A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 149
Chapter 149
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Translated by Jinmu
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The next day.
Joo-hyuk finished his preparations to go to Pyongyang.
The establishment of the Awakening Management Agency Branch Office.
It was an extremely big event.
Especially in a symbolic sense.
Because it’s the first step towards unification.
A large number of Joo-hyuk’s acquaintances are also scheduled to attend.
Former Commissioner Park Kyung-soo, current Commissioner Jeon Kwang-il, Team Leader Lee Min-ah, and our Comrade Minister of the People’s Armed Forces LSSR Go Sa-geuk.
Originally, he was going to take as many summoned entities with him as possible.
However, the day before, Gyeon Dal-rae came, and,
“I am awestruck, but we have work to do in the other world. Therefore, we would like to seek your permission.”
Work to do, you say.
“Eumm, propaganda and agitation? It appears there is a need to move public opinion.”
“…”
No, what does this mean?
Propaganda and agitation.
Is it a figurative expression?
Well, he didn’t ask her in detail.
She’ll probably tell him later.
So the attending personnel were a small number.
First of all, Cossack.
Because he’s a high-ranking North Korean official.
Also Tiamat and Gwangma.
Attending in the capacity of Joo-hyuk’s bodyguards.
This number is enough.
Entering the Black Tower and using the Tower Exit Ring to go to the tower in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Moving to the event venue using a car prepared in advance by Cossack.
I should eat a bowl of cold noodles after attending and come back.
What are the summoned entities who remained in that other world doing?
In reality, they were truly diligently doing propaganda and agitation.
『The administrators were trivial narrow-minded people. Not only did they dare to shamelessly make a deal with Young Master, they also manipulated probabilities, how can we just stand by and watch?ã€
『That’s right! The shaman’s words are a hundred times correct.ã€
『If there were no probability manipulation, the catalog would have expanded, and by now at least 2 or more souls would be standing shoulder to shoulder together with Young Master, what kind of petty act is this…,ã€
『Let’s kill the administrators!ã€
『Hang them by their necks! You sons of bitches!ã€
『Warriors hate cowardly acts the most. Come at us fair and square!ã€
『Do you know how great My Lord’s heartbreak is? Justice to the administrators! Let there be light!!!ã€
『Yeah, good job. Let there be light!!!ã€
『Sergeant Veronica Caliber, I propose referring them to a court-martial right away and executing them by firing squad.ã€
『Execution by firing squad! Execution by firing squad!ã€
『Drill about 100 holes in their heads!ã€
『Ho-e-e-e-e-ek!!!ã€
『Administrator bastards! The worker says you guys are pathetic too.ã€
『As a race and noble of the night, I will say a word. Just suck mosquito blood instead!ã€
『This fucking! #$&#%&&@$%! I will kill every single bastard who breaks our Summoner-nim’s heart! You $#%$#%#@&&@ likes!ã€
『The foul-mouthed elf bitch came too.ã€
『Swear more! More, more, more!ã€
『Keong-keong! Keu-reo-reong! Keong-keong!ã€
『Even the dog is swearing, you administrator bastards worse than dogs.ã€
Originally, the infinite world is wide and wide.
Therefore, the communication range of telepathy is also limited.
Communication channels were divided for each region.
However, right now.
Communication channels in the entire infinite world were in an uproar.
The reason they are doing it to this extent?
To convey their will.
To that high, high place over there.
For administrator punishment and probability normalization.
Well, it would be nice to receive compensation according to the damages as well.
The world was changing rapidly.
Especially the fiercely changing Korean Peninsula.
The demand of the times was unification.
Its first step was in the middle of attempting to begin in Pyongyang.
South and North Korea responding jointly to clear the Black Tower and sharing know-how?
This is no different from a military alliance.
The things done with each other by friendly nations whose relations are extremely intimate.
A South and North Black Tower clear alliance.
With this, it was safe to consider that various tensions and conflicts surrounding the Korean Peninsula had vanished.
If it were like before, there would have been worries about possibly getting stabbed in the back, but there’s no way that would happen now, and,
North Korean players actively participated as well.
The treatment of those who had only been exploited will also change.
At the Pyongyang Awakening Management Branch Office, they purchase normal and High-Grade mana stones and various tower by-products and pay the North Korean players according to the current market price.
The currency types range per type: North Korean currency, renminbi, dollars, and Korean won.
Among these, the most highly popular currencies are the dollar and the Korean won.
As this happens, the North Korean player registration rate became extremely high.
Because they became able to eat well and live well by clearing the tower.
Perhaps thanks to that, North Korean players gathered fully at the event venue.
All with faces full of anticipation.
Fierce coverage competition by reporters as well.
All South Korean media companies including newspapers and broadcasting stations came to cover the event.
The branch office establishment event held in Pyongyang is scheduled to be broadcasted in real-time to countries around the world through live satellite broadcast.
