A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower (Novel) - Chapter 152
Chapter 152
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Translated by Jinmu
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The operation ended successfully.
Final report time.
Only 7 people died.
However, all of them were China’s supreme people in power.
In Korean terms, you could consider it as the president, the next, the next-next, and the next-next-next presidential candidates, 7 people in total being massacred in one place.
A world of difference compared to the previous situations where the president was absent.
It’s hard to settle within a short period.
Cossack connected his smartphone to the TV.
He said he filmed something, but.
“The master of mise-en-scène, the maestro of art films, thorough historical research, realistic direction excluding CG, method acting immersed in the role, the 10 million-viewer director and actor who clearly wove a meticulous scenario, is none other than this Cossack, sir.”
The introduction is long, too long.
Our LSSR Cossack.
Is there anything he couldn’t do?
The footage started playing.
The scene where Cossack, who transformed his face with Polymorph, steps forward and gives a lengthy speech, the Chinese politicians seized with terror.
And then,
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwang!
Screen blacking out along with a roaring sound.
Clap-clap-clap-clap!
The summoned entities’ applause resounding.
Cossack responding by raising his hand as if standing on a red carpet.
‘…’
No, why are you showing me this?
I gave permission, but when actually seeing the output, my heart is pounding kung-deok-kung-deok.
It can’t be helped.
Is this an ordinary matter?
“The piece was pulled out splendidly, sir. And the video was uploaded to YourTube in Beijing, sir. Using an account in a Chinese person’s name, sir.”
To think he even went so far as making it public.
A video containing an absurd claim.
Chinese players of the continent, unite?
Is it the Communist Manifesto, or what?
Anyway, China will be noisy for the time being.
And they won’t even have the leeway to pay attention to the South and North Korean unification discussions either.
The result coming from the triggering of the 3rd clause of the 3 Principles of Summoned Entities.
A total of 7 people dead, including the Chinese President and Standing Committee members.
This much is minimum sacrifice.
We also took revenge, and eliminated the threat in advance too.
All this was work for my sake.
“…You’ve worked hard. And thank you for always paying attention.”
“Ahem, thanking me, we merely did the work we rightfully had to do.”
“Sergeant Veronica Caliber, please hand down an order at any time.”
“Aiy, you do not need to say words of thanks, sir. This Cossack knows that heart well just by looking at Summoner Bong-nim’s eyes, sir.”
“Ho-e!”
In any case, it ended well.
Though the aftermath wind will be fierce.
The sound of explosion and vibration rang out in Beijing, China.
At first, they thought it was an earthquake.
Because the explosive power of a nuclear backpack wasn’t on the strong side compared to other nuclear weapons, and moreover, it detonated deep inside an underground bunker, so things like fallout or a mushroom cloud didn’t rise up.
However, soon, the military troops located closest to the headquarters stormed in first.
Because that unit’s original mission was the defense of the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters building.
The unit commander arrived at the scene and commanded the rescue operation.
A ghastly scene.
The headquarters building that had completely collapsed.
People collapsed here and there and groaning.
An occurrence worthy of being startled out of one’s wits.
Who do they think this place is?
The most heavily guarded place in Beijing.
The bunker where State President Liu Zhao’s office and official residence are located.
But the soldiers guarding this place were all strewn about outside the headquarters injured.
Putting it all together, a bomb did detonate, but it wasn’t outside; it definitely detonated inside the bunker.
The people who collapsed here suffered indirect damage, being in a state considerably far apart from the building.
It was baffling.
The guard soldiers were all special forces soldiers who received the best training.
They didn’t know either.
Why they themselves were injured.
They merely lost consciousness and regained it upon the intense explosion and shockwave, or so they said.
Also the most important part,
The soldiers are soldiers, but what about the President and Standing Committee members?
Could they possibly be inside the collapsed bunker?
There were not only soldiers among the people who collapsed outside.
There were also staff members, aides, and secretaries residing at the headquarters.
The contents of their statements were all the same.
Only saying they momentarily lost consciousness, and when they woke up, they were outside.
Is it really ghosts?
If they were humans, at least eyewitnesses should appear.
Yet they say they don’t remember anything whatsoever.
