Chapter 149
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 149
Chapter Title: Gacha Hell and Hunter Market
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"...How much is this one?"
After digging through the shop window, the 'Temporary Tent' cost 200 points.
"Yahoo~!!! 200 points!! That's what I'm talking about!!! Ride this wave..., ride it....... Fuck, but why a tent out of every goddamn item in there?"
A 200-point item..., something I'd normally be thrilled about.
A tent? What the fuuuuck...? Just a tent?
"This fucking bullshit..., a tent, fuck, I can just hit up an outdoor camping store and buy one...."
To draw something this utterly worthless, tears were blurring my vision.
For folks stuck in the Tower until they clear it, this might be useful, but for me? I could just buy a way better modern camping tent out here in the real world....
"Not yet, not yet. It's just the start. Better stuff's coming. My luck's kicking off now."
I'd thought back then.
The result of the Random Reward Box is a 'dud'.
Just five seconds ago, I'd truly believed even better stuff was coming.
But as if scoffing at that notion, the system hurled a massive steaming pile of truth right in my face: 'dud'.
It was like those monkeys clinging to geocentric theory, refusing heliocentrism and going ook ook eek eek— an unbelievable reality.
The Earth isn't the center of the universe; it's just a puny planet tracing an ellipse around the sun. That grand sun? Just orbiting in some galaxy. Zoom out to cosmic scales, and it's nothing special, merely one star among trillions....
"...No, ...fuck, calm down. This isn't what's important right now...."
Was my mind drifting to Andromeda, dredging up space and astronomy ramblings?
Or maybe because I'd watched a space documentary clip recently while banging those girls?
Who knows. It's all a blur.
Still, one last shot.
Just the 10th one.
The result of the Random Reward Box is a 'Hemostatic Potion'.
"Hmmm.... Fuck.... Haa, fuck...."
That's right.
I've finally grasped the truth of this world.
Everything people warn you against has a damn good reason.
I rolled the random gacha 10 times: 7 duds, 3 hits.
Spent 1000 points, scored two 50-point Hemostatic Potions and one 200-point Temporary Tent—for a grand total of 300 points gained.
Looking purely at the numbers, I dumped in 1000 and harvested 30% back: 300 points.
If you call a 30% hit rate a win, my gacha-game buddies might chime in, "That's a steal, dude?"...
'...But 30% is a real jackpot, right? Throw in more...?'
I felt mesmerized, tempted to roll again..., but a fierce crisis instinct slammed into my head, jolting me to a stop.
This was the signature gut punch from my 'Intuition Lv.1' skill, the one that woke me up in crises ever since I got it.
The intuition skill that had saved my ass more than once was blaring a dire warning.
'...Ah, yeah. Right. We said just 10 rolls. Shame, but call it quits. Jackpot my ass. Total trash gacha. Snap out of it.'
I decided to ditch whatever those friends thought about 30% being a "steal."
I'm no brain-dead whaling addict going mumble mumble~ yet, so I can't fathom their mindset.
Probably my own shortcomings and lack of virtue holding me back.
After that ego-shattering smackdown—thinking I was special, immune to it all—I realized I'm just another average Joe who's never even hit the lotto.
The kind of unlucky bastard who's never snagged so much as a 4th-place prize that everyone tries once.
Buy 20 tickets in life, maybe scrape a single 5th place if you're lucky.
I'm no lucky son of a bitch.
And so, heeding that primal human instinct screaming, "Bro, don't cross this river," I fired off a post on my usual community board.
Random box rewards are OP? Dropped 1000 points, pulled 300 back. Isn't this a massive W?
LOL
LOLOLOL
LOL retarded fucking idiot LOL
Retard bitch, I fucking told you not to do it
Blew 1000 points and somehow survived??
Listen when people warn you. Sigh.
You guys buying this? Total bullshit on sight
LOL
Ummmmmeeeeeh~~~!
Sniff sniff. Smell any black cow around?
LOLOLOLOL
At least made it back alive. Lucky. Grats.
1k points down? Not Easy mode, at least Normal?
Clear Normal after blowing 1k?
If real, min Hard difficulty. Bro, preemptive headbutt to your skull.
Possible on Normal. Can clear zero points spent. Just takes forever.
Zero points bullshit, shut the fuck up;;;
Above retard bitch, search "hottory0607" on the rules board. Aussie dude cleared Normal zero points.
Believe that shit? You're a retard? No proof, brain the size of a pea
Your mom
If that guy called you a retard, you'd believe it?
Your mom
If that guy said your ass prolapsed, you'd believe that too?
Your mom
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'Why the fuck are these assholes turning my post into their own keyboard warrior flamewar...?'
I'd posted in pure innocence, testifying anew that random gacha is a total scam.
But these idiots derailed into unrelated bullshit fights.
Sigh. Better ignore the attention whores.
Anyway, thanks to yet another post like this, folks got reminded once more.
Why everyone calls it garbage.
Why they scream "don't touch random gacha."
"Hmm, been a while since I surfed the community."
I started scrolling through recent posts, checking out today's top hits.
Top1. Hunter Market: Weapon Trades Out of Control? Legal Loopholes Everywhere.
• The trading site and app 'Hunter Market' is the hot topic lately.
• 'Hunter Market' is like a local flea market app, but for supernatural items within countries or regions...
• Korea's answer to 'Hero Market'?! Hero Market is the massive US hunter item trading platform.
• Mostly items dropped from deceased Tower trial challengers are up for grabs.
• Or gear crafted by blacksmiths or alchemists among Tower survivors—hot commodities.
• Transaction volumes skyrocketing daily, but government and congress are sitting on their hands.
• Current laws only regulate guns, bombs, and blades as weapons—exploiting gaps, sketchy and dangerous items trade openly.
• Hunter items even elementary kids can snag easily... lethal weapons in plain sight...!
• Regular scissors with telekinesis slicing objects 3m away; magic girl wand toys summoning and firing fireballs...!
• Government announces urgent task force for countermeasures...
"Hunter Market...? What's that? Should I check it out?"
The reporter who wrote this probably meant to slam the app's issues and prod the government and congress into action..., but I bet plenty think like me.
Or maybe not. Could be paid noise marketing disguised as criticism.
Given how much shit journalists get these days, that feels more likely....
Anyway, I hopped into 'Hunter Market'.
Tons of items for sale, legit.
Felt like a hunter version of Joonggonara or a local flea market app.
"Hmm, webnovel influence in Korea? Not calling 'em 'heroes' like in the US—here it's 'hunters'...."
Oddly, in Korea—probably webnovel vibes—they don't say 'hero' like America. Freelance Tower trial survivors or superhumans get called 'hunters'.
(Affiliated with the state? You're in police or military special forces, called by rank or title.)
Hence the marketplace being 'Hunter Market' versus America's 'Hero Market'.
"...Oh, huh..., rank system based on sales performance, like the flea market app. ...Hmm."
Ranks get me every time....
Something like that makes me wanna grind performance and climb.
Then it hit me: I've got some useless items sitting around.
'Hemostatic Potions and Temporary Tent..., plus soccer cleats.... soccer ball belt....'