Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 146
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Episode 146
Swoosh!
The game screen went black,
and then the lights inside the capsule flared on.
Bu Seung-man’s face, twisted with terror, was laid bare in the harsh glare.
“Agh!”
His features contorted, Bu Seung-man flailed both hands wildly.
A moment later, he cracked his eyes open and looked side to side.
“What the…? A forced shutdown?”
Only then did Bu Seung-man check the game’s status window.
He closed his eyes again and let out a heavy sigh.
“Ugh… Anti-Shock.”
A safety device—when the impact on a user’s nervous system grew too severe,
the system would forcibly sever the connection.
Such incidents used to happen all the time,
but in recent years, they were rarer than beans in a drought.
As time went on, the system had only grown more protective of user safety.
“Taking Anti-Shock in Iron Fist Nine… what are the odds.”
He wanted to laugh,
and yet, part of him understood perfectly.
The Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon’s Bung-ta.
It hit harder already because of its “Hyper Motion” classification,
but that skill had something fundamentally different about it.
The notification window blinked insistently at Bu Seung-man.
……
His pupils trembled faintly as he stared at the prompt.
His past flashed before him like a life reviewing itself.
Then a voice—thin and fragile as his gaze—escaped his lips.
“No… hell no.”
He had no confidence.
No confidence to face that bastard, the Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon, again.
Bu Seung-man had always prayed never to encounter Singularity.
Losing points after defeats in matchups was unbearable to him.
But this one—the Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon—he didn’t want to face for different reasons.
The very existence of that man felt terrifying.
He didn’t want to cross paths again.
Meet that bastard and take another four-hit Bung-ta combo?
The mere thought sent blood through his veins turning to ice.
-What? Why isn’t Bu-seung logged in?
-Our Seung-man went to America! He won’t be back for a while!
-No way! He said he’d be back soon and beat the Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon!
-Honestly, I wouldn’t log in either lmao
-ㄹㅇ one hit from Bung-ta and you’d lose your mind, let alone a 4-combo lmao
-No wonder the system triggered Anti-Shock
-System: Yeah, this one’s a bit much…
-He needs to come back and get revenge!
-Where’d Bu-seung go!
The game had ended, but the broadcast was still live.
Yet Bu Seung-man had lost all drive to play, all drive to stream.
He had once been a National Representative, a Singularity.
Never—not even at the international tournament when he was “Bu-seung”—had he felt such overwhelming helplessness.
Bu Seung-man’s trembling finger pressed the broadcast end button.
* * *
-He’s not coming back in?
-It’s not coming up!
-What, Gold Rank won’t even challenge for a rematch? That’s pathetic.
-No pride at all haha
When no rematch request came from Bu Seung-man, the viewers finally took a moment to review the match they’d just witnessed.
-Dude haha three straight wins and all of them perfect hahaha
-Is there such a flawless victory?
-Even if he’s washed up, he’s a former national representative shivering
-He was calling plays so hard before the match even started, and now he gets taught a lesson haha
-Anti-Shock, feels like forever since I’ve seen that?
-Real talk, I didn’t know this system existed in Iron Fist Nine
-Usually you can’t get beaten down like that
-When that Bungta landed, my toes actually twitched in sympathy
-By the way, wasn’t he at full HP just now? His entire health bar got erased in one combo?
Hae-rang nodded and answered.
“Yes. Since he didn’t use any techniques before the combo started, his HP must have been at one hundred percent.”
At those words, the viewers gasped anew.
-Wow. So that’s what an Instant Death Combo is;
-At full health, one wrong hit and you’re dead hahaha
-Haven’t seen Instant Death Combos pop up much lately though?
-Yeah the developers said they hate Instant Death Combos
-Right, if it ends in one hit it’s not fun
-And yet our Gwanjong pulled it off shivering
A combo where one wrong move means instant death.
That was the meaning of the Instant Death Combo.
From the receiving end, it was as unfair as anything could be.
