The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 216

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Chapter 216

 

Episode 216.

 

YouTube sends small gifts to YouTubers who achieve a certain number of subscribers, and the most representative of these are the buttons.

 

Various buttons from Silver to Gold to Diamond.

 

Among them, what Dohyun received was the Gold button.

 

‘A congratulatory gift given when you reach 1 million subscribers…’

 

Compared to the Silver button given for reaching 100,000, it was a monumental yet not impossibly distant number.

 

That’s why countless YouTubers aimed for the Gold button.

 

Dohyun had thought he would feel proud when the day came that he would get a Gold button…

 

‘No, why is this here already? I didn’t even apply for it?’

 

When he actually experienced it in reality, he only felt bewildered.

 

He had heard that they sometimes send them without application for famous celebrities or cases of abnormally rapid subscriber growth, but he never thought it would be him.

 

No, that part was fine. But why did the timing have to be like this!

 

“…Crazy. Oppa, you were Kaiser?”

 

“Uh… That’s not it. Um.”

 

Bzzzzzz-

 

Ignoring the phone call from Suyeon, his appointment partner, Hyuna’s eyebrows twitched as she asked, leaving Dohyun no choice but to choose his words carefully.

 

He had to speak well here. But he also couldn’t answer too late.

 

“Well, um. Actually, I used to play Demroc, right? So I was a fan of Kaiser…”

 

“Oppa, you’re not going to tell me some story that even a passing dog wouldn’t believe, like you’re handling his editing or you’re acquainted with Kaiser, are you?”

 

“…”

 

Dohyun quickly made his judgment and tried his best excuse, but it didn’t work at all.

 

Well, Goo○le wasn’t some neighborhood market but a major corporation.

 

There was no way they would send a Gold button to an editor or fan instead of the actual person, so there was no way she would believe it.

 

‘…This is hopeless.’

 

No matter how much he thought about it, Dohyun couldn’t come up with words to get through this situation, so he let out a deep sigh.

 

He hadn’t expected to be caught so anticlimactically, but it couldn’t be helped.

 

He was already afraid of Hyuna’s reaction, but since it had come to this, a frontal assault was the only answer.

 

Dohyun decided to be bold instead.

 

“Right. Actually, I’m Kaiser.”

 

“…Crazy.”

 

Deeply moved by that bold confession, Hyuna responded with a refreshing curse.

 

Such Hyuna looked very bewildered and troubled.

 

“Oppa is Kaiser…? My oppa? That game addict is that Kaiser? Crazy, is this reality? It might be a dream.”

 

No, rather than troubled, it seemed more accurate to say she felt no sense of reality.

 

She really hadn’t thought for a moment that her oppa could be Kaiser, and seeing her soul leaving her body beyond just being dazed, Dohyun scratched his head.

 

‘Hmm. To that extent…?’

 

The period when Kaiser disappeared overlapped with when he went to the military, and the period when he reappeared overlapped with when he started gaming.

 

Moreover, he had the skill to earn a lot of money as soon as he started gaming.

 

He thought he hadn’t hidden it perfectly in various ways, but seeing her react like this made him feel strangely uncomfortable.

 

“You didn’t notice at all?”

 

“…Wait, could you be quiet for a moment? I’m troubled right now.”

 

“Ah, okay.”

 

Seeing Hyuna hold up her palm to stop him, Dohyun shut his mouth tight.

 

If she was saying that, it must be quite serious. Just as Dohyun thought, Hyuna had a very serious expression right now.

 

‘What did I just hear? So, oppa is Kaiser? That Kaiser who single-handedly dominated the Hero Guild?’

 

That wasn’t all.

 

Currently, Kaiser was enjoying tremendous popularity, ranking within the top 10 of Godseeker player popularity rankings.

 

It was a recent change.

 

Until now, except for devoted fans like the Kashin Church, there weren’t this many people who could be called fans, but after this incident, he was receiving tremendous attention.

 

At the same time, his previous achievements and actions burst forth all at once like a dam breaking.

 

So now, whenever she entered her friends’ group chat or talked about Godseeker, it was always full of Kaiser talk.

 

‘I became more of a fan because of this incident too…’

 

Even her friends had completely fallen for Kaiser’s charm…

 

That Kaiser was her oppa?

 

Even pouring cold water couldn’t be this shocking.

 

‘Thinking about it, it was strange. He played Demroc so much but never told me his nickname no matter how much I asked, and the timing overlapped with when he went to the military…’

 

Even when he returned from the military, didn’t Kaiser return right away?

 

Thinking about it this way, it was strange that she hadn’t realized it until now.

 

Around the time Hyuna was having reasonable doubts that the sibling DNA imprinted in her had instinctively rejected it.

 

‘…W-wait a moment.’

 

Countless memories suddenly flashing through her mind.

 

The memories of approaching Kaiser who was hunting field bosses in Pratel to request an autograph and clinging to Dohyun praising Kaiser passed by like a panorama.

 

‘Then I was praising oppa in front of oppa like that?’

 

Even just moments ago, hadn’t she been going on about how cool Kaiser was and how she had fallen for him…?

 

When her thoughts reached that point, she heard the sound of something supporting her mind snapping.

 

“Aaaahhhhh!!”

 

At the same time, high-pitched shouting echoed through the living room.

 

Dohyun also panicked and shouted.

 

“What, what is it? Why are you suddenly like this? Are you crazy?”

 

No, she was being serious by herself, then suddenly why was she pulling her hair and screaming like a crazy woman?

 

“Ugh, I’m going crazy! I think I’ll go insane! Aaaahhhhh!! Ugh, urgh!”

 

“No, why is this girl suddenly like this? If you’re going to vomit, go to the bathroom! Huh? What, she’s really going? Hey, that’s not the bathroom, that’s your room!”

