A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor – Chapter 7

“Hey, Inquisition Officer, hold on a second?!”

I thought I recognized this heretic; wasn’t he that newbie from last time?

After all my hard work, it turns out he still hasn’t repented.

I can’t shake off this nagging suspicion that my skills as an Inquisition Officer are lacking.

Well, I guess it’s only natural since this is a different world, right?

〔Tuni is requesting a one-on-one conversation.〕

While I was lost in thought, raising my trusty Warhammer, the newbie heretic in front of me requested a one-on-one conversation.

“…What do I do now?”

Honestly, I’m not in the mood to chat with anyone right now.

The defamation that I’m a hacker and the financial issues from the real world have been following me around non-stop.

I just want to cleanse this heretic like I used to in that other world, mindlessly.

“Ha…”

But if that heretic newbie is asking for a one-on-one to repent…

Even if my duties differ from a typical priest, I am still indeed an official priest.

That means I can handle everything a regular priest would do, and naturally, that includes confessions.

…Alright then.

Having summoned the courage to ask for confession, I can’t turn him down as a priest.

With a devout heart and a calm mind,

I slowly accepted the one-on-one conversation.

[Tuni: Inquisition Officer]

[Tuni: Can I ask you something?]

Suddenly, a question greeted me.

…Is he possibly not wanting to confess?

No, that can’t be it.

I’ve heard that typically, in confessions, people tend to first ask if their sins can truly be forgiven.

[Inquisition Officer: Yes. Feel free to ask.]

At times like this, it’s important to ease their mind with a gentle approach…

[Tuni: Do you have anything to say regarding the recent hacking controversy?]

…What the hell?

Who is this person?

My thoughts froze for a moment.

But for just a brief moment, I pondered, “What does this chat even mean?”

I swiftly concluded that it was time to get serious.

Just as I was about to swing my Warhammer down,

[Tuni: If you’d like to clarify, I think I might be able to help!]

★

─You’re going to help a hacker?
─So, it really is a Tuni acquaintance.
─Me
─Kkang
─Why are these guys trying to corner me when I’m not even confirmed to be a hacker!?

Tuni’s offer to help caused the chat window to flare up, but Tuni didn’t care.

After all, in this current situation, the trolls are bound to swarm regardless.

So, it was better to seize it as an opportunity.

‘No matter how you look at it, it can’t be hacking. If it was, he would have gone silent in such a controversial situation.’

Of course, Tuni wasn’t entirely sure, but that didn’t really matter.

‘Whether he’s hacking or not, there’s a way to spin it…’

If he was hacking, they could turn it into content aimed at sniping.

If he wasn’t, then gathering viewers through helping him clarify would work just fine.

No matter what anyone says, he was currently the most popular user in the New Dimension world.

‘He must be frustrated right now too. Being accused of hacking when he isn’t. But how does an ordinary person figure out how to clarify that? In such a situation, if I offer help? He gets to clarify, and I get content for my broadcast.’

It was quite a simple story.

A world where no one gets hurt. …Or so Tuni genuinely believed.

[Tuni: I’m a streamer active on Riming (input)]

[Inquisition Officer: Why should I clarify anything?]

But that was the conclusion drawn because Tuni misjudged her opponent, “Inquisition Officer” spectacularly.

The opponent was, in the realm of priest users, the most notorious lunatic in New Dimension.

“…Huh?”

[Inquisition Officer: Why do you keep insisting I’m a hacker when you can’t even do it yourselves?]

It was the self-proclaimed Inquisition Officer.

“…What?”

─Hahahahaha
─???: I’m not hacking; you guys just suck at the game (that’s literally what he said)
─Throwing shade at the person trying to help… so cool… walking the path of a king…
─He’s just a total nutjob, lol
[Inquisition Officer: Why do you keep bothering me to clarify when there’s nothing to clarify?]
[Inquisition Officer: If just being better than someone means I’m hacking, then all pro gamers would be hackers, right?]
[Inquisition Officer: Is this some kind of three-person horseplay or whatever?]

“Ugh, what am I supposed to say…?”

─Incitement can be done with just a single line, but blah blah blah
─So why are you trying to talk to a hacker? lol
─Tuni, I think you’re the one who’s losing here, lol
[Tuni: No, that’s not it! That (input)]
[Inquisition Officer: Anyway, there’s no clarification or anything to do.]
[Inquisition Officer: Seeing how people are judging others with unreliable information,]
[Inquisition Officer: I still think you’re a heretic.]
[Inquisition Officer: Repent, please.]

〔The conversation with the Inquisition Officer has ended.〕

With the last words from the “Inquisition Officer,” the one-on-one conversation concluded.

Kkang!

A clear, crisp sound rang out.

〔Death〕

“…”

Thanks to this, Tuni got to see the system’s death notification, something she hadn’t wanted to see for a while.

“Let’s just say this person is a hacker?”

That was her final act of defiance.

