Not A Regressor - Chapter 76

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I Am Not a Regressor Chapter 76
The Genius Awakener’s Stream (5)
“What… the?”
Silence descended.
Countless question marks flooded the chat window.
Jerry Kim’s mind was in exactly the same state as that chat window.
‘What, what just happened?’
I couldn’t even see it properly.
Blue lightning blazed fiercely, and in an instant, three Neglish lay sprawled across the floor, brutally slaughtered.
I hadn’t used any powerful sacred relics, nor had I activated a lethal technique that would shorten my lifespan.
Just casually.
As if it were nothing, I’d swept away three five-star monsters.
“Were you planning to stand there silently for the next thirty minutes?”
Kwon O-jin smirked and waved his hand at Jerry Kim, who stood frozen in shock.
“If you’re not coming, I’ll go alone.”
“Wait, hold on!”
Jerry Kim tried desperately to grab Kwon O-jin.
Of course.
There was no reason to wait patiently.
-Thud thud thud!!
I kicked off hard and sprinted through the tunnel.
“Damn it!”
I could see Jerry Kim hurrying after me from behind.
“Roooarrr!!”
“Roooarrr!!”
As I ventured deeper into the tunnel, the number of Neglish gradually increased.
‘Two on the right. Three on the left. And.’
Two assassin-type Neglish hiding their bodies beneath the floor.
‘Before I knew assassin types existed, I couldn’t detect their presence.’
But now that I knew there were hidden ones.
It wasn’t difficult to locate them by mixing in just a touch of the Canis Major constellation mark.
“Gatling Shot!!”
As if refusing to be outdone.
This time Jerry Kim quickly fired his arrows.
Thud thud thud thud thud!!
Arrows of blue light shot toward the Neglish like machine gun fire.
“Roooarrr!!”
It was certainly a powerful technique.
‘But the accuracy is terrible.’
I chuckled and reached out toward the Neglish, now bristling like a porcupine from the barrage of arrows.
Twang!!!
The sharp projectile attached to the wire’s end pierced precisely through Noe-rang’s brow.
“Ugh…!”
“You said the person who dealt the finishing blow gets to capture it, right?”
“Grrk!”
Jerry Kim’s lips twisted savagely as he bit down.
-LMAOOOOO this is insane;;;
-Where’s that bastard who said Noe-rang was 3-star???
-Wait, this is 4-star????
-What the hell am I watching right now??
-Dude I bet my entire monthly salary on this!!!!
-Underdogs win underdogs win underdogs win.
The chat erupted in flames as Kwon O-jin overwhelmed Jerry Kim.
“Damn it!”
Jerry Kim spat out a crude curse without thinking.
His lips twisted anxiously as he bit down.
‘I can’t lose like this!’
Tens of thousands—no, hundreds of thousands of people were watching.
If he lost without even putting up a decent fight, that label would follow him for the rest of his life.
“Grrrrgh!”
I drew upon every ounce of strength I possessed to pull up my mana.
The sudden surge in mana caused the mana circuits throughout my entire body to scream in agony.
But.
“Arrow Blast!!”
This was a fight I couldn’t afford to lose.
-Boom boom boom boom boom!!!
Dozens, hundreds of arrows spiraled and crashed down upon the three Noe-rang standing to the left.
“Kyaaahhhhh!!!”
The muscular fishmen were swept up in the barrage of arrows and collapsed to the ground.
-Ohhhhh!!!
-Jerry Kim! Jerry Kim!!
-Let’s goooooo!!!
-Mom, if I win this time, I’ll really be a good son!!!!
The viewers erupted in excitement at Jerry Kim’s performance.
“Hah! Hah!”
Jerry Kim collapsed heavily, his ragged breathing heaving, without even a moment to check the chat’s reaction.
The intense exhaustion from using so much mana at once pressed down upon his body.
Then.
“Kyaaahhh!!”
Splash!!
Two Neglish burst through the floor and charged at Jerry Kim.
Sharp spines coated in violet venom gleamed menacingly toward his throat.
“H-help!”
An ungainly scream tore from Jerry Kim’s lips.
He tried to scramble to his feet, but having expended so much mana at once, his body wouldn’t respond as he willed.
“S-save me….”