Foreign press as well.
The US, Europe, Japan, and even China too.
North Korea was no longer a closed society.
The event location is the former player internment camp.
The South Korea Awakening Management Agency Pyongyang Branch Office is scheduled to be built at that place.
Once the event finishes, they will immediately plunge into work.
Joo-hyuk also sat mixed with the people.
At the back over there, the place where North Korean players are sitting.
Gwangma and Tiamat on his left and right as well.
The North Korean players seemed curious about him.
“Comrade, seeing the clothes you are wearing, are you a South Joseon player?”
“Ah, yes.”
“An elite player?”
“That’s right.”
“Ha-ha-ha, glad to see you. I am Jung Dong-hwa who came up from Kaesong.”
Joo-hyuk responded in kind.
“I am Bong Joo-hyuk.”
“Oh! Good name. Like Joo-hyuk Manse (Long Live Joo-hyuk).”
“…Eumm, c, come again?”
“Then are the female comrade and the old man next to you elites too?”
“Yes, they’re my colleagues.”
“I am glad because compatriots are sitting together like this. I look forward to your kind cooperation going forward.”
The event which soon began.
Live broadcasted via satellite at the same time.
The greetings of the distinguished guests ended, and upon the MC’s call, Cossack came up.
“Please welcome Comrade Go Sa-geuk, Minister of the People’s Armed Forces of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with a big round of applause!”
Clap-clap-clap-clap-clap-clap!!!
A round of applause like thunder.
Cha-cha-cha-cha-chak! Chak-chak!
Camera shutter sounds were heard relentlessly.
Cossack, wearing a People’s Army uniform and with various medals dangling heavily on his chest, stood at the podium.
“Comrades! Glad to meet you. Long live Joo-hyuk!!!”
After making a formal greeting.
“Today, we have gathered at this seat for a crucial mission. The call of the times heading towards unification can no longer be turned away from.”
Cossack with a quite serious appearance.
“First of all, I give unsparing thanks to the hard work of the South Joseon government who dared to make the decision to establish the Pyongyang Awakening Management Agency branch for joint South-North response regarding the Black Tower.”
Park Kyung-soo and Jeon Kwang-il stood up and bowed.
Clap-clap-clap-clap, continuing applause.
“Our North and South will advance forward for the construction of a fully unified fatherland on the Korean Peninsula! We will proceed without stopping. Long live Joo-hyuk!”
He truly speaks well.
He was born with it.
But since it’s a live broadcast transmitting to the world, he keeps saying ‘Long live Joo-hyuk’.
I should give him a warning not to do it later.
“Lastly, there will be the greeting remarks of the great Comrade Chairman Kim In-jung.”
Kim In-jung, who abruptly lost a lot of weight lately and has a slim physique, stood on the podium.
“Well, I am deeply moved. I will say a word about the future of the Republic. Now our North and South will erase conflict and hostility and…,”
Right at that moment!
Hwi-rit! Kung! Hwi-rit! Kung!
A sound heard from far away?
What is it?
The place where the sound came from was the sky.
People’s gazes converged in that direction.
“Eh?”
“Heok!”
“Wh, what is that?”
“A person is flying?”
“Is it possible?”
A person crossing over buildings while wearing a North Korean People’s Army uniform.
Movements matching to someone flying in the sky.
Hwi-ri-ri-rit! Kung!
The man who had suddenly dropped in front of the event venue’s stage before anyone knew.
It was in an instant.
There wasn’t even time to respond.
The armed security guards carrying guns also missed the timing.
“Everyone freeze! If you twitch a finger I’ll blow it up!”
A booming voice.
The unidentified soldier was carrying a large cylindrical backpack on his back.
A backpack printed with a nuclear material symbol, and holding a small mechanical device in his hand.
If so?
“You know what I am carrying on my back, right? It’s a nuclear backpack. It would be best for everyone to stay still!”
It’s a nuke.
A nuclear backpack.
It’s small, but if it detonates, it can kill all the people gathered here.
Everyone on the podium froze.
A short while later,
Chairman Kim In-jung opened his mouth with a trembling voice.
“…W, who is comrade?”
“I am Major Jang Chang-soo, a player of the Republic’s People’s Liberation Army. Long live Comrade Chairman!”
“I see. But what are you doing right now?”
Jang Chang-soo with bloodshot eyes.
“I came to stop the treasonous act of trying to hand over the Republic to the wicked South Joseon government.”
“Treason? How dare such words come out in front of me?”
“I appeal to you with sincerity representing the comrades who share my will. Comrade Chairman is being deceived right now.”
And then, pointing at Cossack,
“Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Go Sa-geuk is an evil reactionary element. A treacherous sycophant who blinded Comrade Chairman’s eyes and ears.”
Pik, Cossack snorting.
