I Became a Commander in a Crappy SF Game.

Ch.557Jealousy and Envy, Sabotage and Defense. (3)

by fnovelpia

Contrary to Icarus’s belief, the main people defending him in the gallery weren’t actually citizens of the “Icarus Republic”…

At the very moment our Icarus was using Kraken’s tentacles to arrange his newly built destroyers into a heart-shaped formation.

In the gallery, those who were saying things like “I understand the jealousy toward Icarus, but isn’t that going a bit too far?” and launching indirect counterattacks were actually…

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-[All taken care of]

-[Completely crushed them and they ran away lol]

-[Good work everyone](Arcadia)

-[Thx~]

-[Thx]

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Surprisingly, they were the public opinion operation team from “Justice Clan,” one of the four major clans.

Although this truly surprising, magnificent, and terrifying secret of the century would never be revealed to the outside world due to Justice Clan’s thorough confidentiality.

Anyway, what’s important isn’t that, but why would a massive power like Justice Clan help an outsider like Icarus?

The reason was something already widely pointed out in the gallery…

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-[If we leave those entitled beggars alone, they’ll eventually start harassing other clans too]

-[We need to stomp them out early, or they’ll start whining “why won’t you help us too” for real]

-[Exactly]

-[We’ve already seen signs of it everywhere]

-[A friend’s clan in Xenovia said they got chat messages demanding they open their clan base with the same nonsense]

-[Those crazy bastards lol]

-[They should put in some effooooort, those pathetic losers]

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It was quite an absurd situation.

The red-flavored entitled beggars who had targeted Icarus were now extending their claws toward other clans as well.

Of course, no matter how deranged these communist entitled beggars were, they didn’t dare to openly confront the overwhelmingly powerful four major clans or other large clans.

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-[Were there any mentions from other subordinate clans?](Arcadia)

-[Don’t even ask]

-[They were still keeping their boundaries until yesterday, but today the same message appeared in 15 different clans at different times]

-[Something about bases belonging to everyone]

-[Lololol those crazy bastards]

-[But I guess they didn’t expect that what happened to our subordinate clan’s subordinate clan would reach us]

-[Subcontracting subcontractors is a time-honored Korean tradition…!]

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The problem was that these entitled beggars were doing the exact same thing they did to Icarus to Justice’s subordinate clan’s… subordinate clan.

When this information quickly reached Justice’s upper echelons, they assessed the situation.

They immediately launched a public opinion campaign throughout the gallery, adopting a strategy to push back against the red-flavored friends who weren’t just targeting Icarus but firing in all directions.

…Of course, this was only what the Justice users who participated in the public opinion battle knew.

In reality…

“Icarus, I’m protecting you!”

“If you had approached Commander Icarus directly with such actions, I think you might have won his love by now.”

“B-but…”

No one could have predicted their clan leader Arcadia’s fan behavior—the self-proclaimed #1 fan and honorary president of the Icarus Fan Club who lived as an Icarus devotee.

Besides the clan leader’s hidden truth, Justice had another question about this incident.

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-[But who helped us in this public opinion battle?]

-[Dunno]

-[No idea]

-[Just those self-proclaimed Icarus Kingdom citizens?]

-[No, the teamplay seemed oddly coordinated]

-[Really?]

-[Well, I wouldn’t say there was much teamwork in their approach]

-[Maybe it just naturally aligned because individuals all rushed in together?]

-[Maybe]

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They had detected movements that countered their own public opinion operation, and they wondered which clan or users were behind it.

But despite trying to track them down, they couldn’t find any leads.

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-[Well, it’s not really important anyway]

-[True]

-[OK then, let’s wrap this up]

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Since it wasn’t “really important” as the chat indicated.

Any additional tracking efforts naturally fizzled out.

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At the same time.

The “other force” that Justice Clan suspected, which was attacking the entitled beggars using the “you guys are idiots!” frame in this incident, was surprisingly none other than…

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-[Lolololololol]

-[Ah, so satisfying]

-[Satisfying indeed]

-[Those entitled beggar bastards, haaaa!]

-[Lolololololol]

-[Well done](Betelgeuse)

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The Loki Clan led by Betelgeuse A.K.A. Miss Masochist—the pink-haired troublemaker who started with bad blood with our Icarus.

And who now regularly receives gut punches and fisting from Icarus’s wife and o-hole(?), Marian.

But why would Loki Clan help Icarus?

Even those directly involved in this operation wondered about this, but when Betelgeuse was questioned:

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-[But why did you tell us to help Icarus?]

-[Well, the job was easy since there were others helping too]

-[To be honest, clan leader, aren’t you on bad terms with Icarus?]

-[Huh? Not particularly](Betelgeuse)

-[It’s not that I’m on bad terms with Goldilocks, we just don’t have occasions to meet](Betelgeuse)

-[And why help him?](Betelgeuse)

-[Yeah]

-[The operation against Icarus, we didn’t do that, right?](Betelgeuse)

-[Yeah]

-[Right, we haven’t heard anything about it]

-[So that means some unknown people are conducting operations in the central area to benefit themselves](Betelgeuse)

-[Huh?]

-[Oh, that’s true now that I think about it]

-[Hmm, interesting]

-[And after figuring that out, did you think we trolls would just let it slide?](Betelgeuse)

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She wasn’t on bad terms with Icarus, and her reason for supporting him wasn’t something complicated…

It was based on the miraculous three-step logic: ‘This operation wasn’t done by me = Other people are conducting operations in the central area to benefit themselves = How could trolls just let this slide? Lol’

She was shielding Icarus to destroy the operation of unknown people—a truly brilliant answer.

After a moment of silence in response to Betelgeuse’s explanation, the Loki Clan’s public opinion operatives:

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-[…Clan leader punch]

-[She is… a god!]

-[Betel! Betel! Betel!]

-[Wooooo!]

-[Now that’s our clan leader!]

-[Kyaaaaa, Master!]

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The users descended into a frenzy of excitement at the sight of their clan leader upholding the dignity of being a “troller.”

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