Surviving Among the Entities

-The Internet Hell is one of the newly created hells that changed the fundamental principles of hell and added new laws!

The sins committed on the internet are still sins.
Just as I accumulated an enormous amount of misdeeds, the internet made it easy to accumulate sins.

-At first, those who accumulated misdeeds through the internet were sent to the existing hell! But then ridiculous situations kept occurring. For example, a serial killer who murdered twenty people and an malicious commenter who left over 10,000 malicious comments ended up in the same hell – that kind of situation.

Initially, there were differing opinions even in hell.

-A sin is a sin, so we shouldn’t care. No! Sins committed in writing should be distinguished! There was a huge controversy for a while, and thanks to that, hell became extremely hot! Hot enough to keep the hellfire burning without needing fuel!

After 10 years of discussion, the conclusion was: “Let’s establish a separate hell for sinners who committed sins through the internet!”

-That’s how the Internet Hell came to be!

I am not dead yet.
However, the Great King of Karma proposed giving me, a premium customer of the Karma Call Center who could potentially accumulate more misdeeds through the internet, a special experience.

“Can I experience it right away?”
-No! You’ll have to wait a week. Next week is the first day of the new year, right? The gates of hell open for two days from that date. Just come then!
“Where do I need to go?”
-Just go to sleep normally, and we’ll temporarily send your soul to hell!

What kind of place is the Internet Hell?
Out of curiosity, I accepted.

“Then it’s a week of rest for me.”

This is when I can finally take a proper rest.

Ding dong!

But I had one more unexpected visitor.

“Give me pudding!”
“……How did you get here?”

It was Frankenstein.

Frankenstein suddenly appeared at my house.

He appeared to be around six or seven years old, his age further reduced.
A meaningless choker around his neck.
And a letter clutched in his hand.

“Can you give me that letter?”
“Ung!”

Upon my request, he handed me the letter he was tightly gripping even while eating pudding.

[To the one reading this letter,]
[Hello! Good morning! If you’re asking who I am, it’s Dr. Janus!

If you’re reading this letter, it means my invention “Please Raise Me! The Ultimate Owner!” has properly activated!

What’s that, you ask? It’s an invention that guides the person wearing the choker to whoever can raise them better than anyone else!
Regrettably, due to an unavoidable incident at the lab, we don’t even have money left to feed our Frankenstein.

There was a similar situation before, so he barely starved, but Frankenstein went berserk and doubled the starvation period!

To prevent that from happening again, I’m looking for a temporary owner to take care of Frankenstein!
Don’t worry! All the dangerous inventions have been removed!
Only the core function I built in from the beginning to allow Frankenstein to protect himself in case of an emergency remains!

For half a year, until the lab’s finances return to normal.
Please, take care of our Frankenstein until then!

By the way, to reduce energy consumption, I’ve also changed his default form to childhood!
With this, he only needs to consume 187,500kcal per day!
I’ll make sure to properly compensate you later, so please take good care of him!

-Dr. Janus]

So that’s the situation.

“Come here.”
“Okay!”

So I’m the optimal guardian?
First, since he looked too dirty, I undressed him to give him a bath.

[Bzzzzt!]

The moment I stripped him naked, Dr. Janus’s voice came from the terminal on Frankenstein’s nape.

[Uhaha! Were you surprised? Frankenstein is a ‘he’, but he’s actually a girl? Loli is truth! If you didn’t know that, you’re not a good guardian!]

After bathing her cleanly, I left her briefly and went out to buy girls’ clothes.

“Sarang, let’s go to Sarang Corporation.”
[Understood.]

Then, after taking her to Sarang Corporation in the car, I created a new position.

“I’m hiring staff to assist this child.”
“Pardon?”
“Just take good care of her. If she wants to eat something, let her eat whatever. If she wants to play, let her play.”

Rumors spread that she might be the Chairman’s hidden daughter, an illegitimate child not recognized by the legitimate wife, but I ignored them.

“Unfortunately, I don’t have confidence in properly raising a person.”

The limit of what I can raise is probably a Chihuahua.

“I’ll visit when I’m bored. Will you be okay staying here?”
“Lots of pudding?”
“Lots.”
“Then okay!”

It hadn’t been long since we met, so there was no way affection could have formed yet.
Frankenstein also nodded, accepting her circumstances.

‘But will she also be treated as an entity?’

If I took her to a shady dealer, could I trade her as Frankenstein?
Expecting retaliation from Dr. Janus, I gave up on the idea.

“Today is the day.”

Time passed quickly.
A week flew by, and the first day of the new year that the Great King of Karma mentioned had arrived.

‘Since he said I just need to sleep, let’s do that.’

A few minutes before midnight, I finished showering with warm water and lay down on the bed.
Wearing gloves, I closed my eyes, and in just a few seconds, an eerie sensation ran down my spine.

“……”

And when I opened my eyes again, there was a sign clearly asserting itself right in front of me.

[Welcome! Welcome to the Internet Hell!]

What kind of place is this?
Upon entering, in what appeared to be an arena, a man was crying.

“Fuck, fuck! How do I beat this!”

A man holding a dagger against a burly goblin wielding a baseball bat.

“How can I beat a bat with just a dagger!”

I could see what kind of place this was.

