Chapter 43
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Translator: Wjin
Chapter: 43
Chapter Title: Ang Gimo Ddi!
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—Huh? Really? Ironhead? If you lose today, you're shaving your eyebrows right here?
—A man doesn't go back on his word!
Elementary Team Individual Preliminaries will begin in 5 minutes!
All tournament participants will be moved to the tournament server!
At that moment, Kangyul's character was forcibly transported to the tournament server.
This wasn't just Kangyul—Jang Seongtae and Lee Jaeyoung were in the same boat.
'In the end, we have to jump in without a single practice run.'
Since Kangyul had signed up for the sniper division, he wouldn't run into Jang Seongtae or Lee Jaeyoung.
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The timer ticked down relentlessly until the game finally began.
'Midas Pier Sudden Attack Supreme Battle!' The individual prelim format was as follows.
The map was randomly selected for fairness. Once the game started, only the top half by kill count after 5 minutes could advance to the next round.
In short, all you had to do was place in the top half of the total participants.
'Warehouse.'
It was the map Kangyul had practiced the most with Kim Min-a.
With so many players, it would be a bloodbath, but Kangyul was plenty familiar with it.
Game has started!
Kangyul immediately climbed onto the containers and started picking off visible enemies one by one.
Rather than playing it safe, the priority was maximizing kills—even if it meant dying.
Bang!
Gunfire erupted from all directions, and kill notifications scrolled up rapidly.
But soon enough, Kangyul took a bullet and went down.
'3 kills! Not bad.'
First place had 4 kills—one more than him.
At this rate, advancing to the next round would be a breeze.
Kangyul respawned inside a corridor.
As he stepped out, a character charging at him wildly swung a knife.
Whoosh!
'Knife in a sniper match?'
Knives were allowed, so it didn't matter much.
Kangyul quickly crouched and dropped the knifer with a prone shot.
Bang!
'Whew. Close call.'
When the 5 minutes were up, Kangyul ended with 98 kills—tied for first.
The next round's map was Dragon Road.
Vaster than Warehouse and demanding real sniper skill.
But Kangyul racked up kills effortlessly here too, wrapping up day one's prelims in the top ranks.
'Easy.'
Jang Seongtae and Lee Jaeyoung breezed through round 2 just as easily.
After the middle school and high school teams finished their prelims, the adult team's prelims kicked off.
Kangyul turned the AfreecaTV stream back on.
Ironhead and Kim Min-a were seated at the prepared PCs, gearing up for prelims.
"Bros! Don't forget the mission! Let's go with the Ironhead special once! Got it?!"
Ironhead wasn't the only one with a mission on the line.
His diehard fans kept piling on star balloon bets.
As a result, the star balloons riding on Ironhead beating Kim Min-a had ballooned past 60,000.
Ironhead was burning with fighting spirit, while Kim Min-a stayed composed by comparison.
'Should I give Kim Min-a a little boost too?'
Hand of God Kangyul has gifted 100 star balloons!
Hand of God Kangyul: Meerkat beats Ironhead? Bonus 1 million won incoming ^-^ Fighting!
—Ahh, Hand of God Kangyul just said Kim Min-a gets a 1 million won bonus if she beats Ironhead.
—Really? Boss—no, Ironhead—I'll crush you nice and easy.
Her words were fierce, but Kim Min-a demurely thrust out a fist and yelled.
Holy shit lololol she'll crush him. Ironhead's toast.
Why is her speech so damn cute lololol
And with that, the adult team prelims began.
—Alright! 3 Supply, right? My best map? I win 'em all? It's over?!
Ironhead excitedly hammered his mouse and keyboard.
As a full-time gaming BJ, he definitely had the edge over casuals.
'Ironhead's better than I thought.'
Meanwhile, Kim Min-a's map was Provence.
A clan war favorite—wider than 3 Supply, making kills tough.
—Ironhead's map: 3 Supply! Meerkat's: Provence. Ironhead's got a huge map advantage!
Shouldn't there be a kill handicap here?
Ironhead, honestly kill handicap cool?
—Bros! Cut the weird talk! I'm locked in—don't throw me off! 11 kills now! Tied for first!
—Meerkat's at 6 kills for first. Whoa, her shots are no joke. She's really good? Do you play Sudden Attack often?
