Chapter 261

Chapter 261

Several guards clad in black uniforms made their appearance.

Cha Jin-Hyeok briefly marveled at the sight. ‘Wow!’ RêAd lateSt chapters at novelhall.com Only

They had moved stealthily and appeared right before him in the blink of an eye, as if they had always been there.

‘Their Levels are all in the 290s.’

Truly, Arvis was a powerful Server. In another Server, finding Players with Levels in the 290s was nearly impossible.

‘Even Marshmallow’s manager is Level 290.’

From his experience in the Arvis Server, Jin-Hyeok could tell these guards were most likely Level Grinders, but regardless, reaching Level 290 was not something just anyone could achieve. No one from the Earth Server had ever reached that Level before Jin-Hyeok’s regression.

The appearance of these guards took Marshmallow by surprise. “Wait a minute. Why are the Special Guard Forces coming to this remote and small town?”

Marshmallow was the number one Streamer within Arvis, and some of the guards recognized him but chose not to acknowledge him.

“You are under arrest for the murder of Dion’s guard captain.” Three members of the Special Guard Forces moved toward Jin-Hyeok, and the rest approached Marshmallow.

“Are you livestreaming right now?” one of the guards asked Marshmallow.

“Of course, I am.”

This was why the Special Guard Forces could not just forcefully subdue Jin-Hyeok.

“We are on an official mission,” the guard said.

“I am also just Playing in my own way.”

“...We do not have the authority to stop your Play, but if it interferes with our mission, you might be held responsible.”

Marshmallow scoffed at the veiled threat. “This is clearly a conspiracy!”

He even changed the title of his livestream.

[Conspiracy]

“It just so happens that the local guards were waiting on the first floor, and just so happens that the Special Guard Forces showed up immediately? I think something is going on. There is no way this all happened without the intervention of the higher-ups,” Marshmallow continued.

The captain of the Special Guard Forces frowned, aware of the impact of Marshmallow’s livestream. “Are you an acquaintance of or related to this person?”

“Hmph! Hardly. I saw his face for the first time today.”

“Then why are you interfering like this?”

Marshmallow briefly paused the livestream and said, “It’s the perfect content for my channel!”

Resuming the livestream, he spoke with a grave voice, “This does not seem just to me! That’s why!”

***

Jin-Hyeok was arrested.

‘Oh...’

Even in this situation, he felt a slight thrill.

‘This is going to draw a lot of attention.’

It was almost impossible for a Streamer from another Server to gain popularity in Arvis. The citizens of Arvis tended to consume content exclusively from Arvis Streamers. In that sense, the attention Jin-Hyeok would gain from this incident would be quite welcoming.

‘This is sort of like viral marketing!’

Jin-Hyeok could not help but smirk. The captain of the Special Guard Forces frowned at this sight. “Do not smile, Murderer. I feel like smashing your head in right now.”

Jin-Hyeok did not respond. To an onlooker, he seemed to be compliantly being taken away. He was seated in the back of a flying car and transported to a nearby guard station.

The captain was a bit puzzled. ‘Why were we ordered to transfer him to the regular guard station?’

It was customary for individuals arrested by the Special Guard Forces to be transferred within their custody.

‘This man has the skills to easily kill the captain of the regular guard forces.’

The captain of the Special Guard Forces believed that luck had played a part in that. It was impossible for someone of this murderer’s Level to overpower a regular guard captain. Nevertheless, this man was undoubtedly a criminal too dangerous for the regular guards to handle.

‘We caught him on the spot.’

Yet, the captain could not help but wonder why he had been ordered to transfer the criminal to the regular guards. He even thought whether what Marshmallow had said about the situation being a conspiracy was right.

‘Even if that’s the case, it’s not my problem.’

[Hello, I am Kim Min-Ji, Chul-Soo Land No.1]

Min-Ji attached a video related to Swampland No.2’s Control Bug.

[It seems that Liling might have been infected by the Control Bug. Digging into this might give you some clues. Thank you. Please help our Chul-Soo.]

Marshmallow was constantly raising conspiracy theories, and he had also covered content related to Control Bugs in his livestreams.

***

Three days after Jin-Hyeok was arrested, a major turnaround occurred.

[Marshmallow’s Conspiracy Theory Proven True?]

[Kim Chul-Soo, a Victim of Unjust Tyranny?]

It all started with a tip from one individual.

?Hello, my name is Catherine, and I am a government official working in the SSP Streaming Department. Two days before the incident, I was the one who granted SSP livestreaming permission to Kim Chul-Soo, and I am also a long-time friend of Liling, one of the victims of this incident.?

Catherine continued, somewhat ashamedly.

?As a long-time friend of Liling, I admit I loosened the rules for Chul-Soo a bit. That is why I could not come forward sooner. I sincerely apologize for my actions.?

She apologized for granting permission to Chul-Soo after working hours, making things convenient for him

?Liling is a long-time fan of Chul-Soo. She cried day and night for three days because she was unable to become an official first-generation Chul-Soo Lander due to being late.?

Catherine submitted a video of Liling with swollen eyes as evidence. In the video, Catherine was teasing Liling, who was crying and puffing up in anger for not being able to become a Chul-Soo Lander.

?I am a very close friend of Liling, and I prepared a small gift for her. Official SSP recordings for Chul-Soo started at midnight two days after he got the permission, but I issued a temporary recording permission for personal possession.?

She had granted Chul-Soo temporary recording permission, which allowed him to record videos but not upload them to Eltube.

?These recordings were supposed to be automatically transferred to my server, and I planned to gift them to Liling later. This was clearly an overstep on my part, and I will take full responsibility for it.?

Catherine continued with tears in her eyes.

?All the recordings in favor of Chul-Soo are there. Please send these to Chul-Soo. Among the SSP recordings, there is one hidden in the Arvis folder with administrator privileges. All the truth lies within.?

Marshmallow relayed this information to Jin-Hyeok, who was still in the holding cell, and said, “Man, this is great! There’s a video that can serve as evidence!”

“...”

“Why don’t you look more happy?”

Jin-Hyeok did not seem pleased upon hearing the news. “... I wanted to draw more attention.”

“What?”

“My arrest was gaining a lot of attention in the Arvis Server...”

“...Did you know you were being secretly recorded?”

“How could I not know what was happening to my body?” Jin-Hyeok had known all along that he was being secretly recorded. It was something he could easily find out through meditation. While Arvis seemed advanced, it had its sloppy aspects.

“But it was hidden in the Arvis folder so that only the administrator could see it,” Marshmallow said.

“...I guess they hid it carelessly.”

Finding that with meditation was easy.

Marshmallow tilted his head, continuing, “There would have been a lock... Oh, right, you have that Unleashing Technique!”

“I wished we could have dragged this out for another two to three days...”

Marshmallow realized. ‘This guy is insane!’

Jin-Hyeok sighed lightly and then showed Marshmallow a copy of the recording. “Do you want to release it to the public?”

“Aren’t you going to do it?”

Jin-Hyeok bit his lip a little before saying, “It will have a bigger impact if you release it. I’m sure you can make this go viral.”

“...”

Jin-Hyeok looked very serious, and Marshmallow felt a bit tense. Marshmallow could feel that Jin-Hyeok was sincere about being a Streamer and instinctively knew that Jin-Hyeok’s next words would be of utmost importance.

‘Go ahead, say it. As your senior Streamer, I will listen to your thoughts attentively.’

Marshmallow waited for Jin-Hyeok’s words with almost a reverent attitude.

“Just make sure to mention my name and promote my channel while doing it,” Jin-Hyeok said.