EX rank supporting role’s replay in a prestigious school-Chapter 1034: Injection (4)
"Yi-shin hyung, could you read this post first? It has a high number of views and lots of recommendations. Also, there are multiple attached photos and links, so it’s easy to reference."
As I awkwardly stared at the hologram showing my name and photo, Eun Ho pulled up a specific hologram in front of me.
The post, seemingly uploaded recently, was about the first round of the competition, even though the second round had already finished.
[Title: My Experience Watching the Korea-China-Japan Exchange First Match (A bit late) (Quite long) (feat. Unnamed Rising Star)]
I was momentarily at a loss for words when I saw the title.
It was a first-round review, but I couldn’t understand why my alias was included in the title.
When I checked the site’s URL, it led to a famous comprehensive player fan community, a place where people shared information about various players and fan activities.
So many Korean representative team players had stood out during the exchange match, but why me...
“Jo Yi-shin is now...”
“Baek Ho, there’s no need to broadcast this.”
“Yi-shin hyung, is it weird that your alias is in the title? There are a lot of Yi-shin hyung’s fans in the player fan community, and many people are trying to read reviews centered around you. You should read it first.”
Sigh...
Since both the tigers and now the angel were staring at me, urging me to read, I had no choice but to comply.
The post started with a picture of me.
It was a still from a video shot for a school ambassador promotion, with me turning around to greet the camera, clearly captured as a moving gif.
Underneath the photo, the writer had added a short greeting followed by a lengthy post.
[I’ve been a fan of the Unnamed Rising Star since the first time he received his alias two years ago.
(Article link)
The article I saw back then was about this. It was so impressive that a kid who hadn’t even become a high school student yet fought against the Wung tribe’s forces and won, earning his alias, that I still remember it.
At first, I couldn’t pretend to be a fan because of the hand baiting, haha... I got a lot of hate, but I proudly shared the transcript as soon as it came out, haha.
The reason I’m writing this review now is because of the recent agitators trying to get the Shintan’s apprentice to fight with him.
Here’s proof^^!
(Picture)
As shown in the proof photo, I joined the Unnamed Rising Star’s unofficial fan club in the first week. (When the official fan club comes out, I’ll join on the first day!)
Sorry if the watermark in the photo was removed, my ID is my real name, so please understand.]
My fan club?
I had heard there was one, but I thought it was a joke.
Before I could fully process it, Eun Ho pulled up a picture of the fan community's front page, showing an image of the main entrance.
It wasn’t April Fool’s yet, but the fan club seemed to be very active.
On the main screen, there was a member with a nickname that vaguely resembled the Wung tribe. I wondered if it might be someone I knew, perhaps a Wung or descendant.
Instead of thinking deeply, I turned my eyes away from the fan club screen.
[It’s not something I’m proud of, but I almost missed the ticketing for ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ the exchange match because I was busy with real-life stuff.
I had the Unnamed Rising Star tagged, and luckily, the Eungwang High newspaper club sent me a message with the schedule included, saying that our guy would be representing. If I had missed it, I was seriously thinking about buying resale tickets, haha. (Just joking, I know the hunting party is cracking down on scalpers.)
Anyway, I took a half-day off and successfully got the tickets.
I had been eagerly waiting to see the Unnamed Rising Star in person, but there was one problem.
I missed the fan goods group purchaseㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
(Picture)]
If you are reading this translation anywhere other than Novelight.net or SilkRoadTL, it has been stolen.
In the picture, there were several fan items inspired by stars, including black towels with slogans and a cheer stick affectionately called “Star Bong.”
I vaguely remembered seeing people in the stadium holding such items.
The writer lamented not receiving the star headbands that had been distributed to the first-year class 0 kids.
[It really pissed me off that I missed the star headband, but even worse, the Unnamed Rising Star wasn’t there when we enteredㅠㅠ
I was wondering if he wasn’t in the lineup for today, or if he was sick, and people were so noisy about it.
My seat was near the class 0 kids, so it was even noisier, haha.
(Picture)]
The picture showed the aurora-colored fan items that our class’s attention-seekers had set up.
It was clear that the writer was watching the match from somewhere near our class.
[The class president calmed everyone down, and the fans like me, who had been eavesdropping, quieted down.
Fortunately, after waiting a bit more, our Unnamed Rising Star finally came out!
The class 0 kids waved at him, and I almost dropped my camera trying to take a picture, hahaㅠㅠ Do you think he waved at me?
There was a tip for photographing the Unnamed Rising Star, saying to sit near the class 0 kids, and it turned out to be true.]
The picture seemed to have been taken right after Dokgo Miro had asked the class 0 kids to wave at me since they were disappointed.
I was seen waving my hand in the athlete uniform.
The writer was going on about my photo, but I couldn’t focus on what they were saying.
The flowery language and evaluations suited players like Yeom Jun-yeol, Ahn Da-in, or Joo Soo-hyeok, and I had to blink twice to read it properly.
Fortunately, a few lines later, there was content about the exchange match, but most of it was angry.
[After this, there aren’t many photos or videos of the Unnamed Rising Star^^
He wasn’t shown much in the broadcast, right?
It’s not the broadcast team’s fault.
It was the same at the site...
The Unnamed Rising Star’s footage wasn’t shown much in the simulator...]
