I Have Returned, but I Cannot Lay down My Gun

Chapter 45 - Bad Teacher



Chapter 45 ­ Bad Teacher

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“…The weather is nice.”

In reality, it was August, but in the game, it was winter.

There wasn’t any snowfall, just a cold wind brushing against my body, swirling around the map and then disappearing. However, today, I noticed an element different from the usual.

30,000 people.

Logically speaking, it would be impossible to maintain this momentum continuously, but conversely, it meant that ‘for now,’ I had control of this army.

Perhaps that’s why Harmony suddenly crossed my mind.

I wondered if she always faced such a spectacle. But it was just a fleeting thought…because in the end, it’s me who has to resolve this situation.

Let’s just show them what I can do.

But before that….

­Please unlock donations, please unlock donations, please unlock donations, please unlock donations!!!!

­Give me the donation link, please. Sis, I feel like I’m going crazy. I loaded 500,000 won.

­Crazy people who can’t spend money LOL

­Shooting range! Shooting range! Shooting range! Shooting range! Shooting range! Shooting range! Shooting range! Shooting range!

­I’m placing a time attack mission right away LOL

It seemed that resolving this chaos about donations or whatever it was should be my first priority.

How should I put it, if it felt like riding a wild horse until just now, now it felt like watching an aquarium full of hundreds of hungry fish.

Of course, considering that I was holding a jar full of bait.

Sitting in a corner of the base, I quickly figured out what donations were while fiddling with the settings.

It was a feature where you send messages or missions to streamers along with a certain amount of money.

The minimum amount could be set freely, but most set it at 1,000 won…if you send a lot of money, many streamers respond with something called a reaction.

Is that really necessary?

“…I’ve figured out how to enable it, but regardless of the amount donated, I won’t be reacting much. Please keep that in mind. The same goes for the missions.”

Since it’s a half-self-satisfaction broadcast, this should be fine.

I enabled the donation feature, pushing aside the chat window that seemed like a single mass climbing up the screen. It would be announced through a notice at the top of the chat window soon.

After briefly checking each part of the gun and confirming that nothing was malfunctioning, I went to the shooting range. Although there didn’t seem to be any major issues with the zeroing, it was not something I could trust completely.

It would be much more accurate to shoot directly.

Therefore, today’s task also began at the shooting range. I would check the zeroing with various distances and then proceed to actual combat shooting.

As soon as the donation feature was enabled, various requests started pouring in.

­LOL Got the first donation? Are you pissed?

Or,

<[3-hour mission successful: 100,000 won]>

­Win any five PVP matches.

But I headed to the shooting range without much thought. Since this was the first broadcast, and I hadn’t decided if I would broadcast regularly in the future, I felt it was okay to do as I pleased.

I was setting my motto.

“Since I haven’t cleared the main quests yet, I’ll go to the shooting range to warm up and then proceed. I’ll decide on the missions you suggested later.”

In summary….

I didn’t want to do as they said.

It was a roughly set decision, but it made sense.

“CQB (Close Quarters Battle) is not about performance. It’s a systematic killing art designed to minimize your own damage and maximize the enemy’s damage.”

Muzzle flashes flared, and the deafening roar filled the air.

The acrid smoke that stung my nose permeated the atmosphere.

In the midst of it, a calm and soft voice echoed.

“The weapons and explosives, and even the type of armor you should use, must vary depending on who your enemy is and the terrain you’re fighting on, if possible.”

After clearing one room, before moving to the next, she calmly explained, as if teaching students, based on her accumulated experience.

Words accompanied by concrete actions had more persuasive power than mere statements, and those gathered in Yoo Jin’s first broadcast were quickly influenced by her words.

Moreover, those who found it boring had already switched to other broadcasts.

“…It’s a kind of evolution and adaptation. Or you can think of it as a high-level rock-paper-scissors. You make choices considering the enemy’s state, weapons, and armor.

You probably already know this. Penetrative bullets are mandatory for heavily armored enemies, but they’re unnecessary for lightly armored ones.”

Then the next room.

Like slicing a cake, I quickly dealt with all the visible enemies outside the doorframe and checked the blind spots in the room.

If necessary, I used the flashbangs I had, and if a malfunction occurred, I smoothly switched to the secondary weapon to ensure the enemy was killed.

There were no wasted movements, naturally reducing the time needed for room clearing.

“But once you enter combat, you can only rely on your and your team’s skills. In a way, CQB demands both your brain and body.”

Then, the final part.

