“Hello, everyone. This is Park Han-young. Wow, look at the number of viewers. So many of you came. What are you all doing here on a Friday night?”

The chat window was flooded with ‘ㅋㅋㅋ’.

“But seriously, you picked the right day to come. I managed to get my hands on a really rare video.”

-??
-Video?
-Porn?
-Whoa, porn? Share it!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-This just became an R-rated stream.
-Getting banned from PaprikaTV soon!
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Click click?

Park Han-young chuckled as he spoke.

“Come on, what are you guys saying? Stuff like that is for folks spending Friday night home watching streams. This video is really precious.”

-Just tell us straight. American or Japanese?
-This guy's playing soft porn for stardust now?
-Porn BJ ㄷㄷㄷ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ idiots ㅋㅋㅋ

“Seriously, it’s not that kind of thing!”

Park Han-young bantered with the viewers, passing time.

Since the viewers were having fun, this kind of playful delay was part of the charm of the stream.

-ILoveKoreanOnly has gifted 100 stardust!
-TenTerabytesNotEnough has gifted 100 stardust!
-TurnItOnAlready has gifted 69 stardust!

“Wow, 100 stardust! Another 100, then 69... Thanks, but seriously, what kind of nicknames are those?”

Park Han-young played it up, stirring the viewers’ curiosity.

-I feel like I'm about to faint ;;
-Enough porn jokes, just tell us! What is it?
-You bastard, stop milking stardust and spill it.
-Getting boring now
-Getting boring now
-Keep dragging it and it’s no fun.
-Getting boring now

As viewers started to get impatient, Park Han-young finally threw out more bait.

“Everyone, you like Lee Shin, right?”

-???
-What is he on about?
-Did he just ask Korean e-sports fans if they like Lee Shin? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Not liking Lee Shin is basically treason in this country, isn't it ;;
-Wait, Lee Shin footage?
-You like Lee Shin the player, right? ㅋㅋㅋ
-Best joke I’ve heard today ㅋㅋㅋ
-No wonder you were stuck doing dishes at MBS instead of playing games.

“Alright, alright, I get it. Then you all know Lee Shin made his return, right?”

As expected, the chat window filled with affirmations.

Park Han-young spoke slowly and dramatically.

“Aren’t you curious how good Lee Shin is after such a long break? There’s a lot of rumors, but nothing confirmed. Like the one saying he beat all 10 first-string players in the team test... but no one’s actually seen it, right?”

Only then did the viewers realize what the “rare footage” was.

“And what a coincidence, I happened to be part of the MBS team? Still have a lot of friends there... Wow, what a stroke of luck.”

-No way, is it Lee Shin’s match footage?
-Recent footage?
-If this turns out to be an old match, you’re dead.
-You bastard! That kind of rare footage!
-Name your price!

“Well, not right now. I plan to show it tonight with my commentary. Ah, I really can’t say what kind of footage it is... oh!”

And so, Park Han-young gave his advertisement. Without being too explicit, he strongly hinted that he would reveal a recent unofficial match video of Lee Shin. The bait worked.

Fans curious about Lee Shin’s current performance after his comeback were instantly hooked.

Word spread like wildfire, and among PaprikaTV users who knew Space Craft, many flocked to Park Han-young’s evening stream.

“Good evening, everyone.”

Park Han-young began the stream triumphantly.

There were a whopping 30,000 viewers.

The numbers kept rising to the point there was even buffering.

‘That’s it, I made it!’

He had successfully drawn in a huge audience.

For now, he planned to keep quiet about Baek Ji-su and how he got the footage. That way, even if it became an issue, there was no proof.

‘This much is fair, right?’

Considering the childhood years he spent in the MBS dorms and practice rooms, Park Han-young believed this much of a reward was only fair.

“Alright, folks! I happened to come across 10 replay files. I won’t say whose games they are. Because it could be controversial. Just watch and enjoy.”

-ㅋㅋㅋ
-No need to say it ㅇㅇ
-The usernames will give it away anyway ㅋㅋ
-Oh god!
-Can’t wait to watch!
-Cut the intro already and go go go
-10 replays ㅋㅋㅋ I know what this is
-Exactly 10 games ㅋㅋ
-Are these the matches where Lee Shin crushed MBS’s 10 first-string players during the test?
-Feeling dizzy... start already!
-StartNowPlease has gifted 82 stardust!
-FastAsF_CK has gifted 1,882 stardust!

It was chaos.

Stardust was flying everywhere, and the chat was scrolling like crazy due to the sheer number of viewers.

“Alright, starting Set 1 now!”

And so, the broadcast began.

-Good_jjab: GG!
-Kaiser: Good game.

“Okay, I won’t say who’s playing who!”

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Come on, if you don’t tell us, we’ll never know who it is? ㅋㅋ
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-FakeShin!
-Whoa, it’s Shin vs. FakeShin!
-The battle of real vs. fake ㄷㄷ

Once again, laughter erupted among the viewers.

Set 1 was Lee Shin versus Park Shin.

“As expected, their build orders are going according to their tendencies. Fake—no, Park Shin—is going with a standard one-barracks double. Meanwhile, Lee Shin is skipping the natural expansion and building a factory instead! Could it be... the old two-factory build?”

Park Shin was the first to take a natural expansion.

