Chapter 196

〈 Chapter 197 〉 Weaklings Can’t Survive.

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“What the hell is wrong, you f*cking idiots!!!”

Suddenly, a student who had escaped from fear shouted at us.

The intense anger seemed to make him forget his fear for a moment.

“Why are you shooting a gun at someone else’s mobile phone!!!”

“Hyeji followed the rules, so what’s the problem? Are you hurt?”

“Should I shoot again? Alright.”

­ Bang!

Hyeji’s gun spits out another bullet.

Now, two scars were engraved on the mobile phone.

“That’s not it, you dog bastards!!!”

“Hyeji, it looks like the hole is small.”

“Got it.”

­ Bang!!!!

This time, Hyeji manifested an anti-material sniper rifle and pulled the trigger.

The .50 caliber bullet pierced the mobile phone.

As a result, the mobile phone was instantly shattered into pieces.

Hyeji showed a gloomy expression, revealing her disappointment.

“Shinwoo, what do we do? It’s gone.”

“Let’s aim for the next opportunity.”

“Okay!”

“I’m going to kill you!!!”

Seeing the fragments of the mobile phone, the blond student lost all rationality and charged forward.

He seemed to be targeting Hyeji, so I subtly stepped aside.

“……Why are you coming at me?”

Suddenly, he changed direction and ran toward me.

Apparently, he thought it was much safer to come at me, who had nothing, than to attack Hyeji.

Even without reason, the blond student instinctively chose safety.

At that moment.

­ Bang! Bang!

Two gunshots rang out.

“I’ve secured the gold earrings and gold necklace!”

“Also bring the gold ring and gold bracelet.”

It was none other than Elcia and Ayeon.

Somehow, they had received the gun from Hyeji and were aiming shotguns at the blond student.

They shot salt pellets with a semblance of conscience.

The intense shock applied all over the body.

That was enough to awaken the rationality of the blond student.

Just as the blond student came to his senses and tried to speak in a hurry.

“No! F*ck, wait a minute—”

­ Bang!

Hyeji interrupted his words with a gunshot.

Of course, Hyeji used live bullets.

“Bring me the gold watch, you little sh*t.”

Cunningly, only the watch strap snapped, and the watch fell to the ground with a thud.

At the sound, the blond student sat down dumbfounded, mouth agape.

Seeing the blond student like that, Elcia grinned widely.

“You’ve got a few gold teeth!”

“Good eye. Well done, Elcia.”

Elcia was indeed the best at discovering items that could be money.

I patted Elcia’s head, realizing she almost missed something, and her face began to brighten up.

At the sight, Caressy muttered in disgust.

“……You guys are f*cking human beings.”

[Dog bastards.]

Along with Piece’s voice.

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After the blond student regained his senses.

Unlike before, some changes had now occurred.

First, the appearance of the blond student.

Except for his gold teeth, he had been completely stripped of everything.

In the end, the only gold left was his front teeth and hair.

Compared to before, he no longer looked like a shiny golden goblin but just a regular goblin.

Next was the more detailed explanation than before.

“You must take down your target using only the guns provided! Got it!!!”

“Sure.”

“Of course!”

“Understood.”

Did he feel the consequences of not explaining the rules properly?

This time, he carefully handed out each gun while earnestly urging us.

The will to somehow compensate for the losses through today’s shooting was evident in the blond student’s eyes.

“So you’re saying to take them down using the guns?”

“Yes! You must absolutely use the guns!”

At that moment, numbers suddenly appeared above the blond student’s head.

Soon the blond student shouted in a panic.

“Taking someone down to grab what they have is now against the rules!!!”

“Tsk! What a shame!”

Elcia clicked her tongue as she aimed her gun at the blond student’s mouth but then stopped doing so.

It seemed the gold teeth were weighing on her mind.

The blond student, who quickly added a new rule, must have experienced the future of herself being hit.

She even put up a big sign just in case she might forget the rules.

“Anyway, these are the final rules!”

“Not changing, right! No reversing what you said!”

“There will absolutely be no changes, so please enjoy the game now!”

“Got it!”

Elcia repeatedly confirmed that there would be no changes to the rules.

For now, the blond student smiled again, thinking that, just like before, they couldn’t do anything rough.

And the final change was.

“Why the f*ck do I have to participate?”

“At least have a conscience and join in!!!”

Since I was participating.

As the blond student shouted in desperation while losing some gold, it struck a nerve with Caressy.

In the end, thanks to Caressy, I had no choice but to participate as well.

‘F*ck, my hard-earned money.’

[Your aim is pathetic, isn’t it a big issue?]

Moreover, as mentioned earlier, it wasn’t even a small amount.

