The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 40

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39. [Infinite War] …Ah, So That’s the Setting? (2)
[Dustnet (=Category: {Game / Streamer}]
*Post Title: [Night Soul] Streamer Who Declared ‘Nightmare’ Mode Speedrun Quest—Recent Updates…real
└Author: Anonymous
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A streamer who said they’d clear the [Night Soul] speedrun quest based on the Necromancer’s Tower Lord’s best time record if you just give them money lololol
That streamer who said they’d just break it regardless of whether it’s Heuk-wol or Kensin lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol I really didn’t think they’d ever succeed lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
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━But.. this crazy bastard actually beat it..?
Talk about a streamer spreads in an instant.
Among those watching the live stream, there are quite a few who rush to inform the community about what they witnessed.
Especially if they think it’s a story worth attention, they often share it excitedly—and this was no exception.
【Comment Section】
-〔Anonymous〕: I thought it was nonsense, but it’s real..? What is this?????
-〔Anonymous〕: I thought he was a video editing master, but checking Space Stream, it’s a live clip
└[Anonymous]: If it’s a live clip video, what else could it be? Even if you edit the video afterward, wouldn’t you still not know??
└[Anonymous]: Nah nah; you can tell. Space Stream clips taken from live streams have markers so you can’t get fooled lol.
└[Anonymous]: If he captured it this far with a live clip, then it’s basically confirmed content
-〔Anonymous〕: Don’t even need to bring up old news; everyone’s probably already seen it
└[Anonymous]: Real talk, it’s #1 on Space Stream’s trending streams—where would clueless people even be
└[Anonymous]: Even on other broadcast platforms, clips are popping up everywhere, so there’s no way you wouldn’t know
└[Anonymous]: Real talk, it’s pretty inconsiderate, but ngl I’m getting mad attention from the drama lol
└[Anonymous]: I’m checking it out late too because I was curious
-〔Anonymous〕: ??
-[Anonymous]: Wait, seriously? This is supposed to be a live clip video, wtf? What is this?
-〔Anonymous〕: This doesn’t make sense..? Death Knight one-shot, Necromancer too.. isn’t that basically one-shotting both? How is this possible?
-〔Anonymous〕: Didn’t even get hit once, just landed one perfect critical strike for a one-turn kill..? What is this?
[Night Soul] being mainstream content in current game streaming meant attention gathered in a flash.
Especially considering it had been quite some time since achieving the #1 trending stream on Space Stream.
With Joo Seo-jin having stirred up multiple issues recently, he was perfect kindling for the flames.
Hadn’t he become the center of attention more than once?
Even in a short span, generating this much buzz meant many people had to know about it.
-〔Anonymous〕: Huh?
-〔Anonymous〕: This streamer looks familiar, hmm..?
-〔Anonymous〕: Yeah. Joo Seo-jin..? Is this Joo Seo-jin? Yeah, it’s Joo Seo-jin??
-〔Anonymous〕: Who is this… isn’t this Joo Seo-jin?????
-〔Anonymous〕: That’s right, this is Joo Seo-jin. That… the person who won crack ㅇㅇ;
-〔Anonymous〕: Isn’t he that amateur who beat a pro gamer
-[Anonymous]: I feel like I’ve seen this all the time on HotClip, and I was right lol
Super rookie.
The name ‘Joo Seo-jin’ now carried with it such intense fervor that one could only describe it as a phenomenon.
Already, Joo Seo-jin had transcended the level of a mere streaming guest long ago, accumulating an immense and towering reputation through repeated accomplishments.
-〔Anonymous〕: They kept hyping it up as pro-gamer level and going viral like crazy, so I just brushed it off, but this is actually insane..
-〔Anonymous〕: Death Knight in one hit, Necromancer in one hit? How is this even possible??
-〔Anonymous〕: Well.. the Night Soul system does have health bars that are basically just for show, so it’s not completely unreasonable, but.. hmm..
-〔Anonymous〕: Are those mobs originally easier to defeat in Night Soul??
└[Anonymous]: Are they?
└[Anonymous]: Not at all
└[Anonymous]: Are they easy, seriously
└[Anonymous]: With the Death Knight, he seized the initiative and immediately struck the thinnest seam in the full-body armor, then tore it apart through friction… it does show up from time to time?
└[Anonymous]: But even so, one-shotting the Death Knight right after seizing the initiative isn’t exactly common, right??
