The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 79

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78. [Infinite War] This Isn’t Just a Single Strike? (3)
For some reason, his respectful demeanor left me with an odd sensation.
‘Didn’t it feel like I was being treated as an elder?’
How to put it.
For a moment, I wondered if I’d just been treated like an old man, but it passed quickly.
Pfft.
Joo Seo-jin shook his head lightly and pulled himself from his thoughts.
‘No way. It must be a misunderstanding. I’m not that old, and I don’t look it either, so what.’
…Though an uncomfortable feeling lingered, I decided to let it go.
‘Anyway, it’s definitely just a misunderstanding. Yeah, that’s right, mm.’
Well.
Truth be told, I didn’t have time to worry about Hikaru’s reaction—the donations were escalating rapidly.
In the brief moment I’d been distracted, all manner of predictions had already flooded in from the viewers.
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“Hmm.”
As I scanned the accumulated donation history, a pattern began to emerge.
‘…Actually, since the final result is determined by the total donation amount, I can make an educated guess once things progress far enough.’
With the match against Lord of Marshal Arts starting soon and the big spenders’ preferences shaping the consensus, the mainstream picks had solidified.
Among those still sending donations without tiring, the numbers had narrowed to a dedicated few.
Ding-.
[【HardcoreLetGo】 donated ‘300,000 won’.]
━Blood Sorcerer. No need for long speeches—Blood Sorcerer all the way. Got it?
Ding-.
[【ThiefOfJustice】 donated ‘300,000 won’.]
━What Blood Sorcerer? Blood Sorcerer is trash—if you’re Korean, please, for the love of god, go with Outlaw Blade Arts. Yeah??
Ding-.
[【CantTellTheDifference】 donated ‘300,000 won’.]
“The Demon of Hwansu Pumpkin G”
-Wow, seriously nothing but gem picks here lol;
It’s not like we’re having some big trash party or anything, lol
-This isn’t a dumpster, so why are all these trash characters gathered here;
Blood Sorcerer is pretty nasty too, but the demons of Hwalbindang Shintoo and Hwansuho Park are seriously the worst lol
-Recommending a self-damage character like Demon of the Phantom Fox? What kind of sick joke is that?;
‘Blood Sorcerer’, ‘Outlaw Blade Arts’, ‘Demon of the Phantom Fox’.
A collection of non-mainstream picks I’d never heard of—not once—throughout my entire time playing [Infinite War].
Even climbing to Master rank through consecutive victories, I’d never even heard their names mentioned.
‘So when donation amounts are roughly equal, this is the level we’re talking about?’
Mm.
Not bad, but the real issue was…well, you could call it a dark horse.
There was one donation persistently chasing from behind with relentless momentum.
Ominously enough.
Ding-.
[【KeepYourPromises】 donated ‘300,000 won’.]
━Baekya Sword Maiden, absolutely has to be Baekya Sword Maiden. Our Geom-hu’s championship commemoration even got a rework for this character, so Baekya Sword Maiden is a must. She’s his direct disciple, so this is right.
-?
-Ugh, seriously;
-Do you know that the White Night Sword Girl is a female character? This is a reformation????????????? yep??
-Stop throwing money at Baekya Sword Maiden, you crazy bastard, Seo-jin is a man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Don’t seriously push Baekya Sword Maiden like this, you insane asshole please stop
‘Baekya Sword Maiden’.
A playable character reworked to commemorate Geom-hu’s world championship victory, a former professional player of [Infinite War].
A female character wielding a long sword, and thanks to receiving a rework benefit for the championship commemoration, her outfit was quite beautiful.
I’d even encountered her occasionally in ranked matches.
Well, naturally I don’t know much about Marshal skills since proper combat doesn’t really happen, but in any case she’s not an obscure pick.
The problem was───
-Chilling fact) [Infinite War] reflects a playable character’s outfit without cash items or special effects, and character gender takes priority over user gender…
-Wait.. so if you pick Baekya Sword Maiden and use the playable character… uh…
-No wait, ‘The Return of the Neutral Witch’
-Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
-No, insane.. so if a man uses a female character, he has to crossdress???????????????????
-Wait, that’s..?
Ugh, I’m about to throw up.
…It was a matter of [Infinite War]’s BM structure and what you’d call balance patch mechanics.
Without purchasing cash items, a playable character’s outfit couldn’t be easily changed.
In other words.
This was a dual structure designed to shame male players from using female characters created for female users, while simultaneously saying ‘if you really want to,’ buy cash items.
-This is exhausting;
-Do I, raised with such refinement, really have to witness the horrifying sight of Seo-jin adopting the Baekya Sword Maiden concept with all those dangling ornaments..??
-Ugh, seriously;
Just thinking about it gives me the creeps, no lie.
-If Seo-jin doesn’t buy the cash item and goes with Baekya Sword Maiden, he’ll be wearing a white Chinese dress, damn it!!!!!!!!!!!
-Wait.. isn’t that good then? What are you saying? Without the cash item, isn’t it even better?
-?
-??
-???…
-It’s not that simple;
-Guhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“….”
I felt a chill run down my spine.
There was a genuine possibility that the playable character selected at the end of the donations could be ‘Baekya Sword Maiden’.
I hadn’t accepted the recommendation for a playable character with the intention of tolerating such a demerit, so it stung all the more.
‘…An issue I never anticipated. If I’d known it would come to this, I should have set conditions beforehand.’
It was a moment where I viscerally understood just how vast human malice could be—and how boundless its creativity.
Ding, ding, ding───…
Though an ominous feeling had settled over me, the standoff miraculously ended as time ran out.
Ding-.
[【HardcoreLetSGoForIt】 donated ‘1,000,000 won’.]
