Chapter 18: Aren’t You That Person From Back Then?

We, the Naru Expedition, divided our forces and occupied servers 1 through 5.

It was the so-called ‘there’s no business before a group beating’ strategy.

zZoneMage: Channel 2 has caught on.

It seems they’ve finally noticed that the hunting grounds they were controlling are being taken over.

If one person has caught on, it’s only a matter of time before the other guild members notice too.

From now on, it’s a real battle of attrition.

It seems like the broadcast will get boring if I just keep hunting.

But I can just use that as a background and chat.

[Tenro01]: Didn’t you see the fixed message?

“Oh, that one’s noticed now too.”

[Thank you for your 1,000 won donation, ‘TrueNataDog’-nim!]
[Let’s gooo~]

With that one’s recognition, the battle of attrition begins.

He seems quite angry, as he’s expressing his anger through chat.

[Tenro01]: Go away, you b*tch

[Punishment-bro is fuming lol]
[Oh. Naru-haem is a time Bill Gates who plays games 16 hours a day.]
[You’re so busted, I was bored.]

But that one’s appearance was just amusing.

It was scary when I was a kid, but now, not so much?

It’s just funny to see someone doing that at their age.

And what can he do alone?

There are three of us, and one of you.

You’d be better off bringing a friend, you know?

We ruthlessly occupied the hunting ground.

As I said before, it was the result of our numerical superiority.

[Can’t do anything, can you?]
[Loser b*tch lol]
[Lo~ser]

As we were occupying the hunting ground, another Punishment guild member entered the map.

To be precise, other Punishment guild member’s’ entered.

The situation where three more mages entered.

With this, the battle for the hunting ground became more difficult.

[Tenro01]: You b*tches thought you could get cocky with just numbers, but you’ve shown your true colors lol]
[Jicheon]: What are these randoms yelling about since earlier?]
[Macheonseong]: Ah, is it those f*cking streamers again?]

Oh my, you’ve gotten cocky just because your numbers have increased.

Do you think anything will change because of that?

“Ryōiki Tenkai, Mugen Gene (Infinite Genesis)!”
(TL Note: A reference to Jujutsu Kaisen’s ‘Domain Expansion’. ‘Mugen Gene’ is a pun on ‘Mugen’ (Infinite) and ‘Genesis’, the skill name.)

I continuously spammed one skill.

The skill I was spamming was Genesis.

It’s a unique skill of the Cleric class.

It’s also a skill that’s treated as overpowered due to its wide range and incredible damage.

Of course, the mana consumption is so large that it costs a lot in potions.

Hehe, it’s not my account, so it doesn’t matter.

If she says something later, I can just pay her back then.

[Wow, Cleric is so OP]
[Kyaa]
[kjw0407(Manager): ㅠㅠ]
[Special-grade Cleric, for real]

I thought I heard the manager’s wailing from somewhere, but I ignored it.

Because right now, winning against those guys is more important.

This is a matter of my pride.

I will never back down…!

[HyejinPrincess]: 5th server lost, I’ll just move to Naru-nim’s server
zZoneMage: What do you mean 10 people are coming?
[FallenPowerAngel]: 1st server is getting pushed back a lot

Hmm… everyone is getting pushed back.

It seems their numbers are larger than I thought.

[JiwonNyanNyan]: Everyone gather on server 3. We’re going all-out on server 3.

Then there’s no choice but to narrow the front.

I knew very well that the hunting ground would become chaotic, not just crowded.

But there’s no other way to break through the current situation.

[Juko-p]: Scaredy-cat btches lol
[Tarararas]: Where are you running to lol
[Juhongdidi]: Some b*tch-as* kids are acting up

Of course, it’s not just our expedition members coming in.

The Punishment guild members are coming in like that too.

Still, since the Mangdeudung map itself was large, it could accommodate them to some extent.

[Wow, they’re like cockroaches]
[You can’t lose]
[Fighting]

I hear voices of support.

I absolutely, absolutely cannot lose.

I focused all my nerves on my fingers.

It’s not that I was only hunting while leaving the audio empty, it just means I was that focused.

30 minutes passed.

Nevertheless, both sides showed no signs of giving up.

Aish, but I’m running out of things to talk about…

Should I end the broadcast and keep going?

And so, as the shadow of defeat was slightly cast.

[What, more are coming? lol]
[Do those b*stards self-replicate?]
[The guild master is here]

Additional personnel came in.

Two Punishment guild members and one Punishment guild master.

Because of this, I felt that it would have a considerable impact on the situation.

[JinsimHaren]: I’m here, kids.
[Juhongdidi]: Have you arrived, guild master-nim?
[Tenro01]: I was waiting, guild master-nim.
[Juko-p]: Welcome, guild master-nim.
…

As soon as the guild master appeared, the Punishment guild members stopped everything and began to greet the guild master.

What is this, it’s not like it’s a military roleplay.

Their appearance was just amusing.

[Thank you for your 1,000 won donation, ‘Toru’-nim!]
[They’re not even kids, what are they doing? lol]

It seems everyone thinks so.

[JinsimHaren]: Step on them all so they can’t act up.

Separate from what they were thinking, their attack began.

Their numbers, including the person who just came in, were 21.

It surpassed the number of the Naru Expedition.

Naturally, that created a situation where we were being pushed back.

And that situation continued for a while.

By the way, I feel like I’ve seen that guild master person somewhere…

At the slight feeling of déjà vu, I retraced my memories.