Anyway, the President and Standing Committee members were not discovered outside.
It was ominous.
If they were inside the collapsed building…,
However,
A unit officer running over this way in a great hurry as if urgent business had occurred.
“U, Unit Commander!”
“What’s the matter?”
“At the explosion scene, eumm, r, a radioactive material reaction appeared.”
“What?”
Then?
“…A nuclear explosion, you say?”
“A, as a conjecture,”
What is this?
This is a big disaster.
Results he didn’t even want to imagine came to mind.
Right at that moment!
Tti-ring, tti-ring, tti-ring…,
Smartphone notification sounds ringing out from here and there.
Because of the explosion incident?
But it wasn’t.
“P, please look at this.”
“Eng? What is it? …YourTube?”
A video streaming platform banned within China.
However, everyone watches it.
Bypassing it, that is.
“One suspicious video was uploaded. An acquaintance linked it for me to watch.”
The unit commander watching the video on his smartphone.
A moment later.
“O, oh my god…,”
The Unit Commander’s hand holding the phone trembled excessively.
One YourTube video struck the whole world.
It was a video flawlessly containing the explosive scene and the claims of a Chinese player armed with crazy madness.
It was natural for the views to explode.
Was this ordinary content?
Who do they think the people appearing in the video are?
Everyone was still cautious.
The media didn’t hastily write articles either.
Because it was too big of an issue.
Since it could be a deepfake video.
And there wasn’t just one or two such videos either.
However, the fact that it was real was soon revealed.
It definitely wasn’t a synthesis, and compiling the time the video was filmed, the location, the uploaded location, etc., the video was authentic,
And the Chinese authorities keeping silent quietly without making any mention.
If the video were fake, it would be enough for just one of the figures who appeared in it to show up at an official setting and show their face, but they couldn’t do so.
With this, the death of the 3rd Chinese State President was confirmed.
The world was enveloped in shock.
The degree of chaos was particularly severe in China.
Ay, it must be a lie. I still can’t believe it. That is definitely a deepfake.
It’s not fabricated. Experts have all confirmed it.
Look even now, they say none of the people reflected in the video can reveal their faces?
How very coincidental. There was an attempted terror attack in Pyongyang but it failed, and it succeeded in Beijing.
There was no cute Ho-eng hamster in Beijing,.
That’s right. If there was, he would have gone Ho-e! Seu-reuk!
Ho-eng?
Aren’t players going to be oppressed at this rate?
The possibility is definitely high. They’re ordinary people normally, but it changes if they have the Ring of Liberation necklace.
Hmph. Is the necklace an everyday item like equipment items?
Right, that necklace, it’s an item that only comes out from the 71st floor or higher, and with an extremely slim reward probability at that.
Unless you’re a state-nurtured player, you won’t even be able to lay eyes on it, right?
Then what about Pyongyang and Beijing? There are circumstances of the Ring of Liberation necklace being used in both.
There’s a conspiracy. The state might have intervened.
Since there are also rumors that the Chinese government is the mastermind behind the Pyongyang terror incident.
Perhaps this time too?
That, we can’t know.
That Beijing terrorist’s claims too. What kind of absurd nonsense is he saying.
Right, Greater China Socialism, what is that?
How does socialism fit into Sinocentrism?
It feels like he just babbled whatever came to mind.
That person, he claimed to be a player with his mouth, but he might not actually be a player.
But some of what he says is right. Exploitation.
Being ruled by pigs is also reasonable at first glance.
Liu Zhao’s face really had changed. It must be because he stuffed his face with the Elixir of Rejuvenation.
Anyway, looks like the President is going to change again.
It was so.
Whatever the cause, China’s supreme leaders were dying consecutively.
Two of those times, they died by players.
Wang Yuan was beaten to death by Player Bailong while coveting the 71st-floor climbing gift set.
And Liu Zhao was bombed to death by the terror of a mysterious crazy bastard suspected to be a Chinese player.
The Chinese Emergency Countermeasures Committee, hastily formed due to the power vacuum, ordered the Public Security Bureau to find that player who appeared in the video.
All registered Chinese players are subjects of investigation.
A fierce wind raged.