—...Hey. I'm busy. Don't talk to me!
Kim Min-a was desperately dashing around to rack up kills.
Why was the map so damn big? Too much time wasted hunting respawns.
'At this rate, I'm losing!'
That was when it happened.
Ironhead, who seemed set for an easy mission clear, suddenly flew into a rage and slammed his keyboard.
—What the hell is this asshole! Why's he so good with a shotgun!
'Shotgun? No way...'
A familiar shotgun-wielding character appeared in Ironhead's room.
Relentlessly chasing and blasting only Ironhead.
—This is sniping! Sniping! Honggyu, you fucker! I told you not to!
Yup. Room assignment random lol deal.
Blames others for his shitty skills tsk tsk. That shotgun tho damn.
Tournament rules made room assignments random, so no targeting Ironhead on purpose.
But the character popping up everywhere to harass only Ironhead was indeed Im Honggyu.
—...Min-a! I'll help you win!
By sheer luck in the same room, he was going all-out to make Kim Min-a win.
'Haha. Im Honggyu's something else.'
Ironhead's kill rate slowed as the interference dragged on.
And eventually, Kim Min-a overtook him.
—Ironhead! Current kills: 38! Meerkat: 39! Epic comeback!!
Bang!
Bang!
Even amid the chaos, Ironhead was getting hunted down by Im Honggyu.
When round 1 ended, Ironhead had 62 kills. Kim Min-a: 74. She won.
—Not over yet! Round 2 left? It's combined score, so I'll reverse it next! Right?
Who said combined rounds? Just round 1?
Just do round 2 anyway. Meerkat ain't winning. Shot diff this big lol
Things slid right into Ironhead's sneaky plan to combine rounds.
But the moment round 2 started, Ironhead slammed his keyboard again.
Bam!
Kim Min-a's round 2 map: Warehouse. Ironhead's: Provence.
Kim Min-a dominated round 2 too, leaving Ironhead with a face like he ate shit.
Couldn't blame Im Honggyu—his round 2 kills were pathetically low.
—...Charmer Honggyu. I remember you. Don't show your face around me.
Ironhead glared at the camera in warning.
Mission failed! Shave the brows! Shave brows!!
Ironhead bald head, brows—now shave what? What's left?
Only the precious one's left lololololol
—Argh, fuck. Honestly, Honggyu fucked the mission, so shaving brows is overkill, right? Just one side!
One side's even grosser.
Better half and half both sides.
Ooh good lol half-half go go
—No, what? Not like half-half chicken—what's half brows?
TrueIronhead has gifted 2,000 star balloons!
TrueIronhead: Both sides go go
AssaultMonster has gifted 1,000 star balloons!
AssaultMonster: Yeah both sides look better. Trim pretty.
The chat exploded with donations from Ironhead's fandom.
Ironhead's expression slowly shifted to pleased sulkiness.
—OK! Meerkat, shave 'em clean for me!
—...Me?
—Yes! You got that 1 million bonus because of me! And my brows might need a razor—pretty please.
Kim Min-a grimaced at the tweezers forced into her hand but nodded.
Scrape scrape—
Kim Min-a carefully shaved Ironhead's eyebrows.
Whether accident or not, she left just a third on each side—both gone otherwise.
Ironhead instantly sported weird Japanese yokai brows.
ShakeAssRockbar has gifted 500 star balloons!
ShakeAssRockbar: Oh shit lololololololol god tier
OKLivestockBank has gifted 999 star balloons!
OKLivestockBank: Legend lololololol
Ironhead stared blankly at his shaved brows.
Star balloons poured in alongside his grotesque new look, his inner turmoil plain on his face.
'Haha. That was fun.'
Hand of God Kangyul has gifted 10,000 star balloons!
Hand of God Kangyul: Good work. Truly Ironhead. I'll drop by often.
Ironhead, peering into a mirror, spotted the 10,000-balloon explosion and shot up from his seat.
—Ah, Kangyul bro, thank you! You're a big donor now! Ang gimo ddi!
Ironhead danced with his bizarre expression.
Kim Min-a stared at him with a look of disgust.
And today's highlight clip? None other than Kim Min-a's horrified reaction to Ironhead's antics.
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