The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 22

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21. [Night Soul] It Just Works When You Do It? (1)
After breakfast, Joo Seo-yoon rolled around on her bed, then gazed at her smartphone with a satisfied smile playing at her lips.
「Space Stream: Portal Site」
━Trending Search Terms
*1st ┃ Joo Seo-jin
*2nd ┃ Geom-hu
*3rd ┃ [Night Soul] Hidden Route / Unlock Conditions
*4th ┃ Myeong Bang-ul
*5th ┃ Heuk-wol Controversies
*6th ┃ Geom-hu’s Successor
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‘As expected—at this point, my brother is the most popular. Being the first to unlock the hidden route in [Night Soul] is definitely a huge hit. Hehe.’
Within the portal site function provided by Space Stream, Joo Seo-jin was the one emerging as a trending search term.
Well, Geom-hu had also risen to prominence as a hot topic by actively proposing joint broadcasts with Joo Seo-jin and appealing to take him as a disciple, but that was none of her concern.
Because it was Geom-hu. In fact, with such a major streamer showing interest, the attention directed toward Joo Seo-jin only grew larger.
Win-win. Good for Geom-hu, good for Joo Seo-jin. And thanks to Joo Seo-jin, it was also good for Joo Seo-yoon, who had risen to fame alongside him.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that might come to an independent broadcaster only once, if ever.
‘Hmm. After finishing [Night Soul], interest will probably drop a bit, but still… I have a feeling the viewer count will increase significantly.’
Joo Seo-yoon swiped across her smartphone screen, then opened her eyes slightly with a worried expression.
‘My brother… this morning while eating, he seemed to be really conflicted about whether to debut as a streamer or not. I wonder what he’ll decide.’
It was frustrating.
‘Why? If he debuts as a streamer, he’ll definitely be a massive success!’ This thought wouldn’t leave her mind. Of course, she could understand his hesitation.
Being an independent broadcaster was, after all, quite an unstable profession. In that case, it might be better to return to working at the Company. That was a reasonable thought.
However, that logic only applied to ‘moderate’ opportunities—mediocre cases. In a situation like this, everything changed.
Not debuting as a streamer would be a loss.
‘Yesterday—honestly, I was also too flustered to think clearly, and I had all sorts of doubts so I couldn’t commit with confidence, but now it’s different.’
She was certain.
‘A genius. There’s no other way to describe his talent. My brother was born with perfect talent as both a streamer and a gamer.’
Innate talent. Joo Seo-jin not only had the ability to entertain viewers as a streamer—he was born with talent close to that of a professional gamer.
‘The Stigma… that wouldn’t be it, right? I’ve heard you can’t use it freely anyway. So if he’s at that level with pure talent alone—then he could definitely try being a pro gamer too.’
However, this wasn’t Joo Seo-yoon looking down on professional gamers. A pro gamer was literally the result of refining the essence of talent to its absolute limit.
Typically, they began learning the foundational elements of gaming martial arts before elementary school, or in early elementary school at the latest—and between ages fourteen and fifteen, they’d be scouted by pro team academies and signed.
Beyond superior in-game skill, they had to consistently exercise in reality from childhood, continuously hone their potential, and demonstrate genius-level prowess to enter a pro team academy and establish themselves as a pro gamer trainee.
‘If my brother had entered a pro team academy when he was young—he might have been able to debut as a pro gamer. But now, it’s too late.’
Twenty-eight years old. That was far too late to start as a professional gamer. Especially considering that most pro gamers began refining foundational elements at around seven or eight years old.
The weight of time. The accumulated difference of all those years couldn’t be easily overcome. Pro gamers lived in a completely different world.
If he’d started young, perhaps—but even if Joo Seo-jin prepared to become a pro gamer now, he wouldn’t be able to seriously compete at the highest level until well into his thirties.
While there were those in esports history who continued competing into their later years and became legends, the truth was that not a single pro gamer who started this late had ever achieved fame.