Crack! Crack!
“Screeeech!”
Wire wrapped around the bodies of the charging Neglish.
Electrocuted by the blue lightning, the Neglish convulsed in agony.
“Ugh, gack!”
Jerry Kim stared down at the corpses of the Neglish sprawled before him, his shoulders trembling.
Had I been even a moment slower.
Those venom-drenched spines would have pierced his body.
“That was quite a distinctive scream.”
Kwon O-jin chuckled softly as he retrieved his wire.
-What was that scream lmaooooo
-Lol this is broadcast gold fr fr
-My Jerry would never do that 🙁
-Jerry Kim’s reaction is hilarious lololol
The chat was soon flooded with messages mocking Jerry Kim.
“Tch….”
Jerry Kim rose to his feet, his face burning with embarrassment.
“Let’s venture deeper.”
To redeem this humiliation, I had no choice but to display something spectacular enough to leave the viewers breathless.
But.
-CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE!!!
“ROAARRR!!!”
As time passed, the gap between Kwon O-jin and me only widened.
“T-this can’t be….”
Jerry Kim’s mouth fell open in disbelief.
In thirty minutes, Kwon O-jin had caught twenty-four Neglish while Jerry Kim had caught seven.
The disparity was too embarrassing to even call it a good fight.
-This doesn’t make sense;;;;
-How is this even a 4-star rating lololol
“Hey, what am I supposed to do about my salary, damn it?”
-Totally got exposed lol? Feeling dizzy?
-Noe-rang! Noe-rang! Noe-rang!
-Mom, when I grow up I wanna be Noe-rang! Mom, when I grow up I wanna be Noe-rang! Mom, when I grow up I wanna be Noe-rang!
The chat that had been demanding a proper lesson before the match even began had transformed into an endless stream of praise for Kwon O-jin.
“Has it really been 30 minutes already?”
“….”
Jerry Kim’s mouth fell open in utter disbelief.
“Didn’t you say you were a 4-Star Awakener?!”
He cried out accusingly.
“When did I?”
“What?”
“When exactly did I say I was a 4-Star?”
“…Ah.”
Jerry Kim’s expression turned vacant as his mouth fell open.
Now that he thought about it carefully, Kwon O-jin had never once said he was a 4-Star with his own mouth.
Not since their first meeting.
No—even before they’d met.
He’d been completely deceived.
Not by anyone else.
By himself.
“Then what exactly….”
What Star was Noe-rang?
“I’m a 5-Star. A 5-Star.”
Kwon O-jin spread all five fingers wide.
“5-Star…?”
Jerry Kim’s eyes widened dramatically.
It was certainly remarkable that an Awakener who’d only been awakened for just over half a year had reached 5-Star.
“But even so, how on earth….”
Among Awakeners, overturning a 1-Star gap wasn’t particularly rare.
But that was only when the opponent possessed a mediocre constellation mark.
Jerry Kim was an Awakener of the Zodiac Twelve Palaces, ranked among the very highest of hundreds of constellations.
‘Yet to be overwhelmed so completely like this….’
Gulp.
He swallowed hard.
Just as Zodiac Twelve Palaces Awakeners overwhelmed those with mediocre constellation marks.
━Was this saying that before Polaris, the Zodiac Twelve Palaces were nothing but common, mediocre constellation marks?
“Insane….”
Jerry Kim stared at Kwon O-jin with trembling eyes.
As if gazing upon an alien descended from the cosmos, not a human being.
“Then I’ll take this?”
“Ah….”
I let out a wistful sigh as I looked at the pouch.
The bet had been nothing but a joke, and I wanted to make excuses and snatch the pouch away, but I couldn’t do that with hundreds of thousands of viewers watching.
“…Yes. A promise is a promise, after all.”
*Clench.*
I clenched my fist and nodded my head.
There was nothing else I could say but to accept defeat gracefully.
-Wow;;; It was 5-star??
No way, are you serious? Wasn’t it like two months ago when the news came out that it became 4-star?
-This is faster than Polaris;;?
-Breaking news) Jerry Kim’s entire stash of constellation stones from the past month wiped out.
-Breaking news) The whales got cleaned out too.
-Ah Jerry Kim you idiot, you should’ve asked what rank first before betting.
