Unstoppable Troll - Chapter 2

Ding!

[Jaehyuk hyung, how about we make a bet? If you get first place in the next duo round, I’ll give you 1 million won.] – The owner of X Bangbae-dong building has sponsored 50,000 won.

*TL/N: 1 million won, around 770 usd. 50k won, around 40 usd.

The man who was single-handedly running the squad, turned his eyes to the right screen at the notification sound. It was a big amount at stake, but the man didn’t show any exaggerated actions or expressions. He calmly turned his gaze back to the left screen in front of him without any exaggerated actions or expressions, and accurately shot towards the head of the fourth sacrificial lamb that rushing towards him. He had already single-handedly destroyed three squad teams.

“I’ll go for Duos after this round.”

His cold and indifferent gaze might have seemed like a refusal, but the man couldn’t just pass up a 1 million won challenge. With a nonchalant look and a similar-colored voice, he readily accepted the mission.

Ha Jaehyuk.

He had 3 million YouTube subscribers and recorded the highest number of live stream viewers with 200,000 viewers, making him the emperor of the internet broadcasting world. It wasn’t just his outstanding gaming skills and good looks as a former professional gamer that got him to the emperor’s position, it was also the fact that his father was a senior executive at the head office of a global company, not just Korean branch. When Ha Jaehyuk, born with a silver spoon, became the representative pro gamer of South Korea, people’s amazement was beyond words.

Moreover, the fact that this silver spoon chose to become a pro gamer as his first career and then became a game YouTuber, breaking down prejudices and creating an unknown distance that made Ha Jaehyuk even more adored by people.

Ha Jaehyuk was once the ranged dealer in MOBA game ‘League of Legends’, and he was undoubtedly the best pro gamer who brought the championship cup of LoL to South Korea for three years in a row.

November 4 years ago, after winning the championship trophy at the LoL World Cup, he suddenly announced his retirement. People who were thinking he could bring more trophies considering his age of 21 at the time had to accept his retirement without any preparation, and countless fans around the world had to taste a huge disappointment.

But then, 7 months later. Just when people thought they couldn’t see him playing games anymore, he suddenly appeared on YouTube. And he was doing game broadcasts.

Usually, when someone starts doing their first game broadcasts, they debut on a major streaming platform like AfreecaTV, Naver TV, or Twitch. But he chose to showed up on the relatively open YouTube. And instead of his main game genre, MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) such as League of Legends, he appeared with a first-person shooter (FPS) game, called PUBG.

People were worried naturally. The FPS game had too many variables on the battlefield, and it was hard to keep track of the enemy’s movements.

So, people thought that Ha Jaehyuk wouldn’t be able to demonstrate the same skills as he did in LOL and quietly fade away. But Ha Jaehyuk was Ha Jaehyuk. He may not have known where the enemies were, but he conquered the game with his gunplay skills. In other words, his shooting skills are godly.

Not only did he destroy a squad singlehandedly, but he also couldn’t be stopped, managing to wipe out two teams even when caught in a crossfire. People went crazy and cheered like mad, realizing that Ha Jaehyuk’s heyday had arrived once again, and he could quickly become the bestest in the game broadcasting industry.

[Ha Jaehyuk’s beauty… Working hard today as well…] – Head Inspector of Beauty sponsored 10,000 won.

[Prince Ha is drop dead gorgeous… I love you] – Face Gourmet sponsored 10,000 won.

“…Thank you Head Inspector of Beauty and Face Gourmet for the super chat.”

Of course, he wasn’t as talkative as when he is playing. But despite that, people always sought him out and were eager to hear more from him. It wasn’t just his trusted gaming skills that people were looking for.

The fact that he could gather 3 million subscribers, as seen from the super chat, was thanks to his outstanding looks. In fact, saying his looks is outstanding was an understatement. It wasn’t just that he was considered handsome for a pro gamer, he had a breathtaking beauty that would make people think he was an actor or from an idol group.

With a fair and sharp complexion because he playing games since he was young. His eyebrows were so neat and thick that people would think it wasn’t real. His double eyelids weren’t prominent, and his eyes weren’t huge, but his small face made the sharp and delicate eye lines look well-matched and harmonious.

His high nose bridge, T-zone is sharp and clear even from 100 meters away. On top of that, he’s got the perfect features of a handsome guy these days, with a slightly upturned mouth. If he were a celebrity, he’d have the perfect visuals to create millions of fans.

Plus, maybe it’s because he lived abroad until he was 17, but he has strange belief that men should exercise. So even though he spends all day playing games, he always makes sure to eat three meals and never neglects over an hours strength training.

Thanks to that, he’s got a toned, well-muscled body that’s slender yet strong. That’s why he’s different from the majority of game broadcasters who are either overly skinny or chubby. He’s become known for his good looks and body, attracting even non-gamer subscribers.

