Chapter 141

CHAPTER 141

-Insane bastard, insane bastard, insane bastard, insane bastard, insane bastard.

-He's actually taunting him? Kkkkkkk.

-This isn't the first time he's met that streamer, right? Kikikikik.

-No way it's their first meeting. He's just doing it.

-I'd like to believe he didn't taunt him thinking the other guy was just a regular player instead of a fellow streamer.

Ah, right.

Reading the chat, Seo Jun was startled.

Maybe it was because he'd just landed and everything had happened so fast. Before he knew it, he'd naturally thrown out a taunt.

I guess I've been streaming for too long.

Normally, this kind of taunting wasn't in Seo Jun's nature. He was, after all, a genuinely kind and upright person.

Taunting was something he did solely for entertainment on stream—a behavior that went against his instincts.

Yet he'd done it unconsciously.

That probably meant it had become second nature by now.

That was what he meant by having streamed for too long.

Yeah, that's probably it.

Seo Jun added,

"There he comes, just as planned."

A nickname like Dokkaebi?

Who was that again? It sounded familiar.

-That landing was planned? Kikikikik!

-He deliberately lowered his HP to lure the opponent in!

-While almost dead!

-And now he's saying he won't get hit even once?

Seo Jun answered the chat. Once the tournament entered the main matches, he wouldn't be able to read chat, so this was perhaps the only moment in Rios where he could communicate while playing.

"Well... isn't it possible not to get hit even once?"

And then—

Whoosh.

Slowly descending under a parachute, Dokkaebi cut the line and landed on the rooftop where Seo Jun was standing.

At the same time, people could be seen landing one after another on nearby buildings.

Dokkaebi met Seo Jun's eyes and smiled warmly.

"Hello. You're Seo Jun, right? I'm streamer Dokkaebi."

"Hello. I'm streamer Jin Seo Jun."

Right.

This was how streamers should treat each other.

The fact that he'd completely thrown manners out the window and taunted him a moment ago had already long since vanished from his memory.

"I'm an A-rank player too, just like you, Seo Jun. You're saying you won't get hit even once? That's a little disappointing."

He was A-rank?

-Challenger jungle main.

-I'm watching the official broadcast too. The commentators said he's almost semi-pro level in boxing.

-He originally plays Hero Muay Thai. He's a Kim Shin specialist.

-Kim Shin? Kkkkk. So that's why he's called Dokkaebi? Kkkkk.

-It's not Muay Thai, idiot. And his name isn't Kim Shin either lol.

Having quickly processed the information, Seo Jun smiled awkwardly.

"Oh, haha. You heard that?"

"Yeah. I was right above you, so I heard it pretty clearly."

"My apologies. I wasn't trying to look down on you."

Seo Jun cleanly finished his apology and took his stance.

Dokkaebi likewise judged there was no point talking further and tensed his body appropriately.

He knew Seo Jun hadn't meant it as an insult.

That's just how geniuses are.

He was certain that Seo Jun hadn't thrown away his weapon and taunted him because he'd given up on the game.

Making mistakes during the initial drop from the airplane and taking fall damage due to a bad landing could be dismissed as accidental trolling.

Wasn't he a rookie streamer to begin with? A rookie in virtual reality as well.

But openly trolling on purpose?

Any streamer who constantly paid attention to public opinion instinctively knew how severe the backlash could be.

And yet Seo Jun...

He genuinely believes he can win without taking a single hit.

Dokkaebi.

He too was a genius, so he could understand Seo Jun's thinking.

A genius, huh... Unfortunately for him, that's true for me too.

Hoping the fight would end quickly so Seo Jun wouldn't get flooded with too much criticism, Dokkaebi lightly threw a punch.

Fwoooosh!

It was a light probing jab.

But because his preparation was perfectly optimized, it was still powerful.

An attack from Dokkaebi—one of the best amateurs around—that could end Seo Jun in an instant.

Yet what entered Dokkaebi's vision was Seo Jun's fist rapidly growing larger.

Thud!

A dull impact rang out.

"Sorry."

"H-How in the world...?"

For a moment, he even forgot he was streaming and blurted out the wounded question.

But the only answer he received was—

Bam!

The opposite fist.

[Dokkaebi has been knocked unconscious after being struck by your fist.]

"Oh. It says he's unconscious."

Seo Jun looked down at Dokkaebi, who lay collapsed before him.

He wasn't talking to Dokkaebi.

-He really didn't get hit even once =ㅇㅇ

-Honestly, I'm not even impressed that he won.

-Bro, the host just beat a hand-to-hand fighter without taking a single hit and somehow that's not even surprising anymore... what is this?

-Challenger jungle main, real-life semi-pro? Haha, somebody get the host into a gym.

-Seriously, what happens in that gym that Kim Taewoo and the World's Greatest Swordsman hate it so much??

-Your standards have all gotten way too high. Go watch the tournament streams. You'll see normal reactions there =ㅇㅇ

Dokkaebi seemed to be in shock and didn't move at all.

"Seriously, how...? No, what was that? What did I even get hit by?"

Once you lose your rhythm, it's difficult to clearly remember what happened until you've regained your composure.

It felt like being caught in a raging storm.

Seo Jun had pressured him from the very beginning precisely so the match would end quickly.

"First, I'm going to go pick up my pistol."

He had thrown it quite far away, but fortunately it hadn't fallen off the building.

Dokkaebi had likely tolerated the taunt because, even if Seo Jun went back to retrieve the pistol, he only needed to land a single hit to win anyway.

He had even landed between Seo Jun and the pistol just in case.

What was there to do? He'd lost in the end.

After retrieving the pistol, Seo Jun continued searching the rooftop. There were no healing items like first-aid kits or bandages.

