Being so addicted to the internet that she could no longer distinguish virtuality from reality was actually a form of escape. She did not want to face her terrible reality, so she immersed herself in the online world—another victim of Aqua, huh? Escaping might be shameful, but it worked, right?
Since she did not want to face a terrible reality, then she would face an even more terrible virtual world—Sogo "Sadistic" Doma!
She could escape a terrible reality by going online, but what if her experiences in the virtual world were just as horrible?
Sogo Doma did not know what had happened to Ako Tamaki, but it was probably something like isolation and bullying. It could not be helped; students in this country loved pulling that sort of thing—as Yukino Yukinoshita had said, outstanding people were always excluded by mediocre ones, and as a result, the outstanding often had harder lives.
Yet no matter how terrible reality was, it was still reality. No matter how wonderful the internet was, it was ultimately virtual. Besides, the online world was not entirely wonderful either...
It took even Sogo Doma quite some effort to gradually push Ako Tamaki into a virtual world even crueler than reality, then drag her back from virtuality into reality. The heaviest blow he dealt her was this:
She had only just confirmed that UMR was Sogo Doma. At the time, Ako Tamaki had been completely dumbfounded. UMR was actually UMR's Onii-chan, and a boy? So her sexual orientation was normal? Wait, was this guy not the village chief who gave out quests?
Sogo Doma said, "Online, I can be UMR, or the village chief, or even RMU..."
Before Ako Tamaki had time to sort through her emotions, UMR, played by Sogo Doma, got married again. His partner was