I’m a Rookie, but I’m an Experienced Professional - Chapter 88

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Chapter 88

“Ah, ah…”

Anabella’s lips trembled faintly. The light in her clearly shining eyes instantly went out, and soon her focus became blurry as she transformed into an empty doll.

“Now you’re not afraid at all, are you?”

The Ascetic Priest smiled with satisfaction and released her hand.

Anabella nodded her head, then staggered as she rose from her seat.

On her face, there remained no trace of the fear or sadness that had been visible just moments before.

“Now, take this and go back. Then that priest won’t be able to do anything to you either.”

The Ascetic Priest took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to her.

“May God’s blessing always be with you.”

“May God’s blessing… be with me…”

Anabella repeated the man’s words like an echo, then slowly moved forward.

Her footsteps were much more steady than before, eerily unwavering.

* * *

One day, as peaceful days continued in the calm before the storm.

[It’s been a while!]

A system window suddenly popped up before my eyes. I was on my way back to the office after finishing a meeting.

I told Anton Brown, who was returning with me, that I’d be going to the restroom for a moment, then headed to a place with few people around.

“That’s right. It really has been a while.”

I crossed my arms and glared at the system window with a brightly smiling emoticon drawn on it.

“About a month, wasn’t it?”

[To think you were counting. You must have missed me a lot (˵¯͒⌄¯͒˵)]

“I did miss you. I still haven’t heard the answer to my question from last time.”

Upon hearing my words, the system window blinked as if troubled.

[…Isn’t your memory a bit too good?]

“Thanks for the compliment. So, are you going to answer me this time?”

Hesitant ellipses ‘…’ appeared and disappeared repeatedly above the system window for quite a while.

Eventually, a new sentence was slowly carved out letter by letter.

[It’s not time yet. If you clear up to Chapter 4, I’ll tell you everything then.]

“So if I can’t clear it, I’ll never hear it?”

[You’ll be able to do it. If it’s you… it’s definitely possible.]

Though it was just plain text, somehow that sentence seemed to contain a desperate wish pressed firmly within it.

[More importantly, I’ve prepared something special for Eileen!]

As if it had never had a serious conversation, the system window with a brightly smiling emoticon opened an unfamiliar window with a flashy golden border.

“…What is this?”

[It’s a point gacha!]

Below the triumphantly appearing text, I could see colorful gems and a large button labeled ’10-pull’.

[I analyzed the games from the world Eileen lived in, and they all had things like this. I thought you’d like it, so I specially prepared it!]

If I had to pick the event I hated most from my gaming days, it would definitely be gacha.

And to think I’d encounter that detestable game of chance even in this strange world.

The moment I saw the sparkling window that appeared before my eyes, the back of my neck stiffened and my head throbbed.

“How is this for me? Anyone can see this is a scheme to mess with me!”

[(ㅠ_ㅠ) This was a special event I prepared just for Eileen… I feel sad when you get angry like this.]

When I burst out in anger, the system window displayed a tear-soaked emoticon and pretended to be pitiful.

“Don’t pretend to cry. I can see right through it.”

[…Tch.]

As soon as I finished speaking, the crying emoticon disappeared and changed to indifferent text.

[Since I prepared it specially, just try it once. I packed it full of things Eileen really needs, I tell you?]

The way it subtly encouraged me was exactly like a malicious game operator.

I asked with suspicious eyes while keeping my arms crossed.

“What do I get if I do this?”

[I put in things you can’t get from the shop! Especially 100% guaranteed unique item after 100 cumulative pulls!]

[★ Current item: ‘Magic Bag’ ★]

It was a kind of ‘inventory’ that could hold up to 10 items regardless of size as long as they fit in the bag, and you couldn’t even feel their weight.

‘It’s definitely tempting.’

Hammers and saws weren’t light, so they were always burdensome to carry around. But if I had this magic bag, such inconveniences would be solved instantly.

Should I try it once?

The thought that had lightly occurred to me completely cooled down the moment I saw the small number written below the item description.

[Unique acquisition probability: 0.02%]

“Only 0.02%? Are you kidding me right now?”

