I Got A Legendary Sniper Rifle - Chapter 360

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Episode 360
Ep. 360
A few days later.
The Ilgyeok Guild headquarters in Busan released a major press statement.
[ Ilgyeok Guild Opens ‘Training Tower’ at Headquarters
The tower was constructed in collaboration with Ilgyeok Commerce, with the lobby level serving as a memorial hall dedicated to Ilgyeok, and the first through fifth floors above equipped with specially designed training facilities. ]
The name was revised from the original ‘Ilgyeok Memorial Hall’ to ‘Training Tower’.
It was a hastily changed name after I suggested it would be better to honor the original purpose.
Along with the press release, the Ilgyeok Guild also distributed photographs of the tower.
[ └ Why does it look so bizarre;;]
└ They spent my donations on this place?
└ Ugh, I thought it would be fine since the Ilgeuk Foundation was managing it, but I guess a guild is still just a guild ]
The initial reaction was not particularly positive.
It was no different from how people typically react negatively when guilds build new headquarters or waste money on pointless projects.
People expressed their anger, asking if the guild thought they would automatically approve of anything simply because it bore the name ‘Ilgyeok’.
But the atmosphere reversed in an instant.
[ (Breaking News) Training Tower Lobby: Ilgyeok Memorial Hall Displays Items Personally Obtained by Ilgyeok
└ ???????
└ Wait, it really was an Ilgyeok memorial hall?
└ So it wasn’t a memorial hall without Ilgyeok? ]
The moment reporters and several visitors who came to the tower toured the lobby level, the internet erupted.
Combat gauntlets from the Giant Volcano Worm.
The claws of Lava Raba—though I’m not sure how it was done, the item name had ‘Ilgyeok’ boldly embedded in it.
And finally, Ilgyeok’s bone projectile that the government had been secretly storing.
There were only three types, but that alone was enough to set public opinion ablaze.
[ Title: Everyone, the Training Tower is seriously amazing
Author: Ilgyeok Bathroom Towel
Content: Everything mentioned in the article is there. And if you just pass the security check, there’s no entrance fee. I’m not a hunter so I couldn’t go to the real training tower on the second floor, but just seeing the first floor made the trip to Busan worthwhile. If you go now and verify your membership at the One-Bang Café, they even give you a free Americano ]
Pilgrimage verification posts kept appearing on the One-Bang Café.
[ └ Wait, how did you collect all of those with my measly donation?
└ I wish I had donated ten times more….
└ If I had donated a hundred times more, wouldn’t I have been able to get one of Ilgyeok’s hairs? ]
The wave created by the Training Tower spread to every corner of society in an instant.
[ (Breaking News) All trains, buses, ships, and flights to Busan sold out… Seoul-Busan expressway completely congested ]
[ (Breaking News) KH Bank system temporarily paralyzed. Traffic overload on Ilgeuk Foundation donation channels ]
[ Busan Mayor cancels presidential office visit, rushes to Ilgyeok Guild. Presents landmark designation certificate ]
Not only were all transportation options to Busan sold out, but the computer system of the bank holding the Ilgyeok Guild’s donation account even crashed momentarily—an unprecedented phenomenon.
The government hastily established an emergency response headquarters to discourage citizens from traveling, while arranging emergency transportation for essential trips, and the Ilgeuk Foundation even issued a notice temporarily closing its donation account.
[ └ Open the Ilgeuk Foundation donation account!
└ Open it! Open it!
└ It’s the people’s command!
└ Please, take my money!
└ Apparently the Foundation is in a financial crisis because of this memorial construction ㅠㅠ We need to put money in quickly, but these people are too kind and won’t even accept donations ]
Fortunately, thanks to swift action, such incidents remained merely temporary chaos.
Because the Hanban Café’s motto—sustainable fan culture—was emphasized once more!
It was the administrators’ quick response, stating they would consider strong sanctions including activity suspension and forced withdrawal if anyone caused excessive problems related to this incident.
