Became a Mechromancer - Chapter 118

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Chapter 118.
Ghost vs. The President
Chiko Island, 2nd Floor.
Watching the hologram in the living room, I rubbed my temples.
Wang Zhuxi, his clothes half-torn.
Isto, regarding him with clear displeasure.
‘…Why does everything keep falling apart?’
I’d only meant to announce that Ghost had dealt with the Yantai Abyss.
Yet now, Wang Zhuxi stood half-naked, his image being broadcast across all of Asia.
At that moment, Wang Zhuxi’s furious shout in Chinese appeared as subtitles.
『You wretch! Stop these pathetic tricks at once!』
-Did he just call them pathetic tricks?
A brief silence.
Isto’s fingers twitched slightly.
Watching this unfold, I felt oddly amused.
This was like watching some dark comedy film.
And no wonder—Isto spoke in Korean while his opponent spoke in Chinese, yet below them ran both Korean and English subtitles simultaneously.
Well, but then.
‘Does Meteor have this kind of function too?’
-Adding subtitles hardly counts as a function, you know.
The hologram screen then transformed into something resembling a proper news broadcast, complete with professional graphics.
And in the upper left corner, the Ghost logo that Isto had designed was permanently fixed.
-And thus the Ghost Channel is complete.
Good grief, my head.
‘Why am I exhausted after just waking up?’
I rubbed my temples and looked ahead.
Wang Zhuxi continued fuming, his tirade unabated.
According to him, he had kept his promise while Ghost acted recklessly and mocked the Chinese people.
Hawkeye and Bom-i, who had emerged from the Garage, now stood beside me.
-Wang Zhuxi is pouring fuel on the fire, isn’t he.
“Indeed. Can’t he just calm down?”
Master.
-A man who once commanded an entire nation has been humiliated. His fury is only natural, ribbit.
So what do we do?
“If I back down now and make the Abyss disappear, that’ll look strange too.”
-Besides, we’ve already used the Meteor card. We don’t have many cards left to play, ribbit.
“We have dimensional control besides the meteorite.”
-Ah, that’s true, ribbit?
I exhaled slowly.
At this point, I have no choice but to show them exactly what I can do.
Duo-ho opens the system window.

[Dimensional Control]
Yantai Abyss Layer 1 can be erased.
Erase / Postpone
Duo-ho spoke inwardly.
‘Isto. Just listen.’
Isto in the hologram flinches.
Duo-ho quickly continues.
‘Wang Zhuxi, calm yourself first. And everything you’ve compensated for and apologized for—you were simply doing what you should have done anyway. So why are you acting so confident? Tell him this.’
Upon hearing Duo-ho’s words, Isto spoke immediately.
-Wang, when the one who farted gets angry, he deserves a beating.
『Y-you bastard!』
-You made the mess, and your people cleaned it up. So why the audacity? Pathetic.
『Trembling with rage.』
‘He even added emotional expressions to the subtitles.’
No, that’s not it.
Ugh!
It’s not getting through properly.
To anyone watching, the situation was on a knife’s edge.
Duo-ho exhales a long sigh and conveys his true intention.
‘Tell him that I’m about to show him what happens when he doesn’t apologize sincerely.’
Isto’s voice comes through the hologram immediately.
-If Wang hadn’t even ripped his clothes, none of this would’ve happened.
Damn it!
That obsession with the clothes again!
Duo-ho rubs his temples and speaks.
“…Postpone.”
A notification window appears in the air immediately.

[World Announcement]
The destruction of Yantai Abyss Layer 1 has been postponed.
Murmurs rippled through the room.
Several Chinese bureaucrats visible in the hologram wore expressions of utter bewilderment.
They appeared to be Awakeners.
‘They’ve seen the world announcement.’
My feelings were complicated.
Of course, I intended to warn them properly and destroy it as promised.
Wang Zhuxi’s face appeared in the hologram once more.
“That Isto fellow—adjusting the opposing camera in the midst of all this. Impressive.”
Hearing Duho’s remark, Hawkeye and Bom-i exchanged a brief glance.
Currently, the camera was inside a laptop where Cop had hacked into the Chinese Government’s feed.
He was an exceptionally skilled hacker himself, and his abilities had only grown sharper under Isto’s guidance.
At that moment, Wang Zhuxi’s voice, sensing something amiss, appeared as subtitles.
