Chapter 42
[This IP is being blocked.]
[This IP is being unblocked.]
[This IP is being blocked.]
Orange Faction: *cough cough*
Apparently, this Gallery bro wasn't in his right mind.
“Trying to dox me out in the open, when even doing it secretly would've been bad enough?”
“A cold shower should bring him to his senses.”
After repeatedly blocking and unblocking him, I asked Orange Faction, who had regained his senses.
Head Mod*: Have you come to your senses?
Orange Faction: Head Mod, why are you doing this to me?! I'm innocent!!!
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[This IP is being unblocked.]
Orange Faction: Actually, there was a reason I acted this way. I'll tell you the truth.
The moment the physical therapy kicked in, reason returned to Orange Faction's chat.
Fine, I thought. I'd hear him out. But even the reason in his chat was absurd.
Orange Faction: How many evil forces have threatened Head Mod over the years?
From that dimwitted crown prince to the elves who wanted to manipulate Head Mod out of greed...
Head Mod*: Mm-hmm, yeah, keep going.
Orange Faction: So I thought! If that's the case, I should stay by Head Mod's side and fend off threats from outside!
Head Mod*: ?
So, to prepare for me being doxxed, he planned to dox me first?
Orange Faction: But believe me. I will never cause Head Mod any harm!
You can say anything with words.
With words, I could say that I loved Frederick, or claim that I really was a beautiful half-elf girl archmage.
“Get out.”
[Ban period: 9999 days]
Just as I was about to put my hand on the ban button, a new barter request arrived from Orange Faction.
[Orange Faction has offered ‘Magic-Infused Scroll’ in a barter!]
Orange Faction: I am innocent!
“Hmm.”
I almost accepted it, but hesitated.
What if it contained some kind of explosive spell?
Just then, the holy sword that had been serving as a lamp hurriedly darted in front of me.
Vrrr. Vrrrr.
“What? You mean you'll block any magic for me?”
Vrrr.
“Because you're a holy sword, you know how to counter almost every spell?”
Maybe it felt bad about doing nothing but serving as a lamp every time.
I decided to trust the holy sword as it frantically offered its explanation.
It seemed especially sorry for falling asleep during the last kidnapping and failing to protect me.
“Okay, then I'm counting on you.”
Vrrr.
The masterwork sword the dwarf had given me twitched in the distance, as if warily watching us.
But the moment the holy sword turned around, it quietly resumed guarding the entrance as if nothing had happened.
Now that I had magical protection too, I accepted the scroll Orange Faction was offering.
“Of course, I could just refuse to accept something like this.”
But I couldn't resist my curiosity.
[The package has been delivered safely!]
As always, when I pressed Receive, a delivery box appeared out of thin air and dropped to the floor.
“Ooh... is this a scroll?”
A single scroll Orange Faction had sent me.
It looked like the kind of scroll you often saw in games.
Something intimidating, covered in a jumble of incomprehensible writing.
Apparently wizards could read it, but I was just an ordinary person, so I couldn't.
But in situations like this, all I had to do was use my universal cheat key.
[Analyzing information...]
[Magic-Infused Scroll ‘Life’]
This scroll contains life.
Unless this scroll is torn, the caster's life can never be severed.
Conversely, if the scroll is torn, the caster will die instantly.
Caster: Orange Faction
“What the—”
And the moment I read the contents, I was left speechless.
Orange Faction had casually staked his own life with the scroll and sent it to me to prove his innocence.
Orange Faction: Thanks to Head Mod, I survived and even fulfilled my dream of becoming a high-ranking mage!!
Orange Faction: Now, please believe in this loyal heart!!!
Orange Faction: Head Mod, join us!!!
“They weren't just pretending to be a cult?”
I'd let my guard down because, despite being called a cult, they funded themselves through honest work and kept donations voluntary.
But they really were a cult.
Who would just hand over a scroll containing their own life just to receive a little recognition?
Put bluntly, if I accidentally tore it one day, a Gallery bro would simply die screaming.
And the problem wasn't merely whether I became the cultists' god.
- Head Mod, repent at once!
- Did you think you'd get away with invoking God like that?!
- Cultist trait: Can't eat without water or soup with meals lol
- Yeah, so did the world end? lol
- Church trait: No crime they haven't committed
- Church trait: Without Head Mod, these demons would've starved or been stoned to death long ago, yeah
What had started as a simple talking point gradually became a gap, then a crack, and finally swallowed the Gallery whole.
“Why do these idiots completely lose their minds and cause a scene whenever religion gets involved?”
Even after I cut off the cultists' energy source—the church's sacrament—the fighting continued to rage, and I made a decision.
If they were going to keep acting like this, I had no choice.
“I really didn't want to pull this out...”
I closed my eyes, sighed once, and then wrote a new announcement in the Gallery.
[Notice: All trolls and cyberpsychos, pay attention.]
Author: Head Mod*
(Frog meme wearing a red drill instructor's hat)
This instructor can become either an angel or a demon, depending on how the Gallery bros behave.
If you act up, I'll expose your entire IP activity history.
Behave yourselves.
(Unpleasant green dinosaur meme raising its index finger)
- ???
- This is oppression!!!
ㄴ For real, who the hell is he to tell us what to do and not do?
ㄴ He's the Gallery owner.
ㄴ Head Mod*): To the dissatisfied children: you can leave the Gallery at any time. Want to try?
ㄴ I won't act up. I'm sorry.
ㄴ Why does this bastard talk like that lololol
ㄴ Sounds like the old sub-mod's way of talking lololol
ㄴ Dying-While-Still-a-Vampire): :(
- Never, ever make the Gallery owner angry...