I muttered incredulously.

[This is pretty high, you know? And it’s guaranteed after 500 pulls, so it’s not bad.]

“…You really learned only the bad things.”

I clicked my tongue and glared at the gacha window.

The usage cost wasn’t cheap either. 3,000 points per pull. 11 consecutive pulls cost 30,000 points.

‘I could lose all the points I’ve saved up if I get tempted for no reason.’

Even though I thought I shouldn’t do it, I couldn’t take my eyes off it. It was said to contain items not available in the system shop, and above all, I coveted the magic bag.

‘Should I just try 11 pulls?’

To check the probability and what items would come out, that much seemed worth trying, so I took a deep breath and pressed the button.

Then brilliant aurora light burst forth and the system window began to shake.

Ba-ba-bam-!

With that cheerful sound effect, a golden box spun dozens of times in mid-air, then burst with a pop!

[Draw Results List:

Rusty Nail (D-grade)

Dusty Measuring Tape (D-grade)

Old Sandpaper (D-grade)

…(omitted)…

Flathead Screwdriver (C-grade)]

The items listed in the results came pouring out before my eyes.

They looked useless even as a list, but seeing the actual items, they were much worse than I thought.

The flathead screwdriver was at least decent, but since there were no screws in this world, it was useless.

“How can you put such trash in the gacha!”

[But they’re all worth their price!]

“So what! I don’t need any of these! Give me a refund!”

[Sorry, but that’s impossible, customer.]

It wasn’t just my imagination that it seemed to say ‘sucker’ instead of ‘customer’, right?

[Don’t be like that and try just one more time. You might get something good this time.]

“Fine, this is really the last time.”

Thinking that if nothing decent came out this time, I’d never look at gacha again, I pressed the draw button once more.

This time, an even more dazzling rainbow effect covered the screen.

Shwoooom- BANG!

The dramatic presentation made it seem like some great treasure would appear, and I unconsciously swallowed.

Could it be… would a magic bag really come out?

I held my breath and stared at the results window.

[Draw Results List:

Rusty Nail (D-grade)

Old Sandpaper (D-grade)

….]

I suppressed my racing heart and waited for the results, but as expected, only useless items continued to appear.

Just when I thought I shouldn’t get my hopes up—

At the end, a familiar item revealed itself.

[★ Obtained: Regular Hammer (B-grade) ★]

It was the hammer I had bought with points before, the one that broke during my fierce battle with the Tarantula.

“I thought only items not in the shop would come out?”

[This hammer is currently out of stock, so it’s not being sold in the shop.]

I immediately opened the shop to check if the system’s words were true.

“It really is.”

[You don’t believe what I’m saying? That’s too much. I’m hurt. ㅠ_ㅠ]

“I told you to stop pretending to cry.”

[…Eileen seems too cold-hearted.]

“Being cold-hearted is better than being scammed.”

Too many useless things came out, but since the hammer alone was worth 100,000 points, I consoled myself that I didn’t lose money on the gacha.

“But how am I supposed to carry all this trash.”

I wanted to throw it all in the garbage, but if someone else found it, it would be troublesome, so I had to take it with me.

“Can’t you give me a box to put these in?”

[Of course that’s possible! I’ll only charge 1,000 points.]

“You’re being petty charging money for this too?”

[Of course. There’s no such thing as free in this world.]

So full of yourself, really.

“Fine, give me the box.”

As 1,000 points were deducted, a box dropped with a thud. At least the fast delivery was satisfying.

I put the trash in the box and separately packed the screwdriver and hammer.

[Gacha is always open, so feel free to try anytime!]

“Yeah, I won’t.”

I was tempted by the magic bag, but looking at the probability, I’d probably need to do 500 consecutive gachas to get it.

That would cost roughly 1.36 million points, and I wasn’t sure if a magic bag was worth that much.

I also wasn’t confident I could collect 1.36 million points.

[I prepared all this, and you won’t do it! That’s too much!]

Who’s being too much here.

I ignored the whining system and returned to the City Planning Department office.

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