Even if you carefully chipped away at your opponent’s health, you could still die from a single combo.
Three perfect victories in a row against a former national representative was remarkable enough,
but those who knew Iron Fist felt the true shock of this Instant Death Combo.
Enough to draw a sponsorship from a veteran player who had been watching silently.
<O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon has sponsored 100,000 won!>
<Hello, Gwanjong Cheonma! That combo you just pulled off—it’s not in the encyclopedia, right?>
O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon.
A living legend who had played only Full Phoenix from the original Iron Fist One through Iron Fist Nine.
Though his rank was merely Black Tier, he was something like the spiritual pillar of all Full Phoenix users.
-Oh! Wait! O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon was in this room?
-Oh-ha! Oh-ha!
-Why’s he watching Gwanjong’s stream instead of playing haha
-That person is like the godfather of Full Phoenix!
“Ah. I see. Thanks for the sponsorship first, O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon. But what’s a combo encyclopedia?”
For a moment, O-aking said nothing.
He never expected to hear such a response.
When O-aking stopped sponsoring and even paused his chat, the viewers seemed delighted instead.
-Hahaha combo encyclopedia? What’s that?
-Our Hae-rang doesn’t know stuff like that! He just goes all out with what he sees!
-Man; I never thought he wouldn’t know the word encyclopedia
-It’s pretty on-brand for Gwanjong when you think about it haha
-What’s a combo encyclopedia? I know what pig’s trotters are though!
-It’s a list of combos organized for each character!
-So how did he pull off the National Combo that he showed today?
“Ah…. So that’s what a combo encyclopedia is.”
After hearing the explanation, Hae-rang scratched the back of his head.
His voice came out matter-of-fact.
“I didn’t memorize attack patterns and use them. Whenever a situation arose, I just thought of the best combo in my head at that moment.”
-Wait. So you didn’t even know about the National Combo?
-Hahaha that can’t be real!
-A player who refines and refines combos in real time, improves what veteran players have been polishing for years?
-Even auto-optimization AI couldn’t keep up with Gwanjong
-AI Heavenly Demon! AI Heavenly Demon! AI Heavenly Demon! AI Heavenly Demon! AI Heavenly Demon!
-Look at O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon being left speechless hahaha
<O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon has sponsored 1,000 won!>
-ㅋㅋㅋ O-aking seems really into our attention seeker
-Real talk, he usually doesn’t say much on other streams
-For O-aking to court someone this openly… that’s rare
-You’re amazing, Gwanjong! Now you’re getting support from millions of Full Phoenix users!
└Full Phoenix really has millions of users?
└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Don’t overdo it
“Hmm…….”
Hae-rang fell silent as he processed O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon’s donation.
The viewers assumed he was thinking about his closing remarks.
But what came out of his mouth surprised them all.
“O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon, if you don’t mind, would it be okay if I sent a friend request?”
“Yes. Since you’re already well-known, your friend list might be full, but I’d like to ask your advice on various aspects of Full Phoenix.”
“I still lack understanding of Full Phoenix. My playtime has been short. I’d like to seek advice from O-aking, who’s spent so much time studying Full Phoenix.”
The viewers burst into admiration at Hae-rang’s intention.
-Wow! The way he’s asking for pointers from someone in a lower tier!
-By Gold Rank standards, most players get arrogant, but our attention seeker doesn’t have that problem ㅋㅋ
-Honestly, no other player has put more time into Full Phoenix than O-aking
-Tens of thousands of total playtime hours, right? ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ
-At this point, he’s basically a living Full Phoenix encyclopedia ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-But it’s funny though ㅋㅋㅋ You’re wearing Gold Rank and say you lack understanding?
-I still don’t know Full Phoenix very well (while hitting Gold Rank in just a month)
Then came a brief silence.
Everyone waited for O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon’s response.
-Wow! Our attention seeker made a friend!
-This could actually help a lot ㅇㅅㅇ There are way more unexpected variables in Iron Fist than people think
-Gwanjong Cheonma has acquired ‘a walking Full Phoenix encyclopedia’!
-ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ Heartwarming, so heartwarming
-The lone wolf Gwanjong finally made a friend!
-After Joint, O-aking’s next? Each friend has such a clear concept ㅋㅋㅋ
“I’m going to contact O-aking Kim Jeong-gwon tomorrow. The Selection Tournament is less than a month away. I’ll end today’s stream here.”
Hae-rang bowed his head in greeting to the viewers.
-Gwan-ba! Gwan-ba!
-Ugh, the last impact was so strong it makes it even more of a shame to end!
-Take down the Iron Fist National Team, and hit rank 1 in SERG too!
-See you next stream!
Iron Fist Nine, played as a way to repay his fans.
He had achieved an overwhelming victory over the former National Representative Bu Seung-man,
and gained an unexpected connection.
It had been a day full of gains in every way.
* * *
“Say it again.”
Rage filled the refined eyes raised in fury.
Even just facing her, you could feel the heat emanating from her presence.
Yet Kim Si-hwan, the leader of Singularity, showed no emotion on his face whatsoever.
“The Iron Fist team competition roster has changed. Jo Sang-jin is coming in.”
“Didn’t I tell you I won’t work with Jo Sang-jin?”
“I’m sorry, but we can’t run the National Team Selection around your personal issues.”
“What? Personal issues?”
A woman of striking features let out a derisive snort.
Da-hong shot back, her voice tight and clipped.
“Personal reasons? That’s garbage. I’m rejecting Jo Sang-jin because he’s simply not good enough. How am I supposed to compete with someone who scraped bottom in the Iron Fist evaluation tournament?”
“It’s not just Iron Fist. He’s performed poorly in most other events too. The only reason we’re considering him is because he has prior National Team experience with Iron Fist and ranks decently in the Golden Tier.”
“Golden Tier? To hell with that. He parked himself in the upper ranks before the slump hit, and everyone knows he barely logs in anymore. Or do you think I’m stupid?”
Kim Si-hwan’s mouth curved into a thin, bitter smile.
“I thought you didn’t care about him, but you seem pretty interested.”
Da-hong fell silent.
It wasn’t because he’d struck a nerve.
It was because their actions aligned perfectly—one hundred percent—with what Hae-rang had predicted.
[I hope my suspicions prove unfounded, but there may be complications during the National Team Selection that will strain belief.]
Even someone who had devoted years to the organization couldn’t have seen it coming.
How could an outsider prophesy it so accurately?
To Da-hong, who had no way of knowing he had once commanded tens of thousands,
it was simply uncanny and inexplicable.
“I was prepared for this.”
“For what?”
“For you people to play dirty like this. I came prepared.”
“Dirty? So rejecting a teammate you don’t like is dirty now?”
“It’s all because of the Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon.”
……!
“Because you’re on good terms with the Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon, you’re deliberately trying to screw me over, aren’t you? You even told Ma Hyeon-bin to participate in that zombie game? And you know he has a zombie phobia.”
This time she had truly struck a nerve.
Kim Si-hwan looked away, his gaze drifting to some arbitrary point.
“If we’re talking about Singularity, you have to overcome it. You can’t pick and choose games when you’re drawing a steady national salary.”
“No.”
“What?”
“I’m not doing it. I won’t do it, so it won’t happen.”
Kim Si-hwan broke into a victor’s smile.
He believed he had just broken Da-hong’s spirit.
The Iron Fist team competition was a category with virtually no chance of winning anyway.
Using it as a sacrificial card to crush her resolve wasn’t a losing trade.
“Don’t think about it so negatively. You always preferred solo matches over team competitions anyway. In solo matches…….”
“No solo matches either.”
“……What did you just say?”
“No team matches, no solo matches.”
Da-hong’s eyes, which had been blazing with fury, suddenly went still.
Hollow yet unburdened,
empty yet free.
Then the bomb fell from her lips.
“I’m quitting. Singularity.”
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