My Disguise as a Nobody Was Seen Through by the Top Player

* Keyboard MMORPG, arena-focused gameplay *

Three years ago, at the final of the top tournament for the MMORPG Dream of Heroes, the number-one Yunxiu player, whose ID was Wind Through Snow, forfeited and vanished from the martial world.

Since then, an obscure nobody named Wind Has Deceived Me appeared on the rankings.

Ji Fengxia needed money for food, so he used Wind Has Deceived Me as his secret identity, switched on a voice changer, hid his real skill, and diligently worked as a low-paid gaming companion.

One day, he got a two-carry-one companion job. His partner was the server's number-one Baiyao player, the formidable Moon Above Dust.

Word was that this expert was taciturn and showed no mercy in the arena, where everything came down to strength and victory.

He also preferred solo queue and never had a regular DPS partner. Yunxiu players who teamed up with him once never played with him a second time.

But after their arena match that day, Ji Fengxia felt Moon Above Dust wasn't quite like the rumors.

Not only did the other man invite him to play arena every day, he also helped him grind out currency-farming jobs.

When Ji Fengxia wanted to climb the rankings, Moon Above Dust went with him.

When Ji Fengxia got beaten up, Moon Above Dust switched to healer and protected him.

When Ji Fengxia went raiding, Moon Above Dust joined the party on his tank account.

The fans in the livestream were moved to tears. Their streamer had spent more than twenty years single, and apparently used all his social skills on this one person.

Even Ji Fengxia felt there was something unusual going on.

Ji Fengxia: No way. Is my thirty-yuan-a-month voice changer really that good?

Ji Fengxia: But I'm a guy!????

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Moon Above Dust never expected to meet Wind Through Snow again like this.

Though the other man's game ID had changed from Wind Through Snow to Wind Has Deceived Me, that cheap voice changer and the little habits that slipped out from time to time were impossible to hide from Moon Above Dust.

But Moon Above Dust didn't call him out. Instead, he went along with it and played along.

When Ji Fengxia couldn't make his lies add up, Moon Above Dust helped patch them up.

When Ji Fengxia couldn't come up with an excuse, Moon Above Dust found one for him.

Moon Above Dust: Mm-hmm, you're a nobody. Whatever you say is right.

After all, he'd spent three years searching before finally finding this person again. What else could he do but indulge him?

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Three years ago, in the darkest moment of his life, Ji Fengxia met the first person who ever made his heart flutter.

But he left without a word, vanished without a trace, and never contacted the other man again.

One day, three years later, Ji Fengxia met someone who was inexplicably kind to him. His game name was Moon Above Dust.

With his voice changer on, Ji Fengxia didn't dare tell Moon Above Dust he was a man. In return, the other man's kindness only intensified.

In the end, Ji Fengxia couldn't bear the guilt any longer. He agreed to meet in person at an offline tournament, intending to come clean about everything.

He never expected that the real Moon Above Dust he met there would have the same face he'd fallen for three years earlier, and would pin him down on a hotel-room bed.

Moon Above Dust raised an eyebrow and leaned close. "Wind Through Snow, where can you run this time?"

Ji Fengxia: ????????????????

* A ridiculously skilled gamer who sees through everything but never says a word, doting and straightforward top x a highly talented, adorable, not-too-bright old-school gaming god bottom

* 1v1, happy ending, each other's first love

* Esports gameplay set against the backdrop of a keyboard-controlled MMORPG

* Original title: Wind and Moon Have Their Day

tips:

1. A product of my creative whims and personal tastes. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Please don't bother real people, thank you!

2. Esports gameplay in an MMORPG setting. I've tried to keep it plausible, but please don't take it too seriously.

3. The setting is an MMORPG. There's more game content early on and less later. You can follow along even if you've never played, so enjoy!

4. The bottom has a leg condition, but it won't last forever, and it's mainly psychological.

5. The younger one is the top! They are three years apart.

6. Thank you for reading my story.

7. There is a secondary couple! There is a secondary couple! There is a secondary couple! They have very little page time in the main story, and most of their story is in the extras. Content warning: some non-consensual content. You can choose whether to unlock it.

Theme: Treat the world kindly, and it will treat you kindly in return.