Chapter 16: Backgame(3)

[Then I’ll go~ Bye~ Good night Baemons~!]

Due to her schedule tomorrow morning, Rikyuel ends her broadcast after a shorter than usual time. The chat window changes to manager-only mode and then turns black.

My fingers, which had been spamming ‘Rikyvel~ See you tomorrow too~’ until just now, finally have a moment to rest.

“Haa… I’m in big trouble… What do I do now…”

I hurriedly open up internet banking and check my remaining balance.

[10,700 won]

Even though it’s money I’ve set aside for living expenses, it’s a miserable amount.

I feel regretful at my slender balance.

But… but… Rikyuel really wanted to make sure that she got the Minju skin…

“I guess I’ll really have to eat only ramen from now on.”

I made fun of her bad luck. Once it started up, I gave her infinite coins, and when I came to my senses, this was already the case.

“… But you already got it.  Let’s have a drink.”

Thanks to me, she pulled out the Democratic skin and screamed, “Aaah!”

I remember Rikyuel’s excited face and her repeatedly thanking me by my nickname.

Wasn’t that worth the money?

The thinking of the broken-headed meat eater was quite simple. As long as Rikyuel was happy, it was okay.

Normally, when the broadcast ended, it would be my sleep-inducing time.

I toss and turn in bed while playing with my phone.

But today, because the broadcast ended early, I was so wide awake.

It seemed like it would be a long time before I could fall asleep.

“I can’t sleep… Should we play PUBG for the first time in a while?”

Watching Rikyuel’s broadcast made me want to do it for no reason.

I wasn’t that into FPS games.

First of all, my skills weren’t that good, so I couldn’t easily get interested. However, I had quite a bit of experience. Since Yu-ah liked it, I remember playing it a lot when I was a freshman in college. Since Rikyuel was a streamer for the endgame, I also had a lot of games. I downloaded one by one the ones that looked fun while watching her.

I got up from my bed and walked towards my computer like a zombie. I turned on my computer, opened my bag for the first time in a while, and downloaded the patch. After using my phone for a bit, the game was already downloaded.

I started the game.

“…It’s been a while since I’ve played it. Normal would be better, right?”

It was a bit difficult to turn the ranks. I wasn’t good at it to begin with, and I had lost a lot of my sense. That’s how I started playing a normal game.

I was scared of being stuck in a big city, so I dropped into a remote area where there were no people. I did some light farming and followed the magnetic field to the next farming location.

[Ugh!]

A gun flew out from somewhere and hit my character. The male character groaned, and blood burst out, and before I could even see where the gun was coming from, my character was rolling on the ground.

[You died because of Yu-ah_’s kar98.]

“Wow. Who is that? You’re a good shooter.”

Since I died in two SR hits, I had to assume my opponent was good. I was casually checking my kill log when I saw a nickname that seemed familiar somewhere.

“…Yu-ah?”

Yu-ah_. As soon as I saw that nickname, I pressed leave the match. Then I quickly checked my friends list. I saw a name among the names of several college classmates I used to play with.

[Yu-ah]
[Online]

I knew who the owner of that nickname, which was lit up in green, was. Yu-ah underlined. That’s me, Yu-ah. That was Yu-ah, who had just finished streaming.

Come to think of it, her Rikyuel account was low level. It seemed like she had created another account for streaming. So when she plays games alone, she probably uses her old account. Of course, that was just my guess. She could have just lent it to a friend or something.

“…Just check?” I turned on Dascode out of curiosity.

[Yuah#9397]

Her familiar Dascode nickname, which I often used when playing games with her, was lit up in green.

[Playing Play Of Battle Ground]

And the game she was currently playing was written below it. If I checked up to here, there was no mistake. It seemed like she had also turned on the game right away.

At that moment, I heard a ringing sound and a message came flying in.

[Yeah. I checked that you were here?]

[What is this? Is it really you?]

[Isn’t that you who just died to me? In the general public? Our nicknames are the same?]

I was startled and checked who it was, and of course, it was Yu-ah. It seemed like she was surprised to see my nickname too. Of course, there was no way she didn’t know my nickname.

[You turned on Dascode right after seeing the kill log, too?]

[You saw me online in the PUBG friends window and came to Dascode?]

[Our thoughts are exactly the same as mine…?]

They say friends resemble each other, and I wonder if they even resemble this. In a way, she resembles Rikyuel. Maybe she should feel good.

[This bag game is a bust. Is this a 2-player game at the same time? How did the two of us meet?]

[======I’m also so dumb, I’m laughing so hard right now]

… I somehow thought she had good shots.

If she had died to Yu-ah, honestly, it wouldn’t have been unfair.

