Master Swordsman’s Stream - Chapter 171

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Chapter 171

Before his teammates arrived at the Gymnasium, Seo Jun sat down in a chair for a moment and pulled out his phone.
He wanted to gauge public opinion about the team now that the Scrim was over.
He searched and entered Riven. Then his fingers navigated to the Free Board, and from there to the top-rated posts.
The screen changed.
He saw what kinds of conversations had taken place overnight.

[Roughly saw it all—who do you think will win the championship?]

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We probably need to see the Group Stage to know for sure, but from the practice matches it looks like teams of moderate difficulty are paired up. What do you all think?
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-Banmang-i
└Why? (OP)
└They’re the team that beat Seo Jun anyway. First place is Inequality.
└That was a crazy Demonic Cult thing lol (OP)
-Only one team got 3 wins: Han-ipmanbak.
└The Challenger’s ADC is pretty strong though
└Spoon beat Dokkaebi, wow
└But Spoon has a track record of getting beaten badly before the tournament. So Inequality.
└Isn’t that the crazy Demonic Cult lol? That was a mid fight, so he got beaten, my bad
-What about Heavy Mental?
└They lost, so they’re off the table

Not everyone here had faced each other even once based on the post.
Only half the results.
Though even before that he could gauge it—could they not say it was only half?

[So it’s a three-way fight between Banmang-i, Han-ipmanbak, and Inequality?]
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Looks like it’s really just about who carries best by position.
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-Let’s count Inequality out lol they got destroyed by Banmang-i
└True
└Seo Jun was holding back
└Seo Jun is a bastard! My gym’s owner is an owner too! Are only your gym’s owner an owner?
└Lol true
└Those guys are just “owner squad” haha so much for that

[If we win the championship, from now on in Travel, the title “Owner” goes to the owner.]
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Any complaints?
-The Owner Squad-
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-Right, huh lol
-Here too they call him “Owner” lol they don’t say Seo Jun gets it lol
-Honestly “Owner” is cooler than “Demon King” or “Geomsin” and all that

There was a lot of talk about Seo Jun too.
He was no longer trailing in viewer count.
‘Was last broadcast thirty thousand?’
Lately viewers had been concentrating quite a bit.
Starting today it would probably drop back to the twenty-thousands.
Other streamers’ viewers wouldn’t need to come to Seo Jun’s channel to watch the matches.
It wasn’t something that particularly bothered him.

[But Dokkaebi lost to Spoon too.]
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Why are they even bringing Dokkaebi into this?
Let’s just say Han-ipmanbak wins the championship!
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-But Spoon lost to the Owner, right?
└Rock-paper-scissors lol
-Spoon keeps talking themselves up again

That’s right.
This place is the wild.
Wild animals biting and tearing at each other.
Though even the wild has its thinkers.

-Yeah. Actually the teams that lost now might prepare harder and win in the Main Tournament lol
└Then the strong championship contender is the 3-loss team Jibaljiggon?
└Nah lol
└lololololololol

That made sense.
In the end, how much you prepare is what matters.
The matches that happened over the past five days were just that.

[What’s the point of fighting when the team was just formed lol]
[Practice matches have never gone the same way they actually play.]
[The team that uses the next 10 days well wins the championship for sure. Real.]
[This kind of tournament special: early results mean nothing]

