Twinkling stars flow over the rippling night sea.
I look up at the sky and smell the pungent smell of gunpowder.
Pop!
Colorful fireworks twinkled like stars in the night sky.
It was a beautiful fireworks display.
It was a perfect decoration for a luxurious cruise.
To decorate the finale of a splendid party………
Pop-!
I tilted my glass of wine as I listened to the cheers.
It was something that cost hundreds of millions of won per bottle.
Gulp…!
“…”
The sour wine tasted dull.
I don’t know what’s good about drinking something like this.
In the end, I couldn’t swallow it all and spat it out.
“Tch.”
Eventually, the wine glass was pushed aside.
“Ugh….”
Was it because I was an ordinary unemployed man until a few months ago?
Even when I was with wealthy people, I felt lonely and empty.
Even expensive wine didn’t suit my taste.
– What a beautiful firework!
– Haha, it seems like it’s better to go on vacation earlier than August.
– It’s tiring when your path overlaps with that of your coworkers.
“…”
I looked at my cell phone.
Transaction history, asset graphs, and stock charts.
The numbers representing my assets were rising vertically.
It was unbelievable that this was achieved in just three months.
‘The final amount is… roughly around 100 billion won.’
In about 90 days,
Earned 100 billion won.
Magical short-term and economic issues,
It was a miracle achieved through a transaction that was close to prophecy.
Over the past 90 days,
I was no different from God.
But I didn’t dwell on that possession anymore.
Instead, I checked the most important number at the top of my phone.
It was time.
[July 31 23:56:46]
[July 31 23:56:47]
[July 31 23:56:48]
…
…
…
July was coming to an end.
“…After.”
I threw my phone into the pool next door.
Plop!
There were only drunk people around, so no one really cared.
Along with a handful of bubbles, the phone screen that had been full of numbers flickered and went dark.
There was a man coming next to me.
He was the captain of a luxury cruise operated by a foreign company.
He was holding a glass of champagne and speaking in English.
“I guess the wine doesn’t suit your taste, Mr. Sun?”
“…”
“How about this fine champagne I brought you?”
“…”
The captain poured champagne into the two glasses he had brought.
He was desperate, even though he had deliberately ignored them.
He held out a glass with a little foam running down it.
“…”
I finally got it.
He smiled and held out the glass.
We clinked our glasses in silence.
Braided!
“Haha, you’re a quiet person.”
“I just don’t engage in unnecessary conversations.”
“As expected, you have the composure to write a legend in just three months. Would you like to have a chance to talk about good investments with us?”
The captain was blatantly flattering. He must have found out information about the guest who bought the most expensive ticket on this ultra-luxury cruise.
“….”
It was me.
‘…Are you asking me to give you some investment information?’
Oh… Then I guess I found the wrong address.
I don’t know anything about anything after August.
At the end of these three miraculous months,
I’ll just go back to being an ordinary freeloader again.
‘The hour is approaching, so I guess I should show you a diving show of apology.’
I got up and dusted myself off.
“…Champagne, it’s really delicious.”
“Really? That’s great. It was something I had a really hard time getting.”
“Thank you. I guess I should show you something in return.”
“Oh!”
The captain’s face brightened.
I had hoped that the golden information in my head would soon come out, but that expectation was soon betrayed.
Because I started running on the wide deck, the cheers of countless people and the sound of fireworks faintly passed by my ears.
Blame blame blame!
The night sea gradually came into view below the deck.
It was a sight of the Pacific Ocean waves crashing against the shore.
I didn’t stop.
Blame blame blame!
The captain shouted behind me.
“Hey, Mr. Sun?! What the hell?!”
People suddenly opened their eyes wide.
“Wait a minute, what are you doing—?!”
“Oh my god! How can this be?!”
I jumped off the deck of a luxury cruise ship.
Blame-!
A sea breeze that hits my chest.
The sound of waves getting louder.
The last flashes of fireworks caught my eye.
“Goodbye!”
The vast night sea was swallowing me up in darkness.
People’s screams could be heard from afar.
“You jumped?!”
“Damn, this place is 50 meters high!”
“Whoaaah?!”
“Call the rescue team now!”
‘Goodbye’
This episode too…
…Good bye.
“…”
I closed my eyes.
The sound of waves was getting closer.
[July 31 23:59:58]
[July 31 23:59:59]
…
…
Tick tock.
“…”
But what I felt on my cheek was not the cold of the night sea.
It had the soft feel of an old bed.
“…”
I opened my eyes.
I saw the old ceiling of a familiar studio apartment.
It was the shabby space where I had lived since I graduated from college and became unemployed.
I picked up the cell phone that was next to the bed and turned on the screen.
[May 1 07:00:02]
Saturday morning.
The morning sunlight was streaming into the old one-room apartment complex.
“…”
‘…I’m back again.’
The loop starts again.
At some point, I couldn’t get past July 31st.
After that time, it automatically reset.
