Chapter 475

[Streamer Gallery]

[No Name, where are you?ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ]

[If it’s Nema who’s slowly watching the break time, it’s a total recommendation.]

[Is it a break today?]

[If a large content event was held, it’s possible to take a break for a day, but why is this happening?]

[I’ll wait without sleeping until Nema comes.]

[One mistake No Name made.]

[Taming Master expected revenue.jpg]

No Name’s promised 6 PM has long passed.

There was no announcement of a delay or break.

It was already burning up across minor galleries, fan cafes, and the TG together.

Fortunately, Nema left replay recordings for each participant, so there was plenty of content to enjoy while waiting.

However, true Nema fans can no longer be satisfied unless it’s Nema.

They drifted around different parts of the community like ghosts, filling it with stories about Nema.

[Oh, even Sugalle is all about Nema forming now.]

Please stop flooding the chat, it’s not just about No Name.

[Comments]

– The owner is normal, but the fans are abnormal, lol.

– No, no, it’s just that the audience is absolutely huge, so there seems to be more demons.

– Please take these guys away.

– Nema fans, stop mentioning Taz.

– For real, Nema is great, but they have this strange superiority complex thinking they’re special.

– No Name started the broadcast; hurry and leave.

– Wow, I believed in No Name!

Nema’s broadcasting studio profile had a green light blinking in the lower right corner.

[2053-04-22]

[No Name’s Broadcasting Studio]

As soon as the entry button was activated, those waiting early rushed in.

[Just Chatting – .]

[Broadcast Time – 0:00:01]

[Number of Viewers – 3,391]

“Hey.”

[The broadcast has ended.]

With a sudden sound, the broadcast abruptly ended.

The viewers, confused, started asking questions.

– What the heck?

– Why did it crash?

– Hey.

– ???

– Ahhhhhhh!

– Nema!

– I can’t believe she was 6 hours late…

– Broadcast accident!

– I’ll be late too~

– What was Nema doing?

[No Name]

[Just Chatting – Preparing for the National Exchange Competition]

[Broadcast Time – 0:00:01]

[Number of Viewers – 3,829]

The broadcast opened normally again.

This time, Nema’s face was visible instead of a black background.

The viewers let out a sigh of relief.

“Hello, nice to meet you.”

The viewers asked why she was 6 hours late for today’s broadcast.

“6 hours late? I came 18 hours early on purpose.”

Nema replied, collapsing onto the sofa in a tired voice.

What she added was even more ridiculous.

“Oh, you were talking about yesterday’s broadcast. I went to Dela and Neverland, so I was a bit late. I met Hibirisu and talked about various things. The broadcast was a bit short, right?”

– Was the broadcast short…?

– What did I just hear???

– Well, 1 second is indeed short.

– Noo, Nema, this isn’t right.

– The awful 9-year-old…

– Hey (if I’m late, what can you do?) so that’s what it meant!

– T_T No, Nema will still broadcast tomorrow…

– I believe in you, sister Nema.

– If you say this and then don’t broadcast tomorrow, it’ll be legendary.

“Ugh. No way. I’ll be back tomorrow.”

Watching the audience’s reactions, Nema spoke with a slightly disappointed tone.

* * *

“Yes, yes. The citizens’ general training hall only operates on a reservation basis, so I couldn’t use my desired time. Today’s practice ended a bit late, so being late was unavoidable.”

I asked for understanding from the viewers, saying that broadcast times may be irregular in the future.

[‘Hateful Our Nema’ donated 10,000 won!]

– So we got left out while you went to Neverland?

“Well, since I was late anyway, I stopped by Neverland too. Is there a problem? Do you want to fight me?”

– Wow, so scary.

– Ugh, Nema…

– Hmph, Nema is sulking.

– Thug Nema.

– Didn’t someone say to solve problems with strength when persuasion fails?

– Any objections? (No rebuttals allowed)

– How’s your condition these days, teacher?

– I’m worried because I wasted a whole week playing around T_T.

“Let’s do a quick recap of last year’s National Exchange Competition before we start.”

[‘Cheongseol Momo’ donated 5,000 won!]

– Aren’t you going to help me more by fighting Love Kim, who’s about to fight soon in the Academy competition?

A viewer said something right for the first time in a while.

I straightened up on the sofa.

My messy hair was brushed through with a paddle brush.

“I thought about recapping the match Love Kim participated in along with all of you. But as the same Korean participant, I wonder if it’s really necessary to expose weaknesses… It would also be nice if Love achieved high results in the National Exchange Competition.”