To think there was still a guy like this around.
It seems the purging work was probably inadequate.
It was a mistake leaving the players untouched if possible.
Cossack stood up from his seat.
While slowly moving towards Jang Chang-soo.
“Comrade, you’re wearing a Ring of Liberation necklace, eh?”
“That’s right. So don’t try any funny business.”
“Where did you get it? That nuclear backpack too.”
“You don’t need to know.”
“I think I know.”
Where would it be?
China, of course.
“Stop saying useless things and apologize to the people of the Republic.”
“Will you not detonate the nuke if I do that?”
“…”
“Why aren’t you answering? You’ve already come to detonate it, right.”
“I will heroically dedicate this one body for the Republic. So apologize first!”
Even while speaking, Cossack gauged the distance.
A remote detonation device was held in Jang Chang-soo’s hand.
If he leaps right now, he can cut off his wrist or something in the blink of an eye.
Jang Chang-soo also seemed to have noticed Cossack’s intention.
“Do not act rashly. If I meet with disaster here and my heart stops, the bomb detonates immediately. Even if the detonation device falls from this hand, it detonates. Even if the detonation device breaks, it detonates. Checkmate.”
Is it real?
It didn’t seem like a lie.
So taking a risk is taboo.
If it were just himself, he would cut off his wrist and neck right away regardless of whether it detonated or not, but,
What about Summoner Bong-nim?
He could be put in danger from one mistake.
So he couldn’t even exude murderous intent.
“If that detonates, comrade won’t be safe either, got it?”
“It doesn’t matter. I came prepared for everything.”
“Fine! Calm down. What does comrade want? I will listen to everything.”
“Kkil-kkil-kkil, stop wagging your tongue. I have already firmly decided. Today’s sacrifice will be recorded permanently in the Republic’s history.”
This is maddening.
By the way, what is Summoner Bong-nim doing?
He needs to take refuge in the tower quickly.
The event venue was flipped upside down.
Because everyone knew what the item Major Jang Chang-soo was carrying on his back was.
People running away in confusion, startled out of their wits.
Spot! Spot! Spot!
Players took refuge inside the tower.
However, Joo-hyuk did not run away.
It wasn’t particularly because he had courage.
Well, if he enters the tower, the summoned entities will probably enter together.
And after doing so, he can just come out to the No. 1 tower with the Tower Exit Ring.
But what about the others?
Commissioner Jeon Kwang-il and Team Leader Lee Min-ah could take refuge in the tower because they are players, but what about ordinary people?
How could he do such a selfish act running away all alone?
He couldn’t help his trembling legs but mustered up his courage.
“…Excuse me, Tiamat-ssi?”
“Yes, Master.”
“Is it not possible to control that person using dreams?”
“Eumm, making him fall asleep is possible, but I do not know what kind of dream that guy will have.”
“Then?”
“What if that guy dreams about pressing the detonation device while sleeping?”
It would probably be pressed in reality too.
Or the detonation device dropping from his hand.
In either case, it detonates.
“Sir Gwangma?”
“…I can cut off his wrist or break the detonation device. Haa, but the risk burden is extremely big. It seems the assassin is thinking the same thoughts as this old man, so it might be best to take refuge in the tower before it is too late.”
In reality, Cossack was sending signals to Joo-hyuk with a desperate gaze.
Please enter the tower quickly, sir. Quickly! What are you doing, sir? It is frustrating, sir!
What do I do?
Is there really no method?
It’s a lie to say he isn’t scared.
Especially when he has actually experienced what the power of a nuke is like too.
Joo-hyuk looked around his surroundings.
While everyone was running away with their tails tucked, players who could enter the tower had already disappeared.
However, the remaining people.
Former Commissioner Park Kyung-soo, Jeon Kwang-il, and Lee Min-ah.
Besides them, South and North Korean high-ranking officials, low-ranking civil servants, and media reporters.
Especially the domestic and foreign reporters, they merely kept pressing their camera shutters even in this desperate situation.
Cha-cha-chak! Cha-cha-cha-chak!
Even the live broadcast was proceeding as it is.
‘…Are they crazy people?’
Joo-hyuk met eyes with Commissioner Jeon Kwang-il.
He was also silently shouting at him while moving his lips repeatedly.
Run away. Quickly! To the tower!!!
Gwangma, who usually doesn’t reveal his expressions, also appealed earnestly beside Joo-hyuk.
“Summoner, please, let’s enter the tower. It is this old man’s request. Please.”
“Master, please grant Sir Gwangma’s request.”
“If not, unavoidably by the 3rd clause of the 3 Principles of Summoned Entities, we will carry you, Summoner, and go far…,”
“Just a moment.”
There’s one method to try.
Even if that fails, it won’t be too late to enter the tower.
“Even if the remote detonation device is pressed, there’s about 1 second of leeway, right.”
