[TS] Malicious Sniper

Since the finals of the representative selection, Curry started having nightmares frequently.

Most of them were related to ‘Rokton’, and as time went by, the scope of those nightmares branched out to ‘her’, who had three faces.

Just yesterday, for example, Barcode and their marriage broadcast was such a terrifying nightmare that it made her shudder.

And now, in the midst of the civil war content for the New Year, Curry was experiencing nightmares.

Originally, ‘Nayun Queen’ was not supposed to participate in the platinum and diamond civil war.

This was because her alternate account, ‘Nayun Gongdua’, had previously reached Grand Master.

Barcode clearly remembered it, and indeed, Nayun Gongdua’s top rating was Grand Master.

But, something happened before the season ended, and there was an equalizer applied to Nayun Gongdua’s record.

So, Nayun Gongdua ended up finishing the tier at Diamond 1, barely avoiding a breach of the civil war rules.

To be honest, they could have excluded Nayun Queen from the civil war in some way.

In the past, they would have kicked her out already, but now that they knew that ‘Nayun Queen’ was ‘Barcode’, it wasn’t that easy.

Especially since ‘Barcode’ was the same person as her boss, ‘Flower Shop Owner’.

Curry couldn’t possibly exclude Nayun Queen from this civil war.

But as a result, Curry had no choice but to take responsibility.

Responsibility for not daring to cut off Nayun Queen.

And that responsibility manifested as nightmares, appearing in front of her as a looming reality.

All nightmares began when the minion summoned by Evelynn destroyed the top first tower.

Curry, who was relying solely on physical prowess, couldn’t help but feel the pressure.

The enemy jungler was Evelynn, and without the first tower that revealed all invisibles, Curry was bound to be exposed to Evelynn’s threats at any moment.

She had no choice but to hide until Evelynn appeared on the map, and because of her restrained play, opportunities for a comeback just never appeared.

At this rate, it was clear she would lose smoothly. Curry’s Jason stepped forward to capture the opposing Ornn, who had crossed the line.

Although Evelynn was not visible on the map, once Ornn hit level 13, it would have been a hopeless situation, so Curry took a gamble.

Here, if she could take down Ornn, it would serve as a stepping stone for a comeback.

While Curry attacked Ornn, an empty heart appeared above Jason’s head, with a pink gauge starting to fill.

“Ah, I’m screwed…”

[You were defeated!]

When Curry recognized that Evelynn was nearby, the game screen turned gray.

The well-fed Evelynn’s flash EQR combo was more than enough to take away more than half of Jason’s health.

“…Sigh.”

Since the first turret was destroyed, she had been playing cautiously without taking unnecessary risks.

But, of all times, Evelynn happened to be near the top, leading to her demise?

Honestly, it was a challenge worth taking, and it was true that the game was losing direction.

But ultimately, the gamble returned as a failure, and the balance of the game, barely maintained, started to tilt sharply.

Evelynn, having gained enough growth, influenced the entire rift, and Curry’s team damage dealers were repeatedly taken out by Nayun Queen’s Evelynn.

Despite that, the reason Curry’s team didn’t surrender was that they had won once in the Baron team fight.

In the Baron team fight, the enemy Evelynn dove too deep to take down Jason, causing the enemy team to be sucked into a narrow corridor and meet a miserable demise.

Of course, that didn’t mean they overwhelmingly won the team fight.

Only three survived the team fight.

Thanks to that, Curry’s team successfully took down Baron and rapidly closed the gap with the enemy team through strategy.

[Is the comeback angle showing?]

[If Evelynn hadn’t messed up, the Nexus would have been destroyed long ago]

[Nayun Queen, you are not Barcode!]

[For real, lol]

[Nayun Queen is the fundamental, ayyy entry folks… ]

[Old-timer fool caught in Noryang City]

While her ally pressed the bottom lane, Curry focused her attention on the minimap instead of the chat room.

During her split, Evelynn didn’t show up anywhere.

In such cases, it was expected that Evelynn without teleport would be near the bottom, but…

The enemy was none other than Nayun Queen, or rather Barcode.

Curry, convinced that the Nayun Queen she knew, the Barcode, would always be nearby, didn’t dare to cross a certain line.

She placed control wards in the ambush bush above to avoid being caught as long as she didn’t cross the line.

But Curry was a top laner, and to put it bluntly, she had the mindset of a typical top megalomaniac.

Ornn came at her with a clear intention to fight, and she refused to back down.

Overwhelming Ornn with her physical prowess, Curry chased him down relentlessly.

[You have defeated an enemy!]

As a result, she was able to take down Ornn, and a heart reappeared above Jason’s head.

“Ah.”

[You were defeated!]

She met her end at the hands of the suddenly invading Evelynn.

But instead of being downcast, Curry smirked as she moved her screen.

With Evelynn visible at the top and Ornn dead,

A 4v3 team fight opened up at the bottom, and they achieved victory with their numerical advantage.

Though it dragged on, all allies had more than half health remaining.

It seemed they could finish it, and finally, the moment came for her to deal a blow to Nayun Queen.

As she pondered how to set up Nayun Queen, thoughts of bliss swirled in her head.

[Enemy Triple Kill!]

“What the hell.”

With Evelynn‘s triple kill news, the happy circuit she was so convinced of broke down.