Considering the listed items were all high-priced goods, it was understandable.

Still, the challenge cost was quite steep for what it was.

Anyway, we each got a shabby air gun.

With this, we had to extract as much profit as possible.

Even if we only got one item each, we could break even, but the aim was to get as much as we could.

“Shinwoo, just trust me.”

Hyeji was the first to step up.

She skillfully loaded the air gun with plastic bullets and immediately fired.

The target was the smallest iPhone box among the displayed items.

The bullet surely hit the iPhone box.

However.

­ Tick.

“……F*ck?”

There was absolutely no effect.

When the plastic bullet touched the merchandise, only a faint thud was heard.

The iPhone box didn’t move an inch.

“You bastard! This is defective!”

“Defective? Why are you mad at me for your lousy aim?”

“I’m gonna kill you.”

The blond student laughed at Hyeji.

In response, Hyeji lined up several air guns, all loaded with plastic bullets.

She shot one bullet, then quickly fired the next one in succession.

But.

“I hit the same spot every time, why isn’t it moving!!!”

“If you feel wronged, why don’t you try again? Thank you for your patronage, customer.”

Once again, there was no effect.

Hyeji ruthlessly hit the same spot on the edge of the iPhone box over and over again, but like the first shot, it didn’t budge.

The bullets were probably too weak to do anything.

Thus, Hyeji exhausted all her chances.

Grinding her teeth, Hyeji stepped aside, and Ayeon stepped up.

“This time, I’ll show you my skills.”

Jeong Ayeon hung up the air guns loaded with plastic bullets just like Hyeji had done moments earlier.

However, the difference was that she manifested summoned beasts and gave each one an air gun.

Soon after, a single gunshot rang out.

And multiple bullets flew simultaneously.

Ayeon’s plan was to knock down only one piece of merchandise altogether.

However.

“This doesn’t make any sense!!!”

Again, there was no effect.

Although they all hit the same spot at once, the item remained frozen in place.

It seemed like the bullets were weak enough, but it also seemed the merchandise was somehow fixed.

Watching the fuming Ayeon, the blond student chuckled, flashing a broad smile.

“I told you to do better. Looking so pathetic, how would you expect to take anything home?”

In any case, Ayeon’s chance ended fruitlessly.

As Ayeon stepped back in defeat, it was Elcia’s turn this time.

Elcia, too, set up air guns loaded with plastic bullets just like Hyeji and Ayeon did a moment ago.

The blond student began to openly mock as he watched her.

“Pfft! You’re not going to take anything anyway, so why bother?”

“Yeah! I’ll take a shot!”

With a wide smile, Elcia picked up one of the guns.

Then, suddenly, she tossed a question at the blond student.

“So I just need to hit it to knock it down, right?”

“Yes, yes! That’s right! Just hit it if you can.”

“Understood!”

Now, the blond student barely even glanced at Elcia, casually counting cash at the register in response.

It seemed he was only accepting cash, with no card swiper in sight at all.

The pile of cash, looking quite substantial, clearly indicated he had squeezed a lot from others.

[A little while ago, he looked a bit pitiful, but now I don’t feel sorry for him at all.]

‘Well, that’s the nature of competitions.’

At my reply, Piece raised an eyebrow.

[You seem to be accepting that too easily. You might end up losing money for nothing.]

‘That won’t happen. That kid made a fatal error.’

As I mentioned, the blond student had committed two crucial mistakes.

He confidently proclaimed no changes to the rules despite the flaws present, proving how foolish he really was.

Had he been a tad smarter, he would have formed the rules in a much more elaborate manner.

And.

“I’m going!!!”

“Yay~. Yay~. Go ahead and pay again. You can’t take anything home anyway~.”

Elcia, having forgotten that she was a mind-boggling existence beyond typical reason, finally readied herself.

The bullets flew.

“Take this!!!”

­ Fwoosh!!!!

No, it wasn’t the bullets that flew straight.

What soared was the air gun itself.

As the flying air gun struck the merchandise, it crumpled the box and fell to the ground.

Along with it, a huge game console dropped.

“……Huh?”

Startled by the unexpected sound, the blond student slowly turned his gaze.

With a rigid grin on his face, he looked around the current situation.

Then, a furious scream followed.

“You crazy b*tch!!!! What the hell did you do!!!”

“You said to hit it to knock it over! I did it!”

“You shoot it with a gun, not just throw it!!!”

Then, Elcia returned the mockery.

“You should’ve better written the rules!!!”

“Stop!!!”

­ Crack!!!

Another piece of merchandise was half-destroyed and fell to the ground because of Elcia’s thrown gun.

It was Elcia’s turn now.

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