Chapter 42

Mo Yeonhoo’s eyes shone, fixed to the screen.

Even the sight of Miu’s back disappearing leisurely into the smoke after killing five people looked like something out of a movie.

Without realizing it, Yeonhoo covered his mouth with both hands and stared at the screen, and it seemed the alliance members were no different.

—Kyaaaaaa!!

—Woooh! That was fucking sick, wasn’t it?!

—Where the hell did he even pop out from all of a sudden? That was insane, wow.

—Ooh~~! Nice one, Leader!

A few alliance members who had caught the news ran over toward Yeonhoo and started cheering belatedly.

—What the hell, I want to see my leader too! I just came back to haul resources again!

—Ah... now I’m curious....

The members who hadn’t seen it grumbled in disappointment.

—But seriously, you couldn’t see a single thing through that smoke, so how did he shoot that well? Does he have some kind of infrared skill or something?

At MouseTrap’s question, ShinJadu laughed and explained.

—He’s always had crazy wide vision. And he’s ridiculously good at sound play too....

Yeonhoo was appalled, but it made sense.

Right. Even when I was going around trying to give him gifts... he always knew exactly where I was.

That beastlike instinct, unloading his gun in Yeonhoo’s direction even when he was using stealth items. And on top of that, that massive field of vision.

—No way. He’s not hacking?!

—Ahaha, no. If it’s at that level, he probably just thought the view was pretty open.

ShinJadu’s cheerful voice sounded far less tense now than it had earlier.

That counts as an open view?

Yeonhoo was dumbfounded. The whole place had been covered in smoke rounds. You couldn’t see anything at all....

While they were talking, Miu had apparently entered the alliance territory at some point and was naturally climbing up the outer wall.

(Alliance) ShinJadu: N-no; Leader; when did you even get back in?!!

(Alliance) ShinJadu: If you were back you should’ve said something!!!!

(Alliance) 1Poop1: Leadeeeeeeeeeeer! King of Zombie Village! King of Forty-Seven!!!

(Alliance) MyApologyLetterIsInEnglishGlobal: leader baby!!!!!!!!!

(Alliance) KimFactory: Huh? My leader’s here? T_T I wanna see him too T_TTTTTTTTTTTT my leaderrrrrr T_TTTTTTTT

The moment their leader appeared, the alliance’s mood came back to life in an instant.

For someone who had returned so casually, Miu looked like he’d been through a fair bit; his clothes had lower durability than usual, all grimy and battered. But none of that even registered to Yeonhoo.

My heart’s going crazy....

The image kept replaying in his head: the bodies dropping one after another without even getting a chance to respond, in time with those steady gunshots. Miu vanishing leisurely afterward.

(Alliance) FUNK: I missed you, leader...

(Alliance) BBQ: Leadeeeeeeer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Alliance) dude: hi hi hi

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Kyaa!! Leader!!! Welcome backkk T_T

He’s insanely popular.

So this was what a team was like. Watching everyone welcome Miu back, Yeonhoo smiled, warmed by the touching scene.

And our sweet baby rabbit, too, would surely greet the alliance members warmly—

(Alliance) Miu: A7 southwest (Check detailed coordinates)

(Alliance) Miu: G9 north (Check detailed coordinates)

...posted coordinates?

“Huh?”

Yeonhoo blinked at the coordinates that had flown in before Miu had even greeted anyone.

—Wait, are you serious? He really just ignored all our greetings?

—Kyaa! Right? That’s so hurtful!

Naturally, the alliance members started protesting in disbelief, but the next line in chat shut them right up.

(Alliance) Miu: I was late because I was busy looting their shelters

Yeonhoo knew what a shelter did too, since Zombie Village had taught players how to place one during the tutorial.

That’s where they respawn, right?

Wasn’t the attacking side disadvantaged in a Siege War because of distance? A shelter was the temporary respawn point an attacking team built near enemy lines, a structure that shortened return time after death.

(Alliance) ShinJadu: Huh? You found their shelters?! At those coordinates?!???

(Alliance) MyApologyLetterIsInEnglishGlobal: Whoa, shelters?!!

(Alliance) MouseTrap: Huh..? How in the world did you even find them there?

That was exactly why shelters were so important. Usually, people hid them as carefully as possible, making them hard to find....

(Alliance) ShinJadu: Did you clear the shelters out too??

(Alliance) ShinJadu: No but seriously when did you even log in

(Alliance) ShinJadu: And why were you out there instead of in alliance territory!!!!

