Chapter 147 - Chapter 147

Chapter 147

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A little while ago.

Since the central underground bunker was an intersection where three entrances met, it was large in size and stacked with all kinds of items.

As it had likewise been a long time since it was maintained, there were broken boxes here and there, and it was generally dark.

The items created small alleys, 65% of which did not receive light properly.

The ceiling was high.

A second-floor path made of steel structures also existed along the walls, though it was a path used only when going to service the ventilation shafts.

In any case, climbing up there allowed one to see the ground below at a single glance.

This meant that even if it was dark, they could extensively keep the first-floor ground within their field of vision.

However, that also meant, conversely, that a person on the second-floor path could be attacked from anywhere, making it a spot that was like a double-edged sword.

Furthermore, most of the second-floor path was bright.

However, the moment Tae-woo was breached by Seo-jun faster than expected, Keryl ordered Namu, the B-grade AD Carry, to climb up onto that second-floor path on the wall.

This was because there was no chance of exposure to gunfire, which was the biggest drawback.

It was because the enemy only held frying pans.

Boom!

Bang! Bang!

In the dark, connected paths, gunshots rang out and grenades exploded.

Looking down from above, it was difficult to properly grasp the situation amidst the confusion.

He merely helped with supporting fire when things were clear, even if only approximately.

Currently, a game of hide-and-seek inside a labyrinth was underway.

A fierce battle of wits was unfolding between Keryl, who was trying to deal with Seo-jun together, and Seo-jun, who was dodging and luring them until they were alone.

The two moved while predicting each other's positions one or even two steps ahead, as if they had grasped this space in an instant.

They cornered, lured, and chased each other.

Even in the midst of this, Namu could not help but think that Seo-jun was superior.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

This was because a moment arose where the last remaining teammate was isolated, even though they had not been fighting for long.

Thanks to his cover fire back then, the teammate was barely able to survive.

Perhaps Keryl was cornering him while taking even that into consideration, but the possibility was low.

[Rotate toward the outer left.]

The order was issued quickly. Looking down from above, he tried to picture the scene.

'As expected, I don't know.'

He decided to just watch and shoot as Keryl said.

At that moment.

An unexpected event occurred.

The sound of gunfire echoed from the corridor leading to the public area.

It was the appearance of another enemy.

[Let's quickly take down the new enemy first. I'm covering you, so come toward me.]

That was Keryl's judgment.

At that moment.

Seo-jun appeared beneath him.

Namu fired a bullet reflexively.

Bang!

Seo-jun blocked it using his frying pan as a shield.

-Seriously amazing

-Is that an enemy? lol If it were me, I would've called GG immediately

-Is this Ground Zero?

-No answer

-Wow, holy crap. He really was the dark horse of the tournament.

Namu also agreed with the chat.

'No matter when I see it, that's just too broken.'

Seo-jun had appeared suddenly, and Namu had shot at him.

The sound of the gunshot also reached the back, a short distance away from Seo-jun.

And standing there was Keryl.

Keryl spotted where Namu was and immediately shot toward Seo-jun.

At that moment.

Seo-jun tilted his frying pan at an angle to block it.

Bang!

Along with a spark that flew up from below, a bullet embedded itself next to Namu's face. The bullet, having bounced off the frying pan, had flown in his direction.

'Crazy.'

He was terrified out of his wits.

Seo-jun had vanished before anyone knew it, and Keryl focused once again on the newly appeared enemy.

-???

-Wait, did he actually aim for a ricochet?

-It must be a coincidence. Ffs, how could that even make sense? lol

-No, but he looked slightly disappointed?

Right.

It had to be a coincidence.

[Keryl --> INeedBlackoutCurtains]

[Geomshin14 --> WetWipes]

Keryl quickly killed the newly appeared enemy, and the moment Namu focused back on the ground below,

Clang!

a vibration of someone climbing up at the end of the path with all their weight was transmitted.

'Crazy.'

He quickly looked to the side.

