Season 2: Chapter 231: Developer’s Power Level (1)

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Season 2: Chapter 231: Developer’s Power Level (1)

Sang-Hyeon looked around the arcade and intended to try a different game, but the world wouldn't let him.

"Ugh..."

Babam.

Bababam.

The donations continued to pour in.

[TaekwondoFederation has donated 10,000 won.]

[You chose a taekwondo character and lost to a foreigner...]

A voice sounding like an elderly man chastised Sang-Hyeon's sense of patriotism.

— lol Can't stand the foreigners~

— Swim back to Korea when you return~

— lololol

Bababam!

[DoYouKnowClub has donated 10,000 won.]

[Please leave our club, Lord Almond.]

A voice with the tone of an aristocratic maid suggested that he leave a club he had never joined.

— lolol, really?

— DoYouKnow Club but why the tone lol

— Has your nationality already changed to Japanese? lol

— Lord Nut lol

Sang-Hyeon, perhaps too bothered to respond to them individually, brushed it off.

"Yes, thank you for the donation. Seems like a lot of donations come in when I lose. It's all planned~"

— ?

— lololol

— ???

— Let's just say it was all planned~ ^^

— Yes, of course, boss lol

— Such tactics!

Despite his dismissive response, the donations continued to flow in.

[BornToBee has donated 3,000 won.]

[You're not supposed to do it like that...]

— Who's BornToBee lol

— BornToBe, don't cross the line if you don't want to die ^^

— Stay out of it lol

— BornToB not BornToBee lol

At that moment, Sang-Hyeon realized it.

"Yes, thank you, BornToB."

Even a dismissive response to mocking donations would keep them coming as no response was a reaction to these people.

Almond's current expression itself was a reaction for them.

— His expression lol

— This looks like the face of someone about to be purged lol

— You nut, that sulky expression lol

As they had anticipated, what was known as a finishing blow donation appeared.

[Kyakyakya has donated 10,000 won.]

[Feels empty~! Jaw drops~! Feels empty~! Jaw drops~! Feels empty~! Jaw drops~!]

A high-pitched female voice mockingly echoed.

The jaw-dropping reference referred to the last match when his character was struck in the jaw and received an endless combo.

“Feels... empty~ Jaw drops...”

As the voice of the donation continued, Sang-Hyeon's expression grew increasingly stern.

— lololol

— lol

— Jaw drops lol

— Almond is choked up...!

— That expression really looks dangerous lol

— Oh bow down...!

The donation that struck the final blow to his patience won the day.

"Kyakyakya, thank you. Please step out for thirty minutes."

Ultimately, the donor paid a considerable sum of 10,000 won and got banned for thirty minutes.

A long train of donations passed.

Pew-pew!

Pew!

Sang-Hyeon became deeply engaged in a fighter jet game, furiously manipulating the joystick.

— Wow

— He's pretty good?

— Wow

The fighter jet game primarily involved moving the left stick. Dodging the opponent's missiles was exactly what this left-stick motion was for. The right hand simply needed to continually press the firing button. Precise movements were hardly necessary.

Thanks to this, Sang-Hyeon was quite good at it. Moreover, this game required no foresight and a faster reaction time was sufficient to dodge effectively.

"Oh. I won."

He eventually cleared the level, securing a small challenge reward.

— Wow

— He's good at fighter jet games?

— He did this in one try???

— Amazing lol

— Easy mode, so it was actually possible lol

Clearing the easy mode awarded ten chickens to his viewers. If he had cleared the normal mode, he could have won twenty. The normal mode also seemed manageable.

"Shall I try the normal mode too?"

However, Sang-Hyeon was not given such an opportunity.

Someone was shouting into a microphone in the broadcasting booth. From the murmuring around, it seemed that this person was Kim Yi-Seo.

'What? Why is he broadcasting?'

Strange. Wasn't he supposed to fight this person?

Sang-Hyeon poked Ju-Hyeok to ask, "Why is that person commenting? Isn't that Kim Yi-Seo?"

"Ah. It's because it's not his turn yet."

