Chapter 76

I am not a regressed person, Chapter 76

Streaming of the Genius Awakened (5)

"What... the hell?"

Silence fell.

Countless question marks filled the chat window.

Jerry Kim's mind was in the exact same state as that chat window.

'What, what's going on?'

He couldn't even see it properly.

A fierce blue lightning blazed, and in an instant, three Neglishes were cruelly dismembered and rolling on the ground.

He didn't use a powerful holy relic, nor did he use a life-draining ultimate move.

He just did it calmly.

As if it was nothing, he swept away three 5-star monsters.

"Are you going to stand there for 30 minutes?"

Oh Jin smirked and waved his hand at the stunned Jerry Kim.

"If you don't come, I'll go alone."

"Wait, just a moment!"

Jerry Kim hurriedly tried to grab Oh Jin.

Of course.

There was no reason to wait.

-Tap, tap, tap!

He kicked off roughly and sprinted down the tunnel.

"Ugh! Damn it!"

He could see Jerry Kim desperately following from behind.

"Ah, ah!"

"Ah!"

The deeper they went into the tunnel, the more Neglishes there were.

'Two on the right, three on the left. And.'

Two assassin-type Neglishes hiding under the floor.

'When I didn't know about the assassin type, I couldn't sense them.'

But now that he knew they were there.

It wasn't difficult to pinpoint their location with just a little use of the Hunter's Constellation scar.

"Gatling Shot!!"

As if not to be outdone.

This time, Jerry Kim quickly fired arrows.

Tutututut!

Arrows made of blue light shot out like a machine gun at the Neglishes.

"Ah, ah!"

It was clearly a powerful technique, but.

'Accuracy is terrible.'

Oh Jin smirked and stretched out his arm toward the Neglishes that had become porcupines from the barrage of arrows.

Clang!!!

The sharp tip at the end of the wire pierced the forehead of a Neglish precisely.

"Ah...!"

"Didn't you say the person who lands the final blow gets to keep it?"

"Ugh!"

Jerry Kim bit his lip fiercely.

-LOL, he's insane;;

-WTF, where's the guy you said was 3-star earlier???

-Isn't this 4-star????

-WTF, what am I seeing right now??

-No, seriously, I bet all my salary this month!!!!

-Backing the underdog always wins, backing the underdog always wins, backing the underdog always wins.

The chat window heated up with Oh Jin's overwhelming performance.

"Damn it!"

Jerry Kim let out a rough curse without realizing it.

His face was tense.

'I can't lose like this!'

Hundreds, no, tens of thousands of people are watching.

If he loses without even putting up a decent fight, that label will follow him for life.

"Ughhh!"

He mustered all his strength and drew up his mana.

The sudden increase in mana made his entire mana circuit scream.

But.

"Arrow—Blast!!"

It was a fight he couldn't afford to lose.

-Kaboom!!!

Dozens, hundreds of arrows swirled and engulfed the three Neglishes on the left.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!"

The muscular merfolk were swept away by the barrage of arrows and fell to the ground.

-Oh, oh, oh!!!

-Jerry Kim! Jerry Kim!!

-Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!!!

-Mom, if I win this time, I'll really take care of you!!!!

The viewers were ecstatic at Jerry Kim's performance.

"Ha! Ha!"

Jerry Kim, without even a moment to check the chat window's reaction, panted heavily and collapsed.

The intense fatigue from using too much mana at once weighed him down.

Then.

"Ah!"

Crack!!

Two Neglishes burst out of the floor and lunged at Jerry Kim.

Their sharp, poison-coated spines aimed sharply at his neck.

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!"

A terrible scream burst from Jerry Kim's mouth.

He tried to get up quickly, but his body wouldn't move as he had used too much mana at once.

"Help... me..."

Clang! Clang!

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!"

The wire wrapped around the bodies of the Neglishes that were charging.

The Neglishes, electrified by the blue lightning, writhed in pain.

"Huh, huh!"

Jerry Kim shivered as he looked down at the corpses of the Neglishes that had fallen right in front of him.

If he had been just a little slower.

The poison-coated spines would have riddled his body.

"Unique scream, huh?"

Oh Jin smirked and retracted the wire.

-What the heck, LOL

-This is a legend, really LOL

-My Jerry isn't like this, T_T!

-Jerry Kim's reaction is hilarious LOL

The chat window was soon filled with mocking comments about Jerry Kim.

"Ugh..."

Jerry Kim got up with a flushed face.

"Let's go deeper."

To make up for this humiliation, he had to show something that would take the viewers' breath away.

But.

-Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack!!!

"Ah, ah, ah, ah!!!"

The gap between him and Oh Jin grew wider as time passed.

"It's... impossible..."

Jerry Kim opened his mouth in disbelief.

In 30 minutes, Oh Jin had caught 24 Neglishes, while Jerry Kim had caught only 7.

It was an embarrassing gap, even if he had lost.

-WTF, is this even possible?

-How is this 4-star LOL

-What about my salary, seriously?

-Backing the underdog is the best, isn't it? So satisfying?

-Brain! Brain! Brain!

-Mom, I want to be Brain when I grow up! Mom, I want to be Brain when I grow up! Mom, I want to be Brain when I grow up!

The chat window, which had been asking for proper education before the match, was now filled with praise for Oh Jin.

"30 minutes are up, right?"

"..."

Jerry Kim opened his mouth in a defeated manner.

"Didn't you say you were 4-star?!"

He shouted as if demanding an answer.

"When?"

"Huh?"

"When did I say I was 4-star?"

