Season 2. Chapter 151: New Introduction (2)

Several videos dropped at once like bombs on Almond's YouTube channel.

[Game ends if you’re dumb~~]

This was the first uploaded video perhaps because it happened first. Despite the opponent's stream sniping and psychological warfare, the rather dumb BornToB was not shaken at all. It made for quite a sad yet funny episode.

— WTF.

— BornToB is invincible.

— Is this a strategy game???

└ A battle of who has an intelligence of 1

└ Lol!

— What a luck trash game for real, haha.

└ "Real-time Luck Trash Strategy Game"

└ Lol, Trash Strategy.

└ Lol!

BornToB didn’t even realize the opponent's simple psychological warfare and lacked gaming sense, but quickly putting out Almond was significant enough.

“Yeah~ Try psychological warfare~ The game ends if you’re dumb!”

With OrangeKing's exclamation, the video ended as BornToB won with Almond.

The short video only lasted three to four minutes, but it was still popular on YouTube. Thanks to this, the views reached 210,000 in just a few hours.

The next video was also related to BornToB.

[Hey bro. Are you crying?]

The video showed the scene when Almond and BornToB said their last goodbyes.

— BornToB's tears after losing Almond... lol

└ Come back Almond!!

— I want to see this crazy duo again!

└ 222 They have surprisingly good chemistry haha

└ Ugh, you call it good chemistry now that it's over... save your words.

└ Lol, that’s true. BornToB is cute, but makes me explode sometimes.

— It was bad. Let's never see you again.

└ That’s so mean, haha.

Subscribers celebrated BornToB's last goodbye, yet some wished for them to play again. Various reactions appeared, but the top comment was especially noticeable.

— Hello. I am BornToB. Playing with Almond this time was really fun and deeply moved my heart. I learned a lot and found a new dream. I discovered a new desire within me!

Reading this comment, people had a weird thought.

└ Is he coming out?

It wasn't that.

└ I’m going to start streaming today! I'll make it spicy, so come and watch once!

Reading the reply made it clear what he meant. Almond had inspired BornToB, who also started streaming.

└ I thought you became gay because of Almond~!

└ 2222Same! I thought he was coming out, lol.

└ 3333 Lol, the word "desire" was intense, haha.

└ ‘Coming out?’ being the first comment was too funny. All the comments are trash, haha.

└ ???: Worship me.

Most found it funny.

└ Dropping back to B rank would be hilariously funny, lol.

└ Wow, congratulations!

└ Supporting you!

└ BornToB bro... Good luck!

Plenty of encouraging comments appeared, but those trying to drag him down always existed too.

└ Attention seeker appears~

└ Who would watch something as spicy as a pork cutlet...

└ He was inspired by Almond, but why is his streaming concept similar to Bubblegum?

└ Just quietly go back, bro.

Despite his shortcomings, BornToB definitely possessed the most important quality of being a streamer. That was the ability to draw in viewers.

[Views: 190,000]

It wasn’t about the gameplay, but this video of BornToB crying and saying goodbye had reached 190,000 views in a few hours. This was encouraging.

Regardless, BornToB was attracting attention. Speaking of individuals, BornToB wasn’t the only one who featured in Almond's stream.

["Loyal Subject" Walnutty]

This video had the most views excluding the national competition videos. The scene featured Walnutty, a loyal fan who gave a bow and arrows to Almond. Almond had been fighting on horseback, lost his weapon, and ran back. At that critical moment, it brought quite a bit of attention.

— The thumbnail is a Korean general?? LOL. Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com

└ LMAO, really

└ Did they have to go this far lol!

— He needs to die a hundred times to be a loyal subject of Almond, lol.

└ Almond carried. If it had been Bubblegum's loyal subject, he would have to die 300 times just to barely save himself.

└ Lmao

└ Lol!

A lot of comments mentioned the general in the thumbnail. Next, comments also expressed gratitude toward Walnutty.

— Walnutty, we will remember you...

— Guys, let's thank Walnutty~

└ Thank you, Walnutty~~

└ Did Walnutty's mom hand out hamburgers to everyone?

└ Lmao.

└ Burger King Whopper and Big Macs~

Ju-Hyeok had casually brought up the award ceremony when they finally contacted each other after a while. They all had to dress up to go, but their car was small so they needed to rent a bigger taxi or something.

Director Oh brushed it off as if it was nothing. It was a big help for Sang-Hyeon's group.

"Anyway, the Bubblegum’s side all have vans. They use those collectively."

"Ah... Is that given by Balloon Entertainment?"

"That's right."

This was a different story from Punk's partner management. They could be seen as an entertainment company that managed celebrities in such a manner.

Ju-Hyeok, also interested in this field, paid attention to their conversation. They talked about entertainment for a while.

Meanwhile, Ji-Ah seemed a bit nervous and only stared straight ahead.

Sang-Hyeon leaned against the window and enjoyed the streetlight views.

"The award ceremony..."

Sang-Hyeon's first award ceremony was a community sports competition he had participated in during middle school. The result was, of course, a gold medal. Winning a gold medal at his first competition was bewildering and boosted his confidence.

Perhaps because of that, he immediately dropped to silver and bronze medals in the next competition. He complained so much then that his grandmother scolded him a lot and his coach too.

‘I wonder if he’s doing well.’

When he played in the LIL tournament, he often thought of his coach during the national archery competition.

‘The end wasn't so good.’

"We're almost there!"

A cheerful shout came from the passenger seat.

It was a bit later than planned after checking the time, but this didn't affect their participation in the event.

"Haha! We're perfectly late like the main characters. The main characters!"

Director Oh tried to cover their late excuses like this.

"Everyone, fix your attire. Take your time getting out. Just walk straight to that place that looks like the entrance of a Roman temple."

Ziiing.

The van's rear door slid open. At that moment, cameras and people's eyes simultaneously turned their way.

“Who is it?”

“A van? A big streamer?”

“An invited celebrity? The silhouette seems...”

The voices murmured and couldn’t be seen behind the darkly tinted windows.

Sang-Hyeon took a moment to breathe deeply. He had to get off first.

"I'll go first."

After briefly straightening his black suit, he stepped out of the car.

Thump.

The moment his black shoes touched the red carpet...

"Who is it?"

"I can't see."

"Camera, zoom in please..."

The people murmured. The distance was too far for a clear view.

Ziiing.

The broadcast camera approached and scanned up from his feet to his waist, then his shoulders, and finally his face entered the frame.

"!"

"...!?"

"Guh...!"

A moment of silence passed.

"It's Almond! Almond!"

As if this statement was a signal, a scream almost indistinguishable from a cheer rang out.

"Wowowoowww!!"

All the murmuring voices instantly turned into cheers.

"Oppaaaaaaaa!!!"

"Wowowooww!!!"

"Wow, it's really Almond!"

"This is crazy. Crazy!"

Bang! Flash!

Flashes from the cameras lit up everywhere.

Sang-Hyeon momentarily stood there admiring the twinkling red carpet.

"This is..."

A scene from a stream seen through other eyes or a camera... Glamorous dresses, red carpets, and tuxedos...

‘This is that award ceremony...’

It wasn't a grand movie festival or the Grammy Awards, but it was something everyone longed for in some form. Something that couldn't be precisely defined, but everyone sought its mirage.

He was now stepping into that mirage.

"Almond!"

"Almond!! Please look here!!"

"Me, me, hold my hand! Woahhhh!"

Flash!

Bang!

The camera flashes created a misty haze. Numerous fans waved at him.

"... Let’s keep going."

He walked onto the red carpet.

"Yes."

"Sure."

Ji-Ah and Ju-Hyeok followed him.