Chapter 103

Chapter 103. The event was still ongoing. (2)

“What… did you say…?”

“Whoa.”

Watching the precious 450,000 points plummet to a mere 10,500 points in an instant.

I almost couldn’t handle the sudden change and nearly turned extremely violent… but.

That was only for a moment.

<Event Point Box x3>

The moment I opened those dazzling point boxes.

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<Event Point Box x3 opened!>

<Total of 250,000 points acquired!>

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I guess people aren’t meant to die after all.

Thanks to the naturally flowing large amount of points, I managed to recover half (?) of the lost points.

My mental state, which had been overwhelmed with uncontrollable anger and sadness, quickly calmed down and regained composure.

Well, to be precise, it wasn’t so much “composure” as…

“Jessica, isn’t this what you call ‘Ji-Ji-Tteun’?”

“…Huh?”

“‘Ji’ for now, ‘Ji’ for pouring, ‘Tteun’ for floating.”

“…”

“With the remaining 421,789 points and the newly acquired 250,000 points.”

“…”

“That makes a total of 671,789 points to spend on the Superhuman Gacha again…!”

It felt like I was stepping into a slightly crazy side of things.

Naturally, seeing me like this, Jessica tried to stop me by hitting my head with her rabbit ears.

“Wait, Commander! If you stop now, you’ll only lose 200,000 points!”

“…”

“Think about it, if you keep the points you have now, even if it’s not the top rank, you can still maintain a decent position.”

“…Hmm.”

Jessica’s words made a lot of sense.

Most users in the gallery were focusing more on the shop than the rankings.

At this point, it was common knowledge that no one had filled more than 500,000 points.

But even so, with her bunny girl outfit, bodysuit, and a mix of uniforms.

Even with her tie flailing in the air.

Jessica’s sincere expression and demeanor trying to stop my madness made me think for a moment that maybe I should stop here.

But just then, my eyes caught sight of the <Random Causality Fixation Ticket (Superhuman Only) 1 use: 45,000> in the shop window…

-Squeeze

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<Random Causality Fixation Ticket (Superhuman Only) 10 purchases completed!>

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“Commander?!”

“Forgive me, Jessica… this is the last time.”

“That’s the road to hell, Commander!”

“Not a chance.”

With the thought that it’s over once I pull, and with my final strike.

Despite Jessica’s protests, I had to reach for the forbidden power (?).

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And now, exactly 4 minutes and 53 seconds after that nonsense.

“Jessica, Jessica.”

“…”

“Gacha is a wicked civilization, it must be destroyed.”

“…If only you had thought of that 5 minutes ago, it would have been great, Commander.”

I was realizing why gacha is called an evil and wicked civilization that must be crushed.

Looking at the sparkling ‘Event-exclusive Resource Boxes x10’ in front of me.

And Jessica, watching me, was giving me a look of disbelief and scolding.

But I couldn’t be weighed down by such ‘trivial’ things forever.

“Commander, no matter how you look at it, the amount of points lost is too much to call it ‘trivial’.”

“Shh, quiet.”

Regardless, since I never intended to rely on the rankings from the start.

With the mindset that the already widened ranking gap didn’t matter much.

I decided to openly post a ‘bankruptcy’ certification in the gallery, declaring my withdrawal from the rankings.

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Title: Bankruptcy Certification oo

Author: Icarus

Content: [Screenshot of remaining 220,000 points], [Shiny Resource Box Certification 1], [Brilliantly Shiny Resource Box Certification 2]

oo

I went all out and got wrecked ㅗㅗ

This game is trash-level

Ranking withdrawal ㅅㄱ

Comments

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Of course, there was no need to write a long, tearful story for a “proof of bankruptcy” post.

Unlike the usual question posts, I just scribbled whatever came to mind, closed the gallery window, and turned off notifications. Then, I decided to focus on collecting points again.

Even if I wasn’t in the top ranks, as long as I wasn’t in the bottom 100%, I’d still get some rewards.

So, I changed my goal to staying within the top 50% and aiming for what’s called a “guaranteed random reward(?)”.

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But while Icarus was busy with these strange thoughts, a storm was brewing in the gallery due to the “proof post” Icarus had uploaded—even though notifications were turned off.

It made sense because, although Icarus didn’t frequent the gallery much, the top 10 rankers, including Icarus, were surprisingly well-known figures there.

Especially Icarus, who had even made the Pirate Empress surrender and consistently achieved flawless victories in PVP.

Unlike other rankers, Icarus rarely participated in gallery activities, which oddly added to the mysterious aura and made the name even more famous.

So, when Icarus posted a “proof post” that completely contradicted users’ expectations of how many points a ranker should have, chaos ensued.

Users started questioning whether the point requirements they had assumed for rankers were much lower than they thought.

Of course, at first, people were skeptical, only seeing Icarus’ post.

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**Title:** Wait, the 3rd ranker only has that many points?

**Author:** ㅇㅇ

**Content:** [Screenshot of Icarus’ proof post]

Looking at this, it seems like they only had around 700,000 to 800,000 points.

Aren’t rankers supposed to have way more points?

I heard people in the top 100 have like 3 million or something. Is that a lie?

**Comments:**

– [No way, that can’t be right.]

– [They even posted proof, so isn’t it more like this person just has way too few points?]

– [Logically, it seems like the 3rd ranker just gave up on ranking battles and decided to farm honey in the shop.]

– [This makes sense. It’s dumb to assume everyone else is like this just because the 3rd ranker is.]

– [You idiot.] (Author)

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Although people who expressed doubts were often called idiots, once doubt and controversy arise, they don’t easily die down—something everyone already knows.

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**Title:** Is it time for the bankruptcy proof posts?

**Author:** Raksha

**Content:** [Proof of remaining points: 300,000], [Proof of 50 resource boxes]

I worked hard on quests from those appearance-discriminating Elf bastards, but I couldn’t resist the urge to splurge. Now, all I have left are resource boxes.

But damn, as soon as I spent all my points, the Western Goblin I’m in charge of called me a non-saver and immediately lowered my favorability.

Why, why me…?!

**Comments:**

– [LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

– [Wait, the 2nd ranker only has 300,000 points?]

– [Guess we should call them the 2,000,000th ranker now.]

– [This is so sad.]

– [What value does a 2nd ranker who’s ugly, broke, and not even a ranker have?]

– [Tell me your base location, you punk.] (Author)

– [Ah.]

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**Title:** Proof post…

**Author:** Arcadia

**Content:** [Remaining points: 240,000]

I’m bankrupt.

**Comments:**

– [The epitome of simplicity, my dude.]

– [The 4th ranker went bankrupt too. Legendary.]

– [Are all the rankers going bankrupt? LOLOLOLOLOL]

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On top of that, after seeing Icarus’ bankruptcy proof post, others who gained unnecessary courage (?) started posting their own proof posts.

The gallery’s atmosphere was sinking into an indescribable whirlpool of chaos.