Chapter 448 – 448. After Story (5)

The day of the second interview to select members of Battle Devils.

I finished preparations with the coaches at the office building and waited for the candidates.

There were more things to set up than I thought.

We had to pay attention to everything, including a place for candidates to wait, a small room for personal interviews, capsules for testing, and even simple refreshments.

Fortunately, I was able to finish it without difficulty thanks to the help of meticulous coaches and staff.

“Wow, you did it neatly!”

Among them, there was a coach like me who just sat back and sucked.

He was a master coach.

As I looked at her in bewilderment, she smiled broadly.

“Uh? The director was also enjoying it!”

“…”

I couldn’t refute it because it wasn’t wrong.

Instead, I said something about her tardiness.

“Where did you go, and where are you now? “Can’t you see everyone is waiting?”

To be precise, it wasn’t time for the interview yet, so we were waiting for candidates, but you can just give a reason.

However, the master coach spun around in place at my words and showed off his clothes.

“Hehe… I can’t just come and meet the kids who will become my players. How does it suit you?”

She was dressed in a neat suit.

To be honest, I didn’t feel pretty because the outfit wasn’t anything special, but it was nice to see that my voluptuous body, which wasn’t covered up even by a stiff-style suit, stood out.

I nodded reflexively.

“Great. “I passed.”

“… I don’t think you’re talking about clothes… “

She narrowed her eyes questioningly, but she didn’t argue any further.

After a while, when the scheduled interview time arrived, candidates gathered in the waiting room one by one.

Five candidates wearing name tags handed out by staff sat in a row on chairs.

Two women and three men.

They look around and look at the candidates like the interviewer, showing signs of nervousness.

Among them, I focused on the two girls I had noticed in advance.

Kim Ye-rim, who first uses ‘Sound ID 69’.

She is in her second year of high school, and as expected, she was dressed very flashy for a student.

Hair dyed a much lighter yellow color than blonde.

An outfit that brings out your individuality with earrings and a necklace.

The clothing was also a bit open.

The short skirt and top that exposed her shoulders made her forget her young age.

On the other hand, candidate Song Gyu-bin, the ‘qwer’ I looked at the second time, had a completely opposite style.

Unlike when I first saw her in the capsule, she seemed to have made an effort to trim her hair and dress neatly, but there was nothing that could be done about her chubby body and awkward atmosphere.

It was a style that was like an example of a gamer’s life that anyone could see just playing games at home.

The rest of the men were not particularly interested, so they just looked at it and moved on.

“Then we will begin the second interview. Please wait in the waiting room and come into the scrimmage room when your name is called.”

The interview began with Hwang Bo-jiyeon’s voice.

The second interview method evaluated a slightly more diverse range of abilities than the one-on-one interview seen in the first round.

Following a simple face-to-face interview, you will team up with existing members of Battle Devils and compete in a scrimmage match.

However, at a time when ACK was about to begin, there was no club to help interview new players.

So, naturally, the candidates’ opponents were the complete Battle Angels, who had recently won the World Championship.

Thanks to this, the candidate players who were randomly assigned to the team showed their nervousness as soon as the game started.

If you have any interest in the professional league, what you can’t help but know is the current popularity of Battle Angels.

And of course, the result was a landslide victory for Battle Angels!

A bunch of the first candidates broke and jumped out of the capsule.

The tower had no initiative throughout the game, and the jungle was too busy running around to show its true presence.

Even taking into account that they were rookie players, their performance was extremely poor.

“Thank you for your effort. “Please wait in the waiting room.”

Hwang Bo-jiyeon naturally guided the candidates.

The candidates, who had already guessed that they had failed due to poor performance, returned to the waiting room in despair.

Still, it would be a pretty good experience to team up with current pros and play a scrimmage against the world’s best team.

“Please let the next candidate in.”

With Hwang Bo-jiyeon’s words, two girls entered the room.

The two girls I had been eyeing happened to be on a team.

I adjusted my posture and looked at them.

They were looking at the interviewers in an awkward posture.

“We will enter the capsule and conduct a scrimmage. “Please let me know when you’re ready.”

“Yes.”

And then the scrimmage against Battle Angels began.

Top : qwer

Jungle: Healthy ID69

MID : BA Sia

AD Carry: BA Rose’

Support : BA Hua

Although it was a hastily built team, it was strong enough to play in the first division right now.

The reason was, of course, the rigidity of the lower body and mid-body.

Lee Ji-ah’s carry ability and veteran gamer Rosé’s skill were combined to create power of its own.

Among them, the two girls who were candidates seemed to have difficulty keeping up with the tempo of Battle Angels.