Since proper teamwork hadn’t formed yet.
“Past championship records probably flowed the same way my thinking does,” he murmured aloud.
Since these weren’t professional tournaments, not everyone would prepare to the point of death.
They weren’t going to do inefficient training just to take one more step forward.
Moreover, the starting point was low.
Everyone was a mess by default, at the starting line.
So the more they trained, the faster the growth and the more efficient the training had to be.
“The team that found the right path faster and executed it would’ve taken the championship, I suppose.”
In that sense, he thought their growth potential was probably the highest.
Hadn’t they been called the messiest, the weakest team?
“We’ll see.”
Anyway, Seo Jun never thought he’d be worse than his opponents.
He had some skill in teaching.
He didn’t think he lacked the ability to find what was missing.
“Though I’ll do it my way a bit.”
As Seo Jun muttered to himself, a solidly built man in a sleeveless shirt and shorts approached.
“Your way? Won’t everyone quit?”
Lee Dong-su had been a rookie member when Seo Jun first arrived here.
He was twenty-six.
Though older than Seo Jun in age, Seo Jun was stronger, so he was still his senior.
In that sense, besides the Gym Owner, no one else at this gymnasium spoke informally to Seo Jun.
They’d all thrown punches at him at least once.
“That’s exactly why I asked the seniors.”
Of course, Seo Jun always treated him with a kind smile and polite speech.
But they all knew that smile was just the leisure of the strong.
One mistake and you get dragged to the true ring. Even the Gym Owner can’t stop it.
“Ah. Seo Jun, is that why you had us stand in a line and greet them? Psychological intimidation?”
“Appropriate carrots and sticks are necessary.”
Training is hard work originally.
Practice even more so.
Tae-woo watched the scene from behind, and for a moment had to suppress the urge to smack the back of Seo Jun’s head. He just wanted to for some reason.
Seo Jun turned his gaze back to his phone.

[30 million Points lol what if the Assassin of Joseon hits 6x 7x jackpot??? lol]
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They’d be completely different from second place lol
BTW second place went from 10 million to 14 million showing crazy betting skill, saying Jo-am would lose, and while second place earned 4 million Points, Jo-am earned 5 million Points and put it all back in lol
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-That’s a skill too, but lol someone who made 25 million Points at once seems more impressive
-Is Jo-am even better at multiplying Points? 5 million, after all
-Seems like Luck vs. Skill lol

Travel was something where ordinary people would somehow know and talk about this kind of thing.
Well, originally when you’re ranked in the top 1 or 2 of the Rankings, you can’t help but be famous.

└Honestly what’s the probability Inequality wins? There is one. But do you really all-in for that? Absolutely not. That’s straight-up gambling. What’s his heart made of?
└Point Betting is essentially a form of gambling anyway? lol
└TIL lol so 30 million Points isn’t everything?
-If a crazy streamer and crazy viewers duo pulls this off, it’s not history—it’s a whole new myth lol
-Hmm… is it really something to all-in for?
-Well, second place will have to all-in too. All that talk about catching up and everything
└Still, second place has the advantage. They can watch the practice and choose.
-And Inequality honestly seems like it’ll be hard to win the championship. The ace’s carry isn’t to the level of overcoming everything like Spoon, and the ability to open up the game seems nonexistent.
└Just pure physicality one-trick lol

For some reason, seeing what the community users were saying, Seo Jun became curious about that second-place streamer’s choice.
‘If they pick Inequality the same way, they can’t close the gap with Jo-am no matter what. They might both fail together though.’
Seo Jun felt increasingly like he was being incorporated into this mainstream of Travel and Streaming, and it made him feel good.
And then.

By the way, 5-second was Seo Jun’s own classification system.
It meant he had the skill to reliably last at least five seconds—that’s how Seo Jun memorized their faces and names.
“Hello!”

