Chapter 113 – 113. Generational Change (1)

The day has finally come.

What’s so fun about it, Ryu Seo-yoon, who was sitting next to me, was smiling brightly from a while ago.

“I’m on my way to work, why are you smiling?”
“Hehe, just.”

When I asked why, he only gave vague answers.
Shrugging my shoulders, I blankly cast my gaze forward.

Today was none other than a commercial shoot day.

The advertisement for the new high-end capsule that I told Ryu Seo-yoon before!

It was a capsule advertisement that was secretly known to film only the best players of the season, but this time, that unwritten rule did not work.

This is because this advertisement was on a scale where nearly 20 players gathered to shoot.
The concept is that, like the generational change of players, the capsule has also undergone a generational change.

That’s why I, a first-generation arena pro gamer, and Ryu Seo-yoon, who recently debuted, decided to shoot an ad together.

“Everything has arrived.”

I heard the attendant’s words.

Finally, Ryu Seo-yoon and I were able to get out of the black van and breathe the outside air.

“Huh… ! Good mood… “

Ryu Seo-yoon, who stretched out, took the lead with a gun shot.

“Is it okay to go this way?! Go quickly!”

We headed to the filming set with Ryu Seo-yoon at the fore.
Like many of the videos I’ve filmed so far, this is a filming that takes place in a studio.

Inside a huge chroma key and people sitting around it.
After brief greetings with the PD and other officials, I headed to the waiting room on one side.

As expected, the waiting room was simply made of a simple tent, as if it couldn’t handle more than 20 people.

“Oh! Could that player be a psychic player?”

Upon entering the tent, Seoyoon Ryu let out a surprised voice.

Accordingly, when I turned her gaze to where she was looking, I could see the players of Mad Tiger Gaming, including Psy Kick, gathered just as she said.

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen faces.

Top laner, Carryman.
Jungler, Beyond.
Mead, Wizard.
One deal, Psychic.
And even supporter KID.

‘There is no wizard in the middle.’

She turned her head and looked around.

And on one side, I was able to find more familiar faces than the Mad Tiger Gaming players.

“Seo Yoon-ah. I have somewhere to go.”
“Yes? Ah…”

She, too, nodded her head with a faint smile as if she had followed my gaze and noticed them.
Then, with a pretty flushed face, he grabbed my collar tightly.

“You should introduce me too.”
“Sure.”

Afterwards, I take Seoyoon and head towards them.
They waved their hands brightly as if they had spotted me too.

Mad Tiger Gaming.
My first team, and the team that gave me the runner-up in the international competition.

However, Mad Tiger Gaming now is very different from Mad Tiger Gaming, which I was active as a one-dealer.

Top laner, Chicken.
Jungler, Monster.
Mead, Wizard.
One deal, Battle.
And the support, Peace.

The member who took second place in the first Arena World Championship, and my first teammates.

They were right there.
Except for Peace, who was a bot duo with me.

“How have you not changed?”

When we reached a distance where we could hear each other’s voices, the top liner, Chicken hyung, started talking.

He has a large body and a bulging beard that is comparable to our team’s gorillas.

Nicknamed Chicken simply because he likes chicken, he runs a chicken house after his retirement.
Nick is really doing it right.

“My brother is. My arms seem to be getting thicker.”
Haha! It’s because I ate chicken breast three times a day!”
“Stop eating the chicken breast.”

He is the older brother who loves all parts of chicken, so it seems that chicken breast is no exception.

“Is the chicken house doing better than that? You didn’t come out to shoot commercials because you were ruined, did you?”
“I also made a second store. Who in this world is more sincere about chicken than me and I’m going to fail?”

It was an unremarkable conversation.
After a brief exchange of greetings with him, I turned my gaze to the side.

Monster hyung, a jungler, reaches out his hand his.
He was neatly dressed in a suit and had the exact opposite style from the chicken hyung he greeted earlier.

Now, after retiring as a pro gamer, he is in charge of commentating for the first division.

“Welcome, Coach. You’re building a great team. Can you make it to the first division next time?”
“Two words are nagging. If I couldn’t go, I wouldn’t even start.”

We shook hands after laughing at each other.

Because he was the older brother who always acted as a mediator whenever the team atmosphere was overgrown, I also felt like a father.
He was actually the person who helped me the most when I was having a hard time.

Afterwards I head to the next person.

