Chapter 46
Chapter 46
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 46
Chapter Title: Malicious Snipers and the Deadly Top 10
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I couldn't figure out why my teammates' attitudes had suddenly shifted.
But after seeing how sweet they'd become toward me and checking the chat reactions, I finally got it.
Ah, so this is...
The infamous yeomisae.
Even when watching Ayase's streams.
Or other VTubers' streams, I'd often spot those yeomisae guys getting all hyped up at the sound of a girl's voice.
Why hadn't I noticed right away?
It's a matter of perception.
Do I truly recognize my gender as "female"?
I'd accepted the facts and the changes, but actually internalizing it was another thing entirely.
Lying in bed, my big chest still felt uncomfortable.
Bathing always brought on these weird, lewd thoughts.
Putting on a bra made me resent why I had to wear the damn thing.
My daily life had changed drastically with the gender swap.
Still, deep down, I perceived myself as "male."
Of course I did.
After all, the years I'd lived as a man outnumbered the ones as a woman by dozens... no, hundreds of times over.
It felt awkward as hell.
Hearing my voice had turned my teammates into the sweetest guys on earth, and it was killing me.
Even so.
I had a job to do.
I faithfully played my role as the Level 4 Backpack.
[Anyone got a vertical grip?] "I've got one."
[Anyone got heavy ammo?] "I've got three."
[We're low on drinks... Anyone got drinks?] "I've got 12."
[Thanks, No. 3.] [No. 3, you know how to play. How old are you?] [Your voice is amazing too.] Yeah.
This is gaming.
This is exactly the scenario I envisioned from the start.
Amid some slightly awkward small talk with my teammates, the match had shrunk to the third circle before I knew it.
Ten squads left, including ours.
We'd made it into the top 10—first in the universe!
See?
Loadout Royale might be tough, but Battle Lounge? Team up right, and chicken dinner's on the table.
💬 Comments — Viewer Are we seriously winning this? — Viewer These teammates are carrying hard tho? — Viewer Day 1 top 10 players → high chance they're vets. — Viewer Top 10 vets dying off raises win odds lololol — Viewer Win this? Win this? Win this? Win this? — Viewer Even the circle's perfect — Viewer Boring boring boring boring boring boring boring Objectively, our squad had the highest win chance right now.
Circle and position were ideal.
Having claimed high ground with cover, my teammates picked off kills from afar with 4x scopes, peeking carefully.
Of course, this playstyle would eventually burn through resources, so it wasn't optimal for the long haul.
However.
I said it from the start.
I'm the Level 4 bag.
[No. 3, got any ammo left?] "Yeah, still 300 rounds."
[Pfft... why do you carry so much ammo?] "Well... I wanted to do my Level 4 bag job right... really wanna try that chicken dinner."
[...] [...] [...] As soon as I finished speaking.
[Bus ride incoming.] [No. 2, No. 4, let's stop kill-chasing and play smart.] [2 DMRs at 175, 1 SR. SR's fully exposed.] My teammates' combat prowess leveled up.
💬 Comments — Viewer This sly little...! — Viewer Studied up on guy-baiting lines? — Viewer Foxy vixen strikes again lol — Viewer Queen bee energy ㅋㅋ — Viewer What — Viewer Gasp — Viewer Level 4 bag pulling her weight as a full player, what's the issue? — Viewer Facts: she's legit doing a full share as Level 4 bag;; — Viewer No cult leader = ammo gone ages ago Perfect.
Keep this up, and victory's ours.
If we keep this up, that is.
...
...
...
Three squads left.
Our win odds skyrocketed.
Playing with these guys showed me—they're just straight-up good.
[One down.] [Confirm kill.] [Watch for another, 255 direction.] Another squad incoming while we pinched one.
A dicey spot, but with resources to spare, no issue for us.
[No. 3, smoke...] No need to tell me.
I know.
In battle royale, the most broken item? Smoke grenades, hands down.
Unless they've got aimbot or ESP hacks, mid-range kills through smoke on the enemy team are near impossible.
Luckily, I still had seven smokes.
I started lobbing them toward my teammates.
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
On the fifth smoke toss.
💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 'Holynight3223' killed by 'E-Zia520's grenade.
"Huh?"
[Huh?] 💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 'Robertpraiser' killed by 'E-Zia520's grenade.
💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 'Rexbegonia' killed by 'E-Zia520's grenade.
💥 CRITICAL HIT! 💥 'E-Zia520' killed by 'E-Zia520's grenade.
"What the fuck!"
💬 Comments — Viewer What a moron lmao — Viewer Fuckin noob, what are you doing!!!!!!!!!! — Viewer This is unforgivable — Viewer Why throw nades ffs — Viewer Shitting on a sure win — Viewer This is straight-up intentional trolling — Viewer Gallery time, screenshot this bastard [Uh... g-good game.] [F-fun game, No. 3. Must've hit the wrong key.] [Too bad... oh well. Happens.] Ah.
Thought I threw smokes.
Turned out to be frags at my own team.
Mixed up the keys.
No excuses.
I'd kicked away fortune that fell right into my lap.
No time to even apologize before getting booted from the lobby.
"..."
My chicken.
My victory glory.
My million won.
...
...
...
No second stroke of luck.
Next round.
Ran into dopamine junkies obsessed with top 10s.
The one after.
Teammates with mics off, wiped out.
The one after that.
First win in a big city fight, but those dopamine fiends bailed after looting it all with "Tasty" chat and dipped.
Finally on round 4, got a proper farming team.
But another problem.
Malicious snipers wiped us.
...Only now it hit me.
Those three yeomisae were vets.
They hadn't climbed high because of no snipers.
They were just that good—they shut down snipers preemptively.
Crushed.
No win this time.
As I moped.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ NotReflectingMyriadStars donated 10,000 won. Private? How about playing with viewers instead of randoms this time? The chairman made another offer.
Hmm.
Play with viewers instead of random squads.
...Not a bad idea.
Random squads were all yeomisae or top-10 dopamine addicts.
Should've done viewers from the start.
I went into settings and enabled invites.
Hundreds of invite notifications flooded in.
💬 Comments — Viewer Firepower insane lmao — Viewer Cult firepower what ㅋㅋㅋㅋ — Viewer Red flag: those guys were sniping the host — Viewer Fuck those sniper scum! Pondering which of the hundreds to accept.
One nickname caught my eye.
'Ex-calibur'
The legendary weapon from Arthurian legend.
The original name of Yoo Euisul's 'Iron Sword No. 3' before renaming.
Max level too—vet of vets.
Riding a vet's bus might be cheap.
But I'd suffered enough.
Five hours in already.
Time to win.
Accepted the invite.
Duoed into matchmaking.
One viewer, two randoms.
[Basement.] [Oh shit! Sniper pick incoming!] Of course, two snipers.
Just in case, I warned them.
"No top-10 chasing, no weird talk, no trolling."
[You're the one trolling, sis.] "..."
[We wanna survive as long as possible too, cult leader.] Fair.
1-in-hundreds sniper success—they'd wanna game with me longest.
Wonder why No. 1, 'Ex-calibur', mic off?
Mic broken...?
Game started.
For safe farming, dropped a village off the flight path.
But.
Malicious snipers were persistent.
[One team... no, two teams following, cult leader!] [Fuck these sniper scum!] You guys are snipers too, you lunatics.
Me and No. 1 'Ex-calibur' dropped same house.
Straight to the bathroom again.
💬 Comments — Viewer Why always the bathroom ffs lolol — Viewer Host strat ㅇㅇ — Viewer Takeshi mode on. — Viewer Shivering Do your thing, teammates.
Thud thud thud thud.
Loud footsteps.
Someone breaching the house.
Then.
Bang, bang!
Double-barrel shotgun blasts rang out.
Kill log for 'Ex-calibur' scrolled up top right.
One downed.
Two downed.
Three downed.
Squad down.
One downed.
Two downed.
Three downed.
Remaining squad down.
Ex-calibur solo-wiped two squads in seconds.
[Whoa, what is No. 1?!] [Strongest holy sword, GOAT legendary weapon.] Damn, Ex-calibur!
Didn't believe in you...!
After wiping two squads, Ex-calibur finally spoke.
[Sis, I'll carry you.] "...Huh?"
💬 Comments — Viewer O — Viewer It's a girl — Viewer Koja im? — Viewer Koja da!!!!! — Viewer Heuuuung... girl noonaaaa — Viewer Vet girl noona ㄷㄷㄷㄷ Hold up.
This voice.
I've definitely heard it before.
...Or not?