The Overzealous Sheriff
“That’s not how this game works, everyone…”
“If you’re suspicious, of course I’m searching you. I’m the sheriff. So you have to listen to me. If you don’t, you’re an Ori (mafia).”
“Teacher, stop right there. If you don’t stop, I’ll send you straight to the chicken factory. Want me to call the chicken factory guy right now?”
“Huh…? Who are you?”
“I’m the sheriff. Graduated from the police academy. Please cooperate.”
“Are you really the sheriff? Uh… okay. Don’t come any closer.”
“Go ahead and report me. Call 119. I’ll answer the call myself. So please, just cooperate.”
I calmed the citizen down for now. Though they might be an Ori too. Everything would come out once I investigated.
“What’s your name?”
“I… I’m PapaChoi.”
“Got it.”
PapaChoi was on my team and ranked D-tier. Lately, even if I talked to him a bit, the viewers didn’t complain. He’s a married man with two daughters, and I knew he was pretty old.
“What’s your job?”
“I… I’m a citizen.”
“A citizen… Understood.”
“Is that all?”
PapaChoi looked flustered. He was caught off guard by my trap investigation. As expected of elite police academy graduate Sheriff Seon-a.
“You’ve been found out.”
“Found out what?”
“You’re an Ori.”
“What?”
“What are you talking about? What are you doing?”
Other geese started gathering one by one. I was surrounded. There were just too many of them. I still wasn’t used to crowds…
“Ah… well. I’m the sheriff. I was trying to root out the bad Oris.”
“Really? Sounds fake…”
Geunja suddenly cut in. What? I’m the sheriff here. What are you doing?
“What do you mean? I am the sheriff.”
“That’s a lie.”
Geunja started inciting everyone. How dare they… challenge public authority? I couldn’t let this slide. I walked up to Geunja and… pressed the spacebar.
—Thud.
I killed Geunja.
Huh? What’s with this person? What gave them the nerve to frame me? Up until a second ago, I was completely immersed in the stream. I roughly knew the rules. If the sheriff kills a goose (citizen), they die too. That’s the sheriff’s trait. Power given by the people… meant to be used for the people. But Geunja… was an Ori. What the hell? This was like catching a mouse by accident while walking backward. What kind of confidence made them try to incite everyone? Did they really think I’d spare a citizen who challenged public authority? I couldn’t believe it. I killed them and even reported it. Now it was my turn to speak alone.
“No… that person was really an Ori. Elite officer Sheriff Seon-a has successfully identified the Ori. They challenged public authority, so I had no choice but to kill them… Anyway, give me a medal for distinguished service.”
“Huh? You just killed them for no reason.”
“They were talking to me and suddenly started investigating… This is… but you do seem like the sheriff. Otherwise this doesn’t make any sense.”
“I have something to say.”
I took the floor.
“Challenging public authority… that’s an Ori. I’ll send them all to the chicken—no, the white-soup factory. Everyone, please cooperate.”
“You’re insane lololol.”
“This is crazy. Nice.”
“Hahahaha.”
I laughed like a hero. Just like that, the round ended without any voting. I became a sheriff who ran around on foot to find more Oris. While I was diligently running around… thud. Everyone gathered. A murder had occurred. Two people were dead. They must’ve made good chicken. Seasoned? Fried? Soy sauce? Either way, delicious.
“They were dead in the mansion. But… I saw you going downstairs while passing by, Maem. Why did you go down?”
“Huh? It wasn’t me. Hehehehe. It really wasn’t. I just went down.”
“Just like that? That doesn’t make sense.”
Sharp. Maem… I didn’t expect that. So she was an Ori?
“No, it wasn’t me. Ah, Seon-a. Seon-a. We were together, remember?”
“Huh? Oh, yeah. We were together.”
“And then… I said I was going downstairs, and we were together until then, right?”
We were together. We were. But who knows if she killed someone on the way down? No one could be trusted here.
“I’ll say it straight. Maem. You’re an Ori!!”
“Kya~!!!”
“Hahahahahaha.”
“Where’s your evidence? Where’s your evidence?”
“If the police says you’re the suspect, then you’re the suspect. Straight to the white-soup shop, stripped naked and thrown into the pot!! Send them right now!!!”
Whew~ As a sheriff, I really don’t think anyone worked harder on foot than me. I truly protected the goose (citizen) world. The vote was swift. Huh? Wait, seriously, what am I? She really was an Ori?
“What the hell was that?”
Was this a hidden camera prank? Was Seon-a being pranked? What is this? For real? After about thirty seconds of praise time, the next round began. This time it was the [Professional] Ori side. The trait of this job is that when you die, your body remains, right? Instead of the body disappearing, it automatically gets reported by someone passing by. However… I’m not an Ori.
“Everyone… have you seen Infernal Affairs? It’s that.”
Infernal Affairs… I watched it in school. So I’m an undercover cop who infiltrated to investigate the Oris.
“I… I will kill the corrupt geese.”
