Chapter 330
Translator: Vine
Chapter: 330
Chapter Title: 73. Negotiation (5)
“That, why would you…?”
Yuto clamped his mouth shut, as if he had no desire to speak.
In response, Young-woo glanced down at his own body and spoke.
“You said that capturing plenty of humiliation on Remu’s cameras would boost the national interest, right? So if I show up naked, doesn’t that mean the payout for you and Japan goes up too?”
“…Something like that.”
“But why’s there nothing for me?”
“……?”
“Togo’s the rival Remu’s most on guard against. Stripping the rep from a company like that would massively boost Japan’s gains, no?”
“But Remu’s rep is on our side in the end, so why would you…”
“That’s exactly it, you bastard.”
“What?”
“That’s why it pisses me off. Why the hell should you guys pocket the money I earn by stripping?”
Young-woo slammed the table with a voice thick with outrage, and right on cue, the system text advanced to round three.
《Each representative, please pick up and confirm the card you’ll use this round.》
“Check your card quick! I’m taking back what’s rightfully mine this round.”
Young-woo shouted as he snatched up the card from the table.
Flash!
For round three, he’d chosen the leftmost face-down card.
‘Please, please be a Myth!’
Peeking through the shuffled deck, Young-woo’s current hand was three Myths, one Legend, one Epic.
And with only three of the table’s five cards left to use going forward, his real hand could end up as three Myths—or one Legend, one Epic, plus a Myth.
‘Or even two Myths and an Epic. Myth ratio’s so high, it’s massively in my favor no matter how it shakes out!’
This was karma, in a way.
He’d racked up so much mythical ‘karma’ up to now that he was reaping a massive ‘reward’ in this card duel where the war’s fate hung in the balance.
“Graaah!”
Young-woo grabbed the card, threw in a bizarre whoop, and checked his destiny.
Flash!
The card he flipped over in his hand turned out to be.
Beeeep!
[Illegitimate Child]
“The world has been exceptionally cruel to me.”
|Card Grade: Myth
|Power: 2,200
*Contempt for the Weak*
[Guaranteed to crush any card below Myth grade.]
*Challenger*
[Power +1,000 when facing cards ranked higher than Myth.]
‘…Fuck. He’s here.’
Illegitimate Child.
Young-woo stared at the majesty of his first Myth card draw, unable to even blink.
On top of that, ‘Illegitimate Child’ poured out red demonic energy across the entire card like overflowing water—just like the original.
No way in hell did Yuto—who’d balked at a mere arm-chopping proposal—have anything that could take down this beast.
‘Stats are straight-up broken. Legends built to snipe Myths can’t touch Illegitimate Child, and on the flip side, this thing…’
*Challenger*
[Power +1,000 when facing cards ranked higher than Myth.]
A monster crafted to hunt anything above Myth.
With performance dead-on mimicking the original Illegitimate Child, Young-woo couldn’t help but grin.
So what’d Yuto have?
Swoosh.
Young-woo lifted his head to eye his opponent—and there was the naked guy, face grim with resolve as he scrutinized his own card.
“How’s yours? This round’s card.”
Yuto fired back at Young-woo’s question.
“What’re you planning to propose this time?”
Young-woo shrugged indifferently.
“My money.”
“Huh?”
“Shell out the cash.”
The negotiation phase kicked off right away.
《Both sides have confirmed their cards. Negotiation commencing.》
Pop-pop-pop!
Three negotiation tokens popped up beside each man’s head, and Yuto’s body gave a faint tremble.
《Present your negotiation proposal now. State what you want, then touch the negotiation token by your head to submit.》
“…….”
Yuto had learned from the last round: predicting the opponent was pointless.
Face tight with tension, he flicked his gaze back and forth between Young-woo and his three tokens.
“Me first?”
Young-woo asked politely—and before Yuto could reply, bellowed his proposal.
“Japan! Hand over every cent you’re getting from Remu!”
The system snapped Young-woo’s words into formal text.
Beeep!
[Remu’s representative cedes all war profits from the Remu contract to Togo’s representative.]
“What the— you mad bastard!”
Rustle!
Yuto shot to his feet in horror once more, but Young-woo waggled Illegitimate Child at him in a sit-your-ass-down gesture.
“Chill. I wanted all your profits, but it got capped at war profits. Lesser evil over the worst case.”
Seemed like it was because these talks tied to the three-way war about to go down.
Demands could be anything—but the max scope was locked to this war.
“Even so, all profits? That’s insane!”
Yuto protested, so Young-woo leaped up too, rearing back like he’d hurl Illegitimate Child any second.
