The video of Omelet being mistaken for a bot became a massive hit. Naturally, the opportunity came to Almond as well since he had set the stage.

— This too must be the Lord’s grace...

Omelet had directly mentioned Almond, and Almond had appeared throughout the video. The final segment practically showcased Almond’s pentakill. Comments like these even appeared.

— Thanks for the Almond viewing party

└ Sorry, but this is Omelet’s first ever historic survival match

└ LMAOOOOOOOO

└ Omelet? Who’s that?

└ There used to be some bot a long time ago...

└ LOL that’s too much

This had all been meticulously planned from an editing standpoint. Omelet’s editor had deliberately set up a stage where viewers could tease Omelet.

[Edit Otaku: The cool survival mode debut already failed anyway, bro. Let’s just go full clown.]

He had warned Omelet even before the editing began. Ji-Ah knew that too.

[Edit Otaku: It’ll roughly go in like this. Is it okay?]

[Ji-Ah: Yes, I’ve checked it.]

Ji-Ah thought that Edit Otaku had made a pretty solid video. It resulted in a huge success.

‘Perfect.’

She felt the momentum and uploaded a video at exactly the right time.

[The Trumond Show]

The video showed Almond being fooled into thinking that Omelet was a bot all the way until he finally banned Omelet.

— The Trumond Show holy shit lol

— The editor is having way too much fun

— That’s cruel LMAO

— At this point, even the staff all tricked him, didn’t they?

— “You can’t be smarter than Almondoyle” <<< the funniest sentence in the world

└ For real lol

└ Isn’t that a cheat code?

— Calling it the Trumond Show LMAO

— Today’s stream is gonna be a bloodbath

YouTube viewers who caught on to the situation were losing it. They realized that Almond had been completely fooled. On top of that, the shorts that Macaron had prepared went up as well.

[Shorts: Mr. Omelet, if you’re not a bot... prove it.]

[Shorts: I won’t ban you... because you can’t be smarter than Almondoyle.]

Almond demanded proof after banning Omelet and claimed no one could be smarter than him. The people's reactions exploded again.

— What the hell is even going on?

└ Go watch The Trumond Show

— Oh LMAO

— Honestly, where’s the proof that Omelet isn’t a bot? Tech is insane these days lol he could just be a VTuber

└ For real lol

└ Yeah, Omelet has to prove it

└ If math demon Almondoyle says prove it, you just prove it~

— You really can’t be smarter than Almondoyle. How smart do you have to be to cause something like this every time?

— The editor LMAO straight-up dunking Almond

— Omelet is alive! Omelet is alive! Omelet is alive! Omelet is alive!

— Almond still doesn’t know, right?

As Ji-Ah scrolled through the comments, the corners of her mouth raised.

‘Thank goodness.’

After moving to Cheese, Almond’s live viewer count had dropped. Paprika had taken a chunk of the pie.

‘But this is free promotion on Paprika.’

This incident introduced Almond to Paprika’s viewers as a streamer. He had gained a chance to pull viewers back in.

Maybe because of that, Almond’s YouTube videos showed an incredible upward trend from the start. Of course, Omelet also received a level of YouTube attention that he’d never seen before. It was a win-win deal.

‘Well... except for one person.’

Only one person found this situation very unpleasant. Surprisingly, it was the person at the center of it all, Almond himself.

***

“The Trumond Show video is ranked fifth right now?”

EggPlant had mentioned this very video in his heartfelt statement.

“And now it’s third?”

The video was doing well, but Almond didn’t sound happy. They had already crossed the line for leniency. What that line even was, no one knew.

Boom!

[EggPlant has been banned for 24 hours.]

The bloodbath began.

— LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO

— LMAOOOO

— He didn’t even finish his defense

— Holy shit lol

— EggPlant exiled

— I just got here, what is this?

In truth, EggPlant had only been given one chance to speak. This was an unprecedented trial, even compared to the Cheese Village days. Back then, even Zelo, the national traitor, had been given plenty of chances to defend himself. This showed how angry Almond was right now.

“Mr. EggPlant, what was that? Say it again. I can’t see it.”

He had already banned EggPlant and now goaded him to type in the chat. This level of rage had never been seen from Almond before.

— The Lord’s wrath is terrifying

— He’s even teabagging LMAO

— How mad is he right now?

— Holy shit lol

— This is scary, Mr. Almond...

The crime of collectively deceiving a streamer weighed heavily.

“Next after EggPlant is...”

The execution list piled up like a mountain.

“Uh...” Almond hesitated. “Hmm.”

— ?

— ??

— Getting soft?

— What’s going on

— No way he forgot LMAO

He hesitated as his memory grew fuzzy.

‘I only came thinking about EggPlant.’

It definitely hadn’t been EggPlant alone. Strangely, Almond couldn’t remember anyone else.

— So he only remembers EggPlant in the end? LMAO

— Isn’t that insane? Lol

— Almond just hates EggPlant

Ding.

[PickyMan has donated 5,000 won.]

[Bro. Did you forget ShyNapoleon and RubySword too? This is serious...]

Someone offered him advice. Almond’s eyes wavered slightly. Those fans were too big to ban lightly.

‘No, it can’t be helped.’

Almond had already drawn his sword. He felt that he had to carry out every execution, starting with the schemer who delivered the bad news.

“Calling out viewer nicknames is a ban.”

[PickyMan has been banned for 12 hours.]

