[The scene is set in a school. You can see students coming up the stairs on the 1st floor. A student, A, enrolled in the Elementary Division of the Academy, has used 3rd Circle Magic to bind the upper bodies and ankles of school bullies, dragging them up to the 3rd floor. They lie unconscious and motionless. In the process, the bullies collided with the edges of the stairs and the railing, suffering fractures and bruises.]
A video from a news outlet is playing at the National Assembly’s Education Committee.
With reporters flashing their cameras, the questioning of the principal of Ara Byeol Middle School by the MPs begins.
“Didn’t the principal know that if a report of school bullying is received, the involved students must be separated?”
“No, I was aware.”
“Then why were the bullies there from 9 AM to 4 PM that day?”
“When a case is received, we first confirm the intentions of the victim—”
“The victim reported it directly! The victim! Just admit it if you did wrong!”
“The bullies were not at school from 9 AM. All five arrived just before lunch at 11 AM.”
“Hey, Principal! Is that what you call a response from a loose mouth? What kind of absurd answer is this?”
A barrage of heated exchanges and scolding filled the National Assembly.
The MPs did not take this incident lightly.
This is a serious matter involving the candidate for Chief of Police, Kim Sun-ryeol.
It was comedic that the daughter of someone vowing to crack down on juvenile crime was identified as a key perpetrator of school bullying.
The next person named for questioning was Gu On-yu, the principal of Sephiron Academy’s Elementary Division.
The MPs, having turned Ara Byeol Middle School’s principal into a doormat, turned their microphones back on.
“I’m genuinely curious about Principal Gu On-yu’s thoughts on this incident. Looking at only the results, a 9-year-old viciously assaulted four 15-year-olds! Is the Academy incapable of controlling even a 3rd grader?”
“I apologize.”
“I’m not asking you to apologize; I’m asking whether you had the ability to intervene or not. This student left a message on their SNS the day before: ‘If even one doesn’t come, I’ll find you with my seniors.’ If the seniors had gone en masse and a bloodbath ensued, and it already has, would the Academy take full responsibility?”
“There’s no way a group would have gone to intimidate the kids.”
“Understood. You don’t have the capacity to prevent individual acts of deviation.”
The MPs had a talent for speaking spitefully, so Gu On-yu had to swallow her anger throughout the questioning.
After the questioning ended, Principal Gu stepped outside to catch her breath.
She gave NoName the maximum suspension period of 30 days that the Academy could administer in one go.
Nevertheless, the phones from parents bombarded her, making her job impossible.
If the Foundation extends the suspension, Na-me won’t be able to attend the Academy until year-end.
Considering the winter vacation until February, Na-me would be forced to rest at home for well over four months.
“Four months is enough time for a kid to go completely off the rails… Agh, what should we do about our Na-me…”
Thinking of Na-me getting hurt by people, Gu On-yu felt her heart constrict.
At least the good news was that public opinion on the Internet was slowly starting to tilt in favor of Na-me.
With the interview of the victim, Jeong So-hye, and in-depth media coverage, the bullies’ brutal pasts were being fully uncovered.
However, reality was not the Internet.
Some parents were demanding mandatory transfers, stating they couldn’t send their kids to the Academy with Na-me.
Gu On-yu took out a long-sealed cigarette.
Ding-
In the meantime, a text message arrived from Professor Cheon.
Attached to it was a photo of Na-me, who was sleeping soundly with her head resting on her desk.
“Oh, how cute. No one would even know if she were kidnapped.”
Ding-
Professor Cheon sent another photo from the same angle as before.
This time, he had drawn graffiti all over Na-me’s face with a black pen.
While some were getting grilled by MPs, others were comfortably fooling around at home, and it made her furious.
Pouting, Gu On-yu sent a resentful message to Cheon Kyu-jin.
[Gu On-yu: It’s not a vacation for Na-me; it’s a suspension. How about you send me a photo of her reflecting?]
[Cheon Kyu-jin: (photo)]
“What is this? The impact of trichloracetic acid’s tertiary degradation on oxidative stress induced by temporal lobe epilepsy? Why is he showing this to me?”
Professor Cheon had captured Na-me’s ongoing papers and sent them to her.
The Hangul was unmistakably Hangul, yet the unfamiliar words outnumbered the familiar ones; it was simply astonishing.
With blurry eyes, Gu On-yu went through the rest of the papers and soon let out a cry of astonishment.
“Damn, is this kid really a psycho or what!”
*
A month had passed since Na-me declared her self-reflection.
No more could videos of Na-me be found through legal channels on the Internet.