『Why? What? What’s going on?』
Then one of the bureaucrats’ voice erupted in the subtitles.
『Why did you tear your clothes! Didn’t you understand what that means!』
『You, you….』
Wang Zhuxi, subjected to the resentful stares of those around him, finally exploded.
Argh!
『What does this damned shirt have to do with anything?!』
But the bureaucrat who appeared to be an Awakener pointed accusingly at Wang Zhuxi.
『Because of you, sir! Yantai City Abyss Layer 1 wasn’t destroyed—it was postponed!』
『What, what did you say?』
『Ghost gave us a postponement!』
Wang Zhuxi sat in stunned silence for a moment.
Heh heh….
He laughed like a man losing his mind.
Then he collapsed.
Wang Zhuxi sank into his chair, his legs giving out beneath him.
He stared at Isto with a vacant expression.
Duho was watching in spectator mode. Actually, not just Duho—all of Asia would be watching this.
Then Wang Zhuxi asked with a genuinely bewildered expression.
『If I just buy new clothes, why give us a postponement like this?』
Isto responded curtly.
Wang.
-If Na Manager tore your country’s flag and said he’d just buy a new one, would that be acceptable?
Wow… unbelievable.
‘This guy really does say the most absurd things sometimes.’
And moments later.
Within the hologram, Wang Zhuxi’s expression had grown utterly resigned.
He rose from his seat with solemn dignity and turned toward the compromised camera.
『Citizens of Yantai City, and to the Government of South Korea—I offer my deepest apologies once more for the distress I have caused.』
He bowed.
As he straightened, his gaze found Isto before he continued.
『My own serious desecration of Ghost’s symbols was equally… an inappropriate action.』
He bowed again.
Wang Zhuxi lowered his head once more.
When he looked up, his voice trembled with entreaty.
『So please… show mercy!』
At last, raw human desperation spilled from Wang Zhuxi’s lips.
Watching this unfold, Duho issued a command to Isto.
‘Tell him I’ll make it disappear now.’
Moments later, Isto’s voice crackled through the hologram.
-Wang.
『Y-yes.』
-Who do you have in South Korea?
Wang Zhuxi’s lips froze.
Everyone in the conference room understood what that question truly meant.
Liu Vice Premier, unable to bear the silence, spoke quietly.
『…Ghost.』
Wang Zhuxi’s eyelids trembled as he answered.
『South Korea has… Ghost.』
-Then how should you treat South Korea going forward?
A brief silence hung in the air.
Wang Zhuxi hesitated before responding.
『…With utmost respect.』
Isto’s LED eyes curved into crescents.
-Excellent. Never forget that resolve.
Duho let out a hollow laugh as he gazed at the window hovering before him.
And then.
“Yantai Abyss Layer 1, annihilate.”
* * *
The heart of Yantai City, China.
The Abyss, transported from Qingdao, had obliterated an entire swath of the urban center.
Major thoroughfares lay severed, entire buildings vanished without a trace, and autonomous vehicles lay crushed in the fissures of the fractured roads.
And now.
Countless Hunters had established encampments around the Abyss’s perimeter.
From a campfire in front of one tent, black smoke suddenly billowed forth.
“Hey, is plastic really all we’ve got for firewood?”
“Then where are we supposed to get wood in the city?”
“There are street trees, aren’t there?”
“You idiot, does fresh wood even burn?”
A Hunter coughed and waved his hand dismissively.
“The stench is unbearable. This will kill people faster than any monster.”
“Don’t we have chairs or something?”
“How would we? We already took everything we could.”
January’s dawn was colder than expected.
Beyond the campfire, tents stretched in long rows. Each guild had raised their flags and claimed positions among the collapsed roads and building debris.
A Hunter gestured toward it with his chin.
“The Shanghai Guild showed up, and the Northern Alliance too.”
“The Eastern Coast faction arrived overnight as well.”
“Even with all of them here, can we clear the deepest level in twelve days?”
The conversation paused briefly.
The truth was, we had to clear the deepest level no matter what.
If this place fell, there was no telling which city would spawn the next Abyss.
Crack.
A Hunter sitting in front of the campfire tore off a sofa leg and shoved it into the flames.
“We’ll make it possible. If Qingdao and Yantai both fall, maritime transport will be finished.”
“The other nations won’t just sit idle, will they?”
“I heard America will come if we give them our resources for free.”
