4 - How a Returnee Survives as a Homeless Person (2)
-GoldSpoonHiki: It was you?
“Phew—”
Before pressing enter to submit my comment, I took a deep breath.
Then at least that schoolgirl, with the fixed nickname ‘HeavenlyDemonReturnsAllDemonsKneeling,’ would know my identity.
And I decisively hit backspace to delete the comment.
Just as she didn’t want to reveal her identity, I didn’t want to reveal mine either.
“Well, I’ll just have to live a bit uncomfortably for a month.”
As the Returnee Gallery became quiet, I went to monitor other galleries.
Hunter Gallery, Genre Sophiea Gallery, Web Novel Writer Gallery, American Football Gallery, Hero Return Prayer Gallery—I managed quite a few galleries, not just one or two.
I was busy enough even without the Returnee Gallery.
‘It’s all because that damn former manager handed the manager position to someone who isn’t even a returnee…’
Among these, the gallery with the most active posts was the Genre Sophiea Gallery.
And the gallery where tactical nukes were posted even in broad daylight was the Hero Return Prayer Gallery.
“Which one should I take care of first?”
While moving my cursor back and forth between the Genre Sophiea Gallery and Hero Return Prayer Gallery, notifications filled my view.
Weeeeeng—
[WARNING! WARNING!]
[A returnee in distress level 5 exists in your world.]
[This alert will sound once every 2 hours until the distress is resolved or the returnee dies.]
[Title: Question for you experienced users, what the hell is this]
[Author: HawawaHighschoolGirl(Romantic Fantasia-005→Earth-314)]
[Content: Something about distress level has been ringing every two hours, I can’t even sleep, what is this]
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-Ho ho,, that,, this old one knows~
└Author: The first thing Koreans hate most is leaving sentences unfinished, and the second is repeating the same words.
└I’m not Korean,, so,, no matter,, ho ho~
-For real lol.. I’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazyI’mgoingtogocrazy
└Please.. don’t do that in the gallery, go to the Returnee Association or a mental hospital..
[Title: This is all because of the manager’s lack of virtue!]
[Author: NotATowerClimber(Fantasia-019→Earth-457)]
[Content: This happened because the manager didn’t distribute smartphones
Damn if I had just 10 more points I could have bought a spare phone]
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-Why blame the manager for what you couldn’t buy lol
-You mean ‘virtue’, idiot
-Isn’t there a community in the Tower?
└Author: You need to climb above the 11th floor to use it
-You struggled in another world, returned, and now there’s a tower in your return world? No way
└Author: Yes, it’s a lie. I don’t want to be a tower climber, why live anymore!
└Shut up unless you returned from modern society to your suddenly destroyed home world
└Hey, stop bragging about your chains
[★Title: About distress levels araboja.txt]
[Author: FantasyNostalgia(Earth-275→Fantasia-001)]
[Content: Level 1 gets resolved when the manager distributes spare phones
Level 2 was when a returnee idiot was about to die of boredom from facing a wall in a cave
Levels 3-4 were when a returnee idiot was trapped on a deserted island about to starve to death
About 300 years ago? A returnee was kidnapped by a demon lord’s castle and got a level 5 alert
I don’t know the details either
I don’t know if that returnee died or was rescued, but this is the first level 5 since then
Like this if you think the baby goddess manager needs to resolve it]
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-Dislike for the last line
└Author: But the manager is a newborn baby goddess, right? This is the most certain
└Author: Manager, you haven’t even shown your hand for proof, so I can think you’re a goddess, right?
└You just get out
-So someone got dragged to a demon lord’s castle?
└Probably a similar situation
└Taken to a demonic lair. Tsk tsk.
└This one does not kidnap people without reason.
└No one asked you, you demon. Your long tongue suggests you feel guilty.
-Damn, not having a phone is only level 1? My suffering of not playing Blue Archive for 300 years is only level 1?
└The former manager who created the gallery probably didn’t feel the same way lol
-What’s the max distress level?
└This old woman,, has used the gallery for 2000 years,, saw level 7 just once,,,
└What happens at level 7?
└A god from another world,, got angry,, because of a returnee,,,
└The tactical nukes we see in the Returnee Gallery,, were taken then,, ho ho~
└That’s terrifying
The other gallery users must have received the alert too, as topics about distress levels were circulating in the gallery.
If level 1 is living a boring life without a smartphone, and level 7 is an outer world god’s invasion… assuming level 10 is max, what would happen then?
‘Could it be world destruction?’
The scale was too large to even imagine.
Even if I wanted to help, I needed to know who was in trouble and what was happening.