★

【New Dimension Gallery】

【Title: Inquiry Response Regarding the Hacker ‘Inquisition Officer’ ㅋㅋ】

【Author: ㅇㅇ】

[My Inquiry Details]

[Title: Inquiry about the illegal program usage by the user with the nickname ‘Inquisition Officer’]

[Content: Recently, there’s been a lot of talk in New Dimensional-related communities about a user named ‘Inquisition Officer’ using an illegal program, and I want to know if that’s true.]

[Response: Hello. This is the New Dimension Customer Service.]

[We’ve been keeping an eye on the discussions regarding illegal programs in the community. ]

[However, upon investigation, we found no evidence of any illegal programs being utilized and that there have been absolutely no instances of external program usage in-game.]

[Thank you.]

To all those idiots who claimed he was hacking, good riddance, lol.

【Likes: 251 / Dislikes: 82】

Kkang!: It really doesn’t make sense that I’m a hacker, lol.

└New Dimension gallery1: It might just be that they couldn’t catch him, and this is nonsense, lol.
└Kkang!: Even when the operation officially says it’s not, they still go crazy.

ㅇㅇ: If you’re not hacking, then come out if you said you’d drop your items, lol.

└EXent: Line up, lol.
└ㅇㅇ: Line up!
└ㅇㅇ: LINE UP!!!!!!! lol

Underworld: So it turns out that play was really achievable by a human?
└Underworld: I thought it wasn’t hacking, but I’m surprised with the official announcement, lol.

【Title: Saint <<If this guy is dumb, give me a big thumbs up lol}}

【Author: ㅇㅇ】



3:1 and still getting stomped, and the thing he says is, “This guy is hacking” lol.



Those kids who are slightly good at PVP or AOS just say it’s because they suck, but whatever, he’s still a hacker, right? lol.



Oh man… that Saint is just a total mess!



【Likes: 421 / Dislikes: 12】



ㅇㅇ: If this isn’t rigged, I’ll give you a hundred thumbs up, lol.
└New Dimension gallery1: That’s rigged, you crazy fool.

【Title: Honestly, Saint is also in trouble for making a big deal out of this.

【Author: ㅇㅇ】

Most priest users don’t like that ‘Inquisition Officer’ guy, but apart from that, he’s just been a total mess in his responses.

【Likes: 3 / Dislikes: 1】

Guaranteed gacha required: Honestly, he’s been super messy.
ㅇㅇ: How did this all continue happening?
└Abyssal game: The trolls have been anfarming.
└Abyssal game: People who swear he’s hacking are just going around stirring the pot, lol.
└Abyssal game: And then when the customer service official comes out, they say they’re just making excuses because the company can’t catch it and go dormant.
└ㅇㅇ: Lol, this is just so pathetic.
└New Dimension gallery1: To be fair, there were plenty of reasons to be suspicious, but that guy was too much.

└New Dimension gallery1: The stuff in the forums was absolutely insane.

【Title: ???: Why do I need to clarify anything, you idiots? lol】

[Inquisition Officer: Why do you keep insisting I’m a hacker when you can’t even do it yourselves?]
[Inquisition Officer: I have nothing to clarify but you keep pestering me about it. What’s that about?]
[Inquisition Officer: If being better means I’m a hacker, then all pro gamers would be hackers, right?]
[Inquisition Officer: Is this like some three-man horseplay or whatever?]

The guy who was getting flak from an ordinary person trying to help him…
The one who felt unfair for having to clarify something when he had nothing to clarify…
He was simply a guy who was confident in his skill…
A fact bomb of a guy…

Not holding back as ‘Inquisition Officer!’

【Likes: 118 / Dislikes: 32】

ㅇㅇ: When you think about it, he probably felt bewildered just playing normally then being suddenly labeled a hacker, huh? lol.
└ㅇㅅㅇ: For real, it’s like he was just playing like usual when suddenly all this hacker talk starts, lol.
MELA: Still, even if they’re dumb, he was seriously impressive.
└MELA: If it were me, I couldn’t have made that judgment, lol.

【Title: Saint’s Apology Has Arrived!!!】

【Author: ㅇㅇ】

(Saint apology memo.jpg)

Three-line summary:

1. Based on my judgment, I thought it was impossible to play like that, so I thought he was hacking.
2. But it turned out he wasn’t.
3. But seriously, leaving such play unaddressed is just wrong, right?
4. And you guys trash talked me together, didn’t you? You bastards.

This jerk can’t even apologize, lol.

【Likes: 118 / Dislikes: 32】

ㅇㅇ: Sure~ I didn’t trash talk anyone~
The end is coming! Just dropping ten burgers would fix everything, right? You dumbass, lol.
└ㅇㅇ: For real, lol.
└New Dimension gallery1: Line up!

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Currently, the hottest topic in the New Dimension-related community is none other than the Inquisition Officer.

Although the hacking controversy itself has started to settle down with the game company’s official stance, discussions about him in the community continued endlessly.

And meanwhile, the one person involved, Selene, who had no intention of clarifying anything,

“Ugh…”

Was quietly dying in her room.