The player investigation that started comprehensively.
The infamy of the Chinese Public Security Bureau is a widely known fact.
Players being dragged away, suffering assaults, undergoing torture, wanted orders falling on players who couldn’t endure and ran away.
At that, dissatisfaction began to gradually rise among Chinese players.
What wrong did they themselves commit?
The degree of dissatisfaction particularly worsened day by day for China’s high-level players.
If so, what about countries other than China?
No matter what the reason was, terrorism presumed to have used the Ring of Liberation necklace had occurred twice.
Should players be regulated?
But how do you regulate them?
Actually, these two incidents were something already foreseen when the Ring of Liberation necklace first appeared.
So they must change their way of thinking.
Rather than regulating players, conversely, it is right to secure players equipped with trust and skill.
By supplying the Ring of Liberation necklace to them, they need to make it so they can respond to accidents that might occur just in case.
One just has to look at this incident.
Among the Continental Crisis Management Headquarters guard troops, if there had been even a single player wearing the Ring of Liberation necklace?
Wouldn’t the result have been a bit different?
Washington, USA.
The Tower Climbing Bureau under the Department of Homeland Security.
“Gerald, keep this.”
Player Gerald, whose eyes opened round at the item Director Antonio handed him.
“Th, this is a Ring of Liberation necklace, isn’t it? 2 of them at that?”
“Yeah. It’s a gift that came from the East Tower and the West Tower.”
Gerald also knows.
The items he personally received and returned to the state.
“Why give this back?”
“I received approval from my superiors. Deciding to hand the necklaces over to the person who can use them best.”
“Uh, I’m flustered. If I wear this, it’s no different from me being a superhuman.”
“Right. You’re Super Gerald.”
“Have you never considered that I might be a dangerous individual?”
Pi-sik, Antonio laughing.
“If I had thought so, I would have confiscated the Ring of Liberation necklace you already possessed too.”
“Yes?”
“Did you think we wouldn’t know? The fact that you secretly practiced by manifesting your player abilities in your house’s basement?”
“…”
“Just hold onto it for now. Because if a problem breaks out in our US as well, we might have to request help from you.”
“Well then,”
In this way, governments of countries around the world began supplying the Ring of Liberation necklace to verified players.
Well, it’s a desirable method.
Because only the Ring of Liberation necklace can block the Ring of Liberation necklace.
Meanwhile,
There was one person who received a stronger shock than anyone else.
None other than North Korea’s Chairman Kim In-jung.
He too replayed the video of the Beijing explosion disaster dozens of times from beginning to end.
His impression after watching?
He was astonished for different reasons.
‘…It’s definitely Comrade Go Sa-geuk.’
He intuited it at a glance.
Even if the face is different.
What does having a different face matter?
Kim In-jung already knew.
The fact that Minister of the People’s Armed Forces Go Sa-geuk can freely change his own face.
However, the unique habits occasionally revealed when he speaks or takes actions.
The Chinese player in the video is unmistakably Go Sa-geuk.
And the bomb used there is likely that nuclear backpack Major Jang Chang-soo had.
Not a guess, but a certainty.
He got goosebumps.
How big of a country is China?
Therefore, even though it was clear that this terror attack was China’s doing, he himself could only do nothing but protest.
But what about Go Sa-geuk?
As soon as he knew China was behind it, he eliminated the President and Standing Committee members without hesitation.
What does this signify?
His own life is mere a fly’s life.
He’ll just die if he waves a hand once.
‘I must be careful.’
His body trembles deol-deol.
It feels bleak thinking about what the future will become.
He must survive.
To do so, he must unconditionally get on his good side.
To Go Sa-geuk?
No.
A person higher than him.
Player Bong Joo-hyuk.
He is grasping his lifeline.
But how do I get on his good side?
I need to know well about him,
‘Anyway, since he has the status of a player;’
For now, should I go to the Pyongyang Awakening Management Branch Office and meet Branch Director Park Kyung-soo or something?
Joo-hyuk was in the middle of conversing with Mari for the first time in a while.
Our corner room alchemist-nim.
Among the summoned entities, she got slightly close to Gyeon Dal-rae and Rajix, but she doesn’t converse with anyone other than them.
