[TS] Malicious Sniper

The sudden appearance of the barcode flipped the already chaotic atmosphere of the chat room upside down.

Only two days had passed since the shocking fan meeting incident, and barcode hadn’t turned on the broadcast since the end of the platform tournament.

It’s no surprise that the reaction of the viewers, who wanted to hear the behind-the-scenes stories or directly from the parties involved, was extremely heated.

[Barcode! Barcode! Barcode! Barcode! Barcode!]

[The chairman has entered!]

[Is that for real?]

[Streamer Barcode, turn on the broadcast!!!]

[Perfect streamer except for not streaming for real.]

[Why would a rich person stream so hard, lol.]

[Is this… ‘The Chairman’s Dignity’?]

“…First, I’ll kick out the people I need to.”

Curry, who wasn’t even a Challenger, kicked out the newcomers.

Someone unacquainted might think the chairman’s treatment was lacking, but.

Most viewers knew how much barcode tormented Curry, so no one criticized Curry.

Curry had been kicking out people who didn’t match the tier for a while, and it wasn’t long before ten Challengers gathered.

After passing the room leader role to barcode, Curry moved to the spectator seats to check the records of the newcomers.

Since there was a chance their accounts could be ‘smurfed’, it was a necessary verification step.

“Seems like there’s no problem…”

Tension filled the air as Curry delayed while looking at barcode’s record.

To the viewers, Curry‘s demeanor appeared as a slight ‘rebellion’ against the chairman who bullied him.

But Curry secretly conveyed his true feelings to barcode, who was watching this broadcast, without anyone noticing.

‘I’m aware that you and the Nayun Queen are the same person…’

After a brief moment of pondering barcode‘s records, Curry finally spoke.

“Chairman, let’s get started.”

Curry asked the current room leader, barcode, to begin the game.

Before long, they were moved from the private waiting room to the game waiting area.

The game progress method was a secret selection.

There was no separate banning process, and until the start, everyone’s picks would remain blind.

In other words, no one would know which champion the opponent had chosen until the game started.

The important thing is that certain champions couldn’t be banned.

Thus, barcode could indeed pick ‘Yone’.

[Are we finally seeing the Unknown Yone Master?]

[The legendary Yone with a ban rate of 100% ㄷㄷ]

[Win rate also at 100%, ban rate also at 100, lol.]

[The Wandering Swordsman broke the 100% win rate.]

[Who doesn’t know that?]

[Wow, but this is really exciting.]

During the platform tournament, barcode’s ban rate for Yone was 100%.

Hence, those who had only watched the platform tournament without seeing barcode’s personal broadcasts couldn’t help but be curious.

Just how terrifying is barcode’s Yone?

Just how well does barcode play Yone?

People who were curious about barcode’s Yone headed towards her Twitch channel.

But barcode did not leave any past broadcasts, making confirmation impossible,

So those eager to resolve their curiosity had no choice but to head to barcode‘s Mutube.

Of course, many had not gone through this process, hence many viewers were also captured by the expectation of being able to witness barcode’s Yone.

Curry covered both sides of the waiting room screen with black screens.

If viewers saw which champion was chosen through the broadcast, it rendered the blind pick meaningless.

While watching what picks both teams’ Challengers made all by himself, Curry eventually spoke up.

“Our chairman has selected something interesting.”

[What’s interesting about it?]

[What is that?]

[What’s that supposed to mean?]

[No way ㅅㅂ, is he only watching?]

[Clearly, it’s Yone, lol, clearly it’s Yone, lol.]

[Even if I can’t see, I can tell.]

[If Yone isn’t picked, I’ll un-follow Curry.]

After being tormented continuously by the Nayun Queen, Curry, who was not in a good state, recovered his condition by teasing his viewers.

For a moment, as he felt a little of the Nayun Queen’s feelings for tormenting him, Curry shook his head.

Though it could be entertaining to mess with others, the Nayun Queen took it too far.

She was perfect in everything except for her relentless harassment level, making it impossible to not dislike her.

In fact, if it were just harassment, Curry wouldn’t have thought much of it, but the psychological repulsion arose from being masked while giving high donations and support.

As Curry seriously thought about the Nayun Queen, before he knew it, both teams’ picks finished.

The game started, and a separate 3 minutes had to pass before he could spectate.

During that time, Curry decided to waste some time by chatting, clearing his mind of thoughts about the Nayun Queen.

While he chatted on autopilot, one chat caught his eye.

“…Do you want me to share the fan meeting behind-the-scenes stories?”

Reading a viewer’s request for fan meeting stories, Curry pondered deeply.

Could it be that the story that viewer wanted was related to the ‘fan meeting’, or was it about ‘barcode‘?

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed more like they were interested in the latter, so Curry closed his mouth and held back.

[Reading unfavorable chats, and now being silent.]

[You’re insidious…]

[Stupid streamer fooling around.]

[Ah, someone like me should just die.]

[Before the polls drop, explain yourself, Curry!]

“Haa…”

Signs of public sentiment plummeting were appearing, and Curry opened his mouth again.

Having the chat room flooded with ‘plummeting’ messages was akin to stirring the pot.

When one person plummets, others follow.

Such flooding, if not dealt with early, would just become a pain, so Curry began to tell some stories from the fan meeting.

But he absolutely couldn’t talk about the stories related to barcode.

The only memories regarding the fan meeting about her involved being bullied.

Curry disliked self-deprecation, and discussing stories related to barcode would be an act of self-deprecation.

“So…”

[For real, this guy has lost his touch.]

[Did we ask for that?]

