Chapter 47

Then a whisper came from ShinJadu.

Since they had never really had any reason to contact each other privately, Mo Yeonhoo tilted his head.

(Whisper) 0momo0: Yeah?

(Whisper) ShinJadu: about yesterday

(Whisper) ShinJadu: there’s smth i wanna say about it

(Whisper) ShinJadu: would you have time later??

Yeonhoo blinked.

This feels bad...?

For some reason, he had the feeling this was not something he should just let slide.

(Whisper) 0momo0: Yep!! I’ve got time!!

but honestly you can just tell me now22.gif

Nervous, he was just about to type that it might be better to say it right away, when—

(Alliance) MouseTrap: Oh, the leader’s here! Hello!!!

Miu had appeared.

(Alliance) GoodLuck: hi leader~

(Alliance) FUNK: welcome back leader

(Alliance) CheersInMyEyes: lmaoooo hi;;

(Alliance) Miu: hi

The mood seemed no different from usual.

Then what is this? Why do I have such a bad feeling about this?

Normally Yeonhoo would already have been sidling up to Miu and laying it on thick, but after what had happened yesterday... and with this unshakable sense of impending doom, he deliberately pretended not to notice him.

And then...

W-what the hell.

Step. Step.

Miu started walking toward him.

Why is he coming over here?

The alliance members standing nearby seemed to sense the threat on instinct and subtly stepped aside. The path opened in front of Miu like the Red Sea parting, until he stopped directly in front of Yeonhoo.

Ordinarily, Yeonhoo would have been thrilled that Miu had come to him first.

This was not one of those times.

What did he come all the way over here to say?

Kang Miyoung in real life was a cute little baby rabbit, but inside the game, Miu was a satanic rabbit capable of absolutely anything, so Yeonhoo could not help feeling tense.

He’s not saying anything.... Is he still mad?

Looking at the silent Miu, Yeonhoo fidgeted with his fingers. The apology he had meant to give him the second he saw him would not come out.

Miyoung was too much yesterday.

Maybe it was because what had happened yesterday still felt even more unfair than he had realized.

But he could not just stand there like this. The other person was Kang Miyoung, his baby rabbit. Sure, Satan might have briefly possessed him yesterday, but a baby was still a baby, and a rabbit was still a rabbit.

And if that rabbit had seen Yeonhoo’s emotional outburst in chat yesterday and gotten hurt, then Yeonhoo needed to be brave and say something.

I’ll say I got too harsh yesterday, and that I spent all night worrying that my words might have hurt Miu, who has such a delicate heart... yeah, let’s start with that.

But once he actually put his hands on the keyboard...

...But seriously, why is he only calling me a spy over and over? If I really sold out the core information, then when the wall got blown apart I’d have been clapping and cheering, not running over there with a hammer and repairing it like a maniac. And hell, Miu was on the same team as me. When <Hawk> attacked, he had to have seen me over there fixing the wall. How can someone watch all that and still say this?

Because it had been his first Siege War and he had thrown himself into it with total sincerity, it felt unbearably unfair.

Calm down.

Yeonhoo barely managed to slam the brakes on the emotions rising inside him.

He had come in determined that no matter what Miu did, he would not be shaken, but it was not easy.

At moments like this, there was only one thing to do.

Miyoung smiling, Miyoung laughing brightly, Miu saving him, Miu smiling at him, Miu greeting him....

Okay. There.

Now he was really ready.

In the meantime, Miu silently looked back and forth between 0momo0 and the alliance members busily filling in the gouged-up ground with shovels.

Then—

(Alliance) Miu: Momo, why are you just standing there staring at the repair work?

He asked a completely random question out of nowhere.

(Alliance) 0momo0: Huh..?

Yeonhoo, who had been preparing a serenade in Miu’s honor, was caught off guard.

(Alliance) 0momo0: what do you mean just staring..?

(Alliance) Miu: there are all these holes and you’re not even holding a shovel, just standing there watching

(Alliance) 0momo0: ah~~ i just logged in, i was about to help..

(Alliance) Miu: Hmm

A bad feeling.

A very bad one.

(Alliance) Miu: Doesn’t look like it

And Yeonhoo’s bad feeling turned out to be exactly right.