What can I do?
I must play with her whenever I have spare time.
But today, she sent a message first.
: Knock knock, Summoner-nim™ª, what are you doing right now?
: Mari-ssi! I’m resting comfortably. I’m sorry for not being able to play with you lately, I was busy…,
: He-he, it is fine because there are many things to play with alone on Earth™¡
: Ha-ha-ha, sometimes let’s all gather together and play.
: Eumm, someday…, oh right! I have something to give you. It’s something I’ve been making in the meantime.
Oh!
Items made by the LSSR Alchemist-nim.
Is there any way they would be ordinary?
Joo-hyuk hastily approached the front of Mari’s door.
Ppi-geok,
The door opening just wide enough for one hand to fit through.
Then one glass bottle came out.
Tuk,
One, two, three, four…, 10 bottles in total.
Yay!
It’s alcohol! Alcohol!
The alcohol he tasted once before.
It was incomparably ecstatic.
Particularly good for men.
There’s no use for it even if it gets good, but.
: Thank you. I’ll drink it well.
: Excuse me, if possible, drink it alone. Because it is good alcohol, you absolutely must not give it especially to the incubus bitch.
Ay, is that right?
Alcohol tastes better when you drink it together with a friend.
And since it’s alcohol good for men, I’ll drink it alone with Gwangma.
: And there is one more thing.
Items coming out through the crack of the door again.
They piled up neatly in front of Joo-hyuk.
What is it?
Are they jewels?
Stones where blue and purple colors harmoniously blend together.
A brilliant light.
They even exude energy violently.
An extremely dense energy of mana.
: It is Highest-grade Mana Stones. I succeeded in transmutation. If you combine them, it will be about 12kg.,
: Yes?
Highest-grade Mana Stones!
I really waited for a long time.
As soon as he received the Highest-grade Mana Stones, Joo-hyuk entered the 17th floor of the White Tower.
The 17th floor in an entirely different appearance from when he first entered.
A river flowing leisurely through green fields.
The power plant and communication tower erected far away over there.
And housing complexes on both sides of the asphalt road.
It was no different from a city-building simulation game.
You can do anything whatsoever here.
The internet is connected and electronic devices operate in a state without cords plugged in.
Checking the smartphone, it’s already 100% fully charged.
Isn’t it truly a perfect world of self-sufficiency?
‘How do I receive the occupancy rights?’
[Summoning the Owner Menu.]
[Foundation] [Placement] [Grant Occupancy Right] [Resident List]
Here, touching the Grant Occupancy Right menu.
– You can grant an occupancy right to all existences with a soul. Residents can stay here at any time, as much as they want, without time limits. The cost is 1kg of Highest-grade Mana Stones per entity.
‘How to issue?’
[Would you like to issue an occupancy right? 1kg of Highest-grade Mana Stones contained in the inventory will be consumed.]
‘Issue.’
[The occupancy right has been issued. It was automatically distributed to your inventory. Reissuance is possible upon loss. The cost for reissuance is 5kg of High-Grade Mana Stones.]
Joo-hyuk checked the occupancy right in his inventory.
An object looking like a plastic card.
The words “White Tower 17th Floor Occupancy Right” were written on the front.
‘Do I just give this to anyone who wants it?’
Right at that moment!
[Achievement : You have been issued an occupancy right for the first time.]
Euing?
This is an achievement too?
[The achievement reward will be disbursed.]
‘What is it?’
[Reward : Sub-items have been added to the Grant Occupancy Right menu.]
‘Ah…,’
Menu addition.
It was similar before.
The reward received from the achievement was the elevator installation menu addition, right.
If so, what are the newly added sub-items this time?
– You can grant a 1-day experience pass to the 17th floor of the White Tower to all existences with a soul. Experience pass holders can stay in the White Tower for one day. The cost is 1kg of High-Grade Mana Stones per entity.
– You can grant a monthly rent pass to the 17th floor of the White Tower to all existences with a soul. Monthly rent pass holders can stay in the White Tower for one month. The cost is 30kg of High-Grade Mana Stones per entity.
It was these two.
Geez, I’ve suddenly become a real estate agent.