When I think about it now, there was no streamer whose targeting style was as sharp as Curry’s.
It was also a mystery how he managed to maintain such a high energy level for such a long time. His always-positive mindset was something I couldn’t understand from my perspective.
That must have been the reason.
The reason I started targeting Curry.
At first, I targeted him because I wanted to see him genuinely get angry.
I didn’t intentionally troll, but when I was on his team, I enjoyed playing with new meta picks. When we met as enemies, I went into full serious mode and crushed him thoroughly.
I just wanted to see his face contort.
…Even though that’s what I thought when targeting him.
Curry never showed that kind of reaction on his stream.
That must have been the reason.
The reason I don’t target other streamers but still target Curry.
No, to be exact, the reason I still target Curry and not other streamers is.
Because the other streamers were just too easy.
It only took three days to genuinely make them angry and get them to react seriously.
So in the past, I focused on targeting Curry even more.
However, after a while, seeing Curry’s indifferent reaction to my targeting, I completely lost interest.
The interest in the act of targeting itself.
Because of that, I mindlessly repeated playing the game Leorio like a machine.
But once the excitement fades, it’s impossible for it to last forever.
I could have kept my interest longer if I had lost once in a while.
But because I endlessly repeated winning, my interest in Leorio faded from my mind.
That’s why the ‘Mysterious Yone Master’ was born.
And that’s why the Mysterious Yone Master suddenly disappeared.
And now.
I was watching the broadcast of Nangin Geomgaek, and I felt the excitement I once had very strongly.
The streamer constantly losing to the Mysterious Yone Master.
And the viewers consoling the streamer.
It was a warm scene, and it was a scene I used to terribly hate.
Of course, that was the past of ‘Son Minwoo’.
Now, I was a woman named ‘Choi Nayeon’.
So I didn’t feel the need to break him.
But I did want to see Nangin Geomgaek in despair.
“How long can you hold on…?”
Curry had endured over 300 games of pain, but in the end, he never despaired.
How long can you hold on, Nangin Geomgaek?
No, how much longer can you last?
The third match was also a loss for Nangin Geomgaek.
However, he didn’t hesitate and immediately queued up again.
I also queued for matching with him.
Currently, this was the mid-tier challenger range.
Even if I had beaten him three times in a row, it was still possible to be matched together.
Even if it was ten losses in a row, Nangin Geomgaek and I would continue to be matched.
As expected, Nangin Geomgaek and I met as enemies once again.
The fourth match was also like the previous one—no surprises, and I won again.
However, Nangin Geomgaek was changing significantly from the previous match.
A small change that no one else could feel if it weren’t for me.
I was curious how far that small change could grow, so I continued to target him.
The fifth match.
For the first time, no confrontation happened in the early laning phase.
Nangin Geomgaek no longer blindly relied on “matchup” advantage and recklessly traded damage.
Instead, he used small poke and subtle movements to threaten me while suppressing my growth.
He applied pressure on the lane slowly, just like I did, and made me aware of a potential dive by utilizing the unseen jungler.
It was the first noticeable change, and he was no longer the Nangin Geomgaek I knew.
The way Nangin Geomgaek was playing were methods I had used against him in the past.
‘This is interesting.’
When a person sees hope, they despair even more.
Would Nangin Geomgaek, having caught a glimpse of possibility, be able to avoid despair after continuous losses?
But Nangin Geomgaek’s play was so predictable.
It was the same play I made in the previous match.
Using the unseen jungler to apply pressure was a good idea.
[Enemy champion has been slain.]
But by trying to do too much at once, he didn’t predict the enemy jungler’s location and got ganked.
I silently gave unspoken advice in my mind, finished clearing the wave, and then joined my jungler after the gank to take the dragon.
The enemy jungler had already appeared in the top lane, and the enemy mid-laner had died.
There was no reason not to take the dragon, and no reason we couldn’t take it.
[Infernal Dragon has been slain!]
After securing the dragon, I recalled home and bought ‘that’ item.
I opened the tab and checked the enemy Yasuo’s lower-tier items, and a small laugh escaped me. Yasuo was holding “Rageblade,” a lower-tier item of Guinsoo’s Rageblade.
‘Well, it’d be weird if he didn’t buy it.’
He had already been killed multiple times by the same Guinsoo Yone, and if he didn’t know, it’d be even stranger.
Yasuo’s passive, like Yone’s, doubled crit chance and had a 10% penalty on crit damage.
So, Yasuo with Guinsoo would surely show performance on par with Yone, if not as strong.