(Alliance) Miu: Weren’t you just enjoying the view?

Why....

(Alliance) Miu: Since the attack seems to have gone just like you planned lol?

Why was he acting like this?!

(Alliance) 0momo0: What???? no

(Alliance) 0momo0: Me??

Why would I be happy? Yeonhoo stared at the chat in disbelief, and the alliance members stepped in.

(Alliance) FUNK: no fr Momo just logged in

(Alliance) BBQ: lololol;; it’s true he literally just got here!

(Alliance) GoodLuck: yeah~ he just got on~;

Even though the others hurried to explain it for him, Miu kept saying insane things.

(Alliance) Miu: There’s no proof, so I can’t kick you out, but don’t think staying here means your name is cleared

(Alliance) Miu: You’re still the most suspicious one to me

What was with that attitude, like he was talking to a criminal?

Yeonhoo felt like he had just been slapped across the face several times out of nowhere. They said when a person was truly dumbfounded, they could not do anything at all, and that was exactly what had happened to him.

While he stood there blank-faced, too stunned to process this absurd situation, ShinJadu sent him another whisper.

(Whisper) ShinJadu: Momo Momo;;

(Whisper) ShinJadu: i think it might be better if i just tell you now

(Whisper) ShinJadu: short version is i think Miu seriously really thinks you’re a spy T_TTTT

Then Yeonhoo read the explanation that followed and his jaw dropped.

(Whisper) ShinJadu: i think he thinks you gave away the core location...

(Whisper) ShinJadu: so yesterday he said he was gonna kick you out of the alliance, and me and the others stopped him for now??

(Whisper) ShinJadu: because from what we saw you really really really don’t seem like a spy;;;

So what ShinJadu was saying was...

(Whisper) 0momo0: sooooo Miu was trying to kick me out and you all stopped him

(Whisper) ShinJadu: yeah..

(Whisper) 0momo0: and because he couldnt kick me out...right now..

(Whisper) ShinJadu: T_T yeah T_TTT so i think Miu’s a little irritated about it T_T;;

Yeonhoo stared at the screen dazedly.

(Alliance) Miu: Why aren’t you answering

(Alliance) Miu: Are you admitting you’re suspicious? lol

Apparently his cute, tiny, baby angel rabbit had turned into Satan because he found Yeonhoo suspicious and had not been allowed to throw him out.

(Alliance) FUNK: guys guys can we all calm down first

(Alliance) GoodLuck: oh come on~~~ leader~~;;

(Alliance) MouseTrap: sob sob im scared..im scared T_T please calm down T_T

(Alliance) 1Poop1: goddd stop...please..

(Alliance) CheersInMyEyes: T_TTTTTTTTT fr

(Alliance) BBQ: calm down;; please calm down;;

The alliance members rushed over and physically wedged themselves between Miu and Yeonhoo.

Seeing that, Yeonhoo was a little touched. It really did seem like the alliance members sincerely believed he was not a spy.

But—

I said I’m not, so why the hell does he keep calling me one?!

It was too unfair. He could not just sit still anymore.

(Alliance) 0momo0: how am i even supposed to be a spy

(Alliance) 0momo0: if you were Miu would YOU use someone like me as a spy???????

(Alliance) 1Poop1: whether he answers or doesnt answer that turns weird either way

(Alliance) FUNK: god

If he were really a spy, they would have picked someone smart and good at the game in the first place. Why would they pick him?

(Alliance) Miu: Looking at how everyone’s trusting you right now, I’d say you’d be pretty useful

(Alliance) Miu: Pretending to be a newbie worked out well too. Took suspicion off you

But Miu would not budge.

(Alliance) 0momo0: nooooooo i said i’m not im losing my mind T_TTTTTT

(Alliance) 0momo0: how am i a spy T_TTTT

(Alliance) 0momo0: i didnt even know you could use Build Mode to see the whole map..T_T!!!

(Alliance) Miu: So you know Build Mode can show the whole map?

(Alliance) 0momo0: ??? no;

(Alliance) 0momo0: just because you said Build Mode works the same as a base

(Alliance) Miu: That’s 100% it lol

(Alliance) 0momo0: sdjfkjsdfjlkjlk stoppppp