Even if he possessed innate talent that rivaled a professional gamer, he couldn’t compare to those standing on the front lines now.
That was reality.
Unfortunately.
‘…It’s almost a shame, really. If my brother had that level of talent, professional gaming would’ve been worth pursuing seriously. Sigh.’
Still, regret was just regret—nothing more. If debuting as a professional gamer had come too late, streaming was a different story entirely.
‘Since I’m going live this evening, if I dominate the popularity rankings across Space Stream until then and drum up some attention… I could easily hit 10,000 viewers!’
Today held real potential to surpass the viewer count from Joo Seo-yoon’s stream yesterday. With Night Soul riding high in popularity, the first discoverer of a hidden route was bound to attract interest.
The real question was how long I could sustain the attention on Space Stream. So Joo Seo-yoon kept her eyes glued to her smartphone, a satisfied smile playing at her lips.
Hoping that Joo Seo-jin would monopolize every trending category on Space Stream.
Beep.
But then…
‘Huh?’
The moment the Space Stream app sent a notification alerting her that the rankings across each tab had shifted—Joo Seo-yoon’s body went rigid as if frozen in place.
「Space Stream: Portal Site」
━Trending Search Terms
*1st ┃ Joo Seo-jin
*2nd ┃ Crack
*3rd ┃ Crack VS Ordinary Person
*4th ┃ Crack VS Joo Seo-jin
*5th ┃ Crack VS Joo Seo-jin Reaction Compilation
*6th ┃ Crack VS Joo Seo-jin Replay Analysis
*7th ┃ Crack VS Joo Seo-jin Highlight Moments
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“?”
For a moment, Joo Seo-yoon wondered if she was seeing things.
Crack?
…Wasn’t he the partner of Heuk-wol, one of the legendary professional gamers of Eternal Saga?
A professional gamer who competed as a duo with Heuk-wol, winning the Eternal Saga World Championship two consecutive times. He was a celebrity.
So why had he suddenly appeared in the trending rankings in connection with Joo Seo-jin?
…She couldn’t fathom it.
‘Could I… have misread this…? That must be it…, right…?’
But denial was only temporary. Soon enough, when Joo Seo-yoon checked the trending hot clips section on Space Stream, she froze again.
“….”
…She definitely hadn’t misread it.
「Space Stream: Video Clips」
━Trending Hot Clips
*1st ┃ Joo Seo-jin VS Crack (Highlight Reel)
└Views: 382,111 / Likes: 19,474 / Comments: 9,889
*2nd Place ┃ Joo Seo-jin VS Crack (2nd Match Footage) │ Replay Analysis: ‘Anathema’
└Views: 331,231 / Likes: 15,171 / Comments: 8,722
*3rd Place ┃ Joo Seo-jin VS Crack (2nd Match Footage) │ Replay Analysis: ‘Yukross’
└Views: 281,223 / Likes: 12,892 / Comments: 8,004
*4th Place ┃ Joo Seo-jin VS Crack Ending…real (Legend Moment;)
└Views: 182,212 / Likes: 9,861 / Comments: 8,914
#5 ┃ Geom-hu’s legendary rage moment lol (Joo Seo-jin VS Crack’s reaction lol)
└Views: 131,441 / Likes: 9,182 / Comments: 7,791
*6th place ┃ Let’s compare the video of the ‘Lakrantz Style’ 1:1 sparring record with the video of the 2nd match of Joo Seo-jin VS Crack…legend ㄷㄷ;
└Views: 81,333 / Likes: 5,581 / Comments: 7,211
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Click—
Without thinking, Joo Seo-yoon entered the top-ranked hot clip on Space Stream… and what unfolded before her was nothing short of shocking.
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Crack. A seasoned professional gamer from Eternal Saga—she watched as he faced off against this skilled opponent without taking a single hit, overwhelming him with a dominant victory.
