Episode 260: Spotting Weakness?
The Korean team started with the first match against Thailand, Taiwan, and even Vietnam.
They have been on a crazy winning streak, and are currently tied for first place with China and Japan, which has become a huge topic of conversation.
Not only that? It was also a huge change that the Korean team showed various tactics, not just the one-tool Kang Jun-hyeok showed in international matches so far.
Sometimes Lee Chang-hyun, sometimes Kang Jun-hyeok, or Lee Min-seok’s excellent assistance often shines to block the opponent.
And others. Lee Yeon-ju, Yoon Han-gyeol, Jin Su-hyeok, and Lee Ji-hoon.
Each and every one of them was evaluated as having done their part and showing a flawless performance.
[Wow… Is this ranking that’s coming out now real? My heart is pounding… … .]
N Seriously ㅋㅋ Is this really Korea, which has been struggling at the bottom with such a narrow ranking until now??
The team changed like this because some PER players came in… … Seriously
ㄴ But Lee Chang-hyun can’t even use Mana Expansion, so why is he flying around? What will happen if he uses Mana Expansion later?? I’m really curious
ㄴ Then it looks like he’ll just chew up the international league and everything by himself ㅋㅋ
No, no~ Do Ethan and Ana look like food?
They say it’s as easy to eat as a cake~
[Hey. But, aside from Lee Chang-hyun and Kang Jun-hyeok, aren’t there other people who are good at it? I didn’t think Lee Yeon-ju was that good.]
N Lee Yeon-ju is the hidden ace, right?
N What about Lee Min-seok? Isn’t Lee Min-seok a superior version of Lee Yeon-ju? He still has a lot of abilities he hasn’t shown yet.
N Lee Min-seok is obviously good at it.
N It’s become a lot more active these days, it’s really pretty.
ㅋㅋㅋ When her pink hair flutters, she really does look like a goddess these days.
Lee Yeon-ju’s face turned red as she read the comments for a long time.
‘I’ve never received this much attention before, or seen people talk about me in the comments… ‘
It was definitely a moment where I could feel that I was on a big stage, and on the other hand, I went from being a player that no one knew to a player that everyone now knows.
That was because it was a moment that made it feel real that I was a representative player of Korea.
On the other hand, there were some things I felt regretful about when reading those comments.
‘Why isn’t Changhyun giving a signal… …?’
In the past, before participating in the international exchange program, Yoon Han-gyeol and others must have had newly developed abilities.
In some of the more intense matches, if I had used that ability, I would have won more easily and overwhelmingly.
I decided to use it when Lee Chang-hyun gave me the signal, but I felt a little frustrated.
‘Come to think of it, even before the start of the international exchange match, during the Vietnam match… … .’
Even during the Hunter Survival practice match against Vietnam, Lee Chang-hyun knew that Lee Yeon-ju was hiding.
I even mouthed it to her.
‘Don’t help. Learn from watching Lee Min-seok.’
At that time, Lee Min-seok showed off his ability to tie up his opponent perfectly without letting him know by using a seven-pointed star.
But Lee Yeon-ju’s ability must be something different from that. What did she tell him to learn?
Even though I thought about it alone, I couldn’t come up with an answer.
I wondered if perhaps the new ability wasn’t approved because I couldn’t come up with an answer to that question.
‘But I feel like asking Changhyun, who gave me the homework, even though I don’t know… ‘
Because I wanted to meet the expectations of Lee Chang-hyun, who leads better than anyone else.
But that doesn’t mean I thought I would know if I thought about it on my own.
Yoon Han-gyeol, who loves Lee Chang-hyun more than anyone else and has a fanatic personality who studies Lee Chang-hyun, but at the same time is in a somewhat similar situation, opens the door and comes in.
“What, you were alone?”
“Well, let me ask… … !”
So, Lee Yeon-ju started asking Yoon Han-gyeol what Lee Chang-hyun’s intentions were, what he wanted him to learn, and why he wasn’t given orders for new abilities during the game.
At first, Yoon Han-gyeol tilted his head, but… …
Where did the experience of working with Lee Chang-hyun since the 3rd part, or rather, the audition program, go?
“That… isn’t that what you’re talking about?”
Lee Yeon-ju couldn’t help but slap her knee at Yoon Han-gyeol’s interpretation.
***
In international battles, skill is fundamentally important, but each country’s Hunter’s League has its own battle patterns, atmosphere, and differences in the mainstream mana equipment used.
Since there were quite a few differences, the information was quite important.
So, even if the opponent is a weak team, it is natural that a pre-match meeting begins.
Especially since this opponent is also leading and is Japanese, it is even more important now.
“… … So, since Japan has played practice matches with the Korean team up until now, we plan to do something a little special this time.”
“okay?”
Lee Min-seok asked me with his eyes sparkling and burdensome.
‘After the overwhelming victory in the Thailand match, you’ve been leaving all the strategy planning up to me?’
It wasn’t just Lee Min-seok. Lee Geun-taek, who would have given a word or two of advice in the past, was also watching with his arms folded.
As if he was watching me to see if I made a mistake or not.
It’s as if they’re waiting to see how far they can go.
Because you were listening to what was coming out of my mouth.
Of course, I thought it wasn’t bad… … but on the other hand, it was a tense moment.
Unlike previous matches, Japan was a team with a superior weight class that could compete well with the Korean team.
