Triggered

Timing, too. First there was what that Ji-woong guy said, and then there were the viewers who hauled over a related link the moment it was posted.

I'd already been wondering when I should reveal my face.

And now all these things were piling up one after another. People say the plot logic of Earth Online is ridiculous, but experiencing it firsthand left me dumbfounded.

It felt like someone was pushing me from behind, as if telling me to go ahead.

With that in mind, I read the application guidelines, and there wasn't much difference from what Ji-woong had said earlier.

Of course, it wasn't a flea market, so they couldn't accept every Tom, Dick, and Harry. It said applicants would undergo an internal review before the successful candidates were notified.

That didn't apply to me, since I could enjoy the benefits of a connections-based society.

Hmm. But I'd already turned it down. Even if you guys said, ‘LOL, the host would pass easily,’ I still had no intention of going.

If I told them the truth, these bastards would immediately start lamenting the unfairness of a connections-based society and launch the French Revolution. I still didn't want my head chopped off.

I poured cold water on the viewers who were already chatting among themselves about how they all met the requirements and acting as if they were going to participate...