That’s when I remembered the girl who broke my shin bone and ran away.
Isn’t it quite dangerous for a woman to be homeless?
Plus, the gallery alert said a returnee in level 5 distress was residing in my world.
I temporarily closed the gallery and searched for “returnees” on a portal site.
There were three returnees in this world.
“Return Hero” who returned from a fantasy world.
“Murim Merit” who returned from a martial arts world.
And “Doll Lady” whose origin world was unknown.
Among them, the hero had gone missing, and Doll Lady had only recently returned and was hospitalized at the Hunter Association Hospital due to poor health.
The missing hero could be in danger, but there was only one returnee at risk of being caught by the Hunter Association and police.
“It’s the one who broke my leg. Pretending to be a heavenly demon in the gallery, but was actually Murim Merit?”
I was annoyed.
If I rescued her from level 5 distress, I could earn an enormous amount of points.
Thinking simply… should I bring her to my home to give her shelter and take care of her so she wouldn’t be chased?
‘I don’t want to let her stay for free.’
Despite her circumstances, my resentment for her breaking my leg was significant.
Not only was it inconvenient, but it was also painful.
Even if I let her stay, I wanted compensation.
Thinking about how to get compensation, I connected to the gallery.
Upon entering the gallery, I found that a different topic was circulating instead of the distress level.
[Title: What kind of person is the manager anyway]
[Author: HawawaHighschoolGirl(Romantic Fantasia-005→Earth-314)]
[Content: I got tired while studying and suddenly thought.
Maybe the manager could solve my problems too?]
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-They’re a baby goddess, I’m telling you?
└Author: I’m pretty sure they’re some kind of divine being
-Why study? If you’ve returned, you should be a hunter
└Author: You think all returnees come back with cheats like you, you bitch
└Your outburst isn’t scary at all lol pfft
-Ho ho,, this old lady’s guess is,,(censored)
└Author: Ah, why do you stop talking midway
[Title: Stop digging into an innocent manager’s life and live your own.. tsk tsk]
[Author: KingOfKingsS-classClimber(Fantasia-006→Earth-457)]
[Content: (Selfie taken at Osaka Universal Studios)
Harry Potter section is so fun~
You guys can’t come to places like this?]
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-Real name like system lol
└Author: Welcome, angry person lol
-(BeaverCafe con)
-Wow, first time seeing 200k dislikes
-Manager, why aren’t you banning this guy?
[★Title: Honest opinion) I don’t care who the manager is]
[Author: HigiReunion300YearsIn(Earth-006→Fantasia-001)]
[Content: I’ve seen Blue Archive finale so I have no regrets in life..
What the hell, Blue Archive Senior Search Committee Part 3 is coming out? Damn, I’m going to play right now]
-What the hell is Blue Archive that you’re so obsessed with it
└Author: Wow! You know Blue Archive! It’s. Really. A masterpiece!
└Shut up
-(Admin praise con)
└The manager is god! Manager punch, manager punch!
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[Title: Ah! I really want to f*ck the manager!]
[Author: VirginReturnSuccubus(Murim-993→Earth-???)]
[Content: Whether female or male, I don’t care, just let me have it once, huff huff
Isn’t a virgin succubus at least distress level 3?]
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-A virgin succubus? No way that’s true
-Coming from a world without succubi and playing a concept role is disgusting
-Manager: F*ck off
└Author: The manager is strong.. Just put a sex ticket on the auction.. huff huff..
“What kind of f*cking topic is this?”
I deleted the post about wanting to f*ck the manager and gave the author a 30-day ban.
Although I removed the post from my sight, I felt dirty.
It was just like when I was forced into a crossdressing pledge in the Genre Sophiea Gallery, but seeing such posts in the Returnee Gallery made me feel anxious.
Especially since the author was a returnee who could actually cross worlds.
“Ah.”
At that moment.
I thought of a way to get compensation from Heaven Demon, who was being chased by the Hunter Association.
Many users were curious about my identity.
Should I throw them some bait… I mean, a topic?
[Title: I’m the manager. Just put a date ticket on the auction.]
[Author: GoldSpoonHiki(Manager/???→Earth-999)]
[(Auction screenshot)
-Date ticket with the manager
-Minimum bid: 100 points
If you’re so curious about my identity, come and get it, damn it]
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-?????? Has the manager gone crazy
-LOL what do you think the gallery users will do www
-The manager smells sexy..
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Ding— Ding—
Looking at the constantly ringing alerts, I was convinced.
‘Murim Merit, or rather that HeavenlyDemonReturnsWhatever fixed nickname, will definitely come to buy the date ticket.’