Chapter 45
Chapter 45
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 45
Chapter Title: Small Wish Voucher
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The game had reached its late stages, and the safe zone without poison gas had shrunk so much that players could spot each other with the naked eye from across it.
I was flattened behind a rock, hiding, when distant gunfire and grenade explosions erupted noisily.
— [These bastards were all gathered in one spot?] [Such a crafty old hag lololol] — [Ching!] [How the fuck did Dullureuya backstab in one second, you bastard] — [Red Parade donated 1,000,000 won] "Pfft. Our little girl did great."
— [Ching!] [Dullureuya donated 10,000 won] [Hehe our baby girl♡] I was in the middle of spectating the brutal infighting when a world message popped up.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ <The final poison gas deployment will cover all areas.> From now on, the spreading poison gas wouldn't stop until the end, forcing the remaining players into combat.
Looking at the map, I could see the safe zone circle tightening as the gas contracted.
[3 Kills] [3 Survivors] Including me, three were left alive. I figured the other two were holed up in the two-story mansion where the fight had just gone down.
The shrinking safe zone's center was pinned near the mansion, so I couldn't just hunker down behind the rock forever.
Assuming they'd be sniping from the mansion windows, I circled wide to a blind spot before the gas closed in further and pressed against the mansion's outer wall.
Scoping it out, one was peeking from a second-floor window, but the other was nowhere in sight.
"Whew, why am I so damn tense over this?"
— [Fr real, this is nail-biting af lololol] [Shoulda ordered chicken] The poison gas was right up on us now, enveloping the mansion. A bit longer, and it'd swallow the entrance too.
As I timed my entry, one enemy dashed around the corner along the wall, twisting toward me in a panic.
—Bang!
[4 Kills] [2 Survivors] "That guy's probably hiding behind the mansion and got chased out by the gas."
— [Whoa, aim speed is insane] [Kya, 1v1] [Entrance blocked now wtf lol] [Gotta heal war lololol] In the split second it took to drop the enemy, the gas surged in and sealed the mansion entrance.
Options left: take out the guy upstairs or play a boring heal-off in the gas, seeing who had more meds.
I checked my inventory for throwables and pulled a smoke grenade.
Hugging the wall low to stay out of sight from the second floor, I shifted back a bit and lobbed the smoke up through the window.
Glass shattered with a crash, and the smoke perfectly entered the second floor, billowing out.
— [Oh nice] [Go granny, hate to see a good show wasted] The enemy blindly sprayed bullets out the window through the smoke before quickly retreating.
Now for the finale.
"Catapult mode."
I started mindlessly hurling all the throwables I'd stockpiled without much fighting up to the second floor.
Molotov. Molotov. Frag. Frag. Frag. Flashbang. Smoke.
—Whoosh. Boom! Boom! Boom!
I chucked every throwable in reach up there.
— [Eek too brutal can't watch] [lololololol fish in a barrel] [Han Ga-eul murder siege weapon mode on!] While I was throwing, the gas shrank further. My HP started dropping from the gas touching me.
HP plummeted in big chunks every second. The enemy seemed huddled in a corner, chugging heals nonstop.
"Fuck. Just die already."
My HP was floor-bound on screen. I was about to stop throwing and heal when a message appeared.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ <Han Ga-eul has eliminated Military Secret 1q2w3e> [5 Kills] [1 Survivor] ⚔ STATUS ⚔ <1st Place: Amazing Victory!> "Yesss!! Did you see that, guys? You saw it, right?"
— [Whoa whoa calm down granny] [lolol Ga-eul so cute] [Actually won this shit insane lolol] [Epic battle, dong growing majestic] Staring at the victory text on screen, joy welled up.
"At first, they were suiciding so much I thought it was hopeless, so I lured 'em into clan wars. But these bastards teamed up and nearly fucked me."
— [Kya not an intel char but a scammer char] [lolol still fun as hell stream] As I gushed about the win to viewers, the chairman sent the promised prize money.
— [Ching!] [Red Parade donated 60,000,000 won] [Crafty bitch used her head well] "Whoa, Red, thanks."
— [60 mil insane] [What does this chairman dude even do?] Mid-ramble, I remembered the last viewer I'd fought.
"Who was the guy I fought at the end? Made it to the finale, so I'll give ya a super small wish voucher."
