Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 5

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Chapter 5

【The game begins!】

【(Optional) Would you like to use streaming service?】

There probably wouldn’t be anyone willing to watch a beginner who just accessed a capsule game.

But Hae-rang pressed the accept button without hesitation.

‘I need to adapt to the broadcasting environment in advance.’

【Please select a streaming platform.】

Several icons of broadcasting sites appeared.

This time too, Hae-rang chose a capsule game specialized site without hesitation.

【Setting up broadcast on ‘Trend’ platform!】

【Would you like to use the default title?】

【You have selected ‘Yes’.】

【Channel will be created with default title ‘Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon’s Game Broadcast’!】

【Selected game is ‘Spirit Fighting’.】

A channel with the ID ‘Attention-Seeking Heavenly Demon’ was created.

At the same time, a square window appeared in the upper right corner.

Various information including the number of current viewers was displayed.

【Current viewers: 0</p】

No registered managers

(More) ….>

‘Now it begins.’

Hae-rang nodded and pressed the ‘proceed’ button.

【Please select game type!】

【You have selected ‘Story Mode’!】

【’Story Mode’ will proceed on ‘Normal Difficulty’.】

【First battle begins!】

Flash!

Lightning strikes in Hae-rang’s mind.

Hae-rang had already experienced that thrilling sensation before.

The feeling of all his nerves moving into Virtual Reality.

Moreover….

Kiiing!

It was the moment when the Heavenly Demon Divine Art sealed within Hae-rang’s body was released.

Before he knew it, Hae-rang’s body had grown twice as large and he was wearing Red Pants.

His face remained the same, but his body had become Zangief.

“Zangief! Please spar with me!”

His first opponent stood in the middle of the Desolate Desert.

A worn Martial Arts Uniform here and there with a Red Headband.

An expression so rigid it conveyed stubbornness.

‘Ryu’ bowed his head respectfully.

‘This guy is my first opponent?’

[Round One! Fight!]

Instead of rashly moving toward Ryu, Hae-rang examined various parts of Zangief’s body.

‘Street Fighting’ has no tutorial mode.

The priority was to examine the body’s sensations through actual combat.

‘Not all movements can be implemented.’

The movements that could be taken within this game were limited.

Jumping and movement were only forward and backward,

Even punches and kicks were limited to predetermined movements like ‘Heavy Punch’ and ‘Light Kick’.

Whoosh! Thud!

Hae-rang, having become Zangief, swings his watermelon-sized fists repeatedly.

It looked like digging in the air, but it didn’t matter.

Only when these foolish repetitive movements accumulated would they finally become ‘my techniques’.

“If you won’t come, then I’ll go to you!”

Barefoot ‘Ryu’ kicked off the ground and leaped up.

Hae-rang raised both arms and blocked his kick.

Thunk!

When he took a defensive stance, he felt a heavy vibration in his arms.

Since the actual impact of combat couldn’t be transmitted as is, it seemed to be implemented in this form.

‘Is it because my body is large? The hit box is big. I’ll need to defend more widely than I thought.’

On the other hand, he was puzzled.

‘That guy. With so many openings like that….’

Even if it’s ‘Normal Difficulty’, still.

Every time ‘Ryu’ attacked and used skills, enormous openings were exposed.

“Hadoken!”

“Shoryuken!”

Hae-rang had just started playing the game.

Therefore, he hadn’t memorized each character’s move list yet.

But he seemed to understand one principle.

‘Block attacks, then strike at the openings.’

Zangief’s straightforward Heavy Punch landed squarely on Ryu’s temple.

There was no need to even use the Heavenly Demon Divine Art.

There were so many visible openings that it seemed any attack would connect.

Thwack!

“Urgh!”

In an instant, Ryu’s health bar was chunked away significantly.

Zangief was slow and full of openings.

But correspondingly, his basic attacks dealt more damage than other characters.

“Not bad!”

One of Ryu’s eyes had turned black and blue.

