I Regressed, But the World Isn’t Destroyed - Chapter 83



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Episode 83 [Iron Fist] – EVO Held (2)

[The world’s strongest gaming nation]

[Korea’s No. 1 is the world’s No. 1.]

-Update banner for some famous games-

There was a time like that in the past.

There was a time when when you thought of Koreans, you thought of games, and when you thought of games, you thought of Koreans.

At that time, to gamers all over the world, [Koreans = crazy battle-hardened gamers] and [The Land of the Calm Dawn = a terrifying battlefield where only those who mastered war techniques gathered].

This perception continued into the early days of Fulldive, when the fighting game world was dominated by nerds.

The world championship championship and runner-up were swept by Anatole and the next Korean in good form.

This was because it was common for overseas champions to come to Korea to compete and then be eliminated in the first or second round.

[Finals? Oh, that match between a Korean and a Korean, where the Korean wins?]

One day, a post like this was uploaded to Reddit’s Allfair board and within hours it had become the best post with a ton of upvotes.

But that’s not the case now.

Nowadays, no one says that we should start by giving the championship trophy to a Korean.

Everything has become a thing of the past.

[Beyond the quarterfinals, Evan De;;]

[Ah! Brother Nattoli! Stop it!]

[F*ck, I turned it off after watching the competition… All the Korean players failed… Ah, the old days!]

Why?

This is because Korea is no longer the only country where all its citizens do full dive.

These days, full dive is replacing traditional sports.

There is no one anymore who doesn’t know that if you are good at games, you can make money.

Now, the number one dream job for children all over the world is becoming a full-dive game pro!

And the result.

[They doubled the size of the analysis team, but how is this Nick Jackson guy doing so much better than before? This capitalist is really fucked up.]

America, pushing forward with capitalism.

[Ah… I’m so pissed… That little shit is so damn good…]

India, which is being pushed by population.

[Gulov bastard, isn’t this a real monster?]

Some countries, such as Russia, are even training full-dive athletes at the national level.

With countries emerging as new powerhouses and digging deeper into full-dive over the years, Korea is no longer the world’s strongest gaming nation.

[How is Anatole’s form these days?]

-They are good at it… but kids from other countries are so good;

-Now the initiative just goes to foreign countries.

-‘Strategy Dor’ is no longer usable because they imported all the Korean coaches. That’s how the time of humiliation and persecution began.

The glory of Anatol was forgotten, the Korean Secret Weapon Goryeo was buried in the nerfs, and the talk about Koreans being the world’s best gaming people became a vulgar joke… right at that time…

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“hmm…”

]

A superhuman riding a white horse, who appeared like a comet, was walking across the EVO stage.

[Hmm, Ipgal!!!!!!!!!!]

(Captured image)

The 100% win rate that appears in the player introduction is fucking awesome lol

-Wow

-Hmm! Hmm!

-WaKyaPyaHeuk

-Please, Dohyuk Sensei, win EVO…

-Honestly, if you’re Dohyuk, wouldn’t you be able to cut off Kwabna’s neck?

-Kim Dae-hoon is the world’s best all-time physical fighting game genius, Do-hyeok sensei. Of course he’ll win. Who is Kim Dae-hoon?

nOur father’s son

Do you have any siblings?

No, I’m an only child

-This little shit, but the humming there is really funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ That’s right, Hmm, Lee Do-hyuk.

Naturally, Lee Do-hyeok’s appearance at EVO created a huge buzz in the Korean fighting game world.

And there was one person who was truly benefiting from that buzz.

[Brother cheering broadcast!! With the best special guest ever! / Gianchu / 36,782 people]

Gianchu, the guardian of the iceberg.

Thanks to her blood ties, she proudly holds the honor of being the number 1 viewer (domestic standard) for EVO broadcasts.

“Huh…? Watashi, a big company from day one…?”

Besides, today’s Gianchu broadcast was no ordinary broadcast.

Jianchu is broadcasting with a 3D avatar.

When making the avatar, it seems that the real Ji-an’s appearance was referenced, and if you just look at the face, there are quite a few parts that resemble Ji-an-chu’s face.

-F*ck, your speech is so annoying

-Hey, but why are you a virtual YouTuber today?

-I don’t know?

– He said that he is a guardian angel and that he shouldn’t cheer for the Apis competition with his main character…

-Fuckㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-The siblings are really a gag duo.

