Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 15

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Chapter 15

“Ooh-ah!”

At Hae-rang’s voice, Choi Gang-sik burst into laughter.

“It’s more similar than I thought? You could do voice impressions.”

A character who shouts ‘Ooh-ah!’ when using skills.

There was only one such character in Iron Fist.

“Full Phoenix. Somehow it seems to suit you well too.”

A character who has appeared consistently since Iron Fist One,

Full Phoenix.

He’s such a fundamental champion that no gamer doesn’t know him.

But there aren’t many users who actually play him.

This was due to the simple skill mechanism and rough fighting style characteristic of old champions.

“What’s your reason for choosing Full Phoenix?”

Hae-rang answered Choi Gang-sik’s question without hesitation.

“If I were to summarize this champion in four characters, it would be this: One-Hit Kill.”

One-Hit Kill.

A type that decides the match in one blow.

Even as the series continued to change, Full Phoenix’s fighting style never changed.

“Certainly, it is the skill with the highest damage among Iron Fist champions.”

Choi Gang-sik nodded.

The skill Hae-rang had shouted ‘Ooh-ah!’ for earlier.

That was a technique called Bung-ta.

A straight punch that compresses the body tightly, then unleashes tremendous power.

The casting time is long and the hit detection isn’t great either.

But the reason ‘Bung-ta’ became Full Phoenix’s signature skill was because of its insane damage.

“Full Phoenix’s nickname is ‘3-Bung Curry’. Meaning three Bung-ta hits equal a KO.”

“Hehe. I’ve heard that too. The problem is, the motion is so big that hardly anyone gets hit by it. Especially fighting game streamers.”

“I’ll have to train from now on. If I keep digging, I’ll find an answer.”

“Don’t you think about researching other champions? There’s no law saying you have to play only one champion.”

“It’s not that I haven’t thought about it, but…”

Dozens of characters spread out abundantly before his eyes.

There were characters who always got cursed at because of their overpowered performance,

And there were those who hadn’t been out long and received the ‘new champion buff’.

But Hae-rang shook his head.

“There are too many variables. In times like this, focusing on just one champion is the answer.”

“…That makes sense.”

Choi Gang-sik let out an exclamation of admiration inwardly.

‘Looking at it, he only picks the right answers to approach with.’

Though he had casually made the suggestion, Choi Gang-sik also secretly wanted him to play just one champion.

This wasn’t something to approach with the simple concept of ‘1 plus 1 equals 2’.

There are roughly thirty characters appearing in Iron Fist.

If the character you’re training increases by one, thirty more variables are added for responding to enemy attacks.

In a situation where there’s only one week to adapt to Iron Fist Seven.

Here, it’s efficient to focus intensively on conquering one champion.

‘No one’s teaching him, so how does he know things like this?’

Should it be called instinct?

Hae-rang seemed to instinctively know ‘how to fight and win’.

“What will you do about broadcasting while training?”

“I’ve decided not to do it. I’m going to do secluded training.”

“Secluded training? That thing from martial arts novels?”

“Yes.”

At this point, even Choi Gang-sik tilted his head.

“Is there really a need to train privately? There might be viewers who enjoy ‘Story Mode’ like last time.”

“I’ll only do secluded training this once. There isn’t enough time to train while paying attention to viewers’ chat.”

“Hmm. So you’re doing what’s called hardcore gaming mode.”

To raise their in-game rank.

Or to focus intensely on the game.

There are cases where streamers turn off their broadcasts and play games despite being streamers.

He didn’t know if this was done knowingly, but listening to the explanation, it seemed close to the right answer.

“Secluded training isn’t just for growth alone.”

“Then?”

A mysterious smile appeared on Hae-rang’s face.

“Have you ever thought about why people bother to hide and train in secret?”

“Hmm. Well? Maybe it’s just to focus a bit more?”

“It’s not just about focus. The more you hide your training results, the more of an information gap is created.”

“Information… gap?”

“It means the less the opponent knows about how much I’ve grown, the better.”

As Hae-rang said this, he selected Full Phoenix.

There were two basic outfits.

A red martial arts uniform and a black jacket reminiscent of motorcycle gangs.

Hae-rang chose the martial arts uniform style without hesitation.

‘I should train in familiar clothing so it becomes more natural to my eyes.’

Once he selected the basic outfit, Full Phoenix delivered his signature line.

【No pain, no gain!】

Before he knew it, Hae-rang, now wearing the red martial arts uniform, rolled his neck in a big circle.

“Right. I know that well.”

* * *

Flash!

Hae-rang entered Tutorial Mode.

He surveyed his surroundings with calm eyes.

“It’s different.”

A simple, eternal space with no natural environment or structures.

All there was to gauge distance were the tiles laid on the Ground and the grid lines drawn in the Sky.

Hae-rang slowly tried moving around.

Swoosh.

“This too.”

Street Fighting only allowed movement forward and backward.

In contrast, Iron Fist allowed not only forward and backward movement but also Side Step.

The so-called ‘Side Step’ system.

It was the decisive factor that distinguished 2D games from 3D games.

‘This is comfortable.’

The more advanced a Game becomes, the fewer restrictions there are on actions.

Although ‘Iron Fist’ couldn’t move 100% like reality either, compared to ‘Street Fighting’, it was like an angel.

It felt like the chains binding his arms and legs had disappeared?

Hae-rang checked every possible movement he could make.

Ring!

While he was busy moving his hands and feet, a call came from Choi Gang Gang-sik.

Hae-rang activated the ‘call’ function inside the Capsule.