However, I had already completed the Guinsoo item.
Whether I completed Guinsoo or not was the difference between heaven and earth.
As the game progressed, Yasuo eventually completed Guinsoo too, but I already had nearly three core items.
A well-farmed Yone with Guinsoo was unstoppable.
It would look like a challenger stomping in a bronze-silver match.
There was no one who could stop a well-farmed Yone with Guinsoo.
[Victory]
Thus, the fifth match ended with Yone’s carry.
I then opened my stream again and targeted Nangin Geomgaek.
***
[Defeat]
It was now a familiar sight.
The seventh match with the mysterious Yone master also ended in defeat.
However, Nangin Geomgaek didn’t despair.
[My mind is about to break, my mind is about to break, my mind is about to break, my mind is about to break.]
[I think I might really die~ I think I might really die~ I think I might really die~]
[Why am I suffering?]
[The most painful broadcast I’ve ever watched, and this is the first time.]
[Is this what they call over-immersion?]
[I’m so frustrated.]
[Please give me soda, please!]
[The sweet potato is way too strong;;]
…Despite the continuous losses, it seemed like the viewers had given up on him.
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[At this point, it’s clearly Barcode-Jun’s targeting.]
[It’s only rational to suspect.]
[Right now, the Equalizer is placed on the Path of the Wandering Swordsman.]
[What does that mean?]
[Seven consecutive losses, you fool.]
[Ah, haha.]
Nangin Geomgaek thought about the mysterious Yone Master who was watching the stream.
Honestly, he never imagined that someone would target him for this long.
Isn’t it just me getting all the benefits?
The thought crossed my mind as the Nomad Swordsman gained a lot from the mysterious Yone master in their match.
It was his first time streaming.
The presence of viewers who eased his loneliness.
And more than anything, the feeling that Leo’s skill, which had been stagnant for a while, was steadily improving.
Nomad Swordsman shifted his gaze to check the current viewer count.
There were 3,300 simultaneous viewers.
It was his first time streaming, and even without a microphone, so many people had tuned in.
He didn’t quite understand why 3,300 people were watching such a stream.
Then, suddenly, a thought crossed his mind.
He, a mere beginner, had gathered 3,300 viewers for his first stream.
If the mysterious Yone master were to stream, how many viewers would he attract?
Originally, he had planned to only stream once and never again, but streaming turned out to be more fun than he expected, so maybe he would set up proper equipment and stream again later.
The thought made him enjoy streaming even more.
[zxcv1234 whispered to: Are you watching the stream?]
So, Nomad Swordsman sent a whisper to the mysterious Yone master’s Twitch ID.
Of course, he made sure the whisper wasn’t visible on the stream screen.
[zxcv1234 whispered: Yes, I’m watching.]
The mysterious Yone master responded immediately.
[zxcv1234 whispered: How about making a bet, if you’re okay with it?]
[zxcv1234 whispered: A bet? What kind of bet? I’ll decide after hearing the details.]
What kind of bet should he propose?
Nomad Swordsman thought for a moment and quickly typed in the chat.
[zxcv1234 whispered to: If I win within the next three games, I win the bet. If I lose, I lose.]
[zxcv1234 whispered: If I lose the bet, I’ll do one thing that you want, as long as it’s reasonable.]
[zxcv1234 whispered: How does that sound?]
[zxcv1234 whispered: But if I win the bet, you’ll have to stream for at least one day.]
Nomad Swordsman relayed the contents of the bet he had in mind.
However, there was no response from the mysterious Yone master for a while.
Was it a rejection?
Just as he was thinking this, he received a whisper back.
[zxcv1234 whispered: Okay.]
[zxcv1234 whispered: But if I win, be ready.]
[zxcv1234 whispered: What I want is something much bigger than you think.]
Nomad Swordsman swallowed his saliva as he read the whisper from the mysterious Yone master.
He hadn’t expected the proposal to be accepted, but it was.
Thus, the bet between the mysterious Yone master and Nomad Swordsman was set.
For himself, for the mysterious Yone master who had helped him, and above all, to finally beat him at least once, Nomad Swordsman tried to calm his wildly beating heart.
The match was soon set, and when his opponent picked Yone, Nomad Swordsman chuckled softly.
-Death is like the wind. It’s always by my side.
Without hesitation, Nomad Swordsman picked Yasuo, determined to give his all.
In this bet, he would surpass the mysterious Yone master.
And so, a new game, different from the past, began.
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