[K.O.]
《 WIN! 》
━2P: Joo Seo-jin (=Anonymous Monk)
…It was an astonishing match result—one that should never have happened, one that absolutely could not have occurred.
“…W-what?”
Watching this unprecedented video clip—something that industry insiders would call nothing less than a “major incident”—Joo Seo-yoon froze like a statue, then suddenly her body convulsed.
“…T-that’s impossible! This, something like this—couldn’t possibly—hic, hic-cup—! H-hic-cup?”
…She was so shocked that she even began hiccupping involuntarily.
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On Space Stream, among the current hot clip rankings, ‘Joo Seo-jin VS Crack (Highlight Reel)’ had suddenly claimed the top spot—the most burning post of the moment.
《 Joo Seo-jin VS Crack (Highlight Reel) 》
└Poster: gamerslovegames(rpdlawkfgkqslek1111)
━Video Clip (※SUPER HOT!)
*Views: 382,111 / Likes: 19,474 / Comments: 9,889
━{ Video: Highlights of Crack and Joo Seo-jin clashing in Infinite War over approximately 4 minutes }
━This is a highlight edit of the Infinite War match between ‘Crack,’ a professional gamer from ‘VEN’ team under ESK in Eternal Saga, and ‘Joo Seo-jin,’ an ordinary person who just started virtual reality gaming yesterday.
With a total of 382,111 views, nearly 20,000 likes, and close to 10,000 comments listed.
【Comments】
-〔Anonymous〕: ..When did it become possible to upload composite videos to Space Stream? What is Cleanbot? Aren’t you going to delete this??
└[gamerslovegames (OP)]: I apologize, but this clip is simply an edited highlight compilation of the original footage. It’s not a composite video—it’s an actual recording. This happened just moments ago.
└[Anonymous]: ?? What the—??????????????
└[Anonymous]: What… a pro gamer got beaten by a regular person? That’s bullshit lol; This doesn’t make any sense??; Is this for real, this??
“For real lol”
└[Anonymous]: Sounds like bullshit, but it’s real; this is legit, no cap lmaooo;;;
└[Anonymous]: I was watching this live, so I know it’s true; wow… when he let Crack attack first in the 1v1, even just ramming his right foot into his face was a miracle, but the 2nd round was absolutely insane lol
└[Anonymous]: Yeah I saw that too lol In round 2, honestly when Crack switched into serious mode, even dodging the striker’s attacks looked so close that I thought he was gonna lose.. but wow.. when he turned it around there, the dopamine rush was absolutely insane lol
└[Anonymous]: The 2nd match was the real deal; dopamine was just pouring out, no cap lol
└[Anonymous]: For real; feinting a striking combo, instantly converting the attack motion with Flash Attack, then landing a Power Strike—that’s a technique even pros in the scene can’t dodge… but predicting it beforehand, evading with The King, and countering with a Reverse Shot? That’s absolutely insane;;;
└[Anonymous]: What Joo Seo-jin said after winning the 2nd match is straight-up legendary lol ‘Lakranz Style? Oh, is that what this is? This was super easy lol? Learned it well’ lmaooo
└[Anonymous]: ㄴIt’s probably just a show. How to learn gaming martial arts in 1-2 games? I’m going to go to the gym right now and learn some martial arts for the game, and then I’ll throw it away. Do you think that’s possible?
└[Anonymous]: Nah that’s BS lol. Then why would Crack randomly ask Joo Seo-jin ‘How do you use Lakrants style, sir?’ out of nowhere, you dumbass lol?
