▶ Chapter 33. Coin Arcade Gate (1)
I was shocked too, but the three brothers seemed even more surprised.
Unable to speak, they simply stared with wide eyes until we were sent outside the gate.
After returning to the waiting room,
Han Dongju took a monocle item out of his inventory, put it on, and even checked the text again.
“HunterAnham, we’ve been using this gate for more than five years. Not once has a Rank 8 box ever appeared! No, historically, a box higher than the gate’s rank has never appeared from a permanent gate! Not even from sudden gates!”
Han Dongju was right.
Permanent gates and sudden gates did not drop boxes above their own rank.
It only happened as a reward from Breaks.
Like when I had resolved the Rank 9 Olympic Park Break and received a Rank 10 box.
“But it’s only one.”
“Even one is incredible. And the rewards themselves were larger than normal. HunterAnham, your contribution was 49 percent. In cases like that, the maximum inventory reward is normally 5 slots. But you received 7, two more than usual. With 51 percent contribution, the maximum number of boxes and inventory slots is normally 6, but Junggeun received 7 of each.”
Han Yonghwan recited all the records as if he had memorized every one.
Like the smart person he was.
His face was slightly flushed, as if he were excited.
“I have a feeling something amazing is going to come out of that Rank 8 box!”
Han Dongju shouted with sparkling eyes and spread both arms toward me.
My ears perked up.
“Really?”
“Yes. There aren’t two boxes, there’s exactly one. Excalibur also came from the only box that dropped back then.”
“Then if I open this, could I get an SSS-rank weapon too?!”
“That.... we can’t know, but I feel like something incredible will come out!”
After hearing Han Dongju, I immediately shouted,
“Then open it right now!”
“Right now?”
“Yes! I’m curious!”
“I think it might be better to open it on the seventh of next month....”
Even as he said that, Han Dongju’s eyes shone even brighter.
The moment I took the box out of my inventory, he snatched it away as if stealing it.
But then,
“I think it would be better to open it on the seventh of next month rather than now.”
Han Junggeun, who had a cautious personality, said that.
Han Yonghwan nodded in agreement.
Both Han Dongju and I froze slightly.
Han Dongju was holding the box to his chest like a mother duck protecting an egg.
He looked visibly disappointed.
He looks kind of pitiful.
At that moment,
“Quack!”
Twelve, who had been quietly floating in the air, landed on top of Han Dongju’s head and shouted.
“You’re saying we should open it now, right?”
“Quack!”
“Twelve says we should open it now too.”
“Does it perhaps know what will come out?”
Han Yonghwan asked in surprise.
“Quack.”
“It says it doesn’t know. It just wants us to hurry up so it can eat sweet and spicy fried chicken.”
“....”
“I’m opening it now. We’ll probably get plenty of Rank 8 boxes in the future anyway.”
“Ah, I see.”
“What an amazing line! Big Sis! You are incredible! Should I open it? Can I? I can open it, right?”
Han Dongju once again rattled off the words rapidly with shining eyes.
He looked a little cute, so I smiled, even though nobody could see it, and nodded.
Han Dongju immediately looked delighted and shouted,
“Second Brother, which way is north?”
“That way.”
Han Dongju took a mat and folding screen out of his inventory.
They looked extremely familiar.
He carries those around with him...?
Han Dongju spread out the mat and knelt on it.
Then he took out some incense, placed it down, and lit it with a lighter.
“HunterAnham, wait beside me, and when I give the signal, use your divine power. Like last time.”
“Okay.”
Han Dongju closed his eyes for a while and emptied his mind.
During that time, I took the Hidden Power Remote out of my inventory and selected Divine Power Enhancement Mode.
Just like before, other people would see me as a mass of pure white divine power.
“....”
Han Yonghwan and Han Junggeun seemed to be holding back laughter, but I did not care.
Let’s open this box!!!
The moment Han Dongju opened his eyes, I placed both hands on the box and poured divine power into it.
Then Han Dongju opened the box.
Inside was...!
“A phone?”
It was even a newly released model.
A long explanation appeared in front of my eyes.
[Hidden Power Smartphone, SS-rank:
(1) Bound to the first hunter who injects mana into it.
(2) Battery always remains at 100 percent, and all fees are free.
(3) Has exactly the same functions as this model of smartphone. It automatically registers accounts for websites and applications used by the owner, and automatically creates IDs and nicknames.
(4) Chat rooms containing the owner cannot be hacked externally.
(5) The phone number, IP address, IDs, nicknames, and all other information are displayed differently from the owner’s actual information. Tracking and hacking are impossible under all circumstances.
(6) The owner can detect incoming calls and messages even while the phone is inside the inventory.
(7) Can be used inside gates.
(8) During calls, the owner’s voice will sound like the announcement voice from Seoul Subway Line 1.]
“A brand-new phone with no fees! This is amazing!”
“....More importantly, being able to use it inside gates and detect calls and messages while it’s in your inventory is incredibly useful.”
“Ah, I see.”
“Don’t just say, ‘Ah, I see.’ You should say, ‘Wow, amazing!’ And it can’t be tracked either. With this, you can contact us! You can chat with me too.”
“Ah, that’s true.”