The Hanban Café witnessed a remarkable phenomenon where members voluntarily distributed their visiting dates to disperse tourists.
[ Foreign media urgently reports on Hanban Café’s posting culture. An excellent example of internet usage ]
[ New York Tales: South Korea’s citizens prevented an infrastructure problem that could have led to a fatal accident on their own, highly praising ]
[ Prime Minister: Grateful to the great people of South Korea. The government will provide full support, so please bear with us a little longer ]
Of course, with so many people flocking in, as Yunjung had mentioned, the museum had to hastily rent additional spaces to disperse the crowds.
Among them was naturally a screening room where congratulatory remarks from people related to Ilgyeok were played.
Seongcheol, as the chairman of the Ilgyeok Foundation, also filmed a video.
The scar on his left eye, now a trademark.
With a benevolent smile, Seongcheol spoke in a respectful tone.
– Hello, I’m Han Seongcheol, chairman of the Ilgyeok Foundation. Just as seeds sown in spring germinate and sprout, we were able to create the current Ilgyeok Foundation and the Training Tower by gratefully gathering the donations you’ve given us. The Ilgyeok Foundation is a non-profit organization that grows on your love, and we will continue to strive to be so in the future. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedules to visit. Then I shall take my leave. Goodbye!
At the end, he even added a lively and friendly greeting to create a welcoming atmosphere.
But the problem was that unlike when Ihyeon had stopped by the Training Tower, it was far from quiet—instead, it was packed with crowds who had flocked to see Ilgyeok’s belongings.
Because of this, Seongcheol’s congratulatory remarks came through strangely garbled in places.
– Hello… Ilgyeok Foundation… Han Seongcheol… seeds… germinate… the donations you’ve given us… gratefully… grow… we will continue to be so in the future…. Then… goodbye!
Someone posted on Hunter Now with the title ‘The Truth About the Ilgyeok Foundation Chairman,’ causing an uproar on the internet!
“└ lol who the hell took this ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ”
└ For real, it’s bizarre though. Isn’t the Ilgyeok Foundation going to sue for defamation??
Haha, if you sue someone over a post made to make people laugh, you’re admitting you got caught. The director I know would never do something like that.
I saw them by chance on the street last time, and they’re really kind. When you actually see them in person, they’re seriously cool, tall, and look strong.
└ Chairman, you shouldn’t do this here ]
Most people laughed it off as a joke.
But a frog in a puddle dies when struck by a stone thrown in play.
Crash——!!!
“Who is it?!”
“Brother, why are you like that?”
“Who knows, did someone steal hidden snacks?”
“I, I have urgent matters to attend to.”
“?????”
…For Seongcheol, who was already trembling with anxiety day after day and couldn’t sleep properly, even such a rumor, though meant as a joke, dealt enormous damage.
But this was only among ordinary people, not Hunters.
While Hunters were certainly interested in Ilgyeok’s belongings, their attention was focused more on the genuine Training Tower that ‘only Hunters’ could access.
On the day the Training Tower opened, late at night.
A post appeared on Hunter Now.
[ Title: Hey, have you guys been inside the Training Tower?
Content: Not a First Floor memorial hall. The Training Tower is above. Anonymous, actually the First Floor is a lobby and they say the real First Floor starts from the Second Floor. They built something and said only Hunters could enter, so I went in and I seriously thought I was going to pass out. If there hadn’t been a safety officer there, it would’ve been a disaster.
└ What kind of place is it?
└ At first it was full of trees and plants so I thought it was just a garden, but it wasn’t. Later the trees actually went crazy and attacked me;;
Hahaha, where does a hunter who got beaten by a tree think he’s going?
└ Hey; you should try going in too. I’m a Hunter belonging to a fairly well-known guild, active in the 50s levels? I’d rather hunt Trolls than go there. That place is seriously impossible.
└ What about posts without verification? ]
Of course, the post’s author subsequently verified their identity in the comments.
