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142 – Olympic Break (4)

Two weeks before the Olympics.

Currently, all leagues from each country scheduled to participate in the Olympics have had all schedules temporarily suspended.

Additionally, all of the players in the league returned to their countries and were concentrating on training while wearing uniforms with their country’s flag on them.

The national team players were working hard to reach a point where they could work well together in just three weeks, but the people who were really struggling this season were the national team’s power analysis team.

Because no matter how strong the team was, it was impossible to guarantee unconditional victory in a head-to-head match without any information about the opponent.

There are countless teams that behave arrogantly and say they don’t need a few lines of information when dealing with a weak team, but then collapse.

So, the power analysis teams of each country were thoroughly looking through the national team lists and information about the countries participating in this Olympics.

The so-called Big 3 of this Olympics, the United States, Great Britain, and Russia, were no exception.

No, the size of the power analysis teams in those three countries was much larger than that of any other country, and a lot of budget was being invested.

They know this very well, as they are considered strong contenders for the championship at this point.

About the difference between playing a game with information about other countries and playing without it.

What they are currently aiming for, of course, is the Olympic gold medal.

For that purpose, wouldn’t it be a good idea to keep track of all the factors that may be variables in their future path?

However.

“… Analysis results for the Korean team?”

But now, the staff and players of the U.S. The national team couldn’t help but look embarrassed that the power analysis team was bringing a report on the Korean national team, which they said was the team to watch out for the most in this Olympics.

In fact, in a way, it was quite natural.

Because, speaking of the Korean national team, in the past it was famous for making a splash in the E-sports world, but as time has passed, it has been revealed that it was a hollow team.

Of course, judging from the fact that the Korean national team advanced to the quarterfinals in the last Olympics, objectively, it could not be said that the team was that lacking in skills.

However, the decisive reason why the Korean national team was able to advance to the quarterfinals was because of good matchmaking luck.

If we had met a so-called strong team in the middle, we would have been eliminated even before we lost to Japan in the quarterfinals.

For reference, the U.S. The national team had an overwhelming victory over the Japanese national team in the semifinals of the last Olympics.

No matter how much the U.S. National team let their guard down over and over again, losing to the Korean national team was quite difficult.

But now, why is the power analysis team mentioning the Korean national team while submitting a report on ‘Teams to watch out for in this Olympics’?

Just when I was wondering if the power analysis team might have lost their minds as a group due to excessive overtime work over the past week.

“I’ll tell you straight. As a result of the analysis by the power analysis team, we concluded that the opponent that the U.S. Team should be most cautious of in this Olympics is not the British or Russian national teams, but the Korean national team.”

The head coach of the power analysis team made such a bombshell statement in front of all the players and staff of the U.S. National team.

“… “Is there something wrong with the Korean national team?”

“The only players that come to mind who would be useful for the Korean national team are Tenev or Chun Hwa.”

“Oh, I don’t know about Tenev, but I met Chunhwa once in the last Champions League. “He was a pretty good player, but I remember him not being one where you had to be careful.”

The players and staff looked at each other and said those words, but there was no way they could answer the question.

Because in their minds, the Korean national team was not treated as something worth paying attention to.

“It is as you said. In fact, the Korean national team is far behind when compared to strong teams such as Great Britain and Russia, the favorites to win this Olympics. However, except for one player who joined the national team this year.”

As the head coach says so, a picture of a certain person and a related profile appears on the screen.

That person was none other than Eugene.

“Soma?”

“I know that streamer. Not long ago, I watched MuTube videos and even subscribed.”

Surprisingly, many of the players and staff of the U.S. National team knew about Eugene.

This is because Eugene’s name has become quite well known in North America due to Nightfall’s DLC and this Destiny Over live broadcast.

“There are many people who know about Soma, so it will be easy to talk about it. Not long ago, the Korean national team announced the final entry list for this year’s Olympics. And streamer Soma was included in that list. And the strategic analysis team believes that with Soma joining the Korean national team, there is a high possibility that the Korean national team will be upgraded to a dark horse for this Olympics.”

“… Just because one player joined?”

“Does that make sense?”

At the head coach’s remark, everyone present blinked their eyes.

Even so, is it possible for the Korean team, which is an underdog team, to become the dark horse of this Olympics just by having one player join the national team?

