Chapter 67 : Intuition
Chapter 67: Intuition
Anonymous Viewer 62 donated ₩5,000,000!
[This is your Special Mission completion reward. Good work.]
“…This is it.”
“……”
Baek Woohyun frowned as he stared at the donation Jeong Nayeon had displayed for him. It was a donation from ‘Anonymous Viewer 62,’ who had finally appeared again.
It contained a massive sum of five million won and unexpected content, and naturally, his attention was drawn to the latter.
To him, what Special Mission he had completed mattered more than the five million won, which was merely a byproduct.
‘I completed a Special Mission? When exactly? And what Special Mission?’
“This came after the previous broadcast ended, right?”
“Yeah. It came after the broadcast ended.”
Baek Woohyun thought about which of his actions during the previous broadcast ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ had considered a Special Mission completion.
First, it couldn’t be obtaining Soul Eater from the armory. ‘That side’ had never given him a mission to obtain a weapon as a Special Mission.
Clearing the Reverse World was also ruled out. If it had been because of that, there would have been a reaction when he cleared the Reverse World in the broadcast before last.
Then there was only one thing left.
‘Pet system update.’
Baek Woohyun’s eyes grew heavy.
Just like ‘that side’ had given him Special Missions under the guise of bug fixes, ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ clearly wanted actions that would benefit ‘Reverse Planet.’
The fact that when a new system was updated, they immediately gave him five million won and said he’d completed a Special Mission he’d never received proved this.
‘In that case.’
There was a high possibility that ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ was someone related to ‘Reverse Planet’ to some degree.
Perhaps… even to Planet Earth, the development company.
‘A developer, or at least someone closely related to one.’
“……”
Of course, this was just speculation roughly pieced together from observing the situation.
But Baek Woohyun believed his thoughts were correct.
Even though he didn’t know why, he had an intuition that he was heading in the right direction.
“By the way.”
“Hm?”
“Woohyun, you weren’t thinking of withdrawing from the SSR Cup just because you got money, were you?”
“……”
Baek Woohyun made a disgruntled expression at Jeong Nayeon’s sudden question. It was because his serious contemplation had been completely interrupted by such a comment.
But only for a moment. He soon read the doubt not fully hidden in Jeong Nayeon’s eyes and realized she had deliberately changed the subject to be considerate of him.
Since he had avoided talking about ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ from before, she thought he would do the same this time and tried to move on without asking.
Even though she must be curious about who ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ was, what the Special Mission was, and why they’d been giving large sums of money from before.
“……”
If, just if.
If he were to confide in someone about the things he experienced on ‘that side,’ that person would definitely be Jeong Nayeon.
Baek Woohyun thought so.
“Hmm.”
“What’s with that reaction?”
However, that was that and this was this. Between friends, it would be dereliction of duty to stay quiet when you see an opportunity to tease them.
Baek Woohyun looked at Jeong Nayeon with a faint smile. As if asking, don’t you know what I’m going to say?
Having read something in his expression, Jeong Nayeon hurriedly approached Baek Woohyun.
“You’re not, right? You won’t do that, right?”
“Well~”
Of course, since there was no particular reason to bother changing his mind, Baek Woohyun’s vague response was purely to tease Jeong Nayeon.
However, to Jeong Nayeon, the recent Baek Woohyun seemed like someone who might actually withdraw from the SSR Cup just because his reason for participating had disappeared.
That much was clear just from when she persuaded him to broadcast, so naturally her actions became urgent.
“You’re not, right? Huh? You’re not? Say you’re not~”
“…I’ll participate, so don’t worry.”
“Really? You’re not lying?”
“Yeah, really.”
Only after receiving a proper answer did Jeong Nayeon, who had clung to him with the determination not to let go until she got one, finally back away slightly.
The freed Baek Woohyun smiled wryly as he straightened his clothes. Thinking he should be careful next time, since he’d almost had his collar grabbed just for playing one joke.
Yet the fact that he still didn’t think to stop teasing her altogether subtly revealed how close he felt to Jeong Nayeon.
“Oh right. Speaking of which, Seongcheol-nim suggested that for the next broadcast, how about doing only PVP?”
“Without progressing the story?”
“Yeah. The last broadcast ended with just a story because of the update. So we need to balance it out.”
Since it wasn’t wrong, Baek Woohyun nodded. He didn’t insist that he absolutely had to progress the story.
Based on this donation’s content, ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ probably wanted him to progress the story, but his judgment was that he shouldn’t be swayed by that.
Because what he wanted was ultimately to discover ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’s’ identity and uncover the relationship between ‘that side’ and ‘Reverse Planet.’
Just because ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ reacted during story progression didn’t mean he needed to be obsessed with that one thing and force himself to rush.
‘Acting rashly only leads to mistakes.’
Moreover, while it might seem like ‘Anonymous Viewer 62’ had the upper hand, there was a possibility that wasn’t actually the case.
The story of them giving a reward for his story progression as a Special Mission, when turned around, also meant they’d be in trouble if he didn’t progress the story.
This PVP broadcast would be a process of verifying that hypothesis.
“Is there anything you need to prepare separately for the SSR Cup? Tell me right away if there is. I’ll help too.”
“Hmm-“
After thinking for a moment, Baek Woohyun spoke.
“Not now, but later when my rank tier goes up and I gain some fame, I’d like to take on one person to teach them and get a feel for it.”
