Chapter 9

After a brief lull, the chat window exploded upward as if a downpour had been unleashed all at once. The effect of blowing through 3 million won in a single day was spectacular.

"Just a second. Let me make a payment."

I covered the screen that was being streamed for a moment, then brought it back up. And there it was, clear as day: exactly 2,000,000 cash had been topped up.

What, ten thousand won?!

Even the message alert sounded different. Fascinating.

"Heh. GreatHaruru123, thank you for the season's first ten-thousand-won donation."

"Yep! Absolutely not."

Goddess's Grace, which had been invoked this time, was limited to spirit summons and only applied if I bought ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠two million won’s worth. Goddess of Luck, if you wanted boldness, you came to the right person.

A blessing that made a person spend their entire fortune before granting it, huh. Was this a blessing or a punishment? Whatever, it was too late to care.

"You guys are what's left."

"Heh. Thanks, but lately even pork stir-fry is 6,000 won... no, no, never mind."

"Eek! No, no. Thank you. I'll put it to good use."

"Uh... I’ll just impose on the Shining Parade break room for a bit."

"Fine. Then let’s start pulling."

Since Goddess's Grace had been applied, I looked forward to the summons to come. If the luck tier was top-grade, then an SSS-grade spirit had to be guaranteed, right? Heh. I was excited.

"Here I go!"

Boldly, I went for the 10-pull, then the 20-pull...

At some point, I had already blown past 500 pulls. I had thought I’d hit the jackpot, but there were zero SSS-grade spirits, zero SS-grade spirits, zero S-grade spirits...

...

They said the Goddess's Grace had activated. Then why the hell wasn't anything showing up? I had barely pulled one A-grade item, and that was it?

"That’s right. It’s not that the cup is half empty, it’s that the cup is still half full, wow~ That kind of mindset."

"Upvote... Fine, fine. Everyone, let’s all mi-ka and get Mika to show up. Mi. Ka. Mi. Ka."

The chat scrolled by so fast that even I, who had long since adapted to streaming, couldn’t read it properly. So I decided to just mutter to myself, happy as I was.

"This is Unknown Universe! This is my pull luck, Haruru's pull luck."

But seriously, how was this even happening? The probability alone was insane.

"Ahem."

Unknown Universe is more profitable than the lottery, though?

Seriously, this game is nuts lol.

"Are you stopping at two breakthroughs? Are you stopping at two breakthroughs? Are you stopping at two breakthroughs?"

A margin account means a negative balance account. In other words, he was telling me to take out a loan and whale harder. Sorry, but I didn't want to do that even in this life.

"A hundred pulls is enough to get an SSS-grade spirit, right? Let’s wrap this up."

...

There were 910 pulls, 920 pulls, 930 pulls... still nothing.

Why?! The blessing had clearly applied, so why was it like this? I had definitely met the conditions. Had my faith been insufficient?

I brought my trembling hands together and prayed. The screen was just a VTuber avatar, so you couldn't see it, but that only made it more desperate.

"Goddess, please. Just once, save a person... I did exactly what you told me to do! You crazy bitch. Why are you doing this?"

The results up to 990 pulls were a complete and total disaster. All that remained were ten pulls. Just in case, I had also spent every premium spirit summon ticket that came every hundred pulls. Not only did no SSS-grade spirit appear, no S-grade spirit did either.

"Ah..."

"Heh."

Thirty pulls, and no, I’m not giving up yet. There are still ten pulls left, so let’s not give up till the end.

The last ten-pull remained. And then it happened. An effect I had never seen before shook the world, and golden light began pouring out in every direction. No way. No way, right?!

"Whoa, it’s here!"

The result was even bigger than I had imagined.

Good heavens. With a ten-pull, I had drawn three Mikas, each worth an expected value of 10 million won.

"Aaaah! I knew it. Goddess of Luck, you're the best!"

The chat moved so fast I couldn’t read it properly, so I just rambled on alone in my happiness.

"This is Unknown Universe! This is Haruru's gacha!"

"Now, now."

Unknown Universe is more profitable than the lottery, you know?

This game really is insane, lol.

"You can stop at two breakthroughs? You can stop at two breakthroughs? You can stop at two breakthroughs?"

"Margin account" meant a negative balance account. In other words, he wanted me to borrow money to whale. Sorry, but I didn't want to go that far even in this life.

"You really are something..."

"You don't need to. We still have 100 pulls left. Let’s not give up until the very end."

There were ten pulls left. At that moment, the effect that had never shown itself before appeared; the world shook, and golden light began to spill everywhere. No way. No way!

"Yes, it’s here!"

The result was far greater than I had expected.

Good Lord. From a ten-pull, I had drawn three Mikas, each one with an expected value of 10 million won. I had pulled three of them.

"Aaaah! I knew it. Goddess of Luck, you're the best!"

The chat was moving so fast that even I couldn’t read it, and I’d already gotten used to live streaming. So I just kept talking to myself, happy as a clam.

"This is Unknown Universe! This is me, Haruru's pull!"

But really, how could this even happen? Just the straightforward odds were insane.

"Hmm."

The lottery pays out less than Unknown Universe, though.

This game really is insane, lol.

"There’s still one more copy to pull to make it fully transcended?"

"Don't stop at two breakthroughs? Don't stop at two breakthroughs? Don't stop at two breakthroughs?"

I was all ears.

There were still a hundred pulls left, and every one of them could bring out an SSS-grade spirit. The ones that came at every hundredth pull were high-grade spirit summon tickets, too.

"I’m ending this with this."

"Those who don’t challenge can’t have, and those who do have must not settle."

The result of the high-grade spirit summon ticket.

It actually came out. I had pulled four SSS-grade Mikas, each with an expected value of 10 million won, a thing that should have taken at least 40 million won to get, yet I’d drawn it with only 3 million won.

"I, Haruru the black fox, am the one who will stand at the peak of Unknown Universe."

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