I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.359Your Ship’s Name (1)

by fnovelpia

Meanwhile, our protagonist was still trying to process the confusing reality of becoming the owner of the ‘Icarus Triangle Zone.’

Just as appropriate resources were finally gathering, and he was in the process of constructing the <Special Defense Facility>—one of those ridiculously expensive Level 9 auxiliary buildings—at that very moment.

Somehow, within the Space Monster faction’s territory, which was remarkably peaceful compared to other factions…

There existed a clan called “Corruption” that was completely separate from both Biomass and Justice, the two powers maintaining their positions as the dual emperors in the monster realm.

Well, in terms of scale, they were nothing more than an ordinary medium-sized clan, and they didn’t particularly engage in conflicts with neighboring clans.

The surrounding users’ perception of the Corruption clan was comparable to blue mold growing somewhere in a bathroom—essentially, they were barely noticeable.

To be precise, they maintained a level of presence that could best be described as neither here nor there.

But how could such an insignificant, small-scale clan maintain neutrality without joining either the “Pan-Biomass” or “Pan-Justice” factions?

The reason was…

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<Notice: Share information immediately!>

-[Good work everyone, I’d say this request was successful]

-[thx]

-[Everyone otsukare]

-[Bleeeeeh]

-[It was pretty decent tbh]

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The clan’s purpose wasn’t simply to battle with other user clans.

They functioned as an “information guild” that extracted information from various clans and users and delivered it to their clients.

Of course, compared to the “Loki Clan,” the pinnacle in this field, they were significantly inferior in terms of quality.

However, for Biomass and Justice, who couldn’t possibly use the Loki Clan, as well as other clans and users, the Corruption clan was a reasonably priced option for decent information.

Thanks to this, they were gradually establishing their position, with users from not only the monster territory but also nearby Xenovia Empire, Pirate Union, and central zone users and clans occasionally using their services…

In other words, they were establishing themselves as a sort of small but strong enterprise.

And the reason their story suddenly comes up is…

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<Notice: Share information immediately!>

-[What’s the next request?]

-[Finding out the identity of Rank 3 Icarus’s starship]

-[???]

-[What does that mean?]

-[The request says that during the last mini-event, the points Icarus earned don’t match up with the starship he deployed]

-[Seems like he has some unusual starship, and they want us to find out what it is]

-[Hmm]

-[An unusual starship? Couldn’t they just have missed something?]

-[It might be a starship with invisibility cloaking and stealth functions, that’s probably why they’re requesting this]

-[Oh if that exists and they got beaten by it, I can see why they’d be pissed]

-[It’s actually a multiple request, seems like a lot of people are curious]

-[Ooooh]

-[If we do well, we might get overlapping rewards]

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That’s right.

Some clans and users who had become aware of the existence of the “Neranjara-class Subspace Submersible” that our Icarus had been keeping secret all this time.

These were the people who had submitted requests to discover Icarus’s mysterious starship.

And as mentioned above, since multiple requests had overlapped for the same objective…

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<Notice: Share information immediately!>

-[If we do well on this request, we might be able to use a new base as our headquarters]

-[Do we have any spare bases?]

-[Yeah, the Ant Clan put their Level 3 Phalanx base up for sale]

-[If we combine the gold we’ve saved with what we’ll get from completing this request, we’ll just barely meet the price]

-[Good]

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Suddenly, our Icarus found himself facing not just a clan specialized in information gathering.

But one with burning motivation and ambition to boot.

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Of course, Icarus wasn’t unprepared for such “counterintelligence” threats.

With numerous troops patrolling inside, plus the “Nest of Life” spreading its neural network throughout the base in all directions.

If unauthorized personnel attempted to infiltrate the base or headquarters, they would be immediately subdued.

And inevitably become selected as test subjects for Professor Griyanar’s 72-hour continuous biological experiments.

The truth is, even though Griyanar, Oxianor, and other superhumans don’t bother reporting every single case to Icarus.

There are surprisingly frequent attempts by spies, intelligence agents, and even superhumans trying to infiltrate directly.

As a result, among clans and users specializing in information gathering, Icarus’s counterintelligence capabilities were widely considered quite threatening.

Nevertheless, the Corruption clan believed it was possible to collect information about Icarus’s “secret starship.”

The reason being that the Corruption clan’s “information gathering method,” befitting users who chose the monster faction, had a rather bizarre structure.

And what exactly was this method?

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<Notice: Share information immediately!>

-[Are the infiltration parasites ready?]

-[The ones the vice clan leader made are too big to carry around]

-[Haha sorry lol!]

-[Don’t we have any mini ones left?]

-[We used them all on the Loki Clan branch and they all got burned]

-[I made something like a moving nest by infesting a B-rank superhuman with tentacles and stuff, can’t we deploy that?]

-[That seems too obvious]

-[Let’s deploy bugs, bugs exist everywhere]

-[We should use flies, you always use cockroaches]

-[Roaches are my thing]

-[For fuck’s sake]

-[Respect my preferences]

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That’s right.

Just as there are unique methods everywhere in the world, the Corruption clan’s “information gathering method” involved using “bugs” commonly found in any base.

This allowed them to naturally gather internal information without arousing any suspicion.

Of course, if they were caught in the process, it would lead to mutual embarrassment.

…But as evidenced by the Corruption clan’s continued successful operation, they had never been caught even once.

So this time too, with the mindset of “as long as we don’t get caught, it’s fine,” they were planning to infiltrate Icarus’s “base.”

However, as mentioned above, their most frequently used “mini parasites” were still in cultivation and couldn’t be used.

And they didn’t have any parasitic superhumans ready to use as human bombs… or rather, human bug bombs.

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<Notice: Share information immediately!>

-[Looks like we’ll have to go ourselves]

-[I’m not really feeling it]

-[What choice do we have? If we complete this request, we’ll become dignified base owners]

-[True]

-[Any volunteers? If not, we’ll draw lots]

-[I’ll go](Vice Clan Leader)

-[Oh, you’re going yourself?]

-[The vice clan leader is going personally?]

-[Yeah](Vice Clan Leader)

-[There’s nothing left except mine, so I have to go](Vice Clan Leader)

-[Impressive]

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They were planning to utilize the users’ “system invincibility” function to release “bugs” inside the base, creating an undetectable spy network.

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At the same time.

While the Corruption clan’s bizarrely grotesque information gathering conspiracy was underway.

Our Icarus was racking his brain over how to deal with the rapidly increasing number of “neutral” users within the Triangle Zone.

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