Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 5
Chapter Title: This Isn't a Self-Deprecating Broadcast
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“Argh! We finally make it there, and of all things, we run into a supply train!”
『Why’s this guy running a marathon in capture mode?』
『Tried to flank ‘em and got flanked instead, huh?』
『Picked up a mission for nothing and now he’s just tanking the squad score lololol』
『Poor squadmatesㅋㅋㅋ』
“Still, no way enemy reinforcements are coming now, right? This time we hop in the chopper, nab the point, and call it a day.”
『Ttalgwi, sweetie... just grab a sniper rifle and snipe like a noob...』
『Gonna spend the whole match digging tunnels lololol』
『For real, not living up to the nickㅋㅋㅋ』
『ㅋㅋㅋㅋAcrophobic but thinks she can rappel?』
“Shut up! I took out all the AA guns in their spawn on purpose! If I quit digging now, I’ll really get called a troll!”
The popular streamer known by the handle ‘Ttalgwi,’ Han Sera.
She irritably swept back her smooth blonde hair and boarded the CH-47 transport chopper.
The squadmates boarding after her didn’t look too thrilled either.
In capture mode, striking the enemy rear was a brilliant strategy on paper, but after getting shot down multiple times already, morale was in the gutter.
She pulled out her PDA from her vest pocket and checked—only two respawns left.
It had started as a mission for sponsor cash, this ‘tunnel’ strat, but now her inner FrontArk veteran pride was kicking in hard.
“This time, we sweep A point for sure. I wrecked their last AA gun earlier, so no getting shot down mid-flight.”
“Ttalgwi? You good with heights? We can’t have another freefall like last time.”
“Ow! Why you gotta say that too?! I’m turning on the assist this time! Happy?!”
“Ah... so you’re relying on the system after all...”
“Stop needling me. Want me to teamkill you?”
Of course, with only three squadmates left including her, teamkill wasn’t even an option.
Everyone knew it, so the squad and viewers kept up the snarky jabs without mercy.
As she bickered with everyone around her, the transport chopper lifted off toward enemy territory.
Bullets whizzed up from the ground like fireworks, but with their AA neutralized, there was zero worry.
“No one on the ground! They must think we gave up and all pushed forward!”
『Just got treated like small fry, huh?』
『Lmao Ttalgwi’s not even worth bothering withㅋㅋㅋ』
『FrontArk’s Shin Myeongho got outplayed lolololol』
“Shin Myeongho? Who’s that? Anyway, looks safe to drop right on top of A!”
Reaching the enemy’s rearmost point and confirming it clear, she prepped for rappel.
Truth be told, her crippling acrophobia had her legs frozen, so she just entrusted herself to the assist system and squeezed her eyes shut.
FrontArk offered all sorts of assists for non-military players like her.
Hardcore types griped that it wasn’t ‘real skill,’ but most used them for rappels and the like anyway.
“Gaaah!”
『Lmao saw that butt-landing crystal clear』
『Floor okay down there?』
『Show us the ass and I’ll hype it up』
┗ Chat deleted by block.
『How you fall even with assists onㄷㄷ』
After a bumpy landing, Ttalgwi shook it off and scanned her surroundings.
A quick sweep with her thermal sight showed no enemies—lucky break.
The other two squadmates hopped down from the chopper and fell in behind her naturally.
Zero stragglers on a rear infil—mission half-complete already.
“We gotta hit the bunker to start the cap. Stay sharp and move careful.”
She checked the map on her PDA and headed for the underground bunker at the point’s heart.
Predictably close-quarters terrain, so the squadmate with the SMG took point.
The bunker’s dim interior had a straight-up eerie vibe.
Dust sifting down from artillery vibes felt like straight-out-of-a-horror-game terror.
Fortunately, most players had pushed forward—no defenders in sight.
That said, no rushing in blind; she put her YouTube-learned CQB to work, clearing rooms methodically.
“Shh.”
The point man signaled everyone to halt.
Ttalgwi snapped into combat stance, flicking her safety to burst.
Viewers tensed up too—chat speed visibly slowed.
Sensing potential content, Ttalgwi peered ahead.