He is the only legendary player among former Mad Tiger Gaming players who has not yet retired.
It was Wizard, the guy who is now called the living legend of the mid lane.

“Long time no see.”
“I’m going to die of boredom now that hyung is leaving.”

Wizard smiled and smiled.
He was a superstar of Mad Tiger Gaming and a world-class pro gamer.

I let out a chuckle at the guy’s joke.

“I am playing. Where are you going to be bored without me?”
“It’s fun when there are people who can’t play games better than me, but now there are only people who are good at games left.”
“Was it like that? Somehow, I had the most fun when I was with you.”

After engaging in a strange war of nerves with the Wizard, he met an ugly ending by secretly showing his middle finger his.

Seeing familiar faces after a long time reminded me of the past and it was nice.
However, one person who was not here continued to worry.

I asked the monster hyung directly.

“What about Peace? Didn’t you come?”
“…Maybe the advertisement offer went, but it must have been because we noticed.”
“……”
“……”

The pleasant atmosphere subsided a little.

The last piece of the old Mad Tiger Gaming.
Peace was currently the head coach of Mad Tiger Gaming.

And all the retired players here left the team when Peace was in charge.

“… You can stop feeling guilty, because he’s torturing himself.”

No one left the team because of Peace or Hwang Ji-yeon, but she always avoided us.

It wasn’t very nice to see her so close to us, but she wouldn’t change no matter how much I persuaded her, so I had no choice but to hope that time would solve it.

“Unfortunately, it’s not perfect…”

He couldn’t help but nod his head at the words of the wizard in a droopy tone.

At this point, I felt the need to change the mood a bit.
So she called her who had been watching her from behind her from earlier.

As our team’s one-deal player, Ryu, sneaked up, my old teammates’ eyes twinkled as if they had found prey.

“Five… Who is this? Aren’t you Ryu?”
“Oh, hello!”

When Ryu Seo-yoon quickly bowed her head and said hello, smiles appeared on people’s faces.
It was the same for me too.

There’s no one who doesn’t like the way she greets her with her cute looks.

At that moment, Wizard stepped forward with a mischievous smile on his lips.

“The main character of the day is here. Does my brother have a lot of trouble? Ryu is really struggling.”
“Oh no! Thanks to the coach, how much my skills have improved! It was all thanks to the coach that I was able to go up to the second division!”
“Yeah. Isn’t Battle hyung brainwashing you every night? Have you been disciplined?”

Silently approaching the wizard, I was able to make him shut his mouth with a few strong blows on his side.

However, the baptism of questions directed at Ryu Seo-yoon, who was smiling awkwardly, did not diminish at all.
This time, Monster hyung, who is making a name for himself as a commentator, came along and asked this and that question.

“Ryu. Haven’t transfer requests come in often lately?”
“Yes? Ah… I’ve heard that it came in a few times. Although I rejected all of them…”
“Well… Think carefully. You can make your life as a player comfortable only when you meet the right coach. If you meet a strange coach with a ferocious eye for no reason…”

Did these humans do drugs as a group?

When he moved to the side of the monster brother, he noticed the smell and ran away.
As he let out a deep sigh, Ryu Seo-yoon smiled.

“It’s the first time I’ve seen a coach like this.”
“… I guess so.”

I was only trying to show a dignified appearance in front of the players…
The dignity that I had maintained so far was broken when I met the steamed friends.

However, Ryu Seo-yoon smiled and made a face that seemed to be envious.

“Can our team be like the coach later?”
“…What?”
“It’s about winning a lot of championships, becoming close friends, and succeeding in our respective fields, so we can meet again.”
“……”

Did she look like that to her?
It felt kind of embarrassing.

After clearing my throat a few times, I nodded his head as if it were natural.

“My time is past.”
“……”
“This is the beginning of your era.”
“Yes…”

Ryu Seo-yoon looked at me with soft eyes.

Okay. Like the theme of this advertisement, ‘generation change’, the era of the old Mad Tiger Gaming, which won the runner-up in the World Championship, has passed.
Now will be the era of the players I raise.

In that sense, I looked at my old friends and said.

“Now go away those who have nothing to do.”
“……”
“Because our rising star has to rest from now on.”

And I took Ryu Seo-yoon and left.
There seemed to be some ridiculous stars from behind, but it didn’t hurt much from the eyes of the fallen.