Chapter 147 – 147. Genius

“……”
After hearing my words, Heo Suk-hee was silent for a while.

She parted her lips as if she were trying to say something, but she ended up swallowing it inwardly.

“You seem to be dissatisfied with something?”

For her hesitation of her, I pushed her back.
Then she pours out her words because she wants a chance.

“Okay. I did ask for some hard training! But it’s only right to tell me a good reason and tell me to change positions! I was originally a wannabe. In this match, he changed to a mid laner and lost. If I went out in my original position, I would have done as well as Ryu Seo-yoon!”

In short, it was to tell me why.

Nodding my head, I decided to tell the truth.

“It’s for a simple reason. There are many players on our team who are much better than you, so the only gap you can make is that the top line is left after Kang Yul leaves as coach.”
“Is that really the reason?”
“If you don’t like my decision, tell me. Because the team can let me out at any time. As I said earlier, I don’t know if there are any other teams that will accept you.”
“……”

I hit him appropriately with facts, so it finally calms down.
After taking a deep breath, I slowly outlined the detailed plan.

“From now on, you will be training with Kang Yul 24 hours a day. Since you asked me to train hard, I’m trying to learn all of her know-how and skills that she knows while listening to the words of Kang Yul, who will be my new coach.”
“…Yes.”

Heo Suk-hee didn’t seem to like it very much, but she seemed to be nodding her head.

“If you go against Kang Yul’s words even a little bit, I won’t let you go.”
“……”

I’ve scolded players countless times, but I’ve never used such strong words.
However, I spat out words that seemed like threats to give strength to Kang Yul and kill Heo Suk-hee.

Heo Sook-hee answered meekly.

“…I know. It’s only if you increase your skills. I will accept it.”
“Then it’s over now. Be strong and go out.”

The two women got up and left the room.

I was really worried about whether Kang Yul would do well.
But in a way, as a coach, it was about learning the skills I needed going forward.
You shouldn’t interfere too deeply just because you’re worried.

I cast my gaze at the door they had left.

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Inside a dark, damp room.
In the room, where monitors of all sizes were the only light, a boy covered himself with a thick blanket and muttered something.

“Right, left, left… “

A boy staring blankly at the monitor with bloodshot eyes.
A fierce game was going on in the monitor, which was constantly shining.

“Hey Ginny! Are you here again?”

Just then, the door opens and someone enters the room.
He was a supporter of Hercules Blackforce, the eldest member of the team, and the leader King.

However, the player called Genie, Hercules Blackforce’s one-hander, Genius, was still looking at the monitor, not even looking at him.

King went behind him and took a seat with a calm expression, probably familiar with that appearance.

“Young. I was already analyzing. How are you confident?”
“……”

The games continuously playing on the monitor were the 1st week matches of Battle Angels, the hottest team in the 2nd division these days.
Among them, the genius player kept his eyes on the personal screen of Ryu, who was in the same position as himself, without missing a moment.

‘Because it’s always scary concentration.’

King’s question became an echo that never returned and disappeared.
But he didn’t feel bad at all.

The reason Hercules Blackforce was able to finish second last season.
The reason why it is evaluated as the only team that can compete with the Dragon Knights!

It was because of the presence of a genius player.

‘This concentration is what keeps our team alive.’

He knew all the better because he was a king player on the bottom line with him.
Genius was, as his nickname suggests, a genius.

It seemed that just by analyzing and observing the opponent’s one-dealer’s movements until just before entering the match, his combat power doubled.

‘That’s why, when it comes to picking the toughest player to play against in the second division, most of them choose Genie.’

King stood behind Genius for a moment and watched him put Ryu’s data into his head.

‘I’m sure Ryu is good too.’

Even so, it wouldn’t work for Genius.

After about ten more minutes, the tedious process came to an end.
Genius player finally took off his headphones and took his eyes off his monitor his.

“Stop and eat.”
“Ah… Has it already been that time?”
“Yes, ma’am. Why do you seem to be spending more time than usual this time around? Do you think Ryu will be a bit tired?”
“No.”

Genius answers firmly.
Still, there was no change in his expression.

“It just took more time because I didn’t have any data because I was a player who had just debuted. He is no different from any other player.”
“As expected, Ginny. I believed you~”
“What. He’s not even a first division player, so there’s no need to be nervous.”

King liked the Genius player’s unfounded confidence.
He had only known him for about a year and a half, but he had only seen him once when he lost his confidence in him.