"Why aren't you killing me?"

Dokkaebi asked him.

"Didn't I already kill you?"

"Haha. Well, yes. I'll be sent back to the lobby soon."

Seo Jun chuckled inwardly.

No matter how new he was to this game, and even if his teammates had never explained it to him, anyone could tell that Dokkaebi wasn't actually dead yet.

Especially since the man himself had just asked why he wasn't being finished off.

The desire to live could blind people that thoroughly.

Seo Jun innocently shrugged and sat down beside Dokkaebi.

"No first-aid kit. Guess I'll have to wait here until my teammates arrive."

"That's probably for the best."

"Is it? I'm good at fighting, but I'm terrible at games."

"Ah, I think I know what you mean. I used to be like that too."

"Hahaha."

"Hahaha!"

The two naturally fell into conversation.

The more helpful friends you had, the better.

-Out of nowhere, conversation time kkkkkkkkk.

-Bad at games? Seriously?

-By the way, Dokkaebi isn't actually dead yet, so be careful, Host.

Most of the information chat tried to provide was helpful.

But not this time.

Seo Jun already knew Dokkaebi's condition.

Knocked Down.

When a player's HP reached zero in squad mode, they entered this state. If they took additional damage while downed, they died completely. If a teammate revived them, they survived.

So Dokkaebi was doing everything he could to keep Seo Jun distracted without making it obvious.

While waiting for his teammates.

They're definitely coming. All they need is to land a single hit...

And then—

Bang!

"Die!"

Someone appeared at the rooftop entrance, raising a gun as they tried to come up.

But the gunshot hadn't come from the entrance.

It had come from beside Dokkaebi—from the pistol in Seo Jun's hand.

The moment the newcomer exposed even a tiny portion of his head, a bullet struck his forehead and he died instantly.

"Huh?"

[Sword God14 → Grass77]

A kill notification appeared.

Seo Jun rose from where he had been sitting.

The innocent expression was gone.

Instead, he smiled as though he was having fun.

"So headshots really are one-hit kills without even a downed state. Alright, let's go see how many more people came into the building. Dokkaebi, please wait here for a bit. I'll be right back."

"Huh?"

Leaving behind Dokkaebi's bewildered voice—which had already repeated "Huh?" several times over the last ten minutes—Seo Jun headed downstairs.

And as Dokkaebi watched the gunfire erupt below and the kill feed appear before his eyes, he squeezed them shut.

Bang!

[Sword God14 → a13#5]

After a short while, another fight broke out.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just from the sound of the shots, Dokkaebi could tell it wasn't Seo Jun firing. It was probably his teammates panic-firing suppressive shots.

Guilt welled up inside him.

The wild gunfire gradually faded.

The tension of the battle happening below was so intense he could almost feel it from up here.

But there was nothing he could do while downed.

Bang!

A single gunshot echoed from inside the building.

And just as expected—

Another kill notification appeared.

[Sword God14 → Jjajangman]

He planned this from the beginning!

Because Dokkaebi was an A-rank player, his teammates had rushed over after hearing his call for help.

He had trusted them.

And Seo Jun had trusted that they would come.

Step.

Step.

Step.

Seo Jun climbed back up the stairs.

Without hesitation, yet with an oddly relaxed and smooth demeanor, he aimed his pistol at Dokkaebi and immediately pulled the trigger.

"I'm back."

Bang!

At that moment, Dokkaebi's chat looked like this:

-This guy just made an entire noir movie.

-Ah, kkkkk. This bastard got his whole team killed and died himself. I'm going to watch the other stream.

-Are you guys abandoning Dokkaebi?

-Abandon him!

[Sword God14 → Dokkaebi]

"The first team was dealt with pretty easily."

Leaving Dokkaebi's now truly dead body behind, Seo Jun headed downstairs.

"I got lucky."

-They're all headshots, you psycho! Kkkkkkkkk!

-The true meaning of one shot, one kill.

-There's literally nothing this guy can't do.

-I just came from Dokkaebi's stream. What the hell happened?

"I just shot them in the head when I saw them."

And that was genuinely all he'd done.

Once he heard enemies nearby, he prepared himself, and when they appeared, he shot them.

There weren't many people who could perform that sequence faster than Seo Jun.

Still, luck had played a role in two ways.

First, the enemy squad had rushed over to rescue Dokkaebi and entered separately.

If they'd moved together, things would have been much more troublesome for Seo Jun, who would die from a single hit.

Second, Seo Jun had already secured the position while the enemy was trying to push him.

If the situation had been reversed and he had been the one attacking a fortified position, the fight wouldn't have ended nearly so easily.

An entrenched opponent could aim and fire before he did.

"Which means my luck wasn't quite good enough."

Two squads had landed at the camp location.

One squad had already been wiped out by Seo Jun, and the kill feed had announced it to everyone.

The remaining squad had undoubtedly taken up defensive positions and was on alert.

Seo Jun's goal was currently the Lü Bu Meta, and situations like this made things annoyingly inconvenient.

So he felt somewhat disappointed.

Then—

An item lying in the corner of the building caught his eye.

"Hm?"

Instinctively, Seo Jun fired at it.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Not even a scratch appeared.

"Guys, what is this?"

Could it really have infinite durability?

Seo Jun crouched and picked up the item.

-It's over. The strongest weapon on Earth has fallen into the host's hands.

-LMAO. The way he immediately tested it by shooting it with bullets. Nobody even told him to do that. His instincts are insane. Kkkkk.

-Now that's what a Weapon Master looks like. Kkkkkkkkkkk.

-If you smack someone in the head with that thing, they're instantly knocked out. Kkkkk.

The item now in Seo Jun's hand was—

A frying pan.