New chapter! And another Yu-Gi-Oh reference... because I hate to create game character names D:
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For Victor Nikiforov, Yuuri Katsuki is a great mystery. The man alone has not only developed the main server of Terra Incógnita Online but also is facing alone someone who is wanting to end the game. He has been bullied in the past, traumatizing him so much that a simple word causes him to have a panic attack and apparently is a romantic target of several people in the company, something that Victor does not understand.
"Stop daydreaming and go back to work, idiot." He is frightened when he receives a headbutter from Yakov.
"It hurts, Yakov!"
"Shut the fuck up! You're here to work!" Yakov shouts, leaving the room.
Wait a minute, he just came here to disturb me?
With a long sigh, he looks back at his computer screen.
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Terra Incognita Online - Form
Area: Support
* [Fixed] Rules - by [GM] Agape - 0 Replies - Topic Locked
* [Fixed] Questions & Answers - by [GM] Agape - 0 Replies - Topic Locked
* bug? High lvl monsters on low level quests - by ShangaiBlade - 354 Replies
Is the Twin Dragon Quest still bogged down? - by KingJJ - 3 Replies
* help in the wise mountain quest - by PumaTigerScorpion - 0 Replies
* Theft of items by hackers - by - 2 Replies
* My account was hacked! - by Still_Alive - 1 Reply
* I want my money back! - by carabosse - 1 Answer Ka
* [GM] Eros is PK! He killed me after quest completion - by M-Boogie
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This is already going too far. "Victor comments to himself as he reads the titles of the posts.
"I agree." He listens and jumps up from the chair with a strange scream.
He realizes that Yuuri Katsuki is there, in old clothes and in a bad style, biting his lower lip hard not to laugh although he can not stop smiling.
"You can laugh at me." He pouts, crossing your arms.
"I'm sorry." He says, starting to giggle.
So cute. At least it's better than seeing him cry like before and ... Did I just find his giggles cute?
"So ... I'm very interested in these three topics." Katsuki says, pointing to posts above that of Eros. "I'll see you inside the game ... Vicchan."
And he walks away, leaving Victor there, surprised. Looking back at the screen of his computer, he lets out a sigh again because he hates dealing with hackers that detract from the fun of others. He clicks on the title and opens the post.
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'Hello everyone. I am a level 37 archer by the name of Haruyuki and I am here to inform you that by being in a team with two other GoldenMoon Guild players, my character was hacked and I lost all equipment and cash items from my inventory. I would like to ask you to investigate what happened and to return my items or the cash amount that I paid from my own pocket.
Below are prints of how I was and how I was after being hacked. Remembering that cash items can not be sold or exchanged for NPC's and other players.
[ ] [ ]
Thanks for the attention.'
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In this type of situation, only someone with direct access to the server could do something. Someone who is also able to hack accounts inside the game, like the current Eros. And Yuuri Katsuki. Immediately he opens his email and sends one to the address he gives.
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'I want to help get the Hackers.'
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Soon he responds:
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'Swap your equips for low level ones. I'll meet you there soon. '
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Such things do not surprise him any more. After all, if Katsuki is right, everything is a real mess and no one appears to be realising this. Victor immediately enter the game as Vicchan, deciding to check his equipment first, trading for weaker than normal items as he had been told.
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I wander around town a bit until I get a party request from K4TSU_YWRI. I accept and realize not only that he is very low level, but also two members of the GoldenMoon guild are also part of it.
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[Team] K4TSU_YWRI: Vicchan! Finally your mother released you to play! These two here with me kindly offered to help us do the quest of the twin dragons. (^０^)ノ
[Team] Shien: Yes it is! We know how difficult it is to do this quest.
[Team] Hanzo: We will also help K4TSU to upar
[Team] K4TSU_YWRI: I'll do my best. ⌒(≧▽ ° )
[Team] Vicchan: It's good to see you making new friends, K4TSU!
[Team] K4TSU: Shut up! I'm going to tell your mother that you're implicating me again! (# `Д')
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Suddenly, a separate chat window opens without me moving, where I begin to observe a private conversation between Shien and Hanzo, the two members of GoldenMoon who are in the team
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[Private] Hanzo: You see that? They are children! One is a wizard level 19 and the other a noob
[Private] Shien: Yes, but how does a wizard level 19 have a rare necklace?
[Private] Hanzo: Maybe the other has given it to him without knowing the true value.
[Private] Shien: Let's ask for the necklace before entering the center of the nest.