└[Anonymous]: Defeating the Necromancer is actually ridiculous; he kept stepping outside its field of vision to prevent it from responding, then jumped and drove his sword straight into its head;
└[Anonymous]: Normally the Death Knight might not, but the Necromancer… especially the Necromancer Tower Lord—they at least guard. But he couldn’t even guard and just collapsed. That’s what’s insane;
Those familiar with [Night Soul] began unraveling in the comment section just how extraordinary what Joo Seo-jin had accomplished was—and the commotion spread.
-〔Anonymous〕: Hmm.. among new streamers these days, there’s really no one with that level of skill, right..?
-〔Anonymous〕: Even in [Infinite War], winning 1v1 against a pro-gamer is still a win, and being the first to unlock the hidden route in [Night Soul] is a fact. He’s definitely skilled;
-〔Anonymous〕: Do you have to slow the video down to 0.3x speed just to see the afterimages..? Considering the initial stats, he couldn’t pull off something like that against the Necromancer Tower Lord without stat upgrades, right??
└[Anonymous]: It seems like he’s manipulating his body through virtual machine operation? If you watch carefully, the way he moves his body is perfectly synchronized with the virtual machine, like a puppet.
└[Anonymous]: If it’s virtual machine operation, that makes even less sense…? Even if you gathered all the streamers known for skill streaming, it would be hard to pull off that level..
└[Anonymous]: To be honest, if it’s a former pro-level player who had some notoriety back in the day, that level is doable. But it wouldn’t be easy, right;;;
└[Anonymous]: And Night Soul itself is something pro-gamers find relatively easier, but it’s not their home turf, so adapting and playing like that right away is rare;
What changed.
It was that, unlike before, discussions about Joo Seo-jin’s skill began without any room for disagreement.
No one denied that Joo Seo-jin possessed an ‘overwhelming level’ of potential comparable to a pro-gamer.
Of course, some still dismissed reality with sarcasm, but the atmosphere was considerably different from before.
-〔Anonymous〕: He keeps updating the hype, how far is he going to go with this?
└[Anonymous]: For real; they’re making a huge deal out of nothing.. Like, what’s the big deal about discovering the game’s first hidden route, consecutively beating world-class pro gamers 1v1 in hand-to-hand combat at Infinite War, and then crushing the world record that pro gamers set by an overwhelming time margin after getting a speedrun quest? And on top of that, getting admiration from a world champion pro gamer and even getting a shout-out saying they’d like to see you again later—what’s so amazing about that, right??
└[Anonymous]: ‘that long thing’ lololololololololol
└[Anonymous]: It’s a big deal and it’s great, right?
└[Anonymous]: It’s ridiculous that this is actually fact lol;
└[Anonymous]: Looking at it this way, he’s got star quality
└[Anonymous]: After seeing this, I decided to watch Joo Seo-jin ㅇㅇ
In other words───.
The stage for Joo Seo-jin to debut as a streamer was beginning to take shape.
Enormously.
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“As expected—. My eyes were never wrong! You have to become a streamer, oppa. No? You absolutely have to…!”
“?”
The Select Room.
After wrapping up the [Night Soul] stream, the words suddenly burst out.
The stream had already ended long ago.
[Night Soul] provides a single automatic save only when victorious against the main boss.
Thanks to that system, it didn’t take long for the stream to wrap up after Joo Seo-jin expressed his exhaustion following the intense battle.
When he said, “Well, I’m tired today, so let’s call it here,” everyone reluctantly sent him off without complaint.
There was time for some casual chat, but since we’d extracted so many scenes worthy of being called “highlights,” it was accepted without objection.
Most felt disappointed, but there was little real resistance.
-Ah…
-Sigh… Can’t be helped, streamer… I mean, Seo-jin~
-He really must be exhausted; how much running around did he do…
-ㅠㅠ.. That’s possible. Teacher Seojin, please rest well and have a good broadcast tomorrow. Let’s play the game for about eight hours! go for it!
He’s sneakily pretending to say something nice, asking for an eight-hour broadcast lol
“Health comes second to broadcasting. Don’t even think about taking it easy.”
Because deep down, everyone knew the stream would continue the same way tomorrow.
It was inevitable.
With new viewers flooding in and the content becoming a hot topic, there was no way to stop now.
Since this was an opportunity that wouldn’t come easily, the saying about rowing when the tide comes in fit perfectly.
Even Joo Seo-yoon, an actual professional streamer, saw it the same way.
Joo Seo-yoon spoke with gleaming eyes and a composed demeanor.
“Phew. I originally didn’t want to say this, but… you seem capable of it.”
