Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 140

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Chapter 140

Vrooooom!

A buggy vehicle roughly climbing up the snow field.

‘S Jaewon S’ driving fires his gun with one hand.

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

In front of the buggy vehicle was a man with a red rooster comb.

Holding a zipline gun in one hand, he darted back and forth between snow-covered trees.

So-called 3D maneuvering.

It was a high-speed movement technique that only Hae-rang possessed.

His dazzling movements kept causing ‘S Jaewon S’s aim to miss.

“He’s putting on a circus show!”

‘S Jaewon S’ pulled the trigger repeatedly with a grim expression.

His real name was Seo Jae-won.

Since they had worked together as testers in America, he was acquainted with Hae-rang.

But there was no trace of ‘joy’ to be found in him.

Far from joy, he had been grinding his teeth after being utterly humiliated during the testing process.

Seo Jae-won’s Survival Ground ranking was 23rd.

He belonged to the upper ranks not only in Conqueror but also within Singularity.

He had vowed that someday when he met Gwanjong Cheonma in the game, he would show him what’s what.

And finally, the opportunity had come.

“Die!”

Rat-tat-tat-tat!

Though it was a bare-bones vehicle, ‘S Jaewon S’ chased only Hae-rang without worry.

After all, the only survivors left in this game were Hae-rang and himself.

If he defeated that guy, he would naturally get the chicken.

If that happened, he could escape from the specter that had been tormenting them lately.

‘Singularity Hunter.’

If someone whispered those words next to him,

he was confident he would jump up even from sleep and slap them across the face.

The internal atmosphere of Singularity was more serious than ever.

Until now, the word Singularity had been a source of pride and honor.

All kinds of positive images related to gaming were condensed within those five letters.

However, the moment that Gwanjong Cheonma appeared, a completely different image was created.

Singularity ‘hunters’.

They had always been predators, always in the position of hunting.

They had never been herbivorous animals being hunted like this.

In that unfamiliar environment, the Singularities became extremely sensitive,

and eventually some Singularities even showed signs of deliberately avoiding when Hae-rang played PUBG.

“Pathetic bastards. Watch carefully. I’ll show you clearly.”

‘S Jaewon S’ roughly followed behind Hae-rang who was deploying 3D maneuvering.

He couldn’t put bullets into That Guy, but it didn’t matter.

Whether it was 3D maneuvering or whatever bullshit, that circus had limits.

The moment he reached the first hook he had shot.

Even if he wanted to move further, he couldn’t move.

That was why ‘S Jaewon S’ was following behind without worry.

Finally, the time he had been waiting for arrived.

Now there were only a few meters left between Hae-rang and the hook…!

“There it is! Your grave!”

It was when ‘S Jaewon S’ was about to aim his gun barrel toward the hook.

Boom!

“Ugh!”

With a loud explosion sound, ‘S Jaewon S’s vision spun around in a big circle.

While riding in the buggy, the vehicle rotated like a windmill.

At the same time, the acrid smell of gunpowder brushed past ‘S Jaewon S’s nose.

‘This is…?’

A bomb.

Or a mine.

Whatever it was, something installed on the ground had exploded.

‘S Jaewon S’ was dumbfounded.

Why did it have to explode at this timing of all times?

It was the perfect opportunity to eliminate Gwanjong Cheonma!

In his greatly spinning vision,

his gaze met for a moment with Hae-rang who was sitting leisurely on a tree branch.

“…!”

And he realized.

The bomb exploding at that exact timing wasn’t due to luck.

It was That Guy.

Gwanjong Cheonma had deliberately lured the buggy over here.

Boom!

“Urgh…!”

‘S Jaewon S’ tumbled to the ground along with the buggy vehicle.

But he was Singularity.

He quickly escaped from the buggy and grabbed a first aid kit.

He needed to recover his health quickly before that guy approached.

Fortunately he wasn’t dead, so if he could just use the first aid kit quickly…

“Growl?”

Just then.

A strange growling sound came from behind ‘S Jaewon S’.

‘S Jaewon S’ felt all the hair on his body stand on end.

The owner of this ‘Burkendi’ map wasn’t a player.

The pure white demon dwelling in the cave.

The Polar Bear could truly be called the real owner of this map.

And that Polar Bear was greeting him from right behind.

As if asking, ‘Was this floor noise your doing?’