“St, still…,”
He knows because he experienced it.
Does it instantly detonate when you press it?
Thus, Joo-hyuk called someone out.
The ultimate specialist.
Major Jang Chang-soo inwardly made a fishy smile.
Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Go Sa-geuk.
A figure who abruptly appeared and became the core of the Republic’s power.
The probability of him being a player is extremely high.
That is, a player whose abilities inside the tower manifested in reality with a Ring of Liberation necklace.
He must definitely be one who came over from South Joseon.
That’s why he’s doing this kind of bullshit like unification or whatever.
Unification?
You say unification after I die?
Not even close.
A body already struck with an incurable disease.
Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, a disease that can’t be cured even at American hospitals or South Joseon hospitals.
A life that will die anyway.
So he accepted the offer of the Chinese broker.
He evacuated his family to China and demanded enough money to eat and live for a lifetime.
The proposal was accepted immediately.
Thus 2 items were delivered.
One was the nuclear backpack.
Another was the Ring of Liberation necklace that made it possible for him to come here.
It was a necklace with exactly 1 use remaining.
However, 1 was enough.
He infiltrated the event venue safely and grabbed the remote detonation device in his hand.
Then the game is over now, isn’t it.
No one can stop him even if they come.
Even if that Go Sa-geuk is a liberated player.
It unconditionally detonates.
Go Sa-geuk with still cold eyes.
Kim In-jung trembling ba-beol in fear.
‘Jong-gan-na bastards.’
If only they had unified a bit earlier.
Before he suffered from pancreatic cancer.
The reason why Jang Chang-soo didn’t detonate the nuclear backpack right away.
One of China’s demanding conditions.
To make his suicide nuclear bombing recognized not as the involvement of outside forces, but as the deed of military forces within North Korea harboring dissatisfaction toward the unification discussions.
Because they said they would give 20 million more yuan to his family if he did so.
Therefore, he dragged out the conversation somewhat long.
He had sufficiently imprinted his intention.
It probably went out on the broadcast just like that too.
The objective was achieved.
‘Huu.’
Jang Chang-soo taking a long, deep breath.
Now if he lets go of this detonation device…,
But right at that moment!
De-gul-de-gul-de-gul.
‘…Eng?’
De-gu-reu-reu-reu.
A white fur ball rolling towards here, from when did it appear.
It looks like a round ball.
It even carried a tiny backpack on its back.
It rolled over quite nicely.
De-gul-de-gul.
‘What’s this?’
What is this cute lifeform?
It looks like a hamster.
“Ho-e-e,”
Jang Chang-soo was merely staring blankly at the rolling object.
A cute, round, and harmless-looking fluffy fur ball that wasn’t even human.
“Ho-e?”
To think it even approached his side and greeted him by waving its short arms.
‘Aaah,’
He almost waved his hand together with it.
He didn’t feel anything like a threat at all.
And then,
“Hoo-e-e.”
The fur ball stretched out its hand.
Behind his back.
‘…Why?’
At that moment!
Seu-reuk!
Heol-leong! Shoulders becoming light.
“…Heok!”
What is this?
Jang Chang-soo urgently moved his hands backward and felt his back.
Nothing.
Nothing could be felt.
The nuclear backpack disappeared entirely.
“What on earth…,”
Jang Chang-soo coming to his senses in a flash.
Kkuk-kkuk!
He repeatedly pressed the remote detonation device, but.
“Th, this!”
Like hell it would detonate.
When the nuclear backpack is already inside Rajix’s subspace.
“Hoo-ek!”
Both of Rajix’s hands were placed on his waist.
Stretching out his chest fully like that, and after shrugging his shoulders.
He stretched one arm forward and made a V shape with 2 short fingers.
His unique expression overflowing with pride.
Snorting coming out.
“Ho-eng!”
Cha-cha-cha-chak! Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-chak!
Reporters also popped their flashes continuously even though it was broad daylight, not wanting to miss this moment.
“Heu-heu-heu.”
Cossack also burst into laughter.
He had no choice but to acknowledge it.
Beyond the universe’s great farmhand, the best problem solver in the universe.
‘Ah right! This is not the time for this.’
Spot!
Cossack, who had run over at some point, grabbed Jang Chang-soo’s neck with one hand.
“Comrade, are you ready for this?”
“Uh-uh-uh.”
Cossack’s gaze filled with murderous intent.
At some point, Gwangma also ran over.
“Leave this guy to me, I beg you.”
“Let’s do it together. I absolutely cannot yield this time either, sir.”
“Understood.”
However, the interest of the people gathered at the event venue was still on Rajix.
“Ho-e-e-ek!”
Cha-cha-cha-chak! Cha-chak!
They didn’t even pay attention to the likes of Jang Chang-soo.
And this entire process was broadcasted to the whole world through live satellite relay.