Chapter 236 – 236. Exclusive Equipment (1)

Less than a month left until the start of the first division.
This meant that this year was not far away, and at the same time, it meant that the scrims were about to begin.

I also had close conversations with the teams in the 1st division and tightly scheduled scrims.

“Today’s opposing team is the WM Winners.”

Among them, of course, there was WM Winners, a team with a master coach who made a bet with me.

[WM Master: Are you ready? Ready to apply like a dog and bark like a dog?]

As soon as you enter the game, a very irritating whisper comes to you.
How can people be so consistent?
I feel that the past, where I worried about not being polite on the Internet, is futile.

[BA Battle: Isn’t the bet only applicable on the day of the match?]
[WM Master: That’s right. Today is just a taster. Fufu, thinking of you who will regret betting until the day of the match makes me feel very good even if I stay still.]
[BA Battle: I’m glad you feel good.]

I glanced over at our players as I skipped through her conversation with her.
They seemed quite nervous as to whether they knew the contents of the bet between Master Coach and me.

It seemed that he even showed a sense of mission to win the game no matter what.

But honestly, I didn’t expect to have a good win rate in scrims.

‘Because my purpose is to steadily develop the players and win this match.’

Fortunately, the match against WM Winners was held in the second half of the first round.
If the players are gradually developed until then, they will probably not become dogs.

[BA Battle: Then let’s start.]
[WM Master: Yes~ Let’s start~]

The scrim match started with the master coach’s upbeat words.

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There were many fans who thought that there was an insurmountable gap between the first and second divisions.
As an example, it has been almost 5 years since ACK started, but our team and the Dragon Knights were the first teams in the 2nd division to achieve promotion to the 1st division.

It meant that they were feared by the second division teams, no matter how badly they ranked at the bottom of the first division and were evaluated as a weak team.

‘Still, I thought it would be worth a try after catching the Gaya Riders 3-0.’

After three scrimmages, the final score was 2-1.
If you think that you won at least one game, you could fully feel the possibility, but if you look at the contents of the game, you will find that this is not necessarily the case.

When we lose, we lose due to the difference in management ability and teamfighting power. When we win, it feels like we barely made up for it through the killscore we got through the luck of an invasion and the mistakes of the opponent.

If you played 10 more games full, you would have lost all 9 games except for one game you were lucky to win.

‘Even our players have improved their individual skills a lot.’

I could tell just by looking at the solo rank tier.
There were many players who reached Challenger, and the actual game play wasn’t too bad.

However, as the level of the opposing team rose that much, they suffered super plays many times, and their judgment fell behind.

He was ranked first in his class, but it feels like he was pushed out of the top 10 when looking at the entire school.

[WM Master: Ha… I am really looking forward to this match. Do you remember the bet? Do you become the other person’s dog for a day and listen to everything they want?]

The master coach talked excitedly about whether his unique sadistic personality had revived.

When your opponent is confident of victory.
Now is the time to raise the bet amount.

I took an attitude as if I was taking a step out in an tone that could be vaguely fearful.

[BA Battle: It’s a little different from what I thought. Isn’t that what you want?]

Is it because I showed my weakness?
The master coach got even more excited and started talking hesitatingly.

[WM Master: Ha! What are you talking about! Didn’t you accept me because you wanted to try something? Let’s be honest with each other. No matter what we do to the other person, it’s natural to bury it as our own.]
[BA Battle: … Did you mean to go there?]
[WM Master: Now, let’s not take it out. Or should I apologize for hurting me now?]

Have I ever been out?
I’ve never been like that, to be sure, but I thought that, as a master coach who is truly inattentive, he could have felt that he was rude just by accepting the bet.

I smiled without her knowing.

If the players do not improve their skills until they play against WM Winners and lose, it will be such a laughable situation.

I don’t know what she’s going to do, but judging from the way she talks, it seems that she’s anxious to unravel her own twisted desires her.
One little mistake and you could end up with unwanted industry awards.

‘I wonder what it is. But I’m more interested in giving than receiving.’

I acted out my tone as if I was going to try something small.

[BA Battle: Okay. Because I will win anyway.]
[WM Master: That’s the mindset. Until now, no one has shown me a spirit like you. Please don’t betray my expectations.]

Maybe it’s because I didn’t want to fight with you.

She had a lot to say, but I didn’t want to talk to her for a long time, so I decided to break up at this point.

When I came out of the capsule, I saw players waiting for me.
The faces were not very good, probably because they had just lost the scrim match.

Moreover, since he knew the contents of the bet with the master coach to some extent, he would feel even more guilty.

I arrogantly sat with her legs crossed and looked at them.
After coming up to the first division, their growth rate was stagnant.
It was as if the required experience points went up as the level went up.

‘At this rate, I might not be able to grow as much as I want until the first round is over.’

Even when other teams were taking a break through the off-season and Stove League, they trained hard, but the players’ withered potential was refusing to bloom spectacularly.

I looked at them and pointed at Kang Yul with my hand.

“Everyone except Kang Yul is out.”
“Yes.”

The players looked at me and left the practice room backwards.

When only the two of us were left in the room, I gave an order in a calm voice.

“Take it off.”

Kang Yul didn’t even ask why and quickly got out of her clothes.
If I had to choose the person who loves me the most among the players, it would definitely not be Kang Yul.

It is because among the players who have already been restrained by me for a significant part of their lives, there were many players who were highly dependent enough to harm themselves just by imagining being abandoned.

However, if I had to choose the player with the greatest obedience, it would definitely be Kang Yul.
Even before she belonged to me, she had already shown considerable loyalty to other coaches and managers.
You wouldn’t even think of disobeying me because your inclination itself liked being submissive and being restrained.