‘It was when I faced Mad Tiger Gaming in Division 1.’

It was a time when Genius players were raising their stock prices in the 2nd division.
The genius player back then had a slightly different personality than he does now.

Rather than the current cynical appearance, he had a brighter and lively personality.
But a lot has changed since playing three games at Mad Tiger Gaming demanding scrims.

The high wall of Mad Tiger Gaming, the first emperor of Division 1!

Until then, the Genius player, who was full of confidence that he could beat any other player, began to crumble.
After being solo-killed by Mad Tiger Gaming’s one-handed Psychic player, he declared that he would not be able to do it in the third and final game.

‘Since then, I’ve become such an unmotivated personality.’

The current Genius player has always been insipid, as if he has lost all enthusiasm for being a professional gamer.
It must be because he realized that there is another genius above the genius.

There was nothing King could do.
All I could do was hope that the Genius player would get off the floor and stand up on his own.

‘Let’s not think too long. For now, I just have to win the next Battle Angels match.’

King decided to simplify the situation a bit.

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I was watching the match against Hercules Blackforth, our next opponent.

“Ah~ Hercules Blackforce! This is how Hercules fights!”
“A typical one-deal carry! There is no team that can stop you even if you do this every day!”
“Even Hercules players only see one! Just save Genius!”

In the video, comments praising Genius, the one-hander of the extended Hercules Blackforce, flowed out.
Lee Ji-hye, who was watching the video next to me, asked in a questionable tone.

“I don’t think Hercules Blackforce has much to do with the Genius players.”
“It is true.”

One-deal carry one-tool team.
It was like seeing our old team.

However, if there was a little difference from him, Hercules Blackforce was an extremely one-deal carry one-tool team.

From ban picks to in-game play.
It is a team that openly pursues a one-deal carry and doesn’t even think about the rest of the route.

That’s why all the teams facing Hercules tend to come up with various strategies to stop Genius.

‘The problem is that it’s hard to stop it even after knowing it.’

“Still, it doesn’t matter because Seoyoon is in our team, right?”

Well.
I couldn’t easily nod my head at the words of wisdom.

Ryu Seo-yoon was also one of the few players who possessed a genius physical that I acknowledged, and he was still steadily improving his skills his, but it was judged that it was still too much to compare with real geniuses.

‘Especially considering the psychic, it’s definitely not a level I can be satisfied with.’

Psychic, a one-deal that I taught when I was a flying coach at Mad Tiger Gaming.
He was one of the most talented players I’ve ever seen.
A monster that avoided and matched skills with animal-like instincts even without teaching anything in particular.

“If we have a Carry match with Seoyoon like before, there will be a high chance that we will lose.”
“Ah… Is this player that good?”

Lee Ji-hye looks at the laptop with a puzzled face.
There was a genius player who did not stand out much in the line match against the opposing team’s bot duo.

“It’s a style unique to this player. It’s always a bad start and then it gets better. Downloading the opponent’s style or something… Originally, geniuses have one habit that others cannot understand.”

There are players who often have compulsive behavior under the name of routine.
Even Ryu Seo-yoon of our team has a habit of sleeping in my bed the day before a match.
In his own words his, if he sleeps alone, he says he has insomnia or something.

“Then, driving bottom ganking from the beginning and destroying it would be one way to go.”

Kang Yul, who was listening quietly from one side, spoke.
After I decided to become a coach, I started to participate in strategy meetings that I used to be wise.

After thinking about it for a while, I showed a negative meaning.

“There are not one or two teams that have sunk while doing that.”

In the second half, it was an open fact that the genius player, who boasts great carrying power, needed warm-up.
Nevertheless, few teams other than the Dragon Knights have stopped Hercules Blackforce.

“I’d rather go the other way.”

That’s why I was attracted to other methods rather than confrontation.

The genius player’s excellent carry ability means that the other lines only endure in the early stages.
Ending the game quickly before it gets to the later half where the AD starts to gain strength.
It was my winning plan.

However,

“I should also ask Ryu Seo-yoon’s thoughts.”

If Ryu Seo-yoon was confident that he could win the one-deal carry, he was thinking of allowing him to spread his wings to his heart’s content.

“…What if Seoyoon loses?”

Lee Ji-hye, who grasped my intentions, asked cautiously.
I replied like it was nothing.

“What are you scolding?”