92 days starting May 1st…
I continued to live at the same time.
And the first day was always the same.
“…I should go scratch the lottery ticket.”
*
Monday lunch.
I went to the bank headquarters and cooked ramen.
On the floor of the studio apartment, there was a new account book and card opened under my name, ‘Seonwoo Taek’ was thrown.
Bubble bubble
In the orange broth,
The noodles were cooking deliciously.
‘Eating ramen after receiving your lottery prize… It’s a routine that can’t be broken even during repeat rounds.’
Calmness is important.
Up until the fifth round, I cheered loudly after confirming my winnings in the lottery, but during the round, I was met with a few strange people I refrained from reacting.
And now I’m really indifferent.
“….”
While waiting for the ramen to cook,
I opened the portal site app on my phone.
The Internet newspapers were abuzz with news of lottery winners.
[The winner of the 10 billion won prize is a man in his mid-20s!]
“…”
I wanted to correct that article.
‘After deducting taxes, the actual take-home pay is a little over 6.4 billion.’
And yet.
I wondered what I could do with this money.
“Uhm….”
The game of calling as much as you have is almost at its maximum in the last round ‘legally’.
Of course, using the knowledge of the round
It could get bigger if we use ‘illegal methods’, but…
‘There’s no need to save up that much money.’
Anyway, I’ve tried almost everything that money can do.
Buying and selling people directly,
or touching dangerous drugs,
Except for the ones that I think are not it.
Traveling abroad, buying a house, staying in a hotel, going on a culinary tour, impulse buying……
I’ve tried everything.
But the loop didn’t end.
“…”
I turned off the gas stove.
And then I started eating ramen.
“Hurrup….”
The ramen was deliciously cooked this time too.
As expected, it tasted like a perfect food created by geniuses who even blaspheme God.
I’m tired of wine that costs hundreds of millions of won,
Strangely, the starting ramen tasted good.
“Mmm, tasty.”
This taste never gets old no matter how many times you eat it!
*
I patted my stomach and turned on the computer.
I don’t have any belly fat, but
It was a flat stomach without any abs.
‘There was a time when I worked out really hard and got into pretty good shape. At that time, I felt like I was possessed by something…’
Did you spend almost 300 million?
It was a session where I worked out with the best trainers, nutritionists, and medical advisors in Korea on short-term contracts.
I trained silently.
There were even rumors going around that he was a ‘chaebol who dreams of revenge for his family.’
I used to play by deciding on a theme for each round. That was the secret to not going crazy during the endless loop.
And the theme for this episode is….
“….”
Click!
[‘Big Man’ ID has been created!]
[Welcome to the new streamer paradise, Live Future.]
…It was a sponsorship by Inbang.
“…Even if it looks stupid, the fun of seeing reactions is the best. I’m sick of charts and numbers, so I’d like to see people’s emotions too.”
I really want to spend my money somehow,
If you want to see a spectacle of human emotions fluctuating………
There has been no theme as strong as the support of the people.
‘I’ve been doing it often since I found out about a streaming platform with unlimited sponsorship. But everyone’s reactions are different, so I named Jae, because it’s fun.’
It was a refreshing taste that cannot be felt on large platforms where sponsorship is strictly limited.
Thanks to this, even during the lethargic rounds,
It was a source of energy.
The method is simple.
Gags, small talk, game broadcasts, cam girls, exercise…
It doesn’t matter what the room is.
Just quietly enter a room with about 10 viewers and don’t ask anything.
And donate money instead.
Roughly 100 million.
Then the souls of the broadcasters will be shaken.
The reactions also varied.
A person whose mentality is broken and hardened.
-Huh, huh… gasp…?! Huh, uh, huh…? Huh…?
A person who makes a fuss while doing somersaults.
-Kiiyahhoo! Wow! Waaaaaah! Is this real?!
A person who pretends to be cool, but is agitated.
– Ah… 100 million. 100 million, thank you, thank you.
It was an attempt to see that kind of reaction.
It didn’t really have much meaning.
“…”
A problem occurred.
I rolled the mouse wheel again.
Knock knock.
Crime.
All I’ve seen are faces I’ve seen before.
Of course, this is the first time I’ve seen it in this episode.
“…Hmm.”
This,
I sent too many sponsors last time.
‘There are hardly any people left to react now…’
At that moment.
I saw an unfamiliar face.
To be exact,
It wasn’t a face, it was an ‘illustration of a pretty girl’.
It was a VTuber.
“!”
《⚫Live: Aki-chan’s regular broadcast – Idol fan meeting time~!>
-Number of real-time viewers: 11
“Are you a VTuber?…”
I’ve seen Japanese VTuber videos pop up on the algorithm sometimes, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone active on a domestic platform.
I get it.
“Hmm.”
I know quite a bit about VTubers.
There were also episodes that were immersive in otaku culture.
However, I felt like I was going crazy waiting for the manga and anime to be serialized after the loop period.
