Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 18

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Chapter 18

“Ooh-ah!”

As the match ended, the replay screen automatically began playing.

Even though the replay only showed a single Bung-ta strike,

that made it all the more intense.

All two thousand viewers gathered in Joint’s broadcast room were watching this one Bung-ta.

Thwack!

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

Rheumatism’s scream echoed out miserably.

You could feel through your skin just how intense the impact had been.

-Ugh, shit. Seeing it in slow motion makes it pure horror ㄷㄷㄷ

-Horror movie? No no no this is gore. Grotesque beyond belief.

-Is that really a Bung-ta? Why is the power like that?

-Did they secretly patch it without me knowing? Has Iron Fist Seven ever been updated in secret?

-I logged in this morning and there was nothing like that?

-Chillingly powerful strike ㄷㄷㄷ This is probably the first time I’ve seen such a perfect collapse.

-Mom! When I grow up I want to be Full Phoenix!

-So fast… even getting hit once and running away…

-Literally One Punch Man.

-This One Punch Man is superior. For starters, he has more hair lol

Though it was a match that ended in just one round, the satisfaction exceeded average.

The steadily accumulating mission money proved that fact.

【Mission: 50,000 won if ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ wins.】

【Mission: 10,000 won if ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ wins.】

【Mission: 100,000 won if ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ wins.】

‘Break the Joint’ gives viewers’ victory mission money as a bonus in addition to the championship prize.

The more scenes that satisfy viewers appear, the more the mission money naturally increases.

Viewers satisfied with ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ competed to put up victory mission money.

Finally, a large amount that rarely appears burst forth.

【Mission: 1,000,000 won if ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ wins.】

-Wow, that’s insane! A million won ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What, did some chairman show up or something?

-No backing down on the money from the round of 16. If he wins, won’t he get over ten million won?

-What’s the point of the money being high? You have to win to get it.

-Hahahaha it’s basically a safe asset~ How could a short position break those joints

-Anyway, great job Gwanjong Cheonma!

-That was the best Bung-ta I’ve ever seen!

-I’m fifty years old… you made me feel passionate for the first time in a while… thank you Gwanjong Cheonma!

The excitement died down, and Joint belatedly came to his senses.

Since this was only the round of 16, he intended to conduct the winner’s interview briefly.

But there was one thing he really wanted to ask.

“Gwanjong Cheonma. Congratulations on your victory.”

“…”

“Gwanjong Cheonma?”

For some reason, there was no response even when called.

He just bent his waist and trembled all over.

‘Did he get hit by his own Bung-ta… Why is he acting like that?’

Joint put more force into his voice.

“Gwanjong Cheonma!”

“Yes. I’m fine now.”

“You didn’t even get hit… What’s fine?”

“There are such things. By the way, you’re suddenly using formal speech.”

“Huh?”

“In the last broadcast you spoke down to me, so I thought you were older than me.”

Then came a barrage of jeers.

-Boo trash boo

-Hahahahaha looks like you loosened up since we last met?

-Did you get wrecked and throw a tantrum? lololololol Your joint personality level tsk tsk tsk tsk

-Acting formal just because it’s his broadcast. Just do it like you always do, Joint.

-Warning: Hell detection advisory level 1 activated.

-LOL look at this attention seeker. With that innocent face, subtly throwing shade so well?

Joint bit his lips with a slightly flushed face.

‘So. Is he deliberately provoking me or what?’

Looking at that innocent and handsome face, there seemed to be no malice at all.

That made him an even more unreadable man.

“Congratulations on your victory. Gwanjong Cheonma.”

“Thank you. It’s thanks to the viewers who watched.”

-Nice! Fundamentals!

-A rookie streamer but look at him taking care of the viewers!

-Gwanjong Cheonma, is he a god? Gwanjong Cheonma, is he a god? Gwanjong Cheonma, is he a god?

-I’ll follow at the speed of Wing Xiaohou doing panty runs!

It seemed like from the very first match, it was becoming Gwanjong Cheonma’s solo stage.

Joint smacked his lips at that thought, then asked what he was really curious about.