[Private] Hanzo: Ok!
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[Team] Hanzo: K4TSU.
[Team] K4TSU_YWRI: Hm?
[Team] Shien: We want you to give us the necklace before we get into the nest.
[Team] K4TSU_YWRI: Why? (· ·)?
[Team] Shien: Because the necklace can give me enough buff to help us face them.
[Team] K4TSU_YWRI: Oh, I see. OK then. But I will only give it when we are to face them two, after all I have been aware that there are players who leave colleagues in the moment that they perceive that the thing is ugly. (╯︵╰,)
[Team] Vicchan: Yes, yes. Terrible, is not it?
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[Private] Hanzo: Damn, what now?
[Private] Shien: It should not be so difficult. We pull away after we get the necklace.
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[Team] Shien: Alright. We accept.
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Oh my God! Katsuki is a genius.
I follow them on the map of the city, noting that they are outside one of the inns. Waiting for me, I see Katsuki looking fatter, another knight and an archer.
"Vicchan!" Katsuki calls me, raising her arm and waving at me.
Shien, a knight in samurai outfit and Hanzo, an archer with ninja outfit look at me, not realizing Katsuki open a smile and give me a wink.
"Let's go?" I ask, with a smile on my face as well.
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Katsuki buffes our defenses, and I realize that the duration time is much shorter than before. Me and Shien, with Hanzo and Katsuki supportive, advanced through the dungeon until we finally reached the center of the twin dragons nest, the same as last time.
"So ... the necklace," Shien says, approaching Katsuki as Hanzo approaches his back.
"Of course! Here it is! "Katsuki says, activating the trading system with Shien, who accepts and equips the necklace. "System Command Management. Team lock activation. "
I get scared to see the green background where the party list is displayed turns red.
"What?! What's happening ?! "Hanzo exclaims, startled.
"Start invasion of systems with IP address . users of the game Land Incognito Online of Hanzo and Shien names. Accessing social networks, browser histories, deleted file records that are stored on computers and other online game accounts. Beginning process of total sale of items, direct conversion to Cash and transfer of funds to [GM] Nikiforov. "
"Hey, what do you think you're doing ?! How can you do this to us ?! "Shien exclaims, trying to hit Katsuki with his fists.
But Katsuki does not even feel his punches ...
"I'm punishing you for trying to use my game to harm other people." Katsuki says, and on his shoulder comes ... a sword? "System Command Management. Deactivation of Level Limiters for user name K4TSU_YWRI, level 119 and class Paladin. "
Wait, what? A superior class that merges two first classes?
"Initiate process of internal memory dump and forced foreclosure of users named Hanzo and Shien in 5 seconds. 4 seconds. "Katsuki says, drawing the sword and immediately hitting Hanzo with a 15-hit sequence. "3 seconds."
He does the same with Shien who looks at him terrified.
"2 seconds. 1 second. Zero."
And I see the two characters, who were in the process of being resurrected in the city, dissolve into tiny particles of data that spread around us until they disappear completely. The sword disappears from the hands of Katsuki, who starts to move as if typing something.
"I'm sending the Cash money right now along with a list of players who were harmed by them." he says, taking a deep breath.
"What did you do to them?" I ask, folding my arms and looking coldly at him.
"I publicized bad things they did in games on their social networks, hacked all their accounts and made everything they own to Cash to be distributed freely by the other games and erased their memories of everything that happened now." He replies, seriously.
"Can you do this?" I ask, very surprised.
"Not usually, but thanks to the virus I put in the necklace I gave to Shien, I was able to access his PC and Hanzo, who are actually two teenage brothers." Katsuki then frowns, still moving his fingers. "They have Eros as their friend in the game, which explains how they managed to hack the players ... wait a minute. This means that the fake 'Eros' is manipulating data from the company's main server to circumvent my security system. As I thought, this proves to me that the fake 'Eros' is infiltrating the Feltsman company ... "
Katsuki interrupts, and I start to get worried.
"Katsuki?" I whisper, making him look at me with wide eyes.
"Would you ... care to house a person and a lot of electronic gadgets in your home for a few days?" He asks, and I notice in his gaze that he is afraid of something. "I promise to take care of all the expenses."
"Of course," I reply, approaching him and touching him on the shoulder.
"Thank you so much," he says, giving a shy smile. "Now, I must begin preparations to make Yuuri Katsuki disappear from the Feltsman company."
What?