Haren… Haren…

Will I remember if I activate my ability?

With a slight headache, I activate my ability.

Mmm… ah, I remember.

Along with the emerging memory, I also found a solution to this situation.

[JiwonNyanNyan]: U-chan, are you still doing that crap?

The guild master, who saw the message I wrote, froze for a moment and then immediately logged out.

[?]
[What’s this?]
[Why did he leave?]

‘JinsimHaren’.

A user who used to go by the nickname ‘JijonHaren’.

He used to engage in unsportsmanlike conduct in the past.

As an officer of the malicious guild ‘Demon King’.

He had committed all sorts of evil deeds like tracking and kill-stealing, fraud, profanity, and parental insults as if it were a daily routine.

So, as a kid at the time, I couldn’t stand it anymore, so what I did was doxxing.

I found out his personal information using phishing links and various hacking tools.

It was a method that has become illegal now, but at that time, there were no related laws, so it was a legal act.

Anyway, the information I got from him was…

His name and IP address, and his location information found through that IP address.

And furthermore, using that information, I even hacked his SNS.

It’s no exaggeration to say that I collected information to the point where I knew everything about him.

Next, with that information, I ridiculed him in a 1-on-1 conversation.

And not long after, he quit the game, so it could be called my victory.

…But he quit then and came crawling back?

They say even mountains and rivers change in 10 years, but this guy hasn’t changed at all.

[Thank you for your 1,000 won donation, ‘TrueNataDog’-nim!]
[What’s all this about?]

Ah right, the viewers don’t know what’s going on, do they?

I briefly summarized the past story and explained it to the viewers.

I subtly changed the parts that were disadvantageous to me, so I thought there would be no problem.

[lol]
[U-chan busted]
[So he quit because of that before? lol]

Hmm, the hooks in the chat window have disappeared to some extent.

And seeing the Punishment guild kids getting flustered…

Hmph, we’ll win soon, won’t we?

As I said, we soon pushed back the Punishment guild members.

I don’t know if it’s because the guild master gave an order.

But seeing that they all logged out of the map, it was enough to say we had won.

“Naru Expedition, everyone, you’ve worked hard. We have won!”

[tFlawlesslyClearCloud]: This is it
[FallenPowerAngel]: Good work
[HyejinPrincess]: Naru-unni worked hard too (੭˙ ˘ ˙)੭

[Naru-nim, please do something about the netkama-haem]
(TL Note: ‘Netkama’ is slang for a male pretending to be a female online.)
[Hyejin-nunna…]
[Is it time to end the stream?]

There seems to be some strange reaction, but… I can just ignore it.

“Anyway, that’s it for today’s broadcast, good night everyone!”

[The broadcast has ended.]

[Wonderland company dinner legend story]
(Clip of Choa’s exposé.mp4)
They say Naru passed out after one cup of sake lol

[-What a loser lol]
[-Uuu… this big brother also wants to touch the teacher’s boobies…]
[-(A dumpling laughing hysterically.icon)]

[Did Naru’s game stream come up?]
How can the first game stream be DunLan lol

[-Naru is a Dun-soongi]
[-Oh]
[-She did a game stream because they asked for it]
ㄴ[F*ck it all! She just did it all]

[Real-time VTuber status]
(Picture of Naru going to catch Zakum.jpg)
She’s gathering the ‘taste-respect’ guild kids to go catch Zakum

[-Ah, VTuber-teachers, please get lost]
[-Please rewatch this in your own camp]
[-(Dumbfounded.icon)]

[What’s with this guy?]
(Video of Naru getting unfairly tricked in phase 3 and soloing.mp4)
No, but seriously, how did she do it?

[-Putting the VTuber aside, she’s actually good]
[-(A surprised dumpling.icon)]
[-What’s with the control, for real]

[The VTuber mentioned earlier]
She’s at war with the Punishment b*stards lol

[-Even though you’re a Korean female VTuber, I’ll cheer you on for this!]
[-Please do something about those b*stards. I can’t hunt.]
[-(Real dumpling.icon)]

[Punishment guild status]
Suddenly disappeared

[-?]
[-Why did they disappear?]
[-Isn’t it because of that VTuber who was a hot topic?]
ㄴ[What are you talking about?]
ㄴ[Some VTuber was typing something in the chat earlier, and then the guild master ran away]
ㄴ[(Link to the clip of Naru explaining the situation)]
ㄴ[(A cheering rabbit.icon)]

The community is on fire.

Since the notoriously infamous Punishment guild was disbanded in an instant, I think it’s a natural result.

But I didn’t know they would disband the guild right away like this…

It seems U-chan had a lot of PTSD from what happened before.

Anyway, I should stop looking at today’s community reactions here.

Because I have something to do tomorrow.

I carefully put down my phone and closed my eyes.

I found out one more good thing after my body changed.

My insomnia was gone.

How can I fall into REM sleep in less than 30 seconds after lying down?

Still, the quality of sleep was good.

I stretched wide and got up from the bed.

Because I had a schedule that I had to move early to make it on time.

My supplies… all packed.

My lunch box is also ready.

And my clothes are all neatly worn.

Now, all I have to do is leave the house and head to my destination.

Since the destination is close to my house, I decide to walk.

“Mhmhm~”

Humming a tune, I soon arrived at my destination.

[Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, 18th Test District, 42nd Test Center]

As expected, it’s always a place that feels youthful.

I gave a faint smile.