A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 151
Chapter 151
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Translated by Jinmu
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The plan has changed.
Because reliable strength has emerged.
None other than Summoner Bong-nim’s generous permission.
Moreover, to say he would escort us to the Beijing tower.
The summoned entities’ hearts brimmed with emotion.
The 3rd clause of the 3 Principles and Summoner Bong-nim’s will matched.
What could be better than this.
So since we’re doing it anyway, we decided to do it properly.
First, Cossack and Tiamat who arrived at the Beijing tower together with Joo-hyuk.
“Loyalty! I am sorry to make things bothersome for you, sir.”
“You’re welcome. It just takes me using the Tower Exit Ring, but instead, if possible…,”
“Yep! Minimize human casualties! I will keep it in mind, sir.”
Cossack and Tiamat, having parted ways with Joo-hyuk, moved to Beijing.
The two people conversing on their way,
“You’ve upgraded a whopping two tiers, sir. Even if you can’t be a Succubus Queen, it seems you’ve become a Succubus Princess, sir.”
“Yes, my abilities have almost recovered.”
Tiamat returning from SR to SSR using yet another Turncoat Defector Grade Breakthrough Rune.
“Eumm, it is all thanks to the Master.”
“You must always carry a thankful heart, sir.”
At that, Tiamat slightly twisted her body and said showering an alluring smile.
“Aiy, of course. Our Master is my life’s savior, you see. He is a person lacking nothing even if I give my all.”
Cossack losing his temper in a flash.
“Geez, do not just spill it around everywhere, sir. Making our Summoner Bong-nim have dreams about Jin-sook or whatever. Eh?”
“I, I’m sorry.”
“Not even reaching the tips of Sergeant Bae’s toes. Eh?”
“Th, that person is too gigantic of a person, so.”
“Just be quiet.”
Cossack’s first direction handed down.
“Turncoat Defector Tiamat, can you enter another person’s dream and extract information, sir?”
“That is my specialty, you see?”
“Good, sir. Go to Zhongnanhai right now, enter the dreams of high-ranking officials, and find out President Liu Zhao’s movement routes, schedule, and location, sir. I give you 24 hours, sir.”
“Yes.”
“I will drop by the North Korean embassy and come back, sir.”
The Phase 1 operation proceeded smoothly.
Tiamat and Cossack each obtained the necessary information.
And two days later.
Finally the time for execution.
The summoned entities commenced the operation.
Joo-hyuk appearing at the Beijing Black Tower again.
And the summoned entities.
Gwangma, Cossack, Gobang, Bardin, Sergeant Bae, Geppetto, Tiamat.
7 people in total.
Rajix making a special appearance as well.
His mission is delivery.
Seu-seut!
Rajix took out an item from his subspace backpack.
His role ends here.
“Good job, sir. Universe’s Great Problem Solver.”
“Ho-e!”
Gobang carried the nuclear backpack on his back.
The very one Jang Chang-soo had in Pyongyang.
He had its detonation device fuse remodeled into a time fuse in North Korea.
We must return it since it’s not even our item.
Beijing, China.
China’s President Liu Zhao, 78 years old this year.
He looked rather young unsuitable for his age.
By about 10 years?
When he first took office, it was a face densely packed with wrinkles, but.
Why?
Because he consumed the precious Elixir of Rejuvenation.
Although it’s a medicine where people under 30 hardly feel its efficacy, and its effect drops remarkably upon re-administration,
For those over 40, the older they are, the more the Elixir of Rejuvenation shines.
Originally an medicine given as a gift to players when they climbed the 71st floor.
So they can climb the tower for a long, long time, healthily.
Namely, players should eat it.
The Ring of Liberation necklace, Ring of Shape Transformation, and Potion of Disease Curing are also given with such meaning.
However, can players completely keep those items?
Not even close.
In the end, they have to vomit them all out to the people in power.
In China as well, all items coming out from the 3 towers were taken by himself and the Standing Committee members.
Well, so what?
It’s something better for the old than the young anyway.
To the young players who handed over the items, they just need to give other sufficient compensations.
A precious 10 years of youth.
Perhaps because of that, Chinese President Liu Zhao implemented bolder and bolder policies step by step.
This Pyongyang Awakening Management Branch Office opening ceremony terror was also practically decided under his leadership.
Although it went through a Standing Committee meeting, of course.
Today is also a day with a meeting of the 7 Standing Committee members including himself.
The great undertaking in Pyongyang failed.
But they couldn’t just sit and space out.
They must prepare countermeasures.
The meeting place is the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters.
Lately, the Supreme Standing Committee meetings are all held here.
Because Zhongnanhai was breached once before.
