Chapter 4 – It Wasn’t the Lottery, It Was Powerball (2)

“Son… What do you mean by that?”

The identity of the person who suddenly came and talked about the lottery was her son.

“You were her son? No wonder… He looks gentle, resembling Junhee?”

“Student. But what do you mean by lottery?”

Even though the lottery 1st prize had shrunk to around 2 billion won.

It was still clearly a large sum of money.

Coming straight to Mom’s workplace and looking so confident, he must have become something?

Otherwise, there’d be no reason to come.

“35…?”

People looking at Choi Junseok and Lee Junhee with the word lottery were full of envy.

Without caring about the injury or broken dishes, people asked out of curiosity.

“2nd prize is whose dog’s name? It must be 3rd prize.”

“Student. You know 4th prize is 50,000 won, right? Guys buying lottery for the first time think 4th or 5th is big money, but it’s not……”

“1st prize.”

At Choi Junseok’s words, everyone’s words stopped.

The eyes that had been half-open glaringly widened brightly.

“I won 1st prize. Satisfied?”

Everyone’s eyes, including Lee Junhee, widened in shock.

Lottery 1st prize.

20 billion.

Isn’t that an amount that suddenly blooms life.

It’s a large sum even after taxes.

Isn’t it money that saves and spares for a family living in a refugee residential area, container box.

Lee Junhee couldn’t even say what that meant suddenly.

At first, she thought it was a lie, but because her son’s expression was unusual.

He resembles his dad, not the type to spout nonsense.

Moreover, if he comes to the workplace, something must have happened.

Before Lee Junhee could ask anything, the surrounding staff were insistent.

“Is it true?”

“Student… Really?”

“It is drawing day today·

If real, why are you here now? You should go to the bank headquarters!”

“Junhee! Junhee… Congrats, okay? If real, contact me! You know I treated you well?”

“Hey… No way it’s real? You think 1st prize is easy?!”

“Student. Do you have the lottery paper? Where, let me see.”

Jealousy and envy not worth answering.

Choi Junseok, who had painfully felt human nature while rolling to the 34th floor as a porter.

Instead of answering.

“Therefore, I’m quitting.”

While he grabbed Mom and went outside.

Gazes mixed with envy, admiration, suspicion stuck to the mother and son’s backs.

The restaurant’s TV moved to the next news.

– The Prosecutor General, in an emergency press conference, will conduct a full prosecutorial investigation targeting all F-rank players nationwide.

“Heh. What is the country coming to.”

The man blankly watching the news muttered while slamming the soju glass into his mouth.

“Yeah, even if it’s a lie, it’s good. I was going to quit anyway. My arm hurts, I can’t do it.”

If it were the usual Mom, she would’ve scolded her son asking what he was doing.

But she answered like that with an awkward smile.

She was trying to smile to hide her sadness.

The eye wrinkles that deepened accordingly looked deeper than usual.

“Mom. It’s not a lie.”

…Really not just saying?”

“You don’t have to work anymore.”

“The lottery 1st prize… Really?”

Choi Junseok quietly shook his head.

The moment Lee Soonja’s palm was about to slap Choi Junseok’s back.

“I awakened. I’m a player.”

Lee Soonja’s eyes widened brightly.

“What?”

At the same time, as if to prove it.

A glass bottle containing light purple liquid slowly appeared from Choi Junseok’s palm.

“Drink this first.”

“What is it?”

“Trust your son and just take one sip. Then you’ll know.”

Lee Soonja immediately turned away saying no need.

But Choi Junseok persistently held the medicine in front of her eyes.

“Think you’re being tricked and take one sip. If what, I’ll drink first? After drinking, we’ll go home and I’ll explain slowly.”

“Sigh. Okay, okay. What is it? Painkiller?”

As if she couldn’t stop him, she picked up the potion in her son’s palm and pulled out the rubber stopper in one go.

Gulp..

The effect came immediately.

The scratch on the ankle healed in one go.

That wasn’t all.

The fatigue disappeared as if washed away.

Above all, the shoulder pain that felt like being stabbed with an awl disappeared in one go.

Surprised by the immediate effect, she blinked her eyes.

“Taste okay? Drink it all anyway. It’s precious. That thing. Can’t buy with money?”

Honestly, Choi Junseok was half-doubting until Mom’s wound healed.

Normally, items or artifacts brought from the Magic Tower don’t activate outside by the system.

However, there were a few that were typically usable. 

Healing items were representative.

Consumable items commonly called potions.

However, even those, it’s better to take them back to the tower mostly.

Because the same potion’s effect drops to 1/10 or less inside and outside the tower.

Unique-grade potion is different indeed.

Choi Junseok stroked his chest in relief.

Ordinary potions were at best rare-grade.

Since it was unique-grade, he gave it thinking nothing to lose.

He didn’t know the effect would be this good.

A rare, that is, rare-grade potion is about 80 million won per bottle.

Then how much is this?

An item in demand by all players climbing the tower.

However, potions come limited from the tower, and quality potions needless to say.

Common grade a few million won. Low and lowest around 100,000 won.

The price difference when grade goes up one is at least tens of times.

Therefore, the value of this unique-grade potion.

At least 800 million.

If auctioned, it would easily fetch billions.

If considered the life value of one ranker the top floor of the tower.

Guilds that would gladly pay tens of billions, hundreds of billions overflowed.

Such potions, 12 left…

One potion value over 10 lottery 1st prizes.

Using one for Mom’s healing wasn’t regrettable at all.

Anyway, if he put such an item on the market right now.

He’d become the top target of the underworld.

No need to attract unnecessary attention, same for family.

“Mom. By any chance, never tell anyone anywhere that I awakened. Got it?”

