30 minutes ago.
Napalm’s Developer Tower. 2nd Development Team.
Situation room.
“That’s a bug exploit!”
Just after hundreds of thousands of users were wiped out by the Doctor’s plague, the ‘Manhattan Project’.
The operations team’s staff shouted at the planning team leader.
“We must stop the siege immediately! We must shut down the server, conduct maintenance, and punish all of the guild users according to the terms and conditions!”
“no.”
But the planning team leader shook his head.
“How many viewers are there? How much of a promotional effect is there right now… … We can’t shut down the server here.”
… … I would have said that if the Milky Way were here.
The planning team leader glanced at the empty Milky Way chair.
He went upstairs after being called by the board of directors again, but he didn’t come down even after a long time had passed.
I didn’t even get a call. I didn’t know if he’d come until the end of the day.
After Mincheol left the company and Eunhasu took power, the planning team leader who served as Eunhasu’s loyal standard-bearer was now the number two person in Development Team 2.
As the Milky Way disappeared, everyone was asking the planning team leader for a decision.
“But, Team Leader! That’s not it!”
“The complaints are running wild, Team Leader!”
“… … .”
Team leader.
Because you’re the team leader.
Hearing that, the planning team leader grumbled to himself.
‘As I live, I hear the word ‘team leader’ too… … Well, well, I guess I’m a team leader too.’
Napalm eliminated all ranks and only left team leaders and employees, saying they would create a horizontal organizational structure.
Of course, it’s just a superficial lie, so there is a hierarchy even among team leaders and employees.
He is the planning team leader within Team 2, and is several levels above Eunhasu, the team leader who oversees the entire department called Development Team 2.
But anyway, isn’t the team leader the team leader?
The planning team leader honestly didn’t feel bad because all the employees were only looking at him.
No, it was good.
So that’s why everyone is trying so hard to wear the armband, I understand.
“I told you to leave it alone for now… … We don’t get this much promotion for our games except during martial arts tournaments. For now, we should leave it alone.”
“Then what should I do? Just leave it alone?”
“Today is the regular maintenance day anyway. We can check the logs then, and if there are any bugs or violations of the terms and conditions, we can invalidate the siege.”
“Then we’ll be late!”
The operations team members protested vehemently.
“Hundreds of thousands of users were wiped out! Are you going to leave this alone? If we continue like this, we’ll only reinforce the image of a developer who neglects games!”
“… … .”
“Publicity is important, but you also need to consider the public sentiment of users!”
Wings Online was already famous for its GMs’ lack of intervention.
It’s called user autonomy, but there were many users who were upset because they just stood by and watched while fires and accidents occurred.
In this situation, not only is one guild arbitrarily manipulating the situation on the continent, but they are also leaving the scene where hundreds of thousands of people are being slaughtered by a boss debuff that was exported as a bug.
This is going too far.
“Please allow GM to intervene!”
“… … .”
The planning team leader, who had been biting his lips, scratched his hair.
“f*ck, I don’t know!”
Is it because I feel elated after holding the baton?
The planning team leader decided to take a slightly different route from the Milky Way. He looked around and shouted.
“I authorize GM intervention on behalf of the absent director!”
The employees’ faces brightened up.
“Declare a temporary state of emergency in Snow White! Cancel the ongoing siege!”
“yes!”
Operations staff whispered to their direct GMs, and some even put on head connectors and immediately logged into the game.
“I’ll go too.”
The graphics team leader, Shinji, who had been observing the situation, also grabbed his head connector and prepared to dive.
Dong-ha’s eyes widened as he was urgently sending a message to the GMs under the QA team.
“Uh, uh… … Sister?!”
Shinji, who had sat down on the chair before he could even say anything, was wearing a head connector, and Dong-ha, who had been looking around, also quickly sat down in his seat.
“Oh shit, I’m going too!”
Shinji and Dongha exchanged glances before putting on the head connector.
If that ‘demon king’ is really Mincheol… … .
‘… … I have to stop it.’
Both of them recalled that day at the same time.
The day when Mincheol was fired from his position as director and I went to visit him to comfort him and drink some soju.
“… … I’ll show you the bad ending.”
“By any means necessary… … bugs, cheats, hidden items, unfinished bosses, dummy data, GM powers… … anything, I’ll use it all… … .”
I thought it was just drunken rambling, but it seems I wasn’t.
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‘Taking over Snow White… … No way… …!’
‘The decision of the world… really?’
Shinji and Dongha swallowed dry saliva.
It must be stopped.
Before everything becomes irreversible!
“hmm?”
however.
As soon as Shinji and Dongha attempted to access Wings Online, an absurd guidance message was displayed.
This account has restricted access.
“What, what is it?”
Login failed.
Shinji and Dongha were surprised and took off their head connectors and looked at each other.
At first I thought it was just my account that was having problems, but it wasn’t.
“GM account login not possible!”
“The server is rejecting it! What is… … ?!”
There were groans of panic from all sides.
Dong-ha, surprised, checked the status of the GM team under his command.
– Team leader, I got kicked!