When the kidnapped player escaped in the past.
A massive national humiliation.
An incident where China’s national prestige plummeted.
So Liu Zhao patronized the underground bunker of the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters.
A place perfectly fine even if a nuke explodes.
A place boasting watertight defense with only one entrance as well.
In short, it is the safest place in China.
Outside intrusion is absolutely impossible.
The reason he does things to this extent?
The number of people who rose to the position of President within the recent 1 year is a whopping 3 people.
Following the former former Chinese President Lin Qaiming, former Chinese President Wang Yuan, and he himself is the 3rd.
In the midst of this, if something happens to him again, China’s chaos would be uncontrollable.
And it’s not terribly special for a national leader to operate state affairs from an underground bunker in a wartime situation either.
Safety is unconditionally the top priority.
“Let’s begin the meeting. What is the first agenda?”
The 7 summoned entities.
They were at a place close to the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters.
Even observing from afar, the security was extremely heavy.
High walls, and tower-type guard posts erected hither and thither.
Located in a plain area away from the city, the field of vision was wide open.
If anyone tries to approach, they will unconditionally be caught.
However, that only applies to ordinary people.
What use is a mere guard post like that to summoned entities of at least SSR grade or higher?
7 combat-oriented summoned entities mobilized completely.
Whether they succeed or not is not the problem.
How quickly they process it is the key.
“The vampire and this person will enter the underground bunker first and occupy the CCTV Central Control Room, sir. Please come in 10 minutes later while cleaning up the guard post personnel, sir.”
What does it matter if there are 100 CCTVs attached?
It ends if they just occupy the control room.
The blind spot of watertight security.
The reason why terrorists seize the control room first when seen in movies.
Seu-reu-reuk!
Cossack disappeared in stealth.
Peong!
Geppetto transformed into a bat.
10 minutes passed.
Tiamat commenced action.
Chwa-ra-rak!
Unfolding wings.
The wide-area dream domain was declared.
Tiamat’s unique skill which widened its range and duration limits and lasted long by upgrading to SSR.
Actually, when you know it, an incubus is a terrifying existence.
Did the administrators incarnate Tiamat outside the tower for nothing?
Ordinary people without resistance fell into sleep as soon as they entered the dream domain.
Pik-pik, teol-sseok, teol-sseok.
Guard soldiers collapsing.
Pik-pik, teol-sseok, teol-sseok.
Cleaning up the guard post personnel, and next the soldiers outside the bunker as well.
Spreading wings and flying making a full lap above the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters, they all fall down into a sweet dream.
“If we just left her alone, it would have been a big disaster.”
“Ordinary people absolutely cannot resist, right.”
“Even I, a Holy Knight, fell for it, so how much more for them.”
“The warrior can endure it. …A little.”
The collapsed guard soldiers were lifted together by Gwangma, Gobang, Bardin, and Sergeant Bae and moved to a safe place.
This is the hardest work.
Because the promise to minimize human casualties made to Summoner Bong-nim must be kept.
And advancing into the bunker.
The door was already open.
Pik-pik, teol-sseok, teol-sseok.
Tiamat advancing while deploying the dream domain all the same.
Kkuk-kkuk, teol-sseok, teol-sseok.
Gwangma put those who escaped the domain to sleep by striking their sleeping acupoints.
Pa-juk! Pa-juk! Teol-sseok, teol-sseok.
Sergeant Bae’s paralyzing bullets also chipped in.
Those who collapsed inside were also moved outside.
The inside of the bunker must be emptied cleanly.
Leaving only President Liu Zhao and the Standing Committee members, that is.
All these actions were being accomplished extremely stealthily.
So the people having a meeting inside didn’t even know what was happening outside.
Continental Crisis Management Headquarters underground bunker meeting room.
The Standing Committee meeting presided over by President Liu Zhao.
“Kim In-jung has furiously protested through diplomatic channels.”
“In the end, Jang Chang-soo confessed everything.”
“Because he’s a bastard from a small country, I didn’t trust him in the first place.”
“What about remaining evidence?”
“There is nothing besides Major Jang Chang-soo’s statement.”
After the Pyongyang nuclear terror failed, the Chinese government erased all evidence.
Even Jang Chang-soo’s family members who were brought to China.
Therefore, there is no evidence remaining whatsoever.
“They said they will sever diplomatic relations with us if we don’t officially apologize…,”
“Hmph! He still hasn’t sobered up. When he used to beg like a beggar.”
Liu Zhao, whose face flushed red with anger.
“Begin with military pressure first.”
“Yes, I will forward deploy the People’s Liberation Army Northern Theater Command mechanized units to the banks of the Yalu River.”
“And strengthen the Limit Korean Order too.”