Someone spat out a low curse.
“Bastards.”
Just then, the Young Hunter wiping his nose muttered with unfocused eyes.
“If Ghost showed up right now and cleared Floor 1 of this place, I’d call him hyung.”
The Hunter across from him snorted with laughter.
That kid’s lost his mind.
“Kid, as if Ghost would come all the way to the Chinese Abyss to help us.”
“He might, though.”
“Is it because you’re young? Anyway, from what people outside are saying, Ghost had quite the clash with Wang Zhuxi. Why would someone like that come here?”
The Hunter who said that added:
“If Ghost cleared it for us, I’d change my surname.”
The Young Hunter muttered dejectedly to himself.
“Korea… I’m jealous.”
At that moment.

[World Announcement]
Yantai Abyss Layer 1 will be annihilated.
“What?”
The Young Hunter rubbed his eyes and looked ahead again.
The message still hung in the air.
His mouth slowly fell open.
The surrounding Hunters reacted similarly.
“Annihilated…?”
“Layer 1?”
“…Is this a dream?”
Uuuuuuuung….
A low rumble emanated from deep within the Abyss, reverberating through the ground.
“Get down!”
At someone’s shout, the Hunters reflexively dropped to the ground.
Whoooosh!
A sound like something extinguishing erupted from within the Abyss, tearing through the air.
Kabooooom!!!
Then came the shockwave.
The prone Hunters trembled in shock.
Though the rumble was violent, remarkably, no buildings collapsed and there was no actual damage.
Meanwhile, the Young Hunter couldn’t tear his gaze from the world announcement before his eyes.
It was real….
“Ghost annihilated it for us.”
Then came the next moment.
Boom! Boom! Boom—!
The sound of the Abyss’s deeper layers being pulled upward one by one echoed through.
Hunters who had been sleeping in tents rushed out in alarm.
“What’s happening?!”
“Weren’t there supposed to be 12 days left?!”
No further answers were needed.
A new announcement appeared before them.

[Announcement]
The final conquest layer, Floor 75, is being readjusted to Floor 74.
Everyone’s eyes widened in disbelief.
A Hunter who had mocked the Young Hunter moments before muttered blankly.
“It became Floor 74…?”
Before the bewildered Hunters, another welcome message appeared.

[Announcement]
The conquest period for Floor 74 has been extended from 12 days to 5 months.
After a brief moment of silence.
Uwaaaaah!
Waaaaaaaaah!!!
The heart of Yantai City erupted in a deafening roar.
“Five months!”
“We’re alive. We’re alive!”
“Damn it, Ghost really came!”
The Hunters embraced one another.
Some collapsed to the ground, while others alternated between tears and laughter.
The Young Hunter, who had been staring blankly at the announcement in the air moments before, slowly rose to his feet.
Then he clasped his hands together toward the Abyss in a respectful bow.
His voice tore through the air as he cried out.
“Ghost! Thank you!”
Someone burst into laughter at his cry.
“Hey! You’re really calling him that?”
“I promised, so of course!”
The Young Hunter’s eyes were red-rimmed.
At his words, the surrounding Hunters one by one clasped their hands in bows toward the Abyss.
“Youling daren! Xièxiè!”
(Ghost, great one! Thank you.)
The Hunters here had begun calling Ghost by the name Ghost, Great One.
* * *
Light gathered in the Agora, and an avatar with a cat’s head materialized.
None other than Susan.
Even though it was dawn, the Agora was busier than usual.
Users continued to log in as clusters of light gathered throughout the Plaza.
Susan narrowed her slit pupils as she surveyed the Plaza.
Then.
Screeeech!
A bizarre shriek erupted from the center of the Plaza.
When Susan turned her head, a massive NPC resembling Wang Jian-guo was clutching a Ghost logo t-shirt.
Riiiiip!
The t-shirt tore apart.
Ripple~.
Flabby, bare flesh was grotesquely exposed.
In that instant.
『Were you craving a meteor ending?』
Boom boom boom!
An upbeat beat dropped.
『Go-go-ppaed, go-go-ppaed-seum-kka.』
『Seum-kka, ppaed-seum, go-ppaed-eum, kka-kka-kka.』
A rap spliced together from Ghost’s distinctive speech patterns echoed across the Plaza.
And then.
A meteorite fell straight from the sky.
Crash!