— [lololol what's 'super small' even mean] [So jealous wanna get tiny wish too] [Fr giving?] "But it's a small wish voucher, so nothing too big, okay?"
The tension from the game left me drained, so I sank into my chair, waiting for a reply.
— [Ching!] [Military Secret 1q2w3e donated 10,000 won] [That was me at the end but fr granting??] Looking at the donation, it was a buddy who'd watched since day one.
"Leak? Gimme somethin' super small then."
— [lololol so what's the criteria] [Fuck so jealous fr] — [lol sharpening knives, wish right or die] [lol try asking for a kiss or she'll cut your dick off] [Leak behave if you don't wanna die] Military Secret had donated early on even suggesting a mic upgrade, so I still felt grateful.
— [Ching!] [Military Secret 1q2w3e donated 10,000 won] [Wanna see military content, like combat rations mukbang?] "Mukbang outta nowhere?"
— [So random lololol] [Could be fun? Lotsa that stuff lately] Pondering the sudden mukbang request, I DM'd Military Secret one-on-one.
"Leak, you in the army?"
— [Military Secret 1q2w3e]: Yeah how'd you know?
"Fuck. Would be weirder if I didn't."
— [lolol fr soldier] [How's this dude watching granny stream all the time if he's military?] "Went easy on the wish cuz viewers were bitching?"
— [Military Secret 1q2w3e]: Yeah tryna say it but too aware of 'em lolol
As I thought, viewers' freakout kept him from speaking freely.
"Hmm, Leak. You earned this wish fair and square, so wanna noona make it come true?"
— [Military Secret 1q2w3e]: How??
"How what. I'll visit you once."
— [Whoa leak got caught] [Jealous, if granny visited me in service I'd strut proud] [Fuck re-enlist go] [Sorry mom going re-enlist] [Granny visits = smooth sailing] — [Military Secret 1q2w3e]: Fr coming?
His tone mixed joke and hope, so I replied to reassure.
"You're my baby too, of course I'll come. Brag to your seniors a super pretty noona's visiting."
— [Kya this why we stan Ga-eul] [Crafty bitch takes good care of her viewers lol] — [Military Secret 1q2w3e]: Off to admin to see supply officer
— [Shit supply officer lolol PTSD] [Hot chick like granny visits I'd re-enlist fr] "Good. Get solid permission, no backing out later. Send the address via message when set."
— [Military Secret 1q2w3e]: ^^7 Loyal viewer
Wrapped the promise, bantered with viewers another two hours, then Military Secret messaged he'd finished visit request.
"Guys, stream ends here today."
— [No evening stream?] [Evening bang go] "Planned to, but Leak set visit for tomorrow. Might boot up early at the visitation room. Leak, filming inside okay?"
— [Military bases no filming right?] [Yeah prolly not] [Visitation room maybe?] — [Ching!] [Military Secret 1q2w3e donated 10,000 won] [Got permission but granny, shit got big] Early end to prep for tomorrow's visit, but Leak dropped something weird.
"Visit's tomorrow, how's it get big?"
— [Ching!] [Military Secret 1q2w3e donated 10,000 won] [Went to supply officer, regiment commander was there too lol shit escalated. Explain tomorrow if you come, obvs don't if you don't wanna] "Why hide it? Fine, coming tomorrow, so prep a feast."
The address was far; it'd take one or two hours just to get there.
Prepped my outing gear ahead and hit the sack early.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ I woke bleary-eyed to check the time: early dawn. Early sleep had me up quick.
Up from bed, morning routine cig, shower, dressed cute and fresh.
Out and cabbed it; driver said it'd run 50k won.
Fine by me. Sat zoned in the back, drowsiness hit, and I dozed off.
"Ma'am, we're here."
Arrived while asleep; scrambled to pay and exit, spotting something weird.
"What snake's that."
At the base entrance loomed a black snake painting that'd freak any reptile-hater.
Eyeing the scary black serpent, I approached the gate guard on duty.
Heading slow to the guard post, a soldier hailed me.
"Solidarity! This is the Regiment Direct-Control 901st Special Operations Independent Unit. State your purpose of visit."
"...This is a special ops unit?"
That crazy Leak, why hide a place like this? Needed to grill him quick.