Limit Korean Order (Hanhanryeong).
An order prohibiting content produced in the Republic of Korea within China.
At the same time, giving disadvantages to South Korean products and South Korean companies that advanced into China.
“Insert Chinese fishing boats towards the West Sea and ram them.”
Besides that, they conceived numerous sanction measures.
They will strongly suppress South and North Korea omnidirectionally.
Arrogant bastards.
Going around acting up not knowing how high the sky is just because they clear towers a bit well?
The meeting lengthened.
As that happens, their throats get thirsty and their stomachs get hungry too.
“Since we’re gathered anyway, let’s drink a cup of alcohol or something. How about it?”
“Yes, let’s do that.”
“Are there any decent alcohols?”
“There are a few bottles of Maotai from Guizhou.”
“Oh! That’s good.”
Liu Zhao signaled the aide waiting at the back with his eyes.
To go outside and set up a nice table.
The secretary hastily going outside.
They waited for a long time.
The moment they started getting curious about why he wasn’t coming!
Kki-i-ik,
The opening meeting room door,
Then a certain unfamiliar man pushed a cart containing alcohol and food and entered.
Deu-reu-reu-reuk.
Liu Zhao tilted his head.
Because the unfamiliar man’s appearance was unusual.
‘…A Westerner?’
Why is a guy like that at the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters?
However, he was not alone.
An old man following closely behind.
And a man with a giant physique.
“Assassin. Pack the alcohol. It looks like good alcohol, so I must take it and have a drink with the Summoner.”
“How do you plan to take this, sir? If you are unsummoned you have to leave it behind, sir.”
“If we call our farmhand…,”
“If you call the universe’s great farmhand to transport alcohol, you will get cursed at, sir.”
“It is fine. The Summoner likes alcohol too.”
“I will contact him later, sir.”
Liu Zhao was dumbfounded.
The Standing Committee members were the same.
It didn’t feel real.
Who do they think this place is for guys like that to enter?
What were the guard soldiers doing.
Come to think of it, outside was as quiet as a dead mouse.
What happened to everyone.
What on earth is breaking out?
“Wh, who are yo…,”
And then, the old man opening his mouth.
“Who else, brave warriors of justice who came to punish you bastards. Did you really think you’d be safe after daring to commit such an act?”
It was Chinese.
Mixed slightly with archaic words not used nowadays.
“Such an act?”
“Pyongyang, I mean.”
Pyongyang, you say.
“Sir Gwangma, do not mix words and please strike their acupoints quickly, sir. Acupoints, not sleeping acupoints, sir. They must be awake until the moment they die, sir.”
“Understood.”
Pi-pi-pit! Pi-pi-pit!
Finger Flicking Arts radiating from Gwangma’s fingers.
Liu Zhao and the Standing Committee members all stiffened rigidly.
They couldn’t even open their mouths.
In the midst of that, Cossack setting up a tripod and installing a camera.
“Over there, Sir Gwangma, please step aside so you don’t appear on screen, sir.”
Then,
Seu-reu-reuk.
Cossack changing his face.
“Do I look like a Chinese person, sir?”
“Isn’t that face Go Sa-geuk?”
“Ah-cha-cha-cha! I forgot, sir.”
Liu Zhao with blank eyes.
Go Sa-geuk, you say.
“I changed it again, sir.”
“Hmm, you look like a Chinese person.”
“He-he-he, the races of Korea, China, and Japan are all roughly the same anyway, sir.”
What is that?
Changing his face freely?
Is it the Ring of Shape Transformation.
He’s not even wearing something like a ring, though.
“Did you memorize all the words you need to say?”
“I memorized them, sir. I have become a master of Beijing dialect, sir.”
Cossack who changed his face.
Behind him, President Liu Zhao and the Standing Committee members sitting unable to twitch.
“Gobang, the thing you’re carrying on your back, put it back over there. So it won’t be caught by the camera lens.”
“Understood.”
Gobang putting down the cylindrical object he was carrying on his back behind the camera, ju-seom-ju-seom.
At that, the people unable to move their bodies due to acupoint sealing were astonished.
Eyes popped open round.
Breathing getting rough.
They had no choice but to be shocked.
It’s a nuclear backpack.
The very one Jang Chang-soo had in Pyongyang.
Why is this here of all things?
Could it be they’re trying to detonate it?
Are they crazy bastards?
Are they plotting to massacre China’s supreme leaders all at once?
Aren’t they afraid of the aftermath?
No.
That cannot be.
They’re just trying to scare us.
Liu Zhao was certain in that way.
Cossack checked his face reflected in the camera and immediately pressed the record button.
