Ch.252″The time for a joyful spy hunt.”
by fnovelpia
At the exact moment our protagonist Icarus was losing ships due to the “simultaneous rewards” he received after such a long time…
Antares and his inner circle, having discovered there was a “spy” within their ranks—not just among regular clan members but among their executives—due to what happened at Icarus’s base…
“Ugh, that damn bitch.”
“Pretty impressive, how did they manage to plant a spy among the opposing clan’s executives?”
They were going through a busy period dealing with the spy suspicion commotion triggered by Indian Machete.
“Did you send the reward to Icarus?”
“Let’s not create unnecessary problems. Antares sent it personally.”
“Oh.”
“Let’s focus on what needs to be done right now.”
Various documents were scattered across the conference table where only Humanity’s inner circle had gathered…
“Wow, are all these informants?”
“Spies, double agents… plus some simple human intelligence sources and people who don’t even know they’re spies.”
“To be precise, we’ve just gathered everyone ‘suspicious.'”
The table was piled high with documents on suspected spies and informants collected by Foxy, Humanity’s intelligence officer who was often treated as a muscle-brained character due to his narrow eyes.
After bringing all these documents with his adjutant and complaining about the effort while squinting his eyes and twitching his fox ears on top of his head, Foxy…
Calmly advised Antares, who was sitting at the head of the table, that it was time to make a decision.
“Antares, honestly, our clan situation is a complete mess.”
“Hmm.”
“We’ve been so focused on gathering forces to stage a coup against the Earth Federation that we’ve let the place become such a disaster that all these suspicious characters could infiltrate.”
“Hmm… perhaps we rushed too much.”
In response to Foxy’s words, Antares nodded and then…
“Can’t be helped. Let’s take this opportunity to clean house properly.”
He expressed his determination to implement strict internal management.
Naturally, when Antares showed such a response, all the inner circle members gathered there—or rather, Humanity’s old-timers—nodded in agreement.
“Good, then let’s use whatever means necessary to completely eliminate all these damn spies.”
“This is actually fortunate. Better than having Loki’s spies running wild during the actual coup against the Earth Federation.”
“The timing is perfect.”
As a result, after more than four months since the clan’s formation…
The internal spy-HUMINT network that clan leader Betelgeuse had painstakingly built was almost completely shattered within about three months from that moment.
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Of course, Betelgeuse and the Loki Clan’s upper echelon couldn’t possibly remain unaware of such developments…
“You f-cking bastard, if you have a mouth, then speak!”
“I’m sorry…”
“F-ck! Didn’t I clearly tell you not to? What? What the f-ck what?”
Betelgeuse was personally interrogating Indian Machete, who had fled immediately after being exposed as a spy.
She was venting her extreme stress by grinding her foot into Indian Machete’s head, making every effort to somehow relieve her tension.
But no matter what she did, the spy-HUMINT network that had already collapsed wouldn’t return…
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<Fun Unofficial Chat Cafe>
<Say whatever you want, but talk nonsense and you’re dead—by Betelgeuse>
<<<Notice: Humanity Clan conducting spy purge, check safe house address>>>
-[F-ck we’re screwed]
-[Caught by those Humanity bastards]
-[How the hell did they find out]
-[Looks like Humanity Clan is conducting a spy purge, don’t do anything suspicious and wait for now]
-[Should those who think they’ve been exposed fend for themselves?]
-[Don’t you see the safe house address above? It means escape there if you’re compromised]
-[F-ck.]
-[Brother I’m dooooone!]
-[Just die already, f-ck]
-[I’ve been caught]
-[Well, this is f-cked, I’m returning first]
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As evident from the “Fun Unofficial Chat Cafe”—the name of the “spy-HUMINT network dedicated chat room” that Betelgeuse had open right beside her…
Seeing the spies literally being ground up, Betelgeuse was under extreme stress and once again ground her foot into Indian Machete’s head beneath her.
But that was only for a moment.
“Ah f-ck… ‘Sebastian’!”
“Yes, Commander.”
“Throw this guy out somewhere and contact all the clan’s executives.”
“What should I tell them?”
“Spy network collapse, emergency measures required.”
“Understood, Commander.”
Betelgeuse called her adjutant, immediately had Indian Machete thrown out of the command room, and then…
Ordered an emergency meeting to be convened with the Loki Clan’s upper echelon to respond to the current situation.
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Meanwhile, while the two clans were busy with internal crackdowns and external infiltration attempts due to his actions, playing all sorts of games behind the scenes…
Completely unaware of these facts even in my dreams, what was I doing?
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Title: Reward ships fighting each other LOLOL
Author: Icarus
Content: [gif of an aircraft carrier and battleship firing 250mm CIWS machine gun shells at each other as they emerge from teleport]
F-ck
I forgot this happens when you receive rewards from different factions simultaneously because it’s been too long
Watching the rewards I just received damage each other right before delivery made me lose my mind
Comments:
-[What are you even doing;;;]
-[The people who gave the rewards must be crying]
-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]
-[???: Excuse me, the product arrived damaged… Yes, I’m saying they broke each other fighting at my doorstep! It’s true, f-ck]
-[Not farm-to-table but farm-to-destruction]
-[This feels like pizza that continues cooking during delivery]
-˪[Oh that’s actually a good comparison]
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“Hmm.”
“What are you doing, Commander?”
“When something this unusual happens, I should post about it at least once, don’t you think?”
“I, I suppose so.”
I was watching the reactions to my gallery post about the rewards that almost became rewards (but didn’t).
As might be expected…
Despite Kraken’s intervention as quickly as possible, there was no way the weak armor of an aircraft carrier could withstand close-quarters combat against a battleship.
The perfectly good aircraft carrier that Betelgeuse’s Loki Clan had sent arrived at our docking facility with its armor plating reduced to rags.
Well, the battleships were also somewhat damaged after being pummeled by the carrier, which had more auxiliary weapons than battleships for forming anti-air networks, but…
At least their armor wasn’t tattered like rags like the carrier’s, so there wasn’t a major problem since only external systems like radar needed repairs.
The aircraft carrier, however, was in a seriously problematic state…
“Commander, I have something to report first.”
“I can guess, but what is it?”
“About the aircraft carrier we just received… it seems the internal hangar, fuel storage, crew facilities, and various other facilities… even several ammunition magazines exploded together.”
“What.”
“In the process, most of the catapult launchers were also damaged… honestly, if we can’t repair this, it’s unusable.”
“…”
That’s right.
The brand-new large aircraft carrier we had just received as a reward was not only battered by all sorts of anti-air systems at close range…
But as a result of having its vital parts repeatedly pierced by secondary guns that rotate much faster than main guns…
It had become a critically injured patient that had lost its value as a large aircraft carrier, making it impossible to deploy to the front lines even if we wanted to.
It was literally in critical condition, so whether we liked it or not, we needed to run intensive repairs at the shipyard to make it usable, but…
“But Commander, they say we can’t dock it at the shipyard because we don’t have a Naval Aviation Command.”
“…”
Due to this cursed system issue, our first large aircraft carrier not only got beaten up right after arrival like some bullied kid…
But we couldn’t even repair it until the <Naval Aviation Command> facility was built.
Faced with this ridiculous situation, I could barely hold back my tears.
‘This is such a crappy game…’
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