Polluted Zone Live: The Useless Guide Stole the Show!

[Summer Beaumont is fucking insane!]

[Winter almost collapsed on stream because of her!]

[Kick that F-rank Guide out of Team 8!]

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The comments flooded Team 8’s BeastNet livestream so quickly that they almost covered half the screen.

More than fifty thousand viewers had just watched Summer Beaumont release her mental power while her younger sister was guiding Ryland, the captain of Team 8.

”Summer, not only are you dragging this entire team down, but now you’re even trying to kill your own sister!” Ryland’s furious voice echoed through the abandoned streets of the dead town.

Broken buildings stood on both sides of the road, their cracked walls covered in dark stains left behind by years of pollution.

Not a single ordinary civilian remained in sight, yet Summer barely noticed any of it because her head felt as though someone had smashed it repeatedly with a hammer.

She slowly opened her eyes. What the hell?

Ryland pointed at her, his face twisted with rage. The gray wolf ears on top of his head were flattened backward while his tail lashed behind him.

”Is this because Winter is better than you at everything?” he demanded. ”Are you jealous because she’s a B-rank Guide while you’re nothing but an F-rank?!”

Summer pressed one hand against her aching temple. Before she could figure out why some lunatic with wolf ears was screaming at her, a translucent screen suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.

[TEAM 08 — POLLUTED ZONE CLEARING MISSION]

[Location: Zone 87]

[Target: B-Rank Polluted Zone]

[Mission Status: Incomplete]

[Team Livestream: ACTIVE]

[Current Viewers: 56,778]

Summer frowned as she looked at the information in front of her. Livestream? Polluted Zone? What the hell was this?

Shouldn’t she be dead? She clearly remembered being trapped inside an SSS-rank rift after her own guild betrayed her. Those bastards had sealed the exit and left her alone inside with a swarm of monster ants.

As if that wasn’t enough, they had injected her with the Destruction Serum before abandoning her. The serum had weakened her ability by eighty percent, leaving her almost completely helpless.

Instead of allowing herself to be torn apart by the ants, she decided to simply blast her head with a plasma gun.

Yet here she was, standing alive in front of a bunch of dramatic people, and apparently, more than fifty thousand people were watching everything she did.

Before Summer could make sense of any of it, countless unfamiliar memories suddenly rushed into her head.

Summer Beaumont.

Twenty-five years old.

F-rank Guide.

Member of Team 8.

Eldest daughter of the Beaumont family.

Fiancée of Ryland Hale.

The woman had the same first name as her, although their surnames were different. Even stranger, this Summer looked almost exactly like her, except for the two rabbit ears on top of her head.

Summer went silent for a moment. Rabbit ears? She had reincarnated into a rabbit?

Fantastic.

”Ryry, don’t be angry with Summer.” A weak female voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

Summer looked over and saw a beautiful blonde woman stood beside Ryland. She had pale blue eyes, delicate features, and a pair of golden fox ears that drooped pitifully against her hair.

She was Winter Beaumont, the original owner’s younger sister.

Winter lowered her head as tears gathered in her eyes. ”She probably didn’t mean to hurt me.” Her voice trembled slightly. ”I’m fine now, so please don’t fight because of me.”

Her face was pale, and her body looked so fragile that she seemed capable of collapsing with the slightest breeze.

Anyone watching would probably feel sorry for her and apparently, the livestream viewers were no exception.

[Winter, stop covering for her!]

[She has bullied you for years and you’re STILL defending her!]

[+9999 DISLIKE for Summer Beaumont]

Summer’s private holographic screen suddenly flashed bright red.

[WARNING! WARNING!]

[Public Reputation has fallen below the safety threshold.]

[Current Reputation: -9,999]

[Penalty Threshold: -10,000]

[Penalty Upon Reaching Threshold: 10,000,000 Credits]

[Please restore your reputation immediately.]

Summer stared at the number. Ten million credits?

She quickly opened the financial information stored inside the original owner’s personal terminal.

[Account Balance: 10,000 Credits]

Summer’s expression immediately turned sour. She had ten thousand credits, yet the penalty was ten million?

Was this program trying to rob her?!

She had just received a second chance at life. She refused to spend it drowning in debt!

Summer immediately looked back at the livestream and saw that the dislikes were still increasing.

[Why isn’t she apologizing?!]

[DISLIKE!]

Her reputation remained frozen at -9,999, but another confirmed dislike could push her over the threshold at any moment.

Summer clicked her tongue. There was no way she was going to lose ten million credits five minutes after reincarnating because some crying fox had better acting skills than her.

Soon after, more memories rushed into her head, and she began to wonder: Why was she the only one being treated like a criminal here?

”Summer, why aren’t you saying anything?” Ryland’s impatient voice pulled her attention back to him. ”Do you finally realize what you’ve done?”

Winter quickly reached out and held his arm. ”Ryry, please don’t be too harsh on her.” She looked up at him with reddened eyes. ”I’m fine now.”

Summer stared at them for a few seconds before spitting on the ground. ”How disgusting.”

[Did she just call Winter disgusting?!]

[She almost collapsed her sister’s mental sea and THIS is her attitude?]

Even several BeastNet moderators appeared in the comment section, warning viewers against making direct death threats.

Finally, Summer opened her mouth. ”Ryland, you’re my fiancé,” she said coldly. ”But ever since we stepped into this Polluted Zone, you’ve done nothing but take Winter’s side.”

[Being her fiancé doesn’t mean he has to cover for her!]

[Break off the engagement already!]

Even though the viewers kept cursing her, Summer only smiled.

”But I suppose I understand now,” Summer said. Her gaze slowly shifted toward Winter. ”My dear sister has been giving you her special treatment, hasn’t she?”

Winter’s face slowly turned pale. ”S-Summer, what are you talking about?” Her fox ears drooped as she lowered her voice. ”Please stop. I’m worried your reputation will only get worse if you keep saying strange things.”

Summer rolled her eyes because she knew Winter was only acting like this to gain sympathy.

”Summer, enough!” Ryland suddenly shouted. He strode toward her with an angry expression and reached out to shove her away.

”You have made Winter cry far too many times! Do you really think I’ll keep letting you bully her just because you’re my fiancée?”

Before his hand could touch her again, Summer raised her fist and punched him in the face.

Ryland’s head snapped to the side, and before anyone could react, Summer lifted her leg and kicked him hard between the legs.

”ARGH!” Ryland immediately doubled over, both hands covering his crotch as his face turned red.

The entire team fell silent and even the comments on the livestream seemed to stop for a second.

Summer calmly shook her aching fist because this body was weaker than her old one, but she probably could fix that later.

For now, she was more interested in looking down at Ryland. ”My sister’s mouth must have given your small, disgusting dick enough pleasure to make you forget who your actual fiancée is.”

Ryland’s face darkened instantly, while Winter went completely pale.

Summer sneered at them. ”What? Did you think I didn’t know?”

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