A Giant Fluffball Lands in Incheon (3)

It was around 7:20 when I got home.

"Serin, Oppa's ho…."

"Oppaaa~! Sit down, quick!"

"…Coming right over!!"

After that, I summoned Dohwa and had dinner with my little sister.

"Going by your cooking skills alone, you could get married now."

"Then should we have our wedding now?"

"What on earth are you talking about?"

"Kyaeung."

"Dohwa, what are you nodding at now?"

I chatted a little while we cleared the table.

Before I knew it, time had flown by.

It was an incredibly peaceful slice of everyday life.

But I knew.

This was… the calm at the eye of a typhoon.

'Things must be going crazy by now.'

I had unleashed a gigantic Dohwa.

The news was probably talking about nothing but Dohwa.

Cleaning up after it was 'Iron Gangmin's' job.

Before sharp-eyed people started digging into it, I had to quickly fabricate an official story.

If only to protect the rest of this ordinary life…

-Freeze.

'Wait, maybe Serin likes the extraordinary?'

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

Maybe Serin wouldn't mind if I revealed my identity.

She was such a huge fan of Awakeners, after all.

'I might as well ask her.'

"Serin, what would you think if Oppa became super~ famous? As famous as Iron Gangmin, I mean."

With things like this, the person's own wishes mattered.

So I asked my little sister directly.

"Hmm, I might not like it…."

"Why?"

"If Oppa became famous, we wouldn't be able to spend as much time together, right?"

"Oh-ho."

All right, got it.

I'll keep doing the whole secretly-powerful routine.

"Don't worry. Oppa will be with Serin for the rest of his life."

"Heehee! Then… no, hmph! You haven't even kept our promise to get married!"

"That was something you said when you were little."

"But still~."

Thanks to that, the warm atmosphere continued for quite a while.

"Then we could wash together too…!!"

Serin tried to drag me off to take a bath together,

-Press.

"Dohwa, instead of stopping her, why are you pushing me?"

"Kyaeung."

"Hey, you."

Dohwa even gave me a subtle push from behind, so I gave Dohwa a flick on the forehead.

We spent the time playing around over little things.

It continued until night fell and the two of us finally went to sleep.

* * *

"Mmmnyaa…."

"Kyaeung… Mastew, I'm pwotectin' youuu…."

"…Phew."

They finally fell asleep.

Telling them the story about giant Dohwa took longer than I expected.

-Ding.

[The Trait 'Sword God' activates….]

'All right, shall we begin?'

After summoning a paring knife and gripping it in my hand,

I wriggled free from the bed.

Since I'd even used a Mythic-grade Trait, how could Serin and Dohwa possibly know?

The two of them hugged each other without noticing that their living body pillow had disappeared.

They looked so cute, like little joraengyi rice cakes.

"Oppaaa…."

"Masteeeer…."

"……."

They were both far too adult in certain places, so in some ways it looked like 'the joraengyi rice cakes were hiding their weight,' but

Since I was the only one who could see them, it didn't matter.

'More importantly, it's forum time!'

I crept out of the bedroom.

Then I sprawled out on the living-room sofa and took out my phone.

I turned on the ultra-powerful VPN I'd been using since 'that brown' started running, then accessed the community in secret mode.

All right, let's see what public opinion looks like now.

[Awakener Minor Gallery]

Title: Animal lovers worldwide are making the giant Abigail the new gallery mascot…

"Ugh, it's a furry shitshow."

What a mess the featured posts were.

You guys are on par with Renya over there…

No, sorry, that's not quite fair.

You're 0.3 Renyas, you furries.

'At least the rest of them are normal.'

Of course, not every featured post was a furry disaster; there were still a few worth reading mixed in.

Why did Abigail, the boss of Floor 1 of Egen Tower, appear outside?

The name that came up most often was, naturally, mine.

'Didn't Iron Gangmin just do an Iron Gangmin again…?'

Sharp young minds.

Of course, in reality, I had merely guessed.

Either way, I should explain things quickly.

I hadn't written a post in a while, so I might as well.

[Minor Gallery]

Author: Iron Gangmin's Awakener Analysis 2

Title: It's actually real;;

I just saw the news. What is that thing?

The screencap is seriously cute.

ㄴ Huh, is this for real???

ㄴㄴ I checked the gallery log, and it is for real.

ㄴ Welcome, O queen.

ㄴ Noona, welcome!!!

ㄴ Please leave us just one proof shot, ma'am. That Renya bastard flexes every day, and it pisses me off so much.

"……."

'I'd rather you make it a furry fest, you idiots.'

The gender bluff worked a little too well, didn't it?

It was something I'd intended, but still.

Seeing a bunch of guys go 'Noona, heeung' made my fists itch.

'At least some of them are normal.'

Fortunately, the frenzy of those perverts didn't last long.

Iron Gangmin, who had gone silent ever since the Japan Gate incident, had finally resurfaced. How could they do anything but make a fuss?

About a minute later, the reactions I'd been waiting for poured in.

[Comments]

- So did you really do that, noona?

- Furube Abigail is freaking awesome;;

- So it's a Trait related to summons.

'Oh, have they already figured it out?'

They were naturally steering the discussion that way.

Toward the conclusion that I was the one who caused the giant Abigail incident.

[Comments]

- Renya_Official: Mr. Iron Gangmin, I am truly ashamed that I caused you trouble over the previous incident…

'What is this now? Get out of here.'

There was also an oblivious idiot posting something completely irrelevant, but it had to be an obvious troll.

I blocked him without mercy and fell into thought.

'All right, then….''

And what conclusion did I reach after thinking it over?

