The Baby Seizes Fortune - Chapter 70

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Episode 70

‘Salvation Ticket (1 person)’

‘Salvation Ticket (10 people)’ 10% OFF

‘Salvation Ticket (100 people)’ 20% OFF

The gray options below weren’t unlocked yet, but they seemed to represent even larger numbers.

[This is a ticket that can save the lives of others who are destined to die from fatal disasters.]

My pupils shook violently.

Even after returning to the past, I knew that changing others’ fates wouldn’t be easy.

Especially when it came to matters of life and death, I had expected as much. I’m not a god, after all.

[※If you reveal heavenly secrets and carelessly save others’ lives without a Salvation Ticket, the price for disrupting the balance will be paid with the savior’s life, as well as the lives of the savior’s relatives. However, saving someone who nearly lost their life due to deviating from their original fate because of the user’s actions, or accidentally saving a life without any intention, is possible even without a Salvation Ticket.]

‘But this is too harsh!’

I glared at the warning text floating below the Salvation Ticket description.

If I had prophesied disasters and saved someone before the Karma Shop opened, I would have nearly died.

My life aside, maybe even Junho…

I frowned and crossed my arms.

There was one problem that reignited.

To prevent the deaths of Older Sister and other victims, I needed these Salvation Tickets.

But what was the price of the Salvation Tickets?

The single-person one cost a whopping 50,000 points.

The 10-person one was 450,000 points with a 10% discount,

The 100-person one was 4 million points with a 20% discount.

‘If I’m going to buy one anyway, the 100-person one is the best deal.’

Anyway, to make the Haeryeong Resort accident that caused 101 deaths and missing persons disappear, I would need at least 4.05 million points.

But what did I have now?

Not 1 million points, not even 100,000 points… just a measly 60 points.

“Noah, how do I earn Karma Points?”

The conclusion was that I had to mine them.

Woof-

Noah barked confidently and then disappeared somewhere.

And what he brought back after a moment was…

A game?

Suddenly, a game window opened before my eyes.

[Access Permission: Noah LV5 or higher]

[Scattered Soul Data Recovery Grinding Game]

[Today’s Remaining Recoveries 10/10]

On the completely black screen, a maze-like map was drawn, and some form was waiting at the start line…

This is Pac-Man!

The goal of this game was to move the yellow circle and eat all the small dots in the maze.

There were three green dinosaurs moving around in the maze, and I had to avoid these dinosaurs while eating the dots.

‘I played this a lot when I was young.’

“You give Karma Points for playing this?”

Woof!

This seems easier than I thought?

I grabbed the transparent joystick that appeared in front of me.

And not long after.

“Ow!”

After eating twenty small dots and bumping into one of the green dinosaurs, I clutched my forehead from pain that felt like getting flicked.

“What the heck is this?”

It definitely felt like getting flicked.

Geez.

I looked around but there was no one there.

Don’t tell me this is happening because I touched the dinosaur?

I stubbornly focused on the game again.

And when I had eaten about thirty yellow dots, I jumped up again from the feeling of someone striking my wrist with two fingers.

“Ugh!”

Again, no one was there.

It seems like touching the dinosaurs gives this kind of physical penalty.

I finished one game while grumbling, and my score was 100 points plus time bonus for a total of 130 points.

Soon, 130 Karma Points were charged directly to my points in the Karma Shop.

Oh, my Karma Points are now 190.

With this, I can buy both the Crispy Sweet and the gem ring, yay!

…Wait, no, don’t tell me I have to collect 4.05 million points this way?

If I earn 130 points per game, I’d need to play Pac-Man 31,154 times.

If I play ten times every single day without missing a day.

‘That’s about 8 years and 6 months.’

Then it’s an amount of points I could collect before that incident happens.

“Isn’t there a faster way to earn them! I want to buy this, and that, and that other thing too!”

There’s a magic carpet for 200,000 points and a talking hat for 350,000 points.

There’s even a lottery number generator for 500,000 points.

