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If Nael had to admit it, everything had been great at first.
After all, getting to participate in Illusionary Realm's group collab was a rare opportunity.
And even rarer—was the chance to team up with Diah.

Ding!

<You are a THIEF! Steal the treasure from the cops and escape!>

"Oh! I'm a thief!"

• Oooooh.
• Master Thief Nael, let's gooo.
• (Villainous chuckling emoji) x5

Even when the Cops & Robbers game actually started, things were still going great.

• Step, step, step.

[ Oh! Nael, hi~! ]
"Kyaaahhh!! We're on the same team!!"
[ U-Um… yeah… G-Good luck~! ]

Nael had ended up on the same team as Diah.
That alone was enough to make her heart race.

• Nael, my ears… I can’t hear.
• AHHHH EAR EXPLOSION.
• Her energy level skyrockets when she sees Diah, huh?
• Are you trying to make us all deaf???

The very idea of running around with Diah made her completely oblivious to chat freaking out about her screams.

Even when the thieves scattered.
Even when she met back up with Diah a few minutes later.
Even when they stuck together, searching for clues.

And even when—

"Oh! Senpai!"
[ Hm? What? ]
"I found a walkie-talkie! But… what do we use this for?"
[ Uh… Nael! ]
"Yeah?"
[ C-Can you give it to me? I wanna play with it. ]
"Oh, sure! Here!"

From the moment she handed over the walkie-talkie she had found in a hidden chest—
To the moment she heard Diah's excited voice through it—
Everything had been amazing.

[ Over-over, Nael, can you hear me? Over. ]
"Over-over, I can hear you~."
[ Okay, let’s head to the first floor. Over. ]
"Oh my god. TOO CUTE!!"

It was literally cute enough to kill her.
She could already picture what kind of face Haeun was making behind her screen, and that alone gave her chills.

Of course, Nael’s viewers didn’t really get it.
For them, Diah was just a chaotic gremlin, pure and simple.

So no matter how much Nael liked Diah, most people in chat just brushed it off.
But then—

[ Look, see? I'm a cop! ]
[ Oh, so Diah was the one who gave away Nael’s location. ]

The moment Diah’s betrayal was revealed.@@novelbin@@

• BETRAAAAAAYED.
• LOLOLOLOL.
• Nael, this is what happens when you trust people.
• This is pure comedy, I can’t.
• Absolutely destroyed.

• Oh no. She’s broken.
• Nael, we need you to stay with us.
• This is the face of a woman who’s been through too much.

• Oh no. She’s PISSED.
• They say the scariest people are the ones who laugh when they’re mad.
• How much anger is she hiding, wtf.
• RUN, DIAH.

• BOOM!!!

• They sound like little kids, fr.
• My cousin and her best friend fight like this all the time.
• Wait, isn’t Hida supposed to be 600 years old…?
• Mentally, they’re basically the same age.

• WHACK!

• RUSHING FOOTSTEPS!

• OCEAN THE LEGEND.
• SHE’S A GODDESS.
• SHE REALLY PULLED IT OFF, WTF.
• WE LIVE IN OCEAN'S KINGDOM NOW. EVERYONE ELSE, PACK UP.

• Diah, noooo!
• You’re streaming tomorrow, right???
• It’s gonna be so quiet without you, ugh.
• Diah, what’s that ‘important announcement’ on your schedule? I’M SCARED.

• SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH.
• LICK LICK.
• SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH.

• CREEEEAK—

• SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH.

• SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH SCRATCH.

• Blink. Blink.
• Blink. Blink.

• BUMP.

• RUSHING FOOTSTEPS!!