– Me too! Suddenly, I was forced to log out… … !
– What the hell is going on?
I had no idea that it was Dong-ha.
At that moment, a scream erupted from the operations team.
“All GM accounts have been banned from the game!”
“What? What does that mean?”
“It’s true! Everyone has been banned from the game, and I can no longer log in with my GM account!”
“Who is doing it on their own? Who has the authority to do that?!”
Another employee from the operations team answered the planning team leader who blurted out in shock.
“… … Gaia.”
“what?”
“World AI Gaia… … is not responding to calls!”
The core of the Wings Online system, the World AI responsible for all calculations.
Gaia has cut off contact with the operations team.
“It’s not just Gaia! All 24 auxiliary AIs deployed to Wings are unresponsive!”
“What the hell is going on… …?”
Everyone panicked at the experience for the first time. The planning team leader, his face pale, shouted urgently.
“Have you been hacked? Hey, call the entire company’s server team and security team, put out an emergency maintenance notice, and bring down the server! Quickly!”
Another employee spoke nervously to the planning team leader who was about to hurriedly take out his cell phone and call Milky Way.
“… … There’s no server team or security team.”
“What? What does that mean?”
“After the last backdoor incident, Director Milky Way made a suggestion to his superiors and transferred everyone. Now, the server team and security team have all been replaced with AI… … .”
Those AIs aren’t responding either.
Now the planning team leader’s face has become sallow.
So then what should I do?
“Team Leader!”
“Team Leader!”
“Give me instructions!”
The cell phone in my hand rang endlessly, and there was never an answer from the Milky Way.
The planning team leader wiped his face with his sweaty hands.
Tears welled up in my eyes.
‘Oh, damn it! I guess I’m not cut out for the position of boss!’
While the development team 2 was in a state of panic.
“… … .”
Shinji, who had been lost in thought while fiddling with his glasses, suddenly turned to look at Dongha.
Dong-ha shrugged his shoulders in surprise.
“What, what is it? What’s wrong, sis?”
“Let’s connect.”
“What? But your GM account is blocked?”
“You have another account.”
A look of doubt crossed Dong-ha’s plump face.
“Uh… … Just a character account that you’ve raised? What are you going to do with that?”
“No, you idiot. Not that either.”
Shinji placed the head connector on his head.
“We have other options.”
“Another number… … ?”
“A secret card that only the original members of Wings Online can use.”
“… … !”
Dong-ha slapped his knee without realizing it.
“Master Developer Account… … !”
The development tool account used to initially create the game’s framework and polish the prototype!
Shinji and Dongha also had it because they created the framework of Wings Online together with Mincheol.
“fizzle!”
As Dong-ha’s voice grew louder, Shin-ji quickly covered Dong-ha’s mouth.
Fortunately, the other employees weren’t paying attention to this. They were all arguing over how to resolve the situation.
The planning team leader is on the phone to Milky Way with a sad expression on his face… … .
“Let’s go in quietly. So that others don’t find out.”
Shinji, who was wearing his head connector upside down, whispered softly.
“… … This is something we have to resolve among ourselves.”
Shinji ran Wings Online first and logged in with the master developer account.
Dong-ha also followed carefully.
* * *
today.
The innermost part of the Snow White Palace.
The King’s Chamber.
“… … It’s been a while since we last met in a game. Natural hair. Big body.”
Labo said without looking back.
Shinji and Dongha, wearing orange robes turned inside out, GM Saengmeori and GM Dungchi’s shoulders shook as if they had been struck by lightning.
It was a sure thing.
The voice was altered and the character’s appearance was bizarre.
There was no way I wouldn’t recognize a friend I’d been with for 18 years.
“… …Anchovies.”
Shinji asked with a trembling voice.
“You… …what the hell are you doing?”
“… … .”
“Tell me something, hyung!”
This time Dong-ha stepped forward.
“Are you really… … really trying to destroy Wings Online?”
“… … .”
“It’s our game, bro! It’s our game! It’s the Wings Online that we made by begging, running, and rolling through all that hardship!”
“… … .”
“We’ve dedicated our whole lives to this! It’s your favorite game in the world!”
Dong-ha shouted as if spitting blood.
Shinji bowed his head deeply.
“Anchovy, it was tough. What those napalm dogs did to you was just plain trash.”
“… … .”
“When you were going through that pain, we couldn’t be with you, so we stayed at the company to make a living… … I’m really, really sorry.”
Shinji suddenly raised his head.
“But this is not it! When this game is over… … you’ll be the one who suffers the most!”
Shinji and Dongha knew it better than anyone else.
Who loves this game the most in the world?
Who is the person you love and cherish enough to dedicate your life to?
So that’s what I was trying to say.
Because I know who will suffer the most when the game is really over.
“… … .”
After a long silence.
“… … Do you remember? The RPG we made when we were in high school, ‘Wings’.”
Labo suddenly told a different story.
“Remember how there were so many bad endings in those Wings?”
“… … !”
“… … !”
Shinji and Dongha’s faces turned pale.
