NOVEL NEXT Chapter 161
Isn’t this going to completely ruin the Mollru Team?
I see a bunch of new faces in the lineup, LOL. Byeoljji, Image, Hyeyang, Rariri. Who are they?
Yeah, but Image and Hyeyang are decent; they have a rank between 500 and 1000, LOL.
If I don’t know them, they’re no good, LOL.
True, LOL.
But it’s not that being no good is the main point; aside from that, the team is totally messed up, LOL. They all suck.
Still, it seems Mollru did some analysis and actually picked the better ones out of the rest.
The noobs are just happy… just blissfully daydreaming about joining the Mollru Team and getting some crumbs.
For real, LOL. They don’t care if they’re eliminated, to be honest.
As long as they become famous, they’re good!~
If you go into their room, they’re all just smiling away right now.
Team satisfaction 200%, LOL.
Ah, LOL. The coach is from a mega-corporation, so is it a problem if they only make it to the semifinals?
Only Mollru is serious, LOL.
But isn’t it none of Bangjang’s business to be serious? Even if they only make it to the semifinals, they could just think they had fun!
Galju is pretty competitive, though, so can that even work? LOL.
Daesik is serious too… This guy has been in a few tournaments and has never won.
–Bruh–
But at least Daesik is on the Mollru team.
Finding solace in Daesik… wow…
With a no-win ghost like Daesik, victory is out of the question.
How did a noob like Daesik become the backbone of the team?
There’s a team where a noob is the ace?
Wasn’t Daesik a Challenger in the top lane? Why’s he dropped to Diamond?
What year are we talking about, though?
If you put it that way, you’re also a Challenger in the top lane but now a Platinum noob ^^.
I miss those days…
Where’s the O Daesik who used to get top 10 in Challenger during glorious seasons 1-2?
Back then, even pros shook in their boots when they faced O Daesik!
–Old geezer–
Ugh, I smell old age.
Cyborg grandpa for real, LOL.
I hate that Mollru’s got it in for roulette…
(Every time Mollru stares at the spinning roulette, her expression darkens, JPG.)
I hate the organizers who adopted this roulette system… I especially hate Bang Hyeongjae for spinning it…
Ugh, my luck is ridiculous, LOL.
All the other directors get a first pick once, but why does Galju only get…
Does it make sense to have a pick sequence of 344334? LOL.
For real, it’s rigged, LOL. That’s why it’s more fun!
Still, Daesik got picked third, so not too bad!
But Daesik doesn’t seem to be thrilled about it, LOL.
It seems Daesik finds Galju burdensome.
Wow, Daesik must be feeling cocky, LOL.
Right now, watching Daesik’s stream… why does it smell like woman’s hormones?
For real, I thought I clicked on the wrong stream and clicked out, LOL.
Did they already dig a Discord group?
I think my ears are about to bleed, LOL.
Why are they talking so much?
At least the brightness is nice!
But how long can it stay this bright?
Come to think of it, only Daesik’s a guy on the team.
It was a harem party, huh?
I’m so jealous of Daesik; I’ve never even had a conversation with a girl, let alone play a game with one.
That’s just you…
Does this dude even talk to his mom?
Isn’t his mom a woman?
So, is his mom a woman or a man?
His mom is indeed a woman, LOL.
Why are you trying to turn his mom into a man?
I’m a fan of O Daesik, LOL.
Out of the 5 members on the team, 3 are fans of Daesik, LOL!
Ugh, these fans are going to shower Daesik with attention again…
Do they really believe that?
One seems to be a real fan; she says she’s been watching since 2024.
2024? So that’s right at her peak, LOL. A girl has been watching since then?
From the way she talks, it doesn’t seem like a lie, LOL. She knows all the stuff that you wouldn’t know from just browsing YouTube or Namu Wiki.
So, who is Daesik?
It’s Rariri<<<
For real, back then, she was a topic of spicy content.
Every time she opened her mouth, there would be controversy, LOL. If it were now, she’d be buried for sure.
I feel betrayed by Daesik! Why does it look so pleasant? Why is there such a good back-and-forth during conversations? Why do the girls laugh at everything he says? Wasn’t Daesik just a miserable hiki-neet like me?
Did you really believe that…?
You can’t be a streamer if you’re a loser, LOL.
There are tons of girls who like Daesik for being a nerd, but he just refuses to date them?
