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Chae Yoo-jeong, who had never felt jealous or envious of anyone in his life, never dreamed that his feelings of jealousy would be this difficult.
He loved being able to hear Yoo Ji-han’s voice on Seo Tae-young’s streams or watch him play games, but at the same time, he was tormented by a burning jealousy.
‘Was I this childish?’
It was funny that he was even jealous in the first place. Is he jealous of what happened between Yoo Ji-han and him? If Yoo Ji-han and Seo Tae-young find out about this, they will curse at him for his absurdity.
He made himself look pathetic, childish... Even though he suffered from jealousy, he still couldn’t turn off the broadcast. There was no way he could give up the only way to hear information and news from Yoo Ji-han, which he had never known before.
Yoo Ji-han, who was currently serving in the military, appeared on Seo Tae-young’s broadcast whenever he went on vacation. On days when he wasn’t on the air, he occasionally met up with him to play games.
It was a scorchingly sweltering summer day. As usual, Chae Yoo-jeong, who had been watching the Internet with Seo Tae-young’s broadcast on, not knowing when Yoo Ji-han would appear, quickly turned his gaze when he heard Seo Tae-young’s words.
-Uh? Is Ji-han the enemy jungler this time?
Seo Tae-young, who gave up the mid lane to another user and took charge of being the Jungler, which he was not good at, discovered the opposing team’s username ‘I’m sleepy’ in the loading window.
-Ah, I guess I’ll have to show Ji-han my Jungler skills.
As soon as Seo Tae-young, who mumbled slyly, started the game, he immediately started pranking Yoo Ji-han in the entire chat.
[All] Flying away(Biagun): Hi?
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): Hi
[All Flying away (Biagun): Ji-han is all dead too
[All] Flying away (Biagun): You met me in solo queue ㅋ
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): Ha... I have to go up
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): Let’s play hard
[All] Flying away (Biagun): Don’t be surprised by this Hyung’s jungler skills
The game that started like that quickly fell apart soon after when Seo Tae-young was kicked by Yoo Ji-han.
It was a natural result. Even if you were a professional gamer, it was not easy to play a different line than the main line you were playing.
Although he won the jungler fight against Seo Tae-young, it was not a game where he could win by just having one line. As the top line and midline each had 2 solo kills, the good momentum from the beginning disappeared and the atmosphere immediately shifted toward Seo Tae-young.
Yoo Ji-han had no choice but to go to the bottom lane and try to get a double kill, but he showed a play that the supporter couldn’t understand, which resulted in the loss of only one enemy being killed and two of his team dying.
Since then, the snowball has been rolling and the game has deteriorated to the point where it cannot be corrected no matter how hard the person who maintains it tries to maintain it.
As a result, Yoo Ji-han defeated Seo Tae-young in the Jungle fight but lost the game itself miserably.
Chae Yoo-jeong, who was watching the broadcast, deeply understood Yoo Ji-han. This was a situation that Junglers face several times a day.
No matter how good the Jungler was, if he made mistakes like that and stuck with the enemy team, they could never win. Hero was ultimately a team game.
‘If I was on the team, I could have won.’
Although his main lane is jungler, he was confident that he would do better than the supports Yoo Ji-han was currently matched with. Even if he were a supporter, he would be 100 times better than that guy.
Usually, when playing solo queue, Chae Yoo-jeong didn’t care whether his teammates did well or not, but it felt extremely unfair when Yoo Ji-han’s team did poorly, as if it were his own game. If it weren’t for those guys, Yoo Ji-han’s score would have been higher. For no reason, he felt sorry for himself.
Yoo Ji-han’s team, which was unable to turn the tables and gave up its entire base, was left waiting for the enemy to break the nexus. At that time, Seo Tae-young entered the chat room, giggling and laughing.
[All] Flying away (Biagun): Sleepy-nim
[All] Flying away (Biagun): I came to visit your house
[All] Flying away (BiaGun): It’s wide.
Seo Tae-young gave this reply to the chat he had taken while destroying the Nexus turret.
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): Ah ㅋㅋ why are you here so late?
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): I waited~
[All] Flying away (Biagun): ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] 00101001 (Akalzek): It’s hilarious ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Flying away (Biagun): You waited for me?
[All] Flying away (Biagun): No wonder the door was wide open ㅋ
[All] Let’s Live Kindly (Beth): ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Tree Tree Actor (Chase): They broke everything down and came in and fk ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Cinnamon Flavored Candy (Iril): No, honestly
[All] Cinnamon Flavored Candy (Iril): Our team’s support is fk bad
[All] Tree Tree Actor (Chase): Support difference i agree
[All] Flying away (Biagun): no no
[All] Flying away (Biagun): This is a jungler difference
[All] Flying away (Biagun): I agree?
[All] Tree Tree Actor (Chase): ?
[All] Let’s Live Kindly (Beth): ?
