I am Smart

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Pazzk Minor Gallery

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– Real-time Cactus) F*cking legendary ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

(Cactus and team member KDA capture)

(Moon Si-hyun Fighter KDA capture)

(Cactus sprawled on the floor)

(Cactus relegation match capture)

– That expression, f*ck ㅋㅋㅋ

– I don’t really know what’s going on, but this gif selection is hilarious ㅋㅋ

– What the hell happened?

ㄴ Cactus met Moon Si-hyun, and suddenly Moon Si-hyun threw the game saying it was Squirrel’s revenge. Cactus is currently sobbing in a master relegation match.

ㄴ This guy is totally distorting the truth? I’m at a loss for words.

ㄴ The last one is just accurate ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– These guys were just stomping Cactus to death as a group until now, what is this?

ㄴ Moon Si-hyun restored public sentiment with a mouthful of alcohol.

ㄴ After that, Cactus suddenly apologized, and the mood became warm as hell ㅅㅂ

ㄴ Pothead bastards

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– ???: I will kill Cactus, who killed Squirrel.

(GIF of Squirrel, who just started broadcasting, trembling in shock amidst a storm of swearing in the chat)

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(Cactus sprawled on the floor again)

(GIF of Cactus wailing)

From the very beginning, that was all I could think about.

– Kyah

– Kyah

– ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– No, but Squirrel almost died here, and these guys are just creepy.

ㄴ Have you been watching Pazzk Gallery for a day or two?

– Looking back, Squirrel does look really pitiful… When will the broadcast start?

ㄴ I think Moon Si-hyun said it would be soon in the last broadcast.

– Just how far can you see…

– Cactus saves the public sentiment and creates a broadcast opportunity ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴ For real.

ㄴ Just… pure broadcasting talent GOAT.

ㄴ For real, probably not much broadcasting experience, but it will blow up soon.

ㄴ First of all, the title itself is a f*cking scam.

ㄴ Garbage Fighter One-Champ master’s “daughter.”

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– But seriously, is it deliberate at this point??

(Clip of Moon Si-hyun entering the enemy’s territory and dying in the Current Realm)

(Clip of Moon Si-hyun stealthily trying to steal buffs in the Sky Realm but gets caught and dies)

(Clip of Moon Si-hyun wandering alone and dying)

(Clip of Moon Si-hyun entering where 6 people are gathered in the Sky Realm and dying)

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– It feels deliberate, doesn’t it? Saying it’s fine in front and then backstabbing with ‘Kyoto-style communication’ ㅇㅇ

ㄴ Right ㅇㅇ Actually, it’s more polite than outright backstabbing in front ㅇㅇ

– No, but this is definitely a suspension, right? ㅋㅋㅋ

– From Cactus’s perspective, this is just hilariously insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴ Suddenly charging through the wall, trying to cover it and dying together ㅠㅠ

ㄴ Started off saying it’s fine, it’s fine, but the expressions just kept rotting ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– Wow, they’re really dying in all sorts of ways ㅋㅋ Even watching them die is fun.

ㄴ Watching is fun, but how do you hold back the urge to curse if they’re on the same team?

– Moon Si-hyun is now explaining their reasons so seriously, it’s surprising;

ㄴ That’s just nonsense, I can’t even listen to it.

ㄴ How high-ability must the explanations be for no one to understand? ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ

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Cactus’s broadcast. He was still staring blankly at the game result screen.

The chat was flooded with ‘ㅋㅋㅋㅋ’ hundreds and thousands of times. Perhaps due to word of mouth, Cactus’s viewers swelled to 9,000.

“Ha… this person, really…”

Cactus finally pulled himself from the shock of relegation. He shook his head and put his hands on the floor.

Cactus, shaken by the intense game, held onto his trembling legs while reaching out into empty space.

His finger touched Moon Si-hyun’s nickname, and a popup appeared.

With trembling fingers out of rage, he pressed it.

Soon, ‘Moon Si-hyun’ appeared in his new friends list.

Cactus eagerly entered the private message window and typed with his fingers.

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Cactus: Why did you throw?

Moon Si-hyun: Hello.

Cactus: I said why did you throw?

Moon Si-hyun: Huh?

Moon Si-hyun: Are you talking about me?

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“F*ck!!”

Cactus barely swallowed the last word.

“Then who else would it be!!!”

Cactus shouted.