The exchange between Hae-rang and Ryu continued once more.

Crack!

Thud!

Calmly blocking the opponent’s attacks, then striking at the openings after their attacks.

‘Heavy Punch. Light Punch. Heavy Kick. Light Kick.’

For large openings, he swung his fist with full force; for small gaps, he accumulated damage with Light Punch.

When the opponent’s guard was high, he crouched low and delivered a Light Kick.

Crash!

Thump!

As time passed, Ryu’s health bar dropped to the red danger zone.

But Zangief’s health bar was barely different from the beginning.

“Shoryuken!”

Ryu’s skill shot upward like a last desperate struggle.

This time, Hae-rang didn’t guard.

He had somehow mastered the skill’s range, dodging the attack through distance control alone.

Whoosh!

Watching Ryu’s skill slice through empty air, Zangief—no, Hae-rang—lifted the corners of his mouth.

‘This is interesting.’

Throughout his entire journey to becoming the Heavenly Demon, there had been endless battles.

Crossing swords with opponents, sometimes engaging in hand-to-hand combat.

That thrilling sensation when achieving victory in tense exchanges.

Hae-rang was once again enjoying the competition.

“Gasp!”

As the skill missed, Ryu’s eyes widened to twice their size.

Hae-rang swung a Heavy Punch toward the completely exposed opening.

Smack!

“Gyaaaaaaah!”

Ryu’s battered body flew through the air in slow motion.

At the same time, two letters appeared.

【K.O.!】

Hae-rang’s first stage was an overwhelming complete victory.

* * *

“Uwaaaaaaah!”

Hae-rang had defeated the final enemy of story mode, Mr. Bison.

【K.O.!】

【PERFECT!!】

“Hahahahaha! Let’s depart toward the next physical evolution!”

The character Zangief, whose head was filled with muscle just like his body.

The ending concluded with his magnificent back view as he set off to find new opponents.

‘This makes it the twentieth ending.’

From the first Ryu to the final boss.

Hae-rang had seen twenty endings without experiencing a single defeat.

Even though the difficulty had changed to ‘Hard’ after he first cleared story mode.

Moreover,

‘Unlike basic attacks, skills deal damage even when properly blocked.’

The change that occurred after realizing this.

Hae-rang’s perfect victory count increased dramatically.

He chose to dodge skills instead of blocking them.

Not even allowing the slightest damage to the health bar.

Normally, one would be getting tired of story mode by now.

But Hae-rang selected story mode again.

‘Let’s see the ending just twenty more times.’

From the beginning, Hae-rang’s goal wasn’t the ending.

Nor was it fighting against other people.

It was knowing himself.

There would be no satisfaction until he mastered all the fundamentals of this character called ‘Zangief’.

That was a lesson his life as the Heavenly Demon had taught him.

Understanding oneself thoroughly before facing an opponent.

That was the shortcut to earning praise.

“Please spar with me!”

It was when Zangief was about to face ‘Ryu’ once again.

Was it his imagination?

Fear seemed to dwell in Ryu’s eyes after being beaten ten times.

It was when Hae-rang hopped to dodge ‘Ryu’s’ projectile.

Ding.

New information appeared in the broadcast window that had shown no changes.

【A new viewer has entered.】

【A new viewer has entered.】

【Current viewer count: 2】

After several hours since starting the game, viewers had finally entered.

-I told you, right? There’s some crazy guy who’s been doing story mode for hours.

-Holy shit. This is madness, pure madness. What do you do for a living, mister?

Hae-rang knocked down ‘Ryu’ with a kick and spoke for the first time.

“Hello. Thank you for visiting.”

-Oh. At least he greets properly.

-Aren’t you a newbie, mister? Is it okay to get distracted while fighting?

“No problem.”

Hae-rang dodged and blocked ‘Ryu’s’ attacks with practiced movements.

-He dodges well. I thought he was a newbie.

-He is a newbie though? His account was created today.

