Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 13

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Chapter 13

The words “follow me.”

The words Hae-rang had wanted to hear finally spilled from Joint’s mouth.

What this meant was being explained by both chat windows.

-Oh my God!

-My ears aren’t playing tricks on me, right? Right?

-He’s doing a ‘follow me’? To a newbie? Lolololololol

-You really threw away all your pride and everything ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-This is too pathetic. Where’s a mouse hole? I’ll crawl in for him.

-Now he’s telling a newbie who just started to follow him in a game he’s refined for over ten years lolololol

-I’ll apologize on his behalf! Our Joint is just immature! He’s a good kid though!

-Ah lololol fuck, he looks so pathetic. Unfollowing. Just get lost.

Beyond disappointment, viewers started leaving the room.

Joint’s statement was enough to disappoint his regular viewers that much.

‘Iron Fist.’

A fundamental fighting game among fundamentals that any competitive fighting gamer would know.

A flashy and realistic game made with a 3D base.

Unlike the outdated Street Fighting, the Iron Fist series still holds tournaments large and small even now.

“Iron Fist?”

Hae-rang pretended not to know and asked back.

Along with the thought that things were proceeding according to plan.

“That’s right! You’re acting like some kind of gaming genius, so come prove it with the Iron Fist series!”

“Please wait a moment.”

Hae-rang looked through the purchase list in the capsule.

Then he tilted his head.

“There are quite a lot of Iron Fist series. Which one are you referring to?”

“Iron Fist Seven.”

Along with Joint’s answer, the chat window flooded like a torrent.

-Ah lololololol Iron Fist Seven, not even Iron Fist Nine?

-Isn’t that the version Joint went to nationals with?

-So he’s taking our newbie to the game he’s best at?

-Follow me! Come follow me and prove yourself! (Please)

-Did Joint lose money on crypto? Why does he keep making such desperate moves?

Naturally, gaming skill is proportional to time played.

No matter how talented a gamer is, it’s not easy to beat a veteran in one field.

Even among pro gamers and streamers, they have their ‘main games.’

Joint had invited Hae-rang to ‘Iron Fist Seven,’ his main game.

-Gwanjong Cheonma, don’t accept it.

-Yeah yeah, he’s getting beaten here so he wants to take his anger out there

-Counter with the new employee question trio! ‘Me? This? Why?’

-Hahahaha this is really pitiful. Trying so hard to win at least one round by dragging it into their specialty ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-He’s completely triggered lololol

Hae-rang quietly asked the viewers while browsing through the Iron Fist title screen.

“Would it be impossible? Beating Joint in Iron Fist?”

-It’s possible. If you’re reborn yeah

-He’s a national team alumni so he’ll still have some skills. No need to move to a game that favors Joint.

-Street Fighting and Iron Fist are on different dimensions. When you first log in, you have to practice moving one step at a time.

-It’s such a sophisticated game, you’ll feel like a newborn learning to walk.

“Hmm.”

Hae-rang nodded.

Then he turned his gaze toward Joint.

“You definitely said Iron Fist Seven?”

“That’s right. Let’s see if you can keep acting so smart in Iron Fist too.”

“I refuse.”

“What?!”

Joint’s mouth fell open like someone whose jaw had dropped.

-Lololololol he got rejected again

-The man who gets rejected once a day!

-Joint (30 years old/Streamer/Icon of Rejection)

-Right. Why would Gwanjong Cheonma have any reason to accept this?

-Now he can’t even say he’ll quit after winning one match. It’s ten straight losses lolololol

Joint’s voice naturally became urgent.

“Are you planning to win and disappear again? Ha! You act all cool and everything. Are you scared?”

“It’s not that I’m scared.”

“Then? Is there a reason you can’t come to Iron Fist? You’re not going to play Street Fighting forever anyway.”

“That’s correct. Street Fighting is just for adapting to capsule games.”

“Then? Why exactly won’t you play Iron Fist?”