“You’re currently at beginner rank, but you blocked the ten-hit combo well. When you played Story Mode, did Wing Xiaohou use ten-hit combos too?”

“No. That never happened.”

“Huh? Then how did you block it? How did you do the delay catch in the middle of the combo?”

-Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. I’m so curious.

-The only counter opportunity in Xiaohou’s ten-hit combo is on the 7th hit, and he saw through it like a ghost.

-Normally you’d interrupt with basic attacks, but he actually countered with ‘bung-ta’?

-For real. You’d need to cut frames down to nanoseconds to make that possible.

-It’s theoretically possible, but can the human body actually execute that?

Having watched fighting games for a long time, the viewers also had the same doubts as Joint.

However, disappointingly,

Hae-rang’s answer was overly simple.

“I just saw it and blocked it. I could see the opening.”

-? Lolololololololol

-What the hell lololol You call that an answer lololol

-Of course! You see it and block it! And when you see an opening, you swing!

-You say it so matter-of-factly that those of us who can’t do it feel like worms ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Gwanjong Cheonma: It just works? Why can’t you guys do it like me?

-Maybe only you can do it? Maybe only you can react like that?

-In our society, we’ve agreed to call that genius.

Joint was also dumbfounded and asked in a deflated voice.

“So. You weren’t memorizing the ten-hit combo pattern? You saw and reacted to it instantly?”

“Yes. Isn’t memorizing it harder? You can just see it and block it.”

-Ugh lololol stop lololol stop mocking us lololol

-That doesn’t work for us! Only you can do it!

-Gwanjong! What does that make me, having memorized 30 characters’ ten-hit combos!

-You make me miserable ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

As expected.

He really is a genius, isn’t he.

Joint bit his lip hard.

Like other games, Iron Fist also allows only one account input based on biometric information.

That meant Gwanjong Cheonma was truly a pure ‘beginner rank.’

Joint reminisced about the past and brought out his ‘back in my day’ story.

‘How was it when I started…’

That day when he first fought against a person.

Coincidentally, Joint’s opponent also used ten-hit combos.

That was usually the level of beginners’ fights.

Joint, tasting the bitter experience of ten-hit combos for the first time in his life, was defeated without being able to use his strength even once.

And he let out an angry voice.

-You cowardly bastard!

-Thanks for the praise ^0^

But Gwanjong Cheonma was different.

Same beginner rank, but the result was completely opposite.

There were two words that distinguished those different results,

‘Talent.’

Perhaps, Gwanjong Cheonma really might have superior talent compared to himself.

At that fact, Joint’s heart sank heavily.

“Now, Gwanjong Cheonma has advanced to the quarterfinals! Shall we continue with the next matchup?”

Anxiety and bitterness.

Mixed with such emotions, Joint failed to notice.

Gwanjong Cheonma’s eyes, shining more brilliantly than any flashy striking effects.

* * *

“Woohoo! Sorry, but this victory is mine!”

Joint, who won with dazzling techniques in the quarterfinals, celebrates his victory.

But why was it?

It didn’t seem like many people were actually focusing on Joint’s victory.

-As expected of Joint. His class never goes anywhere

-It’s my main event, of course I’m gonna win tsk tsk tsk tsk

-Using Iron Fist Seven doesn’t make sense in the first place. Where’s your conscience?

-How’s that different from a national swimming team member doing a live show at a private villa?

-Hurry hurry, let’s just watch the next game!

Joint, who groaned inwardly, soon continued with the proceedings.

“The next matchup is ‘Gwanjong Cheonma’ versus ‘Sadam Hussein’!”

-Here he comes! Gwanjong Cheonma!

-The beginner who beat blue rank! Can he beat orange rank too?

-Bung-ta! Bung-ta! Bung-ta! Bung-ta! Bung-ta!

-Show us one more time! The bung-ta that bends waists in half!

-Isn’t this too much this time? Even though it’s just one rank difference, orange rank and blue rank are different classes.

-Yeah, honestly I think it’ll be tough now. The accumulated point difference between blue rank and orange rank is three times.

