The Rice-Eating Hero’s Capitalist Streaming - Chapter 106

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The Capitalist Streaming of a Freeloading Hero

Episode 106

Constellation’s Game [Lyka]

The ‘Collector’s Room’ that very rarely appears in Midas’s Garden was a room that even had specific conditions for its appearance.

Were the conditions extremely complex?

Not really.

It only appears as a low-probability option when interest income exceeds 1000LP.

So it was quite surprising that none of the Constellations knew about this room’s existence.

While 1000LP in interest income certainly wasn’t easy, it wasn’t impossible either.

Just looking at how our current party achieved it without too much difficulty(?)…

‘Hmm.’

But from my perspective, that wasn’t really important.

So.

-If our party just plays it safe from here, we’ll probably get 1st place… do we really need to do that?

Time to collect some payment after a while.

└ No way, Ib hyung;; why are you suddenly talking weak;;

└ You were acting like you knew everything about this labyrinth, now suddenly acting weak;

There was one thing I had clearly realized while communicating with the Constellations up to this point.

That these Constellation bastards were absolutely crazy about the veteran knowledge I possessed.

If that was the case, I had no reason not to actively utilize it.

Give and take.

If they wanted to extract the tips I’d accumulated through over ten thousand years of grinding, paying a fair price was only natural, wasn’t it?

└ By the way, does the Room Owner not know what that is either?

Still, I wouldn’t go as far as lying.

A slight manipulation based on 90% truth would be appropriate, wouldn’t it?

-That’s why we’re not going in.

└ wtf;;

└ Acting like you know ㅡㅡ

└ No, Dave might actually know;;

└ What is it Room Owner fuck tell us too;

-I refuse. Why should I?

└ Scared?

└ Scared?

-Yes, I’m scared.

So after putting my whole soul into that performance, I turned my steps as if I was going to choose a different option.

I was confident this move would definitely work.

It had been quite a while since there was a hidden piece that all the Constellations were unaware of like this.

└ Ah what is it;;;;

And…

As expected, it was the Constellation hyungs who became desperate.

└ Please Ib hyung;;; can’t you go in?;;

└ If you’re not going, at least tell us what it is;;;

This was about the right timing to add a little seasoning.

– To give you a slight hint, it’s not bad but there’s no reason to gamble on it.

In other words, it was fishing based on 90% truth.

So…

You’re not taking the bait?

└ No, room leader;; if you take it out here, it’ll be disappointing for real;;

└ What is it; do you need money?

[‘Scoundrel 2nd Seat’ has sponsored 50 LP!]

Oh my.

Speaking so directly is very nice, but…

‘Hehe.’

So we’re almost there.

If I pretended to be swayed and gave them a slight opening here, it seemed like quite a decent sponsorship would come in.

I’d be happy if I could collect around 500~1000LP…

Wouldn’t it be perfect to collect some money once, then coolly choose the Golden Portal?

But just when I was thinking that.

Ding-!

A completely unexpected System Message suddenly entered my vision.

[‘The Golden Master’ has registered a new ‘Mission Sponsorship’.]

Excuse me?

Mission sponsorship?

There was such a thing?

└ Whoa, big bro is here lol let’s gooooo

[‘The Golden Master’ has proposed a mission with 5,000LP!]

[System] Mission sponsorship activated

[Sponsorship Mission: Achieve total fundraising of 10,000LP within time limit]

[Time Limit: 5 minutes]

* Upon mission completion, a streamer mission will be activated.

[Streamer Mission: Enter ‘Golden Portal’ option and clear the Final Labyrinth]

* If either the sponsorship mission or streamer mission fails, all sponsorship money will be returned.

Current Prize: 5,000LP

I couldn’t help but blink at the activation of this type of mission I’d never seen before.

So this is… collecting LP donations is part of the mission itself?

If you guys collect this much, I’ll put up half.

Something like that…?

“Wow…”

An exclamation escaped my lips without me realizing it.

Such an amazing and cutting-edge sponsorship system.

But will 10,000LP really be collected?

If it gets collected, this would be a crazy event.

The 5-minute time limit seems too short though, making me anxious?

[‘Curious Tycoon’ has sponsored 100LP.]

[‘Scoundrel 2nd Seat’ has sponsored 350LP!]

But my worry was truly unfounded.

[‘Dawn’s Lantern’ has sponsored 90LP.]

[‘Glacier Fairy’ has sponsored 125LP.]

…omitted…

The moment that mission sponsorship trigger activated, sponsorship messages began pouring in at a level I had never seen before.

So really… just 10 seconds?

[Current Prize: 8,925LP]

An absurd amount close to 4000LP was added in an instant.

And when about 5 more seconds passed.

Ding-!

[Target sponsorship amount has been achieved.]

[Current Prize: 10,000LP]

[‘Streamer Mission’ has been activated.]

Honestly… I almost wet my pants a little.

└ So, what will you do, Room Owner?

└ lololol the room leader got caught in a trap, didn’t they? lolololol

└ So now everyone can relax? That rice boy is giving up 10,000 LP? It would make more sense for ■■■ to ■■ lol

└ How does it feel getting hit by LP? How does it feel getting hit by LP? How does it feel getting hit by LP?

The excited Constellation brothers’ chat was pouring in, but I was just pleased.

Wow… As expected, The Golden Master is pure light.

He always was, but I should pledge my loyalty once again.

-Phew. Fine. I lost.

Though I didn’t actually lose.

‘Since everyone seems happy, isn’t this a true win-win situation?’

└ But this bastard, did he really know about this choice?

└ I’m curious too.

[Constellation ‘The Golden Master’ watches with interest.]

[Constellation ‘The Golden Master’ thinks ‘it won’t be easy.’]

Seeing him talk this much, The Golden Master seems to know what’s inside there.

