Hashtag Gallery had skin color tweakers too.
02. I Have a Boyfriend!
To raise the Alteration Rate, I need mini-games.
There are a total of six types of mini-games.
Tetris, Shisen-Sho, Racing, One Card, Hidden Object Game, Puzzle Solving.
One of them pops up randomly.
And... including me and five AI players, a total of six compete for rankings.
1st place gets 6%, 2nd 4%, 3rd 2%, 4th 1%, 5th~6th get 0% Alteration Rate increase.
The Alteration Rate is literally the percentage gauge of how much the hashtag alters the world.
If the <#Contract Dating> Alteration Rate hits 100%..., no matter where you go in the whole world, everyone will have blind faith in this hashtag without a shred of doubt.
Naturally, the lower the number, the more they'll find it weird or suspicious.
That's why it's so important.
Uduk.
After cracking my knuckles, the first thing I did was,
"Hangover... cure... first......"
Gotta take care of myself first. Can't play 24 hours anyway because of the Fatigue system.
I was about to order delivery but stopped and forced myself up.
Delivery's great and all, but the bulky trash after eating is a nightmare.
Plus, as a solo liver, anything over 3,000 won delivery fee triggers an instinctive disgust.
No idea when it started, but I headed to that nearby galbitang place that's been there since my freshman days, emptied my gut, then finally crashed comfortably on the bed and picked up the game console.
Uduk!
I cracked my fingers loud and settled into position.
<#Lee Ina>
<#Contract Dating>
Didn't notice when playing the game, but seeing my friend's little sister as a naked character is... kinda immoral and intense.
Meaning, it's turning me on.
These trashy thoughts and feelings are probably perks from saving another world.
The old nice-guy me wouldn't get horny looking at my friend's sister. Common sense.
Swik
I dragged Lee Ina's character name and shoved it into <#Mini-game>.
Since I hadn't raised her yet, she had no abilities to help with mini-games.
Ttororong-!
The mini-game dice rolled with a sound.
"Please please...!"
Not Racing or One Card! Please!
<#Shisen-Sho>
Fuckin' hell.
<Prepare!>
<10~!>
The numbers counting down.
My character sat arrogantly at both ends of the screen, wearing a mask.
The other AI characters were decked out in fancy clothes—total veterans or pervs, no doubt.
<1~!>
<Start~!>
1-star mini-game.
Just a single-layer Shisen-Sho. As everyone knows, match the same tiles on screen and clear them all.
Todok!
Tok!
I moved my hands busily.
The six months invested weren't wasted; tiles vanished at lightning speed.
And I've never lost to 1-star dummy AIs.
<1st place!>
<Alteration Rate 6% acquired!>
Tuk degurur
After the mini-game, two dice roll.
Heroines start with 100 Fatigue, and it drops by the sum of the two dice.
<6,6>
"Fuck, this gacha shit game's ruined!"
12 Fatigue gone in a flash.
I held my forehead and let out a heavy sigh.
Theoretically, if it keeps rolling 1,1, I could hit 100% Alteration Rate in a day!
Hoo, no.
It's just the first one.
Ttororong-!
<#Hidden Object Game>
<Prepare~!>
<10~!>
...
<1~!>
<Start~!>
As expected of the easiest 1-star, it's a picture made of shapes like triangles and squares.
Like a Picasso painting.
Big and chunky, so mistakes pop right up too.
Of course, 1st place,
<6,6>
"Ah! This world's rigged as fuck, for real!"
24 Fatigue down in just two rounds!
Ttororong-!
<#One Card>
<4,6>
"Ah...."
In the #Hashtag Gallery, if the dice sum to 6 or more, you curse first—common sense.
As a sensible guy, I did what needed doing.
"Shit-ruined gacha game!"
But I didn't chuck the console. Not that crazy.
Ttororong-!
<#Shisen-Sho>
<5,5>
This telling me not to play? Right?
Ttororong-!
<#Puzzle Solving>
1-star gives a 10-piece puzzle. Easy for me, easy for AIs too.
It's a speed race.
Each puzzle piece has different colors, so I dragged and fitted fast.
