“……Why, why are you looking at me like that?”
I stuttered unconsciously at the gaze that was hot enough to be burdensome. Banye still looked at me and said,
“No, I was just thinking you really like this.”
“Of course I’m happy since Sisi will be so embarrassed!”
Does he really need to say that out loud? I’m so excited I could hug Banye!
With the channel in such an uproar, there’s no way Sisi hasn’t heard any news about it. As for why he can’t come out, well…… Sisi himself knows best. That he can’t win against Banye, who’s racked up a 30-win streak against Cavaliers.
“That bastard Sisi only talked shit about rankers behind their backs before, couldn’t say a word to their faces. He’s hiding even though he knows about this too, and later an excuse will go up, right? Saying he was in the countryside so he couldn’t log in……!”
He’ll make excuses saying there was a plausible reason rather than that he chickened out, but even so, not everyone will believe those words at face value.
How pissed off must he be right now? Thinking that Sisi, who’s always acting so high and mighty, got owned felt so refreshing.
Then Banye, who had been watching me continuously, spoke.
“Hyung still hasn’t forgotten Sisi, I see.”
“What kind of nonsense is that?!”
It was complete crazy talk. No, even seeing me get heated every time about Sisi, he says that?
I jumped up, but Banye didn’t correct his words.
“No…… If you’d really forgotten and shaken off all your feelings, it wouldn’t matter at all, but you still get super excited whenever Sisi comes up.”
“That and this are separate things!”
I guarantee there’s not a speck of affection left for Sisi. Rather, my hatred has grown even more than my affection was.
Now he’s just someone I pray will fail. I still get sick to my stomach thinking about the message that bastard Sisi sent through the official homepage and the 5 million won I lent him.
However, Banye didn’t understand my feelings.
“Anyway, you’re still obsessed.”
Why does he say such annoying things.
I fumed but Banye was calm even after screwing with me. I shot back sharply at Banye, who only said annoying things, meaning for him to feel what I’m feeling too.
“You also did a live broadcast on Banyecredit for me. Against Cavaliers……”
“Me?”
Banye immediately retorted as if it was absurd. Banye’s eyes were arrogant, as if saying ‘who do you think you are.’
“Sisi provoked the Imshiyong channel first.”
“He did provoke, but……”
“Hyung…… you think people will like you as a matter of course?”
The moment I heard Banye’s low words like a whisper, my elated mood sank completely.
One corner of my chest stung at the spiteful words. And I realized once again. Banye doesn’t really like me.
With me in front of him, my words stuck in my throat unable to even refute, Banye spoke as if driving in the final nail.
“Don’t say weird things, let’s just eat.”
“……You’re the one who said weird things first.”
“Yes, yes.”
“Answer just once.”
At the words I shot right back, Banye didn’t answer at all.
……He was really annoying.
* * *
And the next day.
A post went up on Sisi’s NewTube channel community.
[Sisi (1 hour ago)
Hello, this is Sisi.
I heard there were many events yesterday.
At that time, I had come down to the countryside so I couldn’t log in. Instead, when I return I’ll upload a guide on how to face Alchemists as a Cavalier.
Then as announced, I’ll see you on Monday’s live broadcast next week!]
[Guild][Haeyam] He really made the countryside excuse-yam
[Guild][Suckeot3] lolololololol ah so funny
I said in guild chat that Sisi would make this excuse, and the exact same excuse came up. Thanks to that, the guild chat window was filled with [lololololol].
[Guild][Neda] A guide on facing Alchemists as a Cavalier at this point……
[Guild][Yeongmyeong] Late to the party lolololololol
[Guild][Neda] I question whether he himself can execute it
[Guild][Bokgak] fr
If he was that confident, he could just challenge Banye even now, but he can’t do that and is trembling while stepping up to upload a rebuttal video—it was really so Sisi.
