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Chapter 556
[Do you know what you''ve done?]
[To think the dog I raised would bite its master...]
[How dare you, how dare you, how dare you!]
At first, the White Administrator was raging, changing the letters.
[The meeting coordinates change daily. And today, the ck Administrator came in knowing this ce...]
[Were you among the yers who connected today?]
[Let''s see. Among those who first connected to the channel, the one without activity records...]
He started tracking Seong Jihan in reverse.
[I didn''t create activity records. Looks like I''ll be caught.]
''It doesn''t matter if the temporary ount is tracked, right?''
[That''s right. We can just discard that ount. Only the Red used to create the ount will be wasted.]
Then there was no real problem.
Stat Red could be filled just by stabbing a sword into a World Tree anyway.
Thinking this, Seong Jihan said to Yoon Seah.
"Seah, turn off that channel for now."
"Turn it off?"
"Yeah, the White Administrator has gone crazy now. We don''t want you to get caught in the crossfire. Oh, by the way, do you have BattleTube activity records?"
"BattleTube activity records... Ah, I used to stream a lot before. When I was the top human ranker after you disappeared, uncle."
"Then you''ll be excluded from suspects. Still, turn it off."
"Okay."
Beep.
Seong Jihan said as Yoon Seah''s BattleTube screen turned off.
"But isn''t White''s seal too loose? They said his seal was extended by 1000 years, but he''s running wild trying to track me down."
"About that... the messenger is saying that if they seal White any further here, the BattleNetmunicationwork will copse."
"Themunicationwork?"
"Yeah. BattleTube would disappear too. So confining him to BattleTube is the best they can do."
The White Administrator... turned out he was in charge ofmunications.
So that was why he only got a p-on-the-wrist punishment even after crossing the line several times.
"Then there''s no point in sealing him no matter how many times they do it."
"W-well, they said to report immediately if he shows up in reality, as they''ll impose sanctions right away."
"I see."
They couldn''t do anything about him causing trouble inside BattleTube.
But if he tried toe out, they would deal with him then, was that it?
[Even for the White Administrator, what he can do inside BattleTube is limited. We don''t need to worry too much about him for now.]
''That''s true. It''s a problem if he exerts influence outside.''
Seong Jihan replied like this, then suddenly thought.
''But what was he nning to do by tracking the temporary ount?''
[Are you curious?]
''I''m wondering how far his authority extends.''
[If you''re nning to ess with a temporary ount, I rmend doing it from outside Earth. I distorted the ess location earlier, but if White monitors the temporary ount in real-time, he might detect that you essed from Earth.]
''I see.''
Better safe than sorry, huh?
"I''ll be out for a bit."
"Okay, uncle."
Seong Jihan waved to Yoon Seah and opened a portal.
The destination was a frontier of the World Tree Alliance he had destroyed before.
The ce where the D-rank World Tree had been uprooted.
Except for the areas Seong Jihan had burned, it was still full of life energy.
''Even with the World Tree uprooted, this ce still seems habitable for living beings.''
As Seong Jihan thought this, looking at the lush green,
[The cause and effect rtionship was wrong to begin with.]
''Why?''
[It''s not that life sprouted because of the World Tree, but that the World Tree was nted where living beings already existed.]
''Ah, so they did that to exploit the life energy?''
[That''s right. That''s what they mean by ''pioneering''.]
Not developing uninhabitablend, but just nting World Trees on already habitablend.
Well, that was how the World Tree Alliance did things.
Seong Jihan looked around for a moment, then essed BattleTube with the temporary ount.
Then,
[You''vee.]
[I''ve been waiting.]
Before entering the Informant W channel.
Letters were appearing from the main screen.
* * *
The White Administrator, who had already identified the temporary ount as belonging to the Red Administrator and was waiting in advance,
Went further.
[The ess coordinates are... a World Tree Alliance. You''re still cautious, Red Administrator.]
He had even figured out the location where Seong Jihan essed BattleTube.
''He certainly deserves to be called the ruler of BattleTube.''
When he set his mind on a target, he found out everything.
As Seong Jihan waited quietly to see what he would say next,
[Fine. I''ll concede.]
[Let''s co-own HeavenNet.]
The White Administrator was speaking as if he was doing a favor.
''...What kind of concession is co-ownership?''
[He''s always been like that. The White Administrator.]
Seong Jihan was dumbfounded by the other''s attitude.
But the Red Administrator seemed used to it, epting it as natural.
And as the messages continued to appear, simr to before,
''Indeed, being confined to BattleTube, he doesn''t have much.''
It only confirmed that the White Administrator couldn''t do much from there.
''I''ll just turn it off.''
[Good idea.]
As he was about to turn off BattleTube after confirming White''s limitations,
Zing......
A message suddenly appeared on the screen.
[Alright. I''ll... concede more.]
[I''ll give you what you want.]
''What I want?''
It was probably just offering to give up more shares of HeavenNet that he didn''t even own.
Seong Jihan was about to ignore the message and turn off the screen with an unimpressed face.
[''White Administrator'' is trying to grant Stat White Light.]
[Will you ept it?]
