Swordmanship Veteran's Game Stream Chapter 159
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‘He didn't seem busy, though.’
Of course, Seo-jun did not actually think so either.
However, when he looked into it, the current pro gamers were in their off-season, and although their schedules, including training, were supposedly tight,
‘Since I taught him, he should be able to skip that much training at least.’
In fact, Lee Dong-soo had said so.
‘Or rather, should I just make him practice with my teammates? Since I'm grateful for his help?’
Seo-jun nodded, thinking of conditions that would make Lee Dong-soo absolutely refuse to coach if he heard them.
And after a brief silence,
the reactions of his teammates exploded.
“You mean player Lee Dong-soo? The real Lee Dong-soo?”
“Wow, crazy. Are we meeting an active pro gamer? That's a first.”
“By any chance, Seo-jun, you don't mean a regular college student living next door with the surname Lee and the name Dong-soo, right?”
“He is indeed the player Lee Dong-soo you all are thinking of.”
-Is he really playing this game as a hobby?
-No, lol, this makes no sense. How did they get close?
As gaming shifted to virtual reality, streaming grew.
And professional gamers grew far larger than that.
Of course, pro gamers were not unfamiliar beings.
Although they communicated less and rarely had open schedules, they sometimes streamed, and there were also many players who chose to become streamers after retiring.
However, an active player, especially a pro gamer from a team that was aiming for the world's number one spot, could not possibly be familiar.
The absolute minority among the talented was selected and selected again.
Those who gathered like that competed again, and only a few teams could look toward the top.
No matter how much people talked about the pro level, if asked seriously, one would be able to confirm the deeply engraved perception that active pros were an insurmountable wall.
-No way, lololol, was the streamer really a pro?
-There's no way that body frame and that face could exist. Is that really a face after plastic surgery? Lolol
-Please recommend a plastic surgery clinic.
-Yes. I will definitely expose your true identity!
What kind of bullshit were they talking about.
Seo-jun turned his gaze away from the chat window.
Before he knew it, he saw his teammates approaching closely, their eyes shining as they thrust their heads toward him.
“Please! Please! We beg you to have him as our coach! Please!”
“Instead of four days from now, can we just get lessons starting tomorrow?”
They looked like they wanted to get autographs more than lessons.
“Kekeke. Our team has won! Did you see that, viewers? Is it still my fault for picking Seo-jun?”
Ha Yun-ho was still talking about the auction.
-Just by meeting Lee Dong-soo, he got all the value back from the auction.
-No, he got all the value back from just participating in LiOS.
-He can practically be eliminated now, lololol
The atmosphere, which had been like a house of mourning, transformed into a house of feasting.
Should he have said it from the beginning if it was going to be like this?
“Then I'll try contacting him.”
“Ah! Is it not confirmed yet?”
“Well, you see. He was the one who offered to help me first, but I told him I'd wait and see how things go.”
-Crazy, lolol. He offered to help first?
-Is he perhaps the son of the conglomerate Ohsung Electronics?
-Does Lee Dong-soo like men?
As far as Seo-jun knew, Lee Dong-soo had an undisclosed girlfriend he had been dating since middle school.
Since it was a secret, he did not bother to correct them.
“Looking at things today, it seems I'll have to ask him.”
“Thank you, Alpaca. Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Rumi spat out the words rapidly.
“Thanks to Alpaca-hyung getting utterly trashed and smashed today, we get player Lee Dong-soo as a coach...!”
Wind Sword also purely teased Alpaca.
Of course, Alpaca also seemed fine with it.
“It feels bad, but somehow I feel good!”
Was it that big of a deal?
He did not really know.
“Understood. I'll contact him first.”
After the game ended and he finished his stream, Seo-jun contacted Lee Dong-soo and expressed his intention to recruit him.
[...That's how it turned out.]
[Keh! To think the day would come when I can help you, hyung! By any chance, could you let me hit you just once?]
[Okay. But actually, I already knew about the situation from watching the stream.]
[Ah, and as I mentioned last time, the club's front office guaranteed me completely free time,]
[They really allowed it, right?]
[Of course. They actually told me to milk whatever I can from you, hyung... They're really looking at it with fascination, you know? Why is my skill visibly improving? I'm clearly just getting beaten up?]
[Good for you. I was planning to train you as well in return anyway.]
[Hyung. I have my pride as a pro player...]
[You said your front office told you to do it.]
[Then, if only you wouldn't roll me together with your teammates...]
[Yes. Anyway. So, our front office also told me to ask again.]
Lee Dong-soo was quick to resign himself.
He knew Seo-jun well.
[Whether you have any thoughts of becoming a player, or coaching.]
He did not know how many times this had been.
[Tell them I'm fine.]
[They offered three times the revenue this time. It probably surpasses the highest in the industry.]
[Okay. I'll pass that along.]
The offer itself made him feel that they treated Seo-jun with great respect.
Seo-jun had received many offers from professional clubs until now.
It was because he clearly showed promise and had a high probability of success.
However, upper-tier teams usually asked if he could come for a test.
This meant they were not in that much of a hurry.
However, Freefall just directly offered contract terms from the start.
Even though their starting roster was already full.
He could feel how much they wanted to recruit Seo-jun, but...
'Yeah, not doing it.'
If he had wanted to make money, he could have earned it in any other way. Since the talent of his past life was carried over to his current life's body.
To be precise, perhaps because he had the memories of his past life since childhood, and because they were replayed, he felt like the motor nerves of his brain were somewhat highly developed.
