turn into a devil like this! Or make the goblin walk the path of true sodomy! I mean, somehow get some favor through the goblin! Do you understand!”

“Ah, I understand! I will risk my life to bring the goblin’s favor!!”

“Yes, that’s right.”

The old man put down his teddy bear and lamented towards the ceiling.

“How is it that a person with supernatural powers like a goblin has not appeared in our Japan? No, why did the sky give birth to Cheong Hye-seong and then give Korea a goblin!!”

There was no one who could answer the old man’s lament.

* * *

Taking the Shinkansen to Tokyo Stadium.

“It is said that Tokyo’s esports stadium is made of cardboard. Is this true?”

“Okay. But, isn’t that harder than concrete?”

I looked at the tablet with Yunji Kim and looked through the introduction video of Tokyo Esports Stadium that was posted as promotional material on the official website.

“You shouldn’t ignore it just because it’s cardboard. It is said that this cardboard contains the national pride of the person with the skill to control it.”

“…Can we consider a case like Ms. Bong Halla?”

“Yes.”

If there is Hallabong in Jeju Island.

Japan has corrugated cardboard.

“There is nothing better than the spirit of nationalism to influence the ego and reality. In fact, many countries, including East Asia, tried to inspire nationalism among the heroes born.”

“The representative example is the ‘corrugated cardboard maker’.”

“Okay. In a broader sense, I am a talented person who is good at handling paper, so I guess there is one type of paper that I mainly use. That’s cardboard.”

“Surprising?”

Nadeshiko, who was quietly eating her lunch, opened her mouth.

“I guess the person you’re most worried about is ‘Abe’?”

“…….”

“What is it? Is it true?”

“It would be a lie if I said I don’t care.”

Abe.

Cardboard.

I have a slight headache, but the rest of the world has nothing to do with me.

“If corrugated cardboard is made with craftsmanship without corruption, it will not collapse even if you make a bed frame out of corrugated cardboard.”

“How many people climbed on top and started pounding?”

” What if, instead of making it out of cardboard and paying the people’s taxes for the empty hole, there is national pride in that empty space?”

“…I will do my best to prevent national pride from being crushed by a 200kg giant man or something like that from happening.”

“That’s the way it is. Rather than being huge, it would be a cardboard bed frame that would be comfortable for three people to lie down on together.”

The bed is like that.

What about the stadium?

“Humidity measures and such are all in place, and it’s more serious than I thought. It is a stadium built with the intention of being used for at least 20, or even 30 years.”

“Corrugated cardboard lasts for more than 20 or 30 years…?”

“The stadium will be mainly destroyed, and if there is any corrugated cardboard, it will be enough to replace it. There are no heating elements or anything like that, so your butt may be cold, but wouldn’t you most likely just stand up and hold this?”

I personally took out the item that I had requested from Nadeshiko.

“Hero ticket instead of betting ticket.”

“……”

“As soon as they saw that e-sports were becoming active in the United States and the World Cup was a huge hit in Korea, they immediately tried to mobilize the horse racing system for the World Cup for Talented Persons. It’s an amazing country.”

“Well, it feels very different from regular esports.”

Nadeshiko turned her head to Yunji Kim.

“Kyung Woong. In Japan, 1:1 competition is also competition, but we decided to focus on ‘racing’.”

“Is it because hitting and fighting each other is barbaric?”

“There’s that, but it’s because I’m used to horse racing.”

“In reality, isn’t it because you’re worried that the habits used by former Yakuza heroes during their active duty days will be revealed to reality?”

“…At least you won’t step on Yakuza staff while running, right? Tsk. anyway. When I see what people in the association do, I feel so embarrassed that I can’t raise my head.”

Nadeshiko casually dissed her country.

“…Brain Emperor. Isn’t Korean e-sports strictly centered around 1:1 competition?”

“Yes.”

Although there is a big difference between Korea and Japan, the special ability sports industry is also showing signs of developing in different directions.

“Ssireum, Taekwondo. Holy 1:1 confrontation has its roots in our traditional culture… Goblin, why do you view it that way?”

“It seems like the goblins have different thoughts?”

“What.”

Traditional culture.

It’s a good story.

However, I believe that there are other factors behind the fact that Korea’s multi-talented sports have become established in a 1:1 competition format.

“Korean traditional games played a big role in establishing e-sports as an e-sport. It’s still the same now.”

“……?”

“But the situation is a little different in Japan.”

“But doesn’t Japan also have a lot of 1:1 confrontation culture? Tekken, Street Fighter, King of…”

” Surprisingly, you know that well.”

“It was a perfect example to learn fighting techniques.”

Yunji Kim stretches forward a fist covered in electricity.

Although she was sitting on a Shinkansen chair and didn’t have much of an attitude, it felt like a crackling electric shock was flying behind Kim Yun-ji’s head like an upright broom.

“Isn’t that what Goblin also took from there?”

“…Ah, you mean that.”

“You are referring to the technology you used at Yangyang Airport.”

Although it was covered in flames, the kick that Baek Seol-hee swung towards the ice block was clearly ‘that’.

Just because he had the appearance of a rider didn’t mean that all kicks were rider kicks.

“In that sense, Do Ji-hwan, you are popular among Japanese people in many ways. Rather than showing off Taekwondo, everyone applauded me and said, ‘You know a lot about Japan!’ when they saw me using something like that.”

“I don’t know much.”

Those were the cultures I was frequently exposed to from a young age.

When it came out dubbed in Korean, I thought it was made in Korea, but it wasn’t until I became an adult that I realized it was ‘dubbing’.

Still, I enjoyed everything.

[Notice to all passengers. The train is coming soon…]

While we were talking, it was time for the train to arrive at its destination.

“Nadeshiko.”

“Huh?”

“If you say you really feel uncomfortable, I am willing to step forward.”

I decided to no-show, but I didn’t want our ‘organization’ to suffer any damage because of it.

“If you want, you can also do it this way.”

So, I treated the no-show as a no-show and made a suggestion that would save Nadeshiko’s face and status.

“…Hmm. That would be great. But who are you going to do it with? me? Or Cheong Hye-seong?”

“You?”

“What kind of wind was blowing?”

“I was treated well, so I should do at least this much.”

I took a quick bite of the eel lunch box.

“Surprise appearances are fundamental to entertainment.”

A goblin’s show, a do-show, is different from a no-show.

“There is nothing more fun than having the person pushing the story of a fighting game intrude into the fight with the final boss.”