The nuclear backpack placed behind the camera wouldn’t be filmed.
However, they can clearly see it.
The numbers on the time fuse gradually decreasing.
Remaining time 5 minutes.
Cossack’s mouth slowly opened, and,
Fluent Beijing dialect Chinese flowed out.
“This person is a player who inherited the great spirit of Greater China Socialism.”
Starting with his self-introduction,
“But is the current Chinese government truly inheriting the spirit of socialism? One cannot help but be doubtful!”
He went straight to the main point.
“Bastards who exploit the people with the power of dirty capital are ruling China. Look! President Liu Zhao’s glistening face! That pig bastard who became young by drinking the Elixir of Rejuvenation!”
Cossack with an imposing expression.
“Players of Great China! Until when will you live merely being exploited by pigs? Throw it off and rise up! Resist the despicable dictatorial government. The revolution depends on your hands!!!”
His voice became even more booming.
“Make the exploiters tremble in fear before the revolution! What players will lose from the revolution are only chains, and what they will gain is the power of the tower. Chinese players of the continent, unite!!!”
Actually, Cossack didn’t even know what words he was saying.
Just babbling the contents written for him by the North Korean embassy in Chinese pronunciation.
“So today, I have decided to hand down judgment to these pigs. You cannot build unless you break. For a new China, I will cleanly sweep away the old and rotten things.”
Lastly.
“Long live the People’s Republic of China! Long live! Long live!”
Liu Zhao and the Standing Committee members were driving themselves crazy and mad.
What those unidentified player bastards were saying wasn’t important.
The nuclear backpack before their eyes.
The time continuously decreasing.
Now not even 2 minutes remained.
Is it really detonating like this?
They’re going to detonate a nuclear backpack in Beijing?
I have to live.
I have to at least make an excuse.
I have to bow my head and beg profusely.
I’m sorry.
I committed an offense deserving death.
I will never commit such stupid acts again.
So please save me.
I became 10 years younger,
I can effortlessly live for 30 more years going forward.
But they were in a position where they couldn’t even open their mouths.
Moreover, the bastards who disappeared without a trace.
Inside the meeting room, there was only himself and the Standing Committee members.
Remaining time 1 minute.
Liu Zhao desperately tried to move.
To stop the time fuse.
‘…D, damn it!’
Because he exerted so much force, the blood vessels in his eyes popped.
Remaining time 30 seconds.
He still couldn’t believe it.
It’s the safest space in China, but a nuke detonates here?
He regretted it so much.
That nuclear backpack.
If he hadn’t caused the Pyongyang terror, that thing wouldn’t be here in the first place either.
However, it was already too late.
In the end, will he too follow the footsteps of the former presidents?
Remaining time 10, 9, 8…,
Liu Zhao and the Standing Committee members writhing.
Only despair filled their eyes.
“Kkeu-eo…,”
His mouth opened little by little and his vocal cords moved, but.
3, 2, 1…,
“N, no!!!”
0.
Fuse activation.
Hwa-a-a-at!
Kwa-kwang! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!
In the end, it detonated.
The nuclear backpack that couldn’t detonate in Pyongyang detonated in Beijing.
Inside the bunker where all of China’s supreme leaders were gathered, that is.
Burning hot heat struck the meeting room.
At the moment of death, Liu Zhao recalled.
Already the death of the 3rd Chinese President.
Would a successor even be able to be decided?
The chaos will last extremely long.
Ku-ku-ku-ku-ku-ku-kung!
The collapsing underground bunker.
The vibration of the explosion spread out to the entirety of Beijing City.
It was an unprecedented incident.
Ku-ku-ku-ku-ku-ku-kung!
The 7 summoned entities were watching the collapsing underground bunker from afar.
“Refreshing, sir. This is what you call mirroring, sir. We returned it exactly as it is, sir.”
“But was the recording done properly? The camera also got broken.”
“Ehew, do not just drink alcohol every day and please learn a little, sir. That is why you get cursed at as a boomer whenever you go somewhere, sir.”
“…”
“The camera is for taking the footage and the video is stored in this smartphone here, sir. Only then can I upload it to YourTube, sir.”
Gwangma’s face stiffening coldly.
“Yeah, you too are an LSSR, huh. That is great. Even if you get hit a few times, you will not die.”
“…Yes, sir?”
“Shall I loosen up my body? It is about time to sort out the hierarchy too.”
Ji-ing!
A crescent moon sword aura rising on Gwangma’s hand.
Spot!
Cossack fleeing in a flash.
“Heo-heo, that guy really, he is fast alright.”
Spot!
Gwangma’s body also disappeared.
Lightfoot Arts of the martial world and Shadow Steps.
Who will be faster?