[Though he’s telling fan meeting stories…]

[Even when he does what we ask, the Mu7lin group is still cursing him…]

[Seriously, how much experience does he have in broadcasting?]

[Say your true feelings!!!!]

While Curry witnessed the chat room going wild in real-time, he checked the remaining time.

“Oh, exactly 3 minutes have passed. Now, let’s spectate.”

It was perfectly timed for him to start spectating.

As the loading screen appeared, the picks from both teams were revealed.

“Our chairman’s pick is Yone!”

[Feels like I’m going to lose my mind.]

[Why beat around the bush? Why beat around the bush?]

[Seeing barcode play Yone feels strange.]

[Aren’t we finally seeing the Unknown Yone Master?]

[The Yone who rumored to have made his opponents showdown xd.]

Having successfully redirected a bit of attention, Curry went into spectator mode.

To erase the notion of ‘story’ from the viewers’ minds.

More passionately than ever, he began to commentate on the game.

He described the early game without letting the broadcast sound drown it out.

That was how actively Curry dedicated himself to the commentary, and thanks to Curry’s effort, no mention of the fan meeting remained in the chat room.

After a while, as the game began to reach its conclusion in the laning phase.

While actively commenting, Curry gradually lost words.

[Is this the true form of ‘barcode’ holding down Yone?]

[There’s a reason his ban rate is at 100%, for real.]

[The opponent’s mid laner seems unfortunate.]

[It’s like he’s beyond his prime, right?]

[Info) Barcode won the platform tournament without Yone.]

[Honestly, how good could he possibly be? But he’s a wall.]

Barcode’s Yone was dominating the game.

Taking down the first tower at 10 minutes, crushing the laning phase to bits.

Even if counted, Yone had accrued over 6 kills just with solo kills, leaving the opposing midlaner utterly ruined.

Normally, at times like these, messages suspecting that the opposing midlaner was too weak compared to the Challenger or that it was likely someone was smurfing or using a stolen account would arise in the chat.

However, no such messages even appeared in the chat room.

To suspect it would be unjustifiable, as they watched how barcode’s Yone completely ripped apart the opposing midlaner.

It just wasn’t that the opponent’s midlaner had not been up to Challenger standards.

It was simply that barcode’s Yone was an insurmountable wall, and the rumors were not exaggerated at all.

[Currently reevaluating the figure ‘Wandering Swordsman’.]

[For real, how did the Wandering Swordsman defeat barcode’s Yone?]

[How on earth did he manage a win among those 60 games? For real.]

[Even if he lost 59 times out of 60, what matters is that he won once, xd.]

[The Wandering Swordsman… what battle did he face by himself…?]

[Being alive to witness all this is legendary, lol.]

Watching barcode’s Yone slaughter fellow Challengers made the Wandering Swordsman face real-time reevaluation.

Despite tasting defeat 59 times out of 60 games, the one who granted barcode his first defeat was the Wandering Swordsman.

In the meantime, Curry struggled for commentary for barcode’s Yone.

To be precise, he couldn’t commentate ‘at all’, but instead, every time barcode’s Yone achieved a highlight moment, Curry reacted with enthusiasm.

Curry was a streamer greatly passionate about the game called League of Legends.

He typically regarded talented League of Legends players highly.

In fact, he once tried to invite the Wandering Swordsman and the Unknown Yone Master for a collaboration before they had yet to start streaming.

However, back then, both the Wandering Swordsman and Unknown Yone Master declined Curry’s invitation.

‘They played incredibly well… no.’

While continuously expressing admiration in his heart, Curry shook his head.

Currently, it was barcode who was playing Yone, and barcode was indeed the Nayun Queen.

He couldn’t be deceived by her appearance. Curry thought this while observing the game with a slanted perspective.

That being said, he didn’t engage in biased commentary.

[That person couldn’t hit that level of Yone.]

[In essence, barcode and Yone are one and the same.]

[They are one body, regardless of gender, wow…!]

[Even my grandpa would point out how MId has been thrown off.]

[Why would my grandpa even watch this, lol.]

[Feeling dizzy.]

[Feels like the enemy’s mid-laner wants to leave right now.]

[In front of 20,000 people, making himself play shamefully, ㅠㅠ.]

The flow of the Challenger match was dominated by barcode’s Yone.

Barcode’s Yone allowed no room for variables, leaving no chance for a comeback.

It made one suspicious if this person was the same individual who had once thrown caution to the wind with reckless plays as Iblin.

Before long, the balance of the game had completely collapsed due to barcode’s Yone.

What was expected to be the fiercest bout turned out to end the quickest.

With Yone’s red blade slicing the Nexus, the game concluded.

“Wow… that’s really insane.”

Unable to hold back his reaction, Curry exclaimed in awe.

He disliked the person, not their skill.

As he remained immersed in thought for a while, secretly continuing to be amazed, a ding-ding rang through the air.

Ding~ ding~ ding~

The Discord call sound echoed, and Curry checked who was calling him on Discord.

[Call request from Barcode.]

“…”

Should he answer or not?

While pondering, Curry quietly sighed at seeing the chat room flooded with ‘Who is it?’.

If he didn’t answer in such a situation, it would undoubtedly lead to backtalk.

Having disliked such situations, Curry had no choice but to accept the call from barcode.

“Curry.”

Her voice was almost indistinguishable from what he expected.

Was she having a good day, possibly? Her cheerful tone was rather annoying.

What could she possibly need to call about this time?

Thinking it was worth listening to her next words, he waited patiently.

“When can we meet?”

Barcode casually dropped a bombshell.

One that was shockingly large for Curry to handle.

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