A guild membership certificate from a fairly famous guild, along with an official highest-level clearance certificate issued by the guild.
Then people’s reactions changed somewhat.
From “that’s complete nonsense” to “what on earth is that supposed to be?”
Naturally, since any Hunter could enter, information about the Training Tower began to pour out.
And that information was nothing but shocking revelations.
[ Aegis Guild Hunter Lee Haeyoung, Training Tower First Floor Breakthrough Failed! ]
[ Legend Guild Hunter Choi Junyong, Training Tower First Floor Failed… Difficulty comparable to Main Tower 70s levels. ]
[ Rose Guild Hunter Kim Ayun, Training Tower First Floor Failed, on a completely different level from the Main Tower. ]
Hunters from famous guilds also became interested in the new topic and challenged it, but all that came back were failure reports.
Among them were Hunters from the 70s levels, which could be considered the highest level excluding the superhuman elite, and widely known to the public, making the shock even greater.
Hunters whose competitive spirits were ignited flocked to Busan one after another, eventually outnumbering ordinary visitors who came to see the Ilgyeok Memorial Hall.
“Wow, wow… why are there so many Hunters here?”
“They say Ilgyeok directly created a training space on the upper floors here. The difficulty is no joke, right?”
“Ilgyeok directly? Then the person who cleared that place…?”
The difficulty was so extreme, and since the Ilgyeok Guild didn’t make any special announcements about the Training Tower, rumors spread among the public.
The first person to clear the Training Tower is given an opportunity to meet Ilgyeok face-to-face!
Or so they say, Ilgyeok will personally bestow items upon them!
Thus began what could be called the ‘Great Training Tower Era’.
However, no one had cleared the Training Tower, not even the First Floor.
The 80s-level Rankers who already knew Ihyeon’s face had no reason to move, and unless another expert of that caliber appeared, it would be impossible.
Ihyeon, watching the real-time broadcast of the Training Tower’s status on the news, asked Yunjung beside him with a disgruntled expression.
“Um, the Training Tower—could you clear it, Yunjung?”
“Huh? Me? Of course not~”
“….”
Was that something to say so proudly?
Ihyeon turned to look at Yunjung with an expression suggesting he’d heard every absurd thing there was to hear.
Wasn’t there a saying like that in gaming circles?
‘Can the creator of this game even clear it?’
It was an expression gamers used to complain about unreasonable difficulty and gimmick design.
Some creators do verification clears themselves, some don’t for the sake of the game’s fun, but realistically, unless it’s a subpar game, creators test it directly before release, so it was practically a colloquial expression.
…The Training Tower was exactly that level of subpar game, or in crude terms, a ‘piece of garbage game’.
And similar talk was already emerging about the Training Tower as well.
[ Title: Is the Training Tower Developer Ilgyeok?
Content: Can Ilgyeok actually break through this?
└ Haha, there’s literally a sign above it saying “Ilgyeok passes through this place like it’s his daily routine” or something
└ That’s assuming you can believe it;; I mean, no matter how strong Ilgyeok is, how does he get through when branches are coming at him from all directions?
└ Don’t take out your frustration on Ilgyeok just because you got hit by a tree; ]
It got so bad that street trees near the Ilgyeok Guild headquarters were actually destroyed in an act of vandalism!
Those hunters were immediately tracked down and received severe penalties—not only fines and compensation for damages, but also simultaneous revocation of their One-Bang Café and Hunter Now membership.
However, Yunjung had her own perspective on the matter.
“In the first place, I created that Training Tower for my own practice. If I could clear it completely, there would be no point in training, would there?”
“That’s… a fair point.”
As Ihyeon nodded in agreement, Yunjung smiled as if to say “see?”, then resumed vacuuming.
A moment later.
Ihyeon witnessed Yunjung in her room speaking on the phone with a solemn expression and tone.
“Yes… Secretary Chief. Then please start now. It doesn’t matter. I’ll take full responsibility.”
‘What on earth is she planning…?’

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