Ch.434The Yellow Turban Rebels, Assemble!! (1)

Of course, when my intense rejection became apparent, most users seemed to accept it with an attitude of “That’s just like a Central user!”

Naturally, some users reacted as if my “overreaction” was unnecessary.

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Title: Isn’t Icarus having a mental breakdown?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of Icarus “intensely” rejecting the clan leader position.jpg]

Seriously, when dozens or hundreds of people are urging you to do it, you still stubbornly refuse?

Isn’t this just a mental breakdown from someone addicted to rejection?

I’ve seen guys like this before – they’re just self-absorbed jerks who get off on refusing what everyone else wants them to do.

Comments:

-[Scratch?]

-[What kind of templar is this?]

-[Oh, interesting opinion]

-[Hmm, I wonder]

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“Commander, why do you refuse even when others want to make you clan leader?”

“Well…”

Even Jessica, who unlike other superhumans was looking at the gallery and chat room with me, showed such a reaction.

If Jessica was reacting this way, I could only imagine how others felt.

Of course, regardless of these thoughts, such reactions were inevitable from my perspective.

“Jessica, did I ever tell you before?”

“That you have trauma related to clans?”

Fortunately, it seems I had mentioned it before, as our Jessica nodded her head while wiggling her large rabbit ears.

In response to my adjutant’s reaction, I shrugged my shoulders once and shook my head as I answered.

“Yeah, back when this was still a game, I belonged to a clan and got properly screwed over.”

“Ah… I see.”

“Those bastards tried to dump the clan leader position on me then too, and I accepted without thinking. I remember taking on all kinds of shitty responsibilities… well, that’s how it was.”

I had painfully experienced how awful it feels to be backstabbed by people you know.

Feeling that past trauma subtly emerging, I decided to firmly maintain my stance of “Absolutely not becoming clan leader!” on this matter.

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And as this strange battle of nerves continued between Icarus and other users…

Users from surrounding areas who weren’t involved and didn’t care either way…

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Title: Current situation in the Central Zone.jpg

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of people trying to force a position on someone and that person desperately trying to remove it, with user nicknames composited above people’s heads.jpg]

People having a fit trying to give additional authority badges to someone who already has authority badges

vs

Someone who already has authority badges and doesn’t want additional ones, saying “fuck your positions”

A truly magnificent battle that makes your heart swell

Comments:

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[Fierce indeed]

-[Can’t they just force him to accept it?]

-˪[Who in Central would dare force Icarus to accept anything? LOL]

-˪[Come to think of it, that’s true]

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Title: The current Central Zone situation is just comedy because

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a “crab” holding a microphone at a stand-up show.jpg]

TL;DR

The truth is, if Icarus had been a bit weaker from the beginning, this wouldn’t have been controversial at all

Because when users from other bases gather and insist, normally you’d be forced to accept regardless

But the problem is that Icarus’s presence in the Central Zone has become too strong LOL

No joke, to invade Icarus in the Central Zone, you’d need at least 10,000 users

And that’s not counting mercenaries and faction delegations

But this was only applicable until recently

After the Leviathan Squadron was stationed and he consumed Spiralis, it got even more ridiculous

Now it’s no joke – you need at least a large clan (1,000+ members) to even respond

And in this state, what would normally have been resolved with the Central Zone clan being formed or not

Has turned into this fierce debate

Comments:

-[Damn, everyone’s living such exhausting lives]

-˪[Hasn’t everyone felt that way since being possessed? Haha]

-[Sigh, damn]

-[Is this a fleet gacha game or a politics simulator?]

-˪[Both, I think]

-˪[If it’s both, I’ll accept that]

-˪[Why the hell are you accepting that?]

-˪[But it’s nice to see someone coolly accepting it]

-˪[What’s with this guy?]

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They were simply commenting that the situation unfolding in the Central Zone was a battle between those trying to force a position on someone and that someone saying “fuck off” while trying to remove it.

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But the day after such heated debates…

Somehow, the result of the intense “you do it vs. no thanks” battle… came out in a way that exceeded everyone’s expectations.

And what was that method? None other than…

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Title: LOLOLOLOL Central is a complete mess LOLOL

Author: Demiurgos

Content: [Chat image of “Libertarians” declaring war on Icarus’s triangular zone.jpg]

The Yellow Turban Rebels must think they’re about to become sitting ducks

They suddenly posted a declaration and are moving en masse toward Icarus’s base

+Addition

[GIF of user fleets belonging to self-proclaimed “Libertarians” (aka Yellow Turban Rebels) moving in large numbers.gif]

It’s real

Comments:

-[Is this for real?]

-[Without proof, what is it? A fabrication]

-˪[Wait](Author)

-˪[Brought proof](Author)

-˪[Good job, gay]

-[Oh what the hell]

-[Are you serious? We just evacuated]

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“These goddamn good-for-nothing bastards, seriously.”

“Commander, let’s calm down first.”

These nomadic bandits who can’t leave peaceful people alone, these vicious raiders targeting settled people…

…no, seeing them boldly declaring war against me,

I could feel my irritation surging uncontrollably.

Of course, regardless of my irritation, I couldn’t avoid dealing with the problem that had arrived, whether I liked it or not.

I immediately decided to deploy all my rapid response fleets (main force, direct mercenary corps, Princess Luca’s hobby fleet, etc.) to quickly counter-attack.

Given that these users labeled as “Yellow Turban Rebels” were estimated to number at least 3,000,

And since there was still considerable distance between us, I planned to use Kraken-Hresvelgr’s strategic missiles to blow up their main ships and whittle them down.

However, there was one point I hadn’t anticipated… or perhaps had subconsciously ignored, which now made its presence known.

And what was that?

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Title: Today’s News) Summary of self-proclaimed Libertarians’ declaration.txt

Author: News Boy

Content: [“Libertarians'” declaration of war against Icarus screenshot.jpg]

3-line summary

1. We’ll destroy Icarus and all his followers, and restore the true style of the Central Zone

2. We’ll take control of all bases and everything else

3. We embody the true spirit of the Central Zone

Yeah

Comments:

-[Not going to be easy]

-[But looking at that, aren’t they targeting all users there, not just Icarus?]

-˪[They’re counting on users from other bases not getting involved]

-[Docked users and triangular zone settlers crying over sudden war news LOL]

-[They must be taking into account that most users in that safe zone are retired farmer types with no fleets]

-[Wait, how do they plan to handle the mercenary users docked at Tannhäuser?]

-˪[Aren’t there less than a thousand of them combined?]

-˪[When was that? More mercenary users docked after the Humanity Revolution when mercenary business became more flexible]

-˪[There must be at least 3,000 mercenary users docked at Tannhäuser now]

-˪[Wait, so these Yellow Turban bastards aren’t just facing Icarus, but declaring war on 4-5,000 people simultaneously?]

-˪[Yep]

-[LOLOLOLOLOLOL idiots LOLOLOLOLOL]

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The issue was that these stupid Yellow Turban friends hadn’t singled me out in their declaration of war.

By thoughtlessly targeting the entire base, they had inadvertently included all users who were docked or inside the zone as targets.