— Damn

— Holy shit LMAO

— He banned an innocent guy

— Oh no

— So that thing about old kings executing messengers with bad news was real LMAO

— Bow down now!

Almond even banned a viewer who reported someone else. He looked ready to ban anyone at all, maybe even RubySword. Just as he was about to spiral out of control, RubySword’s donation ironically stopped him. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Ba-bam!

[RubySword has donated a whopping 100,000 won!]

[Please don’t ban me. Because... (video)]

— Bribe holy shit lol

— LobbySword LMAO

— Kya 100k won!

— The princess has arrived

— Too much money to ban...

— “LobbySword” I’m dead lol

RubySword wasn’t just donating to avoid a ban. The video donation that followed contained a clip of Almond himself.

In the video, Almond coolly and confidently said, “I won’t ban you... because you can’t be smarter than Almondoyle.”

Wink.

The clip even had special effects with stars popping out of his eyes.

— AHAHAHAHAHAHA

— “Because you can’t be smarter than Almondoyle”

— LMAO

— Well then, you can’t ban them, right? Smarter than Almondoyle

— Holy shit, how did that turn into this

‘Did I really say that?’

Almond’s face flushed bright red.

‘Ugh...’

Was anything more painful than one’s past self attacking their future self?

Ba-bam!

[Checkmate has donated 10,000 won.]

[Then does that mean the banned EggPlant is smarter than Almondoyle~?]

— LMAOOOOOOO ahahaha

— Dead end, damn

— Yeah, that’s actually true

— He said he wouldn’t ban anyone because no one is smarter than Almondoyle... but he banned EggPlant? This is sus

— Almond is jealous of EggPlant’s intelligence...

— Is Almondoyle collapsing?

RubySword’s video donation had backed Almond into a corner.

‘Oh no.’

Almondoyle’s unrivaled intellect, something Almond would never compromise on, had been reduced to being inferior to EggPlant. The viewers’ protests followed immediately.

— Release EggPlant! Release EggPlant! Release EggPlant!

— #FreeEggplant

— No jail for the rich, jail for the poor!

Almond stared at the chat in silence, his face flushed red.

— LMAO he’s cute

— What do we do, he’s actually flustered lol

— Is this really a checkmate?

— Do you hate EggPlant that much, Almond?!

— A-against all odds, we can’t lose Almondoyle...

Just as he lost his way, someone always showed him the path.

Ba-bam!

[ShyNapoleon has registered a mission!]

[Win first place three times in a row in normal games]

[200,000 won]

After already playing seven matches, only three normal games remained. Winning first place in all three would earn him 200,000 won. The moment Almond saw the mission, the unfocused look in his eyes snapped back.

“Ah... Napoleon... Thank you.”

Even though the situation hadn’t fully settled, the corners of his mouth raised on their own.

— Look at him smiling lol

— Desperately holding back a grin

— You can’t help smiling when money is involved

— LMAO his reaction is way too honest

— Financial therapy: complete

Almond’s mood visibly improved. “Well... um... Mr. EggPlant. What’s done is done... Just don’t do it again.”

[EggPlant’s ban has been lifted.]

— Damn

— Kya

— Wow

— First ever released prisoner: “EggPlant”

— Sheesh

EggPlant became, in effect, the first viewer ever to be unbanned.

Ding.

[EggPlant has donated 1,000 won.]

[First of all, I’d like to thank my parents for giving birth to me, and my younger sibling, who manages my donation funds every time...]

He delivered his release speech via donation.

— LMAO is this an awards ceremony?

— This is next level

— The cheapest acceptance speech

— Poor younger sibling...

— A lot of rice bowls getting thrown today

Almond pretended not to see EggPlant’s donation and continued the stream.

“Everything is settled. Now we’re doing LIL normal games. Three matches left.”

— Go go go

— Let’s get it~

— Kya

***

That day, Almond finished all three normal matches in first place.

— Kya three straight firsts, damn

— Normal games are just easy now lol

— Please pick Raina!!

— These guys can’t beat Almond

— He still doesn’t fully know the rules lol but keeps getting first because everyone else is so bad

— Honestly can’t tell the difference from bot matches hehe. Let’s just say they were bots!

Even in normal games, an MMR concept existed. However, Almond was being matched with players who simply couldn’t handle him.

[Mission Success!]

He effortlessly cleared the mission.

— Mission success congrats

— Survival mode? You’ve got talent

— Mission demon congrats congrats

— This is it LMAO wow

— Success gg

Since ShyNapoleon paid the mission reward without hesitation, a congratulatory message followed.

“Thank you!”

Almond felt thrilled to win the money. The viewers also felt thrilled by the clean three-win streak.

EggPlant was thrilled to be free, but one person had been forgotten.

— Wait, what about the guy who got banned earlier?

— Unban PickyMan pls

— What about the person who got banned midstream?

PickyMan had donated earlier and been unfairly banned. Almond had completely forgotten about him.

— Congrats, PickyMan! You’re smarter than Almondoyle!

Instead, Picky Man earned the honor of being smarter than Almondoyle. He probably felt pretty proud.

“Now that we’re done with normals...” Almond was prepared to start the real game. “We’re going into ranked placement.”

The best part of LIL content was always the placement matches.

— Damn

— Finally lol

— It’s happening

— Did we just forget PickyMan? Lol

— Hell begins now

— Kya placement matches

— Breaking!: Omelet just started his placement matches too

— All kinds of trolls that live in hell are about to swarm in lol