Chapter 34: Dorong Server (5)

[“Welcome, customer… I mean, sucker!”]

I received Shiro-unni’s mission and arrived at the gambling den.

The image of a gambling den I had in my mind was a shabby one from a movie.

But it had the appearance of a rather flashy casino.

[“May I guide you, customer?”]

“It’s okay, I’m here to find someone.”

[“But you still have to pay the entrance fee…”]

There’s an entrance fee here too?

At the system that was more money-grubbing than I thought, I felt a considerable sense of bewilderment.

Well, no matter how bewildered I feel, I still have to pay the entrance fee.

I had to get Sea-unni out of this crazy gambling den quickly and protect our members’ common assets.

[“Yes, I’ve received the 500 coins. You can enter this way.”]

After paying the full entrance fee, I entered the building.

The inside of the building was filled with a casino-like interior.

Roulette, blackjack… there were all sorts of games as well.

[“Ugh… I’m so screwed, f*ck!!!”]

[“W-won’t you call it a draw…?”]

[“I can’t be happy!”]

And this place was also a scene of madness, no less than Impel Down.

To be precise, it was worse than Impel Down because money was involved here.

It means everyone had a good enough reason to go crazy.

[“H-hey, everyone, what do I do…?”]

There, I also heard a voice I had heard two days ago.

“Telly-nim, what are you doing here?”

[“Heeik…!”]

What’s going on for her to be so surprised?

…No, I have a guess.

The combination of a casino and a crying voice.

This must be a situation where she has lost all her fortune and become a beggar.

“Telly-nim, you’ve lost all your money, haven’t you?”

[“Uh… no… that’s…”]

Just by her reaction, it’s 100%.

At this rate, it feels like she not only can’t pay back the money she owes me, but is also in debt.

It can be described as a state of bankruptcy with no way out.

“Could you explain what happened here?”

[“Uh… um…”]

“You’ve lost all your money, haven’t you?”

[“Oh…”]

[Loan shark Naru, let’s go lol]
[The end of a gambling addict, for real]
[Uhyo~ Got the first s*ave www]

As the chat’s reaction says, loan shark Naru mode might really be turned on.

No matter how much money I’ll earn, a contract must be kept, right?

This isn’t my personal greed, but an attempt to prevent Telly-nim from becoming a liar.

…I’m serious.

“Telly-nim, you’ll have to become an unpaid s*ave in the cult later.”

[“Yes…”]

Alright, Telly-nim’s problem is over here.

Now I have to go find Sea-unni again.

As soon as the conversation ended, I wandered around here and there.

But Sea-unni was nowhere to be found.

I wondered if she was in a different place, not the gambling den.

But more suspicious than that was a door tucked away in a corner of the gambling den.

Doesn’t it look like something is hidden here?

At least, that’s what I thought.

“Excuse me, what is this door used for?”

[“Uh… should I say this is the VIP room? It’s a room with machines that have higher betting limits.”]

“But why are general customers prohibited?”

[“I don’t know about that. I’m just a part-timer.”]

Hmm, is it some kind of lure?

I don’t know if real casinos have something like this, but I decided to think so.

Because there’s nothing to be gained from finding out the reason.

“Can’t I go in?”

[“You have to spend 100,000 coins here…”]

“Really, no way? I just need to find one person…”

I scattered some shiny yellow items on the floor.

<Dorong Coin (7,000 won)>

As you all have noticed, it’s a bribe for entry.

[“Ahem… you can’t tell anyone I opened this for you.”]

As if the bribe worked, the steel door that looked stronger than anything else opened.

Of course, since 3,500 Loser-kuns saw the employee taking a bribe and opening this place, keeping it a secret has become difficult.

But that wasn’t my business.

I just need to find Sea-unni and go back.

[Blatant bribe lol]
[You’re so busted, I was bored.]
[lol]

Or not, their reaction is a bit…

“Loser-kuns, you have to keep it a secret, okay? Otherwise, I don’t know what I might do.”

It seemed like they would cause trouble if I didn’t keep them in check, so I gave them a warning.

If they still cause trouble after this, it can’t be helped.

[Gasp]
[I don’t know anything.]
[Up to 50,000 won is fine ㅇㅇ]

Right, it seems the meaning was conveyed well.

With the chat window having calmed down a little, I continued to move with a sense of relief.

“It feels a little more splendid than upstairs.”

Perhaps the ‘VIP exclusive’ tag wasn’t attached for nothing.

It was certainly decorated with more expensive blocks than the upper floor.

[“All in.”]

[“You’re betting 300,000 on one hand?”]

But the sightseeing ended there.

Another familiar voice came from the side.

One was a mysterious man.

One was Sea-unni.

From what I heard, it seemed Sea-unni had won a lot of money.

“Unni, what are you doing here?”

[“What, Naru, how did you get in here?”]

However, it was not a welcoming voice.

A voice that, just by hearing it, was going to show its refusal.

It seems it’s already too late to turn that gambling addict around.

[“But who is this person…?”]

As I was lamenting her lateness, the mysterious man next to her threw a question at Sea-unni.

I don’t know who he is, but he seemed quite close to Sea-unni.

[“Ah, this is our Wonderland member, Naru.”]

[“Hello, my name is Taro.”]

[“Kheh-heuk, look at this b*stard pretending to be a normal person.”]

[Gasp]
[Seung-woo…]
(TL Note: Likely Taro’s real name.)
[Hentai artist siblings lol]

The identity of the mysterious man was Taro-nim.

Taro-nim is a person who is an adult webtoon artist and a streamer.

For the record, he has the nickname ‘King of the Underworld’.

[“What are you talking about, I’m so normal.”]