-Huh? You’re right?

The two viewers seemed to know each other.

One had been browsing game broadcasts, noticed something strange about Hae-rang’s game, and brought the other.

-So, our newbie. What’s the reason for this? Why do you keep clearing this shitty game’s story mode?

-It’s obvious. Didn’t Joint say he’s broadcasting ‘Street Fighting’ today? He’s trying to get attention, isn’t he?

-Bullshit. Would you clear story mode for hours just to get attention? For five hours straight?

-Holy shit. Looking at the history, he’s cleared this twenty times. This is getting scary.

Even while they chattered among themselves, Hae-rang diligently swung his arms and legs.

They started noticing something strange from the second stage.

-Hey attention seeker. Why aren’t you using skills?

-Yeah. Why do you keep using only basic attacks?

-He seems to be a newbie who doesn’t know much, but you need to use flashy skills to attract people.

Hae-rang answered nonchalantly.

“I haven’t used skills yet.”

-What

-????????????

“I want to master the fundamentals first.”

-Wait, so you’ve been doing nothing but punching and kicking for hours?

-Crazy. Reaching the ending with only basic attacks? On ‘Hard’ difficulty?

Of course it was possible.

He could show them even more.

Instead of words, Hae-rang showed them through action.

【K.O.!】

【PERFECT!!】

-Wow…

-This actually works.

-A perfect? Without combos or skills? With Heavy Punch and Heavy Kick?

-Streamer, be honest. This isn’t your first time, right? This is all an act, isn’t it?

-What the hell lololololol getting a perfect with just basic attacks without using any skills lololol does that even make sense

-Looking at his face, it’s definitely an act. Who sets themselves up as such a pretty boy these days?

-For real. Bulky physique in red underwear, but with a completely handsome face?

There were compliments mixed in with the jokes.

However, Hae-rang still didn’t realize how amazing what he had accomplished was.

“As I adapted to Zangief’s body, I got more perfects. I think this character has good performance.”

-Ugh hahahahaha damn hahahahaha

-Zangief has good performance? The worst low-tier champion in Street Fighting?

“What’s a weak champ?”

-You don’t even know that? It’s short for a champion that’s weak in the current meta.

-That thing you’re using! The one in red underwear! That’s a weak champ!

-Actually came here because of the champion. Was waiting for ‘Joint’s broadcast when I saw Zangief in the thumbnail. That character is boring and nobody plays him.

“Is that so.”

Hae-rang looked down at his muscular body.

He had thought it was a strong champion, but now he saw it was the complete opposite.

But it didn’t matter.

He hadn’t chosen it for performance reasons anyway.

-Are you really a beginner, streamer? I still can’t tell.

-Change the stream title to gather some people. The concept is pretty funny at least?

-We’re leaving now. We need to watch ‘Joint’s broadcast.

After defeating ‘Ryu’ once again, Hae-rang looked at the chat window and asked.

“Is this ‘Joint’ person that good?”

-He’s skilled, but his broadcast concept is vicious lololol

-Total pervert bastard. Does that make us perverts for watching?

-Lolololololol for real

“If he’s skilled, why do you call him a pervert?”

-Joint’s daily routine is beating up newbies.

-He makes newbies who just bought the game to have fun rage quit.

-He’s a guy who gets an orgasm when opponents get frustrated and start typing in chat lolololololol

“Can that kind of thing be entertaining?”

Just as Hae-rang tilted his head in confusion.

A message he had never seen before appeared.

【Here comes a new challenger!!】

Not a computer, but an actual game user had challenged Hae-rang’s Zangief to a match.

The viewers who confirmed the opponent quickly hammered their keyboards.

-Oh shit! Fuck!

-Mister! You’re screwed!

-They say the pervert tiger comes when you mention his name..!

-Well, this stream is technically a newbie broadcast too..

The very name the viewers had mentioned.

The opponent who had challenged him was ‘Joint’, the specialist in newbie-hunting broadcasts.

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