I glanced at the chat window, which was exactly as chaotic as I’d expected.
The chat was flooded with profanities that crossed every line.
I wanted nothing more than to shut down the broadcast right then.
“Well then, shall we settle up on the point betting?”
Ha-eun approached Jerry Kim with a sly smile.
“…Yes.”
Jerry Kim nodded with a defeated expression.
As she said, there was still the matter of settling the point bets that had been placed before the match started.
-gonna go grab lunch! gonna go grab lunch! gonna go grab lunch!
-void it void it void it void it void it void it.
-sorry mom sorry mom sorry mom sorry mom sorry mom sorry mom.
-reverse bets are undefeated and Noe-rang is a god. reverse bets are undefeated and Noe-rang is a god.
Since most viewers had bet on Jerry Kim’s side, the chat erupted into madness at the mention of point settlement.
Jerry Kim read through the chat and let out a short sigh.
“Then I’ll announce the username of the person who won the most points!”
Jerry Kim shouted as he placed his hand on the point settlement button.
“━Huh?”
Ha-eun’s eyes widened.
“Wait, wait just a moment!! Why are you suddenly announcing the username!!!”
“Huh? Why? It’s Toitch regulations, so of course I do.”
Jerry Kim turned to Ha-eun with a confused expression.
“What, what, what? That, that kind of regulation doesn’t exist! I didn’t see anything like that in the broadcasts I watched before!!!”
“…Well, that’s only for Ha-ko’s broadcasts. Since I’m a Toitch partner like you, I have to disclose all point betting results.”
To prevent illegal activities like match-fixing, the regulations required full disclosure of who won how much.
“Then the announcement….”
“Wait, hold on!!!”
Ha-eun urgently stopped Jerry Kim.
“Cancel it! Let’s cancel the point betting!!”
“Huh? What do you mean all of a sudden.”
“Sister?”
Kwon O-jin and Jerry Kim both furrowed their brows and looked at her.
“W-wait, the viewers didn’t know how many stars Kwon O-jin had when they voted, right?”
Ha-eun continued with an awkward smile.
“So it’s invalid!! This whole thing is invalid!!!”
The chat erupted at her desperate cry.
-For real, this should be void.
-I love you unnie I love you unnie I love you unnie.
-What are you talking about? Nobody said we had to reveal the star count before voting.
-You idiots lol would you have voted for Noe-rang if you’d known he was 5-star?
The chat’s reaction was sharply divided.
Those claiming it should be void and those saying it didn’t matter began arguing fiercely.
“Whoa, everyone calm down please.”
Managing the chaotic chat fell to the streamer’s responsibility.
“Since the bet terms didn’t specify revealing the star count, I’ll proceed with the settlement as planned.”
Jerry Kim spoke with a firm voice.
There was the reason that if he followed Ha-eun’s words and actually voided it, public sentiment would plummet.
‘I lost everything, so you all should lose too.’
Honestly, there was also the petty thought that he couldn’t be the only one suffering losses.
‘It’s not even my money going in anyway.’
Who cares who takes the hit?
“Then I’ll announce the rankings starting from first place. I’m guessing this is someone who bet big on the upset.”
“Ahhhhh!! W-wait!!”
Kwon O-jin caught Ha-eun as she lunged toward Jerry Kim.
“Stay still, unnie.”
“Let go!! Let go you bastard!!”
It wasn’t hard to notice that her reaction was because of the ‘user ID’.
‘What kind of ID did she use anyway?’
I tilted my head while holding the struggling Ha-eun in my arms.
‘Something like Grim Reaper of the Black Eyes?’
Judging by how violently she was reacting, it must be quite childish.
‘Tsk tsk. My unnie really doesn’t know the value of money—getting this worked up over some ID reveal and asking me to void 460 million?’
I chuckled and shrugged my shoulders.
Whether it was Grim Reaper of the Black Eyes or Fallen Angel Power, what did it matter?
I couldn’t possibly void a gamble where I’d poured 460 million just because the upset hit.
“The first place winner of this point vote is━!”
“Ahhhhh!! N-no!!!”
“‘CutiePieO-jinChurupChurrup’!!!”
“….”
“….”
…Churrup, what?

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