“Capable of what?”
“Becoming a professional streamer… a full-time content creator…! Really, you should become a streamer. Or rather, you must! Do you understand!?”
“I don’t know about that, but if you’re asking whether I’ve thought about it… I have, to some degree.”
“Nope! There’s no room for debate—it’s simply a waste not to do it. The reasons to do it are overflowing… Wait, what did you just say?”
“I said I’ve thought about becoming a streamer to some degree.”
Joo Seo-yoon blinked at this straightforward answer she hadn’t anticipated, tilting her head in confusion.
“…Huh? But just a while ago, didn’t you say you’d think more about streaming?”
“Yeah, that’s true, but after thinking it over from various angles, I realized it wouldn’t be so bad. It might not be a bad idea.”
“Really!?”
“Yeah.”
Joo Seo-jin spoke plainly, without much emotion.
“After trying [Infinite War] in addition to [Night Soul]… I’m starting to understand something now.”
“Huh? Understand what…? Are you talking about aptitude for streaming? That’s obviously—”
“That I might be pretty good at games. Or rather… very good at them.”
“….”
“I’m serious.”
For a moment, Joo Seo-yoon’s eyes reflected a hollow emptiness, but it didn’t last long.
“As the professional gamers said, I might have talent for this.”
‘…Sorry, but isn’t that something everyone already knows, oppa?’
Recognizing this as unintentional boasting stemming from his innocence, Joo Seo-yoon let out a dry laugh and accepted it.
‘…Certainly. There’s a reason streaming suits him. The fact that he can say something like this so genuinely… that’s so like him.’
To be honest, Joo Seo-jin’s skill in virtual reality gaming couldn’t be adequately described by words like “somewhat” or “quite a lot.”
Professional gamers actively competing at the highest level couldn’t help but marvel at his innate talent.
It had long been certain that he possessed exceptional natural ability.
But seeing him express such conviction now made me laugh involuntarily.
There was something audacious about it, yet it bordered on pure innocence—that’s what made it funny.
He was a rare talent.
Among streamers, few could conduct skill-based broadcasts at a level comparable to professional gamers while maintaining such a firm concept.
Compared to other streamers, having greater merit in personal broadcasting was an inevitable advantage.
“…Well, it wouldn’t make sense if someone like you didn’t become a streamer. It’s a good choice. Absolutely.”
“Hmm. I’d like to think so, but I haven’t definitively decided yet. I’m planning to do more testing for now.”
“Sigh. That’s your call, but I don’t think anything will change, will it? You’ve got popularity, you’ve got skill—you have it all. What more do you need to test?”
“The fact that you have popularity itself proves exceptional skill… that’s why.”
“Ugh, it’s a bit complicated, but… I suppose so…? Fundamentally speaking, yes.”
“Exactly.”
Joo Seo-jin continued speaking while lightly rolling his neck as if feeling somewhat fatigued.
“I don’t know about [Night Soul], but in other games, I’m uncertain how smoothly my skill will translate, so I want to test it.”
“Test…? Ah, like with [Infinite War]? You mean something like that?”
“Right. Since there seem to be quite a few people streaming with just [Infinite War] alone, I want to check that out a bit too.”
“So that means… you’re going to see how far your skill reaches in [Infinite War]…? Starting tomorrow, even?”
“Yeah.”
In [Infinite War], I’d already gauged my skill somewhat through a match with Crack, but it was only partial.
I hadn’t verified how broadly my gaming skill translated across different titles, so my experience lacked diversity.
To gain true conviction, I wanted to accumulate a bit more experience.
It wouldn’t take long, but for now, I wanted to climb higher.
However—
Upon hearing my words, Joo Seo-yoon’s expression became peculiar.
“That’s exactly it, isn’t it? About that part, well… I actually received a call just now and was about to tell you.”
“?”
A call? What could it be? I furrowed my brow in confusion, then immediately narrowed my eyes.
‘Wait. Could it be… that kind of thing? I think I get it.’
I had a rough idea.
That intuition struck me. It wasn’t something I hadn’t considered.
Given that she’d received a call from someone else and it involved [Infinite War], the answer seemed predetermined.
It had to be—
“…Streamer Geom-hu asked whether you’d be willing to consider a collaborative broadcast if you plan to stream [Infinite War] next.”
‘Geom-hu.’
[Infinite War]’s former professional gamer and major corporate streamer—a heavyweight in the streaming world.
She had made a more direct proposal to me for a collaborative broadcast regarding [Infinite War].

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