Due to clear portrait rights issues, AIs automatically censored and took down all videos.
Meanwhile, news outlets were highlighting other bullying cases committed by Kim Sun-ryeol’s children in the past.
As public opinion favorable to Na-me surpassed the unfavorable, the shy supporters hidden in the shadows began to rally one by one.
[Do you think it’s okay for only me to learn a lesson from school bullies?][36]
Stabbing bellies, burning hair and palms, aren’t these total demon kids?
Honestly, if NoName was going to swing, she should have done it properly.
They still haven’t come to their senses since that group Instagram Live at the hospital; it was a total mess.
[Comments]
– Seems like NoName thought they were getting support when they were being roasted in real-time.
└ Honestly, legendary levels of IQ, lol.
– They know they messed up, but honestly, it felt refreshing, lol.
– The day I’ll cheer for a juvenile offender is coming.
└ NoName isn’t a juvenile offender; she’s a criminal.
– Taking her to court, she’ll just get two years, one suspended sentence, so predictable.
– This country is super lenient with criminals unless someone dies.
[Admittedly, what Na-me did was wrong, right? ㅇㅇ][29]
But those who paint NoName as a potential murderer or psychopath really make me want to punch them.
No one says anything to a 9-year-old.
If it were the case, then her friends wouldn’t have supported her this much.
Still, no streamers have cut ties with NoName; it’s obvious.
And everyone knows from watching the broadcast, right?
Even a friendly golden retriever bites when angered.
[Comments]
– I was horrified reading the comments denouncing NoName on the first day.
└ Those are true psychos, right there.
└ I thought a random murder case had gone down.
– I get the initial outrage, yes, but we should educate them so they don’t do it again.
└ What would change with education?
└ It would obviously change; otherwise, why have education, lol?
– Up to now, it could be seen as a lack of moral consideration. If it were me after playing LoL for seven years, I might throw medals at people.
└ Medals? Yeah, right, lol.
└ Has she gone insane? lol.
[What’s NoName’s life like now…][45]
Did she try to turn on a stream in her disheveled clothes the moment she woke up? But she probably couldn’t because she’s still self-reflecting.
Did she want to show off perfectly baked toast by taking a picture and sharing it? But she must’ve held off since she’s in self-reflection.
Did she cry all day, wanting to see us viewers, and fall asleep with a sore throat?
Did she try to turn on a stream to soothe us with an ASMR baby voice before bed? But she probably couldn’t since she’s still in self-reflection.
I could forgive everything; please just turn on the stream, please!!!!!
[Comments]
– Fact: NoName has never streamed in the morning.
└ Seriously, never once?
└ On weekdays, she’s in school, and on weekends, she should be sleeping late.
– I’m a die-hard NoName supporter, but honestly, our leader wouldn’t do that, right?
└ If she had, I’d consent to the psycho rumors about NoName.
[NoName should just stay hidden forever ^^][183]
NoName’s already irregular with streaming, plus there’s hardly any new content.
It’s like she thinks being young is everything, but isn’t she just a streamer who gets support like everyone else?
Members of her fan club are already getting trolled; it’s a relief they’ve fallen apart, lol.
Reflect on the fact that her trolling caused a surplus of healers that were about to go extinct in games like LoL and Wagal.
└ Even if shielded by personal law enforcement, top-tier Asteria can’t be shielded by NoName…
The community and V-tube formed sympathy for her.
There were no reports of anyone having seen her on the streets.
Adella and Kariri, who surely couldn’t be unaware of her whereabouts, remained silent to the end.
Then one day, a community user discovered Na-me’s latest traces.
It was on the free paper storage site ‘arXiv’ run by Cornell University in the United States.
[What’s this on the archive? The author is NoName?][4]
[The impact of trichloracetic acid’s tertiary regeneration effect on oxidative stress induced by temporal lobe epilepsy]
[Complete structuring of the optic nerve connectome and stereotactic radiation surgery methods for optic neuropathy treatment]
[Research on educational guidelines for ‘n’-type autoregressive mana circuits in primary and secondary education]
[Proof of the Andersen-Kahli conjecture focusing on Landau-Ginzburg obifolds]
[Philosophical interpretations of the new moon, exploring the material phenomenology and potential of the medium as external manifestation]
[Investigating dimensional descent methods of 8th Circle Magic leading to ‘Rulspeerain-Bestahl-Gerun-Harayetraika’]
[Critical discourse analysis and consideration regarding research on gaming disorders/addictions]
‘I’ll never do it again.’
Na-me’s message was unearthed.
Together with knowledge more precious than gold.