“It’s not that I won’t, it’s closer to I can’t.”

“What? What do you mean?”

“Iron Fist Seven is….”

A low, heavy baritone voice flowed from Hae-rang’s mouth.

What was he trying to say with such gravity?

Joint and the viewers who were watching all gulped nervously.

“Expensive.”

“What.”

Joint doubted his ears.

Expensive?

What’s expensive?

“Are you seriously saying the Iron Fist Seven game title is expensive?”

“Yes. I was looking at the game purchase list. It’s a bit too much. It’s not even the latest game, yet the title costs five hundred thousand won.”

Joint’s neck gradually twisted at an odd angle.

“You… don’t you have a capsule machine at home?”

“That’s correct.”

“You bought a capsule machine worth tens of millions of won, but you don’t have a few hundred thousand won to buy a title?”

“I don’t. I spent all my money buying the machine. I worked at a construction site for three months and barely managed to get a used one.”

“Ha.”

Joint was dumbfounded.

“Then, all this time you’ve been playing Street Fighting too?”

“Yes. Street Fighting was practically free. Thanks to that, I enjoyed it well.”

Crack.

Though he probably meant it innocently, the phrase “enjoyed it well” subtly scratched at Joint’s heart.

The biggest reason Gwanjong Cheonma could enjoy Street Fighting so much.

It was probably himself.

“So when are you going to save up money to play Iron Fist?”

“I won’t be going to the construction site anymore. If I communicate frequently with viewers and complete missions, I’ll buy it someday, won’t I?”

“Ugh…!”

Looking at his expression, he didn’t seem to be lying.

No.

Looking back, Gwanjong Cheonma had never lied even once.

Saying it was his first time turning on the game.

Saying he’d never used combos before.

Saying there were gaps in Hundred Flower Palm Hand.

Every word was true.

“You! Wait a minute!”

Joint suddenly logged out.

-What! Is he rage quitting again today?

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ He got sulky and logged out because I said I wouldn’t do iron fist

-Even thinking about it again, it’s so fucking ridiculous lol. Telling a newbie to follow along with iron fists? Is that something a former national team member should say?

-Actually, if I were Joint, I’d be pretty pissed too. He beat him up for a whole hour with a face like he knew nothing, right?

-Isn’t this trauma kicking in? He also went on a 10-game losing streak back when he got absolutely destroyed by Singularity lolololol

The answer was hidden in the viewer’s words.

A word that was like a reverse scale to Joint.

Singularity.

Joint had been beaten to a pulp by the Singularities who came over from Iron Fist 8.

He was stripped of his national team qualification and lost the motivation to do skill broadcasts anymore.

Literally feeling a ‘wall.’

But to think he’d feel that ‘wall’ again while doing a noob-stomping broadcast.

‘What he’s doing is exactly the same as those bastards.’

Arrogant.

And innocent.

Not knowing how fraudulent the talent he possessed was, how much he frustrated ordinary gamers, and having no interest in it.

Predators who just wandered around like migratory birds whenever they found a game that looked fun.

Joint discovered a fragment of Singularity in Gwanjong Cheonma.

That’s why he disconnected from Street Fighting and came here.

To ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’s Game Broadcast.’

【Viewer ‘Joint’ has entered.】

-Huh?

-What? He disconnected and came here?

-Hahahaha did you come here to throw a tantrum because I wouldn’t play games with you?

-Just how ugly can joints get, seriously ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

-Now they’ve gone so far as to crash broadcasts that won’t accept their challenge requests ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Joint’s spiritual pressure… has appeared here!

At Joint’s sudden appearance, Gwanjong Cheonma’s viewers gave him a warm welcome(?).

On one hand, they were curious.

About the reason he threw away even his own broadcast to enter Gwanjong Cheonma’s broadcast.

Soon, that surprising reason was revealed.

