178 – The Returner Wanders (14)
Einstein was a genius who claimed that time passes relatively.
“… Should I contact you?”
For example, when I was wondering whether to contact Choi Ji-won at night, time passed infinitely slowly.
I lie down on the bed and play with my phone, the pillow gets unpleasantly hot with body heat, so I turn it over, close my eyes to force myself to sleep, do nothing, and when I wake up feeling achy, less than two hours have passed.
This is because the amount of sleep needed has been reduced thanks to improved physical capabilities. He is not tired from battle and is only at home, so it is strange for him to sleep for a long time in this body.
Of course, improved physical abilities are not the only drawbacks.
Bpasak.
“Oh, I almost got stabbed.”
While eating fish, just before my gums were pricked by a thin thorn, I developed reflexes to stop my jaw joint.
Stumbled.
“Wow, I almost got into big trouble.”
Sometimes, when I insensitively tried to hit the threshold, I was able to balance on one foot and avoid a disaster.
Now, by the standards of my peaceful daily life, it was safe to say that I had no further need to return. It’s not that I developed strong skin that is immune to damage, I just became too strong. At least I won’t have to go back without being able to control my body. I can be sure of this.
When I’m watching TV while drinking a drink at home, I often think about how I wish my daily life could be like this. I feel like I want to live a happy, slow and warm life without any major worries. It was much more to my taste to spend my time leisurely, wasting time like trash, rather than constantly repeating the same situation and breaking my mind.
Of course, there are times when time passes slowly, and there are also times when it passes quickly.
“Now, please take a drink.”
“Thank you.”
When I walk around to meet people, time passes by so quickly. After thinking about how to deal with it moment by moment, managing my image, and smiling appropriately, it was already dawn.
“Wow, this is the taste.”
“I like expensive spirits.”
Unusually, there were a lot of players who liked liquor. For reference, it was impossible to intentionally get drunk by lowering the body’s immunity, as seen in martial arts novels or fantasy novels. Just… It is impossible for a player who has accumulated a certain number of floors to get drunk. The level of technology was too low to perform such a feat.
But why do you still like alcohol? It’s obvious.
“Do you know how much a bottle of this costs? “It’s 5 million won, 5 million won.”
To show off.
There are many different ways for talented players to make money. You can do it on YouTube, you can join a company and get paid a lot of money and cooperate with experiments, or you can sell top items. (The price of the item has recently plummeted, but it is still a pretty good way to make money.)
After earning a lot of money at such a young age, I naturally became interested in FLEX. Buying an expensive car, spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on games, drinking liquor and showing off on social media. This is the path that successful players usually take.
“Junho, please take it. “Take it.”
“hahahaha.”
These players would mentally draw a large X over their face. These idiots are so absorbed in the ash that they neglect climbing the tower. I’m not crazy and I don’t want to do anything to these people, but they are off the list of comrades in my heart.
“Maybe… “Can we spar?”
“Are there any items you can exchange for this?”
On the other hand, there were quite a few players who were sincere by my standards. The type that requests a sparring match or brings an item and proposes an exchange.
“Ah… I recently stopped climbing the tower… “
“… “Like that.”
I politely declined their offer, but I underlined their names in my mind. Because he was a player who had to pay close attention to his actions.
When I return home after meeting with Korean players, the documents left behind by ‘Reaper’ Yuuki are piled up on my desk. I know that the number of black information dealers that Yuuki has been controlling recently is over 20, but when you think about the fact that those black dealers also have people under their control… I now understood the thickness of the document on my desk.
“hehehehe, I can’t believe this kind of background investigation is possible in a democratic society.”
My thoughts as I read the information… Is this world more dangerous than I thought? Since there is no way to prevent crimes using the player’s characteristics, underdeveloped countries with poor security seem to have become complete messes. If a little more time passes, it will not be a problem for a country to fall.
“…”
Actually, I still haven’t made up my mind. Is it right to kill someone who would kill someone? However, looking at the current state of the world, the old man’s opinion that we should kill those who kill us seems to be given a little more weight.
Unless new technology is invented, there is no way to prevent crazy players from acting unexpectedly. Thanks to the rewards being distributed from the 11th to the 15th floor, the average player strength is getting stronger day by day.
