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Season 3: Chapter 89: Fake National Team (2)

The Fake National Team series was finally uploaded on YouTube.

[Fake National Team Ep.1 Heart of a True Competitor]

[First release in 1 hour]

Viewers couldn't help but be curious about what this was. Even from the thumbnail, it felt qualitatively different from the videos usually uploaded on Almond’s channel.

— What? What is this?

— I thought this wasn’t Almond’s channel lol

— Damn, this looks legit!

— Oh, what is this?

Viewers felt uncertain whether it would be more entertaining, but the content clearly felt like it had money invested in it. This was only natural since Civil Empire Korea supported this project with a crew and director.

Despite such investments, persuading them to upload this video on Almond’s channel required a lot of effort from Ju-Hyeok. After many complications, the Fake National Team series finally appeared on Almond’s channel.

For Almond, it was the birth of their first series with money invested in them. Therefore, it attracted a lot of attention within just an hour of the initial release waiting period.

— What? Is Ji-Ah back?

— Didn’t they say the editor was sick??

— What is this??

— Ahaha~

— First release~ Who told you!!?

-Wow, it’s been a while since Almond uploaded!

[Live Waiting Audience: 25,000]

Around ten minutes after the video went up, the waiting audience grew to a whopping 25,000 people.

[1 minute before the first release]

[Live Waiting Audience: 97,000]

By the time an hour had passed, almost 100,000 people were waiting live. Having a waiting audience akin to 100,000 live viewers was quite respectable.

A moment later, the video everyone had been waiting for finally began.

[First Release!]

***

Zzzz.

Artificial noise appeared on the screen and a man sat in front of a black background. A large text appeared in front of him.

[What is the team's goal this year?]

"The goal is to win."

It wasn’t Almond.

— ??

— Where’s Almond?

— Is that Cookie?

— Why is Cookie first...? lol

— It’s Cookie

The first person to appear was Cookie.

[Winning? Isn’t winning an impossible goal for Korea?]

A question appeared as subtitle.

“That’s why it can be a goal, no?” Cookie responded with a smile, "The goal is always to win even if the result is not a victory."

Zzzz...

The screen fuzzed with noise again as other members appeared one by one. The question remained the same. However, their answers varied.

"Ah... the goal... the preliminaries?"

Some realistically set their sights on making it to the preliminaries.

"I'll just enjoy the journey."

For others, victory was not the objective.

"Advancing to the preliminaries."

"Haha... a goal... maybe we should aim for the top eight?"

There were also those with a bit more ambition. A variety of answers swiftly passed by.

Then, the transition briefly slowed.

— Kimchi Warrior lol

— Oh, Chi-Seung

— Kimchi lol

It was when Chi-Seung appeared. He hesitated, unable to answer the question about his goal.

"Um... the goal..."

Zzzz.

He couldn’t finish his sentence and the screen moved on. The video proceeded at a perfectly normal speed just as it had when filming Cookie.

Finally, the last interviewee appeared in a chair.

— Wow

— Almond!

— So handsome

— Wow, he looks so cool just sitting there

Once again, a large text appeared just like it did for Cookie.

[What is the goal?]

Unlike Chi-Seung, Almond didn’t take long to respond.

He quickly articulated his goal, "The goal is to win."

He was the only one besides the commander who explicitly stated that the goal was to win. That was Almond.

— That’s Almond

— Like a video from the Olympics!!

— Haha the goal is just to win lol

— So decisive, crushing

— Wow~

The question was posed again.

[Winning? Isn’t winning an impossible goal for Korea?]

The camera zoomed in on Almond’s expression.

"..."

He remained expressionless and didn’t answer. However, the corners of his mouth rose very slightly. It seemed he was about to say something, but the screen went black at that moment.

Thump.

[Fake National Team]

[Fake Athlete]

The title and theme song played.

— Wow

— This is crazy

— Is this really the Almond channel I know?

— That smile at the end is so captivating, he's so handsome

— Just his face is so cool, no editing needed

— Almond really feels like the main character

— What was he about to say at the end? lol lol lol

— Uncle Pang

— Is that really Pang???

— Exactly like Pang

The writer also spoke to Pang.

"Are you Mr. Pang?"

"Yes, I’m Pang."

"Do you have plans here today?"

"Yes, I do."

"Do you have no shame?"

"Yes, I don’t."

Chomp, chomp.

Pang continued eating chicken, ignoring the question.

— Does he have no shame? Lol

— Laughter

— Laughing

— He outright admits he has no shame~

— Ah~ it’s your fault for being fooled~

"Do you often come to the base even though you’re a player?"

"Ah, I usually don’t come here..."

"Did you come for the chicken?"

Pang silently ate chicken again and sad music played.

— They’re editing too much lol

— Did he want to say something? lol

— What’s with the music? lol lol

After the meal, Cookie finished working and entered. Bread and Coffee followed him in. Naturally, the writer talked to them too.

At one point, the camera turned to Bread, the assistant commander.

"What’s your name?"

"Why?"

"?"

— Why are you asking her name? lol

— LOL

— What??

"Cough. Ba... Rum."

"Ah. Miss Barum. Just Barum?"

"It’s Miss. Shi! Miss. Shi!" Do-Joon interjected loudly.

"Ah... Shi Barum..."

The writer repeated her name, bewildered.

Barum averted her gaze and sad music played again.

— lol

— Shi Barum

— Really???

— Ah, this must be staged, honestly

— Wow

— Did her parents immigrate??

— They should have gone with Jo Barum lol

The video transitioned again.

[Japan vs Turkey]

[Watching and analyzing]

They watched the ongoing match between Japan and the Ottoman Empire. It was more akin to studying with everyone intensely focused and taking notes on phones or notebooks.

"Ah. They should have moved to the side."

"Is that the right position for an ambush? Oh dear... they lost after all."

"If I were poking, it would have been over in one shot."

Well... their reactions weren’t much different from how regular people watched sports games.

"Do you often give unsolicited advice?"

"It’s part of the job."

— They do this too lol

— LOL

— Just like us lol

— Can’t help giving advice lol lol

— The only difference is these guys can actually make it happen lol

[Preparing for the match against Italy]

After watching the entire game, the strategy team gathered at the table to start preparing for the match against Italy.

Everyone listened intently to each other with serious expressions.

[Strategic discussions have been muted]

Most of the conversations about crucial strategies were muted and the screen faded out.

Afterward, Sang-Hyeon and Pang were shown playing basketball casually in a nearby park. Sang-Hyeon was somewhat able to play despite his right hand not being fully functional with delicate tasks like archery.

As evidence, Pang lost by more than twenty points.

"Mr. Pang. You always lose, don’t you?"

"... Ha."

The documentary ended with sad music.

— What an ending? lol

— Is this the end?? lol

— Laughing

The video neared its end.

[Current Viewers: 153,000]

The number of viewers had reached a massive 153,000.

"... Nice!"

Ju-Hyeok clenched his fist in delight.

"It’s a complete hit, isn’t it?"

Having 153,000 viewers for a YouTube premiere was a tremendous achievement on Almond's channel.

‘This will really expand us further now.’

It felt like they had just broken through the one million subscribers threshold, opening up numerous possibilities. Ju-Hyeok thought it was definitely a good decision to bring this content to Almond’s channel.

The video's momentum continued to rise until the start of the national competition broadcast and the enthusiasm seamlessly transitioned to the live broadcast.

[National Competition: Korea vs Italy]

[Current Viewers: 224,000]

That day, Civil Empire Korea recorded its highest viewership ever.