[Minor Gallery]

Title: There is too much slander, so here's a little fact-checking

1. I had nothing to do with that.

2. That's a freaking gay tower to begin with.

3. Call me noona and you're dead.

'Okay.'

Iron Gangmin was publicly known as a Hard Tower native.

He's worlds apart from Dohwa, the boss of Egen Tower.

This much should be enough to make them believe me.

And more importantly,

What could you guys even do?

If I said it wasn't me, all you could do was quietly accept it.

[Comments]

- FuneralHomeSikhyeThief: I knew it would be like this. There was no way Iron Noona was from Egen Tower.

- ㅇㅇ: It pissed me off seeing these idiots spout nonsense all day, so this is damn satisfying. Upvoted lol

On top of that, I performed the sockpuppet technique.

Since I'd copied the comments in advance, I smoothly claimed the first comment.

And community opinion tends to follow whoever speaks first.

[Comments]

- I hated seeing all the wild speculation too…

- The guys who were furiously upvoting this a few hours ago deleting their comments is so pathetic lol

'Going smoothly.'

The suspicions had been wiped out.

The community had turned into a cheerful roast gallery.

The users who had claimed I was behind the incident were getting nailed to wheelchairs and showered with abuse…

'No, this is way too divisive.'

I felt a little sorry for taking it as far as a roast.

Hmm, maybe I should show a little magnanimity here.

[Gallery]

Title: Let's stop the roast

(Screenshot of a featured post filled with ♿)

Is this a featured post or a disability-rights protest?

Anyway, it was understandable that you got confused.

Let's not say mean things, okay?

ㄴ As expected, Iron Gangmin has such a big heart lol

ㄴㄴ Lmaoㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㄴㄴ Is this sexual harassment? Is this guy insane?

ㄴ I said I'd cut off my dick if you weren't the one who did it. Could you let this one slide too?

ㄴㄴ (OP): Where does our Awakener queen live, and how old is she?

ㄴㄴ Sob!!!

ㄴㄴ Peak content lolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

'Yeah, this is it.'

We don't need to live steeped in hatred.

People can make mistakes, after all.

Of course, these guys hadn't exactly made a mistake, but whatever.

'Now I need to roll out a different topic.'

The current topic was still going because I was pissed at being treated like some benevolent noona.

So I decided to change the subject immediately.

It wasn't difficult.

[Gallery]

Title: Anyway, I'm telling stories, so ask me anything

'I'll tell the Japan story and casually mention Yuna-senpai.'

I wrote a post.

The number of comments immediately exploded.

I also casually left a reply of my own…

[Comments]

- So do you have any idea what that giant Abigail is?

ㄴ (OP): idk

ㄴㄴ ????? Iron Noona doesn't know???

ㄴㄴ First intel verification failed?

ㄴㄴ Just what level is that thing anyway;;

ㄴㄴ S O U T H K O R E A I S F U C K E D ! ! !

"Ah."

I had planned to play dumb about Dohwa.

But people started making a huge fuss.

'I told you not to call me noona… Sheesh.'

I immediately moved my fingers.

Tap-tap-tap.

Using an Awakener's physical abilities to browse the forum at full speed, I posted a reply in under ten seconds.

[Comments]

(OP): No, I know the level. It's more manageable than the one in Japan.

ㄴ (OP): I meant I don't know where it came from.

ㄴㄴ Ugh, that scared me.

ㄴㄴ If it had been daytime, I almost would've panic-sold all my stocks.

"…Phew."

Crisis averted.

Honestly, my name carried so much weight that the whole community started trembling over one throwaway comment.

As expected, I was right to hide my identity.

'Anyway, there are quite a few questions now….''

After scanning the comment section,

I wrote another post.

It was the last one for today, and one I wouldn't be writing again for a while.

[Gallery]

Title: Answers on my terms

1. Traits and personal information: Secret.

2. Why I hide my identity:

I want to live an ordinary life.

3. Japan story:

I was wondering what Renya had thrown himself into,

but he'd built a graveyard for the advance party inside the Gate.

Guess he dug it little by little while running away?

He's an idiot, but he's still a decent guy.

When I came out of the Gate, I ran into some Cheonghwa people.

There was a Floor 4 clearer and someone with a Unique-grade information Trait.

That Unique-grade one might even be able to see my information if used properly. They're a real find, yeah.

Cheonghwa is the future.

4. Other impressions:

Hey, Japan.

Your cloak was awesome lol

I'll put it to good use. Thanks lol

'This should be enough.'

I boosted Yuna, then diverted attention with my 'your cloak rocks' declaration.

Since I hadn't mentioned her name, no one would realize this was viral marketing.

How much it would help the senior who was having a conflict with her boss…

'I can't even guess.'

If her boss said anything, she could just hit him with, 'I'm an Awakener recognized by Iron Gangmin.'

I'd given her the halo of Iron Gangmin's approval, so she should be able to handle things on her own now.

'This is how I paid back the travel expenses for Serin's health education, sunbae.'

I smirked.

Smiling, I set my phone down.

Now that everything had been taken care of, I planned to go back in and sleep.

-Freeze.

"……Huh?"

But just as I was about to disable the VPN,

something out of place caught my eye.

The number of comments on the post I'd just written…

was increasing far too quickly.

[Gallery]

5. Are you climbing the Fifth Tier?

: Yeah, I'm setting out as soon as the sun rises.

- ??????

- Why is everyone acting like this today?;;

- Noona, don't, fuck!!!!!!!

- Show us your mana pool before you go!!!!!!!!!

"Ah."

For me, climbing the Fifth Tier was just a free click.

But now that I thought about it, the mortality rate was 100 percent.