“It would be a lie if you said you weren’t responsible for the poor performance of the players, right? Let’s get punished until we fall asleep. I am prostrated in front of you.”
“Yes.”

As expected, she calmly accepted her situation and, following her orders her, prostrated herself on the floor of her practice room with her back erect.
After carefully sitting on her back, I opened my notebook on the table and thought for a moment.

“Ah… “

The human chair, feeling my weight, groaned softly, but I was already immersed in my analysis of WM Winners.

WM Winners has been a team since I was a player.
Of course, the personality at that time was 180 degrees different from now.

A weak team in the 1st division that can be beaten here and there.
It was one of the common teams that didn’t have their own color.

‘Then, when the master coach came on, the ranks gradually started to rise.’

I didn’t really care how she controlled the players.
One thing is for sure, however, that her nuisance-level fighting spirit definitely helped her team grow.

‘And after going through the last Stove League, I was born again as a new team.’

In the first division, there were a few managers and coaches who had a relationship with me, so I was able to get information easily.
From what I’ve heard so far, WM Winners’ scrim win rate is quite high.

Actually, it was somewhat expected.
This is because they changed the players completely and made a lot of money.

‘First, Astro of the tower.’

As a newcomer who made his debut this time, he was famous since he was an amateur.
Rumor has it that despite being her first contract her, she received a salary of several billion units.

‘Then the jungle’s pedo.’

As a veteran jungler in his 3rd year of debut, there is a record of joining an overseas minor team and advancing to the World Championship.
Usually domestic fans don’t even look at overseas leagues, but he is a player with an impact enough to be known to some extent among them.

‘The mid-in Warlock is also famous.’

After going through the stove league this time, he is the only player who survived and succeeded in renewing his contract with WM Winners.
It meant that he was a talented player that the WM Winners would definitely want to take, and it also meant that he would never be pushed behind by the new names.

‘Fire, a one-dealer, is a talented person who takes first place in Solange, and the support, XYZ, was the supporter who received the most attention from the officials last year.’

The bot duo was also formidable.
They brought talented players who seemed like they would soon become a piece of cake, so they were players who would demonstrate more than 100% of their skills as long as they blended well into the team color.

‘That’s why, if you look at the naming of each individual, it’s evaluated that at least the World Championship is a confirmed team.’

I asked her while patting her butt in her lecture her.

“Kang Yul-ah.”
“…Yes.”
“I think our kids never run out of practice. Thanks to you, I’m still growing steadily, but… Compared to the past, it is at a slower level.”
“Everyone is working hard. But now it seems that the realm of talent is more important than hard work.”
“Right.”

In a way, it could be said that the shortcoming of the selling coach system was revealed.
What could be gained through selling was not game skill but ‘growth rate’.
In other words, if there is no original potential, it means that no matter how fast you try to grow, it will be there.

“… Coach. This may be off topic, but…”

Kang Yul, who was lying under me, struggled to get her words out of her while making a choking sound.
No matter how much I exercised every day, I was already supporting a strong man for tens of minutes, so it was exhausting.

I said this time stroking her hair her.

“Sometimes you have to go beyond the subject. Tell me.”
“I think it would be okay to trust our children a little more.”

There are few things that can be said with certainty in the world, but I can say that this one thing is certain.
Now I definitely believe in my players.
I didn’t even think that they would neglect their practice just to enjoy the comfort of the moment.

“I always believe in you guys.”

However, despite my words her, Kang Yul did not nod her head her.

“No. My kids follow you more than you think.”
“…Therefore?”
“I wanted to say that there are probably no kids who will hate the coach just because he teaches a little harder.”
“Well…”

He nodded his head naturally.
In fact, it is true that the level of selling has decreased compared to the past.

The absolute level of selling would be more intense now, but relatively speaking, it was a level of aegyo.
Even if it’s Ryu Seo-yoon right now, back in the day, strangers used to beat his thighs and buttocks until they bleed.

“However…”

But now there is a reason why it is not like in the past.
It’s because I’ve heard too much affection for the children.

Moreover, players are also accustomed to selling, so the growth rate does not rise well with normal selling.
These reasons overlapped and made them reluctant to sell hard until their mentality was destroyed.

“No.”

However, Kang Yul did not know if he was aware of my concern or not, but she spoke rather firmly.

“…Obviously, sometimes I find the coach’s training difficult, but in fact, the opposite is often the case.”
“For example?”
“For example…”

Kang Yul, who paused for a moment, continued her words in a voice full of shame.

“I love when the coach has me tied up, forced to obey and obey orders, and treated like an object while controlling both my body and mind. Even though I am clearly being punished, I feel better, so I am sorry, but I have a heart that I have to work harder.”

It was a fairly perverted confession, but thanks to that, I realized something.

“Right. So, if it’s the way you like it, you can take it with pleasure even if it’s handled a little harder, right?”
“Yes. I am saying this because the coach seems to be worried that he might get hurt by treating us roughly.”

Certainly, in that way, it seemed that even if the intensity of selling was increased, the growth rate could be increased more dramatically without breaking the players’ mentality.

Now, there would be a downside of having to think about what kind of selling each of the 7 players would like, but if they were able to sell comfortably, it was worth enduring that much trouble.

“Then, shall we try an experiment today?”

I said while stroking Kang Yul’s neck, who had solved my long-standing worries neatly.
In response, she trembled her body.

I was able to know that I matched her with her for quite a long time.
This was clearly not a trembling from fear or horror, but a trembling of joy from anticipation and pleasure.