The Fate-Seeing Genius Streamer - Chapter 86

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85. [Infinite War] Why? Because It’s Fun (1)
Reverse grip sword technique.
Instead of gripping the blade in the conventional forward direction with the tip facing my opponent, I reversed my grip entirely—the blade now pointed backward.
There was no time to be bewildered by my refusal to even deploy my weapon, as though distance adjustment was beneath my consideration.
A sharp whistle cut through the air.
No handicap.
The moment I committed both hands to the technique, Heuk-wol surged forward with an unsettling speed.
When closing distance, one typically creates confusion or exploits blind spots—yet he showed no such inclination.
‘…He’s gripping the weapon in reverse and closing the distance in a straight line?’
Doubt and danger bloomed simultaneously in my mind.
An unconventional approach—the reverse grip coupled with a direct advance—was impossible without deliberate intent.
Certainly, it defied common sense, yet it wasn’t entirely incomprehensible.
A sharp resonance echoed.
My foresight ability activated at maximum capacity, and time itself seemed to decelerate.
──────.
If I could glimpse the possible outcomes and their endpoints beforehand, adaptation wasn’t impossible.
The problem was… even if I adapted to the next move using foresight, a prolonged battle remained impossible.
Time limit.
Like a mechanical device overheating and shutting down, my foresight ability too had reached its threshold as time elapsed.
Since the moment the Lord of Martial Arts championship match began, I’d wrung every last drop from it—but now I’d exhausted myself.
Yet───
‘I grasped it intuitively, at least. …Even professional gamers don’t let their guard down completely.’
Much had changed since those early exchanges where I couldn’t afford to trade blows carelessly.
‘The blade itself has cooldown when extending and retracting, and the length doesn’t convert instantaneously.’
My earlier assessment of hopelessness was ancient history.
My opponent’s health bar was already depleted considerably, and I’d scattered his focus with unconventional attacks.
If pure power couldn’t overwhelm, and technique fell short, then outmaneuvering through strategy would suffice.
‘I end this here.’
Similarly.
Planting the notion that the playable character ‘Blood Sorcerer’ could attack without relying on blood armor—its greatest strength—was precisely for this moment.
Forcing him to believe he could execute the feint he’d experienced before, then striking at his hesitation to force a retirement.
It sounded unrealistic, yet it wasn’t entirely so.
‘Truth be told, I wanted more time to refine the approach, but there’s no helping it.’
Landing a clean hit on Heuk-wol, who fought while imposing handicaps and penalties upon himself, I realized something.
If I couldn’t win using conventional Gaming Martial Arts, then I simply wouldn’t be bound by it.
In other words.
A smooth, flowing motion───.
I was innovating an entirely new form of Gaming Martial Arts.
***
At that same moment.
Within Space Stream, the chat windows of each broadcast flooded with viewers began to boil over.
It was due to an unexpected variable that emerged from the champion title match between Heuk-wol, who had appeared as the Lord of Martial Arts, and Joo Seo-jin.
《 [Infinite War], Emergency Broadcast) Heuk-wol VS Joo Seo-jin, Match Commentary 》
━Anathema(skwjsfurqnstjrwkfgka9918)
*Viewers: 4,884
= This can’t be. Did Heuk-wol really say he’d remove his handicap…? This is quite an unprecedented situation. Remarkable.
Even a former strategic analyst couldn’t help but struggle to maintain composure in the current situation.
Naturally.

《 [Infinite War], Heuk-wol VS Joo Seo-jin Pre-Match Prediction Broadcast 》
━Yukross(dbzmfmtmdlqslekd7181)
*Viewers: 4,331

= Practically speaking, Heuk-wol was still active until recently, right? Even though he stepped back from the front lines, not much time has passed, so there shouldn’t be any decline in his abilities. Yet he’s doing this—

The words that followed were identical no matter which broadcast you tuned into.

= …He’s made the judgment that his opponent is no longer at a level he can handle with just one hand—that’s what it means. That’s actually what makes it remarkable. Because he’s showing respect, that Heuk-wol player.

The commentary from former professional gamers, strategic analysts, and martial arts critics all pointed in the same direction.

And the more viewers mulled over that meaning, the colder the temperature in the chat windows grew.

[Dustnet (=Category: {Gaming / Streamer}]
*Post Title: Heuk-wol Declares Handicap Removal DDDDDDDDDDDD (* Popular Post)
└Author: LegendDragonMom (Original Poster)
━Breaking News)
━Heuk-wol removes handicap and declares two-handed play…
━Now he’s gonna beat Seo-jin to a pulp with both hands and move to round 2…
━If this is the case, I think it’s just a prediction of the outcome, a lame move, and just premature..? yep??