[#1 WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!]

Before moving on to the next round, he achieved first place in the solo squad again. Solo squad means all other teams have four members, but it means that Hyuk was alone. He even pulled off 1:8 instead of 1:4 by himself.

It had been 2 hours and 30 minutes since the broadcast started. It was already his fourth first place win. Getting over 12 kills in a round is just the norm for him. And this isn’t even the game round he played professionally.

[Crazy, our bro is the best……!] – Margherita has sponsored 100,000 won.

[Lovin’ it!] – Deodeokgui has sponsored 100,000 won.

[You’re fucking killing it] – Seonbi has sponsored 200,000 won.

[Wow, Jaehyuk’s the best] – Hadeokhu has sponsored 70,000 won.

“- Hadeokhu, thank you for the 70,000 won. Okay, let’s go for duos now.”

In fact, the owner of X Bangbae-dong building, who said he would give 1 million won if Jaehyuk won a first place in duos, had a hidden purpose. He wanted to play games with Jaehyuk, and matched the timing to press the ready button in order to join the duo.

“How do you… do this? Can you hear my voice?”

But something unexpected happened.

“Aaa.”

“……”

“If the speaker icon appears it’s working…? Oh? Then it’s working…”

“…….”

“Aa- Aaaa- A!”

“Your voice is coming out well.”

“Oh, um……? Oh! He responded. Yes, that’s right. That person has a good voice, … right? But um… What was the key again? F key? That’s for picking things up? I see…… Huh? That person can hear me speaking too now? Set it up to ‘push to talk’? What’s that…?”

As the duo’s voice was transmitted through the broadcast, Jaehyuk’s real-time chat box quickly filled up.

– ?

– ????????

– ???!?!??

– What’s happening? Is the other streamer too?

– Who??

– Where have I heard that voice before…

– A cute and innocent type…? Tasty.

– Dude, I think my eyes just popped out ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Who is that person?? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

[Player 1 – HaJaehyuk]

[Player 2 – yesnine1]

Yes, it was Eung-gu. 

Because ‘yesnine’ already got overshadowed by the fans, so he aka Eung-gu can only take ‘yesnine1’.

*TL/N: yes = Eung (응) – informal | nine = gu (구)

– Eung-gu!!!

– It’s Eung-gu!!!

– Song Eungyu is doing a live broadcast ㅋㅋㅋ It’s definitely Song Eungyu.

– OMG. IT’S SONG EUNGYU.

– It’s Song Eungyu!

– ? Why is our Eungyu come out from here?

– Why is that hyung appeared here…?

– Eung-gu…?

– %9?

– Who is Song Eungyu and who is Eung-gu??

Unbelievably Song Eungyu, the hottest idol right now, got paired up with Ha Jaehyuk in the random duo mode. It’s gonna be so lit. The chat boxes for both Jae-hyeok and Eungyu went wild in an instant.

-Eungyu’s live chat-

– Holy.

– ???? MF??!!

– OMG THIS IS CRAZY!

– Your Highness, Prince Ha… How could you appeared from there…

– oml it’s Ha Jaehyuk ㅠㅠ

– is this even real…?

– Why is Teacher Ha Jaehyuk appear here…?

– Gosh, it’s the real Ha Jaehyuk.

– wth? is this set up? what’s happened??

– Teamed up with him in the first round?? How can this be ㅋㅋㅋ

Eungyu is totally freaking out now.

30 minutes earlier, he decided to try the game, PUBG, which fans recommended as to get out of the boring routine. Unfortunately his laptop didn’t meet the requirements, so with Chanhee’s permission, he used Chanhee’s computer. He registered for the game with his new ID.

He would have used the nickname ‘SongEun-gu-jjangjjangman*’ in Korean which he had been using when he was elementary school. However, the game allowed only English nicknames.

*TL/N: Meaning Song Eun-gu is the best.

Even though he tried to change ‘Song Eungu-jjangjjangman’ to English, due to the character limit, it was only possible to write until ‘songeunkoojja’*, so he eventually got the nickname ‘yesnine1’ recommended by the fans. Though he had to add the 1 because yesnine was already taken by a fast fan, and now he is fully prepared.

But Eungyu, who was only watching his character in the lobby, was urged by the fans to team up for a game, and he finally set it to duo and clicked the ready button.

In the game, the duo is randomly paired, just like luck or destiny. These days, even if you turn voice on randomly in PUBG, it was rare for people to talk with the microphone on. Eungyu was starting to talking loudly, asking if others could hear his voice through the microphone. But his duo partner, who happened to agree to team up, started talking too. And they seemed to be pretty famous—almost as famous as Eungyu.

But that person turned out to be Jaehyuk, who is not as famous as Eungyu, but as any other celebrity.

“Prince Ha…? Who is he…?

Beginner’s luck. 

Partnering with Gaming Emperor in the first round.