└[Anonymous]: This is real… I work in the Eternal Saga industry, and everyone’s going crazy; especially at VEN, they’re calling the Lakranz Style Grand Master and his disciple to investigate the tech leak route… apparently this could be a contract violation;;;
└[Anonymous]: Wait, seriously? Lol omg is Crack actually insane?? Like wtf;;
└[Anonymous]: Hmm lol If this Joo Seo-jin guy really just copied it after seeing it once as an ordinary person… there’s literally no way to penalize him lol Crack didn’t intentionally leak it, so he won’t face tech leak sanctions lololol
└[Anonymous]: I agree. Besides, the Lacrantz style seen in [Mukuk Daejeon] is missing all the core techniques. The Lakrantz style is based on the core techniques from [Eternal Saga], so I don’t think there will be any problems. I think it will end after checking if there is a technology leak route.
└[Anonymous]: Well, unless there’s actually a real tech leak route, these kinds of incidents usually just serve as a warning and that’s it. Besides, since this is Infinite War, the core techniques from Eternal Saga are presumed not to have leaked… so nothing major will happen
└[Anonymous]: But… even accounting for that, you have to admit that this Joo Seo-jin person has overwhelming talent. If he really just started virtual reality gaming yesterday and has no experience learning gaming martial arts… he’s a monster, plain and simple.
Many people refused to believe Joo Seo-jin’s actual gameplay performance—claiming it was a composite video, or that he wasn’t actually an ordinary person.
After all, he was a pro gamer. He was Crack. He was the skilled player who won Eternal Saga’s World Championship twice in a row with Heuk-wol. So they believed it couldn’t be real.
However, as continuous eyewitness accounts from live viewers kept pouring in, and people claiming to be industry insiders appeared, public opinion was gradually shifting.
In an unexpected direction.
-〔Anonymous〕: My mom didn’t send me to taekwondo for early education when I was in elementary school, instead she sent me to a gaming martial arts gym and I learned it as a hobby until high school… if that’s real, he should debut as a pro gamer right now. He’s a monster.
└[Anonymous]: Oh lol brings back memories lol For real; my mom also cut off my taekwondo academy for early education and sent me to a gaming martial arts dojo instead lololololol
└[Anonymous]: Me too. Well, I didn’t become a pro gamer, but instead I ended up working as a coach at a pro team academy. In my opinion, if this Joo Seo-jin person is really an ordinary person, he should seriously consider debuting as a pro gamer, even if it’s late.
└[Anonymous]: That’s why streamers doing power analysis are going crazy lol Former esports power analysts and gaming martial arts enthusiasts are turning on live streams and losing their minds lol
└[Anonymous]: For real lol Even Anathema and Yukross got into match analysis lol They dug up Lakranz Style unofficial sparring footage from over 10 years ago and are now digging into whether there was a tech leak route, how he copied it, and how high his skill level is lol
└[Anonymous]: Both their opinions are super divided; Anathema’s saying ‘he had learned gaming martial arts before, but he definitely copied Lakranz Style after seeing it at that time’… while Yukross is claiming ‘it didn’t stop at Infinite War and core techniques from Eternal Saga also leaked’.
└[Anonymous]: This is absolutely ridiculous lololololololololololol
Now, rather than doubting the actual gameplay record, people were discussing just how incredible what Joo Seo-jin had demonstrated truly was.
《 Emergency Broadcast) Power analysis regarding Infinite War’s Crack VS Ordinary Person (Joo Seo-jin) (*will be converted to private video) 》
━Anathema(skwjsfurqnstjrwkfgka9918)
*Viewers: 4,102
= …This is the important part, everyone. Dragon Fighter’s first martial skill, ‘Flash Attack’. You all know this skill, right? The Flash Attack that Crack attempted, using a jab as a feint, was a physically impossible maneuver in terms of the game engine—a strategy to catch him off-guard—
= Ha, hahaha. See here? This is important. While backsteping and continuously dodging attacks, his center of gravity was slowly collapsing… but before Crack’s Flash Attack even activated, he suddenly lowered his upper body and started moving forward, right? In other words, everything was already calculated at this point—
《 Infinite War: Power analysis of Crack and Joo Seo-jin’s match (*watch before it becomes private) 》
━Yukross(dbzmfmtmdlqslekd7181)
*Viewers: 4,118
= …Therefore, the Nameless Monk’s first martial skill, ‘Siyoung Flow’, was continuously deployed to forcibly correct the center of gravity and perfectly penetrate the attack path where Flash Attack would be cast. At first, I thought the continuous movements of Siyoung Flow were interrupted, meaning the skill connection—in other words, the technique correction value disappeared, but it wasn’t. It was the opposite.