Lee Shin built a mechanical depot and produced one fast tank before starting the construction of the expansion base.

Since the expansion was delayed, Lee Shin now had to deal damage to Park Shin without fail.

As soon as the fast tank was produced, it rushed toward the opponent's base.

But two construction robots followed behind.

“Huh? He’s sending two workers? This isn’t a cheese rush, is he trying to put more pressure on him?”

Park Han-young shouted in surprise.

“In front of Park Shin’s expansion, a trench has already been constructed. Four infantry units are inside the trench, and they can’t get through! Even if one worker is placed at the entrance to the main base, they won’t be able to get through! This seems like a mistake…”

But then it happened.

In front of the trench at Park Shin’s expansion, Lee Shin’s fast tank stopped for a moment.

If it moved a little further, it would be in range of the infantry in the trench.

Park Shin had already seen the attack coming and placed a construction robot at the entrance to the main base.

If Lee Shin tried to break through there, his fast tank would be destroyed before it could even take out the construction robot.

But then, two late-arriving construction robots from Lee Shin’s side charged toward the trench.

“Tatatatat—!”

The infantry inside the trench opened fire on the two construction robots.

In that moment, Lee Shin moved like lightning.

The two construction robots began repairing each other. And while the two workers acted as bullet shields, the fast tank charged right in.

“Boom, boom, boom!”

With three attacks from the fast tank, the construction robots blocking the entrance were destroyed.

The fast tank entered!

The two construction robots that were repairing each other followed inside.

“Wow! Did you see that?!”

- “Damn!”

- “Look at the class!”

- “Whoa ;;”

- “He used two workers as shields and still got in, haha”

- “This is 100% Lee Shin!”

- “This is the kind of play I wanted to see!”

Everyone was in awe at the amazing control.

Just then, back at Lee Shin’s main base, the mine development was completed.

“Wow! He’s laying mines! The mine development is completed! The timing is perfect! This is amazing!”

The precise timing, down to the second!

The fast tank laid mines at the entrance, preventing the four infantry in the trench from chasing after it. Then, it began rampaging through Park Shin’s main base.

Park Shin seemed to panic and called all the construction robots gathering resources in the main base to fight back.

But in that moment, Lee Shin’s sense of timing shone through.

The two construction robots that had followed in built barracks to block the path.

The path was blocked, and the construction robots couldn’t chase the fast tank anymore.

The fast tank started picking off Park Shin’s construction robots one by one from a distance.

“Park Shin is taking some damage, but there’s no need to panic, right? Once the fast tank is fully produced from the mechanical depot, he can easily wipe it out… Wait?!”

Park Han-young was taken aback.

Lee Shin started constructing a trench next to his resource gathering point. Furthermore, he produced infantry from the two barracks built to block the path.

Finally, the trench was completed.

Two infantry units produced from the barracks entered the trench.

“Tatatatatata!”

In the end, Park Shin had no choice but to retreat all of his construction robots to the front expansion.

Though he had produced a fast tank from his mechanical depot, he couldn’t break through Lee Shin’s fast tank, which was protected by the trench.

While being harassed, Lee Shin’s main base continued to produce more units.

Park Shin, endlessly suffering from Lee Shin’s harassment, finally succumbed to a full-on assault and declared GG.

“Park Shin GG!! Lee Shin takes the easy first win! Wow, this guy is truly a god!”

- “God!”

- “Wow!”

- “How do such ideas come up on the spot?”

- “If he had built a trench in the front, the defense would have been over, but he broke through, haha.”

- “Park Shin made a mistake too. If Lee Shin had shown up with two workers, he should have deployed more workers at the entrance to block. Two workers…”

- “But don’t you think the fast tank would have hunted those workers down first?”

- “Definitely a god!”

- “This is the kind of game I wanted to watch!”

- “God, thank you for returning!”

Park Han-young’s broadcast station was in a frenzy of excitement.

Wherever he got it from, the viewers showered Park Han-young with star balloons after showing them such a game.

Park Han-young thanked those who sent star balloons before opening the replay file for the next match.

The second set was Lee Shin versus Choi Chan-young.

Choi Chan-young was the star player of MBS, but recently he had been struggling with poor performance.

The game ended quickly.

Choi Chan-young boldly executed a five-bug build.

He started the build with five drones, producing zerglings as soon as the fifth drone was made, a risky strategy!

“Ah, what’s with the cheap five-bug rush? Oh, it’s not actually cheap. It’s a ten-set match, so surprise strategies like this are bound to happen. It’s a front build.”

His scouting direction was perfect.

Choi Chan-young, in a race against time, used his scouting to find Lee Shin’s main base location.

The six zerglings produced immediately rushed toward Lee Shin.

Under normal circumstances, Choi Chan-young’s strategy should have worked. Lee Shin was defenseless with only construction robots.

But Choi Chan-young became the sacrificial lamb to witness Lee Shin’s incredible defense.

The construction robots poured out and blocked the entrance, repairing each other as they created a near-impenetrable defense.

A lone infantry unit that was produced late started firing from behind.

“Ah… Is that human control? He blocked six zerglings with just one worker lost! Wow, how…!”

Park Han-young reacted as if he couldn’t believe it.

“He did the five-bug build, but it was blocked so terribly. What are we supposed to say about the monster now?!”

Choi Chan-young was also a monster player.