The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 54

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Chapter 54
It finally hit me that the Constellation wasn’t just a Game avatar but something that actually existed.
“You’re really Park Awkward?”
⟦”Tch. I told you not to call me like that. Even in reality, people treat me this way… or maybe not. Considering your nature, this might actually be better.”⟧
From the way he spoke, it was definitely Park Awkward, but not in the form I knew.
“Why do you look like that?”
Kkolkkalpi, whom I’d thought of as just a big lollipop, had suddenly taken on a human form.
Inside the video call window sat a beautiful young man with striking blue hair, so ethereal and unrealistically radiant that it was ambiguous whether he was male or female.
He looked to be at most twenty-one years old.
⟦”How is it? They said this design is what a handsome male looks like in your world, right?”⟧
Handsome male, he said.
‘What does this bastard think humans are, animals? He’s handsome, sure, but he’s really pretty. Like a male idol or something?’
His face was so delicately sculpted and pale white that even his rough, blunt personality seemed like a work of art.
The short hair above it was an artistic cobalt blue, like the sea.
It was genuinely unrealistic beauty.
“Is he male?”
⟦”I commissioned the design with the opposite sex from you, so it should be a male body. Of course, even so, you can’t pair with me, so wipe your drool.”⟧
Who’s treating whom like an animal?
“Slurp.”
I wiped my drool.
From the way he spoke, this wasn’t his real form either—it seemed to be a created character.
It even seemed like he’d commissioned it from somewhere.
“But why an avatar? Where’s your main body?”
⟦”Tsk. Human. If you saw that directly, your body wouldn’t be able to handle it.”⟧
“?”
How ugly could it possibly be?
Kkolkkalpi looked at me from within the screen like I was a beast cub, his eyes narrowing as he slowly scanned me from top to bottom.
For reasons I didn’t understand, his expression gradually became more satisfied.
⟦”It’s a bit different from your Game avatar, but this warrior’s physique is quite decent too. With that much flesh, you wouldn’t die easily even if stabbed with a blade.”⟧
“….”
Is this guy insane?
I glanced down at the layers of fat around my belly.
I’d actually heard that organized crime members gain weight for that reason, but as a respectable modern citizen, it was absolutely absurd to hear.
‘If it were about weight class, maybe.’
That I’m used to.
Anyway, Park Awkward, true to his nature of bursting out of God of Fighters, immediately began checking my real-world combat ability.
⟦”How many stages have you raised your strength to? Did you buy weapons from the Coin Market?”⟧
“Stage 3. No weapons.”
To be precise, I’d bought one when killing bugs at the Gate, but it had a time limit and evaporated after the time ran out.
⟦”What? You haven’t bought weapons yet? There are different stages so they should be cheap?”⟧
“Think about it. Are we in the Game World right now? I’m not even a Hunter, so what good are weapons in reality? If I had Coins, I’d convert them to cash.”
⟦”Hmm. Still, you’ve raised your strength quite a bit during all this.”⟧
It just happened that way.
From my perspective, physical strength is more useful than carrying around weapons.
“Besides, you said you came out to solve my training problem. How are you going to solve training with data scraps even thinner than the Game World?”
⟦”I’m treated as data scraps here too. Aren’t you curious about who I am? Show some reverence toward this body.”⟧
“Shut up and train.”
⟦”That’s strange. With a face like this, the females of Earth should worship me.”⟧
“?”
What kind of nonsense was that?
The blue-haired figure presumed to be Park Awkward grumbled and moved on to the main point.
⟦”As you know, my Game World account is suspended. But if I can’t train in the Game World before the One-on-One Tournament, I can just train in reality instead. I’ll show you directly with this avatar, so watch and copy exactly what I do.”⟧
Training in reality?
It sounded like novel nonsense, yet it was oddly plausible.
Just looking at the case of Baek Hee-an, who dramatically raised his abilities through God Opal, skill in virtual reality games connects to real-world ability.
The problem was this.
“I’m neither a Hunter nor anything else, so skill training should be impossible for me, right? Plus, like I said, I have problems with my legs—how am I supposed to train properly?”
⟦”Tsk. You raised your strength to level 3 and still say that?”⟧
Fair point.
With strength alone, I’m already close to being superhuman.
⟦”Just try copying me first, and if it doesn’t work, we’ll try it in the Game World. And there’s a way for ordinary people to use skills too. I’ll give you an item—use this to produce skill effects.”⟧
A notification window appeared.
User 【The Great and Mighty Lawless One of the Omniscient Gray Zone】 has requested an item trade. Do you accept?
This was the first time I’d seen Park Awkward’s nickname displayed in proper Korean across both the Game World and reality.
‘Did he input it himself? The nickname is appropriately middle-school edgy for Park Awkward.’
I accepted it anyway.
Up until that moment, I’d been thinking he’d probably just hand over some cheap weapon or something.
And I thought it would be free.
Sacred Stigma Bracelet Blessed with Omnipotence by the Creator and Destroyer of All (999,999,999C+)
“…?”
How many nines was that?
And what was the plus sign?
The price was absolutely insane, and the name was equally grandiose.
I tapped on the description.
(※Warning※ This item has an unclear origin and dangerously high risk level. Exercise caution when trading.)
