Awakened as a Money-Spending Genius Enhancer - Chapter 35
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Episode 35
Chapter 35. [Park Kang-hoon’s House +2]
The ‘Information Value’ he hurriedly checked.
Everything exceeded his expectations!
[Park Kang-hoon’s House +2]: Han River View Apartment Building 101, Unit 1802. A Dream House containing the aspirations of Park Kang-hoon, who was an unpopular illustrator, and his success story as an Enhancement Specialist. It evolved to Rare grade through enhancement. * [Additional 5% bonus to Head of Household’s occupational traits] * [15% increased fatigue recovery rate when residing] * [Homing Instinct]: The Head of Household can return home at any time.
The house itself became Rare grade while simultaneously.
An incredible option he’d never seen before
was added!
A special option that only appears on high-grade magic items.
A [Trait]!
“[Homing Instinct]? Can return home at any time…? No way, such an overpowered trait!?”
The house itself had become a teleport point for the Head of Household, Park Kang-hoon!
A homebody.
For Kang Hoon, this was an option he could only dream of.
From crowded subway stations on rainy days.
From boring meeting places where he’d exhausted all his social energy.
Sometimes when he just wanted to go home for no reason at all.
Throughout all those countless times.
Kang Hoon had dreamed of ‘teleporting home’!
“Huh?! Wait a minute.”
Tilting his head, he looked at the option again.
“This condition of ‘at any time’.”
It’s quite ambiguous.
If it’s ‘at any time’, couldn’t that also be understood as ‘anytime’, ‘anywhere’?
That means perhaps…
“Is this an option that remains active even inside dungeons!?”
What are dungeons?
They’re gates to other dimensions where you must complete missions to successfully clear them.
And only by clearing them do the exits open!
But if using the [Homing Instinct] trait allows teleporting home even from dungeons.
In other words. If guaranteed escape is possible?
Sure enough.
The conditions for [Homing Instinct] that he examined closely.
[Conditional Restriction: Once per 7 days. When casting the trait in a dungeon, re-casting becomes possible after 7 days.]
“Hiyaaaaat!”
It works, it works!
It’s clearly stated in the conditions.
‘When casting the trait in a dungeon’!!
This is a trait that all Hunters in the world, no.
Even Ranker Hunters who fly through the sky and split the earth would envy!
Dungeons are places you must enter risking your life.
You must be prepared to die if you can’t clear them!
That’s why for high-difficulty, high-level dungeons.
They sometimes make you sign ‘liability waiver agreements in case of death’ upon entry.
But.
If guaranteed escape from any dungeon is possible?
This is truly a legendary-grade trait!
“Wow, this is insane!? I’ll have to try it out sometime!”
Filled with excitement, Kang Hoon clenched his fist.
“Enhancement Specialist is really the best!”
Even the ‘Additional 5% bonus to occupational traits’!
This is truly a Dream House for Kang Hoon, by Kang Hoon, exclusively for Kang Hoon!
“Ha.”
With that, he could no longer hold back.
“I need to make something in this house right now!”
Receiving this option’s excellent buff,
he couldn’t stand not enhancing something!
“I’ll enhance everything!”
What he found and brought out was the ‘Germanium Jade Bracelet’ box from the storage warehouse that used to be the dressing room!
There’s still a pile of unenhanced inventory.
When his skill usage was only 10 times per day,
‘When will I ever enhance all of this?’
he had thought.
But now it’s different.
Even after upgrading his workshop to world-class level.
He still has uses remaining!
Even though he’d already used 14 times.
He can enhance 16 more times!
“Hehehe. I happen to need failure stacks too.”
The ’10 accumulated failures’ needed to use the ‘Guaranteed Enhancement’ skill of [Hammer of Success and Failure].
It’s time to fill up that goal.
“But it’d be a waste of money to destroy them all. Should I just do +3 enhancement moderately?”
Even +3 enhancement has a 50% success rate.
It should be more than enough to accumulate ’10 failures’.
“Besides, Germanium Jade Bracelets don’t have expensive raw materials~!”
With such a relaxed mindset, he began enhancement.
La la la!
“Whether they break or not~!”