"Eh? Turn?"

"Yeah. Like in the old cartoons, the four heavenly kings fight before the demon lord, right?"

Sang-Hyeon wasn’t going to fight Kim Yi-Seo immediately. In fact, during the ongoing challenge...

"Has anyone defeated the Four Heavenly Kings yet?"

"Hey, what Four Heavenly Kings... It's just a way of speaking. They're other developers working below. Not exactly four, but just two or three."

"So, you mean no one has beaten the two or three heavenly kings yet?"

"That... yeah, that's right. The two or three heavenly kings haven't been defeated yet."

Ju-Hyeok reluctantly acknowledged the existence of these so-called kings and nodded.

— Two or three heavenly kings lol

— Why is it always Nutty's fate to be embarrassed...? lol

— Manager's realization lol

"Now, the first opponent is our head developer, Heo Won-Mu! Will he be able to win?"

As Kim Yi-Seo started commentating, it felt as if he was mocking them.

"By the way, our development team hasn't installed any of the cash-pumped jets that are currently controversial. On the other hand, the players challenging us are using the controversial jets, right?"

Boos erupted from the long line.

"Go die, Kim Yi-Seo!"

"Get ready to be wiped!"

The reaction was unexpectedly fierce. Being a head game developer was like putting one’s neck on the line, but this was quite literal in another sense.

— Wow

— The public opinion isn't good, huh? lol

— Wow, it's like a medieval execution ground

"The atmosphere is heating up."

Sang-Hyeon briefly summarized this to his viewers and turned back to the video. Well, he tried to turn back.

"Hmm. It's so noisy... can't focus..."

Sang-Hyeon was trying hard to watch, but the feeling wasn't quite hitting him. After all, it was just a video. Nonetheless, Sang-Hyeon tried to fully concentrate like during his school days.

A few minutes passed.

"Next!"

The previous contestant was brutally defeated.

"Neeext!"

The contestant before him was also defeated. Now it was Sang-Hyeon's turn.

An attendant gestured toward him.

"Next contestant, please come in!"

"Yes."

Sang-Hyeon entered the capsule with a determined expression.

***

Thunk.

Kim Yi-Seo momentarily turned off the microphone. Then he looked at the tablet to check the incoming contestant's information.

"Why isn't it showing up?"

His tablet wasn't cooperating and the current applicant’s nickname wasn't appearing.

[No information available]

The data they entered during registration was supposed to automatically convert to the user information in JetPumped.

"Ah..."

Not seeing their information didn’t seem like a big deal, but it was significant for Kim Yi-Seo.

"This shouldn't be happening."

He needed that information to understand the user's tendencies and fighting habits. He could then relay this information to the other developers. Yes, that was why the developers had such high win rates.

"Is it missing?"

Kim Yi-Seo decided to check the profile directly written by this applicant.

"Yu Sang-Hyeon... Date of birth... It's all correctly entered."

Everything had been correctly entered, but why wasn't their game information showing up?

"Could it be a lie?"

If the information itself was false, that would explain it. He was about to tell his staff to fetch the correct information when—

"Sir."

Knock, knock.

A staff member knocked on the door as if reading his mind.

"Come in. You came at just the right time. This person's information is incorrect. Get it sorted. It's not showing up properly here. You should have it too. Why didn't you check properly?"

"Ah."

The staff member adjusted his glasses and nodded.

"That's why I came. The challenge might be delayed a bit."

"Why?"

The topic suddenly changed.

"That challenger is currently playing the tutorial."

"What?!"

Yes, this was the challenger’s first time playing the game.

"That's why the information isn't showing. There's no game data because he just registered. Their personal information is entered correctly."

Kim Yi-Seo became silent for a moment. His gaze turned toward the capsule that the challenger had entered.

"This is his first match?"

He felt incredulous at the audacity of a first-timer coming to defeat him.

"What kind of madman is this?"

Yenmazing's Thoughts

I personally think a big inspo for the in-game characters used is from Tekkn, specifically Hwoarang. Search him up! I visually imagined him while translating.