He could make this deal because he knows this golden portal choice is a poisoned chalice.

But…

Our master is going to be quite flustered this time, isn’t he?

Because I’m not confident.

Not confident in failing the mission.

Step-

After slowly walking around to look at the other portals once, I returned to my party members and brought up the topic.

“I think we should go this way.”

My hand was pointing at the golden portal, and Park Jinwoo expressed his worried concern.

“Isn’t this… a trap?”

It is a trap, but I’m the one who set it, you know?

So could you just go in for me?

“I think it’ll be fine. Trust me and let’s give it a try.”

Maybe because I’ve built some trust with the party so far?

I succeeded in getting everyone’s agreement without much resistance.

And.

Whirr-!

[You have selected a portal.]

We stepped into the golden portal.

[Moving to the next stage.]

[Stage level has increased.]

[Current Stage Level: 16LV]

Well, being confident about clearing it aside, it won’t be easy…

Money isn’t supposed to be earned easily, you know.

So…

[Hidden Stage ‘Collector’s Room’ appears.]

Everyone can do well, right?

* * *

When Geonyul was pointing at the golden portal with a confident smile.

Behind him, Kangmin-woo was examining his team leader with a complexly entangled gaze.

Kangmin-woo had never been this confused in his entire life.

It felt like the logic of the world he had known was gradually crumbling.

‘What the hell is that guy… what kind of person is he inside?’

The grandson of Segwang Group’s chairman.

With that overwhelming background, Minwoo had never seen a problem that couldn’t be solved with money.

The only problem he couldn’t solve with capital was ‘competition with his brothers’…

But that was because they were opponents he couldn’t gain capital advantage over.

Especially after awakening and entering Gates, it was even more so.

Low mana sensitivity?

Just wear a billion-won amplification ring and that was it.

Lack of stamina?

Drinking top-grade potions like water solved it.

He believed there was no problem in the world that couldn’t be solved with money.

At least until he entered this damn Hunters School.

‘But here… nothing works at all.’

The entrance mission was a tremendous shock to him from the start.

It wasn’t just because all his equipment worth billions was sealed.

The very fact that this type of mission appeared was shocking to him.

Who was he?

Wasn’t he the heir of Segwang Group, the biggest advertiser of this Hunters School variety show?

Yet instead of setting up a favorable stage for someone like him, they presented a mission that was almost like sniping him from the first mission.

This was something that made no sense within his common sense.

‘That wasn’t even the end.’

Moreover, the second mission, the Position Determination.

This went even further and targeted his class itself.

Being unable to use equipment was frustrating enough, but a mission where he couldn’t use magic guns at all.

Thanks to that, he had to perform the mission with a bow he’d never shot before and received the humiliating report card of being last place within B-grade.

This was one of the most shameful events in his life.

“…”

But the decisive blow was right here, this labyrinth.

Here, Kangmin-woo’s last hope was completely shattered.

Honestly, Kangmin-woo thought the grade determination and position determination were rigged, and expected the main mission to be different.

From here, he could finally use all his equipment that had been sealed until now.

He thought if he could just draw [White Nova] again, he could overwhelm the other participants who had been toying with him.

But reality was harsh.

No matter how expensive a gun he fired… he felt an insurmountable wall.

So that… man named Geonyul.

At the peak of this confusion, Kangmin-woo simply couldn’t understand Geonyul.

‘This… is impossible.’

The first time Kangmin-woo was shocked by Geonyul was during the Frozen Seoul mission.

When his first PK attempt was thwarted and he started being used like a slave?

That was humiliating too, but that wasn’t it.

When Kangmin-woo’s common sense was first denied…

[200 LP each. That’s the bottom line.]

[…I could give up to 300 LP. So…]

It was when he first felt that capital didn’t work.

[Not needed. Go your way.]

[Bang-!]

Clearly, Minwoo had offered a huge sum of 3 million won for just a piece of data.

He even had thoughts of giving more.

But that guy Geonyul didn’t even listen to more and just shot a mana bullet to eliminate him.

So Geonyul was… the first player Minwoo failed to buy with capital after entering the Gate.

‘Back then, I definitely thought… there must be some background I didn’t know about.’

If it were Chloe Kang, he would understand.

She was Escul Labs royalty, with nothing much to bow down to compared to Segwang Group.

But Geonyul?

On the surface, he was clearly an ordinary commoner.

Yet he was indifferent to LP.

‘But now he’s desperately collecting every penny again.’

So Kangmin-woo found this current situation utterly confusing.

[ Sales Revenue : +1,850 LP ]

In this vicious labyrinth called Midas’s Garden, Geon-ryul Lee was obsessing over LP like a tenacious beast.

The guy who had kicked away 3 million won was now skinning monster hides to collect 10-won trash items, which was completely incomprehensible by Kangmin-woo’s standards.

‘He’s definitely not obsessed with money itself. Then… does he just need money as a means to conquer this labyrinth?’

If so, he was an even more frightening guy.

A guy who makes money his goal can be bought with money.

But a guy who sees money as merely a ‘tool’ cannot be controlled even with Segwang Group’s financial power.

‘Damn it. I don’t know.’

So the conclusion Kangmin-woo reached was just one thing.

Since he had once again become part of that monster-like guy’s team, he had to adapt and survive.

“It should be fine. Trust me and let’s give it a try.”

If he couldn’t understand, he had to at least follow along and observe.

That way he could gradually recover from the upcoming missions and avoid the ending of being beaten to death by his grandfather.

But even so, he was determined to somehow find out this guy’s true identity.

‘Just wait and see. I’ll definitely uncover your true identity.’

Kangmin-woo stepped into the Golden Vortex following Geon-ryul Lee, his eyes filled with a mixture of suspicion, confusion, and faint anticipation.

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