The moment the bullet passed beside his head, Seo-jun had taken advantage of Namu's shifted vision to move to the left, and had then quickly climbed the ladder to reach the path where Namu was standing.

-Seriously, those movements put special forces to shame

-When did he even get there?

-This guy is dead lol

'I'm dead.'

Bang! Bang!

Unlike with Tae-woo, Seo-jun closed the distance in just two shots, and Namu died just like that.

***

Seo-jun struck the fallen Keryl with a frying pan.

“My apologies, Lord Kale.”

“It's Keryl, hyung! Ah, seriously!”

Seo-jun thought he had a lot of nerve. Correcting his name with a smile even after losing.

“Sure, Lord Kale.”

Seo-jun finished off the unconscious Keryl.

[Geomshin14 --> Keryl]

The one remaining teammate fled, and Tae-woo, with his resurrection cut off, was staring at him as if it were absurd.

“Did you piss yourself?”

Seo-jun said.

It was not the usual display of teenage boys' bluffing or confidence in their own awesome play.

He literally meant whether he had pissed himself.

“Whatever. It's virtual reality, so I wouldn't.”

I see. Then did he wet himself in reality?

“We'll know when we go out and look at the capsule.”

“Shut up and just kill me quickly. Wow, seriously, you madman. Dual-wielding there, of all things.”

Tae-woo lay down in despair.

-What in the world just happened? lol

-Ffs, when this bastard dual-wielded two frying pans, I literally got chills. Real talk.

-Did I piss myself too?

-I pissed myself too

-Streamer, are you seriously insane!!!

-The commentators are completely losing it, and they're roasting Penguin to get his nyan-speak ready lolololol

-This is an absolute win. The LiOS championship is ours. This guy is a blue-chip stock.

-Are there still any suckers who haven't gone all-in on the streamer's points? lol

Seo-jun laughed as he watched the chat, then turned his head toward Tae-woo.

“Why would I kill you?”

Seo-jun spoke, but Tae-woo did not even pretend to listen and only said what he wanted to say.

“It's just a warm-up game anyway. I'll beat you in the main tournament. Remember that there are no frying pans there, you punk. Seriously, what a scammer. Someone report him for hacking, guys. Quick. No, seriously, does that even make sense?!”

“Hey. I said I'm not killing you.”

“Did they only give him some other ridiculously broken capsule... Huh? Why?”

“You need to find the key to the secret room.”

Seo-jun spoke as if he had left it in his care.

“Uh... Huh?”

“Find it quickly. If you find the key to open it, I'll let you use the defibrillator.”

Seo-jun simply figured that two people looking would be easier than one.

And from the sound of it, the other teammate seemed to be leaving quickly.

-Jin Seo-jun! Jin Seo-jun! Jin Seo-jun! Jin Seo-jun! Jin Seo-jun! Jin Seo-jun!

-The winner has already been decided

-Blocking with a frying pan? High-level players can do that, if we're being extremely generous. But dual-wielding? lol No way.

-He's definitely going to become a target of vigilance now.

-Seriously, how is this an assimilation rate of 10?

-Just how many legendary moments is he creating today alone!

The chat window was a crucible of madness.

“By the way, Seo-jun.”

“Yeah?”

“Am I looking for it in this state? Seriously?”

It seemed he had a mind to look for it. From Tae-woo's perspective, victory was already gone, but he still seemed to want to play the game more.

“Yes.”

“Look for it while knocked down? My movement speed is ridiculously slow and I can't even stand up?”

“Because otherwise, you'd run away immediately.”

Since using a defibrillator made a loud noise, he could immediately notice and come over.

“Fine, I got it.”

Tae-woo said so and departed to find the key to the secret room. To be precise, he crawled sluggishly.

***

Although the key to the secret room spawned randomly somewhere in the basement, there were main locations where it typically appeared.

First was the corners. Although the terrain was randomly generated every round, the corners themselves did not change, so it seemed the developers had chosen that spot.