Seriously, a good-looking guy who’s 180cm tall and has wealth equivalent to a corporate mogul—how come I, the 25th descendant of the Samcheok Kim clan, don’t have that?
You sound pretty gay… I hope it’s just a character…
Good-looking, you say? Hmm…
If that’s the case, being a streamer is indeed a tough job, LOL.
Ugh, no matter how much of Daesik it is, he hasn’t captured Mollru’s heart yet.
Who can even take away Galju’s heart?
So where did the Galju athletes go, leaving all of them behind?
They probably ran off saying the lineup makes their heads hurt, LOL.
Maybe they went to the bathroom?
O Daesik is dizzy. Just endlessly dizzy.
“Wow, really? Daesik did ASMR too?”
“Yeah, I liked it a lot, but it didn’t get many views and the other viewers seemed to hate it, so he stopped.”
“I can’t even find it on YouTube; where did you see this?”
“No, Rariri. Well, about that…”
“Daesik was embarrassed and took the video down, but I kind of saved it… Do you want to see it, Hyeyang?”
“Yes!”
“If Daesik gives permission, I’ll send it to you.”
“I want to see when Daesik did ASMR!”
“No, you can’t! Absolutely not. Why do you even have that? Delete it now!”
[Did that guy even do ASMR? LOL]
[Thinking about those no-cam days…]
[Old Daesik fanbase, wow, from way back then…]
[Even saved a video that was taken down, legendary, LOL.]
[Crazy bad girls, LOL. Not normal at all!]
[Clearly for malicious intent, right?]
[Anyone watching a stream from that time couldn’t possibly be normal.~]
[Wow, but with all these girls here, the voice is bomb!]
[And one of them is even in the bathroom, LOL.]
[Still, it seems there’s only one chatterbox here.]
[Daesik’s so lucky. Tsk… broadcasting happily among girls!]
[Feeling drained right now, but honestly, who cares?]
[Yeah, I wish my life was like Daesik’s…]
[What crime did Daesik commit?]
They mentioned they would use roulette to select players, but I never expected it would turn out like this.
The reasons making him dizzy were many.
‘Why did they pick me?’
First off, the fact that he was picked by coach Mollru was number one. His viewers assumed Mollru picked Daesik and tied them together, believing this time he would win since he was on her team, but that was just a joke.
Mollru has no personal feelings towards Daesik at all. And just because she’s the coach doesn’t mean her team is automatically strong.
She might have shown a powerful side last tournament, but that was only when she was a player. There was no point in her directly playing in this tournament.
Even if Mollru’s coaching skills were outstanding, it wouldn’t change anything if the team itself was weak. If the team’s overall strength is lacking, what can she do as the coach?
And the team actually got picked weakly. Thanks to the roulette fiasco.
In the last tournament, Mollru’s team was seen as weak, but that was due to poorly assessing Mollru as an asymmetric force. In this tournament, there was no such figure in the Mollru team. He, who is now called the ace, didn’t have the confidence to pull off what she did last tournament.
The fact that the coach is Mollru is dizzying, and it happens to be that the team is seen as the weakest one too.
Meanwhile, every member of the team, including the coach, is a woman. While viewers said things like ‘so jealous’ or whatever, they didn’t know what they were talking about. For Daesik, who usually finds it hard to deal with women, it was kind of disastrous news.
But here’s another dizzying point. By some twist of fate, one of the team members happened to be Daesik’s long-time fan. Among the viewers in the chatroom, she was one of the top fans.
Even though he felt a sense of familiarity toward this long-time fan, she started to bring up his embarrassing moments from the past that he had strived to bury. It was not exactly a joyful revival of memories.
Daesik finally remembered that the viewers back then were quite mischievous. They were eager to mess with Daesik.
These were the notorious fans, and even right now, his team member, Rariri, was like that.
When she began earnestly expressing her fondness for the long-buried content of his ASMR videos, it felt inherently malicious.
“Daesik, aren’t you doing any late-night broadcasts?”
“Late-night! I also watched Daesik’s late-night streams, they were legendary!”
“I know! The beauty detector O Daesik’s beauty detector stream, right?”
In the midst of all this dizzying chaos, ironically, the person Daesik thought of was Mollru.
The one who left the seat, who pushed him into this mess. He had no idea why she picked him, but he hoped she would come back soon.
When coach Mollru returns, maybe she could organize the chaos at least, and they might figure something out, whether it ends up a success or a failure.