HBWnovel Chapter 76
Chapter 76
Sniping aside, there was something I had noticed while playing Reore until now.
That was—
"People with usernames that sound like guys sure attract a lot of attention."
Currently, my nickname wasn’t one that sounded particularly "male" by this world’s standards, so it didn’t really matter. However, sometimes in solo rank, when someone had a "guy" name and played a "guy" champion, they really attracted a lot of attention.
This was exactly the case in this match.
[????️Jeonji Jonneunhan Keuthulu: It’s because it’s a female-dominated game, what can you do, lol]
[????️Jeonji Jonneunhan Keuthulu: It’s not like there are that many guys]
[The shooting game next door has a lot of guys though]
[Yeah, shooting games tend to have more guys, lol]
[Kang Hoo-min: It’s just natural for women to be attracted to men]
[Just acting on instinct, makes me want to smack them, lol]@@@@
Currently, the nickname of the mid-laner on our team was ‘Lee Hyun-beom’.
The champion being played was a male character with a fox tail attached to his butt.
It definitely looked like a guy by this world’s standards.
Because of that, there were people on our team who casually tried to talk to him.
"Why does he even do that? Even if he plays well in the game, it’s not like they’re going to meet him in real life."
I had always been curious about this.
There were always people who did this, even in the original world, so it wasn’t something I was unfamiliar with.
It didn’t make sense to me.
[????️Jeonji Jonneunhan Keuthulu: Is there a particular reason?]
[????️Jeonji Jonneunhan Keuthulu: They’re just doing it because they’re guys, lol]
[It’s just a girl’s instinct to get close to guys, lol]
[But why are they saying this so casually? lol]
[It’s not that simple...]
[Kang Hoo-min: My friend told me that in Reore, people sometimes form relationships that lead to meeting up in real life]
[That’s delusional, lol]
[Really delusional, lol]
While chatting with the viewers, I started focusing on the game again.
Even though there were girls on our team who were into guys, that wasn’t important right now.
What mattered more was winning against the sniper on the other team.
"Let’s just focus on winning this game, even though there are people like that on our team."
If we win just one more match, I’d complete the mission.
There was no need to get distracted by people like that.
With that thought, I continued the game, and—
[Victory!]
"...What?"
Once again, the enemy ADC (Attack Damage Carry) threw the match.
It was confusing.
I had expected that they would have thrown the match because they met me in the previous game, but now I was wondering—was their pure skill really that bad?
"No way, their pure skill couldn’t be that bad."
Even if they were bad at Reore, they had to have the basics down if they had reached Master rank.
There was no way they could be this bad.
[????️Jeonji Jonneunhan Keuthulu: For real, what the hell]
[????️Jeonji Jonneunhan Keuthulu: They’re playing terribly]
[They didn’t seem that good in the last game either]
[Is this a boost account? It makes no sense otherwise]
[But didn’t Harin say that this guy is sniping?]
[Kang Hoo-min: What the hell, seriously]
[This is dizzying...]
[Harin: He was playing well when he was on my team]
[Harin: What’s going on?]
While everyone was still confused,
"I need to check this out."
I decided to look it up for a moment.
Since I was about to finish my stream anyway, checking it out now wouldn’t hurt.
I went to a tracking website—not one that only showed recent match history, but one that allowed me to look up much older games.
After entering the suspect ADC’s nickname into the search bar, it immediately popped up.
"Wow."
The games this ADC had played were all laid out in front of me.
There were so many matches, it was overwhelming.
It looked like at least 100 games, so I was a little annoyed about how much I’d have to go through, but—
"I really shouldn’t have made such an impromptu appointment."
I thought for a moment.
‘But I have to go and check it out.’
The deal seemed too good to pass up.
That’s how I ended up doing a direct trade.
I had a hobby of browsing second-hand goods before bed.
I had once gotten a really good second-hand item, so I’d been looking around the second-hand sites again just a week ago.
It was easy to search for—monitor and PC.
Recently, I’d been thinking it would be nice to have one more PC and monitor.
Why? For streaming, of course.
Reore could run on low specs, but sometimes it would lag while streaming, so I thought I’d buy them once I made enough money from streaming.
And then, just a week ago, I found a post that seemed promising.
[Monitor + PC for sale]
[Buying a new computer, so I’m selling my old one. I don’t use it much, so it’s in really good condition. You can test it at home, but you’ll need to come to Busan for that.]
It looked like a good deal.
I immediately sent a message, and in the end—
"Ha... I have to go."
Now, I was headed to Busan.
Even if I didn’t want to go, what could I do?
I had already made the appointment.
I could cancel and run away, but that’s not something a person should do.
‘It’s fine. I’ll treat it like a trip.’
I’d never been to Busan before, so I was a little nervous, but what could go wrong?
I was just going to check the PC and monitor.
With that thought, I packed my things.
Then, just as I was about to leave—
"Hmm? Oppa, what are you doing?"
Yeram, who had been lying on the floor, sat up.
She must have woken up from the sound of me packing.
"I’ve got something to do. I’m going to Busan for a bit. Don’t worry, I’ll be back quickly."
"Why would I worry? By the way, Busan... doesn’t that mean gukbap (a Korean soup with rice)? Bring me some when you’re there."
"What gukbap?"
We had a little chat as I headed out to Busan, to buy the monitor and PC for a hundred thousand won less than the price in the city.