I went into VTube and searched for ‘Miryang Academy National Competition’.

The first video on the top of the first page was a highlight reel of Love Kim.

“And since there’s such a huge gap in skill levels, there wasn’t really anything to review, right? Love Kim just concentrated on maximizing her mana output and crushed the opponent, so I wonder what kind of technique there might be. Hmm… Hmmm…”

I tapped the right arrow key rapidly and skipped through the video.

The magic she mostly used in the competition was non-attribute local barrier magic.

It was also a magic that incorporated the latest theories of the 21st century.

Creating localized barriers on the hands and feet, it packs pure mana that excludes aura inside.

The barrier itself becomes a great blunt object.

Even if the barrier breaks, a pre-programmed magic can be triggered, entrapping the opponent.

Since it’s uncertain when and where the magic will come from, responding to it will be quite tricky for the opponent.

“Does she prefer close combat like Emika? But, looking at it again, it’s not super close combat.”

Love Kim’s delicate distance management stood out as well.

She always maintained a distance of about 5m; when the opponent approached, she pushed them away with a barrier, and when they moved away, she restricted their movements in various ways.

– Wow, she fights so well.

– If she fights like that, won’t the Aura Heart not break? Does mana come out infinitely lol.

– For real, it’s like Myung-Ryun Jin-Sal-Rib lol. Enjoying it infinitely.

– Seeing this, Americans are just a different breed from us.

– I thought the older sister was a genius, but the younger sister is even better.

– I heard that the younger sister was originally a genius. That’s why nobody expected Olivia to win the national competition.

– Wow, why is she so tall? Is she in middle school?

– I think she said she was 175 back then.

– Looking at the profile now, it says she’s 177.

– Is she 177 at 16? Wow, she’s taller than me.

– Oh no, Nema is 1.4 times taller!

– If it’s 3D, then it has to be cubed, so it’s 2.75 times taller.

– Aww, Love looks so good (not big sister).

The viewers seemed to have enjoyed it as well, so I ended the video without adding any further comments.

The final match of the Japanese National Exchange Competition was the first match I watched.

Since it was the best quality match and had a lot to talk about.

I slowed down the scene where Emika was trapped in the barrier technique.

She broke the barrier and bluffingly induced the opponent’s complacency.

Summoning a lightsaber to her left hand, she swung it at Mikhail, dealing significant damage for the first time.

“Everyone calls this a memorable scene, but I don’t think so. In any battle, if one side suddenly becomes disadvantageous without extensive groundwork, there are usually two reasons. Either they made a mistake, or they failed to capitalize on the opponent’s mistake. In this scene, it’s the latter. So both sides made some mistakes, but the outcome was favorable for Emika.”

Clicking the video frame by frame, I slowly explained each player’s intentions.

“Mikhail cast the Illusion Barrier Magic once in the Round of 64 and this was the second time he used it in the finals. The fact that the martial artist Mikhail would use this in finals wasn’t easily predictable, even from Emika’s side. Now, let me clarify Mikhail’s intentions. Ahem.”

I lowered my voice and pretended to be a man.

“Ah! I’ll find out the barrier’s release time with this magic, disrupt her concentration and mana circuit, and catch Emika’s habits when she comes out of the barrier? Let’s assign numbers to this: 1, 2, 3. Which of these is most important?”

– 1111

– Isn’t it definitely 2?

– 1

– 3333333

– I can’t, lol. Why is Nema so cute, lol.

– 222

– 2

– 11

“What? Why is there such a divide?”

I was slightly disappointed in our viewers.

“It’s obviously number 2, right? Isn’t it the player’s concentration that comes first in the game? Wasn’t that an easy question?!”

I yelled angrily while restraining myself.

– Nema, we’re sorry T_T.

– Number 2 is obvious, it seems there were some real noobs, lol.

– If you’re frustrated that much, why don’t you play yourself, continue winning.

– Were these the ones giving advice in the exchange competition?

– Angry Nema!

– Nema overworked herself!!!

– Noobs are unacceptable, Nema Nema.

“Number 2 is overwhelmingly important, and then 1 and 3 are still important, but they take a backseat to those.”

Phew, well, if you’re not a player, you might not know.

If a player did that, I would’ve smashed them then and there.

I took a deep breath and slowly explained.