The message window that popped up again was enough to catch Seong Jihan''s attention.
''White Light...?''
Pure white light.
Was this the White Administrator''s stat?
[To think he''s trying to grant White Light... He must have made up his mind in his own way.]
''What kind of ability is this?''
[White Light is White''s unique ability... and the first stat of BattleNet.]
''The first?''
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[Yes. White Light was number 0. Void was number 1.]
''I see.''
Then this White Light was an ability that started with BattleNet?
Seeing that its number was before Void, it seemed White existed before ck.
''How did someone so great end up trapped in BattleTube after being beaten by ck?''
[Being first doesn''t necessarily mean being strong. ck''s power is overwhelming.]
''True... So what is this White Light used for?''
[I don''t know either. I only guessed it''s rted to White''s domain,munication.]
''Hmm...''
It probably won''t be very useful inbat if it was rted tomunication.
Seong Jihan thought this as he nced at his status window.
''If I get White Light, I''ll have all the Administrators'' abilities.''
Besides Stat Blue and Red.
Seong Jihan already possessed the Green Administrator''s ability ''Eternity'' and the ck Administrator''s ability ''Void''.
All five Administrators'' abilities would be in his stat window if White Light was included.
Although Seong Jihan usually didn''t have much of a collector''s mentality,
Possessing all the Administrators'' abilities was quite intriguing.
Still.
''Not now.''
Beep.
Seong Jihan turned off the screen without hesitation.
[You''re not epting it?]
''I need to minimize variables before dealing with the Green Administrator.''
Stat White Light.
In normal times, it might have been worth the risk to ept.
But now, while in conflict with the Green Administrator, the risk was too high.
[I see... Good thinking.]
''Aren''t you disappointed? You said it was what you wanted.''
[I used to be. But not anymore. Being in here, I can achieve what I want.]
The Red Administrator, showing little interest in the White Light that he once coveted, insisted on staying inside Blue and Red.
He then asked Seong Jihan,
[What will you do with the temporary ount? Should we discard it?]
''Ah, leave it for now. I''ll think about White Light again after dealing with Yggdrasil.''
[Understood.]
Though he didn''t ept White Light now,
It might be worth obtaining once there''s room to breathe after handling Yggdrasil.
Seong Jihan left the temporary ount, which was a route to obtain White Light, and returned to Earth.
* * *
One weekter.
Kim Jihun was logging into the game every day, raising his level.
-Now he''s just winning easily every time.
-I''m telling you, the first two games were the weird ones. lol
-Kim Jihun seems to have good battle sense.
-Isn''t it because he''s a male half-elf? They''re a different species...
-Compared to other male half-elves ying games, he''s clearly different.
-Well... the race is just overpowered lol
The first two losses were literally just bad luck.
Since then, Kim Jihun had been on a winning streak.
Viewers thought he had good battle sense watching his gamey, but they believed the winning streak wasrgely due to his race.
''Well, that''s true.''
Indeed, male half-elves ying games with humans was nothing short of a bnce breaker.
Seong Jihan yed the games in a way that overwhelmed opponents with racial advantages,
While making Kim Jihun appear to have decent battle sense.
Using martial arts like the old Seong Jihan would be too obvious.
"Master. I yed as you do. How was it?"
This way of ying games was also good for having Ariel substitute.
"Yeah, just do it like that."
Today''s game for Kim Jihun was yed by his shadow, Ariel, not by Seong Jihan.
He was having Ariel control Kim Jihun in preparation for times when he''d be away.
Of course, it was still too early to trust her 100%, but.
"Uncle, I''ll watch closely whether Ariel is running Kim Jihun."
Thanks to Yoon Seah, who was practically unemployed and had time to spare, watching over Ariel,
He could entrust Kim Jihun''s control to her.
"This should be enough to leave for a while."
"Are you going to attack the Alliance?"
"Yeah. I found out the location of ab. But the defenses are quite strict, so it won''t be easy to control Kim Jihun at the same time."
Seong Jihan had learned the location of one World Tree Allianceb through Karlein.
But the World Tree Alliance seemed to have noticed that the Red Administrator was targetingbs, as their defensive posture was strong.
"So you and Ariel control him together."
"Okay, okay. Don''t worry about here and go."
"Alright. I will control Kim Jihun ording to the master''s lifestyle. Oh, but... master."
Ariel, who was controlling Kim Jihun by manipting shadow energy in the living room,
Suddenly remembered something and made a perplexed expression.
"The Guild Master said there''s an advertisement shoot today... what should we do about that?"
"Ah, that. It was bothersome, but this works out. You do it instead."
"M-me, shoot an advertisement too?"
"It''s no big deal. Just do what they tell you there."
"Do what they tell me..."
As Ariel muttered this at Seong Jihan''s words,
Yoon Seah chimed in from the side.
"I''ll help too. I''ve shot some ads before."
"Ah, that''s a relief then."
Ariel finally rxed.
"Then I''ll leave things here to you."
Seong Jihan said this and opened a portal.
The destination was the housing the Alliance''s research facility.
''I hope there''s a fragment of Gilgamesh.''
Thinking this, Seong Jihan entered the portal.
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