Ch.121The Armband Conscription. (1)

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Title: So are these top 10 rankers now our moderators?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [‘Reward for Kindness’ event announcement image]

It says here that everyone who reached the top 10 will be conscripted as moderators

So should we consider all rankers to be moderators from now on?

Comments:

-[Ah]

-[Oh]

-[This heat]

-˪[This guy has no tact]

-[But it’s actually true?]

-[So the event was actually a moderator conscription order~]

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Title: So from now on, we should call the top 10 rankers moderators, right?

Author: Anonymous

Content: LOLOLOLOLOLOL

They fought so hard to enter the rankings, but their reward is becoming grandma’s eraser LOLOLOLOL

LOLOLOLOLOLOL

Comments:

-[It would be fortunate if it were just grandmas.]

-[Forgot that this game’s user age demographic is higher than you think?]

-[These bastards brought all kinds of weird stuff when they came here, including m*at spin]

-[I don’t know how they even had this stuff, but there’s disgusting content everywhere]

-[I’ve wanted to kill those jerks who keep posting crappy images, but now that the rankers have been conscripted as moderators, things should improve]

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Title: Bring wine and women! It’s time for the heroes!

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a user turning blue.gif]

Heroes~ Champions~

It’s time to become moderators~

Comments:

-[The feeding is quite artistic]

-[GGSTC]

-[How did you make this GIF?]

-˪[Drew it on the command center computer haha](Author)

-[How did you make this without Photoshop, you crazy bastard]

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‘Ah, damn it.’

As I caught a passing user’s comment, “memories that shouldn’t exist” started playing in my head again.

But that didn’t last long. I shook my head and pulled myself together.

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Title: Ah shit

Author: Indefatigable

Content: Ah.

Comments:

-[…]

-[Lol]

-[Lolol]

-[It’s easier if you give up]

-[Sigh, damn…]

-[LOLOL](Author)

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When that Inde-whatever ranker’s post—filled with the death throes of someone who’d realized the truth—appeared, all I could do was leave a bitter laugh.

But while I was feeling dejected as I faced this unexpected mockery from other users in the gallery,

A new message window suddenly appeared before my eyes.

And it opened by itself without me even clicking to confirm it.

It completely covered the gallery screen I was looking at, which initially irritated me.

But that didn’t last long…

Soon I could understand why this message had arrived in such a manner by reading its contents.

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<Notice>

<*This notification is only being sent to Commanders ranked 1-10 in the ‘Reward for Kindness’ event.*>

<All Commanders who see this message will be teleported to a special space shortly.>

<This is merely for discussing gallery management authority and other issues, so please come without concern.>

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‘…Hmm.’

After seeing that, I wondered why they wouldn’t just tell us what they wanted in the message instead of gathering us together.

‘I should definitely bring Jessica, and either Marian or Ignis for protection.’

I started considering who I should bring along.

But…

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<And only the Commander ‘alone’ can enter this space.>

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Right after reading the last part of the message.

My vision suddenly turned bright white, and I realized that I was no longer sitting at the command console.

Instead, I had been unceremoniously dropped into an unknown space that was completely white in all directions—up, down, front, back, left, and right.

The moment I realized this, I could also freshly appreciate how the operations team’s handling of matters was truly terrible.

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Anyway, looking at the scenery of this space that was white absolutely everywhere,

‘It looks like a psychiatric ward designed to make people go insane.’

I was making this scathing assessment to myself when suddenly—

“Why is everything plastered in white?! Is this some kind of psychiatric ward?”

Near where I was standing, I heard a rather flippant yet husky male voice.

Wondering who would openly blurt out what I had only been thinking, I turned my head to check.

But when I looked in that direction, I saw a ‘golden sun’ with an appearance I’d never seen before.

Blonde hair and tanned brown skin.

Complete with piercings and tattoos—the textbook image of a ‘golden sun.’

‘What the…’

Feeling perplexed by the sudden appearance of this golden sun, I stared at him.

The golden sun, who had been looking around, seemed to notice my gaze and turned his head toward me.

When our eyes met, he flinched.

Judging by that reaction, it was clear that he, like me, was confused about who the other person was.

The golden sun and I silently stared at each other, creating a truly peculiar atmosphere.

But that didn’t last long.

-Whoosh!

“Eep!”

“W-what is this place?”

As more people began to appear one after another,

The golden sun and I nodded at each other,

And naturally adjusted our postures to display a ‘relaxed’ attitude toward the newly arrived people.

“Where else would it be?”

“Making such a fuss over something like this!”

Unfortunately, the act that the golden sun and I were putting on ended quickly as people gathered in this space faster than expected.

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A little while later.

At first, everyone looked bewildered at seeing unfamiliar faces.

But as soon as exactly 10 people had gathered, and some recognized faces they knew among the group,

The initial confusion disappeared, and everyone quickly began to grasp the situation.

And the same was true for me.

‘Betelgeuse, why is she covering her stomach with a band in that outfit?’

When Betelgeuse, the clan leader of the Loki Clan, appeared among the newly arrived people,

I realized that this was definitely a gathering of rankers, not some random isekai adventurer’s guild.

And separate from everyone figuring out who the others were, the atmosphere remained quite awkward.

The golden sun beside me raised his hand to get everyone’s attention,

And suggested that the gathered rankers introduce themselves.

Of course, in response to the golden sun’s suggestion, our arrogant pink-pink Betelgeuse, as well as

For some unknown reason, a ranker who had chosen a completely furry beastkin as their appearance, frowned and replied:

“Hmph, if you’re going to say that, shouldn’t you introduce yourself first? That’s just common courtesy.”

“That woman… well, I’m not sure about the gender, but that ranker is right.”

“This isn’t some secret villain meeting. Are you really making such a big deal about simple introductions?”

In response, the golden sun also frowned, clearly displeased.

But unlike the two rankers, he decided that since things had come to this, he would introduce himself first to lighten the mood, and confidently revealed his identity.

“Ah, I go by the nickname ‘Indefatigable,’ I’m ranked 7th, and I’m also the clan leader of the ‘Armada’ clan.”

Perhaps it was impressive that despite his casual appearance, he only said what was necessary.

Using the golden sun’s—no, ‘Indefatigable’s’—introduction as a starting signal,

The other ranker commanders gathered there began to offer their own brief introductions.