The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 40

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Chapter 40
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Day 1 of the God Opal Preliminary Tournament concluded.
The God Opal Preliminary Tournament had been drawing massive attention in real-time since yesterday.
In particular, the scene of Chicken Bulssdagu being raided by Players and crushing them in just 10 seconds had practically dominated SNS and broadcast content.
As the gaming company allowed free video usage rights for promotional purposes, a flood of edited content poured out.
The general public was enthusiastic, but the Hunter Community’s reaction was especially heated.
“I heard yesterday’s company dinner was incredible. They watched the preliminary tournament’s key figures over a dozen times while partying with drinks.”
“It really was amazing. Baek Hee-an seemed very interested in the preliminaries.”
“Of course. He’s a top contender for the championship.”
Employees who came in on Saturday gathered in the break room and chattered excitedly.
Cheongryeong Guild.
Overseas, it’s called Blue Soul (B.S)—a major guild.
While it ranks among the top three in Korea, it’s particularly renowned overseas and frequently takes on expensive missions.
The most famous Hunter affiliated with Cheongryeong Guild is Baek Hee-an.
“Come to think of it, Hunter Baek Hee-an didn’t participate in this preliminary tournament, did he? Since Hunter Lee Do-jun was also at yesterday’s company dinner, he probably didn’t participate either.”
“Looks like they’re planning to do it another day.”
Rumors had already spread through the guild that Baek Hee-an was deeply absorbed in the tournament.
“It’s supposed to be a Hunter battle tournament, but I wonder if the public broadcasters will air it. Based on the current reaction, the ratings should definitely be solid.”
“They’re reviewing it.”
“Really?”
“Yes. But it won’t be easy. Only the quick-moving cable networks are excited. They’ve been replaying the key Players’ performances on infinite loop since this morning.”
“It’s still fun to watch repeatedly. The Chinese ranker was good, and the Slaughter City segment was entertaining too.”
“Hunter Jeong Si-do must be disappointed. In battle royales, it’s usually Slaughter City, but Chicken completely stole the spotlight.”
“Come on. Would someone like Hunter Jeong Si-do, who has everything, worry about that?”
Hunter Jeong Si-do.
His in-game nickname in God of Fighters (GOF) is Slaughter City.
It’s presumed to be a rearrangement of characters from “City of Slaughter.”
Jeong Si-do, the owner of that account, was a Hunter so famous in Korea that hardly anyone didn’t know him.
It was unusual that he was a brilliant Hunter with a medical degree, and he was an over-spec individual with a strikingly handsome face and a younger sister called the Goddess of the Hunter Community.
The peculiarities were that he had a sister complex, and he had a poor relationship with Baek Hee-an, the ex-boyfriend of his younger sister Jeong Hee-ji.
Creak—
Just then, the break room door suddenly opened, and Baek Hee-an entered, radiating brilliant light.
He gave a brief greeting to the employees.
“Hello.”
“B-Baek Hee-an Hunter?!”
Everyone in the break room jumped up in surprise.
The break room they occupied was the closest to the VR practice room in the company building, spacious, and pleasant—a place Hunters frequented.
They had assumed he wouldn’t come today and were using it comfortably.
“It’s Saturday—what brings you here…?”
“Huh? You came to work today? I heard you stayed until the very end of the company dinner yesterday.”
Baek Hee-an spoke with an awkward smile, his face looking unusually radiant.
“Yes, well, things just worked out that way. I came in briefly today, and the director asked me to join a Gate predicted-area exploration.”
The employees’ expressions turned strange.
‘Huh?’
‘…Who on earth asked him?’
Gate predicted-area explorations were typically conducted by teams of lower-ranked Hunters and office workers.
For a top-ranked Hunter like Baek Hee-an to personally participate in such an operation was, from a Guild resource perspective, like using a supercomputer to practice typing.
‘Is he having construction done at home?’
‘There’s no way Baek Hee-an needs money. Could it be gambling?’
‘Maybe he just wanted to talk about it. He wouldn’t stop mentioning it at yesterday’s dinner anyway.’
The employees racked their brains.
One of them recalled what he’d just heard and spoke up.
“Hunter, where did you go for yesterday’s dinner? There’s been talk that you all watched the God Opal Preliminary Tournament on infinite repeat.”
As if it was the perfect topic of interest, Baek Hee-an’s eyes sparkled.
But then.
Zing—
“Oh, excuse me for a moment…”
Baek Hee-an quickly pulled out his phone, but upon checking the caller, he frowned slightly as if disappointed.
Before leaving, he politely bowed briefly to the employees.
“I’ll take this call and be right back.”
Though they weren’t sure where he was going when they were already in the Break Room, the employees could only nod and watch him leave.
After Baek Hee-an left, the employees glanced at each other.
“Who could have called him? It doesn’t make sense for someone to request a Gate predicted-area exploration from Hunter Baek Hee-an.”
“He must have volunteered to go himself.”
“But why does his face look so bright? Did his insomnia clear up? He’s like a completely different person.”
“Right?”
