Gender Swap: The Introvert's Broadcast-Chapter 116: Let’s Return Home

"It’s a bit awkward to suddenly mention the YouTube video."

Of course, in the end, I didn’t take the video down, but openly talking about it like this would be a bit tricky. It’s a hot topic from the stream, after all.

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Hahaha]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: But I couldn’t not mention it.]

[It was really cute yesterday.]

[How could I not mention it when she did something so cute, haha.]

[I was going to stay quiet, but it’s funny how Pine mentioned it first.]

[Pine: Oh!]

[Pine: I didn’t know it was that kind of atmosphere.]

[Pine: I’ll cancel it then!]

[Cancel? Haha]

[What the hell, this isn’t some child’s game.]

[Looks like a kid’s intelligence level, though.]

"Let’s save that conversation for later. For now, the game is starting soon, so let’s focus on that."

I quickly said this because it seemed like the viewers weren’t paying attention to the stream. There was no point in talking about the YouTube video after the tournament started—it’d just become a hassle.

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Hmm...]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Alright... though I’m not sure if this will hold up.]

[If the manager can’t give a definite answer, what are we supposed to do? Haha.]

[강후민입니다: Don’t we have other managers here?]

[강후민입니다: Why does it feel like only Cthulhu is around?]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: I’m doing all the work that the managers should be doing.]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Think of me like the face of the group.]

[ㅅㅂㅋㅋ]

[The face of the group, that’s legit.]

I had heard it by chance before, but there was a reason Cthulhu was running around with the manager title. Apparently, having all the other managers talk would just stir up too much minor drama, so they assigned the responsibility of drawing attention to Cthulhu.

‘It’s still ridiculous when I think about it.’

How much attention-seeking must one do to get this kind of reaction from everyone around? I thought to myself as I continued talking with the viewers.

"Ah, it looks like it’s starting now."

Sarak brought our attention back to the stream.

[Oh, what’s this?]

[Is it finally starting?]

[This is going to be so fun hahaha.]

[By the way, how long are you staying in London?]

[You don’t look like you’re staying long.]

[You said you’re leaving in two days, you idiot.]

[Temporary Ban!]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: No swearing.]

And so, we began watching the game.

The next day.

We were back at the stadium again. Yesterday, we came to watch another team’s game, but today, we were here to watch Rije’s game, so we prepared a bit. For example, making a cheering banner for Rije.

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"...Do I really need to hold this?"

I hesitated because I thought my arm might get sore if I held it for too long.

"...If we hold this banner, Rije might stop playing and come over to smack us with the keyboard."

Harin’s words made Ming and Sarak, who were next to me, nod in agreement.

‘Is that really the case?’

It did seem like it might be. After all, in this world, it’s the same as holding a banner cheering for another guy—awkward, to say the least. The words on the banner weren’t even that extreme.

[Korea’s pride, lovely Rije fighting!]

Personally, I added that phrase because I think Rije is cute, but everyone seemed really reluctant about it. So, in the end, I had to hold the banner.

I held it up until the camera caught us.

After how long had I been holding the banner?

Whoosh—

I appeared on the broadcast screen. It seemed like the cameras were moving around a bit before the game started.

"Oh, it’s on."

As soon as I appeared on the camera, I waved the banner around enthusiastically. I had put a lot of effort into it, and I didn’t want it to be wasted if the camera only caught us for a few seconds.

As I kept waving the banner, the camera focused on us for quite a while before moving on to another spot. Compared to when they showed other people’s banners yesterday, this was a long time, so I was satisfied and lowered the banner.

"Now let’s watch the game comfortably."

I had done my part, and now it was time to relax and enjoy the broadcast.

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Hahaha.]

[Waving that banner like a madman.]

[강후민입니다: We’ve been working on this for so long, so we needed to be on camera for a while.]

[The cameraman is really putting his heart into this.]

[Good-looking people always get more camera time.]

[If they focus on someone ugly for too long, that’s literally violence.]

[That’s true, haha.]

[This is hilarious.]

We started watching the game, sitting back. Since we had received permission through Rije for all the copyright issues with the tournament, there were no problems.

While watching the game, suddenly—

[Quadra Kill!]

A huge cheer erupted from the crowd.

It seemed like everyone was hyped up because Rije had scored a quadra kill.

"Is the penta possible?"

I hoped so. After all, Rije wasn’t playing some other champion but a tank champion, Poppy.

"I’d love to see it."

This was only the second time I was watching a tournament, but given the nature of the game, I knew it was hard for a penta kill to happen. Pros calculate everything meticulously, so it wouldn’t be easy for all the kills to go to one person.

"Fighting!"

After a brief cheer, a little while later—

[Penta Kill!]

The crowd erupted again, this time even louder.

It was truly a scene of absolute madness.

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Holy shit, this is legendary hahahahaha.]

[Could Poppy really get a penta kill?]

[Is this for real?]

[Poppy getting a penta kill is insane, what the hell.]

[강후민입니다: Rije is a god. Rije is a god. Rije is a god.]

[Fact: Rije is really a god.]

[How does someone pull off a penta kill with that champ?]

[For Rije!]

[Rije, let’s win the World Cup.]

[It doesn’t make sense for us not to win.]

"Wow!"

I couldn’t help but cheer along with everyone else.

It was a celebration, after all. I wasn’t sure if it was worth shouting this loudly, but it felt right.

After Rije’s penta kill, the rest of her team gathered together and destroyed the Nexus.

It was an overwhelming victory for Rije. They had said her team was strong, and that turned out to be true. I never expected such a huge gap between teams in a pro game.

After enjoying the game for a while...

"Wait a minute, we should be leaving soon."

It was time to head out. Although the flight was the next day, it wasn’t going to be in the evening—it was in the early morning.

If we didn’t leave soon, we’d be rushing at the airport.

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Wait, the flight?]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Is it in the early morning? Fuck hahahaha.]

[I thought it was in the evening.]

[Why is the flight in the morning?]

[Is this for real?]

[Why is it in the morning...]

[Stay in London forever, stay in London forever, stay in London forever.]

When I said that, Harin looked at the time.

"Ah, you’re right. If we don’t want to miss the flight, we should leave now. Wait a second. Let’s say goodbye to Rije before we go."

She said briefly and stood up.

Among the people here, Harin was the closest to Rije, so it was best to follow Harin’s lead on things like this.

[She’s really leaving, huh.]

[We should stay until the finals...]

[The finals are still like a month away haha.]

[It’s a bit sad to leave already, but it was fun haha.]

[It was really fun.]

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Let’s go to the flight!]

[We should say goodbye to Rije...]

We packed our things and waited outside for a bit.

"Oh, you’re waiting."

Rije appeared with a confident look on her face. She seemed to be brimming with confidence after the penta kill.

There wasn’t much time, so we quickly greeted her.

"Hey, we’re leaving soon. We’ll head off now, but make sure you win. Don’t slack off and end up in second place."

"...I won’t end up in second place."

Rije nodded firmly, her eyes full of resolve. She must’ve been confident in her ability to go all the way.

[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: How badly does she want to win hahaha.]

[Her eyes are scary.]

[If you want to win, that’s the attitude.]

[Rije, if you win, make sure to create a Poppy skin, goddamn, there’s nothing useful.]

[The plushie is the true essence, yeah.]

Rije said her goodbyes to everyone and coolly headed back to the arena.

When Rije entered the arena, I felt it.

"We’re finally going back to Korea."

It was finally time to return to Korea.

‘I hope Ye Ye-ram isn’t doing anything weird.’

I thought to myself, slightly uneasy, as we made our way to the airport.