[Guild][Haeyam] The forums are also going crazy saying how unseemly-yam lol
[Guild][Banyecredit] Ah is that by any chance the countryside? unseemly lol that post
[Guild][Haeyam] That’s right-yam lol
[Guild][Banyecredit] I wrote that hehe lol
[Guild][Haeyam] lolololololololololololololololololololol
[Guild][Neda] lolololololololololol
[Guild][Suckeot3] lolololololololololololololol
I felt proud at the guild members’ laughter. Because lately I’d been secretly enjoying persistently slandering Sisi anonymously on the forums.
But then, Banye, who hadn’t been participating in the chat the whole time, spoke up.
[Guild][Aang] I’m trying to apply for guild PvP with Sisi’s guild, anyone who can’t participate
[Guild][Anajokiwojo] You’re gonna wreck the guild too?
[Guild][Nanneomukeoeyeowo] When are you doing it? On the weekend?
I was surprised by Banye’s sudden words and asked him next to me,
“……Su-suddenly fighting Sisi’s guild?”
“If we do a guild war when attention is high, we’ll get views and it’s good.”
‘No, since when has he had such a streamer mindset……!’
I thought that inwardly, but Banye’s words weren’t particularly wrong either, so I couldn’t refute them.
Moreover, the guild members were also excited, everyone saying they’d participate as if a festival had opened.
[Guild][Yeongmyeong] I hope to participate><
[Guild][Anajokiwojo] Me
[Guild][Nanneomukeoeyeowo] I’m available this week!
[Guild][Haeyam] From the sub-guild masters it’ll be mandatory participation-yam
[Guild][Suckeot3] Do they give a lot of guild points? Then I’ll participate too lol
[Guild][Bokgak] yes
[Guild][Neda] I will participate
When the people saying they’d participate exceeded half, Banye set the date too.
[Guild][Aang] We’ll do it this weekend
[Guild][Aang] Submitting the guild war application and coming back
And then he really went to the combat map without hesitation, declared the guild war, and came back.
[‘Gyeoksal’ guild declares a guild war on ‘Royal’ guild.]
Moreover, since guild wars are advertised loudly with a world-wide message like a declaration of war, it couldn’t be undone now.
Naturally, the reaction in-game was explosive.
[Shout][2ch][Caenny] Wow are they doing this live ㄷㄷㄷ
[Shout][11ch][Jeoseungtour] Sisi win lol
[Shout][11ch][Nalreumnalreum] It’s a server pride battle
[Shout][10ch][Kabali] I’m a Cavalier so I’m cheering for Cavalier ^^
There were people expressing their opinions through shouts, and the forums were the same.
I was most curious about Sisi’s reaction, but annoyingly Sisi had blocked all comments on his channel. It seemed like people’s opinions asking if he chickened out had reached a level that couldn’t be stopped just by blocking.
‘Still, surely he can’t run away from even this. Then public opinion is really over.’
There’s no way Sisi doesn’t know he’ll remain forever second place, or lower. Besides, this isn’t a one-on-one battle but a group guild battle. Maybe he could judge there’s a chance of winning.
I hoped Sisi would accept. So that…… I could truly pray to be able to land even one hit on Sisi.
“Banye-ya, can I not participate in the guild war too?”
So I asked Banye cautiously……
“Hyung should obviously participate.”
Banye spoke as if he’d already confirmed my participation from the start, unexpectedly.
I blinked at the unexpected answer. Because naturally my skill level was lower tier, so I thought he’d exclude me for being cumbersome, or at least hesitate about putting me on the list.
But Banye seemed to have already been planning with me included. I was happy enough to jump at his words, but on the other hand I was worried.
“I…… but I’m not good.”
“You have to practice. Starting today.”
“Th-then I can get good?”
Before, when I asked a similar question because I had to reach max level in a week, Banye had answered [would that work].
But this question was different.
“Yes. You can win even fighting Sisi.”
“Really?”
“His skills aren’t much either, honestly.”
My heart started pounding at Banye’s assertive words.
* * *
From that day on, I started practicing combat like crazy with Banye and the guild members.
It was tough constantly getting beaten, but occasionally I’d snatch victories, and each time I was as happy as if I’d beaten Sisi.
‘If only I can land a hit on that bastard Sisi somehow.’
Hoping only for that, I practiced fanatically like when I was reaching max level.