[Then will I see you in four days? Where do we meet? What should I teach you?]
[Let's talk next time. And thanks.]
Seo-jun hung up the voice chat and looked back.
His teammates were staring at Seo-jun with desperate eyes.
“And by any chance, does anyone want to do morning workouts with player Lee Dong-soo?”
“Of course we have to do it!”
“As expected of a great player, he is diligent from the morning.”
“Really? I'm absolutely going to sleep early starting today.”
Lee Dong-soo had said it was fine. He had said Seo-jun could use his name.
Seo-jun told them the location of the gym, and surprisingly, everyone was within commuting distance.
Alpaca said he would drive his own car, and Rumi and Ha Yun-ho said they could come together because they were nearby.
'I didn't even need a car.'
The last one, Wind Sword,
The agony reflected in his eyes was visible.
Wind Sword knew very well that the morning workout was a trap.
Even so, since he would be with Lee Dong-soo, he couldn't not go.
But if he said he would go, his previous lie about living in the countryside would be exposed.
Seo-jun chuckled and said,
“Wind Sword. Just come. I know you live in Seoul.”
Wind Sword showed a startled expression. Soon, he scratched the back of his neck awkwardly and replied with a laugh.
“Haha... Yes. Well, it's not like I'll die from working out. I can't miss out on player Lee Dong-soo.”
In this way, Seo-jun's fishing ended easily thanks to the high-grade bait called Lee Dong-soo.
Although many topics circulated due to today's scrim results, the two main ones stood out.
One was Seo-jun's liquidation of karma.
[Lololol, and you're winning after this?]
[You guys got completely torn apart by just one jungler, right?]
[He really doesn't make mistakes, what an amazing guy]
However, this did not have that much firepower.
[So why didn't Dokkaebi <-- this bastard gank mid?]
it was due to Dokkaebi's boycott of mid ganks.
Everyone knew that Dokkaebi did not go to eat the jungle just because he was hungry.
And the center of the controversy was ultimately,
[Is it really to the extent that an A and a B would avoid a 2v1?]
[Wasn't he just testing things out?]
[Still, it's not like they didn't win the tournament, so they didn't break their promise, guys]
[Anyway, it's just a scrim!]
[What are you talking about, lol. If you lost, get out!]
[Wealth Gap won't even get a single win, lolol]
[With what confidence did they talk about winning?]
as soon as Seo-jun mentioned the coach, the situation reversed.
[What confidence? We have Lee Dong-soo!]
[Is there any black cow who would suddenly bet points on Wealth Gap winning? Moo~]
[No, why is Dong-soo showing up here???]
[What is this? What kind of friendship is this! Is it real!]
[There's no way it's the pro, fuck lololololol]
[Are you seriously believing this?]
[Don't other kids have connections too! Huh!]
“This situation is flowing strangely and interestingly. Seriously, why is he showing up here?”
Baek Do-yul rested his chin on his hand and scrolled down rapidly on his phone. He grasped the overall situation.
The coach sitting on the other side of the table said,
“It's probably just the player's personal matter, not the club's move.”
“Yeah. What would the club gain by having him coach in a streamer tournament? It's not even an official position.”
“That's true. But surprisingly, doesn't it look fun?”
“What, coaching? Hey, no matter how much of an amateur match it is, do you know how hard it is to help others?”
“Indeed. Still, it's possible to pass down things like know-how. Like planning strategies or even the ban-picks.”
“Should I do it too?”
Baek Do-yul, who had once become a Heavenly Demon after donating a large sum of money, burned with a competitive spirit.
It seemed like it would take a while to meet through Movie Soft,
so should I target him first?
The day after the scrim with Dokkaebi,
Seo-jun's team devised strategies, studied the jungle, and played practice matches with streamers brought in by Ha Yun-ho.
It was the same as before.
In fact, this was how LiOS was supposed to proceed.
If a coach were added here, they would just be slightly more systematic and point out what was needed from an external perspective.
Of course, if that person were a pro, people expected there to be something different, but...
Lee Dong-soo had not stepped up yet.
It was because of the tacit rule to coach after scrims were over.
Ha Yun-ho's team ended up playing against Mental's team.
-Lolol, they're not losing this time too, right?
-Still, the opponent is their mid lane, though.
-The problem is that Alpaca still hasn't opened his eyes to the jungle lololol
-It's also really obvious that Wind Sword only played Kael, he can't use other heroes much lololololol
-Another defeat is practically guaranteed, lol
After losing the last scrim, the chat window had been in this state constantly.
It was as if they were trying to release a deep grudge.
Seriously, he hadn't really done anything usually, so why were they being like this?
“Everyone is doing this because they know another opportunity to tease me like this won't ever come, right?”
No matter how he looked at it, this was the only reason.
-Lolololol, sure you do
-Yes, the delusions of a loser~
-Let's talk after winning, after winning
-Two of your teammates are only doing 0.5 of a person's share, so how are you going to win?
“Ah, I can just do two people's worth.”
To be precise, Seo-jun was planning to play a hero today that literally split into two bodies, rather than just doing two people's worth.
Zen, the Shadowmancer.
-Still, it's 5 people's worth vs 5 people's worth, right?
“Why is it 5 people's worth? The enemy mid lane won't even be able to do one person's worth because of me.”
It was too obvious to mention, yet they did not recognize it.
-Lolololol, the opponent is a Challenger too, mister!
-If it's Pado, he might be able to hold out, though?
-Let's go for a real pride match!
-Mid A-grade pride battle *shiver*