In the end, Battle Angels won the scrimmage.

At first glance, it seemed tight, but in fact, the game went as the Battle Angels wanted throughout the game.

The lines that seemed to be under too much pressure were loosened a little, and even though they could have been run more tightly, they were intentionally given opportunities to encourage teamfights.

Candidates who did their best in the scrimmage without knowing it only realized in the second half that their opponents were watching them.

“Ah… “

The two girls came out of the capsule with sad expressions.

However, Hwang Bo-jiyeon very callously kicked them out.

“Thank you for your hard work. You can go back to the waiting room.”

“…”

At her words, the two girls flinched as if they had something to say.

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The feeling of my heart pounding still hasn’t gone away.

For what reason?

‘Also… It’s because of that man.’

Yerim Kim took a moment to look back on her second interview.

When she first walked into the interview room and saw the Battle Angels coaches, she didn’t think much of anything.

‘You’re prettier than I thought. Isn’t this a place where people make a living based on looks rather than games?’

As she was sitting in her assigned seat with a sour review, he opened the door and came in.

“…”

To be honest, it wasn’t a style that really resonated with me.

He didn’t seem to have much force to be called the main character behind Battle Angels’ success.

‘I just need to play comfortably.’

But that thought didn’t last long.

It was time for a face-to-face interview as she was called in one by one.

She is asked various questions in front of three coaches and a manager, and her attitude toward playing in the professional league is tested.

Yerim Kim answered her coaches’ questions without thinking deeply, but she felt that her attitude was becoming more serious.
She didn’t have to think long, but the reason was simple.

The coach sitting in the center of the coaches.

Every time he said something to those around him, the coaches’ attitude changed.

Sometimes he nodded his head seriously, and sometimes he let out a small laugh.

She was concentrating on him without even realizing it because of the way he captured the mood.

‘As expected, there is something different about being a director?’

And after waiting for a while after the interview, the scrimmage started right away.

It was a perfect opportunity for her to show off her skills.

‘I’m not good at the jungle, but… ‘Isn’t it okay to just beat them all?’

However, this time too, just like her first interview, the only real realization is that the bar for professionalism is high.
As she failed every time she tried, she became more and more intimidated.

‘I feel like the other person is watching me… ‘

Then, just when she thinks the game is up, she feels like the pressure is loosening a little.

Normally it would have been very difficult for her to regain her pace with the accidents happening all around her, but the lull that lasted for a while gave her time to recover.

‘Dare you look at me… ?’

The competitive spirit within her gently raised her head, but the team fight that followed soon made her lower her head again.

Her opponent’s perfect breathing and position made her feel defeated even before the fight.
And then a teamfight took place.

As expected, the results did not change.

In addition to a clean entry, the skill combination completely destroyed her team.

“…”

Feeling empty, she came out of her capsule sullen.
I don’t feel like I’ll pass the second interview either.

Is it because I had that thought?

When she saw the director of Battle Angels, she thought there was no way she could go back to this.

“Do you have any last words?”

And the final interview-specific question became an opportunity.

Ye-rim Kim said, jumping up from her chair.

“Do you think you’ll regret it if you don’t pick me?”

It was an unexpected statement, considering her past, when she showed confidence that she could go anywhere even if she failed an interview.
But all she had in her mind was that she had to seize this opportunity.

The director of Battle Angels asked.

“Why do you think that?”

“… Well, that’s right… Because I am a star player… “

She started out enthusiastically, but when she tried to explain the reason, her voice gradually quieted down.
However, her coaches and director, looking at her, nodded their heads with a rather serious expression.

Kim Ye-rim felt cool even as her face turned red.
She felt like her stardom was recognized by her coaches and managers.

But then, another girl who played in one of her scrimmages with her also spoke up.

“Me too… I think you’ll definitely regret it if you don’t choose me… “

As she turned to her side with a puzzled expression on her face, she saw a girl timidly hesitant about the distracting subject.

“…”

As earnest as she was, this girl was also very earnest.

As the eyes of the coach and director turned to the girl, she also opened her mouth.

“I am confident that if you give me just a little more time, I will become several times better than I am now! Please look at my potential!”

It was a cry that seemed so desperate.

There was silence once again in the interview room.

Everyone’s attention was focused on the director who seemed to be thinking about something for a moment.

It was the same for the coaches, including the two girls who were candidates.

“I heard you well.”

Soon he opens his mouth.

“I will take note of it.”

However, the following answer is too formal.

The two girls calmed down their excited emotions and headed to the waiting room.

They still didn’t know if their actions were right.