-From now on, the ‘real’ fight begins.

Most were in a mood to cheer for Gwanjong Cheonma.

But no one thought he would actually win.

Among the sixteen participants, Gwanjong Cheonma had the highest ‘victory mission’ amount.

It wasn’t because he seemed likely to win, but rather the intention was to increase the pot since he wouldn’t win anyway.

The so-called ‘safe asset’.

The fact that Joint, who was favored to win, had the smallest mission amount was for the same reason.

“Hello there, Gwanjong?”

The man standing opposite Hae-rang.

A slicked-back hair character with impressive black leather gloves greeted Hae-rang.

The character he chose was Steven.

True to his setting as a boxer, he was a character who fought using only his two fists without using his feet at all.

“Hello, ‘Sadam Hussein’ sir.”

“I like that you’re polite. Can I ask you for one favor?”

“A favor?”

Blue eyes beneath Husiddin’s slicked-back hair shone clearly.

“That Bung-ta you showed earlier. It looked really powerful. I won’t do Delay Catch, so could you show it to me once?”

Hae-rang fell into thought for a moment.

Then after a brief pause, he nodded.

“Sure. If you won’t do Delay Catch, then it’s no loss for me either.”

Somehow the chat seemed to be getting noisy.

Before Hae-rang could check it, the signal rang out.

【Round One! Fight!】

As promised, Steven didn’t move and stayed still.

As if saying, come at me if you’re going to.

Hae-rang executed Bung-ta without hesitation.

“Ooh-ah!”

A lightning-fast strike headed toward Steven’s solar plexus.

The expression of ‘Sadam Hussein’ controlling Steven hardened.

But only for a moment.

A mocking sneer full of ridicule bloomed at one corner of his mouth.

Swoosh!

“?!”

Hae-rang’s center of gravity collapsed rapidly.

Since it was such a devastating attack, if the technique missed, the weight would inevitably shift forward.

Had Hae-rang aimed the ‘Bung-ta’ wrong?

No.

The aim was perfect.

Steven had pretended to take the attack, then used the ‘Parrying (Flowing)’ technique.

“Kaha!”

It was like seeing a two-faced man.

‘Sadam Hussein’, who had seemed gentlemanly and good-natured, suddenly bared his fangs and laughed crudely.

Having lost his center of gravity, Hae-rang was naturally exposed to an opening, and Steven executed the most powerful combo he could.

Thwack!

Thud!

In an instant, about half of Full Phoenix’s health was shaved away.

After taking the combo and falling to the ground, Hae-rang managed to roll backward and get up.

“…Why are you looking at me like that?”

‘Sadam Hussein’ grinned at Hae-rang.

“I clearly said I wouldn’t do Delay Catch, but I never said I wouldn’t do Parrying.”

While saying this, he inwardly anticipated Gwanjong Cheonma’s reaction.

He expected him to foam at the mouth, calling it petty wordplay and saying he had lied.

“Huh?”

But surprisingly.

Gwanjong Cheonma readjusted his stance without much disturbance.

Far from getting angry, he was even nodding as if he had realized something.

“I see. There was such a good technique too.”

“…Bastard. Acting all cool for nothing…”

Whoosh!

As soon as he finished speaking, Full Phoenix attempted to approach.

The movement was so agile that he reached striking distance in the blink of an eye.

‘I let my guard down…!’

Husiddin, who had been planning to mock him a bit more, cursed inwardly.

But it didn’t matter.

Gwanjong Cheonma’s movement was unmistakably the preliminary motion for ‘Bung-ta’.

Planning to mock him once more, Husiddin input the ‘Parrying (Flowing)’ command.

Then,

“…?”

Nothing happened.

‘What?’

The Bung-ta that should have come flying wasn’t used.

Instead, they had simply closed the distance by one more step.

Grin.

A predator’s chilling gleam burst forth from Hae-rang’s eyes.

As if to say, this wasn’t his first or second time seeing someone like this.

Grab!

Full Phoenix seized Husiddin by the neck, who had become rigid after his failed parrying.

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