Money Duplication
Money Duplication
[Title] F*ck, is Egostic insane or what?
If 5 million people actually get money like he said, that's over 50 billion won, right? Is he nuts? What is he, a walking small business? lol lol lol lol lol lol
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[Anonymous1] For real lol lol lol I seriously can't figure this guy out
[Anonymous2] I said, “If you have that much money, give me 100,000 won,” and he actually did?
[Anonymous3] This is a villain? This is a hero lol lol lol lol
[Anonymous4] Yo, it's not 50 billion, it's 500 billion lol lol lol lol lol
↳[Anonymous5]?
↳[OP]???
↳[Anonymous6] Whoa wtf for real lol lol lol lol 100k times 5 million is 500 billion lol lol lol
↳[Anonymous7] He's a walking conglomerate lol lol lol lol lol
↳[Anonymous8]?? Wait, fuck, at this point isn't this like a whole country's monthly budget?
↳ [Anonymous9] A walking nation, damn
↳ [Anonymous10] The Mango Nation, damn
[Anonymous5] Wait, but logically, how could he possibly have that much money? You send your account info and instead of getting money, aren't you just getting cleaned out?
↳ [Anonymous2] nope lol I sent mine and got the money lol jackpot
↳ [Anonymous5] Fuck it, I can’t help it. I’m going to get mine too
↳[Anonymous11] Don't do it, you moron
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[Wait, aren't the people sending their account info absolutely insane?]
Have you lost your minds or what?
Don’t you idiots realize all that “One person like me won’t matter” thinking adds up and ruins everything?
He's going to blow up that bridge and the people on it are going to die, you know?
Seriously, how shameless can you get.
[Upvotes]23 [Downvotes]172
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[Haha~ already got my money]
[First serving of facts:]
↳ [Even if every distant relative joins in, they won't pass five million people within eight hours]
↳ [Second serving of facts:]
↳ [If you don't live in Seoul, you don't care whether the bridge gets destroyed]
↳ [Third serving of facts:]
↳[If people die it's because the heroes couldn't save them, how is that our fault? Fr lol]
↳[Fr lol]
↳[Fr Stardus will save them anyway lol lol lol lol]
↳[Oh yeah, name one attack Egostic caused that actually had casualties lol lol lol lol]
[As long as I'm fineeeeeee]
[After reading this post, I told my mom, dad, sister, and brother-in-law to send their account info right now]
↳[Yo, you too?]
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[Since we're all anonymous, let's be honest]
Watched the video and immediately got that 100,000 won: Upvote
People come first. I won't sell my conscience. I'm not taking it: Downvote
[Upvotes]2476 [Downvotes] 51
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[Wtf look at the upvote to downvote ratio lol lol lol lol lol]
[?Didn't you all just send your parents' accounts and get paid too?]
[Dinner tonight's premium ribeye heh lol lol lol lol lol]
[Money is literally duplicating lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol]
***
A nationwide public-participation terror attack orchestrated by Egostic.
Previously, people had been completely uninvolved. They sat in place and could only watch attacks unfold passively and helplessly.
The concept of the attack Egostic orchestrated was completely flipped on its head.
This was an attack in which the perpetrators were not the “terrorists” but effectively the citizens themselves.
In this attack, people become active perpetrators.
Everyone who accepted one hundred thousand won from Egostic became a perpetrator and one of the main culprits behind the attack.
Just as he had announced, the attack was meant to test how selfish human beings were.
If everyone simply did nothing, the attack would collapse on its own.
It was an attack that might never happen at all.
However.
The citizens of South Korea, as expected, did not disappoint.
[Real-time Search Terms]
1. How to send an account number
2. 100,000 won
3. How to get 100,000 won
4. Egostic's address
5. Egostic 100,000 won
He had clearly warned that taking the money would bring down the bridge.
People nevertheless began recklessly sending their account details and collecting the money.
At that moment, Egostic was continuously hijacking the three major terrestrial networks to broadcast instructions for claiming the free one hundred thousand won.
It was no exaggeration to say that everyone awake in South Korea was talking about this.
"Hey hey, Assistant Manager Kim. What are you doing right now?"
"Oh, Department Head. Take a look at this."
"Hmm? What's this?"
"If you send your account number here, they give you one hundred thousand won for free. You should try it too, sir."
"What? Really? Wait a sec..."
"Wait, this says if over 5 million people take the money, he's going to blow up Mapo Bridge? Assistant Manager Kim, isn't this morally problematic?"
"Come on, sir. Five million isn’t some small number. Do you really think five million people will apply by seven? One or two of us taking it won’t make any noticeable difference."
"Is that so? True, 5 million is a huge number. You're right, what's a couple of us... Yeah! I'll take it too. So, Assistant Manager Kim, did you already get yours?"
"Good thinking, sir. Yes, all our employees have already taken it."
"Really? Then now that we have the money, we're having a company dinner tonight! Hahahahaha."
"Ah..."
***
"Hello? Chul-soo? What made you call?"
[Hey, Mom. Send me your and Dad's account numbers. Oh, Grandma's and Grandpa's too.]
"Huh? Why? You're not trying to pull something weird again, are you!"