【Joint has donated 500,000 won!】

【Now that’s enough, right? Practice as much as you want and then come to me!】

-Holy crap 500,000 won ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ you’ve got money

-What? Don’t tell me that’s money to buy Iron Fist Seven?

-Whoa! That’s hardcore, so hardcore lololol You want to fight with iron fists so you’re even buying the game for me lololol

-At this point, isn’t that not competitive spirit but madness? Or maybe love

-For real, I’m rooting for you two’s hot bromance ^^*

-Joint-nim. Joint-nim. But you know what? You’re being way too late to the party

‘Late to the party?’

According to industry custom, streamers need to make a basic donation to speak in other broadcasts.

Joint pressed the donation button once more.

【Joint has donated 1,000 won!】

【Late to the party? What do you mean late to the party?】

“Well…”

Hae-rang made a strange expression and slowly answered.

“It’s already been collected.”

Collected?

What had been collected?

Joint, who had been puzzled, soon felt a sinking feeling.

【Joint has donated 1,000 won!】

【Don’t tell me, the viewers here already?】

“Yes. The small donations from everyone telling me to try Iron Fist have added up to quite a bit.”

-Hahahaha philanthropist joints!

-Donated 500,000 won without knowing the money was already collected!

-That’s right, you should have checked before coming ^^

-Gwanjong Cheonma’s income is pretty sweet today. I’m jealous~~~

‘Damn it.’

Joint clicked his tongue bitterly.

It was his own misjudgment.

He wasn’t the only one waiting for Gwanjong Cheonma to play Iron Fist.

‘What a waste. I can’t even ask for a refund.’

Meanwhile, Choi Gang-sik, who had been watching all of this, broke into a wide grin.

‘He’s a natural. A complete natural.’

The statement about not being able to play the game due to lack of money.

Some might find it absurd, but for others it became an interesting shock.

And for yet others, it became a catalyst for support.

Before Joint entered the broadcast, donations large and small had poured in.

The content was along the lines of ‘A streamer shouldn’t be unable to buy a game title due to lack of money.’

‘Was it intentional? Or…’

There was an ability more important than gaming skill for streamers.

The ability to make viewers open their wallets.

The so-called ‘money collection’ ability.

Sometimes appealing to emotions, sometimes setting up their own missions.

Some streamers had fallen into ruin due to excessive donation requests.

But in Hae-rang’s case right now,

‘Everyone is voluntarily supporting Hae-rang. He’s never even made any donation requests.’

Feelings that came from the heart.

Hae-rang had created that one-sided loyalty.

‘I don’t know if he did it on purpose or not, but one thing is certain.’

Hae-rang has the talent.

Not just gaming skills, but the ability to generate commercial value.

He had given Hae-rang advice.

That he needed to draw out the words ‘follow me’ from Joint.

But all the other developments were created by Hae-rang himself.

‘The timing was incredible. Joint probably never thought it would be because of lack of money.’

Just as satisfaction filled Choi Gang-sik’s bluish lips,

Joint’s message arrived.

【Joint has donated 1,000 won!】

【When would be good for the deadline? The period to adapt to the game, I mean.】

Hae-rang fell into thought for a moment.

Then he said something outrageous.

“Hmm. One week?”

-Seriously lololololol damn lolololololol

-One week to adapt to Iron Fist?

-Do you know how many champions there are? In one week, forget combos, it’ll be tough just to figure out all the skills?

“It’s fine. I have ‘Story Mode’ after all.”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ My secret weapon! Story mode!

-That’s right. With Story Mode, you can master any game!

-He’s talking about Story Mode like it’s some Treasured Sword or Secret Technique of the Sect

-This is hilarious for real. The fact that he says stuff like that so casually

Amidst the flood of chat messages, Joint’s final donation arrived.

【Joint has donated 1,000 won!】

【No need to say more! Come back in a week for the ‘Break Joint’ corner!】

“Sounds good.”

The beast’s smile he used to show when conquering a new sect.

That expression bloomed on Hae-rang’s face for the first time in a long while.

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