Another World Returner’s Game Streaming

82 – Streamer League and Beyond (2)

A few days later, the headquarters of ‘Ragnak Studio’, the production company of ‘The Thousand’.

Eugene was meeting and exchanging greetings with the general director of ‘Thousands’ here.

“I would like to sincerely welcome your visit to our headquarters despite your sudden request, Mr. Soma. My name is Bill Chatlan, and I am the general director of ‘One of Thousands.'”

“Hello, my name is streamer Soma.”

“Oh, hello! My name is Winter and I am the manager of streamer Soma… !”

“Hello. It’s called Streamer Ecclesia. “I came here as a member of the same group as Soma.”

And by his side, there were Winter and Sia, who stuck around like gumdrops wherever they went under the guise of being Eugene’s managers.

“Okay then, this way. “Let’s go inside and talk.”

While saying that, the general director personally guided Eugene to the monitor room.

And the inside of the monitor room was a place far beyond Eugene’s imagination.

The game screen inside ‘Thousands’ was being projected on each of the dozens of monitors, which could have been hundreds if you count the small monitors hanging around them.

Although Eugene could not make anything with his eyes, there were several programmers doing something similar to coding in one corner, so just looking at it, this must be a very important place for the company.

“Uh… But is it okay for us to come into a place like this? Anyway, it doesn’t seem like a place for outsiders to come in… “

The general director smiled and answered Eugene’s words.

“It’s okay. Soma came here after receiving a formal invitation from us. And even though it looks nice on the outside, it’s actually not that special of a place. “It’s just a place with a lot of monitors, so what?”＜ Br﹥

The general director said that while waving his hands as if it really wasn’t a big deal.

“Originally, we should have visited Mr. Soma, but due to truly unavoidable circumstances, we have had to bring him to our headquarters like this. We ask for your understanding.”

“What. It was great for me to be able to see the production team of ‘Thousands’ in person. I heard from my sister that the company doesn’t usually allow outsiders to enter. “If you look at it that way, I think I’m really lucky.”

“Haha, I’m just thankful that Soma looks so favorably on our company. Oh, and I really enjoyed the recent streamer league. Soma showed great performance.”

The general director started chatting about the streamer league and Eugene’s broadcast for a while.

As the awkward atmosphere eased, the main point began to come out of the general director’s mouth.

“Actually, the reason we have Soma here is because of this sudden update.”

“… “Is it because of the update?”

Eugene tilted his head for a moment at the words of the general director.

Now that I think about it, Winter once told me that a new update had been made in Thousands, which became a big topic on the Internet.

However, in the update content posted on the official website, there is only an unidentified phrase saying [■■■■ Has been applied to the game.], Causing people to make all kinds of speculation.

“By the way. In fact, we would like to clarify in advance that that update was not our intention. “To begin with, we don’t even know what kind of updates were made inside the game.”

“… Yes?”

For a moment, Eugene couldn’t understand the general director’s words and blinked his eyes.

An update notice was posted to the game, but the manufacturer didn’t actually intend for the update?

So does this mean that someone from the outside hacked the server and then manually updated the game?

But the hacker isn’t Santa Claus, and he wouldn’t do such a troublesome thing, right?

“… It’s hacking. That’s not entirely wrong. Because the update was actually made through a process very similar to hacking.”

As he said that, the general director opened his mouth with a bitter smile.

“Soma, do you know the root cause of the forced update of the ‘Thousand’ system?”

“… Root cause?”

Eugene frowned slightly at the general director’s question.

Do you know why an unintended update suddenly occurred inside a virtual reality game?

How on earth would Eugene know that?

He was an old-fashioned person who still felt a bit overwhelmed by using a smartphone.

However, it was only for a moment that Eugene realized that there was something unusual about the general director looking at him.

No, not just the general director, but many of the employees sitting in this monitor room were looking at Eugene’s face

At this point, Eugene realized why the production team of ‘Thousands’ had suddenly invited him to the headquarters.

“… Is it really because of me?”

The general director nodded at Eugene’s answer.

“That’s right. Although it is a fact that we cannot believe, we have come to the conclusion that some kind of change has occurred within the system that makes up ‘Thousand’ due to Soma’s realm of thought.”

“… “Is it because of my realm of thought?”

“So, to be more precise, it means that at the very moment Soma opened his sphere of thought, something fundamentally changed in the system through a path that even we cannot understand.”

At the words of the general director, Sia, who had been quietly listening to the conversation next to Eugene, looked as if she was upset about something.

