Chapter 252 – 252. Refurbishment (2)

Mad Tiger Gaming’s practice room.

Director Hwang Ji-yeon woke up to the man’s voice calling her.

“Director! What do you think?”

When she turned her head to her side, she saw Mad Tiger Gaming’s supporter, Kid player, looking at her.
Hwangbo Jiyeon smiled lightly and shook her head.

“Nothing.”

Seeing that, Kidd’s eyes widened.
It was an expression that anyone else would think of as nothing, but if it was Hwang Ji-yeon’s smile, it had a slightly different meaning.

Isn’t he the kind of person who doesn’t move a corner of his mouth even when there’s a surprise party on his birthday?

Kid laughed awkwardly and nodded his head.

“Because the next scrim match is not far away.”
“Okay, I’ll go in soon.”
“Yes.”

Her trusty answer led her Kidd to her feet, approaching her and the psychic at a distance from her.
Psychic made a serious face, but when Kid approached, his expression relaxed.

“How is it?”
“Nothing?”
“Hey, do you believe that?”
“…”
“Whoa… Done.”

Psychic let out a small sigh, buried himself deeply in the chair, and looked at Director Hwangbo with a sidelong glance.
At first glance, she didn’t look much different than usual, but he could tell if he had seen her for a very long time.

Currently, she was going through an intense conflict of mind.
I don’t know what the conflict was, but it was clear that it was not very good.

‘I can’t help it… I have no choice but to seek help from the general manager… ‘

The psychic turned his eyes to the general manager, who was working at another desk.
Coincidentally, general manager Park Seong-pil was also staring at her as if he was worried.

Psychic got up from his seat and approached him.

“Director Hwangbo seems to have a lot of worries, shouldn’t we help him?”

The general manager also stood up to see if he agreed.

He was a very unreliable man, but he knew how to survive.
In order for him to continue winning and winning as he is now, he obviously needed coach Hwangbo’s ability.
So perhaps he will do anything to bring her back to her senses.

Hwang Ji-yeon and Park Seong-pil seemed to be talking about something for a while.
Mainly, when Hwangbo Jiyeon made her sorry face, Park Seongpil patted her on the back.

‘For a moment… Are you feeling anxious?’

As I watched the scene, a chilly feeling ran down my spine.
It was an instinctive feeling that something bad was going on.

And that premonition soon becomes true.

After talking with Hwang Ji-yeon, head coach Park Seong-pil called the players together with a serious face.

“It hasn’t been officially talked about yet, but I want to tell you first.”
“…”
“I think director Hwangbo might leave for another place.”

Thud…
My heart seemed to sink.

Psychic swallowed and asked.

“Ha, but isn’t there still time left on the contract?”

The faces of the other players seemed similar.
Of course, it will be different from the psychic as much as the inner heart.

Park Seong-pil smiled lightly, not knowing if he knew what he was thinking.

“In principle, it is impossible to transfer to another club during the season, but there are exceptions if both teams agree.”
“…Why all of a sudden? We’ve been doing well so far, haven’t we?”

This time it was Kid’s question.
Park Seong-pil nodded his head.

Last season, I was runner-up in the World Championship, and I won the championship last season.

In terms of career, the years when director Hwangbo led the game as a practical leader were Mad Tiger Gaming’s heyday.

“Of course it wasn’t because I couldn’t.”

Psychic focused on the words of director Park Seong-pil, which will follow.
Then what on earth is her that puts her in danger of splitting up between him and her?

And what he said next was quite shocking.

“I can’t tell you the details, but I decided to enter as a coach for the Battle Angels.”

Is it you again Kim Jeong-soo?!
Psychic gritted his teeth and remembered a man.

In the past, he was a man with a one-hander position before joining Mad Tiger Gaming.
After that, he changed his position as his support, but even that was not enough, so he remained in the team as a playing coach.

‘Didn’t I win when I left the team…? Why do you keep appearing in my life and disturbing me!’

He looked at Hwang Ji-yeon, who was only looking at her cell phone with jealous eyes.

“…This makes no sense.”
“Huh?”
“Our next opponent team is the Battle Angels, so you’re going to send our coach as their coach?”
“…”

Director Park Seong-pil also did not say anything at Psychic’s angry words.

He was right.
Obviously, what I was doing right now was cutting off my own weight and sharing it with my rival.

The team’s coaches were also taken aback by the sudden notification.
In fact, all the strategies and plans they made were only passed through Hwang Ji-yeon’s final review, so it goes without saying that the gap felt immediately was large.

“…Can not help it.”

However, director Park Seong-pil had no intention of changing his mind.
Rather, he said, opening his eyes sharply.