I had been keeping it in my mind.
At that time, when I turned on the mobile phone streaming app, only algorithms related to VTubers came out.
‘…It’s been a while since I remembered.’
I felt nostalgic.
Even now, on the preview screen, a pretty girl with yellow hair was chattering away.
I went into her room as if I was possessed.
Click!
Then, immediately, a lively but slightly slurred female voice was heard.
It was the yellow side-tailed pretty girl Aki-chan who was looking at me.
Got it.
“But there… Ah! Big Man! Welcome, Big Man!”
The live chat window was completely frozen.
The ten or so viewers who remained were barely speaking.
The only people who were talking were
There were about five people.
-The story of Pyeonsoon is cute lol
– Aki-chan, your pronunciation is so bad, should I take correction lessons? –
-I haven’t been able to fix it for a year since I debuted lol
-Oh, Aurora Prism Entertainment doesn’t have that kind of money~
-By the way, when are you debuting in 3D? You said you were going to debut a year ago.
-Do you believe that? LOL
I burst out laughing.
‘Of all the real Hakos, this is the real Hako. But your pronunciation is really new? It’s kind of cute.’
To hear that peculiar pronunciation,
The 100 million won donation has been put on hold for now.
“….”
Just keep your arms crossed,
I listened to Aki-chan’s broadcast.
“Well, you see. Hmm, so. Suddenly, they give you a pigeon for the price of cigarettes. Like, just, a live one? Flapping its wings! And then…”
Aki-chan’s story was all about her part-time job at the convenience store and the members of her group.
Even though she’s supposed to be an idol-type VTuber, there was no talk about music or lessons.
Clara, my sister brought some chicken, and Doda and Aki were fighting over the legs… But then, Aki said she had dance practice, so she must be much stronger now, .”
The remaining fanboy’s intuition analyzed the situation.
“….”
Group name ‘ABCD’.
Perhaps the group members, including Aki-chan, were VTubers affiliated with a company.
And they were members of the new video platform ‘Live Future’.
It looks like they signed a contract for creator promotion.
‘Is it like providing benefits such as settlement money or regular contract money during the streaming platform opening period?… Still, in the long run, it is a large platform
It would be beneficial to work in .’
Even though I didn’t know who the CEO of the agency was, I had a feeling.
Choosing isolation because you are blinded by the small gains right in front of you.
As expected,
It was on the verge of collapse.
We aimed to create a virtual idol that would be popular even in the red ocean of virtual VTubers, but judging from the chat response, the project was halted due to company circumstances.
It was like right before.
‘When I keep listening to your pronunciation, I think you’re from a foreign country.’
Perhaps he works part-time at a convenience store to make a living.
“Hmm.”
Okay.
I’m done assessing the situation.
Aki-chan’s circumstances were interesting enough.
Even when everything was exhausting, people’s emotions were strong.
I decided to sponsor.
‘This is my first time sponsoring a VTuber. How would they react if I gave them 100 million won?’
No, no…
100 million is already more than enough.
‘He’s a corporate tax VTuber, so how would he react if he was given about 1 billion won? If someone who hasn’t achieved anything for a year receives money….’
To the person who is desperate for money,
I want to see money go without any conditions.
I felt a prickly curiosity.
So I took the card and ran with it.
I pressed 0 in the donation amount window without hesitation.
“One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand….”
Billion.
Knock!
1 billion payment completed.
The Hako platform had no virtue of consumption restrictions.
I let out a hearty laugh.
‘The Financial Supervisory Service and the National Tax Service are going to call me like crazy later.’
And then I pressed the button.
Aki-chan’s
A green support window appeared above his head.
Tiring!
[‘Big Man’ donates 1,000,000,000 won!]
Tandadan-!
“Ah, Big Man! Thank you so much for your support… hamu… hamm?”
Aki-chan stopped.
“…”
Her eyes were shaking without mercy.
“…Eh? Ichi, ni, san, shi… ju…? Eh? Uso…! Eh? Maji? Eh?”
And then there was a hasty click beyond the microphone.
Click
Click
Click….
“Huh, huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?!”
Aki-chan spoke in a panicked voice. There was moisture in her trembling voice.
“Ten billion, sponsorship… Thank you, thank you very much…”
Question marks suddenly started appearing one by one in the chat window.
-?
-??
-??
-????
-????
-What the fuck
-100 million?
-1 billion?
-????
-Isn’t this a sismel error???
-What the hell, ten billion???
-?????????
I laughed at the sight.
A billion was burned for this reaction.
I am quite satisfied now.
“Hehehe…..”
And I left the room after chatting with the ‘Big Man’ account. I didn’t want to stay in this room and do whatever the king wanted.
[Big Man: I enjoyed listening to your story. I will continue to support Aki-nim’s activities.]
I closed the Internet window with satisfaction.
“…Whew. That feels so refreshing.”
*
And that day, The entire community in South Korea was on fire.