episode_0020

All of Interrunner’s galleries started to go crazy. This is because KAR and Leos, who were all over the popular posts recently, clashed head-on.

[Title: What on earth is this guy named LEO doing?]

[Text: There is something unusual about spreading information related to monsters and Red Gate before.]

ㄴ I think it’s a bit strange. It is questionable whether the information is completely reliable in the first place.

ㄴ Some gallery guys posted a proof photo and a message. It was just as LEO said.

ㄴ I saw it, but I couldn’t confirm it with my eyes. I don’t believe anything unless I see it myself.

ㄴ Even though the monsters are like that, you were able to check the information related to the Red Gate with your own eyes, right? Anyway, isn’t he a good guy who helps us?

B That’s right. It’s a bit weird to post a picture of a human corpse this time, but it looks like it was posted to warn a kid named KAR. Thanks to LEO, the atmosphere in the galleries inside Interrunner has completely changed.

[Title: Kids, LEO is right KAR don’t be scared of that guy haha]

[Text: Are you picking it? If you tease me, I’ll kill you too haha]

At first, there was an atmosphere of fear of KAR in all galleries on the interrunner site, but now they are openly ridiculing and even ignoring it.

In anything, the beginning is important. KAR’s threat that he will kill everyone he encounters if he does not post it on the popular post is an act based on fear, so if the driving force of fear is lost, nothing is left but an empty shell. When everyone was watching and fearing, Leos posted a message not only to directly protest against the guy, but also showed the corpses of the clear looters, so people began to act in accordance with the crowd mentality as if they had gained an ally.

[KAR]

[Title: One more person killed. Post a popular post]

[Text: (Photo.JPG) If you don’t post popular posts, I’ll keep killing everyone I come across.]

KAR seemed to be in a hurry, so he posted another photo of a human corpse, but this time the reaction was significantly different from before.

[Recommended: 3] [Not Recommended: 978]

Even beyond the overwhelming disapproval response, the most obvious difference was that numerous people ridiculed it in the comments.

[You idiot. Let’s kill LEO first and then come. What kind of guy can’t do anything even when he’s openly shot at?]

[I clicked ‘dislike’, so am I going to search too? Haha]

[If you’re the kind of person who clicked the recommendation because you feel sorry for this guy, then you’re screwed haha]

Pacol, looking at the scene, cursed.

“Fuck! How dare these bastards tease me? Find out where everything is!”

“Pacol… You know that Interrunner managers do not cooperate with the Empire. There’s nothing we can do about it.”

“That’s because you guys are incompetent”

When Pacol slapped him in the face, Berrow was silent and then opened his mouth.

“I will try my best to find a way. But what are you going to do when you find it?”

“We should kill all those idiots. Well, because things that were nothing dared to fool me.”

Berrow sighed for a moment, then logged on to Interrunner and began sending inquiry messages to the administrator.

[Is it possible to secure the identities of the people listed, such as AB11, PPBZ700…?]

The reply arrived quickly and concisely.

[no]

As Berrow shook his head and looked at his colleagues around him, they approached Pacol one by one and spoke.

“Pakol Calm down. If you meet that bastard named LEO later, you can just kill him, right? From now on, I will tell you to open the distance before killing every bastard you meet, so you can check the nickname if there is any record of interrunner access. If you keep killing him anyway, won’t he come out someday?”

“That’s not the problem. Our point supply source is blocked now. What are you going to do with this? Fuck… I’m really here.”

Pacol looked blankly at his distance.

[Current points held: 9,550]

[An additional 450 points are required to purchase a high-level artifact.]

Pacol was pounding the floor in frustration. A few men around him just stared at Pacol and avoided his gaze.

It was literally like a lottery where you could win a huge amount of money by producing and selling a high-level artifact. Even if it was not sold, its value was enormous. This is because you can purchase a high-level artifact that will protect you in a situation where monsters are threatening you without spending a single penny.

But more than anything, what Pacol wanted was a weapon to kill people. Among the top artifacts, there were a lot of weapons that could kill people efficiently.

“Damn it. If you get a high-level artifact recipe, you can use it to detect people, kill them, post them on popular posts, and make infinite copies.”

“Captain…Why not just make an intermediate artifact recipe first?”