*

Having taken down Curry, I stealthily approached the enemy team demolishing the inhibitor.

Due to the previous team fight, most of the enemy team was below half health, and I had my belt, ultimate, and flash left.

The enemy demolishing the inhibitor moved forward and started taking down the twin towers.

If I waited any longer, the game might really end, so I waited for the enemy team to group up.

Using my flash forward, I used the belt to approach again and hit the ultimate on three of them.

[Triple Kill!]

The overwhelming damage of the ultimate, which surpassed common sense, brought down three enemies just like that.

The only remaining enemy was just Eles, who managed to avoid the ultimate through tightrope skills due to the sudden ambush.

As soon as Eles came down, I used W and created some distance.

Did Eles realize that she would die when her charm gauge filled up? She tried to close the distance with me.

But without her tightrope and flash, Eles couldn’t chase me, and thus, the charm gauge filled up completely.

[Quadra Kill!]

Finishing off Eles, I cleaned up the minions attacking the tower.

Even though we won the team fight, it was true that the balance of the game had shifted towards the enemy side.

Of course, if I hadn’t been reckless in the Baron front team fight, this situation wouldn’t have occurred.

But my recklessness was an intentional act, and I had initially hoped for this situation.

After clearing the minion wave, I sneaked into the enemy blue jungle while in stealth.

There was a 99% chance Curry would respawn and head toward the top lane.

Unless some extraordinary disaster happened, she would definitely go to the top.

So, I quietly waited at the enemy top first tower.

The earliest respawned Curry appeared at the top.

Jason, effortlessly clearing the conveniently stacked ally minion wave.

After using one skill, I used W on Jason, closing the distance.

Using all my skills, I aimed for Jason’s life.

[Battlefield Dominator!]

Curry, with no defense, faced a meaningless death.

Without caring about the flow of the game after that, I kept hunting Curry.

Did Curry sense that I was on her trail? She appeared somewhere completely unrelated to where I expected her.

However, I had still achieved my objective.

Once her position was revealed, I managed to find her and kill Jason.

Feeling a yearning urge to torment her, perhaps because it had been a while since I had targeted Nayun Queen.

When I tormented her as Barcode, I had to be cautious and careful due to the risk of exposure, as I was a streamer.

But now, as Nayun Queen, I could torment Curry without worrying about anything.

-You crazy bastard!!!

“Ugh…”

I heard Curry‘s voice, finishing the civil war with 11 deaths.

Laying her smartphone on the bed, it shouldn’t have made a sound, but…

Hearing it so clearly indicated she was genuinely affected by the situation.

“I’m sure she knows…”

She was cursing while being aware that Barcode and Nayun Queen were the same person.

It was slightly infuriating, but unfortunately, the game was heading towards its conclusion.

In the final team fight, I assassinated three enemies, the remaining two would soon meet their demise at the hands of my teammates.

Having eliminated all enemies, our team advanced towards the enemy Nexus, demolishing the twin towers and Nexus, thus ending the civil war.

I leaned back in my chair and reached for the smartphone laid out on the bed.

Raising the volume that I had lowered, I checked the state of Curry’s broadcast.

“Sigh… Sigh… That Evelynn bastard…”

Having already blown up once, Curry was now breathing heavily.

With the camera angle slightly askew and the keyboard intact, it seemed she had hit the desk.

The sensation creeping through me was completely different from when I had tormented her as Barcode.

Naturally bubbling up was a smile at the nostalgic feeling I hadn’t felt in a while.

Tormenting Curry as Barcode felt like enjoying a fun toy.

Playing with the toy while sometimes receiving special reactions—was it that kind of feeling?

Targeting her as Nayun Queen felt more like controlling a remote-controlled toy.

Even though I could get bored with repetition, tormenting someone never got old.

With that, the civil war between platinum and diamond was concluded.

I logged out from Nayun Queen’s account and logged in to Barcode’s account.

The remaining civil wars left were the Master and Grand Master, and then the Challengers.

There was no reason to participate in the Master and Grand Master civil wars, and in fact, there was no reason to participate in the Challenger civil war, either.

But simply the fact that ‘Barcode’ participated in this civil war was enough to justify my actions.

Instead of the previously promised civil war victory rewards, new rewards could be arranged.

For instance, a phone date, a phone date, or something like a phone date.

As the ‘Chairman’, I could certainly ask for a change of rewards.

And Curry would ultimately have no choice but to comply with my requests.

The public would demand it.

I watched Curry‘s civil war commentary for a while.

I had no interest in the match details.

After a long wait, the civil war for the Master and Grand Master section finally ended.

“Okay, then I’ll proceed to create the last civil war room.”

After providing some commentary and recovering her mental state, Curry initiated the final civil war.

With just the final password setting remaining before creating the private room, Curry hesitated for a moment before finally speaking.

“The password is 9881!”

Searching with the title, I immediately entered the password.

Once again, I was the first to enter the private room, shifting my gaze to the broadcast screen.

“No…”

Curry stared at the screen with trembling eyes.

Feeling a sense of joy at that sight, I started typing on the keyboard.

IlilIililI: Hello, Curry ㅎㅎ

My message appeared in the waiting room chat, and Curry couldn’t hide her trembling.

“The chairman… has joined the civil war. Haha…”

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