The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 80

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Chapter 80
Crash! Boom-crash!
Crackle, pop—!
“A perfect game that’s never missed a single detail! Why would it drop the details of the outside scenery during the tournament of all times! And it was rendered perfectly at first, so what the hell is going on?!”
The Players watching Chicken Seat’s one-man combat commentary show had blank expressions on their faces.
“…And his mouth never stops.”
“He’s catching everything, catching it all.”
“Listen to that rhetoric.”
“I think Jeong Si-do went a bit overboard too.”
“No matter how you look at it, he’s deliberately trying to monopolize the Gate….”
Jeong Si-do let Chicken Seat’s words go in one ear and out the other, forcing himself to focus on the Gate battle.
The problem was Hee-ji’s concentration.
“Jeong Hee-ji. Focus.”
Now visibly distressed, Jeong Hee-ji was too busy glancing at the Female Child NPC who still seemed to be crying.
Just as the buff was wearing off.
Chicken Seat’s resonant voice rang out again.
“Third time—!”
Jeong Si-do, who had just refocused on the battle, glared at Chicken Seat with an irritated expression.
I need to kill him faster.
Just as I was about to make my move.
“I have a live broadcast chat window open right in front of me!”
Chicken Seat’s broadcast.
It was common knowledge among Hunters that the mysterious Ranker Chicken Bulssdagu was streaming the Game.
“!”
Jeong Si-do steeled himself, but had no choice but to hesitate once more.
His Constellation grumbled with dignity.
【Quite a remarkable talent. I never knew the author possessed such abilities.】
This time, it was undeniable evidence that everyone would be swayed by.
“Think about it. What grounds would I have to believe that the NPC is real? Do I look that naive to you? You all know I’m broadcasting, right? The chat is on fire! There’s chaos outside right now!”
In truth, that was only half true and half false.
He couldn’t even see the content himself, yet he was presenting his own speculation as established fact.
And then came the threat.
“If you let the NPCs die like this, do you think South Korea’s media will go easy on you after the tournament ends?!”
“!!!”
Chicken Seat had struck at the deepest fear of every Korean.
Public backlash.
In South Korea, where one mistake could cause chaos everywhere, it was the worst-case scenario that everyone trembled in fear of.
“If, if what he’s saying is true….”
“But how can you broadcast during the tournament? That doesn’t make sense.”
“Well, I remember the broadcast button was enabled before the tournament started. It’s not available now, though.”
“Even so….”
“According to the rules, I don’t think I saw anything about not broadcasting.”
“Then….”
Crash! Crack! Thud!
While the Players debated the truth of the matter, the battle before the Gate continued relentlessly.
Chicken Seat repeatedly struck and retreated, methodically hunting down monsters.
Suddenly, I glance downward.
Clang—!
Screech screech screech—
Sword and dagger clashed, sending brief sparks flying.
Jeong Si-do’s eyes narrowed.
‘He blocked the ambush?’
I’ve been discovered.
He emerged from the shadow of Chicken Bulssdagu and spoke.
“Can you even handle this? The crime of falsely inciting South Korean Hunters to win the tournament. And you’re not even a Hunter yourself.”
The Players’ gazes converged, but Chicken Seat’s expression remained unmoved.
Rather, he smirked.
“Totally doable.”
“…”
The more firmly the one making the claim speaks, the more violently those who refuse to believe are shaken.
As Chicken Seat’s eyes flashed, Jeong Si-do quickly retreated.
Constellation wide-area skill.
[Black Pyroclasm Noir]
Boom!
Jeong Si-do swiftly concealed himself within shadow just before the wide-area skill detonated.
With explosive effects, Chicken Seat’s figure moved at a speed barely visible to the eye as he struck the ground.
He swept up all the monsters scattered across the area.
‘Damn.’
Chicken Seat’s ranking was climbing at an insane pace.
5th place: Chicken Bulssdagu.
Whether his claim about the NPC massacre was true or false, Jeong Si-do had completely lost the Gate he’d secured.
[⚠System: All Gates on the First Floor have been closed. 3/3]
The Gate had been torn from him.
Jeong Si-do’s lips curled upward with profound displeasure.
‘It was a trick after all.’
Each Player’s individual Game System window cannot be seen by others.
In other words, Chicken Seat had no way to prove to the other Players that he was broadcasting.
‘With evidence so unclear, I can’t be fooled.’
Jeong Si-do steeled his resolve once more.
Then, a Male NPC appeared from somewhere with a panicked expression, cradling a crying Young Girl in his arms.
The man holding the child bowed repeatedly to the Players.
“…”
The dazed Players murmured among themselves.
“After our game ends, things are really going to get screwed up, aren’t they?”
“Not yet.”
“That’s not the issue!”
“Huh?!”
“Casualties—!”
Jeong Si-do’s eyes gleamed.
Incarnation.
“【I must take action myself.】”
Crash! Boom-boom-crash!
Centered on Jeong Si-do, razor-sharp blades erupted in all directions, triggering a massive area explosion.