“You want to take on a disciple beforehand and teach them, right? That’s not a bad idea.”
Jeong Nayeon’s eyes lit up after hearing Baek Woohyun’s proposal.
She smelled content. The scent of very delicious content at that.
‘Hackphysical’s disciple? This is absolutely irresistible.’
Currently, the ‘Hack Tour’ content’s main viewers were those curious about how the monster called Hackphysical, Baek Woohyun, played ‘Reverse Planet.’
In this situation, if Baek Woohyun actually took on a disciple and taught them while sharing tips only he knew, the result was obvious.
They’d grab onto his pant legs begging him to please teach a disciple instead of story or PVP. Viewers would clamor asking if he wouldn’t choose a disciple from among them.
Perhaps there’d even be a new influx beyond existing viewers. No, she’d bet there would be a flood of new viewers. Definitely.
In pro player terms, it would be like World Class players like Battler or Endless stepping up as coaches to teach—that kind of thing.
For anyone interested in PVP, this would be an unmissable issue, so people would come in droves.
‘Plus, it would serve as promotion for the SSR Cup preparations.’
Right now on the community, if asked to choose which SSR Cup coach’s coaching ability was most unclear, eight or nine out of ten would choose Baek Woohyun.
This meant there was a possibility people wouldn’t choose him as an official support coach and would somehow try to recruit coaches elsewhere.
But if he showed himself teaching a disciple on broadcast and proved it through the disciple’s growth?
‘Good idea. We definitely have to do this.’
“Okay. Got it. Let’s talk properly about the disciple thing again when you raise your rank tier.”
“Alright.”
***
“Treha! Treha! Everyone, welcome!”
“Hello, viewers!”
-Hi hi
-Let’s goooo~ Let’s goooo~
-I watched the waiting screen for five minutes
-That’s on you…
The ‘Hack Tour’ content broadcast that started as always had more viewers gathering faster than before.
Since they’d announced beforehand that today’s broadcast would only do PVP, even those not particularly interested in story had all flocked in.
In fact, looking at previous broadcasts’ viewer trends, they were higher during PVP than story, and the donations that followed made it 100% certain.
‘Achieving_Life_Greatness’ donated ₩1,000!
[Today is really only PVP, right?]
“Yes, that’s correct! Since we couldn’t do PVP in the last broadcast due to the update issue! Just for today, specially! ONLY PVP!”
-What’s with that pronunciation lololol
-How twisted is your tongue
-Even Americans wouldn’t pronounce it like that
-Anyway, only PvP is sweet
When Jeong Nayeon declared it again as if driving the point home, the viewer count seemed to increase even faster.
As someone who haunted the community, when she looked, there was a high probability that posts like “Breaking) Today’s Hack Tour is only PVP” based on her words were being uploaded to the community in real-time.
This kind of relay behavior was inseparable from personal broadcasts.
“Everyone probably knows that Hackphysical is trying to raise his tier for SSR Cup participation. According to Nayeon-nim’s information, he’s planning to push hard today.”
“That’s right. I heard it clearly!”
-She heard it clearly indeed
-Just a human CCTV
-He climbed steadily even when playing casually, but if he sets aside a day for it
-Aren’t all three modes Plat right now?
“To be precise, ‘Duel’ and ‘Struggle’ are in Platinum range, and he hasn’t played any ranked games in ‘Survival.'”
“But he did get a 21-win streak in ‘Survival’! We played together! We couldn’t duo in ranked though, so it was a normal game.”
“Oh. Since we’re on the topic, let’s take some time to organize Hackphysical’s win streak records.”
When Cha Seongcheol manipulated the system, a match history site that searched Baek Woohyun’s record appeared.
The list filled entirely with blue indicating victory was the first thing that caught the eye, and above it, a 100% win rate written in golden letters was visible.
On top of that, 30-win streak in ‘Duel,’ 20-win streak in ‘Struggle,’ and even though it was a normal game, 21-win streak in ‘Survival.’
-A total of 71 wins is pretty insane
-Perfect record in normal ranked games
-Looking at it this way, it’s really a crazy record
-And it’s going to increase more today, that’s legendary
“Don’t you wonder how much more will be added to the win streak record today? I was incredibly excited when I heard about today’s rank climbing declaration. What it would be like if Hackphysical seriously climbs.”
“Should we issue a ranked game emergency alert?”
-Air raid alert, air raid alert
-Meaning if you don’t want to meet a natural disaster, avoid it on your own
-Ah, I’m curious, wanna queue up?
-Stream sniper detected above
Cha Seongcheol, with an excited expression like the viewers who heard they’d only do PVP today, rattled off his expectations like a machine gun.
With a look like a fish in water, Jeong Nayeon could only add reactions like “That’s right,” “I felt that way too,” “I agree” from the side.
Truly befitting a man who loved PVP so much he made commentator his profession.
‘Achieving_Life_Greatness’ donated ₩1,000!
[What mode are you planning to do?]
“I don’t know what mode he’ll do. That’s entirely up to Hackphysical.”
-Eat the menu the master chooses
-What is this, omakase?
-Hackomakase lol
-Hackomakase? Almost Hack Tour-level naming sense;;
“If it’s Hack Tour-level naming sense, isn’t that high praise? Isn’t that right, Nayeon-nim?”
“Uh, um…”
“Why can’t you answer, Nayeon-nim? You said ‘Hack Tour’ was good.”
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