Despite explaining in detail while clearing more than ten rooms with at least three enemies on average, it only took about three minutes to finish one kill house.

It took roughly nine seconds to clear one room, on average about seven seconds.

Eventually, as expected.

­Teacher, we can’t shoot as cleanly as you do.

“…Ah. There’s nothing I can do about that.”

She hit a wall quickly.

­You failed to teach me, ‘Yoo Jin.’

­Maybe it’s because your learning ability is broken?

­LOL If you taught like this in an online lecture, you’d get refund terrorized.

­I get it, but the hurdle is too high LOL

­It’s easy LOL You just need to practice shooting for fifteen hours a day, right?

People say there are a few types of geniuses.

One thing for sure is that among them, simple geniuses exist, but perhaps educational geniuses are the greatest. Teaching others what you have learned comes with many challenges.

Anyway, one thing was certain…I didn’t have much talent for teaching.

Honestly, it had always been that way.

The reason I was chosen as an operator was partly because of that. Instead of acquiring my combat skills through countless experiences, I had survived by roughly patching things up with my instincts.

I should have paid more attention to the instructor curriculum.

But it wasn’t entirely unfair.

I had fired countless shots in the past. The number of bullets I fired during practice could fill a standard container and still be more than enough. I had practiced that much….

Anyway, let’s think more about this part later.

For now, it’s better to recall and share something that has a short-term effect.

“It’s hard to say exactly what to do, but improving basic accuracy is crucial. I’ll share one good practice for that.”

Setting up a target by waving my fingers, I made it appear.

With a flash of light, a terrorist holding a hostage by the neck and using them as a shield spawned 25 meters away.

It was a shooting practice that Delta Force instructors had persistently drilled into me. It improved both shooting skills and composure to ensure accurate shooting even in urgent situations.

I took a precise stance and aimed at the head.

At the same time, I continued explaining.

“To catch a moving target, people say you need precise aim tracking, but that’s just one method.”

I continued.

If the enemy moved unpredictably, it was different, but in many cases, enemies tended to move while maintaining their existing direction and speed.

It was similar to a rhythm game. Instead of moving my body to align the enemy’s head with the crosshair, I placed the crosshair on the probable path and fired at the right moment.

But saying it was easy, it required a lot of trial and error and practice to master the bullet drop and speed.

All special forces soldiers didn’t start that way; they practiced shooting until such incredible feats became possible.

Holding my breath briefly, I aimed at the head of the enemy who brought his head to the center of the crosshair.

As my spinal reflex triggered the shot, the hologram shattered into pieces.

Ignoring the half-astonished chat, I added.

“All these practices are ultimately about hitting the target where you want, when you want. Just know that this is one method.

Since all users watching my broadcast might have different goals, think about what specific aspects you want to improve first. Then I can point out the details more accurately.”

­What? Does this mean 1:1 coaching content????????

­They’re framing content like this LOL

­Teacher, didn’t you actually want to broadcast?

­Isn’t this person a pro gaming team coach streaming out of boredom?

­Fact) Yoo Jin’s curriculum can be roughly inferred from NokchaCat’s broadcast.

­What do you think about the mint-colored cat next door?

“At first… I thought it would be tough, but honestly, it’s above average. Their mental strength and persistence are far superior to ordinary people. When they keep up with my pace despite saying it’s tough….”

…Perhaps that was the tenacity and stubbornness developed as a bad game master, no, broadcaster.

And then the chat continued, supporting my cheeky thoughts.

­Since they always find all sorts of weird things to do, their mentality is strong LOL

­No one is more devoted to bad games….

­They practice mental strength a lot LOL

­I can see it… Yoo Jin’s suffering future….

­It’s a well-known theory that Harmony’s acquaintances are

recommended bad games. It’s even recorded in the Samguk Sagi.

The chat seemed a bit unsettling, but would they really recommend such difficult games to me?

Hoping that such a future wouldn’t come, I stood up from my spot.

“…Anyway, I haven’t cleared the main mission yet, so it’s not my place to say. Assuming I start broadcasting, I’ll talk after achieving some accomplishments in the game as well.”

The next destination was West Point ­ United States Military Academy.

Originally, I would have had to infiltrate by traveling up the Hudson River by boat, but after completing side quests with Harmony, various transportation means, including a helicopter, were unlocked.

Calling for a helicopter, I added.

“I need to clear some missions. As for PVP ranked games, let’s decide on the events and then climb up.”

There were still plenty of things I hadn’t tried.


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