“No… no! It wasn’t me…!”

Crash!

Sadly, ‘S Jaewon S’s explanation couldn’t continue to the end.

The Polar Bear’s rock-like head struck ‘S Jaewon S’ in the solar plexus.

‘S Jaewon S’ rolled across the snow field without even being able to scream.

He hadn’t even properly used the first aid kit yet.

There was no way he could withstand the Polar Bear’s headbutt with what little health he had left.

As a result,

【Winner Winner! Tonight’s dinner is 2 chickens per person!】

A chicken message filled the screen.

At the same time, the YouTube highlight video ‘Singularity Hunter – Gwanjong Cheonma’ came to an end.

With the already spectacular performance combined with the premium editor’s direction,

the comment reactions couldn’t help but be positive.

-Whoa! Look at that title lololol “Singularity Hunter”

-Among streamers, only Gwanjong Cheonma could pull off a title like this;;;

-Masterpiece.. this is a masterpiece..!!

-Shouldn’t this video have a subtitle? ‘Curse of the Polar Bear’

-These days whenever the Burkendi map comes up I get so excited;; wondering who’ll be the sacrifice this time

-This time the victim was ‘S Jaewon S’ lololololol

“Haha.”

Choi Gang-sik, who checked the YouTube comments, burst into refreshing laughter.

He had thought this video would get good reactions too.

But the view count and comment atmosphere were more explosive than he had expected.

‘Two hundred thousand views. Over 800 comments posted too.’

The ‘likes’ under the video had also exceeded five thousand.

This meant not only were the view counts high, but the satisfaction of users who watched the video was also high.

The number who watched the last broadcast live was roughly twenty thousand.

Hae-rang’s YouTube subscriber count wasn’t much different either.

That meant among those who watched the video, there were more people who weren’t Hae-rang’s fans.

This was why Choi Gang-sik was satisfied with the current numbers.

“Should this be called reaping what you sow?”

The good reactions were fundamentally due to Hae-rang’s excellent performance.

But there was another factor contributing to this atmosphere,

and that was the ‘antipathy’ toward Singularity.

-Great, just great. Those Singularity bastards ㅡㅡ

-Acting all high and mighty on the broadcast and then this happens lololol

-Look at you getting played by a polar bear lololololol

-Am I the only one annoyed by how these guys blatantly avoid each other in solo queue?

└Dude you’ll get your account dug up and killed for that;; be careful

└For real there’s probably tons of followers here too?

-My heart feels so refreshiiiiiiing!

-It’s official so memorize it. ‘Gwanjong Cheonma = God’

-Who would’ve thought singularity hunters would appear in the world lololol

-So far, over thirty people have dropped in rankings because of that attention seeker, right? lol

-So annoying, so irritating, so frustrating, so bothersome

-If I were the singularity, I probably wouldn’t be able to sleep at night lol

There were users who came to watch because Hae-rang was skilled,

but there were also quite a few people who came to see Singularity getting beaten.

Whatever the reason, it was definitely a good thing.

As a result, Hae-rang’s YouTube views and subscribers kept increasing.

One month since he started playing Conqueror rank.

His ranking kept rising, and interest grew even more.

His instincts as a manager who had worked for over ten years were whispering to him.

That he must not let this current momentum slip away.

Choi Gang-sik took out his smartphone and sent a message to Hae-rang.

[Tomorrow will probably be busy all day. I’m going to proceed with everything we talked about before.]

Hae-rang’s response was immediate.

[I trust only you, Brother Gang-si.]

* * *

Korea Capsule Association.

Including the World Virtual Game Championship (WVC), commonly called the ‘Capsule Cup’,

it’s an organization that manages domestic and international capsule games.

Gu Geon-hui, who works at the General Reception Center on the first floor.

He was absorbed in coins on his smartphone.

“Sigh… Hang in there, Doge…!”

Gu Geon-hui sighed while looking at the fluctuating graph.

In front of him, reception number tickets were piled high.

Someone who didn’t know might think there had been a lot of civil petitioners,

but in reality, this General Reception Center was extremely idle.

It was just that Gu Geon-hui hadn’t emptied the number ticket container for several days.

His roughly combed-over hair.

The shirt half-sticking out of his pants revealed his work attitude.

However, no major problems occurred.