“Y, yeah.”

“I’ll tell details at home.”

Right after Choi Junseok cleared the 1st floor.

Windows popped up one after another in front of Lee Jiyu.

[Due to expiration of 1st floor clear record, ‘Choi Byeongryeol Summon’ skill is deleted.]

[The summon is released.]

The phenomenon due to summon release, she knew it wasn’t.

Since she hadn’t released the summon since first casting.

After sitting blankly opposite for tens of minutes like that, the result of accepting reality was anger.

“Damn fuuuck!”

Kwaaang!

She kicked the wall but as always, the pain was on Lee Jiyu’s foot.

She had been angry for an hour already.

To the point no intact item in her luxury penthouse.

“1000… . . . !”

Past 11 PM.

The bodyguards in charge of her security approached restlessly.

“Are you okay?”

“Does it look?! All get out!”

“The chairman called. The vehicle is pre·

…No need. I’ll go alone!”

Her companion in tower climbing.

One of Korea’s top 5 guilds, ‘East Eden’.

Korean ranking 13th. Lee Jiyu, one of the mainstays of East Eden.

Called by the nickname ‘Supersonic Bunny’, she was widely known to the public as model for various sportswear and health food.

Choi Byeongryeol, reputed to match best with her.

The one whose specialty was strange fire attribute ability handling red smoke disappeared as of yesterday.

The fact that 1st floor hidden clear condition reward is summon ticket is known to those who know.

So the reason East Eden chairman called her was clear.

Shortly after.

Samsung-dong building where East Eden guild headquarters is located.

A top-class pink sports car stopped abruptly with a roar in front.

Between the smoke rising from the tires, the car door opened upward.

She got out of the car with the key inserted and headed to the building.

Without wearing her trademark running shoes and leggings of her own brand.

She came out roughly pressing down hat and sunglasses.

As soon as entering the building, she took off sunglasses.

But the hollow eyes were completely different from her usual healthy beauty image.

“First time seeing casual clothes.”

“Really fucking pretty….”

“Hey… Be careful ···Don’t look. She looks in bad condition?”

Despite nearing 12 o’clock, leaving the gazes of resident guild members behind.

Lee Jiyu entered the waiting elevator for her and closed the door.

Upon reaching the upper floor, seemed only executives.

Voices blatantly mocking her were heard.

“No wonder.

Ignores everyone but listens only to Lee Jiyu.”

“From when he had near-fatal injury but fine days later·”

She bit her lip hard and strode forward.

The chairman’s room door opened.

As soon as the door closed, the East Eden guild leader said.

With a strangely soothing nuance as if to calm her anger.

“It’s in here. The guy who took your summon.”

The East Eden guild leader threw a file folder over the desk.

It was the official and unofficial list of Korean F-rank players.

“Including not only officially registered players, but also unofficial ones all identified. Certain. Collected faster than prosecution.”

“So what do you want me to do with this. Kill them all?”

“No. Can we kill.”

She knows too.

To players, the tower’s system is absolute rule that can’t be defied.

Of course, it was only about 2 months.

Short time but built affection with summon Choi Byeongryeol.

Subtly feeling attraction to him, at the moment advancing to romantic relationship.

Didn’t he disappear in a flash.

Of course, as a player, she knew.

If the tower takes him back, must give him up.

“There’s no one who knows a summon disguised as civilian better than you.”

…Thought called to console. Was to make work?”

“Both. You too want to see the face of the kid who killed Choi Byeongryeol.”

“If he’s a worthless guy, quietly. Kill and no law says you can’t become 1st on 1st floor again.”

Lee Jiyu quietly picked up the file the guild leader handed.

“Probably the guy received hidden clear reward, so he’ll stay quiet.”

“Excluding the possibility of new player?”

“100 days passed since Suseo Magic Tower appeared. Means most who awaken from Suseo Magic Tower occurrence have appeared.”

A strange smile formed on the chairman’s lips.

“Don’t think of making me handle even outside tower cleanup.”

“Ah, of course. Finding that guy is no work. Don’t worry. Government is with us too.”

…Waiting for news.”

The guild leader who boasted.

But Choi Junseok, who had no reason to be in that file folder.

At the same time.

Choi Junseok, mere awakening day 2, was shouting on the 2nd floor.

“Summon!”

Tukwaaaaaang!

With a massive shockwave.

A cheerful system window popped up.

[Congratulations!]

[You have cleared the 2nd floor.]

Then a window that hadn’t appeared before newly popped.

[Congratulations!]

[Ranked 1st in 2nd floor order.]

[Would you like to register anonymously in the Hall of Fame? (Y/N)]

“Register anonymously.”

Suseo Magic Tower’s wall lower part.

The wall called Hall of Fame.

The 2nd floor content among each floor’s shortest clear records began to change drastically.

[2nd floor shortest clear record – “2.13 seconds” (Anonymous 1 person and 0 others)]

Moreover, written in the record detail table on that Hall of Fame.

‘F-rank.’

That the person is the player who caused the stir the previous day, everyone could predict.

A major event to heat up the day again starting from morning papers and morning news.

At the same time, a move that lightly twisted the East Eden guild leader’s expectation.

<Unprecedented F-rank Player. Day 2 Shocking Move>

<Anonymous F-rank Player with No Intention to Hide Identity. Who Is He?>

<KukuruTV – “13 Secrets” Why It Doesn’t Make Sense for F-rank to Clear 2nd Floor in 2 Seconds>

From news to YouTubers.

The whole world was talking about the anonymous player.

The topic was naturally not only general public and society.

Player community where only verified players can join.

‘Player Inside.

Abbreviated Plssa was in uproar.

And it was also the smokescreen Choi Junseok intentionally created.