Chapter 8: Clickbait War: The 6PM Reckoning
Aimhack: A general term for programs that assist with aiming in FPS games.
It sounds like a legit tool, but it’s obviously illegal.
A cheating program that makes headshots effortless.
Some use it not for skill but for fame or personal satisfaction.
People who rely on machines instead of practice are collectively called “hackers.”
When virtual reality games first emerged, hackers plagued them, ushering in the so-called Great Hacker Era.
Aimhacks were just the start—transparency hacks, wall hacks, invincibility hacks, even hacks that let you kill everyone while sitting still.
This drove countless players away, and when game companies finally cracked down, it was too late—the community’s trust was gone.
FPS virtual reality games flatlined, and fantasy VR games took over for a while. But repetitive clichés and gacha manipulation scandals killed those too.
That’s when Potato Soft launched Force of Six.
Skeptical players, burned by past hacker-filled FPS games, doubted it at first.
But Potato Soft’s aggressive anti-hacker measures won them over.
Thus, Force of Six became a national sensation.
With solid hacker crackdowns, balanced patches, new maps, new characters, and large-scale guild battles beyond tactical FPS, Force of Six kept players hooked.
To eradicate hackers, they introduced Anti Eye, a robust anti-cheat program.
It wiped out most remaining hackers, but just like strong vaccines don’t eliminate viruses, hackers developed new cheats to bypass security. Even now, Force of Six occasionally sees hackers.
Players, scarred by past games ruined by hackers, despise them.
Spot a hacker, and the Force Arena—the world’s largest Force of Six info-sharing site—gets flooded with posts.
Click.
The sound of a mouse click echoes in a quiet room.
A dark-haired girl sits in front of a large monitor, scouring posts about herself.
Force Arena, where Force of Six players exchange opinions, is massive—most players use it.
“What a shtshow.”
I’m on the Korean Force Arena site, searching my nickname, “NoobSlayer420,” to gauge reactions.
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[General] NoobSlayer420, you filthy hacker, get lost!
(Angry frog meme)
This dirty hacker btch thinks she can waltz in here? We can’t lose Force of Six again!
[Seriously, just disappear, you parentless scum.]
[Fr lol, they ruin the game and still crawl back.]
[Is it cool to friend NoobSlayer420 and spam insults? Agreed?]
[Lmao, probably a Chinese player, so it won’t even faze them.]
(Random snail pic)
[Haha, the snail guy’s wild.]
[Their character customization is crazy pretty—bet they got tons of plastic surgery.]
[Bet there’s a fat guy with a beer belly behind that character lol.]
[Fck, I almost threw up my food.]
[Anyway, Mark’s gonna go viral with this. He already caught a hacker.]
[Mark’s honestly kinda boring and has shtty personality, but this made me like him lol.]
[Yeah, I already subbed to Mark’s NewTube and Twotch.]
[Mark’s our baby… gotta protect him…]
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“Real entertaining.”
The flood of attention is insane.
They’ve already branded me a hacker.
It doesn’t hit me emotionally—I’ve seen too many bullet-riddled corpses to care about this.
“Urghhh.”
Sitting in the chair too long made my body stiff, so I stretch.
The crack of my neck and back feels like the soreness melts away.
“Let’s break this down.”
A NewTuber named Mark framed me as a hacker without proof, and players, already burned by hackers, bought it.
How do I turn this around?
“Hmm.”
There are plenty of ways.
Mark’s claims are just speculation—no hard evidence.
But as a mid-tier NewTuber with a loyal fanbase, his guesses are gospel to them.
When someone famous speaks, people believe.
As the saying goes, “Get famous first, and even if you sht, they’ll clap.” (Though the guy credited for that never actually said it.)
“This is tricky.”
It’s a real dilemma.
There are solutions, but I don’t want to just clear my name and call it a day.
I want to stick it to the beast that’s baring its fangs at me.
There’s one way.
Tap tap.
“Hel…lo… I’m NoobSlayer420, the maybe-hacker…”
Blow it up.
For me, who needs to get famous fast, this is no loss.
I didn’t use hacks, and if they doubt me, I’ll just ask the game company to verify.
My goal?
Make the cyber wreckers escalate this.
I can’t blow this up alone.
But post a provocative, aggro-pulling thread on the bustling Force Arena, and the cyber wreckers—hungry for drama—will take the bait.
Once it spirals, even a mid-tier NewTuber like Mark won’t be able to escape.
The stage will be too big.
“Alright, time to light a fire.”
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“Ugh, no juicy drama to wreck?”
In a room, a man stares at his monitor, surfing the web.
He’s a cyber wrecker NewTuber, a dime a dozen.
“Views have been tanking lately, damn it.”
He scratches his head, unwashed for three days.
No one’s around to care, and finding clickbait is more important than hygiene.
“Let’s check Force Arena.”
Finding no leads, he visits one of Korea’s most popular sites, Force Arena.
“??? What’s this?”
He spots a peculiar post.
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[General] Hello, I’m NoobSlayer420, the maybe-hacker.
Greetings, Arena folks, from a Force of Six noob.
I’m writing this because I might be a hacker!!
Am I just insanely good? Or a filthy cheater?
I don’t know~
Since I can’t diagnose myself, I’d be grateful if NewTuber Mark could judge me!!
Tomorrow, 6 PM, 1v1 showdown.
Viewers, keep your eyes peeled!!
If I’m a hacker, I’ll reveal my identity.
But if I’m not, I hope Mark deletes his NewTube and Twotch channels.
Framing an innocent person deserves that much, right?
See you all at 6 PM tomorrow!!
Aba~~ (Arena users, bye~)
↑(Upvotes) 3,800 ↓(Downvotes) 333,956
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A massive bomb just dropped.
The man, thinking he misread, wipes his dusty glasses on his T-shirt and checks again.
Nope, the post is real.
“Fck… what is this? This is huge!!!”
This might not even be the real NoobSlayer420.
But to cyber wreckers, truth doesn’t matter.
Like digital ghouls, they process spicy drama to feed the masses.
Sujin’s bait attracts cyber wreckers and users like pigeons to crumbs.
They rush to make videos, uploading them to their NewTube channels, and the clips spread like wildfire.
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[General] Lmao this is gonna be epic.
Yo lol, a hacker’s challenging Mark to a 1v1 lmao.
This is gonna be wild, I’m skipping academy tomorrow.
Let’s gooo lol.
↑(Upvotes) 45,345 ↓(Downvotes) 2,700
[Lmao, this’ll be fun. Mark’s like Platinum-tier, wonder how this goes.]
[Why’s this hacker chick so cocky? She gonna dip without keeping the promise?]
[What if she’s not a hacker?]
ㄴ [Then Mark’s screwed lol.]
[Idc who wins, this match is gonna be lit. Can’t wait for tomorrow.]
[If she’s not a hacker, her skill’s gotta be pro-level, right?]
ㄴ [You think pros are a joke?]
ㄴ [Lmao, tryna sneak in as pro-level.]
ㄴ [Plenty of Diamond players have that skill, don’t overhype.]
[Idk man~~~~]
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Sujin’s bomb is turning nuclear.
Her massive bait has shifted the narrative—users don’t care who wins anymore.
Cyber wreckers are frantically spreading the showdown.
Tomorrow, no student’s showing up to academy.
“Time for a smoke.”
Meanwhile, Sujin, the one who dropped the bomb, heads to the balcony for another cigarette, her chain-smoking habits unshaken.