-〔Anonymous〕: A guy who won [Eternal Saga] twice in a row is removing his handicap…?;
└[Anonymous]: Isn’t it normal that we should clear it since it’s [Infinite War] and not [Eternal Saga]? They say there’s a distant battle variable in 1v1 lol
└[Anonymous]: I mean, isn’t it a bit much to just take the hits and lose without even removing the handicap when you’re literally getting beaten up? lol;
-〔Anonymous〕: Honestly, the broadcast commentary is whatever, but match predictions aren’t complete nonsense, right?
└[Anonymous]: What? Are you really ignoring teacher Seo Jin, a talent broadcasting genius??????? …It’s a bit weird to say that.
└[Anonymous]: Whether you call it [Eternal Saga] or [Infinite War], it’s the same thing anyway; you’re right that predicting the outcome is pointless lol
└[Anonymous]: Even pro gamers have room to compete in games outside their home ground, but the fact that it’s Lord of Martial Arts is a big deal
Heuk-wol’s one-handed play was not merely a condition imposed for visual impact.
‘White Night Sword Maiden’.
That playable character’s advantage lay entirely in unconventional techniques rooted in unpredictability.

Short thrusts, distance-adjusting evasions, rapid strikes that wore down the opponent’s rhythm, relentless attacks targeting vital points.
Every movement without exception was predicated on precise control from both hands.

Therefore, operating the White Night Sword Maiden with only one hand should, by all rights, make it impossible to execute anything beyond the most basic movements.

Yet despite this, Heuk-wol had blocked every possibility that Joo Seo-jin’s foresight ability indicated—using only that single hand.

Thus, if the handicap imposed as a penalty were completely removed—what would happen was obvious.
Heuk-wol kicked off the fractured water’s surface, rapidly closing the distance.
As ripples drew concentric rings across the water, the moment the hilts and blades of the straight swords in both hands crossed and balanced—
Twisting the upper body leftward while rotating, I drew the reverse blade upward in a swift, sweeping arc.
However—
Screech.
-?
-What the…;
-Did he seriously just mess up the controls?????????????????
-Why is he holding the sword backwards and just flailing around like that..?
“Like, if you grabbed a sword backwards and just suddenly did a diagonal slash, who would actually take that hit? lol”
No hit landed from an attack with such ambiguous range.
Joo Seo-jin, leaning his upper body back a beat faster, evaded the blade strike, and as the sword cut through empty air—
The true nature of a movement otherwise impossible to understand as anything but a control error was revealed.
Clang.
The straight sword charging forward came to an abrupt halt, emitting a low metallic ring with vibration—and moved in the reverse direction.
Whoosh.
A pulling draw.
The blade that had been rising from the lower right to upper left suddenly erased its momentum and was instead ‘yanked backward’.
Whooosh───.
-!?
—Damn it;
—Wait, this was fake?;
—That acting is so pathetic;;;;;;;;;
From the very beginning, the reverse-blade attack itself was designed to “pull” the opponent—a counter executed to demonstrate that principle.
Kaga, tch—!
I tried to deflect the sword grab by raising one arm to knock the blade away, but it was futile.
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Range adjustment.
The First and Second Martial Skills didn’t just allow the blade to extend—they could also contract, shortening its reach.
In the instant before collision, the straight sword’s tip retracted and withdrew… and then, a hidden strike beneath the double feint erupted forth.
Paa-ang───!

A thrust.
The straight sword, suddenly shortened like a dagger, was driven forward in a rapid line while simultaneously increasing its effective range with a powerful strike.
A calculated trap delivered after unpredictably altering the movement itself.
The outcome of an attack that offered no opportunity for evasion or defense was predetermined.
Kwaji—ik.
“────…!!”
Clean hit.
At the left shoulder’s edge, Heuk-wol’s straight sword pierced completely through my shoulder—the part I failed to fully deflect.
Despite my best response, I allowed the attack to land in that split second.
The problem was—
Paba—bak───!
—No conscience?;
These consecutive attacks are so damn annoying I could puke.
—Wait, attacking with off-beat timing like that… what is this..? Is the balance even right??
—Extending, shortening, extending, shortening, extending, shortening, I’m getting so dizzy I could die;;;
Heuk-wol unleashed a barrage of consecutive thrusts and slashes, mixing in feints at critical moments—a relentless combination.

Crash—slash───!
No matter how much I anticipated, calculated, or prepared, there was no evading the dazzling barrage of consecutive strikes that came too fast to even predict.
The entire strategy of closing distance rapidly while mixing in feints had been designed to seize complete control of the offensive and defensive exchange.
Even with my foresight ability allowing me to read ahead and trace the trajectory of attacks, I couldn’t adapt to the ever-shifting unpredictability that transformed moment by moment.
-Hmm
-Ah..
-His health bar’s getting chipped away steadily, huh;
-Damn, this is seriously looking bad..?;
In other words.
-Wait, is Seo-jin actually going to lose this..?
The possibility of Joo Seo-jin’s defeat—something that had never once existed before—began crystallizing vividly in everyone’s minds.
***
And───
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In that singular instant.
My Gaming Martial Arts finally crossed the threshold into a ‘new realm’.

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