<1st place!>
<Alteration Rate 6% acquired!>
I kept going like this until all Fatigue was spent.
Can't play if the two-dice max is 12 or less, so stop here.
"Hoo...."
Game over, and on screen, Ina panted with sweat, face slightly flushed like she was exhausted.
Graphics too realistic; feels kinda guilty.
<#Lee Ina>
<#Contract Dating(78%)>
78% on day one looks good at a glance, but considering difficulty, most hit 100% and jump to 2-star right away.
Shit really starts at 4-star.
Politely put, it gets tough—reality, it turns to hell. That's why full 6-star raising is brutal.
"When's Fatigue gonna recover......"
1 Fatigue per hour, so one more round in an hour, or wait 12+ hours.
An hour later, <#Racing> finally dropped.
Super simple circular track. Model AIs driving at constant speed made 1st place a breeze.
<#Lee Ina>
<#Contract Dating(84%)>
Alteration Rate over 80%.
§
<Lee Ina>
"Ugh...? W-who are you?"
Walking with her bass bag slung over her shoulder, then suddenly some... ajusshi?
blocking her path?
B-beard, so ajusshi, right?
He was 25, but to a 20-year-old, even 23 is ajusshi. And Ina didn't care to know.
"I've liked you since way back. Go out with me."
Way back? First time seeing you?
"Uh, um......"
Not even asking for her number, straight-up confession?
"I-I have a boyfriend! Sorry!"
"Huh? Who? Don't you go to Neulsom Music Academy? Never seen you with anyone."
Dude wouldn't back off even after she said she had a boyfriend.
That's when the once-in-a-lifetime event turned thriller, shifting Ina's genre.
No one came to mind.
Academy oppa she knew? Or teacher? Or......
Faces flashed by quick, and absurdly, what popped up was,
"H-here!"
Could've run, but weirdly wanted to prove it, so she pulled out the pic her sister sent.
Drunk-as-hell friend of her sister's leaning on her shoulder asleep in the car backseat.
She'd chucked him off right after the photo—top secret.
"Ah...! It's real....... Got it."
Proof of boyfriend, and he backed off like magic.
But the events didn't end.
"Wh-why...?"
Guys asking for numbers weren't zero before, but not ten-plus times a day.
They approached like possessed, asked for numbers, and Ina declared her boyfriend's existence.
Felt like a scripted play.
Gwak... In-mok oppa? Sunbae? Felt bad kinda......
Would see at Start of Semester in three months, but honestly knew zilch.
Weirdness continued next day.
What the hell!
Heading to academy, teacher spotted it and rushed over panicked.
"Uwa! Saved! Saengnim!"
"I-yeol~, Ina~, turned 20 and super popular now~."
"Ah~, what! I'm dying here!"
"Boyfriend too?"
Face flushed at teacher's teasing tone.
"Kids~! Ina got a boyfriend~! Boyfriend! Ina got one~! Kids!"
"Aaak! For real!"
Then academy vets poked heads out from soundproof booths one by one.
"Oh? Real?"
"College girl now, huh?"
"I-yeol~! Jealous! Hottest babe here's taken~!"
Sisters and bros teased nonstop.
Some had weird expressions, but Ina didn't notice.
"Nooo! I just said I had one when they asked for my number!"
Screamed like crazy, but the mischievous bunch wouldn't stop.
Screaming "no" while running, thunk—crashed into someone's chest.
"Ina, got a boyfriend?"
Looked up at the deep voice: her lifelong crush oppa smiling softly.
"Ah...! Ah...!"
Face beet red, words failed.
Little girl breaks down in front of first love who's great at guitar, hot voice, handsome.
"Ah, nooo.... I said nooo...."
Suddenly sad, tears welling.
"Uh.... Hey, Ina, sorry...."
Oppa and sisters finally stopped joking, approached carefully.
Of course Ina knew.
Her crush, academy oppa and former teacher Si-hoo oppa, already had a long-term girlfriend and was marrying soon.
"Ina, you okay?"
Watching caring crush Si-hoo oppa hand tissues made her sadder.