━Blood Sorcerer.. gotta be????????????
-Haha
-Ohhhhh~
-Wait, a relief pitcher Blood Sorcerer at this timing??????????????????
I’m trembling/shaking uncontrollably.
– White Night Sword Girl OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pfppppptttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttbtttt
-Thanks to the Blood Sorcerer, I became the White Night Sword Lady Nagari hahahahaha
The playable character for the next match had ultimately been decided—to a single option.
“The playable character for the next match has been… finally determined as ‘Blood Sorcerer’. Thank you all.”
After confirming the total amount tallied from donations, Joo Seo-jin ended the vote and bowed his head slightly as he spoke.
“HardcoreLetSGoForIt, thank you.”
-For real;
Mm-hmm, yeah yeah. I gotta give a shout-out to the chairman for stepping up for the greater good.. lol;
-HardcoreLetSGoForIt who picked Blood Sorcerer << just a hero;;;
-We will never forget the chairman's grace…
-Thank you for saving us from the witchcraft of the White Night Swordwoman, Daehyeop ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
The viewers too expressed relief alongside their cheers.
[【AhhYeahYeah】 donated '10,000 won'.]
━Ugh.. why is the world like this, for real; all sense of justice is dead, completely dead. You're gonna stop Moonlight Swordswoman??
I cannot provide a translation for this input as it appears to be incomplete or corrupted Korean text (random consonants with a semicolon). It doesn't form a meaningful word or phrase in Korean.
-Stop spouting nonsense and leave quietly, JOAT
-Justice isn't dead, it's alive, you crazy bastard..
-Wow.. were you actually planning to use Moonlight Swordswoman?; There really are too many malicious people in this world..
…Though there were some disappointed reactions, I cleanly ignored them and continued with what needed to be done.
≪ Lord of Martial Arts ≫
「: Me, Kang Rim. Undeniably cool. :」
─??? / (ID: worksenddlwldy)
「Matchup, 'Lord of Martial Arts, 1487P' (ID: worksenddlwldy / Server: Korea)」
[Accept/Decline]
Whoosh-.
I accepted the match.
Before time ran out, I accepted the matchup.
Normally, I would have been transported to the Training Ground at this point, but not this time.
Boom, boom-.
"?"
With the sound of a drum, the system window shifted, and a phenomenon I'd never witnessed before unfolded.
「Picks and Bans」
━Through 3 ban cards, you can prohibit the opponent's playable characters in the next match. Make your selection.
(Remaining time for this turn: 59s)
[1P, ???: ───, ───, ───.] (◀)
[2P, Joo Seo-jin: ───, ───, ───.]
"…Picks and Bans?"
-?
-Huh?
-What's this
-It's ban-pick, isn't it? Where did this come from out of nowhere..??;
-[Infinite War] had a Picks and Bans system..? What is this??
'Picks and Bans'.
A system I'd never encountered, even after advancing to the World League, had been activated.
Since I'd accumulated a considerable number of ranked matches, I could immediately tell this wasn't standard.
However, before my questions could pile up, a familiar voice suddenly interjected from beside me.
"What? Don't tell me you all don't know about the draft system? Playing [Infinite War] and not knowing about it?"
"?"
Whoosh-.
Hikaru thrust her head forward matter-of-factly and rattled off an explanation.
"Ranked matches against the Lord of Marshal Arts are championship title matches, so it's mandatory to alternately ban 3 picks from each other."
"Ah."
-Oh
-So that's what it was?;
-A dedicated system that can only be found on the Rome class ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ;;
-?.. Then it's natural not to know, right?
-Damn, you need at least that tier to face LOMA, so obviously regular people wouldn't know;;
According to the [Infinite War] system, matches classified as title matches required 'Picks and Bans' to be conducted as a mandatory phase.
"1P, so basically- every time the opponent's Lord of Marshal Arts uses a ban card, you can use one too. You do that back and forth up to 3 times."
Tap.
Hikaru pointed at the draft window with her finger and continued speaking.
"See? Right here, that small red window displayed on the side? It shows the opponent's ban card selection in real time."
But then.
"As you can see, choosing which playable character to ban is───… huh?"
That was when it happened.
Beep───.
Before Hikaru could even finish speaking, the opponent's decision came through.
[1P, ???: (No Guard)] (◀)
[2P, Joo Seo-jin: ───, ───, ───.]
No guard.
Without any further explanation, I could understand immediately from that single, terse phrase alone.
With all three ban cards gone, this could only mean one thing.
"…Hmm. He's voluntarily surrendering all his ban cards, then?"
-lmaooo
-what confidence;
-It's crazy to hit the no-guard right away without any hesitation lol.
From Roma's perspective, they probably think they can win even without trying since they got matched up with some random team.
Whether it was to save time or overflowing confidence, it was a declaration that he could win without ban cards.
And───
"…Hmm. With no guard, can you skip the selection phase entirely?"
Faced with that confident declaration, Joo Seo-jin pressed the blank card image without hesitation.
Beep.
The thing is─.
[1P, ???: (No guard)]
[2P, Joo Seo-jin: (No guard)] (◀)
"No time wasted. Let's go straight in."
"…!!?"
-!!?
-wtf;
-??.. ????????.. ??????????????!?
Haha, damn it lol
Bickering on [repeated D's];;
…Just as one might match an opponent's move, Joo Seo-jin had likewise skipped the draft entirely with no guard.
Not even a hint of bewilderment or astonishment could follow.
The next moment.
───.
「Lord of Marshal Arts」
━The Champion Title Match begins. May fortune favor you.
The moment the Champion Title Match commenced, the stage transformed.

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