Prologue - The Sniper
My legs are trembling. With eyes shaking even harder than my legs, I stare at the chat window filling the screen.
The stream chat has completely exploded.
Messages race upward so fast I can barely read them, most every bit as flustered as I am.
— Viewer
vvDarkWarriorvv IRL sighting~ lol
— Viewer
Is this real?????????
— Viewer
????
— Viewer
Wasn't this person a guy? The voice sounded male too???
— Viewer
Damn, that body
— Viewer
?
— Viewer
Don't fall for it, guys. That's clearly one of those trendy AI composite photos, right??
— Viewer
What are you talking about? This is the VR machine recognizing and capturing real-world objects directly
— Viewer
Guys, is that a package or something in the corner over there? Isn't that a shipping label?
— Viewer
Oh wait, it is lmaoooooooo the address is fully visible
— Viewer
lmao for real?
— Viewer
???
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Once I'd grasped the situation, I hurriedly tore off the VR headset and shut down the game.
vvDarkWarriorvv — the one who had sniped streamers while wearing the mask of anonymity.
But with one absurd slip of a moment, that true identity was laid bare for all the world to see.
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