Moreover, the strategy that will be announced from now on is a strategy that Lee Geun-taek had been hesitant about before the Korean team left the country.
“It’s a strategy that utilizes the abilities of two team members that we never showed when practicing with the Japanese team.”
With those words, the screen in the waiting room turned on and a video appeared.
It was a strategy that utilized the new abilities of two PER players that had never been revealed to the Korean team before.
“Heh heh… … This is true.”
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“You applied that back then?”
Lee Geun-taek is smiling as if he is surprised and amused. And Lee Min-seok, who knows the origin of it, shows interest as if he finds it interesting.
That wasn’t all.
Since Korea is a country that doesn’t have many people with such large-scale abilities, the other players on the Korean team couldn’t help but be speechless while watching the video.
“With this, we will suffocate Japan, which is a 50-50 match.”
Judging by the reaction, it seems like this strategy has probably been decided.
***
“… … So, in the last game, if we had marked Lee Chang-hyun a little better, we would have won easily because he wouldn’t have been able to break through.”
Kaoru Mitoma’s voice echoed throughout the Japanese waiting room.
There is a rather nervous atmosphere in the Japanese national team right now. After the last fight with China, Lee Chang-hyun won against Haiyan.
I expected that the Korean team would be tough.
In fact, after playing a few practice matches, I realized that the Korean team was much stronger than I thought.
‘The odds of winning are 50/50… … .’
If Japan finishes this international exchange tournament in first place, the number of seeds Japan has in the international league could increase to three.
So, this time, we sharpened our swords to beat China… …
With an unexpected ambush blocking Japan, tensions are bound to rise.
But even though the tension was high and I was a little nervous, I didn’t expect the Japanese team to be at a disadvantage.
Because I thought that we might end up with an opponent aiming for a similar ranking while playing practice matches, I started hiding my tactics from the middle of the match.
And actually, it turned out to be pretty accurate.
“The sharpest weapon against the opponent right now is the combination of Lee Ji-hoon and the opponent’s ace.”
A simple yet very powerful strategy where Lee Chang-hyun or Kang Jun-hyeok, surrounded by golden light and various buffs, fly in and sweep through the camp.
So far, they have shown overwhelming strength to the point that few other teams have been able to block this tactic, and their strength was clearly revealed in the practice match against Japan.
“… … First, let’s block this.”
“Would it be possible? The opponent will probably have quite a few supporters and dealers who can provide support from a distance.”
If Kang Jun-hyeok is the top, then Lee Chang-hyun. If Lee Chang-hyun is the top, then Kang Jun-hyeok will support the attacks from behind. And on top of that, there are the Lee Gi-eo-geom and the flying restraints.
“It is quite possible.”
Mitoma Kaoru spoke with a smile.
“Kubo. And Takumi, Daichi. Don’t you get it yet?”
“… … .”
Kaoru rewinded the video of the Korean team’s game after seeing his teammates who didn’t know anything.
It was a video of Lee Chang-hyun putting on all kinds of buffs and going on an all-out offensive.
But I don’t think they would have played the video without any meaning.
At that moment, I was quietly watching the video that Kaoru had played.
“… … !”
Only then did Takumi notice something.
The key reason why Korea has been able to win half of its games against the Japanese team so far, and what the weaknesses of that strategy are.
“That buff… … Does it have a duration?”
“okay.”
Kaoru chuckled, turned off the video, and displayed the analysis data on the screen.
“Because we used it a lot during our practice matches, we had our analysts analyze it. See? The amount of mana coming from that golden aura?”
It was a truly terrifying amount of mana.
Even if he were a [Mana Expansion] user, it would be believable. In other words, it would be unbelievable that someone who didn’t use [Mana Expansion] could maintain it.
“And as time goes by, that aura subsides.”
As if it were night vision goggles, the colors were inverted, and in the video of Lee Chang-hyun moving, I felt my mana gradually dwindling.
“… … Haha.”
It was truly a marvelous observation.
Is it for nothing that Kaoru is the greatest observer Japan has ever produced?
“Even with such an explosive buff, that guy who applied the buff. Lee Ji-hoon is practically retired. In other words, the strategy that the Korean team kept coming to Japan and succeeded with, and that match where they won half the victory, is all.”
“Time attack… … !”
“okay.”
If so, the answer was simple.
If they can hold out for that amount of time? If they don’t pick a fight? Then, the combination of the powerful buff and the lone striker that swept over the Japanese team will be diminished, and the chances of the Japanese team, which already had a 50% chance of winning, will only increase exponentially.
“The time it takes for that buff to wear off. 3 minutes. If we can hold out for that long, we’ll definitely win.”
With those words, the Japanese team was met with explosive cheers.
This game. It could have been a 50% gamble, like a practice game… …
Because of Kaoru’s outstanding observation and analytical skills, we can expect a dramatically higher winning percentage.
‘We have no choice but to win this game… … .’
Kaoru thought so.
Buffing the top and shaking it up. That strategy has a 50% win rate, so there’s no way they’d come up with a strategy that hasn’t been tested even once. It hasn’t even been shown in their own country.
They’ll definitely bring back the strategy that’s been working so far, or they’ll come back with a slightly improved version of it.
Because Kaoru’s keen observation skills had already planned out a way to deal with it.
‘I’m grateful that we were able to play against each other in the practice match… … but I have to win this match for Japan.’
Because we couldn’t lose to Korea, which has always won in international matches.
fantasy,