His mix of apology and respect, plus a hint of strange feelings, evaporated in those 35 minutes and 19 seconds of painful time.

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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Is he a psychopath?

So funny ㅋㅋㅋ

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Cactus: Then who else would it be?

Cactus: Si-hyun, why did you throw?

Cactus: If you had just stayed still, it would’ve been an easy win.

Moon Si-hyun: I admit I didn’t do well at the start, but I didn’t throw.

Moon Si-hyun: There was no other way.

Cactus: No.

Cactus: What do you mean by that?

Moon Si-hyun: Still, if I made you feel bad, I’m sorry…

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“Oh, no. I didn’t say that to hear that…”

Cactus’s heart loosened slightly at such a sincere apology, leaving him slightly awkward.

At that moment, he heard the notification sound of clashing swords.

“Huh? What?”

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Moon Si-hyun – Lobby Invitation V X

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Moon Si-hyun: I’m sorry, but can we play a game together? This time, I’ll really make up for it.

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“No!! Are you serious!? And you can’t duo from Master onwards!”

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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

So you’re asking to duo from over there ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

But that’s not what you said.

Master duo is allowed.

What a f*cking weirdo for real.

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“Ah, really? Anyway!! Why is the person who just threw the game asking for a duo!!”

Cactus exclaimed angrily.

… His shouting frequency increased today.

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Moon Si-hyun: Really.

Moon Si-hyun: I can make up for it.

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“No…”

Could it be a misunderstanding? Moon Si-hyun’s tone felt strangely artificial.

Is it too polite? Or is it really as Cactus suspected?

Cactus began to seriously suspect.

Because from Cactus’s perspective, the angelic image he had earlier seemed more realistic than now.

Cactus: Moon Si-hyun.

Cactus: Please be honest.

Cactus: Did you throw just because you dislike me?

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Huh

Huh

Huh

Uh-oh

Red truth ㄷㄷㄷㄷ

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“Hey guys, I’m really curious. That last game can’t be explained without throwing, right?”

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That’s true.

It hits right.

Seriously, they just threw it ㅋㅋㅋ

Take it as karma, Cactus, this is a bargain.

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Moon Si-hyun: No, I really tried hard. I’m sorry it didn’t work out, but I couldn’t help it.

Cactus: But 4/18/0 doesn’t make sense.

Moon Si-hyun: I can explain.

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“No!”

‘To the end!’

He had intended to let it slide if they simply admitted to making a mistake, but now his doubt was sliding into conviction.

Logically, isn’t 4/18/0 unreasonable? And how can it be hard work?

If you completely admit to the mistake, that’s one thing. But apologizing but also claiming it was hard work…

This felt contradictory to Cactus, and he didn’t like lies much.

Cactus tapped out a message again.

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Cactus: Then,

Cactus: If I give you my Discord ID now,

Cactus: Can you explain it with words?

Moon Si-hyun: Yes.

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?

What’s this all of a sudden?

For real?

Is this guy trying to send me down the rabbit hole?

Trying to drag me down with Squirrel ㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷㄷ [Deleted message]

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Cactus was slightly losing his rationality. Ever since the moment of the Master relegation.

He loves Fiore. He likes ‘YouTube moments’ too, but he also loves leveling up.

Yet somewhere deep down, he unconsciously knew.

Just reaching the Master rank was a miracle. If he fell again, he might really never get back up.

That’s why, the moment the ringtone stopped, and he heard the clear sound indicating it was received—

“Hello!!”

He opened his mouth with a voice full of anger.

[Yes. Hello, Cactus.]

But the response was a calm voice that was the opposite of Cactus’s.

“…”

At that moment, his frowning expression froze. The mouth that was about to say something was suddenly silenced.

[Hello? Cactus?]

The voice he admired while sitting on the toilet, watching her clips, called his name.

“… Ye, y-yes…”

[Yes?]

That voice, perfect for his ideal type, sounded more graceful than anyone else.

“Y-yes…”

[Can you not hear me?]

That voice revived the evaporated respect he had for her and a hint of strange feelings.

After a short silence, Moon Si-hyun’s play explanation time began.

“Why did you die here?”

As Cactus spoke, he replayed the scene where Moon Si-hyun died entering the enemy territory in the Current Realm.

[I had to try there. It would have been tough if I didn’t make that attempt.]

“Yeah. What’s your reasoning?”

[I just had a feeling.]

“……?”

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??

What’s this?