At the same time, Jeong Hee-ji’s eyes also gleamed.
She too was incarnating.
Boom—!
With a deafening roar like a mortar round detonating, a crater the size of a house appeared in the nearby floor.
The Jung Siblings began attacking the nearby Players.
Whoosh—!
Swift and precise, as if reclaiming the points stolen by Chicken Seat.
The surviving Players fled.
“We should have run the moment the Gate closed!”
“Chicken Seat’s already that far ahead.”
“Damn. He really is a Ranker.”
“But if what Chicken Seat said is true, shouldn’t we focus on rescuing the NPCs instead of holding this tournament? People are trapped in the Arena!”
For that reason, four Hunters from the same Guild with whom they had connections were fleeing together without attacking each other.
But then.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!
An alert sound that only Players could hear rang out four times consecutively throughout Seoul Station.
A message appeared.
[Emergency Sudden Quest Triggered!]
[⚠Dimensional Rift Detected — A more powerful magical wave has been observed than before!]
[A Gate has opened on the KTX Boarding Platform. Close the Gate.
—Number of Gates: 4
—Rank: A]
The Players’ eyes widened.
“!”
Even in their game avatars, the Players’ expressions visibly stiffened.
“Four A-rank Gates means….”
“If this were reality, wouldn’t that be a complete national disaster-level catastrophe?”
“Please. This can’t be real.”
“So next time there will be five?”
“All S-rank, too.”
“….”
A chill swept through the air.
The atmosphere froze once more.
The number of Gates was increasing with brutal honesty.
And the pattern was unmistakable.
Close all previous Gates, and another opens shortly after without fail.
This time, the location was the KTX Boarding Platform.
“The train’s departure time!”
“What?!”
As someone shouted, every Player’s gaze snapped toward the Platform beyond the Passage.
Train departure boards displayed throughout Seoul Station.
[KTX 123 Busan 18:45 Departure (Boarding)]
And the clock hanging in the upper right corner.
[18:44]
Departure in one minute.
Whether people were trying to board or disembark, a massive crowd had gathered on the Platform at precisely this moment.
And four A-rank Gates had opened in such a place.
“Run!”
* * *
【Magnificent! My judgment was flawless, as always!】
Red Star was practically vibrating with excitement.
Unlike his usual composed demeanor, his voice pitched an octave higher, unable to conceal his exhilaration.
【Using information as bait to paralyze your competitors while monopolizing the Gates! Such cunning! Such genius strategy! Kkhahaha! You truly are special!】
The words “cunning” and “genius” tumbled out together in a single breath.
‘Kkolkkalpi warned me to be careful.’
Now I understood what he meant.
Had I not heard about Red Star from Kkolkkalpi beforehand, I might have been swept away at some point.
But not now.
“Trust me and follow along.”
I went a step further, stealing a glance at the Tournament ranking board.
Ranking 4th: Chicken Bulssdagu
I had surpassed Lee Do-jin and claimed fourth place in one fell swoop.
‘If I play this right, I could actually win the whole thing.’
Separate from saving the real NPCs, I had a mission of a lifetime—recovering my legs.
But the excitement was short-lived. One irritating name caught my eye.
‘Why hasn’t the third-ranked player come down from above?’
The nickname holding firm directly above me, maintaining its ranking score gap with unwavering resolve.
Ranking 3rd Hunter, HunterX Idol.
I had never seen that man near a Gate.
‘And he reached that rank without even hunting Gates.’
He was a peculiar one.
His score climbed steadily despite never appearing at any Gate where leveling monsters poured out—his ranking never dropped, only rose.
‘So during all this time, he was hunting Players instead of monsters while grinding through the Seoul Station Map.’
How many kills did it take to reach that level?
As his nickname suggested, he was a Hunter with an idol background.
What made him remarkable was that in Battle Royale, he ranked among the elite just below Murderous Intent, his name appeared in the upper rankings of siege warfare, and he’d even climbed to the second page of one-on-one combat rankings.
On top of that, he succeeded as both an idol and a Hunter—a true genius all-rounder!
‘He’s definitely insane, no question about it.’
The public knew him for having an incredibly good personality, but how good could his personality possibly be if he was tearing through Seoul Station like a rat catcher, hunting down and killing Players left and right?
Tap! Tap-tap!
I vaulted lightly over the railing and landed on the First Floor Platform.
As expected, the digitally-formed people were hurrying away from the platform with fear etched across their faces.
But then.
“!”
The blue sky that should have been visible from the platform was a solid, monotonous gray.
That wasn’t the problem.
“…What?”
The information said four Gates would open on the KTX Boarding Platform, but I could only see one.
I climbed to higher ground to check if the NPCs were just blocking the view.
Only one.
‘…Insane?’
One Gate had opened on the platform’s walkway.
Another had opened squarely on the roof of the train’s rear car, and the remaining two were nowhere to be seen.
If this place were actually reality and these NPCs were real people, this would be the worst-case scenario.
‘A Gate opened inside the train?’

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