 

“Ahhh! Please don’t talk to me right now!”

 

Crash!

 

Hyuna rushed into her room and collapsed, clutching her head.

 

‘What is this situation? Oppa is Kaiser…’

 

Oppa is Kaiser?

 

That part was okay.

 

It was a little shocking… no, quite shocking, but it was something she could accept.

 

Rather, it was something she would be proud of as time passed.

 

She thought her oppa was a game-obsessed, antisocial shut-in, but finding out he was that Kaiser who was hotter than celebrities recently was shocking but not bad.

 

‘What? He must be really handsome? A man should have ambition like Kaiser? Ahhh! You crazy girl! Why did you say such things!’

 

But this wasn’t right.

 

Not knowing in her dreams that oppa was Kaiser, she had praised him so much to his face.

 

There was no humiliation play like this humiliation play.

 

‘I didn’t mishear back then…’

 

Suddenly she remembered when she first saw Kaiser in Pratel.

 

She thought she heard something like “shit,” but it was so sudden that she thought it was a mistake.

 

Why Kaiser cursed, why oppa defended him when she told this story.

 

The puzzle pieces suddenly fit together.

 

Thinking about what he must have thought watching her shyly request an autograph made her feel like she would die of embarrassment.

 

Tap, tap tap.

 

Hyuna’s body heated up and her face felt like it would burst, so she turned on her phone to shake off her thoughts.

 

She thought focusing on something else might make her feel a little better.

 

But that was the wrong choice.

 

-The one standing at the end is the strong one. That’s why I play this game.

 

Rustle-

 

When her trembling hands turned on the phone, the voice of Kaiser in YouTube… no, oppa’s voice flowed out.

 

It was because she had been rewatching the video at the end.

 

-Ah, the almighty Kashin’s sayings are growing in number.

 

-The one who stands until the end is the strong person… -Kashin Saying Article 23-

 

-What a profound statement~

 

-That dating sim gaysek got schooled right away, didn’t he?

 

-The Hero Guild is already hated as hell, but what are they gonna do if the guild disappears too lol

 

-There’ll probably be recruitment competition. They’re promising prospects after all. The guild members will be fine. It’s Berjhe who’s screwed now.

 

Hyuna dry-washed her face while looking at the comments full of praise for Kaiser.

 

She remembered how just moments ago, she had been looking at those same comments saying “Right on, right on!” while sharing them with her friends.

 

She had even joined the Kashin Church….

 

“Haah….”

 

Hyuna covered her face with her hands and muttered quietly.

 

“How am I supposed to look oppa in the face now.”

 

The celebrity I like is actually my older brother?

 

The deep sigh of a 22-year-old girl who had experienced a ridiculous plot twist that wouldn’t even appear in novels was echoing through the room.

 

* * *

 

[You have connected to God of Savior.]

 

[Welcome to Adventure’s Paradise.]

 

-Owner, welcome back.

 

-Rizariza!

 

-Have you arrived, Master.

 

And the next day, morning.

 

Dohyun, who connected to the game as soon as he woke up like any other day, let out a sigh.

 

-Huh? You seem to lack energy today? Is something wrong, Owner?

 

-Risa? Rizariza?

 

-To trouble Master! Just tell this humble sword who that impious one is. I will cut off their head and present it at any time….

 

When Jihad tilted his head at Dohyun’s reaction, Eliza hopped up onto his head and asked worriedly.

 

Charlie was making a complete fuss, looking ready to draw his sword immediately.

 

[Guardian Eliza’s loyalty is at maximum.]

 

[Guardian First Sword Charlie’s loyalty is at maximum.]

 

[Guardian ‘Jihad Black’s loyalty is high.]

 

[Loyalty 80 / 100]

 

Those two had max loyalty from the beginning, so there was no comparison.

 

Looking at Jihad’s loyalty, he could feel how much closer he had become with those guys.

 

When he first met them, he had wondered what kind of lowly Guardian that was.

 

Indeed, time was medicine for everything.

 

‘…Right. Time will be the medicine, right?’

 

Dohyun scratched his head, recalling what happened yesterday.

 

Since yesterday, Hyuna had been screaming and running away whenever their eyes met.

 

They weren’t originally on good terms with each other, but they weren’t the type to run away like she’d seen a cockroach either.

 

The fact that he was Kaiser must have been quite shocking.

 

‘…Or maybe not. Maybe I should say it’s fortunate she’s acting like that.’

 

Honestly, considering that girl’s personality, it wouldn’t have been strange if she had used this as leverage to threaten him about telling her friends or something.

 

That was partly why he thought it couldn’t be discovered by more people.

 

In that sense, it might be better for her to react like this now. At least her friends wouldn’t find out.

 

Of course, if she kept acting like that, it would be a problem….

 

‘Well, she’ll get over it eventually.’

 

Dohyun decided to think about future matters later and turned his gaze.

 

There was a message floating there.

 

[Ast : This bastard finally logs in. I’ve been waiting for you to connect.]

 

[Ast : Come to my office right now.]

 

[Ast : How the hell did you do it? The more I watch the video, the less I understand. I have more than one or two questions right now.]

 

[Ast : I’m getting dizzy, so come right away, right away!]

 

[Ast : I have things to say too, so don’t go anywhere else.]

 

It was Ast’s whisper that came non-stop as if she had been waiting as soon as he connected.

 

‘Auntie must have been really curious.’

 

Well, he, who was famous for having no enhancement luck, had covered everything in +12 enhancements, pulled out one more legendary skill to have two, and even used the Black Dragon’s power….

 

‘Even I couldn’t resist this.’

 

It was understandable that she had a mountain of curiosity.

 

Dohyun chuckled and was about to send a whisper saying he’d come now and move his feet when.

 

“Um….”

 

“Hmm?”

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