The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 62

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Chapter 62
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I caught a taxi and headed home.
Just as Baek Hee-an had said, the house was quite close by.
As we rode the elevator up together, Baek Hee-an—who had been silent the entire time—suddenly started nagging.
“From now on, don’t just follow anyone who offers to buy you dinner.”
“You’re annoying.”
Who does he think I am, some kid?
The elevator climbing toward the top floor came to a halt at an intermediate level.
The moment I stepped away from Baek Hee-an in case someone was watching, the doors slid open and a familiar figure emerged.
‘Oh.’
She looked even prettier in casual clothes.
Lee Yu-na’s large eyes blinked with surprise.
Unlike when I first met her, Lee Yu-na had dressed comfortably today—following Baek Hee-an’s ex-ex-girlfriend earlier, now came his ex-girlfriend.
Lee Yu-na flinched upon seeing Baek Hee-an and quickly scurried to my side.
“Oh, hello there….”
“?”
I glanced sideways, wondering why she was acting this way toward me, only to find Baek Hee-an staring at Lee Yu-na with a rather menacing gaze.
Lee Yu-na offered an explanation.
“I was trying to go down, but I accidentally pressed the up button too, so this is just a coincidence….”
Look at those eyes rolling around.
‘Damn, she’s pretty.’
Baek Hee-an’s voice cut through coldly in response.
“You could just press it again and it would turn off.”
“Oh, I f-forgot!”
“Where are you headed?”
“Th-that! A friend’s place!”
Even as a third party observing this, Lee Yu-na’s voice and tone reeked of sloppiness and suspicion.
Baek Hee-an delivered a brutal truth to her carelessness.
“You haven’t been here long enough to have friends in this building.”
“….”
Hit by such a sharp and accurate remark, Lee Yu-na closed her mouth, at a loss for words.
Baek Hee-an, despite appearances, was far from being a kind person, but he wasn’t the type to corner someone like this without reason.
I suddenly wondered what on earth had happened to make him act like this.
Lee Yu-na looked at me.
About ten centimeters shorter than me with delicate, feline features, her cat-like face gazed up at me with pitiful eyes.
“Older sister, I was really sorry about that time. But how did you lose so much weight since we last met? I honestly thought you were a different person.”
Her voice dripped with aegyo.
“Ahem. Is it that noticeable? I did lose quite a bit, but no one seems to recognize me.”
I glanced sideways at Baek Hee-an.
As soon as Lee Yu-na appeared, Baek Hee-an, who had been standing beside me, flinched and looked at me with an expression of utter bewilderment.
Judging by my blank stare, he seemed both exasperated and wronged.
Lee Yu-na flashed me a smile with her eyes.
“You can speak casually with me, Older Sister.”
Lee Yu-na, who had uncannily sensed why I was staring at her so intently, spoke with a hint of laughter in her voice and casually folded her arms across her chest.
‘What?’
I stared at Lee Yu-na, wondering if this was a dream or reality.
She was truly breathtakingly beautiful.
When I remained silent, my expression clearly betraying that I had been completely mesmerized by her stunning appearance, Lee Yu-na’s previously timid expression quickly transformed into one of triumph.
Unlike before, she glanced at Baek Hee-an with a sly smile.
“Anyway, I wasn’t really coming here to see my brother. I’m going to make friends now too. I live here, Older Sister. You live nearby too, don’t you?”
“Well, it just so happened that I ended up staying at Baek Hee-an’s place again…”
“Oh, that’s how it worked out! Perfect! Then let’s become close friends while you’re staying here!”
The triumphant expression she directed at Baek Hee-an was incredibly adorable.
‘She doesn’t even suspect we’re living together.’
This was how things should be.
The famous idol Lee Yu-na approaching me first, linking her arm through mine and acting cute—it was something I couldn’t believe was happening.
‘If I posted this online, basement dwellers would call me delusional and flame me.’
Of course, I was fully aware that Lee Yu-na was only doing this because of Baek Hee-an, but even scraps were still scraps.
And they tasted delicious.
Fearing she might change her mind, I immediately pulled out my phone.
“Then let’s exchange numbers first…”
“Yes! I’d love to!”
Baek Hee-an stood there with his arms crossed, glaring at us with clear disapproval, but I couldn’t care less.
This was an opportunity to become friends with the superstar Lee Yu-na.
“Would you like to work out with me in the fitness center downstairs, Older Sister? There’s personal training and swimming, lots of great programs. Let me show you the list.”
This was valuable information.
‘And Baek Hee-an didn’t even tell me about this. Tsk.’
As I paused mid-typing the phone number and shot him a displeased look, Baek Hee-an’s eyes narrowed sharply, and he glared at both me and Lee Yu-na.
“Lee Yu-na.”
His irritated voice echoed through the elevator.
Startled, Lee Yu-na quickly held up the phone she had just received back from me and hurriedly hid behind me.
“U-uh?”
“When are you getting off? You’re not planning to go all the way to the top floor like this, are you?”
“O-of course not…”
We had already arrived.
One floor below the penthouse at the very top—the floor where Baek Hee-an’s house was located.
