Chapter 0
Chapter 0
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Popular Post Addiction
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They say that insults reflect a person's inferiority complex.
That makes sense.
After all, aren't insults the words people say precisely to piss others off?
Of course, they spit out what they think will hurt the most.
So insults inevitably reveal a person's inferiority complex...
No.
What spills out is their [Deficiency].
"But deficiencies sometimes make people grow."
"Growth?"
"Does it work outside the [Tower] too?"
"People don't try to fix what doesn't bother them, right? Like how no one works on breathing better."
The Tower.
A mysterious structure that one day towered over the world.
The day I was summoned without veto rights to the 'Red Tower,' said to be the highest difficulty among them.
I recalled a TV interview I'd heard before.
"But just as a novice swimmer decides to fix their poor breathing, we find room for growth in our flaws."
"So [Deficiencies] are a climber's talent?"
"Yes, exactly."
Apparently, that's how it worked inside the Tower.
'[Deficiencies] are the curses the Tower inflicts on climbers.'
But this curse was also a blessing.
A powerful [Deficiency] brought commensurate rewards.
For example, a [Deficiency] like 'Must work 12 hours a day'?
That person's work ability would skyrocket several times over.
After all, half their life was held hostage.
Was that why?
"I stake my name on this assertion."
The man being interviewed by the reporter.
Humanity's highest-ranking climber, whom I knew, declared.
"Only climbers bearing powerful [Deficiencies] can conquer that 'Red Tower.'"
Deficiencies make people strong!
Great words.
They could go in a biography of great men.
But I couldn't think that way.
Not as a fragile, MZ-generation twenty-something.
Anyone seeing my [Deficiency] would agree.
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[Popular Post Addiction]
◇ Die if you fail to visit popular posts every day.
[Remaining Time: 22 hours 05 minutes]
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Two hours into Tower conquest.
The memorable 0th floor.
I'd caught the disease of dying if I didn't visit the popular posts.
Inside the 'Tower' with no internet,
burdened with a 24-hour deadline.
...Isn't this just telling me to go die outside?