[No. Right now you can get 100,000 won per person. Just tell me quickly.]
"Aren't you getting scammed?"
[I said no! Just tell me.]
"This kid... Fine."
And so she sent her child her own account number along with those of the rest of the family.
A short while later, a notification arrived.
[Kim Ju-hee, 100,000 won has been deposited into your account.]
"Oh my, it really came in. Did that child send me spending money?"
Surprised, she checked her banking app.
It simply stated that 100,000 won had been deposited by [Ego Squad Co., Ltd.].
"What's Ego Squad?"
And so, not just her, but everyone who requested the money had the name Ego Squad Co., Ltd. planted firmly in their heads.
***
[Why can only Koreans participate in this event? This is unfair. I wish you'd let foreigners participate too.]
[This is the first time I've ever been envious of Korea. Villains there don't steal money, they give it away. The villains in our country need to take notes.]
[Did you say his name is Egostic? Contrary to his name, he seems like a rather unselfish fellow.]
[My Korean friends are already bragging about receiving their money.]
With an event rare even on a global scale unfolding, foreign media and overseas communities began focusing on the special attack taking place in South Korea.
Meanwhile, YouTubers who saw the foreign reactions hurried to produce nationalist hype videos.
Egostic, the one who started all this chaos, was sitting high and mighty atop the bridge.
Shivering in the cold.
"Achoo."
Sitting atop the main tower of Mapo Bridge, I sneezed.
Sheesh, the weather had been getting chilly lately, and it was pretty cold this high up.
I thought about quickly popping over to grab a hand warmer, but if some paparazzi caught me fiddling with a hand warmer, it'd look kind of lame.
So I simply shivered and watched my breath fog in the air. Wait, is it winter already? Why can I see my breath...?
Looking down from the bridge, I could see the whole Seoul cityscape at a glance.
What stood out most were the police cars surrounding both ends of the bridge.
It looked as though they were blocking anyone from approaching.
The fact that no one was trying to cross the bridge showed that my threat was working.
Where was Stardus?
She was probably watching from the other side of the bridge, ready to fly in and rescue the two cars if necessary.
Hmm.
Looking around Seoul, I could sense subtle differences.
The Seoul I remembered from before I entered this world and the Seoul here were almost identical, but viewed like this, small differences stood out.
For example, over there. A large building should have stood there, but it was missing in this world. And this bridge... If I remembered correctly, didn’t Mapo Bridge have suicide-prevention messages? Instead, it had been decorated like a suspension bridge. Why? Was it designed that way to make the sight of a monster smashing it apart more dramatic?
Either way, it had given me somewhere to sit, so I was grateful.
I began staring blankly into the air, shivering from the cold again.
Actually, it only looked like I was spacing out to others. In reality, I was reading the chat window through my mask.
[Used all my family’s accounts and got 600,000 won lol jackpot lol]
[Ah wtf, this is limited to one per person? I thought you could get it multiple times if you had multiple accounts, so I applied with all of them and all but one got bounced]
[lol lol lol You really thought that would work? lol lol lol]
[Breaking: Government tried and failed to block the site used to send account details to Egostic]
[He's the guy who hacks broadcasting stations, of course they can't block that]
[You wretches... sold your consciences... for a little money!!! You crazy... bastards...]
[Sir, say that again after putting down the 100,000 won in your account.]
I killed time watching the chat.
Before I knew it, four hours had passed.
Maybe it was time to get things moving again.
I turned the camera back on.
The feed that had shown only the remaining time and the account-submission site flipped, and I suddenly appeared onscreen.
The chat, which had been quietly buzzing along, immediately came alive again.
[Oh what's this?]
[Broadcast back ON lol lol lol lol lol lol]
Whew.
It was about time to run my mouth again.
"Yes, yes. Nice to see you again, everyone! Egostic is greeting you once more. You're all still nobly resisting the temptation of a measly 100,000 won for the sake of your consciences, right?"
[Ahem lol lol lol lol lol]
[Ah lol lol lol lol Of course lol lol lol lol lol]
[Don't really need 100,000 won lol lol lol (I need it)]
[For real, wouldn't take it even if you forced me lol lol lol lol (Already took it)]
[You bastards if you're gonna put your true feelings in parentheses, why even open your mouths? lol lol lol lol lol]
"Seeing as time is nearly half up, and for those of you who are still keeping your consciences, I'd like to hold a special little event."
As I said that, I leaped off the main tower and landed on the ground.
Thoom—
My cape billowed from the impact of my landing.
Grinning through the folds of my cape, I spoke to the camera.
"This time, I'll be interviewing the people trapped inside the cars."
"These are the people whose lives you readily disregarded for the sake of one hundred thousand won. Each of them is someone’s precious provider, friend, son, or daughter."
"For those of you who are shamelessly taking my money without a shred of guilt, I've prepared something special."
"Please choose whether to save these people or immediately add one hundred thousand won to your wallets."
As I said this, I started approaching the nearest car.
But here was the thing.
I hadn’t chosen who was inside the cars, so I had no idea who might be in them.
Hoping desperately that nothing would go wrong on air, I approached the car.
Still, what were the odds that some weirdo was in there?