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Chapter 179 Now, I'll Get Serious.
Hugo sat there staring at his controller like it had personally wronged him. His eyes narrowed, and he squeezed the controller so tightly his knuckles turned white.
'Come on, come on, just give me something!' he thought desperately. He wasn't about to let this slip-up happen again.
He had to keep his cool. 'I can do this. I am a gamer. I have the skills... just focus!'
But no matter how hard he tried to concentrate, his hands felt like they were made of jelly.
His fingers fumbled over the buttons, and his focus started to slip away. 'I'm doomed. I'm absolutely doomed,' he realized, his heart sinking.
The match ended.
The scoreboard flashed up on the screen—14-0.
Hugo stared at the controller in his hands like it had betrayed him, squinting at it as though it would suddenly reveal some hidden cheat code that could fix everything.
If looks could kill, that controller would've disintegrated into ashes. Loli, sitting on the couch across from him, was practically in tears from laughing.
It was the kind of laugh that made Hugo's ears burn with shame. "Ha! Did you really think you stood a chance? You're all bark and no bite, Hugo!"
She was holding her stomach from laughing so hard, her voice almost a squeak. "I'm seriously dying here! How are you this bad?!"
Hugo tried to defend himself, but his mouth betrayed him. "I... I'm just warming up! Yeah, I'm warming up, you know? You can't expect a master to be at his peak on the first try, right?"
His words came out so weak, it was like he was begging for mercy.
But Loli was far from merciful. She simply looked at him with a raised eyebrow, her grin still teasing him.
"Warming up? You're so bad, I thought I was playing against a potato. Like, a potato could do better. What's next? Gonna blame lag?"
Hugo's lips twitched as he tried desperately to keep a straight face, but the humiliation was too much.
"Uh-huh," she said, clearly unconvinced.
As the pain subsided, Hugo felt an overwhelming flood of new memories and instincts. His fingers itched to get back on the controller. He grinned confidently. "Alright, let's do this!"
The next twenty minutes were the most intense gaming session of Hugo's life. His heart pounded like a drum as his new skills clashed with Loli's.
Every move, every goal, every counter was a nail-biter. The room felt like a battlefield, and Hugo's entire body was tense with focus.
Finally, the match ended. The score was 6-6. A draw.
Hugo leaned back, his chest heaving. 'A draw? he thought, stunned. Even after upgrading my gaming mastery to 20 points, I could only barely manage a draw? What kind of gaming god is this girl?!'
Loli was blinking in surprise too, though she recovered quickly. "Not bad," she admitted, her tone carrying a hint of respect.
"I didn't think you'd improve that much in one match. But..." She leaned forward, her eyes glinting with determination. "Now I'll get serious."
Hugo froze, his face draining of color. 'WHAT?! She wasn't serious before?!' His mind reeled as he pictured her going into overdrive and wiping the floor with him again. 'I'm doomed.'
And just like that, the tension shot back up as the next match began.
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