“Under normal circumstances, this would not be possible. But… “This player called Soma is a player who goes far beyond our common sense in many ways.”

The next thing the head coach displayed on the screen was a compilation of the games Eugene had played so far.

In particular, the collection included comparisons, contrasts, and analyzes between Eugene’s early games of Nightfall and his most recent games of Destiny Over.

And looking at Eugene’s performance on the screen, all the players and staff present had their mouths wide open.

Because it was something beyond what everyone imagined, from Eugene’s movements to his reflexes, swordsmanship, and thoughts.

“According to the strategic analysis team’s investigation, Soma’s movements are so advanced that they cannot even be compared between those when playing Nightfall a few months ago and those when playing Destiny Over not long ago. However, the analysis team added that Soma’s skills have not improved significantly over the past few months.”

“… What if it hasn’t evolved?”

“It’s impossible, but… He said it was like he was doing rehab exercises. He has not been able to use his skills for some reason until now, but as he adapts to the virtual reality game, he seems to be able to use his skills now … “The evaluation was made.”

The players made bewildered expressions at the head coach’s words.

It’s not that your skills have improved, but that you’ve just become a little more accustomed to virtual reality games?

So does this mean that the image shown in Destiny Over is not Eugene’s full strength

“Furthermore, Soma has only shown his thought field once so far, but according to the analysis team, it has far exceeded the amount of thoughts detected in a normal thought field. You may not know it, but if Soma’s realm of thought collides with the ordinary realm of thought, Soma’s realm of thought will overwhelm everything else.”

There was a slight fear mixed in the head coach’s tone as he spoke.

“The final conclusion reached by the power analysis team is as follows. If you fight Soma one-on-one, you will definitely lose. In order to even have a chance of winning… Two players who can expand their mental range will need to work together. Or why not fight against him in the first place.”

That is why the power analysis team considered Eugene’s Korean national team to be the biggest variable in this Olympics and at the same time a dark horse.

Normally, no matter how good a player’s skills are, he can never win against a group, but when it comes to opponents with transcendental skills like Eugene, the story is different.

“… So, how do we deal with Soma?”

When the head coach of the U.S. The national team asked that question in a somber voice, the head coach sighed softly.

“First of all, we are thinking about many things, but… I don’t know how effective it will be. To begin with, we didn’t even fully understand the extent of Soma’s skills. There would be no point in developing a strategy in this situation.”

The good news is that if a country like England or Russia had produced a player like Soma, it would have been certain to win the Olympics, but Korea has no players with the skills to compete against the U.S. Team, excluding Eugene. Is it?

“But the best way to deal with Soma is to never encounter him as an enemy in the first place. “If Soma were to appear as our enemy, nothing would be more terrible, but if he were not our enemy, wouldn’t he be a more reliable friend than anyone else?”

At the head coach’s words, the coach tilts his head as if he doesn’t understand something.

“I agree with that, but realistically, isn’t that impossible? No matter how careful we are, as long as both sides are aiming for the championship, we will inevitably clash at some point.”

However, the head coach carefully shook his head at the director’s words.

“From what I heard, Soma has yet to overcome the weaknesses that all Korean men have. Since there are still two weeks left until the Olympics are held, how about targeting those weaknesses?”

“… Weakness? What is that?”

“So, that’s… “

****

Not long after that, Eugene read an email sent to his account and was deeply troubled.

The sender of the email was none other than the coach of the U.S. National team.

And the content of the email was really simple.

With two weeks left until the Olympics, if Eugene wants it, he will immediately grant him American citizenship.

Since permission has already been received from the White House, it will be possible to immediately become a U.S. Citizen and join the Olympic team as long as you send a reply saying that you understand.

Naturally, the U.S. The national team will treat Eugene with the highest level of treatment, and if he becomes a U.S. Citizen… The devil’s temptation was written that he could be freed from military service regardless of the results of this Olympics.

It was like that.

On the way for Eugene to escape the nightmare of enlistment, there actually was a side road like this!

‘Naturalized in the United States… Should I just do it?’

Don’t you think it would be a bad idea to take this opportunity to just become Eugene Kim, the dark-haired American national team player?

As Eugene looked at the email sent to her by the U.S. National team, she was overcome with tremendous internal conflict.