It’s because she doesn’t play ranked games.

The score difference between us would be huge.

If I were to compare LoL, I’d be Bronze and she’d be around Diamond.

She’s playing Bag even though she has to go to bed early because of her schedule tomorrow…

It seems like he couldn’t hold back because of the dopamine rush from eating chicken earlier.

Actually, Rikyuel is the type that can’t easily control himself once he’s triggered.

If he didn’t have tomorrow’s schedule, he would have been on a 12-hour broadcast today as well.

It was amazing that he managed to indulge himself.

This kind of thing happens… I’ve never had a friend queue up with me while playing a game… I was thinking about that and being amazed.

Yu-ah’s message didn’t end there.

[Hey]

[?]

[I have work tomorrow so I won’t be able to do much… Do you want to play a game together after a long time?]

Yu-ah readily suggested that we play a game together.

I felt my hand holding the mouse tremble slightly.

Rikyuel and a backstabbing after indulgence? If the viewers found out, it would be a huge mess.

It was a shocking situation.

Backstabbing, and playing with a guy at that.

But strangely, the thought of doing something I shouldn’t do made me even more drawn to it.

I was also bored playing alone.

Without hesitation, my hand was replying to her.

[Ah. Can you hear me?]

It was Yu-ah’s voice, not Rikyuel’s, coming out of the headset. We were setting up the microphones while passing the bag cue. Yu-ah’s voice sounded really clear and high quality, probably because the equipment was good. But there was no need to mention it. I had already decided not to know her identity. I just gave her an appropriate answer.

[Uh. I can hear you.]

[Okay. So am I done? You tell me.]

[Yu-ah, you idiot demon]

[… Want to get behind?]

[I’m sorry.]

I guess I can hear you. Hmm. The voice suddenly became cold after making a joke. I quickly apologized for the coldness that would make even a husky in Siberia freeze to death.

After finishing setting up the microphones, the two of us moved to the waiting screen like ghosts. We waited on the map for a while until people joined. I roughly checked the number of people joining above and looked around with my character.

Then I said to her.

[Where are you?]

[I’m here]

[How would I know if you said here?]

[Don’t you know? Learn and understand. Oh, it’s over there. I’m looking for you.]

Yu-ah’s character spots me from afar and runs towards me.

She is astonished for a moment when she sees my character.

[What is that? That exhibitionist, perverted fashion?]

[Men originally wear fishnet stockings. No slander.]

I was a thick-thighed male character wearing fishnet stockings and a topless kurma. Evildoers originally live off of others’ disgust.

[Wow…I really shouldn’t say this, but I hate seeing you.]

[Oh. Thank you for the compliment.]

Yu-ah’s voice, filled with sincere contempt, made me feel good without me realizing it. This isn’t bad. Hearing a sincere insult from Rikyuel.

[More than that, who are you? Are you a cover fraud? Where did you get a character like Nunna from?]

She was a character with long straight hair like Nunna and wearing a short skirt. A body with quite a slim waist and hips. Completely different from the actual Yu-ah.

[Let me act like an older sister here too. Me too.]

[Wow.]

[If I use a character like this and lower my voice a bit, I’ll sound like Nunna. It’s cool.]

[What the heck. You sound like an elementary school kid trying to act like an adult.]

She must have been annoyed by my words because she cleared her throat for a moment.

[Ara ara~ Is this the type of older sister our Ji-bin likes? Phew.]

[f*ck.]

Yu-ah’s voice that’s been put on full display.

She doesn’t even beg me to do something like that on air, but she does it anyway when teasing me like this.

I cursed a little because I was a bit embarrassed, but I couldn’t help but smile.

Is it because I can’t help it? She’s usually really fun, but she seems a little sexy…

[Oh, right. This has a dance. Now, look.]

As she does, her character starts to dance sexy.

The fluttering top and the character’s short skirt flutter.

[This goes well with the older girl character. How is it?]

[Oh.]

After roughly responding to her words, I quickly press the button to sit down.

My character bends over, and the composition of the screen changes drastically.

When I look up from below, the inside of the skirt of the character Yu-ah, who is moving her body dynamically, is revealed.

[…Wow. I can see it. I can see it. This is a good place. Here.]

It’s black.

I confirm it and mutter to myself.

Then Yu-ah, who had been intoxicated by her own dancing and had finally noticed something suspicious, asks me.

[What are you doing…? Right now?]

[Oh].

[Black.]

Let me say it once, her character stops dancing as if frozen for a moment.

The character’s gaze turns to me sitting on the floor, and Yu-ah shouts with a trembling voice.

[Ahh… A little! Why on earth am I looking at that!]

“Hey, hey. Speak softly. My eardrums are going to fall off.”