“The moment it becomes impossible to stop with a gun…”
Really, the era of players will come. Every time I had that thought, I would fiddle with the document the envoy sent me. The number of human trash listed here was not just one or two.
“…”
What should I do? I worried about that every night.
One month like that. Two months. Three months.
Eight months after we broke up, I received a call from Choi Ji-won.
“Did you hear that rumor?”
“What rumor?”
“We just didn’t know… Rumor has it that there was an item warehouse in the United States. So, until two months ago.”
“What?”
“Actually, it’s not a rumor, but rather a half-fact. “I also heard this from the government.”
The U.S. Government was paying great attention to the identity of the tower and was openly purchasing items accordingly.
“I stored the items I collected in a warehouse in Arizona… “A government official exposed the location.”
The location of America’s secret warehouse, which was operated in extreme secrecy, was revealed in a truly absurd way, and a group of mercenaries risked their lives to attack the warehouse in order to make a lot of money. The raid failed, but it is said that the location of the warehouse was exposed and the American treasure trove was relocated.
“The warehouse attack happened a month ago. “The warehouse was located in Arizona two months ago.”
“No way… “
“This… “Wouldn’t it be possible to use it?”
Joy comes out of Choi Ji-won’s voice.
“I’m not trying to steal items. Instead… The idea is to return after using up all the one-time elixirs and buff-type items. How is it?”
“I’ll remember it.”
Yes, if you’re a regressor, shouldn’t there be a lucky event like this? I had the timing and approximate location of the warehouse built into my mind. This can be used after regression.
However, if there is good news, there is also bad news.
“… “There is no contact.”
There has been no response yet to the call sent to American healer, William Smith. I’m not sure… It’s probably because I’m so busy. There were countless sick people in the world, and the only one who cured them for free was William Smith.
This person is still busy… How busy would it be if monsters attacked? How much will the price rise? I wanted to warn him indirectly or something, but… Since there was no contact, there was no way.
Still, Kang Chan, Ahn Kyung-jun, and even Park Cheol-jin.
Players I know have succeeded in reaching the 15th floor over the past 8 months and have been able to warn them that monsters may appear. I think this is fortunate.
Among the players who reached the 15th floor or higher, I diligently warned trustworthy players that a monster might appear, and the remaining time passed quickly.
-The estimated time is in the next two hours. Please prepare.
“Jiwon, I’ll go there.”
“Yes.”
The time is now ten in the morning. According to Michael Jeter’s email, the Hourglass of Doom will end at approximately noon.
I arrived at Choi Ji-won’s house and waited for the time to come. The large SUV purchased to prepare for this incident is a bonus.
“… “
“… “
1 Minute before the fateful hour.
We had the TV on in the living room, various SNS on our computers, and YouTube on our cell phones. The calculation was that if something went wrong, modern people would first take out their cell phones.
“… “
“… ?”
But no matter how long I wait, it is still quiet outside. No, exactly, only the sounds that should be heard are heard.
“Hey, give it to me!”
“I don’t like it? Why me? “How much will you give me?”
The sound of children playing happily.
“Hey, Jimin’s mom!”
“Minseo’s mom! “What is that in your hand?”
“Hey, pork belly is on sale at the supermarket over there~”
The sound of ladies chatting.
-Mon! Wolwol!
-Krrr….
The sound of dogs fighting among themselves while out for a walk.
It is full of a warm and peaceful atmosphere in the middle of the day that students or office workers can never feel. The presence of monsters… Even after washing my eyes, I can’t find anything.
“… Am I wrong? “Was that Indian wrong too?”
“… “I guess I should say I’m fortunate.”
The moment when the tense bodies of Choi Ji-won and I relaxed.
“… Uh?”
On Twitter, there was a video whose play count was rapidly increasing.
“… “It’s a dragon.”
In the video, a huge dragon was flying between moonlit clouds. They said it was a video taken in Pittsburgh, but the scene was so unrealistic and didn’t feel real, so everyone was fighting over the authenticity of the video.
“… “It’s the beginning.”
However, from the perspective of knowing the future… This video meant only one thing.
The invasion has begun.