Gwanjongcheonma’s Game Broadcast - Chapter 61
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Chapter 61
Thump thump.
Da-hong’s heart pounds violently.
Is it because of the sparring with Joint from earlier?
No.
She used a little strength in the second round, but that alone wouldn’t make her heart beat this fast.
Yet her BPM seems like it could easily hit 180.
There’s only one reason making her body this excited,
‘I finally met him.’
Meeting Gwanjong Cheonma in the game.
She had experienced him indirectly through the Jar Game and Assassin Revenge until now.
And she compared Gwanjong Cheonma with herself.
She ran countless simulations,
but the results were all her defeat.
That was the reason Da-hong stepped up to this place.
“Oh-ah!”
Gwanjong Cheonma selected his character.
The very champion he used to win Break the Joint.
A man with slicked-back hair and an impressive red martial arts uniform.
It was Full Phoenix.
“By any chance, do you still only know how to handle that champion?”
“Yes. I still haven’t properly grasped Full Phoenix.”
Even after winning Break the Joint?
Da-hong chuckled softly inside the capsule.
“I didn’t know there was more left in the Full Phoenix that defeated the Golden Stage.”
“Because there’s a realm higher than the Golden Stage.”
Though he expressed it indirectly, Da-hong could immediately understand Hae-rang’s words.
He was now aiming for Singularity.
“You play Zangief in Street Fighting, and Full Phoenix here. You only play characters completely opposite to your appearance, Hae-rang?”
“Da-hong, you don’t seem to fit your character very well either.”
“Ah….”
Da-hong looked down to check Kiroi’s outfit.
It was certainly true.
Having such a glamorous appearance while wearing a bearded middle-aged man’s tuxedo.
“That was a stupid question. Well then, shall we begin?”
“Let’s do it.”
Hae-rang and Da-hong pressed the ‘Ready’ button.
The stage was ’15th Street Market’.
There was no lower floor, just a basic battlefield where wall combos could be executed.
[Round One! Fight!]
“….”
Unlike Joint who had approached and exchanged blows from the start,
the two didn’t move at all and were staring at each other.
‘What is this?’
Da-hong gulped.
A strange sense of crisis was enveloping her entire being.
The feeling that she’d be swallowed up immediately if she moved wrong.
‘I’ve never felt this even when fighting other Singularities….’
Hesitating and being reluctant to attack.
It was the play style Da-hong hated most.
As if to shake off that unpleasant feeling, she moved her body first.
“Haah!”
Lightning-fast movement.
It was twice as fast as her sparring with Joint.
Kiroi, who had instantly penetrated into Full Phoenix’s range, unleashed a short combo.
Thwack thwack thwack!
Hae-rang blocked the attack by crossing both hands.
As soon as the defense ended, he thrust at the low area, but Kiroi had already taken a back step and retreated.
Soon, something long shot out from Kiroi’s sleeve.
Hae-rang’s eyes sparkled for a moment.
Crack!
A long mark appeared on the ground where Hae-rang had been standing.
Kiroi’s surprise attack ‘Staff Strike Down’ had missed.
The moment something emerged from her sleeve,
Hae-rang had already created distance and escaped the hit range.
“Amazing.”
If it weren’t during the game, she might have given him a thumbs up.
Da-hong’s voice was filled with genuine admiration.
“This is a technique that sometimes worked even in international competitions. There are few gamers who dodge it as leisurely as you do, Hae-rang.”
“….”
Hae-rang trembled slightly in place without answering.
Had his connection been cut off?
“Hae-rang?”
“Ah. I’m fine now. I just didn’t expect to receive praise in the middle of a match.”
“I acknowledge it. The chatter went on too long, didn’t it? I won’t talk during the fight anymore.”
Conversation could wait until after the match was over.
Da-hong interpreted Hae-rang’s words that way.
It was a better interpretation than a perfect dream.
“Hah!”
Kiroi attempted an upper attack just like when she had targeted Joint.
‘Got him!’
Her right hand grazed the tip of Hae-rang’s nose.
It was such close timing that even she, called a genius, could mistake it for a successful hit.
However, it was just a hair short of registering a hit on Hae-rang.