Seo Tae-young, who had 1 kill, 8 deaths, and 5 assists, shouted jungle difference to Yoo Ji-han, who had 6 kills, 2 deaths, and 9 assists.
The broadcast chat window and the game chat window were simultaneously filled with laughter at that shockingly shameless statement.
[All] 00101001 (Akalzek): Wow, this is a bit;;
[All] Cinnamon-flavored candy (Iril): It’s the jungle difference, right?
[All] Cinnamon Flavored Candy (Iril): Jungle difference because our team’s jungler is not doing any better;
[All] Let’s Live Kindly (Beth): Ah~ That’s the difference? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] Let’s Live Kindly (Beth): omg ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): fk I admit
[All] Flying Away (Biagun): Do you admit it?
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): Sure
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): I’m learning a lot like this^^
[All] I’m sleepy (Root): Loyal loyalty^^7
[All] Tree Tree (Chase): Where did you dig up your true conscience?
[All] Flying Away (Biagun): Why are you all upset when the appropriate article was acknowledged? haha
Since it was a high tier solo queue, he only encountered people he encountered every time, so even though the game atmosphere was bad, the chat window atmosphere was quite good.
When the Nexus exploded and the game ended, Seo Tae-young sent a private message to Yoo Ji-han.
[Flying away] Ah, it’s been a while since I had fun
[I’m sleepy] That’s right hahaha
[Flying away] But seeing as I met you
[Flying away] I don’t think it’s at the MMR cat-smashing level yet haha
[Flying away] Until recently, I was scared because I was afraid of losing everything.
[Flying away] I was a little scared because everyone ordered me to do it not long ago;
[I’m sleepy] yeah
[I’m sleepy] I watched the broadcast
[I’m sleepy] I thought you nailed Siege Mode 4 in Da [1] ㅋ
[Flying away] ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Flying away] Is this just revenge?
[I’m sleepy] ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Yoo Ji-han lost the game unfairly and was teased by Seo Tae-young, but he didn’t seem to feel bad at all. Seo Tae-young and Yoo Ji-han, who chatted amicably as always, were clearly close brothers and sisters.
Okay. Chae Yoo-jeong was jealous of this. What if he met Yoo Ji-han when he was in middle school? It doesn’t mean anything. Yoo Ji-han had forgotten his face, his name, and even the fact that they had met, so he was the only one who remembered the past.
Chae Yoo-jeong blinked slowly as he rested his chin and looked at the monitor showing the broadcast screen.
‘I can’t help it...……….’
No matter how sad I was, I couldn’t help it. Just watching the chatting scene makes me so jealous that I’m going crazy... How on earth can I be calm?
On a chilly winter day in February when snow was pouring down, everything was inevitable from the moment he first made eye contact with Yoo Ji-han, who was holding an umbrella for a child sitting in front of a rusty iron gate. The warmth of the triangular kimbap he received back then was still vivid.
So Chae Yoo-jeong made a decision. He said he needed to take a break.
“You suddenly want to take a break? What are you talking about?”
“It’s a two-year contract anyway, so it ends soon. I plan to take a year off and then renew my contract.”
Yoo Ji-han will be discharged from the military in October of this year. Then, he will spend a lot more time playing games before he goes back to school next year. If Chae Yoo-jeong does not renew his contract, he will officially become unemployed from November after the world competition ends.
Anyone who knew the relationship between Chae Yoo-jeong and Yoo Ji-han would have clearly seen what their intentions were, but unfortunately, there was no such person in the world, including coach Yoo Gyeong-seok and the director.
“No... It’s of course your wish to take a break without renewing your contract, but... it’s too sudden.”
“Chae Yoo-jeong, what’s going on with you these days?”
Yoo Gyeong-seok and the director reacted in confusion after hearing the notice that they would be taking a break. He had recently stopped taking his medication, but he was an anxious person to begin with, so it was natural for him to be worried.
Chae Yoo-jeong answered appropriately because he had no desire to reveal Yoo Ji-han’s story or the state of his mind to others.
“I’m just a little tired. I’m stressed. I want to rest.”
“……”
Yoo Gyeong-seok and the director sighed at the same time at the answer that was not found in sincerity even after wiping their eyes and looking for it. Anyway, that shameless bastard....
note
[-1]
Kajeong: Counter jungling. It is operated by infiltrating the opponent’s jungle and stealing monsters or directly killing the opponent’s jungler.
[-2]
Solo Kill: Short for solo kill. It refers to a situation where you kill an enemy by yourself without receiving help from others.
[-3]
Snowball: Ball rolling operation. This refers to a situation where slight differences that occur in the beginning grow like a snowball over time.
[-4]
Siege Mode: Siege Mode. This means that the Siege Tank that appears in StarCraft changes to siege mode, and at this time, it cannot move.
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Credits:
Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor: Meimei, Ghostx
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HM: congrats on the 100 th chapters and I’m once again put to pain due to the chat messages huh?
GX: Congrats on the 100th chapter! There’s a lot of texts this chapter, it was kinda weird to read through.
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