(Alliance) BBQ: Is Jadu rapping right now? lol

(Alliance) ShinJadu: I’m gonna die of frustration, hurry up and answer me!!!

(Alliance) FUNK: the vice leader is rapping

As if typing in chat wasn’t enough, ShinJadu came running over to where Miu and Yeonhoo were, and Miu only answered calmly.

(Alliance) Miu: Logged in about 30 minutes ago, saw everything was a total mess, so I went to center first and teleported outside

(Alliance) Miu: I figured I’d wipe their shelters first, so I swept the outskirts on the way in, found Hawk and HamHidden’s shelters, and set them on fire

(Alliance) Miu: so

Then Miu stopped typing mid-sentence and spread his hands.

(Alliance) Miu: I went shopping

(Alliance) ShinJadu: When you say shopping, don’t tell me...

And then items poured down between them like rain.

Item List

Emergency Kit (Large) ×16 (Rare), Emergency Kit (Medium) ×11 (Rare), Emergency Kit (Small) ×20 (Common), Stamina Bar (Energy Bar) ×6 (Common), Medium Rifle Magazine (5.56) ×6 (Common), High-Pressure Coil Pack ×2 (Rare)....

While everyone stared at the items Miu was suddenly scattering everywhere, the chat kept rolling.

(Alliance) Miu: Used a few on the way over

(Alliance) FUNK: all those smoke rounds and firebombs you were going wild with over there earlier, all of that

(Alliance) Miu: yeah

(Alliance) Miu: all theirs

(Alliance) FUNK: holy shit you looted them clean

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Kyaa! Legendary!!!

(Alliance) ShinJadu: Ah, so that’s why they all went quiet

(Alliance) ShinJadu: they’re all checking whether their shelters got hit ;;

That was right. It wasn’t just that Miu had burned every last shelter to stop them from respawning.

(Alliance) Miu: I took everything except the canned ham

(Alliance) FUNK: that’s a good item too though, why didn’t you bring it

(Alliance) Miu: That alliance seemed like they liked ham

(Alliance) ShinJadu: Huh? Who did..?

(Alliance) 1Poop1: lol wait

(Alliance) 1Poop1: no way

(Alliance) dude: HamHidden..?

(Alliance) 1Poop1: holy shit LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

(Alliance) GoodLuck: holy fuck LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(Alliance) 1Poop1: d;;ttd LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fucking hell LMAOOOOOOO has he lost it LMAOOOOO

(Alliance) dude: wait no way... you hid the ham too..?

(Alliance) Miu: yeah

(Alliance) dude: where...?

(Alliance) Miu: They wanted it hidden, so I gathered it all up and left it in their safe

(Alliance) ShinJadu: You looted the safe too while you were at it?????

(Alliance) Miu: The safe was open.. so I took all the emergency kits

(Alliance) ShinJadu: Huh??? No way, safes are always password-protected???

(Alliance) Miu: If the password’s 0000, then... weren’t they basically asking to get looted?

(Alliance) MyApologyLetterIsInEnglishGlobal: LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO oh, man...!!! Jesus! LMAOOOOOOO

(Alliance) 1Poop1: Leaving it wide open is crazy though...?

(Alliance) YoureGettingSued: Kyaa LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOO this is too funny T_T LMAOOOOOOOO

My baby rabbit is unreal!

Yeonhoo burst out laughing.

It was already adorable enough that Miu had cleanly looted the shelters, but the fact that he had deliberately left the canned ham in the safe for them to find made him unbearably cute.

(Alliance) FUNK: whatever the case this is huge, while they quieted down we almost finished repairing the outer wall too

(Alliance) BBQ: same on our side lol

(Alliance) GoodLuck: our little core buddy~ steadily getting its health back~

So that’s why it got quiet.

Apparently, the three alliances attacking <47> had each gone silent while checking on their own shelters.

Thanks to that, the alliance members had managed to catch their breath.

Just one person showing up can change the whole atmosphere like this.

Well, of course it could, when that one person was worth a hundred on his own.

Even while Yeonhoo was thinking that in admiration, Miu was getting a situation briefing from ShinJadu through chat.

After ShinJadu’s report had gone on for quite a while, Miu, who had been quietly reading, finally moved.

(Alliance) Miu: Nice

And then, at last, the message everyone had been waiting for appeared.

(Alliance) Miu: Now let’s hit back