Surprisingly, the world of virtual YouTubers is still wide and expansive even in this full-dive era.

Even though virtual reality has been a trend for a long time, there is still a demand for virtual avatars.

And today’s Gianchu, who debuted as such a virtual YouTuber!

-So who is the guest?

-Should I call someone to ask for an explanation?

-Among Jianchu’s friends, is there anyone who knows a lot about fighting games?

-If I try, it’ll probably be something like Blue Dan…

Not only in the broadcast, but even before today’s broadcast, Jianchu had already drawn a lot of aggro by announcing that it would be a day of merging with a special guest of all time.

Because of that, the chat window has been constantly filled with questions about when the guest will appear.

“Okay, who’s today’s guest? It’s… It’s… .”

Gianchu is slowly preparing to reveal the special guest.

At that time, the chats started coming up.

She looked at the chat window.

-And you’re saying that the guest is Aegyo-chan? If you do this, I’ll really kill you. -Evan De, the script leaked;

-Hey, no way

-If you had any sense, wouldn’t you do that?

-Really, then it’s hell

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋIf that’s really the case, I recommend it

“… Uh… Uh… ?”

The pupils of Gianchu, who was immediately shaken, or rather, Chuming, a YouTuber who debuted on the first day.

‘These people…’

You figured out my pattern a long time ago?!

-?

-??

-Was it real?

-Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

-me

-Rock

“Guest…! He’s… coming! Maybe… too?”

Chuming (sub-character) faced a broadcast crisis from the first day of his debut.

* * *

Lee Do-hyeok entered to play Group H’s first match.

Swish-

Large display in the middle.

The game was played in capsules placed on either side of it.

“hmm…”

I glanced towards the audience and made eye contact with a few people who were looking at the stage.

But the eyes didn’t seem to show much interest.

If it’s natural, then it’s natural.

An amateur gamer who suddenly appeared, and whose only background is a ranking and winning some unknown streamer competition.

Moreover, according to Anatole and Beyond, the opponent was a fairly famous gamer.

It would be strange if people had expectations of him.

“Now, this is the first match of Group H. Player Ghatak was unfortunately eliminated by player Khwabna in the last competition, right? He is famous for handling the character Danila, which is an Indian martial art called Kalari Payat, the best in the world.”

“Danila also received a buff in this patch. The speed of the blade whip that she uses with her sword has increased by 1.05 times. That’s a pretty big buff, right?”

The commentators gave a brief introduction to Ga-tak and Lee Do-hyeok.

A showdown between a 4 seed and a 1 seed.

Naturally, the commentators’ attention is focused on Ghatak, a player from India who came in as the first seed.

Gatak is a legend from another fighting game, and is the pinnacle of yoga master concept characters in that game.

As the popularity of that game waned, he switched to Iron Fist, and was cited as a successful example of a change in discipline, having advanced to the finals once and the semifinals once in subsequent world competitions.

“Lee Do-hyeok, who will be facing off against such a player, is surprisingly an amateur from Korea! However, he is not just any amateur. He is ranked 1st on the Asian server! He also says that he has not lost a single game this season.”

「100% win rate? Hmm, I guess Korean and Japanese gamers these days don’t play ranked games and just focus on scrims? Well, it wasn’t long ago that the Asian server was the most competitive server in the world. It seems easy to predict the winner of this match!」

One is an experienced, top-level pro-gamer.

The other one is an amateur gamer who has only just gotten a little bit of a rise in the ranks.

Just looking at their resumes, it seemed obvious who would be the winner.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Is he good at playing tag?

-It’s just like the next level of Quabna.

-Just at the level of Anatol, Yondu, and Tsuki and losing and winning?

Of course, it was clear that Lee Do-hyeok would win.

“Oh! So that means you’re going to win!”

Jianchu shouted with an excited face.

Opinions may differ on the official EVO broadcast that people around the world are watching, but on her broadcast, everyone predicted Lee Do-hyeok’s victory.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋIt’s funny that you say he’ll win because he’s similar to Anatol. -Ah, Pongtol hyung ㅠㅠ-But when I watched the game earlier, Anatol’s skills improved a lot.

-Yeah, Tsukido’s form is really red

-thief

-Is this Lee Do-hyeok’s training method?

“… Certainly, when you stick with that person, there are parts of you that develop without you even realizing it.”

The girl in black muttered.

