Chapter 245: Reverse City 3
Ding!
The descending elevator stopped only after reaching as deep as the 10th basent floor.
Ruti-nyang, who had been joking with viewers with quips like "Steak. Slow over low heat," cautiously erged through the automatically opened door while staying on guard.
Although she had faith that she wouldn't be suddenly attacked since she belonged to the Villain Alliance, she couldn't help but feel nervous.
"······."
"Spandex guy!"
—Spandex guy lololol
—Typical tokusatsu henchman
—Did she forget it's a Fully Responsive AI?
—No, she's always like this
The one who greeted Ruti-nyang was, as one viewer's chat said, a combat operative with the typical appearance of a special effects show henchman. You know, the spandex-wearing minion who gets mowed down by heroes.
Even though he heard her rude exclamation upon their first eting, the combat operative guided her with a polite attitude. Although he was silent and didn't say a single word.
Either way, where else would you find soone who doesn't attack you just because you comnted on their outfit?
"New recruit's here!"
"Welco. First ti with the Villain Alliance?"
"You're a first-tir yourself."
"Ruti-nyang!"
"Wow! Chae! Hi!"
Following the combat operative, Ruti-nyang arrived at a place where other broadcasters were already gathered together in a huddle. So of them were people she knew well.
She belonged to the relatively popular crowd among broadcasters, and thanks to that, her network was quite extensive. She had done collaborative broadcast content quite often.
After naturally joining the group of broadcasters, the question imdiately directed at her was, as expected, about the Fully Responsive AI.
"Ruti-nyang! You noticed that too, right?!"
"The Fully Responsive AI?"
"Yeah!"
"Of course I noticed right away."
—The problem isn't that she just noticed
—She looked kinda cool when she figured it out instantly, but what happened after lol
—Got logic-smashed by an AI ← Why is this true
—And she even got schooled by a high schooler
"All of you be quiet! Want to get banned?! ...Ah, sorry. The viewers keep slandering ."
"Slandering?"
"Mm-hmm, there's so of that."
"I've been hearing since earlier that Ruti-nyang got logic-smashed by a high school NPC. Is this what they're talking about?"
"······."
'Cuckoo-cuckoo' donated '1000 won'!
[That clip already got extracted and is being exported everywhere lol~]
'Bad people!'
Regardless of the price for her carelessly committed action, Ruti-nyang's friend 'Chae' and the other individual broadcasters continuously expressed admiration. Well, which 'Reverse City' participant wouldn't?
When one individual broadcaster suddenly shouted, "This is what real virtual reality is!" everyone nodded their heads. Even the contrarian viewers couldn't deny it and showed their agreent.
One surprising fact was that this very reaction was one of the purposes for which Creator Isaac had pushed forward with 'Reverse City'. It wasn't the main goal, just a small experint, but anyway.
'Reverse City' was a stage to deceive Deus while recovering ownerless authority, and at the sa ti, as an aside, to test Isaac's dream of 'creating proper virtual reality.'
"King Planet God! King Reverse God City!"
"I'm a sinner for only now realizing the class of Hackphysical! Throw stones at — no, don't actually throw them! Joke! Just kidding!"
"Is this suddenly confession ti? Hmm... Is Reverse City really that good?"
"Gal! Losing one's faith is—!"
—Lolol the audio's blown out!
—This is the charm of a large collab lol
—Seems like the Villain Alliance alone is dozens of people
—Including people who haven't arrived yet, probably more?
Just as Ruti-nyang and Chae, along with the other broadcasters, were praising 'Reverse City' and Planet Earth for officially supporting the Fully Responsive AI...
The combat operatives who had guided them in front of the elevator ca rushing in. The group numbering over several dozen lined up in rows, creating an eerie atmosphere.
The sense of pressure emanating from their precisely aligned rows and columns was such that one couldn't even think of mocking them as spandex guys.
"······."
Click. Click.
—Oh
—Woah
—Nice atmosphere?
—Pretty suit
And the person who appeared following them was Kang Soyul, dressed in a black suit that could be regarded as a villainous female executive or perhaps a secretary of an underworld organization.
She wore red glasses that she didn't normally use, and she ostentatiously pushed them up slightly while scanning through the individual broadcasters.
She looked at them as if evaluating each person one by one, then said:
"Everyone quiet. The Boss will arrive shortly."
""······.""
In fact, there was no need for Kang Soyul to relay this request. From the mont the combat operatives appeared, the individual broadcasters had already wisely shut their mouths, realizing that sothing was starting.
Of course, the viewers were still chattering away at their own pace, but their chat or donations couldn't possibly reach this place. Unless the individual broadcasters relayed them.
Gwooooo—
—He's coming
—Is Hackphysical appearing?
—Ahem, not Hackphysical, it's villain "The End"
—The End lolololol
...Step.
Soon, chillingly pitch-black darkness overflowed in all directions, and from within it, Baek Woohyun revealed himself along with low footsteps. In the sa black suit as Kang Soyul with a coat draped over his shoulders.
However, none of the broadcasters here could care about his outfit. Such trivial details couldn't draw attention because the existence called 'Baek Woohyun' was too overwhelming.
'Wow.'
Ruti-nyang, who had publicly declared herself a fan of Baek Woohyun early on, knew what those who had t him commonly said in unison.