And so, 10 minutes later.
On Kang Hoon’s new work station, [Golem’s Growth Ring Desk +2].
[Germanium Jade Bracelet of Vitality Enhancement +3] that had perfectly succeeded in +3 enhancement were piled up.
3 enhancement attempts per item.
15 total enhancement attempts.
The number of completed items was exactly 5.
“…”
Thanks to this, Kang Hoon was swept up in emotions of both joy and frustration.
“…I said they could be destroyed, so why do they all succeed?”
Is this what they call being ‘cursed with luck’?
“It’s good that the enhancement went well, but…”
It would’ve been nice if these +3 enhancements had appeared elsewhere!
Right before his eyes are high-grade furniture made by Crafting Hunters and Craftsmen!
‘It’s like rolling gacha during your favorite character’s pickup season, but getting a bunch of disliked characters with even lower rates instead…’
This feeling would need to be explained.
No one would understand unless they were an otaku.
“No one would know unless they were an Enhancement Specialist…”
Chuckling to himself in bewilderment.
Kang Hoon scanned through the options of the [Germanium Jade Bracelet of Vitality Enhancement +3] laid out before him.
As it entered +3 enhancement, it was natural that the increase rate of the ‘vitality status increase’ option had risen.
Moreover, they had all evolved to ‘Rare’ grade!
“Amazing. Was grade evolution always this easy?”
Was this thanks to leveling up?
Or was it thanks to the ‘additional bonus to job characteristics’ option attached to his home?
‘Either way, it’s too good.’
As he examined them one by one and put them into exclusive boxes with ‘Kang Hoon Shop’ stickers.
The moment he picked up the last enhanced bracelet, Kang Hoon tilted his head in confusion.
And for good reason.
The item properties immediately flowing into his mind.
[Item Property: Bind on Use – Upon first use, permanently binds to the user.]
“Huh? Why did only this one become a bound item?”
Strange.
Only then did Kang Hoon unfold the ‘information value’ of the last bracelet.
[Germanium Jade Bracelet of Vitality Enhancement +3]: A mid-boss level of pseudoscience! Known to have effects of blood circulation improvement, pain relief, immunity enhancement, and fatigue recovery, but there is absolutely no scientific evidence. However, this [Germanium Jade Bracelet of Vitality Enhancement] has truly gained vitality enhancement effects through enhancement and has evolved to Epic grade! * [Vitality Status +35] * [Immunity increase and hair loss relief through negative ion emission]
“Oh? Huh? This is…”
An impossible option had appeared.
“Epic grade and… huh? Hair loss relief?”
Earlier, when enhancing [Master Craftsman’s Double Window].
The wide range of options had been disappointing.
However, now, while enhancing the [Germanium Jade Bracelet], his position had changed.
“What is this!? It says it cures hair loss?”
Kang Hoon had been targeting only the ‘vitality increase’ among the possible options from [Germanium Jade Bracelet].
However, besides that,
Immunity increase, disease prevention, health promotion!
The scope of effects known as pseudoscience or superstition of germanium jade bracelets was somewhat broader.
Something about negative ions emitted from germanium being good for the body.
Even so, still.
“Wait, isn’t hair loss something that even wealthy Hollywood actors can’t do anything about…?”
It actually confronts hair loss.
An option that sounds ridiculous at first glance.
Not curing a cold.
Not helping blood circulation.
…It has the ability to make hair grow?
But.
Look at the countless bald people in this world.
For some, this would be an option as desperately needed as ‘vitality’!
He had made and sold dozens of [Germanium Jade Bracelet of Vitality Enhancement +2] until now.
But this kind of option was a first!
“So when you evolve the grade to Epic, strange options appear.”
Even if he tried Epic grade evolution again.
The probability of getting the same option would be very low.
“Whoooa…”
Just seconds ago, he had thought probability was being unfair to him.
His resentful feelings melted away like snow.
However, Kang Hoon slowly lifted up the incredible healing(?) item in his hands.
Gulp.
Swallowing dry saliva.
As he examined it under the soft lighting.
The first question that came to mind was this:
“This… how much should I price it?”