ㄴ Don't?
ㄴ Then don't make him angry (Kwaaahhh)
ㄴ Right, so I am not.
ㄴ 2
ㄴ You don't get anything good by acting up, yeah;
- Healthy and Modest): (Succubus emote giving a thumbs-up)
ㄴ Head Mod*): Oh! Ah... Hmm.
ㄴ 高...
ㄴ Tsk...
ㄴ How many months has it been since you last uploaded a selfie... Please feed us, waah...
ㄴ Healthy and Modest): Heh lol
But even when you came down this hard, no one listened at first.
Like they had to try whatever they'd been told not to do, as if someone had drawn a line first to see where it was.
“Please, let just one of them get caught...”
I kept a close eye on the Gallery, feeling like a police officer conducting an undercover investigation.
And finally! One of them appeared.
- But it is true that the church guys just gobble up bribes and always do the exact opposite of their religious ideals lol... I almost said.
“Ah lol, I almost said that.”
Well, you can't help almost saying it.
I decided to wait a little longer.
- It is true that cultists are pathetic and ugly people.
And soon, another one appeared.
“Got you.”
I immediately opened that user's activity history and began picking through it piece by piece.
“Oh, what's this?”
And this Gallery bro was even more two-faced than I'd expected.
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[Notice: The 432,312th Verified-Username Purge]
(Wholesome and Modest rear-view meme for thumbnail)
It's me.
As soon as I posted the announcement, another troll trying to sow division appeared, so I'm going to publicly execute him.
Username: Integrity Beneath the Sky
Crime post: It is true that the church guys are pathetic and ugly people.
Activity history of Integrity Beneath the Sky
[Posts recommended by this user]
- Rabbit beastfolk... Workout complete//...jpg
- How far do you consider someone a furry?.jpg
- Please only let Head Mod oppa see this...><.jpg
- Drew some furry furry lewds, decent?.jpg
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[These are comments written by this user]
Ohhh, damn!! - Title) I'll explain the standards for furries...
But honestly, furries are lovable, yeah – Title) Collection of furry furry lewds.jpg
[Recommendations 9999+] [Dislikes 1]
- Integrity Beneath the Sky): Ah fuck
ㄴ LOLololol
ㄴ LOLololol
ㄴ LOL, you like the way this turned out? lol
ㄴ Integrity Beneath the Sky is accurate, yeah lol
- A church guy who's part of the furry-furry cult lol
- This guy was so restrained he turned into a monster ww
- Can't resist furries, though lol
ㄴ ?
ㄴ ??
- Healthy and Modest): Why is the thumbnail... ㅇㅅㅇ?
ㄴ If you're wronged, upload a new profile pic lol
ㄴ If you really don't upload one, we'll all die!!!
I cut down one troll...
And then posts sowing division and hatred began getting deleted from the Gallery at a rapid pace.
So the priest who had been demanding chastity with bulging veins was actually part of the furry cult.
What kind of contradiction was this, like a backup dancer at a funeral?
“But this isn't enough...”
The church hadn't been rotten from the start.
Purity and restraint, sharing and virtue had originally been its doctrines, and the early church had actually upheld them.
It had simply fallen into corruption as the years passed and the world twisted.
Because of the contradictions that resulted, exposing one's IP activity history might have been devastating, but it was relatively less effective against the Head Mod Worshippers cultists.
[Title: One More Going Up]
Author: Head Mod*
Username: Ardent Head Mod Worshipper
Crime post: That's just what you'd expect from church guys, yeah;
[This user wrote the following posts.]
- Ah, I want to meet a furry at least once.
- I want to fall into a rabbit hole too, for real.
- Recommend if you regret not being born a beastfolk lol
[Recommendations 9999+] [Dislikes 0]
- Ardent Head Mod Worshipper): Ah.
ㄴ LOLololol
ㄴ Lord, another one goes~ lol
ㄴ Another furry cultist apprehended
ㄴ LOL, how do you feel?
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ㄴ Ardent Head Mod Worshipper): It's nothing special?
ㄴ Ardent Head Mod Worshipper): (Subtly seductive furry rear-view meme)
ㄴ What
ㄴ No
The cultists hadn't been ashamed from the beginning.
Maybe because they earned money drawing lewds on commission and their god (not really) was me, their doctrine was as open-minded as the Gallery.
If anything, when I tried to publicly shame them, they had reached the point where they humbly accepted and understood it.
- This is all a test from God...
- This too shall pass.
- This is a trial sent by God. I will endure it!
ㄴ No, these bastards got caught getting off to furries, so why are they being so solemn and pious?
“Hmm...”
This wasn't in my scenario.
I couldn't accept them taking it this way.
Especially not the part of me that was the Head Mod.
“You're the same way, aren't you, John Malphite?”
“As solid as a rock.”
Even John Malphite, the personality of a Kellyerton citizen, couldn't accept it.
In the end, I decided to unlock the finishing move I'd been holding in reserve.
I wrote a new announcement.
[Notice: Revealing My Gender]
(Gaming, Gallery muscle meme barely wrung out by twisting its whole body)
I'm a man lol
[Recommendations 500] [Dislikes 9999+]
- No!!!!!!!!!!!!
- This can't be happening!!!!!
- Ah!!! Fuck!!!
- Please tell me it's a lie please tell me it's a lie please tell me it's a lie please tell me it's a lie please tell me it's a lie
- Hee... I knew it all along?
- Head Mod, when are you coming back to the rabbit hole...? ^^
The Gallery plunged into utter chaos.