“There are only 500 points left, so now you want to buy the mid-level version? No, putting that aside, LEO, if we don’t solve that guy, we can’t do anything anymore. No matter how many people we kill, these bastards will still mock us? I saw you leaving a comment saying you should kill LEO first. Bastards…”

Pacol was excited and making comments, but all he got in return was ridicule. Until now, the man had been reigning like a king among the inter-runners, but now he has suddenly become an object of ridicule. All of this started from one post by Leos.

“Are there any babies coming around?”

“I can’t even see the nose removed, Captain…but isn’t it dangerous? If we expose our address directly like this…”

“What if exposed? Anyway, if we want to monopolize this safe zone, we have to make it known that we are here. Where do you think everyone will end up after the Redgate incident breaks out? A safe zone where monsters don’t appear will quickly become famous, and even if we don’t make it public, all the living creatures nearby will come here, and people who find them will post about them. So what about us? Just searching. No matter how good we are at killing people, if someone is trespassing from all directions 24 hours a day, is that a safe zone? It’s just hell. It would be better to announce our location openly at this point and prevent the people around us from doing anything.”

“…”

Interrunner. It didn’t have that much influence before, but after the Gate incident, it became such a huge community that there was no user who didn’t use it as an interrunner. The reason was simple. Due to the Gate incident, all magical communication networks were cut off or the Empire was imposing heavy censorship, and Interrunner was the only site with smooth access to the site and no censorship at all.

Interrunner operators do not directly intervene in anything, to the extent that Pacol does not delete photos of human corpses. Of course, gallery managers such as Juttak and Patak do go out of their way to organize the gallery to some extent, but that is limited to specific galleries.

Jutak and Padak of the Loot Gallery, where Pacol mainly works, do not regulate these types of photos because they are the same plunderers. Thanks to this, Pacol was able to operate as he pleased, but now he was ridiculed by the same marauders.

[KAR This bastard came out and took a real hit lol]

[Well, I tried to copy popular posts, but it got blocked right away.]

[LEO Why don’t you catch him and kill him? Then it will be possible to restore public sentiment.]

[no. Just try taking a more brutal picture. If you slaughter all their bodies, won’t they still be scared?]

Other bully bastards giggling like it’s none of their business. As it is an anonymous community, there will be many people who are not actual looters but just come to make fun of it.

The writing of one of them caught Pacol’s eye.

[Title: But why are you guys revealing all the locations?]

[Text: Are they crazy people who openly commit murder and even reveal their location? What will I do if I get punished by the empire?]

ㄴ This guy is not a predator. What is the punishment? Do you think the Empire cares about Red Gate Vortex right now? I also killed over 10 people yesterday, so tell them to catch me.

ㄴ Get rid of this bastard. When I searched for the KAR location, it was right in the center of Redgate Whirlpool. What kind of crazy person goes there? Even if it is an empire, it will never be easily lost. If everyone could get there just by knowing the location, the people trapped there would have gotten out a long time ago.

ㄴ It’s probably not even a real location in the first place? What kind of idiot shares his position in these times?

While various opinions were being exchanged, Pacol threw Distance on the floor and muttered.

“Fuck… so what are we going to do? He said he was coming to visit, but he was just such a bastard.”

Pacol seemed to feel a little relieved as he giggled and wrote the article.

[KAR]

[Title: LEO, I told you the location, but why aren’t you coming?]

[Text: Are you scared to death right now? But what can I do? We will track the location using the photo you posted and find it. wait. Because I will kill you really horribly. Look forward to other pups too. From now on, I will open the distance for each person I encounter, check to see if they are interrunners, and take a picture of the corpse.]

Not long after the man posted the post, Leos’ post came up.

[LEO]

[Title: Certification]

[Text: Photo.JPG]

The post, which had a short and concise title and didn’t even have any text, started receiving more than 500 recommendations in an instant.

[Tchkkk What is this? Did you really go there?]

[Wow, you crazy people, I guess they shared their location properly?]

[Just kill them all. [There is no need to save those bugs]

[LEO, I’m worried about you, so don’t be rude and run away. Their weapons are unusual.]

Pacol looked blankly at Distance.

There, a photo of himself and his colleagues taken from afar was uploaded there.

Pacol raised his sword and urgently began to look around.

Somewhere here, a man named LEO is probably watching.