-Are you going to proceed with Story Mode right away?

At Choi Gang-sik’s question, Hae-rang shook his head.

“No. Unlike Street Fighting, Iron Fist has a Tutorial Mode within the Game.”

-Right. It’s a 500,000 won Game, so it wouldn’t be right if there was no tutorial. Do well. Let me know if you need anything.

“Ah. Then. There’s one thing I’d like you to check.”

-Yeah? What is it?

“Joint streamer’s Broadcasting Equipment. Could you check it for me?”

-Huh? What do you need to know that for?

“There’s something I thought about last night. I’d appreciate it if you could do that.”

-Alright. I’ll hear the reason later. I’ll check it once.

Choi Gang-sik hung up without hesitation.

It seemed like he was going to check Joint’s Studio right away.

‘He could have asked more out of curiosity. He’s really a good manager.’

Hae-rang’s eyes became much softer.

An age gap of more than twenty years.

But Choi Gang-sik was someone who thoroughly separated work from personal matters.

At least in work-related aspects, he showed a mindset of trying to accommodate Hae-rang as much as possible.

His past experience in management work had become ingrained in his body.

“Now, then…”

He had become somewhat familiar with ‘Full Phoenix’s’ physique and basic attacks.

Hae-rang selected ‘Tutorial Mode’.

Then a human figure made of logs appeared in front of him.

“So this guy is Baki.”

A name derived from the log character .

Baki.

It was a guy that had various memes attached to it because the name was similar to a manga protagonist’s name.

Usually, this was a champion you’d often see in tutorials like this.

Bow.

Baki bowed his head with his hands clasped together.

For the next week, day and night, he would have to shed blood and sweat with this guy.

Thwack! Bang!

First, he pounded Baki’s body with basic attacks.

It looked like a log, but the vibration transmitted through his fingertips was softer than expected.

It felt like hitting a soft sandbag.

However,

【!】

【!】

Every time he hit with a little force, an exclamation mark rose above Baki’s head.

Hae-rang didn’t think much of it and continued practicing basic attacks.

After a while,

“Is this how it moves?”

The technique Hae-rang decided to learn first.

He tried inputting the command for Bung-ta.

Swish!

Like flowing waves, moving his upper body in a semicircle allowed him to perform actions other than basic attacks.

This was something he had already experienced in ‘Street Fighting’.

By using his body to input commands like this, the path to performing different movements opened up.

Swish! Swish!

Instead of throwing punches, Hae-rang repeated the command movements.

How quickly he could master these movements would determine the character’s rise or fall.

‘Not yet. I’m not satisfied.’

The first day of starting the tutorial.

Hae-rang input the command over ten thousand times.

But he didn’t throw his fist.

He planned to try using Bung-ta when he could achieve literally ‘lightning-fast’ movement.

“Good.”

On the third day.

Hae-rang used ‘Bung-ta’ for the first time.

【Ooh-ah!】

Bung-ta was executed with that distinctive spirited voice.

Thwack!

Baki’s body, which had maintained its posture against any attack,

folded in half and flew away.

【!!】

At the same time, two exclamation marks appeared above Baki’s head.

He could understand intuitively.

“The exclamation marks appearing means ultimately…”

It hurts like hell.

Hae-rang wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled brightly.

Knowing the meaning made him feel more energized.

And on the final seventh day.

When the Bung-ta movement felt more familiar than sitting on a toilet in the bathroom,

Whirrrr!

Hae-rang drew up the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

At the same time, he sensed a special change.

‘I can see it.’

A white dot that hadn’t been visible before.

That dot that suddenly appeared on Baki’s chest was like a target.

He could tell without anyone teaching him.

If he struck that spot hard, devastating impact would be delivered.

As if he had become one with Full Phoenix,

Hae-rang shouted in unison with his character.

“Ooh-ah!”

Whoooosh!

It seemed like wind was rising from just the rotational force of his waist generated by his body.

He loaded all that tremendous rotational force into his straight punch.

Was it his imagination?

Baki’s complexion, which had been a dark brown log color, seemed to turn pale white.

CRASH!!!

The training he had repeated every day.

And with the Heavenly Demon Divine Art drawn up in earnest.

When the ‘Bung-ta’ containing the essence of his efforts struck Baki’s body,

an unbelievable scene unfolded.

【!!!】

Three exclamation marks.

But that wasn’t such a big change.

Craaack….

Baki’s wooden body began to crack,

then completely shattered to pieces!

Crash!

“Oh.”

Hae-rang’s eyes widened in surprise at the sudden change.

Did Baki’s body break when hit a little hard originally?

It would have been nice to have viewers around, but unfortunately he was currently in secluded training.

“This brings back memories.”

Hae-rang chuckled as he looked down at his tightly clenched fist.

Though it wasn’t comparable to the fights of his previous life, it had been truly long since he’d powerfully destroyed something like this.

If he could, Hae-rang wanted to savor this feeling a little longer.

【Would you like to continue Tutorial Mode?】

Hae-rang selected yes.

Then Baki, looking somewhat pale, hesitantly approached.

“Ooh-ah!”

Crack!

It was just like doing a wood-chopping challenge.

Every time Hae-rang drew up the Heavenly Demon Divine Art and used Bung-ta, Baki’s body kept getting smashed to pieces.

By the time he forgot to count how many Bakis he had turned into firewood.

“That’s enough.”

Hae-rang had finally obtained the level he desired.

It was one day before the ‘Break the Joint’ broadcast was set to begin.

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