Chapter 362

Chapter 362. The Name of Your Ship. (4)

Of course, it wasn’t like Gryanarr had everything figured out from the start.

To be precise, it was only after the Tanhoizer’s base docked that everything became clear.

It was as if the ‘Nest of Life,’ which had naturally spread its neural network in all directions, had carried it out.

No matter how small the swarm of bugs released by Baribari was, it couldn’t be finer or more widespread than a cellular-level neural network.

The details were unknown, but the important thing was that Gryanarr had noticed the existence of the bug swarm spyware through it.

Looking at the captured swarm, Gryanarr felt his brilliant mind nodding on its own, thinking he could create something new.

Of course, that was something to be done after solving the immediate problem at hand.

So, Gryanarr developed a pesticide targeting only the recently discovered swarm and was conducting a ‘disinfection’ operation to wipe out the spyware.

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Naturally, as the spyware was being wiped out…

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<Corruption Clan Official Chatroom (For Executives)>

<Notice: Share information immediately!>

-[Crazy]

-[The spy parasites got wiped out] (Deputy Clan Leader)

-[Can we unify the names?]

-[Some call it spyware, some call it parasites, some call it this and that]

-[It’s not like we can help it, the creator named it that way]

-[True]

-[Anyway, the parasites are all dead?]

-[Not all, about half?] (Deputy Clan Leader)

-[This isn’t easy]

-[Half of them died in that short time?]

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“No way, my swarm!!!”

Baribari, who had grasped the situation inside his shuttle, was literally unable to hold back his tears.

It was understandable. Due to systemic issues, releasing such a tiny swarm?

Even if superhumans could detect it, there was no way for a user to know.

He had been confident that using it this time would somehow work out.

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<Event>

<Spyware Annihilation>

<Content>

<50% of the spyware swarm deployed at the Tanhoizer Gate Fortress has been eliminated.>

<The information-gathering ability of the swarm has significantly decreased.>

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Unfortunately, as if to say Baribari’s thoughts were nonsense, an event message popped up, mercilessly declaring failure.

‘I can’t just back down like this, even for the sake of my Phantask-class grudge!’

Clenching his fist, he burned with determination.

Before he could even get fully immersed in the game, let alone undergo a TS to match his character…

He decided to step forward, trusting in his abilities from running a detective agency.

The problem was, regardless of his confidence in his skills, the game was teeming with superhumans who could easily outwit a mere detective.

As a result, just 14 minutes after Baribari stepped forward…

“Ughhhhhh!”

“Hmm.”

He was instantly captured by the internal security forces and transported to the Nest of Life where Gryanarr was.

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Anyway, looking at the captured Baribari, our Gryanarr nodded and decided to report the captured commander to Icarus, who was busy with various tasks.

But right at that moment…

“Hmm, come to think of it.”

“Huh?”

“Is there really a need to inform them right now?”

“What do you mean, Oxianor?”

At Oxianor’s suggestion to wait and not inform Icarus, Gryanarr reacted as if he didn’t understand.

Seeing her reaction, Oxianor shrugged his shoulders and calmly said,

“After all, weren’t you planning to extract genes from the commanders’ bodies and use Icarus for that?”

“Well… yeah?”

“But now, we have a completely defenseless female commander tied up in front of us.”

“Huh?”

Pointing at Baribari, who was tightly bound with eyes, ears, and mouth covered, Oxianor’s words made Gryanarr momentarily consider revealing the truth that his ‘extraction’ wasn’t for that purpose.

Of course, that thought was fleeting.

“Moreover, this is the perfect opportunity to…”

Through this, we can also test how effective modifications and drugs can be for Commander Icarus.”

“…That’s an excellent idea, Oxianor.”

Gryanarr’s ‘mad scientist’ tendencies were poked by Oxianor’s words.

Stimulated by this, Professor Grigri immediately loosened only the tightly bound eyes and ears of Baribari.

“Alright, let’s start the real modification experiment now. Bear with the pain, okay?”

“Ugh?! Ugh! Ugh!!!”

He proceeded to conduct various enjoyable biological experiments on Baribari, having a great time.

However, such joy didn’t last long…

Ultimately, the period during which they could experiment on Baribari was only until Icarus’s ‘village chief decision’ was finalized.

Unfortunately for Gryanarr, that decision was made the very next day…

When Icarus announced the end of the village chief selection and ordered all users, except himself and the representatives of each clan, to leave.

Due to the system’s restraint, Baribari, who had been inside Gryanarr’s biological tank being poked and prodded, was instantly returned to his shuttle.

Of course, even after returning…

“Hey, if you suddenly disappear without a word, what am I supposed to do…”

“….”

“Uh… um…”

“….”

Gryanarr, who had also tried various body modifications on Icarus, ended up transforming him.

The previously neutral appearance was gone, replaced by a glamorous female character with large, beautiful breasts and a childbearing pelvis.

Even Wyriddy, who came to scold Baribari for disappearing without a word despite the help, couldn’t find the right words.

She quietly placed a hand on his shoulder and patted it, saying she had been through it too.

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And Baribari, whose body had suddenly transformed, perhaps due to his current situation, was preparing to return to his base, citing worsening condition as an excuse.

Of course, he also left his position as the sub-leader of the ‘Corruption Clan’ behind.

He even considered going into complete hiding.

But…

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<Icarus is requesting a chat with the Commander!>

<Will you accept?>

<Y/N>

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‘Huh?’

Feeling suspicious about Icaros’s sudden chat request, Baribari accepted it, thinking something was up.

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-[You seem to be putting in effort, I like it.]

-[The Avalon manager has been decided, will you take care of Barracuda?] (Icarus)

-[No, I absolutely don’t want to.] (Baribari)

-[Lol] (Icarus)

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Shocked by Icarus’s sudden chat, Baribari panicked and hastily warped back to his base.

‘That damn guy, he’s not going to let me go and will do all sorts of things to me!’

Of course, if Icarus heard this, he would claim it wasn’t his intention and express his frustration…

But since Baribari didn’t know the exact situation on Icarus’s side, and Icarus didn’t know what was going on with Baribari either.

Icarus just thought, ‘This must be part of the shenanigans,’ and was dumbfounded by Baribari’s escape.

He then assigned the management of Avalon and Barracuda to the middle managers he had chosen, aiming for more peaceful days.

And at this point, Baribari, after warping back to his base…

“Wait a minute… I didn’t find out anything about the ship.”

Realizing that fleeing the clan wasn’t the solution, he tearfully informed his clan of the failed request.