“Phew, look. The auras surrounding Emika’s sword are actually rotating at a very fast speed. Just like how car wheels on the highway seem fast but appear stationary. But to pull off that bluff, she momentarily closed her mana circuit, right? Are there any runners or marathoners here?”

Several viewers raised their hands.

“When you’re running long distances and get out of breath and end up walking midway, how does your time turn out?”

– The record gets ruined.

– You have to keep running, even if it’s slow.

– Total fail.

– During a 3km race, even if I didn’t walk much, I was still 30 seconds late, lol.

– Oh, something about that analogy is understood.

“That’s right, it slows down. As time goes on, the aura gets duller; the reason the Katsuhuta school is strong in these National Exchange competitions is that as time passes, the aura becomes sharper, sturdier, and stronger. To recover to that level of output will require at least 5 minutes of waiting.”

Rapidly manipulating the aura can cause issues for the body.

However, the Katsuhuta school has mastered the method of controlling the repulsive forces of auras externally.

“To summarize, Emika had the advantage, that’s true! As you can see, she chipped down Mikhail’s barrier by 10%. Up to this point, she did very well. But this 10% wasn’t a complete advantage; in fact, it was just a 5% gain.”

– Wow.

– Holy cow, lol.

– Kyaaahhhh!

– Wait, why does it keep seem unfavorable… I was curious about this reason.

– Incredible observational skills.

– Do you have to think this complicatedly while competing, Nema?

– I couldn’t do this even if I tried T_T.

– No Name is a god!

“So Emika should have let a little bit of the barrier go and kept running to recover her aura output. She didn’t realize that quickly, and the situation that was advantageous at 95 to 85 turned into 19 to 33.”

Finally, I felt a bit relieved.

[‘Daeun S2’ donated 10,000 won!]

– Then how should Mikhail have responded in that bluffing situation?

That’s a very good question.

“Bluffing is fundamentally a gamble. Since Emika clearly committed to that bluff, there aren’t many ways to figure it out. If I were in that situation, I would have kept my bluff in mind and just prepared the next spell. After all, it would be my turn again.”

I opened another hologram window and pulled up footage from another angle.

“Now, if it’s definitely a bluff? Then you might be able to end the game in one shot.”

At that time, Mikhail lunged at Emika and swung a battle axe.

“If he swung that battle axe with half-aura alignment magic and gravity coefficient overlay magic, even with a proper defense, the barrier would be shattered by over half. There wouldn’t be any chance for recovery.”

In this scene, while I spoke very strongly, there were no significant mistakes from either side after this point, as befitting a final match.

Mikhail systematically pressured Emika based on his advantage in aura output while Emika focused on recovering her aura and minimizing damage.

The turning point of the match was the multiple auras Emika used.

Mikhail couldn’t properly respond when confronted with auras of different attributes.

It might also be because he got used to Emika’s unique physique due to simulation cheating.

The recap broadcast ended around here, and I announced that tomorrow I would cover Cecilia’s match against a French boy in the Round of 16.

I entered the application window and started the software.

[Person-to-Person Combat Simulation (PCS) – Professional]

“Wow, it’s already 1 AM. I need to finish up and get some sleep.”

These days, I have developed a habit of sleeping early and waking up early, so I found myself yawning once it passed midnight.

Rubbing my eyes, I explained the application I had launched.

“When we fight the AIs here, the PCS performance will come out, and we submit this to the National Exchange Competition Committee. They’ll arrange the matchups from 1st to 64th based on the score. But some bad guys last year got caught using simulation hacks to practice beforehand, so this method of evaluation has become impossible.”

– Targeting the Ice Bear country, wow.

– They’re truly the worst of the worst!

– They’ve been banned from participating for five years starting this year.

– The doping cheating country, lol.

– So how do they evaluate combat power?

“Well, they say this year, the measurement method has changed a bit.”

I was summoned into the simulation.

A completely black background with a green laser grid pattern on the floor appeared.

[Please grab the handle.]

What handle are they talking about?

As those questions floated in my mind, a device shaped like a bicycle handle descended from above.

I reached out with both hands and grabbed the handle tightly.

[Measuring. Please do not let go until the measurement is complete.]

Beep—

Beep—

Beep—

[The volume measurement of No Name’s Aura Heart has been completed. The results will be sent to the National Exchange Competition Committee, and you can raise objections regarding the results within 14 days.]

“What? Is that it? Who measures combat power based on the size of an Aura Heart?”

Even medieval people from past lives wouldn’t measure combat power this way.