The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 436

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Chapter 436
Chapter 436
First, a player who appeared one step ahead of Mir.
Million.
“Ha ha, good evening.”
“It’s Million!”
He appeared dressed in an immaculate white suit.
Every word he spoke, every step he took—composure and confidence radiated from him.
Truly, he was a man who exuded refined elegance.
However.
“…Who is that?”
“I’ve dug through every potential chairman and their sons, but I have no idea who this person is.”
The reporters couldn’t help but be bewildered.
The guild master of the Royal Guild, even called the richest player in Second.
Million.
Surely, they thought, he must be one of the recognized wealthy figures in reality as well.
If he were that wealthy, at least one of the reporters should have known him.
Yet not a single one of them could identify Million’s true identity.
Unfortunately, by the time Million disappeared, no one had managed to uncover his identity.
They wanted to discuss this further, but before they could.
“It’s Mir!”
“The highlight!”
“Get the shot!”
The main star of the Korean team.
Mir appeared.
Mir was dressed in black, similar to his game character’s appearance.
A completely black suit, shirt and all.
That black suit suited him perfectly.
At that sight.
“Ooh!”
“This is great!”
“This will definitely sell!”
“Perfect—this is our main cover for today!”
The reporters erupted in cheers and began snapping photographs.
* * *
After the Korean representative team entered.
The photographs taken by the reporters quickly became articles and spread far and wide.
[ Today Too, Her Dignified Presence—Yul-ha ]
– Yul-ha! Yul-ha! Yul-ha!
– With cameras shoved in her face like that, and not a single change in expression lol
– As expected of Yul-ha
The clothes and facial expression just feel so everyday, like going to work at the office lol
– That’s what makes it cool!
[ What brand are Jeok-hwa’s shoes? ]
– Jeokhwa unnie ㅠㅠ
– She looks amazing today too
– Those are regular clothes with no brand? I thought they were luxury items because Jeok-hwa noona was wearing them
– The clothes look so comfortable. I need to go buy them right now!
[ Tae-ryeon, Guild Master of the Taegeuk Guild, showcasing Korean beauty in modernized hanbok ]
– That’s why Tae-ryeon is so great
– The modernized hanbok is so pretty
– But it’s also because it’s Tae-ryeon. Hanbok just suits her exceptionally well
– Real talk, it looks good because it’s Tae-ryeon
“Well, when Jeok-hwa comes out in a hanbok, haha”
– I’d actually like that too…?
[ Million, what is his true identity ]
– So who really is he?
– Even watching, I can’t tell
– Does anyone know?
Even the journalists don’t know, so how would we lol
– With that much money, people should be able to figure out who he is. It’s more surprising that no one knows;
Every time an article about them appeared, people responded enthusiastically.
It was only natural, since these particularly famous players from Second, the most popular game, were participating as competitors.
But among them, the one who drew especially intense interest was, as expected.
[ Mir’s first appearance ]
[ Mir, Guild Master of the Heukryeom Guild, appearing in all black ]
[ Commanding presence from the first moment ]
[ Mir’s confident stride ]
Articles about Mir.
There were far more articles about Mir compared to other competitors.
– Wow, he’s cool?
You can tell at a glance he’s the Heukryeom Guild master lol
– All black is cool
– Usually even if someone is really good at the game and high level, they often look disappointing in real life. But Mir shows no difference between the game and reality?
– The entire Korean team looks no different from the game
– Do you have to be pretty and handsome to have a high ranking? What an unfair world….
– Oh heavens! How could you do this to me alone!
Hahaha
There were many compliments about Mir.
After all, many people had built up expectations from his excellent performance in the game, but when he revealed himself in reality, the gap between the game and reality was so stark that it was often shocking.
Mir looked exactly the same as in the game.
And it wasn’t just ordinary people who noticed this.
“That’s perfect.”
Various clothing brands, gaming equipment companies, and more.
People from all over the place gleamed with interest upon seeing Mir’s appearance.
Mir—the player currently drawing the most attention in Second.
Already the center of focus, and his real-world visuals are decent too?
There was no reason to hesitate.
All the marketing team leaders who confirmed Mir’s appearance began sending emails to him.
Of course, Mir’s personal contact information wasn’t public.
The only public information was the official email address of Heukryeom Guild displayed on their YouTube channel.
“I never expected you’d keep me this busy even during the tournament.”
Ena ended up receiving all those messages.
Though she’d suddenly become Mir’s manager, her expression looked incredibly bright.
* * *
After entering the Tournament Arena.
We entered the Waiting Room assigned to the Korean team.
And first of all.
“Ha ha, it’s our first time meeting. I’m Million.”
“I’m Jeok-hwa. Ugh, introducing myself with my game nickname in real life never stops being awkward.”
“I’m Yul-ha… I agree with that.”
“I’m Tae-ryeon. I don’t mind it though? I like my nickname too.”
“I’m Mir.”
We started with introductions.
It could have felt awkward, but it didn’t at all.
All four of us looked almost identical to our in-game appearances.
Even though it was in-game, we’d spent time training together in preparation for the tournament.
“But why are you wearing a hanbok? Where on earth do you even get clothes like that?”
“My mother made it for me.”
“…Oh. Sorry.”
“I wear it regularly. Well, this time my mother put in special effort to make it. But Jeok-hwa, what about your outfit? What exactly is that?”
“Why? It’s comfortable.”
“That’s exactly the problem. You came way too casually dressed.”
“I’m competing in a tournament, so I should wear something comfortable. If you ask me, you’re the ones being strange. This isn’t a fashion show or anything—why did everyone dress up so much?”