Description: A bracelet personally crafted by an entity possessing chaotic, absolute, and supreme power, containing fragments of itself. It is fundamentally a shard of chaos that should not exist on the mortal plane. Because it allows transcendent power to be used without qualification, it risks causing great upheaval in the world, and the user may tumble into the abyss of darkness due to tremendous karmic debt—it is evaluated as an irresponsible creation. It is a dangerous object that should not be used by just anyone. To use the power contained in the bracelet on the mortal plane, continuous charging is required. Upon wearing, the form disappears and a stigma is inscribed on the arm. Removable.
“?”
This was confusing content.
I liked the part about it being a bracelet and how the form disappears when worn.
But I simply wanted to train properly to prepare for the Virtual Reality Combat Game Tournament, not to tumble into the abyss of darkness.
Kkolkkalpi spoke up abruptly.
⟦”Wait a moment. Even if I slash the price dramatically, there’s a numerical limit I’m hitting.”⟧
“Hey. Don’t you have anything else? After reading the item description, this thing looks like something that belongs in a king of bracelets fantasy novel.”
⟦”Why would an item I created be a magical artifact? My very existence is transcendent neutrality.”⟧
“You made it?”
⟦”Of course.”⟧
Hearing that Park Awkward had crafted the bracelet himself, the item suddenly felt trivial, and all the weight lifted from my shoulders.
Just an expensive toy, really.
“Then hurry up and apply the discount. What’s the maximum you can bring it down to?”
⟦”Hold on. There’s a limit to price adjustment, so I’m stripping away performance features. There are a lot of pointless functions anyway. I’ll remove everything except combat-related abilities. Since we’re not in a war situation, I’ll start by cutting the cosmic-scale output. Direct transaction exclusive discount, and if I apply every single discount option available… there we go.”⟧
A new window appeared.
【Direct Transaction Exclusive Massive Discount】 Stigma Bracelet Blessed with Omnipotence by the Creator and Destroyer (999,999,999C+ → 1,000C)
Insane.
‘Wow. What’s that discount rate.’
The urge to buy surged through me.
But unfortunately, I didn’t have enough coins to purchase it.
“I only have 20 coins.”
⟦”What? This is the maximum discount possible? You earned nearly 3,000 coins in the preliminaries. Where did all that go?”⟧
“Recently when I was playing with you, the connection suddenly dropped. My entire house got caught up in a Gate, and I nearly died. I spent everything defeating the boss monster and saving my own life.”
Park Awkward stared at me with a speechless expression before letting out a sigh.
⟦”Ah. So that’s why back then…”⟧
“Even though I was caught in a Gate, the internet didn’t cut out. Insane. If the monster had eaten me instead of my computer, I would’ve died while still playing.”
Even thinking about it now makes me dizzy.
Kkolkkalpi unexpectedly explained the reason that incident had occurred.
⟦”It was probably because of the Incarnation skill. While a Constellation is possessing the Player’s body, the connection runs through consciousness rather than the internet.”⟧
It was unbelievable just hearing it, but having actually experienced it, I had to accept it.
‘What exactly is this bastard.’
While I harbored my usual suspicions, Park Awkward muttered quietly.
⟦”Tch. If it weren’t for that, the Operators wouldn’t have caught on. Never imagined they’d impose rules on this body.”⟧
Now I realized that Kkolkkalpi had been caught committing illegal actions because of that incident.
Perhaps detected through anomalous phenomena.
⟦”So ultimately, to conduct proper training in reality, I need coins, and to acquire coins in the next tournament, I need to refine my swordsmanship first.”⟧
“Roughly, yeah.”
After a moment of contemplation, Kkolkkalpi’s hand moved again.
A search window opened.
⟦”Since you’ve formed a Fair with someone who specializes in sword magic, you’ll be using a blade. If you want, I can train you not just in martial arts but in swordsmanship as well.”⟧
It was a proposal I never could have imagined.
“You? Swordsmanship?”
⟦”I only designated a specialty within the Game, but I’m proficient in virtually all combat techniques. My original training plan was to get you comfortable with martial arts in the Game first, then have you take up the blade in reality.”⟧
My feelings were decidedly strange.
The fact that he’d planned to meet me in reality someday, and that he’d even drawn up a development plan for me.
Park Awkward continued speaking from within the video, though I still had no idea what kind of being he was.
⟦”Buy this.”⟧
An item appeared on the Coin Market.
Weapon Radar (20C)
Description: Detects all weapons within a 100-meter radius.
Depending on the situation, it could prove incredibly useful, but for my current circumstances, it wasn’t particularly necessary.
“What would I even use that for?”
⟦”If you’re going to wield a blade, you’ll need one, won’t you? Since coins are scarce, you’ll have to find weapons in reality. Discovering arms buried as someone’s legacy is always the best.”⟧
“What am I, a grave robber?”
I grumbled even as I readily purchased the search item.
It was only twenty coins.
With the controls I’d grown accustomed to lately, I activated the item the moment I bought it.
⟦”If you use it here….”⟧
Kkolkkalpi’s voice, about to rebuke me, faltered.
A radar window appeared.
⟦”…There are some.”⟧
Reading the guidance text displayed in the search window, it seemed weapons were marked in a spectrum from red to purple depending on their grade.
Remarkably, a cluster of high-grade weapons was detected very close by.
Kkolkkalpi and I turned our heads.
“….”
The colorful dots marked on the weapon radar pointed to none other than a room in the corner of this very house where I stood.
Now that I thought about it, the entire house had been a Top Ranker’s training ground.

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