= -This person called Joo Seo-jin never once broke the martial skill, the Siyoung Flow, not even beyond the millisecond level from start to finish. So, the moment Dragon Fighter’s Flash Attack activated—after The King, he could chain into a Reverse Shot. But the problem with this is———
《 Infinite War: I have a lot to say, really a lot, really a whole lot, but I’m holding back so don’t touch this 》
━Geom-hu(劍后)
*Viewers: 17,947
= …The problem is that he’s using Lakranz Style identically. No matter how you look at it, he learned Lakranz Style. And as his first gaming martial art too… not from watching, but from someone else…! I’m upset!
= …But he’s my disciple! My disciple, the very first one I claimed! He said he’d learn from me! From me! He said he’d receive teachings from Infinite War! And now, on his very first lesson, someone’s stealing him away from me so carelessly?
Ding-
A voice donation notification. Geom-hu, who had been listening silently, responded with a menacing tone.
= …What? You’re saying it’s fine because he didn’t receive direct instruction? So if he clears the entire Night Soul boss raid without dying, then he becomes Joo Seo-jin’s first disciple anyway, right? So it’s fine? Ha ha- …I’m issuing a permanent ban. Get out. I won’t see you off.
“….”
On the smartphone screen, the Space Stream app was ablaze with discussions about the match between Crack and Joo Seo-jin.
“When exactly did this massive incident happen…?”
Beyond a headache, it felt like my skull was about to shatter. As I examined the hot clips one by one, trying to verify what had actually happened, I heard a knock at the door.
Knock- knock- knock-
In an instant, as if struck by lightning, Joo Seo-yoon snapped to attention and yanked the door open. Then, she thrust her smartphone directly at Joo Seo-jin, who stood there with his usual expressionless face.
“Th-this, is this you, oppa? Surely you didn’t do this? Right? It’s just someone who looks like you? Right-”
“Ah- yeah, that’s me. Earlier, I received some instruction from that pro gamer called Crack.”
“….”
“Hmm. Well, the timing works out. I was planning to bring you some good news anyway- fortunately.”
“Good, news…?”
“Yeah.”
And then Joo Seo-jin, with an unusually proud and pleased expression on his face, held out his smartphone.
[L-78123K1 ┃ GIFT CODE]
*Product Registration Number: K3284-38411-A32J32-M00013
━From: ‘Crack’ / Gift Message: ‘If you develop even the slightest interest in accepting my proposal, please contact me anytime. I’m asking you sincerely.’
“I just got a brand new capsule device worth 30 million won… want it?”
“….”
Joo Seo-yoon, at a loss for words, closed her mouth while her eyes grew dim and lifeless.
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The Korean Server section of Space Stream, the world’s largest broadcast platform, had been burning hot to the point of near-paralysis, and as the heat gradually cooled—something happened.
〈 : PREPARING : 〉
To be precise…
《 [Night Soul] : ‘Nightmare’ Mode, clearing all bosses without dying! (※with Joo Seo-jin) 》
━Myeong Bang-ul (wntjdbsdlqslek1231)
Myeong Bang-ul—in other words, Joo Seo-yoon’s stream switched to preparing mode… and Joo Seo-jin was about to make his appearance.
*Viewers: 3,112 → 4,944 (※HOT!)
*Viewers: 4,944 → 6,731 (※SUPER HOT!)
*Viewers: 6,731 → 8,926 (※SUPER HOT!!!)
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…It was the moment a massive storm was about to descend.

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