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I found a monthly rental apartment that I could move into immediately with a 100 million won deposit.
Moreover, it had clean interior design and perfect full options that were incomparable to the semi-basement jeonse room I’d lived in before.
The neighborhood had a convenience store, but the area quality was somewhat poor, so the rent was cheap.
‘Money really is the best, after all.’
After completing the contract and heading back to Baek Hee-an’s House, I found myself humming.
I’d secured a place to live and earned coins.
As I rode the elevator up to the Luxury Officetel, I opened the Coin Market and checked my balance.
[2,810C]
Soon I’d have 3,000 coins, and with 5,000 coins, I could exchange it for 1 billion won in cash.
“Puheheheng!”
By the way, I’m the only one in this elevator right now.
As I rode up to the top floor of the Luxury Officetel, I was grinning to myself when I suddenly remembered the text from Baek Hee-an saying he was coming to work today.
Working on a Saturday? I had no idea what was going on, but it must have been urgent.
My heart felt lighter.
‘Honestly, if Baek Hee-an just weren’t home, this place would be heaven. There’s Heaven Station, the refrigerator is always fully stocked, and I don’t need to go to a separate gym. The only downside is that it’s a bit far from work.’
Baek Hee-an, who had money rotting away from sheer abundance, shared both the penthouse on the top floor of a luxury officetel in an expensive neighborhood and the floor below it.
The uppermost floor was practically converted into a gym and various training recreation rooms.
‘The penthouse is pointless.’
It’s truly ridiculous money-wasting.
Since there was a neat guest room prepared for visitors, I was comfortably staying there to avoid Baek Hee-an.
The lower floor served as Baek Hee-an’s living space to block out noise from above, and with the refrigerator packed full and interior design that was pure art, it was nothing short of heaven.
“…Hmm.”
Since Baek Hee-an said he wasn’t home, I should raid the refrigerator downstairs.
The upper floor where I stayed had a refrigerator too, but since it was designed for exercise, it only contained health food and beverages, so there was no fun in raiding it.
‘But isn’t Baek Hee-an originally famous for taking long breaks when he returns from overseas?’
I was surprised he had work on a Saturday.
Baek Hee-an often receives commissions from abroad, and there’s a saying that he’s a walking conglomerate because the money he brings in is astronomical.
He’s supposedly the number one contributor to foreign currency earnings per capita, or something like that.
Because he earns so much overseas, when he’s back in Korea, he apparently doesn’t leave the house unless there’s a major crisis.
‘Whether that bastard works on Saturday or Sunday is none of my business.’
With that thought, I pressed the door lock password for the lower floor that Baek Hee-an had told me on the first day.
Beep beep beep—
I opened the door and was taking off my shoes in the entrance when I stopped at a pair of shoes I’d never seen before.
“?”
The shoes were too trendy and pretty to belong to the housekeeper that Baek Hee-an had mentioned might visit.
They clearly belonged to a young woman.
‘Well, the housekeeper could be a young woman. These days, if housekeepers are good at their job, they can make that much money.’
Tossing aside my prejudices and thoughts, the moment I stepped inside the house.
Someone came rushing out.
“Oppa, you’re here?! …No, you’re not.”
I froze, making eye contact with the woman who had burst out from inside Baek Hee-an’s house.
My mouth fell open.
It was my first time seeing a famous celebrity I’d only watched online in person, and this close at that.
‘Wow.’
Lee Yu-na.
A superstar with such distinctive beauty that she was undoubtedly among the prettiest of the countless girl idols—truly special.
Lee Yu-na seemed flustered that I wasn’t Oppa, presumably Baek Hee-an.
She quickly composed her expression and gave me a quick once-over.
“Oh. Hello. You must be the new person who just arrived.”
New person?
It was a strange way to phrase it, but since I’d just been thinking about the housekeeper when I saw those shoes, that thought suddenly came to mind.
‘Wait, did she just mistake me for Baek Hee-an’s housekeeper?’
There actually is one.
A housekeeper.
Lee Yu-na, whose already delicate features were accentuated by a generous amount of makeup that made her face gleam, glanced at me with a subtle smile.
She blinked her eyes prettily.
“You know who I am, right?”
Of course I did.
Whether she was asking if I knew she was an incredibly famous celebrity or if I knew she was Baek Hee-an’s Ex-girlfriend, I couldn’t tell, but what came next was shocking.
“I haven’t had lunch yet, so could you make me something?”
“…?”
It was an absurd request.
In all my life, I’d rarely been treated like a servant, a housekeeper, or a lackey of any sort.
Yet for some reason, my body moved on its own, rummaging through the refrigerator.
‘Well, I came down to eat anyway, so I might as well cook for both of us and get a look at a celebrity’s face while I’m at it….’
I must be out of my mind.
But looking at Lee Yu-na, any sense of annoyance or indignation vanished completely.
“Where on earth did you go on Saturday? Usually when you come back to Korea, you don’t budge for almost a month.”
In-hyung speaks.
I don’t understand why I’m acting like an idiot either, but regardless, the Lee Yu-na I actually saw was just incredibly beautiful.

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