‘A kid?’
Deep in the bunker, a petite girl huddled crying.
Hard to make out in the low light and camo cream, but her slim build and uniform screamed female player.
Why alone? Why crying? Total mystery girl.
If this were real life, she’d have screamed ‘ghost.’
“Again... again... trapped again... N-no... please get me out...”
The girl even muttered creepy shit in a frail voice.
Cute enough to trigger protector instincts normally, but the context just made it horrifying.
No matter how unhinged, definitely a female player.
Bad premonition hit, so she checked chat—yep, exploding already.
『Wtf? A girl?』
『Female player!! Female player!! Female player!! Female player!!』
『Doable』
『Capture her gogogo!! Capture her gogogo!!』
『Another streamer maybe?』
『Can’t see shit but she’s cute af』
『Team up? Team up? Team up? Team up?』
『Capture and interrogate her?』
Classic mil-sim simp reactions.
Girl = even ghost fine; they were spamming ‘capture her.’
Too bad FrontArk had no POW system.
You could truce by mutual consent, but that got you labeled teaming scum.
So, had to eliminate for the cap.
Decision made, Ttalgwi grabbed a grenade from her vest and whispered to squad.
“Uniform says enemy op for sure. Grenade to be safe.”
『Boo trash!!』
『Killing a girl!!』
『Copy-paste ‘doomed’ quick everyone』
“No choice! You want me to team instead?!”
『No excuses war criminal bitch』
┗ Chat deleted by block.
『Brig or doom?』
『Capture! Capture! Must capture!』
“What kinda nonsense... Whatever, just toss the damn grenade.”
Ignoring chat, Ttalgwi yanked the pin.
Killing an endangered female player stung, but it wasn’t real death—no guilt.
Just hoped the girl wouldn’t quit over it.
Judging by the solo sobbing, total newbie for sure.
‘Hang in there, kid.’
Thoughts sorted in a flash, she lobbed the grenade at the girl.
Then hugged the corridor wall to skip the splatter.
Three seconds and it’d be done.
Chat would rage, but A point ours.
“Eeeek!! G-grenade!! (граната!!)”
“Huh?”
But Ttalgwi’s plan shattered with the girl’s scream.
The F-1 she’d just thrown? Sailing right back into their midst.
Too fast to react.
It blew up point-blank—instant death for the whole squad.
『Whoa lol wtf?』
『No way she picked it up and chucked it back?』
『Fucking scared meㅋㅋㅋ horror game who needs it lol』
『Delay’s 3.5 secs—possible?』
『Flanked again? Flanked again? Flanked again?』
『Totally faked crying and saw everything lololol』
『Sniper play huh lololol』
Screen faded to respawn wait—chat on fire.
Ttalgwi, still clueless, just gawked blankly.
Theoretically, cook-and-throw grenades existed.
But that play? Human reflexes couldn’t hack it—superplay even on purpose.
And the girl looked totally zoned out.
Beyond logic—had to be a sniper, right?
“W-what kinda psycho does that?! The crying was all fake?!”
『This is straight-up hilarious lolololol』
『Sniperchad just made your life montage』
『3k kekekekekeke』
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〔Acting that good? She could be an actress lol〕
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〔Ttalgwi strikes again?〕
“Dammit! Shoulda just shot her! Thought she was a noob so I grenaded!”
『Let’s go again lolololol』
『Die again and it’s legendaryㅋㅋㅋ』
『3v1 and die again? No way.』
“Don’t gotta tell me! I’m clearing this tunnel mission if it kills me!”
Respawned Ttalgwi, face red with rage and shame, hopped back in the chopper.
Squadmates, equally baffled, followed wordlessly this time.
If sniper for real, she’d teabag the corpse.
With that do-or-die resolve, the chopper flew rearward again.
“How the hell do you snipe in a VR game?!”
『Hacks exist, sniping’s easy lololol』
『But if not hacker how you handling?』
『Clip’s already going viral lol』
『If sniperbitch, dogeza and doomtime lololol』
Current viewers: around 6,000.
Clip must’ve hit the forums—numbers climbing fast.