Today’s special guest, tada!

Black girl!

Of course, it wasn’t the original plan, and Jianqiu was on the verge of ruin when he tried to reveal that he was actually a guest as originally planned, so he urgently asked for help and invited her.

The two had become friends while playing games together in Monver over the past few weeks.

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“Huh? You’re curious about the Harang combo?”

]

[-

“Yes! No, really, I think I’m doing it right, but the viewers keep saying things.”

]

In addition, Jianchu was learning Ulpa from the Black Girl recently.

[-

“Ouch! Hurry up! Hurry up!”

]

[-

“… … ?”

]

[-

“Whew. How is it, Unnie?”

]

The girl in black had only heard rumors, but this was the first time she had actually seen Jianchu’s crazy play.

At the time, her embarrassed look was saved as a clip and achieved the feat of making it into the top 10 twerk hot clips of that day.

anyway.

[Gatag – Danila]

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[Lee Do-hyeok – Tetsujin]

■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■

Two players have completed character selection.

-‘That Doll’ ON

-It doesn’t show what mode it is?

-No matter what happens, it will end up being Lee Do-hyuk mode, right?

-Really lol

-Ah haha ​​I want to see the face of Gatak who was ‘beyond’ soon

“The match is about to begin! Player Gatak is out with his main character, Danilo, and player Lee Do-hyeok is out with his new character, Tetsujin!”

“I guess since they’re up against a professional player, and a player of the same level, they’re trying to confuse him as much as possible through Tetsujin. It’s a smart choice. But in the end, such petty tricks won’t work in the face of such an overwhelming difference in skill!”

Clank-

[GET READY FOR THE NEXT BATTLE]

The game began with high expectations from each side.

[READY]

[FIGHT!!!]

* * *

Similar times.

A place a little away from the main stage.

“Player Tsuki. First of all, congratulations on advancing to the main tournament.”

“thank you.”

Tsuki, who had already played two matches, was in the middle of a winner’s interview.

In the first round, he faced the 2nd seed Wanted, and in the following match, he faced the 3rd seed Stevia, and secured his spot in the main tournament by winning 4 out of 4 sets without losing a single set.

EVO’s qualifiers were not a one-off event, but were played over three sets, with the first team to win two of those sets in order to win.

“You showed that you never let your HP drop by more than three in the previous four sets. Many people expected that Wanted, who is considered the strongest 2-seed player, would have a close match with Tsuki, but you overturned those expectations right after the match started. What did you think of Tsuki? Did you expect him to win before the match?”

“I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t confident. I felt like my skills had improved quite a bit recently, so I thought I could win if I gave it my all.”

“That’s right. I saw from outside that you have the skills to be confident. You also seem to have made progress since the last competition. Did you happen to realize Iron Fist?”

“I haven’t realized it yet. I’ve just been training hard these past few weeks.”

Training… is this training…?

Wasn’t it just one-sided bullying…?

– Although Tsuki thought about it, he did not make the mistake of revealing his true thoughts in the interview.

In fact, in some ways it was really great training.

‘Hmm, umm…!’

Even just thinking about that time automatically causes a deep frown to form between my eyebrows.

At the same time, for some reason, it felt like a “Kkaang!” sound was echoing in my head.

And then one day, out of nowhere, he would persistently hit my buttocks or thighs instead of my head, like a devil… And when I asked him why he kept hitting those areas, he would say something hard to understand, like that’s just how love works…

“…hmm!”

Tsuki, who had been lost in thought for a moment, came to his senses again.

“Yes. I am always grateful for the support that my fans send me. I will definitely… um. Someday… definitely… keep… my promise to bring the EVO trophy back to Japan!”

After a series of questions and answers, Tsuki concluded the interview.

He then turned around and headed towards the club booth.

The players gathered in the waiting room before the draw, and now it is time to devise a strategy for the next match at the club booth with his coaching staff.

“… … .”

At that moment, I felt that persistent gaze once again.

Because of that gaze, Tsuki had been feeling a chill down her spine since a while ago.

That makes sense…

‘Why on earth have you been doing this since just now…?’

At that moment, their eyes met.

Then, Kwabna, who could no longer stand glaring at him while suddenly releasing his neck and hands, now glared at him.

It didn’t end there.

“Hehehe.”

‘Are you licking your lips when you look at me…?’

Tsuki had no idea what the reason was.