{"Hello, this is your E-sports reporter, Gino Morin, with your resident game commenter, Elvis Letterman, reporting live about the latest happenings."}
{"Well, Gino, it's only almost a week and a half before the Autumn Play-offs, and the fans of different teams are already getting hyped on the internet. The teams have released their official photos just half a week ago and man, the fans went ballistic and had the photos blown up in just a day!"}
{"The JLNC fans, in particular, have blown photos up, especially when they have finally seen the mysterious new member of JLNC, Kashmiri."}
{"Well, their young lady's beauty can't be unnoticed, have you seen her photo with Alexei? There was this sibling rivalry vibe between them that flipped the fans into formulating various theories of who Kashmiri really is and why she became part of JLNC."}
"You guys are watching that this early?" Key asked when she saw the whole team watching the E-Sport news report in the living room
"Well, good morning, milady," Alexei greeted her
"Hmm, good morning, good sir," she replied with a smile
"Huh? They stalked my accounts?" she asked in confusion when the reporters mentioned her social media accounts and that they didn't find her real name
"Everyone will know your name after the first game anyway," Rasheed muttered
"Not if I get to play," Alexei grinned
"Then, they won't find out my name," Key chuckled
"Why don't you even use your real name even in your private account?" Quant asked her
"Kashmiri play a special place in my heart," she chuckled
"That reminds me of a character I read somewhere," Rio chuckled and shook his head
"Oh, are you talking about Night's Fire?" She asked and Rio turned to her in surprise
"You read that?" He asked Key chuckled before nodding her head
"Mo… chiron, Rio," Key replied while chuckling and stood up to leave
"Huh? You…" Rio couldn't believe what he heard but Key had already gone to the kitchen
"Ima shirimashita, Rio," Key shouted from the dining area, answering Rio's unspoken question
{"Well, as for last year's International champion, Black Lily, their members have remained,"}
{"And last year's first runner-up, IBJ, have announced that after this year's nationals, they will be changing one of their members. Although they didn't name anyone, fans are speculating that it would be IBJ's Fox who has been rumored to be engaged to his undisclosed girlfriend."}
The E-Sports reports echoed in the whole base, Key couldn't help but shook her head as she eat her breakfast, in her mind, James will take years before he finally got married. His girlfriend is a tough woman who's not easy to woo and please, after all.
After eating, she headed to the gaming area and logged in to her gaming account, she opened her camera for the first time since she began playing live and a series of pop-ups appeared as she logged into her game.
They are commenting about her appearance, that she might just be all beauty and can't really play, that she's nothing but a trophy player, just for publicity.
Key paid no attention to them and instead she began playing. She's using their insults to play her best, if anyone sees the comments and the way Key is currently playing, they'd know right away that Key is fighting in a way that those keyboard warriors can't rebut, she's playing not just to spite them but to prove them wrong and stop them from underestimating her.
Key joined a random server, her face wasn't void of any emotions, she has this small smile on her face whenever her eyes would land on the camera, although it was still a surprise for her that a lot of viewers came to join her stream since it's only quarter past six in the morning.
"Wow, she's playing already?" Quant asked when they began hearing the keys from the gaming area
"She's probably threatened that she can't win against me, ha," Alexei smiled smugly and chuckled
"Not that her efforts are pointless." He added
"Huh, look she opened her camera," Opal said and showed his screen where Key is playing a game with her camera on, her face is on the lower right and comments began appearing on the side
"Did she forget to turn her camera off after the meeting yesterday?" El asked
The day before that, they had a meeting with the board where they introduced Key formally for the first time to the other board members as an official member of JLNC.
Some questioned Key's gaming skills so they had her play against a random player alone and with the team against a random team three times just to show them that she could really play.
"Hey guys, look at the comments." Rio, who is watching over Opal's shoulder, said
"What's up?" Alexei also took out his phone and watched Key's live stream
"Man, those keyboard warriors are nasty," he exclaimed after seeing the comments
[Rasheed'slegalwifey: You're probably just an attention-seeking bitch.]
[Opalcutie: Stay away from our husbands.]
[Alexei4evah: You're no match to my baby Alexei, just quit.]
[Game4Lyfe: How much did you pay those players to take you in?]
[Rasheedismyhubby: You take that back! My baby won't accept a cheap slut! ]
[Rockerplayz: Girls have no place in E-sports. Go home!]
[R34Lgamer: Those JLNC jerks paid you for hype, no?]
[Pl4yw1me: I knew it. Just for publicity. HAHAHAHAHA]
"Hey, what's up? Why is Key the only one training?" Dewy asked when he arrived with Bright
"Key's on-air," Quant said with his eyes still on the screen
"Yeah, I received the notification," Bright nodded his head
"But have you seen the comments, Bright? They're all nasty." Rio asked and they took out their phones
"You should start training too," Dewy said and they stood up
[Rio_r0ar: I can't believe you get to live with them. Hmmph!]
[4evahforEl: Should I have someone rank my game up as well so I could be with my hubby?]
Dewy and Bright couldn't help but shake their head when these two comments greeted them as soon as they played Key's live stream, they headed to the gaming area and saw that Key seem unperturbed by the harsh comments about her in her live stream.
The rest of the team began playing as well but the viewers of Key's live stream just kept on increasing, it would've been good for Key but at this rate, they're worried she might have a mental breakdown from all those mean words she's receiving.
Not aware that Key's interest is getting heightened by these mean and harsh comments about her online.
[Rasheed1sLyfer: Just who are you targeting huh, bitch?!]
[Pl4ygam3z: Why do you women target her? She's just playing, talk to your so-called hubbies.]
[m4rri3dtoEl: Get out of there! Bitch! Slut!]
[0nly4Opal: You're probably faking your age just to seduce someone, brat!]
The last comment had Bright and Dewy chuckle that made the rest of the team, mainly Quant and Opal who still haven't logged in, chuckle after recalling how often people mistake Key's real age.
The whole gaming area then became silent and soon, small comments from the members and the sound of their keys and the clicking of their mouse is the only thing heard.
From time to time, the members would be answering some questions from the fans or comments but none of it talked about Key so they thought everything is already going well.
Meanwhile, as the members train and go on live, Bright and Dewy watched Key's live stream to look out for the girl as they had noticed that the number of viewers on her live just wouldn't go down and even more people began ridiculing and criticizing Key.
It was as if they only woke up that early and joined her stream to criticize and ridicule her.
Their training and live took hours and hours, when the clock struck 11:30, almost everyone is done with their training so they decided to stand up.
Alexei, who is one of the first people to finish his match, thought Key is already resting but when he still saw her facing her screen and clicking on the keyboard, he noticed that her expression hasn't changed one bit.
"Yo, milady, it's lunch." He called her out but she didn't respond
Soon, the rest of the team finished their matches and decided to check on Key, who's also close to finishing off the opponent's base.
[Rasheed1smine: I bet your family is disappointed in you right now.]
[Quant'sch33ks: Your mom's probably regretting giving birth to you.]
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Translation:
> Mochiron - of course
> Ima shirimashita, Rio - I just know, Rio,