Since it was the first time seeing this option, he wasn’t sure how effective it would be.
At least, for one person.
‘For the user who will become the owner of this item, it’s an option that could change their social dignity, maybe even their life…’
Quite puzzling.
“It seems like I could charge whatever I want?”
In times like this, he could just ask buyers to name their price.
“…Let’s go with an auction!”
Familiarly, he logged into ‘Corn Market.com’.
He immediately opened the ‘new product registration’ page and selected auction!
On the product detail page, he wrote the exact option details.
Very honestly.
“It’s the first option I’ve gotten since awakening…”
He also wrote that he couldn’t test it due to the ‘bind’ property.
Kang Hoon’s hair was still fluffy after all.
“Well, it’ll sell somehow~!”
A healing(?) item that could change someone’s life.
That one-of-a-kind item in the world.
After casually posting it on the auction page.
Kang Hoon completely forgot about it.
The next day.
Until unexpected attention poured in like a storm.
* * *
“I bought it with my own money and speak with my own mouth! ‘My money, my mouth’!! No advertisements whatsoever! Hello, suckers! This is No-nop!”
Shopping YouTuber, ‘Hogang No-nop’.
The ‘Gold Button’ arrived at his house today.
The Gold Button given only to YouTubers who surpass 1 million subscribers.
It couldn’t help but be an honor in itself.
The unboxing scene where his dream of becoming a 1 million subscriber YouTuber came true.
Hogang No-nop’s subscriber count was a whopping 1.4 million.
“Keuheuhheuk! Heuk heuk! Thank you, I’ll really work hard!”
As soon as he turned on the live stream.
While greeting with comments befitting a shopping review YouTuber.
Hogang No-nop couldn’t hold back tears of emotion.
Truly a jackpot.
A jackpot! A proper jackpot had hit!
It wasn’t staged and it wasn’t a backdoor advertisement.
No one other than Hogang No-nop could have succeeded this much with ‘spending my own money’ content!
It’s purely the result of shopping well!
What did he purchase, you ask?
It was the [Virility Enhancement Germanium Jade Bracelet +2]!
“Everyone, what did I tell you! I said this Shop Owner was legit, didn’t I!? This is absolutely incredible!! I said this bracelet would skyrocket in value, right!? This is the real deal! That’s what I’m talking about!”
The dream Gold Button.
The moment of the first unboxing.
But somehow, more than the Gold Button.
He’s been showing the [Virility Enhancement Germanium Jade Bracelet +2] for much longer.
And for good reason—
“I even bought the first bracelet through direct trade! At the early price! You all remember that, right!?”
The abnormal rapid growth of Hogang No-nop’s channel currently.
All of it is thanks to this bracelet!
The ‘Royal Bracelet’ that commands hundreds of billions today, ridiculously expensive and well-reviewed.
…Or the ‘Giant Root Bracelet’.
It’s an incredible item called by that name in the community.
Hogang No-nop was the first to purchase such an item as soon as it appeared on the market.
And the purchase price back then was the early price, just 5 million won!
‘Back then I thought it was fine to get scammed if it could draw some attention…’
As a result, Hogang No-nop’s eye for quality was recognized!
He even received countless sponsorship and advertising offers requesting his positive reviews!
“Wooooh! Thank you, Hunter Park Kang-hoooon!”
Trying to draw attention somehow.
Hogang No-nop had even done the direct trade during a live broadcast.
At the time, he just ended the live broadcast like that and didn’t edit a separate video featuring Park Kang-hoon.
But now it’s different.
The owner of ‘Kang Hoon Shop’.
Now that Hunter Park Kang-hoon has made a name for himself as the world’s only Enhancement Specialist!
He squeezed every bit out of the live broadcast recorded during their direct trade.
And churned out a new video!
‘Boarding the Kang Hoon coin!’
Gold Button unboxing and all that nonsense!
It’s not unreasonable for him to obsess over showing the bracelet to the camera for the hundredth time.
The new auction item posted on Kang Hoon Shop.
The waiting bid price for [Germanium Jade Bracelet of Vitality Enhancement +3].
The entire world was turned upside down by that tremendous value!
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