Ding!
With the sound, the elevator doors slid open smoothly.
Baek Hee-an stepped out a beat later.
“Stop loitering around my house, and Joo Hyun-soo, you be careful too. Don’t follow Jeong Si-do, Lee Yu-na, or just anyone.”
What was he talking about?
Aside from Baek Hee-an, there was no real reason for me to encounter any of these people, and none of them posed any particular danger to me.
“…You still get along with just about anyone, don’t you?”
Baek Hee-an muttered something under his breath.
With those words, the Elevator doors slid shut with a soft whisper.
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Lee Yu-na, whom I’d spoken with one-on-one, proved to be as harmless and endearing as I’d thought, so Baek Hee-an’s words faded from my mind.
The real problem was Jeong Hee-ji, who’d glared at me with such a resentful expression.
‘Does she think I’m some kind of villain?’
Jeong Hee-ji, Lee Yu-na, Jeong Si-do—they were all celebrities whose life trajectories were completely different from mine, yet somehow they kept getting tangled up with me because of that damned Baek Hee-an.
I absolutely didn’t want to get entangled with Hunters, even if Lee Yu-na was an exception.
‘I need to escape from here quickly.’
I had hundreds of millions of won now, so I could find a new house immediately, but the problem was Heaven Station and the Training Hall.
Without them, my rapid ascent would hit a wall.
‘I can replace Heaven Station with a decent high-end gaming console, but the Training Hall requires a spacious house and so many weapons.’
With these thoughts, I walked into the Training Ground.
Right now, what I needed more than Heaven Station was a space where I could train my body freely.
‘Is there any way I could use the Guild Training Hall?’
That wouldn’t cost me anything.
The synchronized training between reality and Virtual Reality that Hunters often did.
After training with this method, it became crystal clear why Hunters dominated the upper rankings of God Opal.
I changed clothes and warmed up with light stretching before picking up a wooden sword.
Then I summoned Park Awkward.
Would you like to request guidance from the seller of this item?
Yes.
Using the Market system, Park Awkward appeared as if he’d been waiting.
⟦”You’re late.”⟧
“I ate out today. I haven’t even logged into the Game yet.”
His expression softened with satisfaction.
Park Awkward closed a book that appeared from nowhere and launched into a casual lecture.
⟦”I’m telling you again, battle royale is a game where only one person survives to become the final victor, so to beat the strong ones, strategic betrayal is essential.”⟧
The same speech every time.
‘I’m going to get calluses on my ears from hearing this.’
But since he’s in mentor mode right now, I’ll let it slide.
Park Awkward had been diligently teaching me sword techniques lately, focusing on targeting vital points where critical hits land and surprise attack methods for catching opponents off-guard.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Today as well, I swung my sword while mimicking Park Awkward’s swordplay movements—as graceful as an idol’s dance moves.
Training in both the Game and reality simultaneously enabled absurdly rapid growth.
Since I’d already developed a sense for movement within the Game, my physical body in reality could easily remember and replicate it.
My body in reality was heavier than in the Game, so executing the same movements took considerably more time, but once I managed to pull them off, I moved in the Game World almost as if I were flying.
The silent mimicry training passed in a flash, and live combat practice began.
Whoosh!
⟦”You hesitated again.”⟧
My legs were always the stumbling block when translating the Game into reality.
⟦”You have to move like you’re perfectly fine. Just fall on your face instead. After doing it a few times, it’ll click at some point.”⟧
I was trying to blend sword techniques with hand-to-hand combat in reality too.
Thud!
Following Park Awkward’s instructions, I leaped high and mimicked the motion of swinging the sword in an almost 360-degree arc, repeating my falls multiple times until reality crashed down on me and all my strength drained away.
Like hell it’ll work.
“Huff, damn it. This bastard, huff, these legs.”
⟦”Your landing posture is good, but you’re too heavy to maintain balance at all. Unfortunately, you’ll need to lose weight because of those legs.”⟧
“Shut, huff, up.”
That damn abusive bastard.
He talks about weight I obviously need to lose like I’m sacrificing some sturdy armor.
Whether Park Awkward was a data fragment or something real, the swordplay he demonstrated on the screen was always flawless and impeccable, like an idol’s sword dance.
⟦”Work hard before your legs heal. Once they’re fixed, you’ll be flying around.”⟧
Tempting.
Park Awkward occasionally made me do ridiculous things, but those words alone were irresistibly sweet.
“…Really?”
⟦”Of course. It’s similar to training with weighted anklets.”⟧
That’s convincing.
Plus, it sounds kind of cool.
⟦”And the Panacea is literally a panacea. It fixes your physical balance completely and heals you perfectly.”⟧
So tempting.
Park Awkward’s devilish whispers made me endure all the suffering.
Alternating between Virtual Reality gaming and physical training in reality supposedly produced tremendous training effects.
One week passed, then two.
While I focused on synchronized training between reality and the Game, the weight I’d regained at the Restaurant dropped dramatically.
[98.1kg]
“…Finally.”
Seeing this number after so long made me feel like I might cry.
My weight had entered double digits.

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