Swoosh!
“Hey, asshole! Then is ‘gather on Demon Capital, strip naked, and duke it out’ reasonable?”
“…….”
“Feeling hard done by? Win the showdown. No payout to me then.”
Cold hard fact.
Plus, this was the negotiation table.
Make crazy demands on them? They could do the same right back.
“…Damn it.”
Yuto’s vibe was worlds away from his bold naked entrance at the start.
He glared at his card for a long beat, then locked eyes on Young-woo with resolve.
“…Fine. I’ll hit back hard.”
He jabbed a finger at Young-woo’s already-hovering proposal in the air and yelled.
“Togo’s rep! Cede all profits after this negotiation to me too!”
[Togo’s representative cedes all war profits from the Togo contract to Remu’s representative.]
“Moron. We’re pure merit-based—gotta win the war first for jack shit.”
Young-woo tossed off the line after eyeing the counter-proposal, then locked in his own.
Flash!
《Round 3 negotiation confirmed.》
Round three barreled ahead at full speed—a true clash of steel.
First time both sides tabled the exact same demand.
Loser of the showdown now had to fork over every war-related profit from their sponsor to the winner.
“Show me your card. Whatcha got?”
Young-woo jabbed his index finger at Yuto’s card. The guy flipped it, face paler than ever.
“Behold Japan’s new landmark!”
“Huh?”
Flash!
[Space Communicator]
“The universe is vast—you never know what you’ll run into.”
|Card Grade: Legend
|Power: 800 + 1,140
*Encounter with the Unknown*
[Activates with +1~3,000 power.]
“Oh……!”
Yuto gawked anew even after flipping his own card.
Acted like he’d never seen it before—and Young-woo got why once he clocked the effect.
*Encounter with the Unknown*
[Activates with +1~3,000 power.]
‘Gamble on a gamble. Solid gimmick, at least.’
Space Communicator kicked off at base 800, then flipped for a random +1 to +3,000 power.
‘Max roll could’ve threatened even above-Myth, maybe.’
Insane potential—but the foe this round was ‘Illegitimate Child.’
“Nice. But Japan’s luck just ran dry.”
“Wha—?”
Yuto’s face twisted, but Young-woo just flipped his card in reply.
Flash!
[Illegitimate Child]
“The world has been exceptionally cruel to me.”
|Card Grade: Myth
|Power: 2,200
*Contempt for the Weak*
[Guaranteed to crush any card below Myth grade.]
*Challenger*
[Power +1,000 when facing cards ranked higher than Myth.]
“…Huh?”
Yuto’s eyes and mouth flew wide as he pored over Illegitimate Child’s tooltip.
Young-woo smashed the table like he’d been waiting.
Thwaaang!
“The cosmos stands with me……!”
Bang on cue, a crimson sword lanced from Illegitimate Child, pulverizing Yuto’s ‘Space Communicator.’
Krrrack!
“Im… impossible. A card like that?”
“Legend maxing at 3,800? Guy who’d have won wouldn’t bitch.”
Round three victor Young-woo tossed Yuto’s proposal aside like trash.
Now both sides’ stacked conditions totaled four.
[Combat between Togo and Remu forces permitted only within Demon Capital.]
[Togo and Remu representatives engage in combat fully nude.]
[Togo’s representative amputates one arm prior to combat.]
[Remu’s representative cedes all war profits from Remu contract to Togo’s representative.]
‘Two rounds left. What to pitch for zero regrets.’
Remaining draw pool for Young-woo: two Myths, one Legend, one Epic.
Decent shot at Myth at least once in two rounds.
‘Push hard both. Worst case, if a killer proposal sticks and I lose, null it next round.’
《Round 4 incoming. Shuffle charges refilled.》
Round four shuffle chance popped—but Young-woo skipped it, grabbing a card straight off.
Thud!
Yuto’s eyebrow twitched at the sight.
Skipping shuffle on purpose? Meant satisfied with the hand.
Round four, too.
Signaled he’d run the last two rounds as-is.
“What the hell… what’re you holding?”
Yuto grated, irritated. Young-woo scooped the next card casually.
“Heh… My card’s… wait.”
Young-woo double-took the card he’d just drawn, disbelieving.
‘What bullshit is this?’
[Jeong-gu Before the Typhoon]
“Jeong-gu endures. The universe’s enigma shrouds him.”
|Card Grade: Legend
|Power: 1,000
*Suspicious Lifeline*
[Guaranteed win vs. same grade. Loses to everything else.]