Supporting Characters in the Game are Obsessed – Chapter 31

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
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I couldn’t panic, especially now. Not over something this trivial. My years living in Neon City had seasoned me.

I thought calmly. The other person definitely didn’t know who I was. They probably pegged me as some average newbie mercenary, a nameless grunt.

The reason was obvious. To them, I was just a newbie who asked about the message board. To me, they were just a noob who got recommended to the Warrior class.

If recommending Warrior was a mistake, I could absolutely prove otherwise.

Warrior (aka. Warrior dude). A perfectly fine class. In fact, that was the case in any RPG.

If you asked people what the preferred and important roles were, they’d usually divide them into Healer, Tank, and DPS.

I hadn’t had any ulterior motive. I simply recommended to him the semi-noble class, “Warrior.”

Of course, there were minor issues. Like how the concurrent player count wasn’t high enough for party play, and how there wasn’t any real party content like raids.

That was about it. Just little things.

While mages and archers, DPS classes, were mowing down hordes of monsters with AoE skills, the Warrior had to meticulously pick off monsters one by one with single-target skills.

…….

Hmm.

Thinking about it now, it was a bit of a bad deed.

Anyway, I waited for the other person’s reaction. I kept my hand on the force-quit shortcut, ready to exit the game at a moment’s notice.

His character approached mine.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Thanks to you, I switched to Warrior just fine! Enjoying the game with this old device isn’t bad either. ]

His reaction was better than I expected. He still hadn’t realized the truth.

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): Hahaha, glad to hear it was helpful. ]

I played the part of the average newbie mercenary. I acted like I knew nothing.

Fortunately, it seemed I wouldn’t need to run.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Definitely. Just like you said, Warrior is good. ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): ? ]

With lightning-fast reflexes, I typed a question mark.

What nonsense was this? That class couldn’t possibly be good. It sounded like he’d popped some serious mental health meds, typical for someone from the underworld.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Compared to when I was jobless, the hunting speed is insane. ]

Ah.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Now I can hunt monsters of the same level 1v1! ]

I see.

A tiny pang of guilt pricked my conscience.

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): Right, it’s a strong class. There’s a reason I recommended it. ]

Still, there was nothing I could do. Now that he had switched to Warrior, I had no more advice to offer.

Surrender to fate….

Incidentally, other DPS classes could apparently start mob hunting right after switching classes. I’d heard that from Julia.

…But there was no need to tell him that truth. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

It wasn’t a normal game anyway, so there weren’t many opportunities to encounter other classes. I didn’t bother tempting him with the forbidden fruit. There was no need to open Pandora’s Box.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): The fun of gearing up is pretty good too. It’s really fun. ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): I’m glad to hear that.]

I sighed briefly.

But then…

[ P2034871140(Warrior): So I told a few guys around me how to play this game, right? They all thought it was more fun than they expected.]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): ? ]

I typed another question mark.

Other… people?

[ P2034871140(Warrior): They’re coming over just now. Hey guys! This is the friend I told you about, the one who taught me how to play. ]

Several characters with similar appearances ran in from off-screen. Above their heads, they all had the same words:

IiiIiiIilIlill1l(Warrior).

SellingInfo7(Warrior).

P77648(Warrior).

…What… What had I done?

Guilt welled up from beneath my disguise. I couldn’t look directly at the monitor.

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But there was nothing I could do. It had already happened. I tried to pull myself together.

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): Is this the person you were talking about??? ]

[ IiiIiiIilIlill1l(Warrior): Oh, I’ve heard a lot about you. This is pretty addictive. Thanks. ]

[ P77648(Warrior): Good way to kill time! ]

Then, the last Warrior continued the chat.

[ P77648(Warrior): Wait a minute, now that I see it, there are 5 of us in total, right? ]

Why did 5 matter? I suddenly had a bad feeling.

[ P77648(Warrior): 5 is the minimum number of people to form a guild in the game! We could actually make a guild! ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): ??? ]

I hadn’t even considered that.

A guild…? This game had that too? No, it wasn’t even a game. Did we really need to make a guild?

I typed that much but managed to delete it calmly before hitting enter.

I didn’t know what to do anymore.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): That’s a really great idea! ]

[ P77648(Warrior): Since we’re in the game, the guild name should be something like “Masters of the Warrior Union.” ]

[ P2034871140(Warrior): And since you have the highest level, you should be the guild master. ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): ????? ]

The person I met first here, Warrior dude #2, started jumping around my character. For the record, I was Warrior dude #1.

…Was this fate?

In the end, when you sin, you pay the price.

I didn’t type anything other than question marks. But no one seemed to notice my pathetic defiance.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): This way! ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): ]

I wanted to curse.

But there was nothing I could do now.

《Do you want to create a guild?》

I became the king of the blind.

…I never imagined I’d create a guild while playing this game.

Just as someone suggested earlier, the guild name was decided as “Masters of the Warrior Union.”

Shortened to “M.W.U.”