“Wait a minute! Anyway, does it make sense for the entire system of the game ‘Thousands’ to be modified because of just one user? Are you sure you misunderstood something?”

“No. We have already verified it after re-checking it several times. Although we do not know the reason or principle, we can assure you that the game system has been partially modified due to the realm of thought that Soma-sama unleashed. “

Hearing the general director’s words, Eugene remembered what had happened right before he started the [Fight of the Sword].

[Warning! Systemically unauthorized access!]

[Warning! Arrived by an unusual route… ]

It was like that.

Just before Eugene started [Festival of the Sword], Didn’t he have a situation where a series of system messages with that kind of content popped up in front of him?

Of course, Eugene didn’t even pay attention to such a message window because he was in the middle of an exciting fight, but looking back now, it was probably a warning message of sorts that the in-game system was being modified due to Eugene’s [Fight of the Sword].

Additionally, Eugene was able to roughly guess why the system itself was modified due to the realm of thought he had expanded.

‘Because [Festival of the Sword], Unlike other professional gamers’ poor realms of thought, is a kind of realm of thought that erodes the world itself and then revises its fundamental laws.’

If Eugene had performed the [Fight of the Sword] In reality, the revised law would have also returned to its original state at the same time he lifted the domain.

This is because there exists a force called ‘deterrence’ in this world, which has the property of reverting undesirable changes that have occurred in the world to their original state.

‘But there is no way deterrence exists within a virtual reality game.’

That is why the laws of the world that Eugene touched during the [Fight of the Sword] Appeared on the surface as a ‘modification of the system’.

“Ah, of course, we have no intention of holding Soma responsible for this incident. Soma-sama was just interacting normally within the game.”

“… Then why on earth did you invite me to headquarters?”

“Well, it’s simple.”

The general director scratched his head and answered Eugene’s suspicious question.

“No matter how hard we tried, we couldn’t even access the modified system, let alone restore it to its original state. Even when we used the master code, the result was the same.”

“… Hmm.”

“In the end, we had no choice but to conclude that Soma-sama’s intention was to protect the modified system. Although it is somewhat unrealistic, it is still true.”

At this point in the story, Eugene began to guess what the general director wanted to ask of him.

“Then, in other words, there is no way that this is something you want to ask me-“

“Yes, it’s just as Souma guessed.”

The general director smiled and answered Eugene’s words.

“I hope that Soma-sama will enter the Thousand’s interior and cooperate in restoring the system. Perhaps Soma-sama’s presence may be the key to restoring the modified system to its original state.”

It was truly an absurd offer, but Eugene could not refuse his request.

Because although the general director told Eugene that he had no responsibility, it was clear to Eugene that this incident happened because of him.

Eugene, who accepted the general director’s suggestion, was soon connected to ‘Thousand’.

After logging in, Eugene realized that he was not standing in a waiting room, but in a pitch-black space where nothing existed.

[It’s not a normal server, it’s like the back of a server! Originally, it was a space where only administrators could enter.]

Hearing the general director’s explanation, Eugene looks around blankly.

“… So, what should I do here?”

[You can do whatever you want. It’s okay to vent your thoughts or use unique skills. No one knows what Soma’s actions will trigger the system restoration.]

“… Hmm.”

However, Eugene frowned when he realized that the surroundings were too dark to experiment with anything.

“Could you please make this area a little brighter? It’s too dark here.”

[… ] ] Oh, sorry. However, since it is not an officially operated server, such functions are not provided… ]

Eugene clicked his tongue without realizing it at the words of the general director.

Well, then, there is nothing we can do.

Although it is quite cumbersome, the only way is to set fire to the sword through intention to create a flaming sword.

“Let there be light. It would be nice if I could say just one word and there would be light.”

It was at that time when Eugene was telling a sarcastic joke and smiling bitterly.

Paat-!

Suddenly, a huge sun appears somewhere, and soon begins to emit light in this space where there was nothing.

This space, where I couldn’t even see clearly until just a moment ago, suddenly changed to broad daylight.

This absurd phenomenon made Eugene and the production crew who were watching from outside also freeze.

“… Is this something the production team did something about?”

[… ] ] No. We don’t know anything about what happened right now… ]

“…”

In response to the general director’s answer, Eugene looked as if he was worried about something, and then she muttered again in a quiet voice.

“… Let there be darkness.”

Hwaak-!

At the same time as those words are said, the sun that was shining nearby disappears and this space is once again filled with darkness.

“Light.”

Paaat-!

The sun appeared again with Eugene’s mumbling.

And while looking at the rising sun, one of the production crew members muttered this without even realizing it.

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