Whoosh!
“Ah!”
An opening appeared in Kiroi as her big technique missed.
Hae-rang didn’t miss it and swung his straight punch like lightning.
“Oooooooah!”
Bung-ta, which could be called Full Phoenix’s bread-and-butter skill.
That devastating skill struck Kiroi’s side.
Kwaaaaang!
[Strike!!]
Two exclamation marks appeared above Kiroi’s head.
The ultimate judgment that had been shown in Break the Joint appeared once again.
“Kyaak!”
An intense vibration that seemed to penetrate her lungs!
She had to let out a scream she rarely made.
The dull vibration was one thing, but Hae-rang’s power as he swung the bung-ta felt like a mountain.
Roll roll.
Kiroi’s body, struck by the bung-ta, rolled several times.
Just as that momentum was about to fade, Da-hong sprang out like a spring.
She intended to strike back by taking advantage of her opponent’s moment of carelessness.
Swoosh!
However, it was she who got hit instead.
Focused only on ‘counterattacking,’ she had overlooked that Hae-rang had learned new techniques at the tournament.
‘Oh no!’
Parrying.
A counter technique that deflects the opponent’s skills.
It was difficult to learn and required perfect timing, but that wasn’t a problem for Hae-rang.
Because he had repeated such split-second exchanges countless times in his previous life.
Stagger!
Kiroi’s confident counterattack was blocked by parrying.
Parrying is a deflecting technique.
The stronger the deflected skill, the bigger the opening becomes.
Big enough to land another bung-ta.
“Oooooah!”
A bung-ta following directly from parrying.
It sounds easy, but it’s a combination rarely seen even in international competitions.
To chain a big technique like bung-ta, there must be no error in the movements.
Thousands of times.
Tens of thousands of times of practice would be needed for such movement.
Hae-rang was the person most optimized for such training.
Kwang!
This time the bung-ta flew and struck her opposite side.
Kiroi’s body flew as if defying gravity and collided with the wall.
Two exclamation marks rose above the collapsed wall.
【K.O.!】
【Full Phoenix WIN!】
This time Da-hong’s scream couldn’t be heard.
Had she built up resistance from being hit once?
No.
She let out a high-pitched voice again this time, but it simply wasn’t ‘implemented’ in the game.
【Impact exceeding allowable threshold has been transmitted.】
【Alert: ‘Anti-Shock’ has been activated for the safety of ‘S Da-hong S’.】
The moment she was KO’d.
The machine automatically made an ‘Anti-Shock’ judgment.
Since she had taken consecutive Bung-ta attacks with ‘Strike’ judgment added,
it determined that transmitting that impact would be too burdensome.
【Waiting for reconnection….】
Though the connection was severed, Da-hong didn’t open the capsule door.
What expression might Da-hong be making inside that translucent glass?
Was she biting her lips with competitive spirit?
Or was she trembling with fear from the influence of the recent Bung-ta?
There had never been a time when the inside of a capsule was more curious than now.
“That… that crazy bastard.”
Joint adjusted his sunglasses as if he couldn’t believe it.
Getting hit by Bung-ta three times ends the game.
That’s why Full Phoenix earned the nickname ‘3-Bung Curry.’
Nothing could match Bung-ta in terms of destructive power.
But there was a realm above that,
“He pulled off a 2-Bung Curry?”
The ‘Strike’ Bung-ta that appears once in hundreds of attempts.
He pulled it off consecutively and finally triggered ‘Anti-Shock.’
Against not just a regular user, but Singularity!
He had achieved an overwhelming victory against those who reign supreme in the gaming industry.
“I guess this is when you use the phrase Heaven Beyond Heaven.”
There was a sense of futility in Joint’s voice.
It was a complete battle of monsters.
Moreover, one of those two monsters was completely off the charts.
“Ah… Such a waste.”
The staff member editing Joint’s footage muttered to himself.
Joint was in complete agreement.
To think they couldn’t show this legendary scene to people.
The dopamine rush was too intense for only a few people to witness.
【’S Da-hong S’ has reconnected!】
【Resuming the game!】
【Round Two! Fight!】
Singularity Da-hong.