I know. I know… But if I play properly… I’ll just do weird movements or stupid plays!! If that’s the case, I might as well do this…!! Huh…!! Do you guys even understand how I feel? I’m different from before!! I’m accumulating big data too. I’m learning!! It’s just that I’m a bit slow at it… but I’m learning!! According to what I’ve learned, if I show weird movements here… everyone will get annoyed and start complaining. So I can’t do that! And… I found my talent. Honestly, I thought I wasn’t good at immersing myself, but when I do it together with everyone, I immerse way too well. That’s my talent. Where did I discover it? In the YouTube comments… They said I’m a collab genius… Hehehe. Yeah, I have to shine with this… I can make YouTube videos too! YouTube is a money-eating hippo! Do you know how much it costs? Every single video… I keep making them at a loss. Yeah. Do you know how much our editor gets paid? I don’t. My parents give it to me. But I can roughly calculate it. I tried paying once before. At this view count, it’s nowhere near enough. Nowhere near. It needs to do way better!! Right now it’s seriously lacking, more. More. You guys can just click for ten minutes, hahaha. But for me, it’s always a loss!! I have to make YouTube worth it somehow! That’s why the curse of knowledge is scary. It’s the curse I fear the most. I wish I didn’t know… I wish I didn’t know. I can’t turn back now. Once knowledge enters, it can’t be undone.
“Suspicious.”
“I kill bad geese. If I catch you… I will kill the corrupt geese.”
I made the resolution again and again. I slowly wandered around the mansion. There were too many suspicious geese.
“Seon-a. Seon-a~ Are you the sheriff again this time?”
Maem approached me affectionately. Suspicious.
“Suspicious.”
“Puhihihahaha. Me? Again? Not this time~”
“Hmm… really suspicious.”
Maem Goose was suspicious. Definitely a corrupt goose. But I still had no evidence. If I could just find evidence… I’d shoot right away. After parting with Maem, I spoke to the viewers.
“She’s really suspicious, right? Guys… If I had evidence I would’ve shot her… Ha… Being sheriff was nice.”
Yeah. That’s right. I am an Ori. But… I’m a spy.
“You guys don’t know my true identity, do you?”
“Yes, I know. You’re a double spy. You’re on the geese’s side hehe.”
As expected of an angel. She figured out I’m a double spy. Thank you.
“So there are people who know. Thank you. I’ll do my best.”
I really had to work hard. I moved my character—who was originally a goose but became an Ori for some reason—and hid behind a wall. There were too many suspicious geese. Geunja… PapaChoi… Maem… all suspicious. Even the tanker on our team… the healer… just everyone. Everyone was suspicious. They must’ve made some kind of deal. There had to be someone who contracted with the white-soup shop to distribute geese disguised as Oris. One hundred percent. That was my role—to find them. In my worldview, that’s how it was.
“I have to find them.”
—Thud. Suddenly? Damn… an incident happened. This is my fault. Three of them died. Ugh…
“I’ll say this first. I think there’s a pelican.”
“If there’s a pelican, why did you ring the bell?”
“Huh? Oh. Right.”
Pelican. A concept that eats users. The moment you ring the bell, users die. So we had to make sure the bell couldn’t be rung. But the tanker rang it anyway.
“Hmm… suspicious.”
My mind flashed.
“I’ll shoot. I’ll shoot the tanker.”
“Eh? How?”
“I… have a story. Will you listen?”
I closed my eyes and spoke seriously. Then PapaChoi spoke.
“What is it? Go ahead and say it.”
“I… well… I’m a double spy.”
“What?”
“A double spy? Did they add something like that in an update?”
“No… actually… have you all seen Infernal Affairs? I… I’m Seon Young-in.”
“Then that means you’re an Ori. Everyone kill Seon-a. Kill her.”
Ah! I was too honest. Damn… I got caught. Suddenly PapaChoi’s voice grew louder and he even told everyone to vote for me. I spoke urgently.
“But… PapaChoi, wait a second. Listen to me. Right now… I’m investigating one of the geese who’s distributing them as Oris to the white-soup shop.”
“No, that’s not how this game works. What are you talking about!”
No… listen. Listen and then decide. I’m on the geese’s side.
“So I’m looking for the corrupt geese right now… Please help me.”
“Who’s the bad one? Did you find them?”
PapaChoi, who had been stabbing me, suddenly lit a small spark of hope.
“I’m looking right now…! I’ll find them quickly.”
“Hmm… really? I’ll believe you just this once.”
“Th… thank you! Please really believe me. I’ll shoot the corrupt goose. And I’ll become a goose again!!”
“Everyone, what should we do? Let’s believe her just once? Should we try believing her just once?”
Thanks to PapaChoi’s strong persuasion, it didn’t reach a majority so I wasn’t lynched. I was going to kill the tanker and Geunja, who had told everyone to vote for me earlier. How dare they try to kill a good Ori (mafia)? Bad geese (citizens). I’ll definitely get my revenge.