“If it was a ship that would sink if one person went out, shouldn’t it be out to sea? Everyone should not be shaken and think about moving forward.”

There was nothing wrong with his words either.
People forced their heads to nod and swallowed their uneasiness.

###

In fact, Hwang Ji-yeon received an offer to coach the Battle Angels more in the past.

Around the time the official news that Battle Angels’ parent company, Phone Company, abandoned the club came out, a text message came to her cell phone.

[Secret Friend: Looks like you got a chance.]

With a puzzled thought, she blew a reply.
Opportunity, what kind of opportunity can I seize in the crisis of Battle Angels?

[What chance?]
[Secret Friend: The coach seems to be thinking of making a new home. Then you come in as our coach.]
[…I?]

It was a bit embarrassing.

In fact, it wasn’t that she hadn’t thought of transferring to Battle Angels until now.
Perhaps, if she had made the offer first, she would have been able to move her seat in the last stove rig.

But she couldn’t stand her decision to leave behind her own team, Mad Tiger Gaming, which contained so many memories of her.

[Secret Friend: Oh, it’s really frustrating.]

Meanwhile, a sharp rebuke comes from her secret friend.

[Secret friend: Now or no chance. Or when will you come?]

I am speechless.
As she said, if it wasn’t now, I might never have a chance again.

[But I can’t go until the contract period ends.]
[Secret friend: I can go if both clubs agree. Can you convince me?]

Persuade… ?
Hwangbo Jiyeon had never said a word of regret in her entire life.
But can she tell me to agree to go to another team?

[Secret Friend: The last time I saw him, he was quite trusted by the general manager.
[I can’t do that.]
[Secret friend: Then the coach gave up.]

She closed her eyes for a moment and pondered.
But it wasn’t long before she took a deep breath as if she had made up her mind.

###

The showdown with Mad Tiger Gaming came just one day ago.
Mad Tiger Gaming, the No. 1 team in ACK acknowledged by others.

True to his dignity, he had not even recorded a single defeat in the 2nd week of ACK, and he was showing the overwhelming power of the king in scrims.

Our team also met them in scrims a few times, but we still haven’t won a single one.

‘Thankfully, now that Hwangbo Jiyeon is missing, she can show her flaws through her strategy… ‘

Like all large companies, the scale is often increased so that the system can run even if one or two people are missing.
Perhaps what she is missing is only a momentary shake of her, and soon she will regain her usual form.

‘In the meantime, raising the skills of our players must be the key to victory.’

I woke up from my thoughts and looked around.

The place where we are now was the place the owner assigned us to use as a practice room for the time being.

The wide open space and all the practice equipment were top-notch, but the downside was that they used the same place as the front.

Our club, which was quickly established in just one day, was in a state where only the skeleton was built to play the role of a gaming team.
There were only the necessary personnel and departments because there were not enough people to express it in words.

Based on the partition, on the right was the Battle Angels team, and on the left was the club management team, which was in charge of management support, personnel, financial accounting, and public relations.

I passed the awkwardly erected partition and headed to a place decorated like an office.
There are currently four people sitting at the desk in front of them.

At the top seat was Ah-reum Han, who was brought in from the front desk, and in front of her was a new employee, an experienced employee, and a dispatched employee from White Bio.

It was too shabby compared to the large office.

I approached Mr. Han Ah-reum, who is now the manager of her Han Ah-reum.

“How is your new office?”
“The office is nice. Other than that, nothing good.”

She looked at me with a cynical expression.
I shrugged.

“This is all punishment.”
“…”
“Then why did you abandon us and try to run away? As karma, you get it back.”
“…I didn’t do it, did I? Anyway, the management staff is too small compared to the size of the club. You know that because I’m going to hire some people soon.”
“Ah, since we’re hiring people, I have something to tell you.”

Manager Ah-reum Han stopped hitting her keyboard and raised her head.
I looked at my watch with a subtle smile.

“It’s about time to come… “

Rattle.

Did the tiger say that he would come if I spoke to him?

Just then, the office door opened and a woman appeared.

She is my old partner, and she was the director of Mad Tiger Gaming until a few days ago.
It was Hwang Ji-yeon.

After looking around her office with a sullen face, she came up to me.

“…There are fewer people than I thought. Surely this isn’t everything?”

At her anxious words, I smiled and said.

“It’s not? Is this all?”
“…”

I had a new enemy, a crystal snake or something, but none of those things really mattered.

The really important thing was that a true game club made up of only my people started today.

“… Unless you have an office job, don’t pick one, why don’t you bring one more slugger… “
“Wow sir… I didn’t know it was like this Did you just join… “

There were complaints back and forth, but they didn’t matter too much.