The writer continued to curse at the Huang Myung Foundation.
Fans of Eungwang High players knew well about the previous mismanagement of the school, so they had plenty of grievances with the Huang Myung Foundation.
The review’s content was all over the place, but my alias kept being mentioned.
The more I read, the more I felt my face heating up, but the tigers seemed to be waiting for me to finish, so there was no escaping.
[After that, when the Unnamed Rising Star was named MVP, all my fatigue and frustration vanishedㅠㅠㅠ
The match had gone on for a long time, and our guy wasn’t showing up much, so the fans sitting near us were all getting tired, haha.
(The class 0 kids were the exception. They were as energetic as when they first came in, haha.)
After the strategy was completed, everyone just clapped while waiting for the MVP to be announced. As soon as the Unnamed Rising Star and Miro’s names were called, everyone who had been slumped in their seats jumped up.]
Several photos and gifs followed after this, including shots of the players appearing at the arena, the crowd standing up after the MVP announcement, and cheering for the Korean team during the score tallying.
[From the Korean team, the Unnamed Rising Star and Hundred Seconds (I thought he was a teacher at first) were the first to leave.
They looked a little tired, but they still politely waved goodbye before leavingㅠㅠ
It was obvious they fought hard enough to earn the MVP...]
Below that, there was a brief summary of the recent malicious comments directed at me.
Those who had insisted that I was a victim of public opinion manipulation by Huang Myung Group were now attempting to paint me as the perpetrator, with illogical arguments to support it.
[Wasn’t the Unnamed Rising Star previously said to be a victim, beaten by the first-place finisher?
But now, Huang Myung is supposedly forcing the Unnamed Rising Star into first place to cover up for something???]
The tigers had all seen how ridiculous the logic was, but the writer kept going, which made me feel uncomfortable.
This chapt𝓮r is updat𝒆d by ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom.
I thought I was done reading, but after the malicious comments summary, there was a final picture, one that seemed to be taken behind the scenes of the player profile shoot.
It was a gif of me waving my hand.
The last picture was a gif of me waving my hand, taken behind the scenes of the player profile shoot.
Important details were included, but most of the content was too overwhelming for me to process.
[Heartfelt post!]
[I'm a loser who almost missed the ticketing, but this was the vibe at the venue...]
[The ones trying to stir up trouble between the Unnamed Rising Star and Shintan’s apprentice should just die.]
[These gifs are so precious ㅠㅠ Can I save them personally?]
[↑Sure) Yup, re-uploading is fine. Just leave the source!]
[The review was good, but the part where you said “our Yi-shin” really pissed me off. Who do you think you are to call him “our Yi-shin” ㅡㅡ]
[↑Sure) “Our” includes both you and me.]
[↑Oh, right. He’s “our Yi-shin”^^!]
[The two above reconciled in 30 seconds ㄷㄷ]
[The malicious comments about our Yi-shin had been bothering me a lot, but reading this review made me feel better. Please post about 100 more pictures.]
Now that I had gathered all the necessary information, I thought I could stop reading.
But the embarrassment was too much, and I couldn’t bring myself to read the comments any longer. I lowered the hologram screen and looked up to meet Eun Ho’s gaze, who was smiling.
“Yi-shin hyung, do you get it? There are so many people cheering for you, so we can’t just ignore those malicious comments. Don’t think about letting them slide and doing whatever you want. You need to find a way to fix this quickly.”
At first, I thought if the arrows would be aimed at me instead of Ahn Da-in, it wouldn’t be such a big deal...
But now, I wasn’t sure what to do.
Still hesitating, Hwang Ji-ho spoke up.
“Jo Yi-shin, it looks like your device is fully charged. Why not turn it on?”
To escape Eun Ho’s pressure, I decided to follow Hwang Ji-ho’s suggestion and turn the device on.
The moment I did, the device emitted a constant stream of alarms.
Unread messages and missed calls popped up, followed by a flurry of holograms.
Most of them were from earlier, but some were coming in real-time.
The sender was Ahn Da-in.
[Ahn Da-in] Yi-shin, are you resting well? I’m sorry to disturb you while you’re resting, but I wanted to let you know the third match event has been decided.
[Ahn Da-in] When Ji-ho told me you were awake, he also mentioned that we shouldn’t ignore the rumors of discord. So, I’ve decided to take action as well.
The fact that Ahn Da-in was concerned about me made my heart swell, but I couldn’t help but wonder.
Why was Ahn Da-in the one sending the message instead of our representative Yeom Jun-yeol or the advisor Cheon Dong-ha?
Seeing no one else had sent any messages about the event, it seemed Ahn Da-in had been assigned the task of telling me about the third round.
But what did it mean that Ahn Da-in was going to take action?
Had Hwang Ji-ho said something strange?
[Ahn Da-in] I can’t just ignore the public opinion doubting your abilities, your character, or our friendship any longer. Most of the team members feel the same way. That’s why I chose the third match to clear these rumors.
It sounded as though the third match had been set to erase the malicious comments and rumors.
[Ahn Da-in] I’ve decided the third match event will be a 2v2 tag match. The first two from the Korean team to participate will be you and me. I’m counting on you.]
This ends the continuation of the translation! Let me know if you need further assistance.
