Chapter 44
Chapter 44
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 44
Chapter Title: Our Legend is a Sickly Beauty Girl
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To figure out the circumstances of how this all went down, we have to rewind to yesterday.
Today is Lunar New Year's Day, and yesterday was the New Year's holiday.
What happened?
Right, I drank with Seol-yoon and Dad.
A whole lot.
Looking back, it was straight-up binge drinking—no exaggeration.
Then today.
My condition was off from the booze, but I figured no big deal and declared Challenger King mode.
Played games for nearly 10 hours in that state.
Got tired midway, so I chugged an energy drink.
The culprit was caffeine shock!
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Arrhythmia resolved cleanly with stabilizer injection at the hospital. Blood tests show no abnormalities. Conclusion: Ordinary caffeine shock. 'Just one can!'
Give it up—your liver's already at its limit.
If you're tired, lie down and sleep it off.
I ignored my body's screams, poured more water into a bucket ready to overflow, and brought this tragedy on myself.
'Ah, so embarrassing.'
For someone hauled off in an ambulance, strolling out of the hospital looking way too fine—intense sage mode hit me hard.
'And that's not even the worst of it.'
Right before killing the mic.
I remember letting out those agonized, heavy pants and groans.
In front of 90,000 viewers, sounds that ugly.
'Survival report....... broadcast......'
Still, I figured I should let them know if I lived or died, so I fired up the stream on my phone.
"Ah, I'm alive and well."
Then ended the broadcast.
Couldn't muster the guts to check the real-time chat.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The gallery isn't some den of pure demons.
It's a gathering spot for socially awkward folks bad at real-life chit-chat, lonely souls who crave human connection and settle for meeting people online.
Sure, there are the occasional real crazies who desperately need psych meds but refuse treatment.
But that's a tiny minority.
Point is, even these folks have lines they try to hold.
📰 Breaking News Did Galju really get carted off???
>Anyone know what happened?
💬 Comments — Anon Mic just cut out—how the hell would we know? — Anon Please be okay... — Anon ↳ Reply This is freaking me out—isn't this like a funeral vibe? That ominous noise? Nah. ⭐ Top Comment — JeonJeonseol We'll save her no matter what. Call 112 and 119 all at once go go go go go — Anon ↳ Reply One call's enough—don't waste emergency services. What if it's real and we ignore it thinking it's a joke? You gonna take responsibility for Legend-noona, you prick? You're way too hyped—cops and firefighters got this, chill. — Anon Has Legend always been in bad health?? Why the sudden seizure? — Anon Seizure? That's how you talk to someone who's sick? — Anon It's slang... "seizure" means sudden symptom onset here, not scratching an itch lol. Modern vocab level scary af. Always yelling "seizure button" but now you don't even know what it means? Read a book instead of just watching YouTube all day. Everyone worrying about Jeon Jeonseol.
With 90,000 viewers, the topic dragged on for ages.
Then the broadcast flicked back on, survival report dropped.
— Anon Galju survival report lasts under 5 seconds lol. Last time 7 secs, this 5, next 3? — Anon Lmao — Anon Classic Galju, love it. — Anon Mission accomplished: "I'm alive." What's the problem? — Anon You and Jeon Jeonseol both T-types? Legend too? Asocial squad. Both T and asocial? — Anon Finally can catch some Z's. Why collapse in the dead of night?
>Stayed up wide-eyed till dawn.
>At least 2 hours of sleep now.
— Anon It's a holiday anyway. — Anon Got work tomorrow fml. It's today now. 2 hours is fine. Lmao Who works New Year's holiday? Lmao Don't wanna believe it. Now 1:55 left. Log off and sleep lol. Unemployed me scores another W today. — Anon Challenger King failed? Would've made it if not for the collapse. Shame. — Anon Jeon Jeonseol used every ounce against Victory and got hauled to the hospital like it was nothing. — Anon ↳ Reply Damn! How OP are you, Victory?! What actually took her down lol? Overexcitement or what? No way lol. Our Legend is a sickly beauty girl. As the mood lightened, folks started reminiscing.
It was a seriously disorienting incident.
Unforgettable: those groans broadcast to 90,000 people.
— Anon Expensive mics are worth it. Sounded like it was right next to me ㅗㅜㅑㅗㅜㅑ etc.
>One shot down.
— Anon You talking about Jeon Jeonseol's final moan being fire? Nothing like that in the post lol. Definitely wasn't mentioning that streamer, you misunderstood. Ah gotcha, my bad. These damn trolls. — Anon Recorded the incident (voicereplay)
>Enjoy fappers.
— Anon Thanks. — Anon You psycho—wanna do this to someone who went to the ER? Screenshot everything and report to her agency. — Anon Jeon Jeonseol even have an agency? Take it down kid. Delete the post student. Delete it you fucking retard. — Anon If #1 fap sesh + Quality Jerk-Off led to collapse, upvote. Me first lololol — Anon What if she actually faps IRL lol Hardcore nut. Should've done 10 in a row to beat Victory. — Anon ↳ Reply No-fap knight? Easy. Doc must've been shocked. Probably thought "Wtf is this idiot?" But Legend's eyes + top-tier SSS beauty in the region. Who says? OP here—this was about Brazilian porn I was watching. Not her. — Anon Two weeks from now: Group police station meetup recap. Crazy bastards lol — Anon Gal's state would trigger human disgust instantly fr. — Anon Legend-noona sue 'em and deliver justice pls. As long as it's not me~ Hm, looking back, maybe it is a demon den.
They don't just fail to hold the line—they obliterate it.
900 viewers? Forgettable. 90,000? Etched in stone.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Lost, but it was a fun game.
The thrill of a real nail-biter after so long.
Already hyped for the next one—that's what Jeon Woo-seung thought as he tuned into Jeon Jeonseol's stream.
—"Huuuh? Uuung....... Huuuu....... Haaak......"
Sudden groans blasting out.
Super disorienting.
—"Hik, 1, 119....... That's 119, right?"
Mic cuts as she worries about doxxing her address.
Stream owner goes silent after.
Just worried folks echoing empty chat.
'Why?'
Shock that his gaming buddy just collapsed mid-game.
But somehow, puzzle pieces clicked.
The nagging doubt all along.
That guy who loved games so much—why'd he vanish for 3 years like smoke?
Was it... illness?
Were you in the hospital?
Sick the whole time?
Too sick for even one game you loved?
He knew zilch about Jeon Jeonseol.
Just Teamfight Arena and Viscode friends list—that's it.
Both meaningless.
Best bet: Wild.
Maybe collab turned up something.
—"No clue. Know nothing."
Called right away, but Wild knew squat too.
Inevitable.
Ask for a number, feels like they wanna meet IRL.
Like wanting more than friends.
To be my friend, don't fall for me.
Even if you do, never confess.
He'd nailed that boundary shut.
Couldn't pry a thing.
'This why?'
Woo-seung pondered.
Maybe those playful warnings were "don't dig into me" signals.
Where'd you go for 3 years? How's your health now?
Smoke screen to dodge those Qs?
Classic trope pops up.
Incurable disease, terminal.
Tugs heartstrings for most.
For some, raw hellish reality.
No emotion or pathos—just pain. Just hell.
You in that now?
Trapped in hell?
So you told no one?
Cuz no one could do jack anyway?
Fists clenched tight.
Felt so powerless today.
"......"
He could only pull an all-nighter too.
Worried for his friend.
Woo-seung finally crashed at 4 a.m.
After Jeon Jeonseol's brief survival ping.