Chapter 142
Chapter 142
The concept of an “association” typically involves shirking responsibility while taking all the privileges. However, the Player Association is competent, unlike others. This could be because being a “player” is a prerequisite to becoming a senior official, or maybe it’s thanks to the “Intelligence” stat on their status window.
Yet, the Reaper has remained uncaptured to this day, despite countless security experts and white-hat hackers working tirelessly to track them down.
The reason is simple: Anzai Yuuki, the Reaper, is far more cunning than one would expect from a middle schooler.
[The reason we couldn’t catch the Reaper before is because that kid only used other people’s devices.]
Whenever the Reaper operated online, they left no trace. They used victims’ smartphones to take pictures, avoided leaving physical evidence at crime scenes, and uploaded photos through VPNs.
With no traces left online, the only way to catch them was to track their movements in the real world. However, despite traveling between countries, the Reaper managed to leave no trail. Moreover, they had the strength to eliminate even top-ranking players, making their title “Reaper” well-deserved.
That is, until today when they started a live stream.
[It was an emotional decision. False rumors of his death were spreading, and his identity was being challenged. He must have started the live stream in anger—on the most crowded platform he could find.]