He doesn’t acknowledge that nickname, and his above-average appearance also gives quite a bit of weight to that claim.

[“Oh, Naru-nim, but your avatar has a bit of a bratty feel to it? Is it a concept that makes one want to discipline you?”]

If you listen to the crazy things he says unconsciously, you can tell that his claim is nonsense.

[“Hey, you crazy b*stard! What are you saying to someone you’ve just met!”]

I’m fine, but it’s definitely not a sane way of speaking.

If it weren’t for that face, he would have been sued a few times in real life.

“Uh… yes… hello.”

[“See, she’s fine.”]

[“Hah… this b*stard really hasn’t come to his senses even after getting beaten up so much by his dad when he was young…”]

Ah, and I didn’t mention it, but those two are siblings.

That’s why the Orc Brigade fans don’t go crazy even if she hangs out with such a handsome guy.

[“By the way, why are you here?”]

“Shiro-unni told me to come and get you.”

Sea-unni thought for a moment and then handed me a white piece of paper.

<Dorong Coin Check (150,000 won)>

Then, after seeing me confirm the identity of that paper, she opened her mouth.

[“If you give her that, she won’t say much.”]

What did this unni do to have so much money?

Is it gambling?

“Is it gambling?”

[“It is gambling.”]

It’s incredibly strange.

To think she made such a large sum of money at a gambling den, which is structured to win with a probability of 48%~49%.

It was possible in a situation where she had been holed up in the gambling den since the first day.

[“If you’re curious, do you want to try it too, Naru?”]

…My reason says no, but I just can’t refuse that offer.

Look at those shiny, splendid gambling machines.

Honestly, they look like a lot of fun.

“J-just once…”

[“Alright, alright, if it’s your first time, try the pinball over there.”]

Pinball…

I didn’t know that was a game that could be implemented in Raincraft.

[“You can put the money in here. You can bet from 5,000 won.”]

Surprisingly, the pinball machine was made quite plausibly.

There were piston blocks, slime blocks.

Sticky blocks, springs added by mods, and all sorts of variables were laid out.

[“As for the rules… there’s nothing special, you just have to keep the spawning zombie alive for as long as possible. See the lava below? If it touches it, it dies immediately.”]

The rules are the same as any pinball rules…

Since it has come to this, I should just enjoy one game and go.

How much should I put in?

The minimum amount of 5,000 won?

Or should I put in a little more?

…Since I have 200,000 won right now, I decided to put in just 10,000 won, which is 5%.

[“Hehe, fighting, Naru-chan!”]

Receiving Sea-unni’s energy, I press the start button.

Grrrroooo-

Along with the zombie sound I’ve been hearing since I was young, the game begins.

From left to right, from top to bottom.

The zombie walks towards the villager imprisoned at the bottom.

“Not a chance.”

But the zombie never reached the villager.

Boing

Why? Because if I let that zombie eat the villager right now, all my money will be gone.

I have to last at least 1 minute and 30 seconds to break even.

Boing boing

“Hehe, but this is more fun than I thought.”

[Gambling is not allowed ㅠㅠ]
[Is this person already addicted? lol]
[They say you can only quit gambling after you’re dead lol]

“Ugh, it died.”

My dreams were grand, but in the end, I got cocky and made a mistake with the button controls, so the zombie died.

The time I lasted was 1 minute and 32 seconds.

I earned a profit of 20 won.

“Ahem… anyway, I had fun, and you should also go back after playing moderately.”

[“Oki-doki.”]

The reason I’m leaving here is not because I’m embarrassed, but because I don’t think I should gamble anymore.

Hmm… really.

Whatever the case, after leaving the gambling den, I delivered the money I received to Shiro-unni and then returned to the plaza.

Around the plaza, there were more shops open than before.

Perhaps it’s because now is the best time for broadcasting, the evening.

“Everyone, where should we go this time?”

[Thank you for your 1,000 won donation, ‘Broccoli Villain’-nim!]
[The maid cafe next to the restaurant street, go go]

[Gasp]
[What]
[lol]

Huh? A maid cafe?

So they even added a place like that this season?

The chat’s reactions were a bit strange, but I decided to go to the maid cafe.

Because I thought it would be at most some hairy old men serving me.

Then it would be YouTube-worthy, so even if my eyes and ears would be in pain, it would be worth a visit.

“I’ll go to the maid cafe.”

Thump thump

“Is this it?”

After walking for a few seconds, a cozy maid cafe appeared.

It has a more normal appearance than I thought.

[“Welcome, master! I will guide you to your seat!”]

Ugh, this isn’t easy.

The maid (?) who greeted me definitely had a very cute girl’s voice.

But because of the line, I got goosebumps on my arms and legs.

[“If you wait just a moment, the head maid will be here to commemorate your first visit today!”]

Is there someone else?

With an anxious heart, I waited for the person called the head maid.

[“W-welcome… I am… the head m-maid of the Unit Star Cafe… Yub…”]

What’s with this voice.

The voice that came at the end of my wait was a voice that was very familiar to me.

A voice I had heard endlessly for 22 years.

A voice that was used to ridicule me my whole life.

A voice that was let out while handing me a T-shirt with a strange phrase written on it.

That voice was the voice of our family’s official crazy b*tch, Jung Yujin.

To put it a little differently, it was the voice of the streamer and YouTuber, ‘Yub’.

“Kyahahahaha!!! You crazy b*tch, what are you doing here?!”

[?]
[?]
[Wow, sh*t]
[Gasp]
[She’s touching the cult leader]
[She’s screwed lol]
[Um]
[I guess this is as far as we go]

Uh… I should have thought before I spoke.

As a result of not being able to overcome my instincts and blurting it out, the chat window became hotter than ever before.