The work he mainly handled was ‘WVC participation registration’.

It was receiving applications from gamers who wanted to participate in the Capsule Cup.

“Yaaawn. Why is time passing so slowly?”

Gu Geon-hee yawned lazily and glanced at the clock.

The clock showed 9:05.

Only five minutes had passed, but to Gu Geon-hee it felt like five hours.

“What is this. It’s been days with nothing but flies buzzing around.”

This reception desk was practically closed for business.

Since no one came to register, it couldn’t help but be boring.

The reason was simple.

“Can’t we just close up? Who else is going to come besides Singularity?”

There were no regular gamers challenging for the national team.

Applications came from within Singularity, and national team selection happened among Singularity members.

Since the national team had become their exclusive domain, regular participants naturally disappeared.

Over the past few years, there had been regular gamers who boldly challenged them, but they only received miserable results and got publicly ridiculed.

Sure, you can lose at games.

However, Singularity’s fervent followers went out of their way to track down regular gamers’ personal information and expose them.

For the ridiculous reason that they dared to challenge Singularity

without having the skills to back it up.

Gu Geon-hee yawned lazily once more and then looked at cryptocurrency prices.

Ding dong.

“Yes! It’s rebounding! Rebound!”

Even though someone had finally come to the reception desk, Gu Geon-hee’s gaze remained fixed on his smartphone.

The man who had taken a number ticket smacked his lips and asked.

“Is this where I register?”

He looked like someone who had been pulling all-nighters for an entire month,

with an utterly haggard appearance.

“Ah yes. Please sit down.”

Gu Geon-hee guided the man with an indifferent voice.

“What brings you here?”

“Hello. I’m Choi Gang-sik, manager of a streamer named Cheon Hae-rang. I came today to apply as his representative.”

“Application? What application?”

The business-like smile on Choi Gang-sik’s lips gradually disappeared.

Even at a glance, Gu Geon-hee’s response was quite rude.

“I understand this is the desk for WVC participation registration. Isn’t it?”

“Ah. That’s right. But I’ve never heard the name Cheon Hae-rang before.”

He had already checked Singularity’s roster.

There was no name called Cheon Hae-rang in it.

Gu Geon-hee lifted his chin with an attitude of ‘What did I do wrong?’

Choi Gang-sik’s expression hardened slightly.

“If the staff doesn’t know, then I can’t apply? The association’s regulations seem a bit strange.”

“You’re speaking rather strangely. Who said the regulations are like that? I just asked because you’re an unknown gamer.”

A spark flickered in Choi Gang-sik’s eyes that had looked lifeless.

“He may be unknown now, but he’ll become the most famous streamer in the future. Just give me the application form quickly.”

“Yes~ yes. Here it is.”

Choi Gang-sik carefully filled out the application form.

Gu Geon-hee snatched the documents with one hand.

“Let’s see. Name is Cheon Hae-rang, nickname is Gwanjong Cheonma. Game category is Iron Fist Nine… What? Black tier?”

Gu Geon-hee snorted after checking the application form.

“You’re saying he’s entering the National Team Selection Tournament with black tier, not even gold tier?”

“I understand the qualification requirement is blue tier or above.”

“That’s what the regulations say. But there’s never been a case of someone applying at this tier level. People usually don’t do it out of embarrassment. They’d just get humiliated anyway.”

Snap.

Choi Gang-sik’s patience finally broke.

“The embarrassing behavior seems to be what you’re doing right now.”

“What? How dare you speak informally to me?”

Gu Geon-hui’s voice also rose along with it.

Like the saying goes about the one who farted getting angry, he too was displeased with Choi Gang-sik’s response.

“I just submitted an application according to the regulations. Who are you to babble about participation qualifications?”

“Ha! This guy is really something else. I can ask a few questions while processing the application! You said you’re his agent. Don’t want to register?”

Ding dong.

Just as the argument between the two was intensifying.

Another person appeared at the General Reception Center.

Their gazes naturally turned to one side.

“What’s going on?”

A middle-aged man with sharp eyes and a pot belly.

The newly appeared figure was the director of Kraft, which created ‘Survival Ground’,

and the person who appointed Hae-rang as ambassador, Jo Ho-jin.

“It seems like there’s some kind of dispute going on.”

And one more thing.

He was also the vice president of the ‘Korea Capsule Association’.

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