Episode 288: Reunion with the Past
After lifting the trophy, let’s take a moment to sit down. The awards ceremony that will conclude this season has begun.
Aside from the Hunters Day event, which is held among hunters, sponsors may award MVPs or players who have made specific plays.
In addition, awards are given to the top 3 teams in the postseason.
For each position, awarding prizes to the best player, etc…
Awards ceremonies were held one after another.
[Caster: This time, the best scene award goes to Lee Chang-hyun.]
[Caster: … … This time, the First Striker Award sponsored by the Bank of Korea. Congratulations to Lee Chang-hyun.]
… …
It’s a lot. I thought that for a moment, but in fact, they won all the games in the regular season and crushed LTD in the postseason.
In fact, it was an inevitable result.
Of course, other than me.
[Caster: Congratulations to Kim Do-jun, the Mana Equipment Specialist sponsored by Korea Moras Workshop!]
Kim Do-jun, who was active as a mana equipment.
And even Lee Yeon-ju.
It almost felt like this awards ceremony was a feast for PER.
***
[Lee Chang-hyun: I think it felt like I got rid of something that had to be done.]
Lee Geun-taek was lost in thought after hearing what Lee Chang-hyun had just said at the awards ceremony.
When I heard those words, everything that had happened since I first met him flashed before my eyes.
How is it possible for a player to be perfect from the start?
Even though I had that thought.
On the one hand, I understood the hidden meaning of those words, knowing the heavy burden he had as he navigated the game.
For some reason, he was very focused on performance even though he was a rookie.
[Something that needs to be done lol. From Lee Chang-hyun’s perspective, it seems right?]
ㄴ It feels good to do it after winning ㅋㅋ
N But why are you saying that? You don’t sound like a rookie.
N, were you a newbie?
N yeah, he’s a real rookie who’s been crawling up since part 3.
n It breaks my heart to see the LTD players suffering and looking sad.
N Seriously, it’s a bit rude to talk like that when the real players are crying.
On the other hand, it may have seemed a bit presumptuous to say that it was something that ‘had to be done’.
There were some who thought it was cool that Lee Chang-hyun said that after winning so coolly, but there were also different opinions.
‘It must be like that when the team you support gets eliminated.’
Lee Geun-taek just hoped that Lee Chang-hyeon wouldn’t be heartbroken when he saw this.
In the past, in audition programs, or in interviews such as Part 3, Lee Geun-taek seemed a bit arrogant, so at first, he thought that way too… …
Maybe it’s because I now realize that that wasn’t the case.
When he says that, it’s not to look down on others, but because he really thinks so.
The place he is looking up to is truly the International League. Because it is the place where he stands at the top of the world.
That’s what I’m saying.
‘If the person who is talking about winning the international league is the one who can’t even win the Korean league, which is a strong underdog in the Hunters League, then that would be ridiculous.’
At first I thought it was just a big dream.
‘ha…….’
By the way, Lee Geun-taek was more worried about Kang Jun-hyeok. In any case, Lee Chang-hyun won and was the champion. He shouldn’t be hurt by such a small comment…
LTD is a team that has continued to be at the top until now.
They are a prestigious team that has always maintained the top spot and has the largest fandom in Korea… …
It was obvious that if a team like that lost, there would be a significant uproar.
At the time I was thinking that way.
Once again, Lee Chang-hyun, who had once again gone up to the podium to share his thoughts, started saying something unexpected.
***
The world of competition is cold.
Victory and defeat. How it affects you. That alone determines the value of a player, and that is something a player must constantly prove.
No matter what the process is, no matter what variables occur.
All that remains are the results.
‘LTD didn’t lose this match either… … .’
Of course, they showed much stronger force than when they faced off against PER in the regular league last time.
The ability to utilize the map, the combined efforts of Kang Jun-hyeok and the people from the external mirror world were truly jaw-dropping.
If there is a world line where there is no PER. No, if there is a world line where I did not enter PER.
LTD will likely easily take first place at the top of the Korean first division.
But, in the end, all that remains is the result.
[LTD, get out of the room lol. Oh my. I’m the one who cheered you on until now.]
N Seriously, this is the first time I’ve lost so easily
N I have to cut off the Gamkojin
N Kang Jun-hyeok, isn’t he the water rocket itself? He was always getting beat up in the international league, and now in Korea too… … lol
ㄴ It’s true that the two teams going to the international league are LTD and PER. LOL
ㄴ PER has prepared so much, but what has LTD prepared? It’s nothing different from the SAA battle.
While looking at my phone, the daily community responses seemed to be engraved in my mind.
And while watching that, I saw the LTD team members who came up to win second place in the regular league crying.
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It’s inevitable that your mind will become complicated.
‘… … I know that feeling.’
Before the return, [Full Bloom] was opened. It was also the backs of other players that I had not seen since they continued to rise.
It’s not that they were less prepared.
Because I studied map strategies and developed basic physical strength and weight class.
