Everyone is Young Except for Me Chapter 255

Jamsil Union Square Stadium, Seoul.

-Amazing! The diamond hidden in the United States has been revealed! He is the new Star Fruit eater, the Pistol Star's Beloved, James Lee!

Huge screams came from every corner of the stadium and spread like wildfire. It sometimes bent like a wave, causing the audience to tremble.

-His power to destroy the unified France is astonishing.

-The birth of a new rising sun!

-It is like watching Michael again during last year's World Competition. The United States actually hid such a player!

-Oh, this is a further increase in the power of the United States. It isn't very good news for other countries.

The French spectators who flew all this way and came to the stadium to cheer for the players had their morale crushed. Some of them covered their faces and sighed. After last year, they had the experience of being wiped out by one person once again. France had been humiliated by a total of three people over the past year—the first person was Michael, the second person was Choi Chuntaek, and the third person was James Lee, who had just shown tremendous power.

-Boooo!!!

The French national team, led by Louis Cassel, were booed when they were logged out. Among their detractors were the French citizens.

“You don't need to qualify for the national team!”

“We don't need such weaklings!”

“The money I spent coming to cheer for you was wasted!”

Some of them threw the bones of the chicken that they were eating, and others threw empty soda cans. Louis Cassel watched the audience and gritted his teeth.

“Kuek...”

They always praised and supported him as Black Rose. Now they suddenly changed their tune? He felt unbearably insulted by the French audience.

'Michael, Choi Chuntaek, and James Lee...! Shit!'

Louis Cassel's gums started bleeding as he vowed to get revenge on the three. It was for the previous game and this game as well. He hadn't taken out his trump card yet. He thought about pulling out the immortal knight who had evolved when it was slightly unfavorable. However, in the earlier situation, he couldn't afford to take it out due to the casting time. Otherwise, he would've exposed a gap and died sooner.

'It won't be so easy in the next game.'

“...Let's go.”

“Yes.”

Louis Cassel desperately pledged as he walked slowly through the darkness to the waiting room.

* * *

Tung tung tung! Tung! Tung tung!

“Dae~han minguk~!"   

The VIP seats where the family members of the Korean national team were gathered. Kim Mikyung's voice was heard close to the screen.

“Dae~han minguk~!” 

The red balloons attached to sticks that she was holding stood out. Sitting next to her, Choi Jeongdo blushed with shame. “Mom! Are you coming to the baseball field?!”

“What are you saying? Your sister and grandfather are currently working hard. We have to cheer for them.”

Kim Mikyung continued to knock her cheering sticks together and shouted, “Daehan minguk.”

The family members of the other players recognized her as she talked.

“You must be Grandfather Choi Chuntaek's family~ hoho. I'm a fan.”

“Ah, really? Thank you. Hohoho."

“I am Kim Hyeonu's mother.”

“Oh, is that Mido's sunbae? I've heard a lot about him!”

“I am Jeonghyuk's mother.”

“Oh my~ it is nice to meet you~”

“Me too!”

Hohohoho. Kekekeke.

Choi Jeongdo sighed and shook his head as the meeting between mothers started abruptly. Their family had produced two national team players so it was natural for their faces to be known. Before the players entered the stage, this interval time was even used to interview the families. For some reason, his mother seemed to have a celebrity disease right now. Just then, he heard a baby crying from the side.

“Chan, it is a bit noisy isn't it? Are you hungry~? Yes, Honey. Get the bottle.”

His aunt Choi Seohyeon was giving the young Minchan a bottle. Minchan was enjoying the milk in the bottle. He was very pretty. 

“Peekaboo—!” Choi Jeongdo approached Minchan with a funny expression and Minchan seemed to find it interesting. He laughed.

“I think Minchan likes you.”

“Yes. He is cute.”

Minchan didn't hold his finger tightly as he drank the milk from his mother, Choi Seohyeon, with shiny eyes. Then he frowned like he wanted to make a tough impression. Choi Jeongdo gazed at Minchan and was reminded of someone.

“Hey, he looks very similar to Grandfather.”

“Really? Do you think so?”

“Yes, completely. This is why Grandfather likes him.”

Indeed, Minchan's features and sturdy limbs resembled his grandfather, Choi Chuntaek. Choi Jeongdo thought that maybe this was why his grandfather liked Minchan so much.

'Indeed, that's why he kept holding Minchan yesterday.'

It was after the family meal yesterday. His grandfather said he wanted to hold Minchan and continued this until Minchan fell asleep. Choi Jeongdo couldn't help feeling some jealousy when he saw his grandfather like this.

“Hoho, your grandfather also really liked you when you were young.”

“Huh? Really?"

“Of course~ did you see the way he hugged Minchan yesterday? He also held you all day~?”

“Ah, you must be lying.”

Choi Jeongdo shook his head. “Believe it or not, it is real. Hohoho.”

Choi Jeongdo was immersed in deep thought at Choi Seohyeon's words. Now that he grew into an adult with a thick head, he joked with his grandfather and was hit by his grandfather several times. It was incredible to believe that his grandfather had loved him like Minchan.