"...Oh."

Jerry Kim opened his mouth in a dazed manner.

Upon reflection, Oh Jin had never once said he was 4-star.

From the moment they first met.

No, even before they met.

He had been completely fooled.

By no one else but himself.

"Then, what...?"

What star is Brain?

"5-star. 5-star."

Oh Jin held up five fingers.

"5-star...?"

Jerry Kim's eyes widened.

While it was certainly surprising that an awakened person who had been awakened for just over half a year had reached 5-star,

"Even if you're 5-star, how...?"

In the world of awakened, overturning a 1-star gap wasn't that rare.

But that was only when the opponent had a minor constellation.

Jerry Kim was an awakened of the 12 signs of the zodiac, the top tier among hundreds of constellations.

'And yet to be this overwhelmingly defeated.'

He swallowed hard.

Just as the 12 signs of the zodiac dominated those with minor constellations.

-Before the North Star, the 12 signs of the zodiac are just minor constellations.

"Insane..."

Jerry Kim looked at Oh Jin with trembling eyes.

As if he were looking at an alien from outer space, not a human.

"Then, this is mine, right?"

"Ah..."

He let out a regretful sigh and looked at the bag.

He wanted to take the bag by force, claiming it was just a joke, but he couldn't do that with hundreds of thousands of viewers watching.

"...Yes. A promise is a promise."

He clenched his fist and nodded.

There was nothing else he could say but to accept his defeat.

-Wow, 5-star??

-No way, LOL, didn't a news article say he was 4-star two months ago??

-This is faster than the Northern Star??

-Breaking news: Jerry Kim's entire collection of holy relics for a month has been wiped out.

-Breaking news: Even the backing the underdog fans have been wiped out.

-Oh, Jerry Kim, you should have asked what star he was before betting.

The chat window was a mess, as expected.

It was filled with curses and insults.

He wanted to just turn off the stream, but.

"Alright, let's settle the point betting, too?"

Ha Eun approached Jerry Kim with a smile.

"...Yes."

Jerry Kim nodded with a powerless expression.

As she said, there was still the point betting to settle.

-Let's go out for lunch! Let's go out for lunch! Let's go out for lunch!

-It's invalid, it's invalid, it's invalid, it's invalid, it's invalid, it's invalid.

-Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry.

-Backing the underdog is invincible, and Brain is a god. Backing the underdog is invincible, and Brain is a god.

Since most of the viewers had bet on Jerry Kim, the chat window was filled with madness at the mention of settling the point betting.

Jerry Kim sighed as he read through the chat window.

"Then, I'll announce the ID of the person who won the most points!"

Jerry Kim shouted, placing his hand on the point settlement button.

"Ah?"

Ha Eun's eyes widened.

"Wait, wait! Why are you announcing the ID all of a sudden!!!"

"Huh? Why not? It's a rule."

Jerry Kim looked at Ha Eun as if she was speaking nonsense.

"What, what, what? Where is that rule? I didn't see it in the previous streams!!!"

"...That's only in Hakko's streams. If you're a Toychi partner like me, you have to reveal the results of the point betting."

To prevent match-fixing and other illegal activities, the rule was to reveal who won how much.

"Then, let's announce...?"

"Wait, wait!!!"

Ha Eun urgently stopped Jerry Kim.

"Cancel it! Let's cancel the point betting!!"

"Huh? What do you mean all of a sudden?"

"Sis?"

Oh Jin and Jerry Kim frowned and looked at her.

"The viewers voted without knowing how many stars Oh Jin has, right?"

Ha Eun continued with an awkward smile.

"So, it's invalid!! This is invalid!!!"

The chat window was in turmoil at her desperate cry.

-Yeah, this is invalid.

-I love you, sis, I love you, sis, I love you.

-But, how can that be? No one said to reveal the stars before.

-You idiots, LOL, if you knew Brain was 5-star, you would have bet on him, right?

The reactions in the chat window were sharply divided.

Those who argued it was invalid and those who said it didn't matter were fiercely debating.

"Hey, hey, everyone, calm down."

Managing the chaotic chat window was the streamer's job.

"Since there was no clause in the bet to reveal the stars, we'll just proceed with the settlement."

Jerry Kim said firmly.

Not only because following Ha Eun's suggestion to make it invalid would cause a backlash from the viewers,

'I lost everything, so you should too.'

He also had a petty thought that he couldn't be the only one to lose.

'Since it's not my money anyway.'

Whoever lost, it didn't matter to him.

"Then, I'll announce the first place. It's probably someone who bet heavily on the underdog."

"Aaaah!! Stop, stop!!"

Oh Jin held back Ha Eun, who was about to lunge at Jerry Kim.

"Stay still, sis."

"Let go!! Let go, you bastard!!"

It wasn't hard to guess that the reason for her behavior was the 'ID'.

'What kind of ID did she use to react like this?'

He tilted his head as he held the struggling Ha Eun.

'Maybe something like 'Black-eyed Messenger' or 'Fallen Angel Power' or something?'

Judging by her intense reaction, it was probably a very childish and ridiculous ID.

'Tsk, tsk. Our sis really doesn't know the value of money, to make such a fuss over a simple ID.'

He shrugged and smirked.

Whether it was 'Black-eyed Messenger' or 'Fallen Angel Power,' what did it matter?

With 460 million won on the line, the underdog had to be valid.

"First place in this point vote is—!"

"Aaaah!! No, no!!!"

"It's 'CuteOhJinChuChu'!!!"

"..."

"..."

...ChuChu, what?