Regardless, the athletes scattered. That’s all Seo Jun had asked for.
They hadn’t forgotten the fierce expression Seo Jun had asked for either.
It was to give off intimidation. He’d created a somewhat difficult atmosphere.
“Hello.”
After approaching, Seo Jun led them to a corner.
Only then did the teammates’ expressions loosen a bit, but the tension from what had just happened didn’t fade completely.
Seo Jun immediately introduced Lee Dong-su.
“He’ll be appearing on the broadcast later too, but we have Lee Dong-su who’ll be training with us. Nice to meet you.”
“Oh.”
“Wow.”
Still unable to shake off their awkwardness, they responded hesitantly, voices slightly loosening.
It seemed interesting enough though.
“I met Seo Jun and trained together here, and thanks to that we’ve ended up meeting like this. Thanks for everything, seniors and ladies!”
“We appreciate it too.”
“Wow!”
“I’m going to try to work out hard from now on. Gotta take care of my health.”
“Are you the streamer Alpaca? We heard you’re not far away—you should keep coming here.”
“Heh.”
Alpaca wore a dopey expression, and Lee Dong-su drew a good-natured smile.
Seo Jun hadn’t given any instructions.
The guy was just happy that his allies were increasing.
Then he had to cast another line now.
“Do you know why I called you all here?”
“There was a reason?”
“No.”
“Wasn’t it to give us an opportunity to train with Lee Dong-su?”
Exactly.
Seo Jun had called them saying he’d meet Lee Dong-su and train together, not that he was luring them in with training.
So now he had to convince them. Because training is hard work.
“Of course that’s one reason. But this is also part of the training.”
They naturally understood that he’d called them for training and teamwork improvement purposes.
Would Seo Jun have called them for nothing?
But from the greeting they’d just seen and from Seo Jun’s expression, they’d picked up danger with their DNA’s built-in warning sensor.
“Haha. Then should we go for a run? Haven’t done that in a while.”
“M-me too! Walking outside in reality feels a bit tough!”
“Rumi. That’s a bit… please come outside!”
“It’s already too late for everyone. Hehehehe.”
Ha Yun-ho laughed the way Lee Dong-su had laughed when he first came here.
Time for the carrot.
“Everyone.”
“Yes?”
“You know the saying that virtual reality is much easier to move in than reality, right?”
“If someone weighs a lot, they have to use more energy moving and need more strength, but virtual reality doesn’t care about any of that—you mean that, right?”
Alpaca answered, and Seo Jun nodded.
This was common sense everyone knew wasn’t limited to just weight.
Virtual reality just eliminates most physical constraints. Even lost limbs.
“That’s right. What’s easy to do there might be hard in reality.”
The reason could be flexibility. Or stamina. Or strength.
Or it could be physical awkwardness.
Poor Motor Coordination, in other words.
“Of course the opposite isn’t true. If you can do something in reality, you fly in virtual reality. People with good Motor Coordination even perform better in imagination too.”
“That’s definitely true……”
“In that sense, Motor Coordination in reality is fundamental. The improvements you make here are reflected directly. That’s why I think if you want to improve your skills, you need to come outside and heighten this basic Motor Coordination.”
Precisely, it’s necessary to do basic movements well.
In other words, training suited to his teammates who lacked the fundamentals.
“That seems to be the case.”
“So that’s why you called us.”
They were all nodding by then.
They’d grasped the necessity.
“As a note.”
Also, naturally, the harder and tougher it is, the better the effect. And reality is harder and tougher than virtual reality.
“Lee Dong-su here has improved a lot thanks to this. He solidified his fundamentals.”
He’d dangled the carrot.
Lee Dong-su too? So that’s why he comes here every morning to train?
Maybe we could do it too then?
That’s what they’d think.
And Lee Dong-su thought to himself.
‘That’s not really… just mostly got punched, didn’t I?’
But Lee Dong-su tactfully didn’t call him out, and Seo Jun continued.
“It’s good for your health too. So let’s train together.”
“Um. ……Yes.”
“Let’s try it even if we’re not sure what it is.”
“It was necessary anyway.”
“Why didn’t you explain it to me like that……”
Ha Yun-ho muttered quietly, and Seo Jun ignored him as he moved next to the heavy bag.
“You said you’d do it?”
And with a smirk, he got ready to strike the heavy bag hard.
“Let me show you what happens when you follow my training.”
“You’re gonna show what happens if they try to run away.”
Tae-woo, standing away from the teammates, muttered quietly too, but Seo Jun ignored him again and swung his fist.
Boom!
The moment his fist contacted the heavy bag, the metal ring holding it above snapped. The surface caved in the size of a fist, and the contents spilled out.
“Damn! You bastard!”
And the Gym Owner, watching from a distance, was summoned.

Tae-woo thought from behind.
Seo Jun was definitely an excellent coach.
If Lee Dong-su handles the attention-grabbing side of the broadcast, the viewership should turn out well.
But.
‘We prepared too.’
Hehehehe.
There was a pro player who’d contacted Keril and wanted to try appearing on Lieos.
Because of that, viewer count, collaborative fun, and coach skill didn’t feel like they’d lose.
‘Kim Ha-rang!’
By the way, it wasn’t a Rookie.

“Everyone, we’ve also been able to get coaching from a pro player like Inequality!”
Banmang-i.
A pro had popped up here too.
“Lee Chae-rin!”
Also not a Rookie.
It was a considerably big ball that Seo Jun and Lee Dong-su had lobbed up.

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