Chapter 208

Chapter 208. Nice Boat. (3)

Anyway, regardless of my mistakes, the collection of information for settling karma and increasing probabilities (?) continued.

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<This is an anonymous group chat.>

<Let's all use polite language and maintain etiquette.>

– [The ritual isn’t a big deal.]

– [It’s not like you’re actually worshiping your ancestors, so just pour some water and pray.]

– [It’s just a superstitious thing, no need to overdo it.]

– [If you want to make it fancy, just grab some food the base gives you and set it up.]

– [But honestly, it’s meaningless.]

– [I went all out praying for a good ship, and I got a B-class ship.]

– [If you hadn’t done that, you’d have gotten a D-class.]

– [That’s how it is.]

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Of course, I was collecting information from the group chat like that.

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**Title:** The bad ship rewards are all because of karma, yep

**Author:** Jaelim Kamisama

**Content:** [Promotional material for a shady cult], [Proof of getting a C-class ship from the gacha.jpg]

You guys have piled up a ton of karma.

From now on, join our religion to clear your karma and find enlightenment, yep.

**Comments:**

– [What, even cults are active now?]

– [If I believe this, will I get a bunch of beautiful women too?]

– [You’re doubling your karma instead of clearing it.]

– [LOL]

– [What’s so funny?]

– [This is ridiculous.]

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**Title:** If you want to succeed in the gacha, just pray

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** No need for useless stuff, yep.

I even offered a pig’s head the base chef gave me, and I got a CC-class ship.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

**Comments:**

– [Remember, Co-…]

– [Wrong.]

– [It’s just luck, yep.]

– [Even if it’s guaranteed, since the gacha is free, just use whatever you get, right?]

– [True.]

– [Oh, by the way, I got an SSS-class ship^^]

– [Reported.]

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Amidst the despair and memes, a shady cult (?) somehow sneaked in.

After dancing through all sorts of nonsense to collect information, I finally managed to prepare a ritual for the ship gacha.

“Kweeeeeeeek!!!”

“I was told to offer a pig’s head, but can’t I just use this instead?”

“If you do that, you’ll probably get double the karma instead of clearing it.”

Even though I almost put Kanfu on the ritual table as a substitute for the pig’s head, Jessica warned me not to lose my mind.

But since clearing karma was a serious matter, I went beyond just pouring water and praying and set up a full-blown ritual, doing all sorts of ridiculous things.

“What on earth is the Commander doing, Jessica?”

“Hmm… extreme nonsense to restore luck… I guess?”

“It seems the Commander has been under a lot of stress, knowingly or unknowingly♡”

Even my loyal superhumans were puzzled.

“I heard from Oxianor, but what’s going on?”

“Huh, Princess Luka?”

“Icarus, if you’re too tired from work, taking a break is also an option!”

Even Princess Luka, who usually floats around in the nutrient fluid of the Nest of Life or wanders around the base playing, came by looking confused.

Nevertheless, I stubbornly proceeded with the ritual based on the nonsense I gathered from forums and chats.

After finishing the purification bath (?), I instinctively knew it was finally time to roll the ship gacha.

“Is this… the feeling of being reborn?”

“You just took a bath, that’s all.”

“Hey, watch your mouth.”

I covered Jessica’s mouth as she joked about bad luck. After neatly adjusting my uniform, I approached the Multi-Dimensional Fixed Causality Generator with a more solemn attitude, ready to roll the gacha.

Of course, after the previous bad luck, I was extra cautious…

Because of the attitude.

Before putting it in, I bow once, and after putting it in, I pour water and pray—all sorts of inefficient actions keep happening, so maybe that’s why.

“Commander, why do you seem particularly superstitious today?”

“Well, it can’t be helped. Sometimes, people need something to rely on in unexpected situations.”

Behind me, it felt like watching ordinary people seeing Martian fanatics from 40,000 years in the future.

The murmurs of two animal-eared girls slipped into my ears, but regardless, I went through all the necessary (?) rituals.

As always, I started staring at the shiny gacha machine, wondering what would come out this time.

And just like before, the shiny thing started emitting much more dazzling lights than when Femi Kanfu came out.

Jessica, who was dragged along for escort duty, and even Smeragi, who was also dragged along, started showing curious looks.

But when the dazzling light show ended and the entrance of our gacha machine—no, the <Multi-Dimensional Fixed Causality Generator>—opened…

“Huh? Commander, there’s nothing inside.”

“Why is there nothing? It’s a guaranteed use ticket, so even if it’s bad, at least one ship should come out, right…?”

The two were bewildered by the fact that nothing came out of the device.

Of course, Jessica had never seen me pull a ship from the gacha machine since I arrived here, so it’s natural she wouldn’t know.

Smeragi, who had been under another commander before me, should have seen it plenty of times, but why is she acting like this…?

But that was only for a moment.

– Beep!

– “Commander, an unauthorized warp reaction has been detected near the base.”

“Ah, really? Got it, I’ll head to the command center right away.”

After receiving the timely communication from the command center NPC, I nodded to the two with puzzled expressions and said.

“Let’s go see what came. Whatever it is, at least it should be a proper ship.”

“Ah, okay.”

“Got it.”

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Of course, after saying something so cool, if the ship that came to the base was something like a ‘D-class general patrol ship’…

‘Ugh, terrible thoughts are not good.’

Considering all the nonsense I’ve been doing up until now—no, to be precise, all the nonsense I’ve been doing all day—it would all be for nothing.

The whole way to the command center, despite my confident stride, I was filled with anxiety, wanting to bite my nails.

‘Please, at least let it be an S-class, or at the very least, an A-class or above.’

Naturally, as that feeling continued, my confidence plummeted proportionally.

And this feeling reached its peak and bottom simultaneously as I approached the command center door…

‘Ah, damn it, what am I even doing?’

Suddenly, I felt like I was being overly neurotic about trivial things, so I shook my head.

After taking a deep breath, I confidently opened the door and stepped into the command center.

And the moment I stepped in…

“Oh Jesus f***ing crisis, bam yeahhhhh!!!!”

“Commander?!”

“Has the Commander gone mad?!”

I saw a ‘massive’ ship, so large that even the huge observation window in the command center couldn’t fully contain it, casting a shadow over our base.

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<Dimensional Causality Fixation Ticket (Ship) 1-time use result>

– <SSS-class Strategic Missile Platform-equipped Battleship 'Hreðsvelgr'>

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When I saw the cool name of the ship in front of my eyes.

I immediately knelt down and collapsed on the spot, letting out a victory cheer in all directions.

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!”