Dagger vs. Baseball Bat.
One of the regular subjects for the ‘vs’ games that internet community users spark whenever they’re bored.
The man before me was actually experiencing that ‘vs’ game.

‘There’s something above his head.’

Something murky hovered above the man’s head.
Focusing on it, I could read the post corresponding to why he was being punished here.

[Crime of Causing Disorder: Obviously a dagger wins against a bat, right?]
[Why can’t you understand something so simple? Because the bat has longer reach? Regular people can’t even properly swing a bat.]
[Assuming the opponent is also a regular person, it’s only natural for their body to flinch at the sight of a dagger. Then their body freezes, preventing them from properly swinging and slowing their reaction speed.]
[On the other hand, the dagger? Possessing a weapon with such a long history boosts one’s confidence and instills the courage to defeat the opponent.]
[Isn’t the answer already clear from here? Just crouch and charge while avoiding getting hit by the bat. Easily evade the slowed regular person’s sluggish bat swing, and the moment you close in, the bat is no longer a weapon but an obstacle hindering movement. Then quickly attack vital points like the carotid artery, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, etc.! Win! It’s so damn easy, why don’t you know this? I’m genuinely curious, you bat bastards.]
[The bat bastards keep saying ‘what if Lee Dae-ho swung the bat?’ ‘What if Ohtani swung the bat?’ Shouldn’t we obviously be using regular people as the standard?]

Spewing lengthy claims on topics that easily excite online communities while asserting his stance.
Furthermore, checking other posts showed he also hurled insults at those who predicted the baseball bat’s victory, committing the sin of verbal abuse.

‘But to be punished in hell for just this much, does it mean he didn’t accumulate any good deeds at all?’

Upon closer inspection of the record, there was a mountain of pending sins piled up.

[View other posts written by the sinner ‘Kim Jin-woo’]
[Sin of Clickbait: Protein thief photo, part-time job? Posting for 1 minute only!]
[Sin of Lying: I saw it, that guy has given off a bad vibe from before. From the beginning of the broadcast, it was clear he was looking down on and disrespecting viewers, like ‘I’m just going to suck your money dry and disappear soon, hehehe.’]
[Sin of Verbal Abuse: Is your mom still alive? A son of a bitch like you, she must have eaten seaweed soup happily after giving birth, but I feel so sorry for her. Ah, did she choke on it and die?]
[Additional posts +999,999]

Well, the sins of the internet are at the extreme ends.
Those who enjoy online communities lightly enough to not commit sins, only seek information, or watch videos as a meal buddy.
And those who are swallowed by the depths of the internet, living the cyber world like reality.

“The sinners here must be mostly the latter.”

The man ultimately failed to defeat the baseball bat and had his head smashed in.
Naturally, since this was already hell, the resurrected man in the blink of an eye immediately began another battle against the bat-wielding goblin.

“Please! Just end this!”

It seems they’ll keep going until he wins.
I also checked out other areas.

“Food, food……”

Starving people crawled towards distant dishes while tethered by leashes.
On the dishes were steaming braised galbi, jajangmyeon, pizza, sweet and sour pork, and tonkatsu, but their leashes were iron chains coiled around large wheels.

“Please, just one bite……”

They could barely unravel the chains from the wagon wheels by exerting all their strength.
Even then, there was a timer on the wagon wheels, easily suggesting that the situation would reset once the number reached zero.

“Almost, there, this time, I’ll definitely……”

Among the countless people, one person reached the dish.
Close enough to extend their arm and grab it.
However, the moment the sinner reached out, a wall suddenly shot up, blocking their approach.

[Do you still pay for sex? Lonely married women are waiting for your call.]
“Go, go away!”

On the top right corner of the wall, there was a tiny [X] button the size of a grain of rice, and clicking it made the wall disappear.

“Please!”
[Just apply it and the length and girth will increase amazingly! Experience this incredible effect for yourself!]

The walls kept popping up endlessly.

[Order now and get a free gift!]
[Just lather and wipe, and gross hair will be gone! Experience this amazing effect!]
[Pimples and blackheads in your pores! Remove them scar-free with just one ointment application!]

Then, by accidentally touching the wall instead of clicking the tiny [X], countless walls erupted, blocking the sinner’s path.

[Wahh! I’ve been wronged! Waaah! Please save me! Ultimate Gorgeous Babe Survival Challenge OR Let Her Die and Get a New Babe]
[Wow! I made a +9 Dragon Sword! Free-to-play! Try it now! Gold galore! Crazy growth!]
[Hello, I’m a housewife, just one hour a day! After investing one week, I earned 3 million won!]

No matter how diligently the sinner deleted the walls, time eventually ran out, and the wagon wheel coiled up, dragging them back to the starting point.

‘There’s an explanation here.’

Looking around, there was a signboard at the arena entrance.

[Wall of Ad Spammers]
[The punishment for those who muddied the waters of the cyber world and deceived others with false advertisements. Those who created the false ads are in a different hell for fraud, while those here are sinners who endlessly spammed ads they knew were false, ruining the rules of the cyber world.]

“Now I see how this goes.”

The sinner is cyber.
The punishment is also cyber.

“So this is the Internet Hell.”

Well, let’s see what else is here.