They couldn't quite explain it, but sothing about him was different from them, or just standing still gave off a strange sense of pressure, and so on.
They generally evaluated that Baek Woohyun had a presence of a different dinsion when eting him directly compared to viewing him through a hologram.
She finally realized that those impressions were facts without any exaggeration mixed in.
Clearly Baek Woohyun was just quietly looking this way, yet her body naturally shrank back. If she had a timid personality, she wouldn't have been able to properly et his eyes.
It was truly overwhelming charisma. Enough to even think that the special forces theory hadn't survived stubbornly for nothing.
'...But why did he get younger?'
The only puzzling point was that Baek Woohyun, who was clearly in his mid-twenties, looked like a high school student no matter how you looked at him.
For her, who had gained a bad mory of the word 'high school student' due to the recent incident, she couldn't help but shrink back twice as much.
It couldn't be, but she even had the thought that maybe he saw the clip and was trying to tease her.
"Pleased to et you. Ahem."
Swish.
When Baek Woohyun lightly cleared his throat and made eye contact with Kang Soyul, she lifted a hologram tablet.
It was at an angle invisible to the individual broadcasters.
"You have all now beco mbers of the Villain Alliance. We aim to spread chaos through the destruction of the world, and we hope that you, as mbers of the Villain Alliance, will also do your best to carry out your missions."
—Script reading lololol
—So fucking funny lololololol
—It's weird, I can't see the hologram but I feel like I know what it says
—You too? Hey, too!
"Of course, since we have our adversaries, the heroes, it will be extrely difficult to achieve our goal. They will try to stop the chaos we're trying to create by any ans. But there's no need to fear."
······However, even without seeing it, one could clearly guess what content was displayed on the hologram tablet. Baek Woohyun was obviously reading a script.
Ruti-nyang thought this was probably a process added for fun to relieve the broadcasters' tension. And that it wasn't very effective.
Right now, among the broadcasters here, including herself, not a single one was even chuckling. Only the viewers were giggling.
For the viewers beyond the screen, this scene was ordinary WWE, but for the broadcasters facing Baek Woohyun directly, it was UFC.
"If our strength and yours unite under the na of the Villain Alliance, re heroes can never stop us. Unlike heroes bound by norms, we are beings who transcend all constraints."
""······.""
—But why are they listening so intently
—Scared the operatives might crack their heads lol
—Maybe afraid of getting caught from the start?
—If Hackphysical says one word, you get kicked out of Reverse City imdiately lol Be on your best behavior~
Every ti Baek Woohyun's ash-gray glinting gaze swept by, the individual broadcasters' backs straightened. The atmosphere felt terrifying enough that they couldn't help it.
Who could have known that this was the result reached due to Jeong Nayeon's small request to "take the role seriously!"
Baek Woohyun was currently imitating the villain he had directly seen 'over there,' confronted several tis, and finally eliminated with his own hands.
All while not knowing how this would co across to the individual broadcasters who were rely ordinary people.
"...That's all. Any questions?"
""No sir!""
—Their spirits are totally up;
—Is this not an alliance but the military??
—Sothing's fucking hilarious for real lololol
—Seems like it'll be an organization faithful to top-down command
"Mm."
Baek Woohyun tilted his head at the resoundingly echoing answer. According to his original expectation, this was when soone should have asked why he got younger.
Then he planned to explain that he ended up like this due to injuries sustained while fighting the hero 'Star Rain,' which is to say Jeong Nayeon, in the trailer.
Along with the setting explaining why he couldn't take the lead in fighting the Hero Association—that he wouldn't be able to step forward for a while until he fully recovered.
'Well, doesn't matter.'
"Right now, I'm in a state of having sustained considerable injury from my decisive battle with the hero 'Star Rain.'"
Shrugging his shoulders, Baek Woohyun proceeded to explain why he had gotten younger without even being asked.
When there were no questions, there was a script for that too.
"So I won't be able to step forward for a while— but please don't make any 'wrong choices' like betrayal."
""Understood!""
"Good. This group is quite spirited."
—So that's the setting for why he got younger
—Hackphysical is too OP though
—Then this is really strict huh?
—Thought the Villain Alliance would dominate everything
"I look forward to your achievents."
Baek Woohyun, who smiled slightly, exited while withdrawing the darkness, opposite to when he appeared. Since the assigned duty had been perford, he left to achieve his personal goal.
Kang Soyul, who had been acting as a secretary while holding the hologram tablet, also disappeared after saying, "If anyone has questions related to the Villain Alliance, please co find separately."
The combat operatives, whose presence had been buried in front of the overwhelming existence, had disappeared without anyone noticing when.
"Whew..."
"Insane."
"This is Hackphysical?"
—? Why are they like this
—What?
—They're pros, praising even after he left
—Aha!
Only then did Ruti-nyang and the other broadcasters let out long breaths as their tension released, while viewers mocked them for not understanding.
The broadcasters told them there was an aura that could only be felt by directly facing him, but not many believed them.
Among the unjustly aggrieved broadcasters, Ruti-nyang simply quietly raised her thumb.
"Real-life Hackphysical was the best! ...Nyang!"
—Real-life lol
—Should've asked for an autograph
—Info) She was also totally scared stiff
—That damn nyang lolololol
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[So what do we do now?]
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