She had never experienced Anti-Shock in her life.
So she couldn’t find the reconnection button right away and had to fumble around for a while.
All these processes were unfamiliar to Da-hong.
The most unfamiliar thing was the ‘sense of inferiority.’
The inferiority complex that her gaming skills were inferior to her opponent’s.
It was something she had never experienced, just like Anti-Shock.
As a result,
Whooom!
The indoor temperature where Da-hong was riding began to rise rapidly.
“Oh, Joint oppa…!”
“Wait a moment.”
Joint quickly raised his arm to stop the manager’s action.
Da-hong was currently using 100 percent of her senses.
The same level of concentration as when going to national team selections or international competitions.
Since she was drawing out all her power, the capsule was gradually becoming overloaded.
The pre-arranged conditions were not being maintained.
‘It’ll be fine for a moment. I can’t let this moment slip away.’
Just because the capsule is overloaded doesn’t mean it breaks immediately.
In fact, the capsule at Hae-rang’s home often expels hot air too.
As long as the machine doesn’t break down, he wanted to watch their game.
Wasn’t a battle that could only be seen at world championships unfolding before his eyes!
“When I signal, then force it off.”
“Yes. I’ll do that.”
Having finished his instructions, Joint rested his chin on his clasped hands.
Every single movement.
Nothing should be carelessly missed.
This was the ultimate realm of fighting games.
Through his small sunglasses lenses, Joint’s eyes shone brighter than ever before.
Kwoong! Kung!
Da-hong’s attacks poured out consecutively.
Hae-rang felt like his eyes were being treated to a feast.
‘There’s no waste in her combo attacks. The movements are so clean that I can’t find an opening even if I try.’
It was as if she was playing by splitting frames into nano units.
Clearly, defense should favor the person who blocks, but most attacks had no delay.
It seemed like if he stayed still, he’d spend the whole day just blocking.
Hae-rang took the stance he had repeated countless times.
‘Light Punch.’
Kiroi’s skill and Full Phoenix’s Light Punch intersect.
Thwack!
Both characters’ attacks hit simultaneously.
No matter how good Full Phoenix’s strength was, this exchange was bound to be disadvantageous.
This side used a basic attack, a Light Punch at that, while the opponent used a skill.
But that was enough.
Even while taking damage loss, he needed to secure time.
Kiiing!
‘Heavenly Demon Divine Art, Second Level.’
Da-hong was already drawing out everything she had.
To defeat Singularity going all out in one go, the Heavenly Demon Divine Art was essential.
“Haat!”
Kiroi, who had hesitated briefly, extends her foot again.
Fighting games are about momentum.
If you keep landing flashy combo attacks, your opponent will eventually crumble.
There’s no answer in just blocking.
So Hae-rang gave up on blocking.
Whoosh!
Kiroi’s Low Attack Skill grazes the ground.
Her pupils shake violently.
Did Full Phoenix deflect the Low Attack again?
Not at all.
Full Phoenix doesn’t have Low Parry techniques.
Hae-rang had simply dodged with ‘movement’ alone.
The lateral movement that exists in Iron Fist games.
He had escaped the range through ‘Lateral Movement.’
‘No way…’
Da-hong’s complexion turned drastically pale.
Even more than when she took a counter from parrying.
Kiroi’s main techniques are weak against Lateral Movement.
This is a breaking method that only works among gamers who have reached the peak.
Even if you know the theory, properly executing it is another story entirely.
Swish!
Whoosh!
They don’t connect.
Most of the attacks Kiroi deploys come to nothing.
She thought she had struck his face, but only barely touched the fine hair on his cheek.
She was certain she had struck his side hard, but only grazed his sleeve.
Is this what it would feel like to fight a ghost?
Da-hong felt completely bewitched by a spirit.
“Oooooooah!”
For a ghost’s attack, it was an overly realistic Straight Punch that struck Kiroi’s solar plexus.
Kwaang!
【K.O.!】
【Full Phoenix WIN!】
The only damage Full Phoenix took was from the simultaneous hit when he threw the Light Punch.
It was a perfect, clean overwhelming victory.
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