“…….”

For some reason, the name reminded me of when I was in Korea.

Despite my intentions, I had created a guild.

I typed a message to ask them why they were logged into this game. It was about “Smile John,” of course.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Smile John, huh. ]

Warrior dude #2 replied.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): He’s become quite famous lately. ]

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): That bastard, he’s everywhere. Terrorist activities, support, military arms imports, theft. He has no sense of professional ethics. ]

[ IiiIiiIilIlill1l(Warrior): Hmm, is that so? ]

It was all good, but the continuous stream of Warrior chatter was making me dizzy.

I fought through the dizziness and typed.

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): Is there any info about his identity or anything else? ]

[ P2034871140(Warrior): I don’t know. A lot of people are looking for him though. ]

A lot of people are looking for him, huh.

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): He must have made a lot of enemies, judging by how many people are looking for him. ]

Considering Smile John’s tone and behavior, he was the type to make enemies everywhere.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Well, I don’t know about that. But if you check the message board now, there are a lot of bounty posts on him. ]

Warrior dude #2 continued.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): If you’re curious, check it out. ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): Wasn’t this message board only for illegal bounties? ]

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Haha, no. The board admin also posts legal bounty listings. ]

So that’s how it was.

Since we were on the topic, I moved my character to the location of the message board. The four Warriors started following in single file behind my character.

Trying to ignore their movements, I clicked on the message board, which had community features.

[That emoticon bastard lol, bounty galore] [4]

[He had it coming] [2]

[‘Smile John’ Analysis] [7]

As soon as I entered, the titles of posts related to Smile John caught my eye. Just like Warrior dude #2 said, things were heated with talk about Smile John.

I ignored the other posts for now and clicked on the bounty tag.

The three posts with the highest views and highest bounties appeared on the monitor.

【Bounty】 [Smile John]
Client: ‘Gold Rush’

【Bounty】 [Smile John]
Client: ‘NCPD’

【Bounty】 [Smile John]
Client: ‘White Rabbit’

The contents were all similar. Dead or alive, high bounty. Credits paid to informants.

“…….”

Hmm.

Gold Rush was the name of a private bounty company. They operated on the border between legal and illegal, and were known for acting as a proxy for others issuing bounties.

After skimming through the posts, I had a hunch. If my guess was correct, Gold Rush’s bounty was from Andrea or Drek.

The bounty from NCPD was probably Natasha. The boss of No Answer had that kind of connection.

And the last one, White Rabbit, was obviously Rabbit Princess, Julia.

After confirming that, I closed the message board.

The four Warriors were jumping around my stationary character. It was incredibly distracting.

I moved, and the Warrior dudes chatted.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Are you done? ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): Yeah, well… I was trying to get some info. Don’t think I need it anymore. I think it’ll be alright even if I don’t look into it… ]

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Right? So many people are looking for Smile John these days. You shouldn’t be greedy for too big a job. ]

There were plenty of other people working hard besides me. I hadn’t even explained the situation in detail, just given a rough outline when the message arrived. I didn’t expect the people around me to move this quickly.

At this rate, there was nothing I needed to do.

And then, one of the Warrior dudes, I don’t know which number, typed.

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): Heh heh, actually, I have some information about that terrorist. ]

Warrior dude #2 replied to that.

[ P2034871140(Warrior): Well, you were originally from an information organization, right? ]

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): That’s right. But this is information that I haven’t even released to the organization yet, only I have it. ]

[ P2034871140(Warrior): What is it? ]

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): Hey, even between us, I can’t just tell you for free. ]

The two of them continued chatting.

In my experience, those who boasted like that rarely had any valuable information.

So I was about to ignore his chat.

If it weren’t for Eve.

[Please convey to entity ‘SellingInfo7’ to input the desired account or coin wallet address, I request.]

“Huh?”

Well, if it was a request, it wasn’t a difficult task.

I relayed Eve’s message to the Warrior dude.

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): You’re gonna give me credits? The address is (wallet link) this one, but. Even if you’re the guild master, I have to give you the market pr ]

His chat suddenly cut off. A brief silence followed.

Then the Warrior dude typed rapidly.

[ SellingInfo7(Warrior): I love you, customer! It’s truly an honor to meet you in such a humble place! ]

[ RealMageHere(Warrior): ? ]

I was taken aback by his sudden change in attitude.

Eve, how much did you give him to elicit such a reaction?

[Considering importance and priority, it is not a large sum, I judge.]

An underworld information broker was practically groveling in the chat.

I couldn’t even imagine how much money it would take to get this kind of reaction.

How many donations was she getting from the stream to make this possible?

If this was the case, I wished she’d lift my stock trading ban.

I waited for the Info Warrior’s chat.

…….

But,

“What if he just takes the credits and runs? Didn’t you transfer it too easily?”

[Account is untraceable, but I deny that tracing is impossible.]

“…….”

Wasn’t that a bit contradictory? It seemed nothing was impossible for a high-performance AI.

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