“Or don’t you have something where I watch ads and get points? I’m really good at watching ads.”

I’m someone with strong patience who lived watching ads to save money instead of getting YouTube Premium.

I stomped my feet while looking at Noah.

[૮₍ •̥ﻌ•̥ ₎ა]

But Noah didn’t seem to have any other methods either.

Sigh, it can’t be helped.

The only way is to play Pac-Man every day to collect points.

Still, I was grateful that unlike when I entered the gray door last time, I didn’t have to directly enter a virtual space and get chased by dinosaurs while eating dots.

The yellow Pac-Man chomped down on the dots.

Hurry up and gather, scattered soul data.

And my Karma Points too!

* * *

“Gangseo-gu candidate Gochan-hyeong, election confirmed.”

Under the chandelier of the hotel banquet hall, congratulatory voices echoed everywhere.

Amidst the pouring applause and laughter, newly elected congressman Gochan-hyeong stood at the center.

The dignity and confidence befitting a businessman were naturally ingrained in him.

At the same time, rather than arrogance, there was a glimpse of shrewd eyes calculating the next step.

He thought of the congressman badge not as a destination but as a stepping stone.

“Congressman, sincere congratulations.”

Seungcheol raised his glass beside him.

Along with the toast between the two men, everyone else present also raised their glasses.

“Congratulations, Congressman!”

Gochan-hyeong was smiling, but ambition beyond greed, precisely an endless desire for advancement, gleamed on his face.

Seungcheol glanced at him and smiled coolly.

“It’s all thanks to you.”

Chan-hyeong’s voice filled with trust reached Seungcheol’s ears.

Everything was going according to plan.

“Not at all. I’m just grateful that you remember me.”

“Now you too…”

Chan-hyeong spoke gently to Seungcheol as if giving well-wishes.

“Should prepare to rise even higher.”

Seungcheol didn’t answer and only smiled.

He knew it wasn’t the right time to respond yet.

After all, he and Gochan-hyeong had become bound by fate.

‘When the time comes, I too will…’

Stand at the center.

In that lively atmosphere, the banquet was coming to an end.

Chan-hyeong, who had been laughing heartily and exchanging reasonably coherent conversations with those around him, suddenly cast his gaze outside the banquet hall.

He could see people filming outdoors.

“Should I draw the curtains?”

At the secretary’s words, Chan-hyeong shook his head.

“No. It looks like they’re filming a drama or something?”

At this, Seungcheol’s gaze also turned outside.

“Let’s watch for a bit.”

Chan-hyeong’s voice followed.

In an instant, a man’s face came into Seungcheol’s view.

A tall actor with a pale, gaunt face and light double eyelids.

‘Gu Jun-ho.’

Junho’s appearance in front of the camera looked sharply serious, unlike the dazed look he had seen from him before.

Junho, who had been speaking with a stern expression, touched his brow and turned around abruptly.

Then some actress followed from behind and grabbed Junho’s arm.

“….”

Was that woman the actress cast as Junho’s counterpart in place of Im Su-yeon?

Seungcheol’s brow twitched for a moment.

The emotional acting between Junho and the actress continued.

Eventually, when the okay sign was given, the staff relaxed and Junho did some stretching.

‘That father-daughter pair is annoyingly interfering with the set at every turn.’

Seungcheol was loosening his tie, feeling inexplicably uncomfortable, when he had to stop in surprise at the look in Chan-hyeong’s eyes standing beside him.

Chan-hyeong was also watching Junho.

“….”

Chairman Gochan-hyeong. A man of will who had achieved success as a businessman and even made it into politics.

Seungcheol had served as his right-hand man since Chan-hyeong first became interested in politics.

Seungcheol was sharp, noticed the subtle movements of Gochan-hyeong’s emotions in detail, and this earned Chan-hyeong’s trust.

But now, Seungcheol was quite confused.

Chan-hyeong, who squinted one eye slightly and looked flustered, seemed like someone who had discovered something he shouldn’t have seen.

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