I found myself nodding at Jeok-hwa’s words.
If we’d come after the matches ended for the awards ceremony, that would be different.
But we came to participate in the competition—why dress up so formally?
As I was nodding.
“Why are you nodding? You’re the same way. Mir, you’re really disappointing. I thought you’d come in comfortable clothes like me.”
“Ah, well….”
“People praise you, so you think you’re something special, don’t you? Just wait until this tournament ends. I’ll crush you flat.”
Jeok-hwa’s jab reached my ears.
This was all Kang Ju-hyuk’s fault.
He suddenly dragged me to a department store and made me wear these clothes.
Looking at Jeok-hwa, it seemed she wouldn’t have minded coming in athletic wear either.
Fortunately, the Korean representative team’s competition outfit was prepared in the waiting room.
Those clothes looked comfortable to move in.
Though I’m wearing what the staff recommended, this formal suit fits my body so snugly that it’s incredibly restrictive to move in.
“Ah, Million.”
“Yes?”
“This is purely out of curiosity, so you don’t have to answer, but what do you do? I didn’t expect even the journalists to be confused about your identity.”
“Ha ha, it’s nothing special.”
“It’s hard to call it nothing special when you have so much money.”
“I inherited some money and did a bit of investing.”
“Investing?”
“Nothing grandiose—I just took an interest when The Number went public.”
“…Wait, you invested in The Number from the beginning? Then your returns must be at least several times over! No, easily tens of times!”
“Ha ha, I was fortunate.”
Gathered like this, everyone began sharing stories about reality that they rarely discussed otherwise.
From what I gathered, Million was an investor.
Jeok-hwa was an athlete.
Tae-ryeon had majored in Korean dance but now primarily worked as a model.
Yul-ha appeared to be a full-time gamer.
Well, in truth, most of the professions being mentioned were probably past occupations or current side ventures, so it would be accurate to call them all full-time gamers like Yul-ha.
Then it was my turn.
“I’m also a full-time gamer.”
I introduced myself as calmly as Yul-ha had.
“That’s it? The way you move, I thought you might be a national representative athlete.”
“That’s surprising to me too.”
“Hmm.”
Everyone looked at me with puzzlement.
Since we were a team anyway, there was no need to hide my past from them.
“I was a ranker in First.”
“First?”
“That garbage game?”
“Ah, so you were a First user. That makes sense then.”
“Yul-ha was also a First ranker, wasn’t she? Then you two must have known each other already?”
“We only knew each other by face.”
“Wow, that’s interesting. I heard First was much harder than Second because the optimization and balance were completely destroyed…or rather, a mess.”
“So what rank were you?”
“I was ranked first.”
“…Pardon?”
“It’s nothing to be surprised about. There weren’t many users logged in anyway.”
“What are you talking about! Wow, first place in First! Now it all makes perfect sense! So that’s why!”
“Actually, I was a First user as well. So that mysterious Mir was you, Mir. Haha.”
“I tried that too, but my movements were terrible. How did you even manage that?”
I revealed my true identity.
Naturally, all my teammates were taken aback.
After that, the conversation shifted to First.
Those who hadn’t played First were curious about what it was like.
Those who had played it shook their heads in disbelief at how I could have possibly enjoyed such a game.
As we chatted away, the tournament start time drew near.
“What will the preliminaries be?”
“Last year it was a survival match.”
“Yes, we were summoned to a place like an island and had to fight until a set number of people remained.”
“If only Jeok-hwa had just kept up with us back then…”
“What are you saying? You all were weak and got eliminated. If you’d just backed me up a little, I would’ve swept the Thailand team by myself.”
“But you ended up failing and died alone anyway. That’s why our team got eliminated too.”
“You got eliminated because you were weak, not because of excuses.”
“Then Jeok-hwa was weak too for charging in alone and getting eliminated?”
“What?”
“Now, now, everyone calm down. But this time Jeok-hwa will listen to Mir’s instructions, so shouldn’t we be fine? Haha.”
The conversation turned to the actual tournament format.
In truth, it didn’t matter much.
We’d already finished discussing strategies and tactics for the main event long ago.
“Still, we can’t be too careful. Even in the preliminary round, a raid battle came up when no one expected it.”
First, I’d structured our basic strategy around the survival match format from last year.
But we couldn’t afford to be careless.
So I’d considered various types of competitions and prepared corresponding strategies for each.
Still, I felt uneasy.
We could adapt to most situations, but depending on the competition format, our team composition could end up at a disadvantage.
Time passed like that.
Just before the match began.
“Well, it’s about time they revealed the competition format.”
Tae-ryeon muttered to herself as she gazed at the monitor installed in the waiting room.
Apparently, last year they’d announced the preliminary format through the waiting room monitor before the match started.
From the announcer’s perspective, they’d want to capture skilled players moving competently through the match rather than contestants panicking when it begins.
Then.
Crackle.
“Look at that!”
The darkened monitor brightened.
And the text that appeared on it was.
[ Second World Tournament – Preliminaries ]
It was more than enough to capture our attention.
What kind of match would unfold, I wondered?
We all waited with anticipation for the results.
“This is going to be fun!”
“That’s great.”
“Haha, we should be able to pass the preliminaries without any problems.”
“But we can’t let our guard down! Like last year, the other countries are no joke either.”
Our expressions all brightened as we confirmed the competition format.
And for good reason—the preliminary event displayed on the monitor was.
[ Dungeon Conquest ]
It was the genre we were most confident in.

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