The Wang Zhuxi NPC caught it and burst like a firecracker, with stars and hearts exploding everywhere.
Immediately, likes poured in.
Looking closer, all sorts of memes related to Wang Zhuxi were being generated across the sky.
Tsk.
Susan stared at the spectacle before clicking her tongue.
“How childish.”
But contrary to her words, she was clicking the like button.
Light flickered beside her as Jacob materialized in his default avatar form.
Susan threw a jab at him.
“You make plenty of money—why don’t you customize your avatar?”
“…Other people’s business.”
“You’re being lazy about it.”
Jacob’s mouth twisted as he spoke.
“Avatar customization is a projection of extreme escapism stemming from loss of control….”
Boom!
But before he could finish, Susan’s kick sent him shattering.
Fragments scattered across the floor before reassembling into Jacob’s form.
Susan swung her legs as she spoke.
“How does it feel to experience extreme behavior born from loss of control?”
“Let’s not talk about it.”
Then he turned his attention to the Wang Zhuxi memes floating in the air, along with the news from the Yantai Abyss.
Above the Plaza, there weren’t just Wang Zhuxi memes.
Beside them floated the records that had just been uploaded in sequence.
『Yantai Abyss Layer 1 eliminated.
Final cleared floor 75 → 74.
Clearing time 12 days → 5 months.』
Susan’s pupils narrowed to slits.
“One bow and Layer 1 disappears—that’s a pretty cheap way to stop it.”
Jacob shook his head.
“You can’t speak of it so lightly.”
“Why not?”
“Because national prestige has hit rock bottom.”
“What does it matter if it drops a bit? Survival is what’s important.”
Jacob’s expression screamed “You’re really an idiot,” and Susan’s neck twisted in indignation.
Jacob finally raised both hands in surrender and answered.
“When a nation’s leader becomes a laughingstock, foreign investors flee, diplomatic disrespect becomes routine, and eventually even that country’s own citizens lose respect for it.”
Hmm~.
“I don’t care about that stuff.”
She turned away, complaining of a headache, when voices drifted over from the other side.
“Isn’t that strange?”
“What is.”
“That Ghost eliminated the Yantai Abyss for us.”
Susan’s cat ears twitched.
Jacob turned his gaze toward them as well.
An avatar with a braided hairstyle continued speaking with arms crossed.
“If he entered the Chinese Abyss, that means he has Chinese nationality, right?”
A moment of silence.
Immediately, avatars with the Taegeuk symbol painted on their faces widened their eyes.
You crazy bastard!
“How did you reach that conclusion?”
“Look at you—Ghost helps once and suddenly he’s Chinese.”
But the braided avatar didn’t back down.
“It’s a fact that you can’t enter without nationality. So there’s only one answer.”
Dual citizenship!
Another Chinese avatar beside him nodded vigorously.
“The blood of the overseas Chinese, indeed!”
A Korean avatar in traditional hanbok from the back suddenly burst in with a flying kick stance.
Thwack! Tumble tumble.
The braided avatar rolled away.
Look at you idiots!
“You mindlessly claimed kimchi was yours, and now Ghost too?!”
Soon the avatars split into factions and a brawl erupted.
Avatars claiming Ghost looked after their side.
Meanwhile, Japanese avatars watched enviously.
‘…They’re not even children.’
Jacob shook his head and spoke quietly to Susan.
“Anyway.”
“Yeah?”
“The Government seems to be narrowing down candidates for Ghost’s identity.”
“Narrowing down?”
“Because he’s a variable that could threaten national security.”
“So they’re moving immediately?”
Jacob shook his head.
“Not right now. The Government knows Ghost isn’t someone to be trifled with.”
“Then?”
“The moment we get a handle on things, we’ll take out the satellite Ghost launched first.”
Susan shook her head.
“I’m out. I’ve already settled my contract with the Cheoncheon Clan.”
Susan, as if to say it was no longer her concern.
Jacob regarded her quietly before speaking.
“Since you say you’re out, I’ll mention this—Copycat is among the candidates.”
“…What?”
Upon hearing Jacob’s words, she silently looked up at the sky above the Plaza.
And then.
Pop!
The Wang Zhuxi NPC was struck by the meteorite and burst apart like fireworks.
I Became a Macromanser
Author |
Keongang E
Published |
February 25, 2026
Publisher |
Talesyx
Website |
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