Are you serious? ㅅㅂ ㅋㅋㅋ

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But Moon Si-hyun was so serious that it made listeners doubt their own correctness.

“Then, how about this one?”

Cactus brought up the clip of Moon Si-hyun trying to steal buffs in the Sky Realm but getting caught and dying.

[That was a place I had to try.]

“What’s the reasoning? This was one what you should have let go of for a little loss. Please explain this one in more detail.”

[Honestly, I had a feeling that if I lost that speed buff, the game would become difficult.]

“……”

After that, with every replay Cactus showed, Moon Si-hyun continued offering explanations he couldn’t comprehend.

When asked for reasoning, most of the time it ended with that vague word: ‘feeling.’

“……”

For a moment, Cactus pondered if she was just toying with him.

Then he recalled her nicknames: High-Ability Person, Airhead Princess, Beastly Girl.

‘…Is she really not smart? … Or does she have an angle only she can see?’

However, Cactus gradually became confused by her truly serious and firm tone.

“Ah, I understand. Got it. I’ll take my leave now.”

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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Run, ㅋㅋㅋ

You gotta run here ㅇㅇ

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After saying that, Cactus hurriedly hung up the call. A moment of silence filled the audio.

“No, seriously, seeing her speak so seriously makes it seem like she didn’t throw or was just joking…”

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For real.

At any rate, I don’t think she threw.

I don’t know what she’s talking about, but her voice is very persuasive.

ㄴㄴ I think she’s really just messing with me ㅇㅇ

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“…Seriously, isn’t there a chance she’s got her own angle? Her score is higher than mine after all.”

Moon Si-hyun’s score was 300 at Master rank. That means she was halfway to Grand Master.

On the other hand, Cactus himself was at 0 points in Master.

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ㅇㅇ donated 1,000 won.

The official statement from the Fiore Grand Master: She’s just beastly.

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ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

That seems right.

While hearing that, something suddenly came to Cactus’s mind, and he spoke up.

“… No, but. You know, this just came to me suddenly.”

After a brief pause.

“Si-hyun, that person. If they really have an absurd angle that only they can see, what would happen? Even Grand Masters might not see it.”

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ㅋㅋ

This feels like a joke.

This guy totally got gaslighted ㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴㄴ

Definitely can’t be right?

Just because a pretty girl is talking doesn’t mean it’s all true, Cactus.

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“Well, it probably wouldn’t be true. Ah, 0 points, fck!! How the hell do I get up there… I seriously won’t sleep tonight, fck…”

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Phew

Phew

Hah…

Is it finally over?

The sound from Moon is finally finished.

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The call ended. For some reason, the chats seemed to sound relieved.

It felt a bit refreshing.

After explaining myself to the seemingly dissatisfied Cactus in a one-on-one chat, the realization that he sent me back made me feel a bit proud.

That feeling I felt when I tutored someone back then. I can feel it even in this game.

I stretched my back for a moment. Rotated my wrists and ankles a few times. After chatting a bit, I resumed the game.

It didn’t take long for a match to start.

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Huh?

Whoa

Is that San-deng?

It’s San-deng.

Sky Tank San-deng ㄷㄷㄷ

Wow

Cactus’s colleague ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

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As soon as I moved to the character selection screen, the chat buzzed.

“Um.”

Looks like a famous person was picked. Is that what you call a colleague? Someone from the same broadcasting scene?

And so the game began. The loading screen showing the enemy’s information appeared.

“…… Huh?”

Cactus saw his name on the enemy team’s nickname.

Wow

No way.

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

This is definitely a YouTube moment.

Kyah

Please, just get relegated ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Cactus, please lose, please lose.

If I meet the perp from the last match as an opponent, f*ck ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

If Cactus loses, he’s definitely not going to be able to sleep.

The apocalypse starts ㄷㄷㄷ

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“…… Um.”

Sure enough, it’s nice to see.

Cactus looked around for characters.

The opposing and our team’s characters were almost identical to those from the last round.

He recalled the detailed and kind explanations he had given him. The ones he hadn’t shared much with others, about matchups.

“My kind and detailed explanations, they must have understood well.”

Uh-huh.

He nodded.

The game began.

And at the same moment, a loud notification sound rang out.

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“What is this?”

That was ‘mission,’ as the helpful comments and viewers informed him.

He opened it to look it over.

“…… So if I say this while using my ultimate, I get 100,000 won?”