It wasn’t that they were complacent, nor was it that the coaching staff neglected their duties.
We played the game with all our might. The coaching staff’s key points and strategies were revealed in ‘Mirror World’.
… … It was just a story about us being stronger.
Even though 2nd place was a high enough ranking, Kang Jun-hyuk’s back was slumped as he came down from the stage with his shoulders slumped.
The past before regression. It would not be a waste of time to look at myself like a mirror, having had to endure painful failures and jeers.
so that.
The moment when PER came up on stage again to present the regular league 1st place award.
That must have been what was said.
[Caster: … … What are your thoughts?]
[Lee Chang-hyun: First of all, since we talked a lot about our team earlier, I would like to talk about our final opponent, LTD.]
[Caster: Yes? LTD?]
[Lee Chang-hyun: I heard you prepared a lot. In fact, the strategy in ‘Reverse World’ was also an attack that caught you off guard. It was also cool to see you attack together with the main force and Kang Jun-hyeok, who were separated.
On the surface, it looked like PER was overwhelming, but I think it was just a hair’s breadth. As the saying goes, you have to clap your hands to make a sound, and I think it was because it was LTD that we were able to show a great game.]
Suddenly, we were doing an interview for the regular league’s number 1 team, and when we talked about LTD, the caster tilted his head…
Well, I guess it’s fine.
That’s a story about LTD, but it’s also a story about my past self.
Didn’t he think I would say something like that? Kang Jun-hyeok, sitting in the front seat, met my rabbit-like eyes.
‘You tried, kid.’
If I could have talked frankly about my career before returning, I might have said that.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that even if you lose, you’ll be respected for trying hard.
[Lee Chang-hyun: Soon, it will be the international league. LTD and PER will be competing from Korea… … We will become good sparring partners and show a good performance in the international league.]
LTD… … Now that we have tasted the bitterness of defeat, shouldn’t we win now?
Although we are not going out as a team, we will be going out with PER and the name tag of the Korean team in the international league.
‘I’m going to test out some new equipment and do some tactical research as well.’
I looked at Kang Jun-hyeok, whose eyes met mine, and smiled like a mischievous child.
[Lee Chang-hyun: Since we are both Korean teams, it would be nice if both teams achieve good results.]
I have to roll him until he dies.
***
“Wow… … I can’t believe it. Did we really win?”
Team PER’s home. Kim Do-jun spoke while lying down on the sofa.
The next day, after the finals.
As we have been on a tight schedule up until now, it was also a day off for all the PER players.
It was also possible because there was still more than a month left until the start of the international competition.
“Then, did you think that if you won, you would have four or five secretaries who would take care of you for the rest of your life and carry you around in a palanquin?”
“That’s not it~”
I still have a lot of data to save, but why are you all still stuck in your team home?
“It’s good that we won, but nothing has changed except that one trophy is now in the display case. They’re giving us a vacation, but no one is going.”
Yes. He definitely said it last night, ‘I’m on vacation for a week from now, so please take note.’
Even though you won, you should have gone home and seen your parents…
Still stuck in the PER home, it didn’t feel like I was going to get out.
“I’m not the one holding you back… … That’s right. Why aren’t you guys really leaving?”
I can’t believe what Kim Do-jun said, so let me say it like this.
The answer I heard was completely unexpected.
“I told you, it doesn’t feel like you won?”
“What nonsense are you talking about… … .”
I scolded Kim Do-jun, but the answer came from Yoon Han-gyeol on the sofa across from me.
“There are still mountains of teams above us in the International League.”
“… … .”
Yoon Han-gyeol was looking at me with clear eyes.
No, it seemed like the other guys were the same.
‘Was our team originally like this?’
Or maybe it was because I saw and heard various things in the finals that I felt that way?
I’m not sure about that either.
but……
“I had a company dinner last night and got some good rest, so I’m getting enough rest. Today. Let’s start again, right away. Changhyun.”
The guys from PER, including Yoon Han-gyeol.
I could tell that all the team members were full of determination.
“Ha… … I really want to.”
Honestly, I thought that if they won the Korean league, they would spread out a bit and take it easy.
Is it because it’s been crawling up since Part 3?
I can feel the desire for victory… …
‘Very good.’
“Yeah. Even though they gave us a vacation, we made a fuss about skipping it and practicing instead. If we just went crazy and did Sparta, no one would say anything, right?”
Only then did they realize that they had not expected this kind of reaction and looked at each other.
‘It’s already too late.’
I am the one who doesn’t hold on to the guy who’s leaving and doesn’t kick out the guy who’s coming.
So, I guess it’s time to really hold on tight and educate them.
But, the beginning of a fight begins with knowing your opponent.
‘Should we show them properly the opponent you’re trying to beat?’
“I think it would be a good idea to have our first training session today against players who are replicating the players of the teams that will be competing for the International League championship.”
It was the moment when preparations for the international league began in earnest.
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