I liked you too!
"Pwaaaang-!"
Burst into baby-like sobs, super pitiful.
Everyone at the academy knew she crushed on him.
Si-hoo knew too, obviously.
First met, he was college student, she elementary—cute, overlooked.
Time passed, high school her still felt like cute lil sis, not womanly.
Finally calming, tears stopping, meanwhile far-off studio apartment was deep into Racing.
<#Lee Ina>
<#Contract Dating(100%)>
Unbeknownst to her, her name was on the contract, 100% effect kicking in.
"Right! I have a boyfriend!"
Sobbing kid yelled after calming, everyone stunned.
"I have a boyfriend! So don't confess to me!"
At the baby's antics, they exchanged looks and snickered.
"Aww, okay okay, if Ina says she has one, she does."
"Boyfriend must be hot."
"Have a good romance, maknae."
Still skeptical vibe.
Crush first love never happening anyway, other guys approaching all sucked.
So since it's like this!
"Look! My boyfriend!"
Showed the drunk fake boyfriend pic, and instead of laughs or teases, sisters and bros got serious.
"......Real......?"
"No way... right?"
"Seriously......?"
No interest in their hopeful answers in Ina's head.
"Real! Day 2 today! Started yesterday!"
"Uh...."
"For real......?"
Her confident attitude left them unsure.
"You tease when I say no, but get serious when I say yes!"
"......Kinda like, maknae getting a boyfriend shocks everyone......"
Teacher's words, all nodding.
Then Si-hoo oppa asked seriously.
"So..., who? How old?"
Not even liking me, why care? Hmph.
"Tw-twenty... something? Sunbae from sister's friend circle."
Her fumbling answer, they sighed in relief.
"Yeah? Whew, okay, have good love."
"Pic shows dad's car. One of Hana's friends, huh."
"Totes, we hitch rides too, know it."
Long-time acquaintances meant family-level close.
Regular dad's car riders finally relaxed.
"Ina, your dad wouldn't let your boyfriend ride backseat drunk together."
Logical.
"Uh...."
"Kids, what ya doing~, practice time! Students to rooms!"
Mood lightened quick.
Si-hoo oppa ruffled her hair with soft smile.
"Bring boyfriend when you get one, we'll check him out."
"Tchh....... Fine."
§
Okay.
1-star complete.
Finally snagged 1 point.
<#Shop Open!>
And the shop opened.
Here, spend points on all sorts of necessities.
<Character Card pt.1>
<House pt.1(locked)> - <Room+1 pt.1(locked)> - <Yard+1 pt.1(locked)> - <Fence+1 pt.1(locked)>
<Fashion Shop pt.1(locked)> - <Sports Shop pt.1(locked)> - <Lingerie Shop pt.1(locked)> - <Dress Shop pt.1(locked)> - <Accessory Shop pt.1(locked)>
<Furniture Mall pt.1(locked)> - <Household Goods Mall pt.1(locked)> - <Hobby Goods Mall pt.1(locked)> - <Cosmetics Mall pt.1(locked)>
<Customizing Face pt.1(locked)> - <Customizing Upper Body pt.1(locked)> - <Customizing Lower Body pt.1(locked)>
Obviously, Character Card's top priority.
Increases heroine count.
Other four tech trees? Fashion-focused, obvious.
Of course, functions too.
House tech: 'Fatigue recovery speed up'
Fashion tech: 'Max Fatigue up'
Furniture tech: 'Fatigue recovery amount up'
Last, customizing. Arguably the hashtag's core.
Meaning..., heroines outside change to my custom.
Not instant—one sec no—but gradually over time.
Already broken. Means tweak tit size, pussy tightness, whatever.
Game's a game, can't feel myself, but character reactions fun, did it few times.
Hashtag Gallery had skin color tweakers too.
Ah. Not white jade or bronzed—crazy shit.
Like fluorescent Nurhaci-led Yeojin tribe or rainbow-tailed alien Eilish mods. Why play 19+ game for that crap?
Admins ban those monstrosities quick.
Tok
First thing I'm opening.......