Or, one could search near the secret room located right in the center.

'Or so a viewer said.'

Cautious that another teammate might have escaped, Seo-jun quickly rounded the corner.

Clatter.

As a result, he easily found the key. Seo-jun quietly approached the center.

[Pado --> asdqwe12#]

A kill message popped up while he was drawing near.

The teammate from earlier had indeed gone outside.

“Ah, they died to this. Am I the only hope for our team? As the team leader, I have to show them what I've got. Then I guess I can't use that plan from earlier.”

Tae-woo, unaware that Seo-jun had quietly approached, was crawling around the center searching for the key.

Because he possessed a defibrillator, Tae-woo did not die immediately even though all of his teammates were dead.

'What does he mean by that plan from earlier?'

Seo-jun watched a bit longer.

“What do you mean my teammates are telling me to just die? But they say even rolling in a field of dog dung in this world is better than the afterlife.”

Fortunately, his viewers did not go to Tae-woo's stream to tell him that Seo-jun was behind him.

“The moment I revive and get an opening, I'll backstab him immediately. If that's the case, why didn't I just go to Seo-jun's room earlier and turn off his capsule? Honestly, I admit it. I should have done it before my teammates died. Sigh, now that everyone is dead, there's no more hope.”

So that was it.

“What do you mean, pull the capsule plug? It has a built-in backup battery, so it'll keep running. Just pressing the power-off button normally is the best way.”

It was possible to turn off the capsule normally by pressing the shutdown button from the outside as well.

This was one of the secrets that kids with capsules at home absolutely never wanted their mothers to know.

“Sure, go ahead and try.”

“Huh?”

“For your information, I found this. So you have no complaints, right?”

Seo-jun jingled the key.

“Farewell.”

***

After packing the items from the secret room, Seo-jun prepared to go outside. The special weapon was a sniper rifle.

Based on the current safe zone, the exit they could go out of was the airfield.

Seo-jun communicated with his teammates as he walked toward the airfield.

Since no enemies were in sight, they agreed to meet up first.

Before they knew it, only two squads were left.

In terms of headcount, there were currently eight people on the field.

And out of a total of 24 people, Seo-jun's kill count was 12.

“With about 12 kills, I'd be the MVP, right?”

-Simply a squad blender lololol

-All of this was accomplished alone

-It was set in stone from the moment he blocked with the frying pan. No matter how much more insane plays anyone else shows, ever since he showed the dual-wielding, he's unconditionally on another level.

-Is the only one left Pado?

-Don't tell him, guys. Keep it clean.

To think they were intentionally trying not to share the information.

These guys were not being well-mannered.

“You guys just aren't telling me because you want me to suffer. No, seriously, stream sniping is legal at least in warm-up games.”

Indeed.

They simply wanted Seo-jun to struggle more.

“Seriously, you're like elementary school boys bullying a girl they like.”

Seo-jun smirked as he climbed up the stairs.

-???

-Why would we like you?

-No way? I hate the streamer?

-We only watch because you're seriously fucking, fucking, fucking, fucking good. If your skills were at a normal Challenger level? Then I wouldn't watch, and I would've posted malicious comments every time you bragged.

-Real lol if it were a normal Challenger level, it would've been instant Teusu-style education ah lol

-But he's not at a normal Challenger level, is he?

-This bastard is holding us hostage with his skills to make us watch his stream. What a dirty fellow!

A strong denial was as good as a strong affirmation.

Seo-jun went outside.

There was a pile of weeds that looked like an ancient tomb.

'Now then, I should contact...'

At that moment.

Seo-jun felt a sense of incongruity and ducked his head.

Thud!

A bullet passed by where he had stood and embedded itself in the ground.

'Did the enemy get an air drop too? A sniper?'

In the distance, a wooden box, presumed to be the corpse of Tae-woo's teammate who had fled earlier, was visible.

Bang!

Seo-jun quickly hid behind cover and pulled out his radio.

Now was the time to end it.