Ch.241″New rankers are always welcome.”

Of course, since I was already familiar with Koenig’s situation, there wasn’t much to see.

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Title: 9th Rank’s Nickname Has Completely Solidified as Political Officer

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad resting its chin on its hand]

But honestly, if you grab someone who was trying to desert by the collar and throw them into a penal battalion,

If that’s not being a political officer, then what is it?

A commissar?

Comments:

-[Hmm… can’t argue with that logic]

-[Interestiiiing]

-[Officer, this isn’t a retreat, it’s a reverse charge!]

-˪[What an interesting opinion]

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They were just making weird jokes among themselves, teasing each other about nicknames?

Since the ranker Koenig had already been thoroughly discussed among the players before, it was difficult for any new information to emerge.

But unlike him, this was essentially the first time for Mona Lisa, the 10th ranker.

I could see various stories continuously emerging from users who had met him.

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Title: Is 10th Ranker Mona Lisa That Gold Horse?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad about to throw a punch]

You know that thing from way back when people were working on faction reputation?

Wasn’t that the person who bragged about surviving on their looks and then got targeted by the 2nd ranker?

Somehow survived

Comments:

-[Damn, not “foreign” but “why why why why”]

-˪[Please be nice to me](Author)

-[I think the 2nd ranker just settled for wrecking their ships instead of completely destroying them]

-˪[What? And they did that with just patrol ships and destroyers?](Author)

-˪[No, they went all out with a serious punch, brought everything cruiser-class and above]

-˪[Then nothing could be done]

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Title: I’ve Seen That Person Before, They Get Massive Ship Buffs

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Verification shot taken from a distance, showing Mona Lisa’s fleet including a battle cruiser], [Additional fleet image]

This was taken a really long time ago

They were already using battle cruisers and carriers back then?

At first I didn’t know much so I just thought “wow, impressive”

But looking at it now, they seem to get even better ship buffs than the 3rd ranker

Comments:

-[This is killing the 10th ranker]

-[They’re a ranker so obviously they progressed quickly, you can build those from level 6]

-[So exactly how long ago was this?]

-[High-ranking users could have been using battle cruisers or light carriers at least half a year ago]

-˪[7 or 8 months?](Author)

-˪[Huh, that’s weird timing then]

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The main topic of these discussions was that Mona Lisa’s “ship acquisition rate” was suspiciously impressive.

With the acquisition rate of various large and premium ships being so fast, suspicions about it began to explode.

People wondered if it was some kind of bug exploitation, with all sorts of doubts mixed in.

Especially after the “Anomalocaris-class Combat Aircraft Carrier” that played a major role in this event—accusations flew that it must have been obtained through a bug.

Those of us with admin privileges, including myself, couldn’t tell if it was true or not, so we just watched without taking action.

Anyway, because of this, talks about reporting to the management team kept popping up…

The gallery’s topics continued to ignite in various ways, resembling the viral marketing commonly seen in pre-possession Korea.

But that didn’t last long.

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Title: 10th Ranker’s Not Using Bug Exploits

Author: ForestShipyard

Content: [Image of ship transaction details, showing ForestShipyard choosing to transfer an Anomalocaris-class in exchange for resources and small ships.jpg]

Because I’m the one who gave it to them

After my base got destroyed once and I lost half my fleet, I figured it was hopeless and handed it over to a marked target who happened to be nearby

When I saw they belonged to the Space Elves, I thought it was perfect, so I took some resources and handed it over

So they stopped chasing me, and that person got a massive ship—win-win

Comments:

-[Oh]

-[Wait, how did you survive?]

-˪[The reason you were being chased was because you stole the carrier from a Space Kampfer and took it for yourself, but you actually returned it to someone in their faction, even if it was another player]

-˪[I see]

-[Wow, you survived, congrats]

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“ForestShipyard,” a former ranker who had been chased for months by the Xenovia Empire fleet after stealing an “Anomalocaris-class Combat Aircraft Carrier.”

Thanks to his explanation post, the situation was quickly resolved.

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Title: “So You Killed the Admin?”

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad shooting another toad in the head]

Next.

Comments:

-[These jokesters lol]

-[They really try to kill someone at every opportunity, it’s just artistic]

-[Poor bullied 10th ranker]

-[Boo hoo]

-˪[-Wrong-]

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To be precise, this happened after users who had become “Forest Friends” were put through a burning ceremony by users who had maintained silence while watching them.

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Anyway, through what I saw in the gallery, I was able to get a somewhat clearer understanding of the new rankers.

“So Koenig is skilled, and Mona Lisa relies on ship buffs? Hmm…”

“It feels like they each took half of the Commander’s traits.”

“…Is that so?”

Jessica’s observation wasn’t wrong.

Even in the gallery, people were mentioning that the 9th and 10th rankers seemed like they were each half of the 3rd ranker.

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Title: Don’t the 9th and 10th Rankers Seem Like They Split the 3rd Ranker in Half?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of an evolutionary diagram branching off]

The structure seems exactly like that

The 3rd ranker has both physical skills and ship buffs

If you take just the physical skills, you get the 9th ranker

If you take just the ship buffs, you get the 10th ranker lol

Comments:

-[That’s true]

-[Hmm is that so]

-[So if they combined, would they reach 3rd rank or something?]

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Although the reactions were lukewarm at best, since such responses did emerge.

I nodded at Jessica’s words, acknowledging that she wasn’t wrong.

Anyway, after roughly understanding the situation with the new rankers, I was about to get back to what I needed to do.

“Argh.”

Just as I was about to do something, a new message popped up with a “beep-beep-beep,” and I checked it with annoyance, wondering what it was this time.

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<Administrative Notice>

<Previous administrators ‘Shaolin Monk’ and ‘Arto’ have been removed from their administrative positions due to disqualification.>

<‘Koenig’ and ‘Mona Lisa’ have been appointed to replace them.>

<All administrators, please be aware of this change to avoid any misunderstandings.>

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“Ah.”

“Oh, the administrators changed faster than expected?”

“Yeah, they did.”

Seeing that the admin badges had been replaced in just a few hours after the event rankings were announced.

I felt that they were quite efficient with this kind of thing, and decided to get back to what I needed to do.

And that task was, of course, the enjoyable and exciting base construction tycoon and resource gathering.

But just as I was about to focus, Jessica suddenly seemed to remember something she’d forgotten.

“Ah!”

She let out a single exclamation.

Thinking that I kept getting interrupted whenever I tried to do something, I expressed my curiosity about what was wrong.

In response to my question, Jessica tilted her head and spoke in a calm tone.

“By the way, Commander, aren’t there any ranking rewards this time?”

“…Huh?”