'I don't know about Mido, but he treated me like that...?'

Then Choi Jeonghyun told him, “It is real. I also saw it.”

“Uncle?”

Choi Jeonghyun nodded from where he was sitting next to Choi Jeongdo.

“Yes. It was with Mido and you as well. Father said you resembled him and he liked it. I still remember the way he was laughing at that time. Father was still young then. Of course, he is still tough now.”

Choi Jeonghyun moved his gaze to the screen. There, players from all over the world gathered in the center as they were surrounded by poison gas. The game was reaching the end. There was South Korea.

“Hmm.”

Choi Jeongdo watched his grandfather on the screen. Right then, Choi Seohui sat next to Choi Jeonghyun and tapped the bar balloon with her hands. 

Tung tung tung!

“Daee ~ hang minguk!”

* * *

The game was coming to an end. The poison gas coming in from the outside was narrowing the area. The dinosaurs exposed to the poison gas went crazy. The carnivorous dinosaurs ate the herbivorous dinosaurs in front of them and advanced to the center. Thus, the only ones who gathered in the center were the carnivorous dinosaurs, the pinnacle of the food chain.

“Hoh...”

Torres of Spain watched the carnivorous dinosaurs fighting from the sky as he lifted the jar on his back and drank the alcohol in it.

“Kuahh! I'm drunk.”

Torres was currently drinking a thousand year old alcohol obtained from going to the distant East Continent to play. For reference, the water dragon, 'Blash,' that he was currently riding, was made of this alcohol. It was due to the special power of his constellation Deucalion that he could make a small amount of alcohol into such an enormous amount.

[The water jug zodiac, 'Deucalion,' is sipping the millennium wine.]

Deucalion was also a longtime drinking buddy. The game had been open for just over a year now, but the concept of time in Arkstar was four times faster than reality, so he was a friend of four years.

“Hiccup! Kuhaaa. Hey, Pedro.”

However, there was no response.

“Pedro?”

Torres looked at Blash's back, but the Spanish players who were sitting behind him were nowhere to be seen. Torres shook his head as he thought about the players who had all suddenly disappeared. “Cough, when did they get off? Hiccup!”

The answer came from his constellation, Deucalion.

[The water jug zodiac, 'Deucalion,' says they fell off because they couldn't handle the change in direction of the water dragon.]

“Ah, really? Cough. I'm sorry. Haha.” Torres laughed when he realized he was driving under the influence. The water dragon, Blash, was controlled by him so driving when drunk would result in drunk driving. Well, there weren't any police to catch him. Thus, this game was a good thing.

“...Well, this is just right anyway.”

In fact, Spain was a one-man team based around Torres. Apart from himself, the others were low leveled or so pathetic that it made people wonder how they became national representatives. It was very uncomfortable for Torres who had to fight while taking care of them, like in the first fight against Dark Wolf.

'Hmm, I'll have to ask to go separately from them next time.'

Torres made a decision and nodded. The roar of the Tyrannosaurus, who survived the violent fight, was heard from below.

“Oh, did he survive?”

The poison gas was narrowing the area so it was time to move to the center. Maybe there would be another final fight.

It was at that moment...

“...Huh?”

Suddenly, the Tyrannosaurus Rex grunted and started running somewhere. Torres' gaze shifted in the direction the Tyrannosaurus Rex ran in. The tremendous scream proved the Tyrannosaurus' strength.

Roaaaaar!

By the way, there was a familiar face.

“Um, is it South Korea? It is that old man.”

Another Tyrannosaurus was rushing behind such a South Korea. Right now, South Korea was in a situation where both their front and their rear was blocked by two different Tyrannosauruses. If left alone, South Korea would become the Tyrannosauruses' meal.

“They will die.”

Just then, sparks appeared in the air and Deucalion's message was visible. 

[The water jug zodiac, 'Deucalion,' is frowning and saying to save the old man.]

“Huh? What? Weren't you raging about killing him? Did your relationship suddenly improve? Hiccup!”

During the first meeting with the old man, Torres felt the quiet Deucalion become agitated for the first time. He didn't know what was going on, but it was obvious that the old man's constellation had a bad relationship with Deucalion.

[The water jug zodiac, 'Deucalion,' says you must defeat the old man with your own hands.]

“...Ah, it's a love-hate relationship. Hiccup.”

Torres' face was red as he hiccuped and stared at the sky.

[The water jug zodiac, 'Deucalion,' is staring at you with a frown.]

“Ahh, I know, I know. Shall I save him?”

Deucalion didn't answer. He seemed to be angry.

“How timid.”

[The water jug zodiac, 'Deucalion,' is looking at you.]

“I know, I know. I won't joke around.”

Torres shrugged as he moved the water reins around the neck of the water dragon, Blash. Blash's mouth opened and a terrible water energy started to gather there. It started to unite like it was gathering energy and Torres gave an order to Blash, “Blash, Aqua Breath.”

Blash groaned and opened its mouth wide. Light gathered in its mouth and flashed. Then Aqua Breath was fired at great speed.

[1] Daehan Minguk = Republic of Korea and is their basic cheer

Chapter end