This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 53



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 053

53. Intersection

The older sister of Banggu Seok Yeo-bo… The company she worked for was my mother’s company?

My mother’s company is the company that made the first series of this game I’m obsessed with, Safe Zone?

It was all a story that was hard to accept, but the first thing I asked Banggu Seok Yeo-bo was this.

“You were possessed by a game made by your sister’s company. Don’t you find it strange?”

I was briefly out of my mind when I thought my mother might have been involved.

I couldn’t believe that the kid was so calm, knowing from the beginning that he had been possessed by a game related to his older sister, but Banggu Seok-yeo answered with his characteristically stupid, harmless face.

“I told you that the one my sister’s company made was the first in the series. Online Safe Zone would be the 14th in the series, right?”

I don’t think the series number is that important…

“Have you ever thought that maybe you got possessed by a game your older sister made?”

“It’s not a game my older sister made.”

What the heck is this?

“I just heard that your older sister went to the Salvation Project?”

“It’s true that my older sister worked at that company, but she probably wasn’t involved in the production. My older sister is a doctor.”

“doctor?”

“I told you that I was originally weak.”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

“My older sister became a doctor because she wanted to cure me. Then she suddenly said she was going to work at a game company, which seemed strange.”

First of all… this kid doesn’t seem like he’ll be of any help.

If he thought it was a bit strange that his older sister, who was a doctor, worked at a game company, then it was obvious that he wouldn’t have thought much of it if he were possessed by a game made by the company his older sister worked for.

But does that mean my mom hired a doctor for a game company?

“Why does a gaming company need a doctor?”

“I heard you were providing medical consulting, but I don’t know the details.”

“… … .”

I also didn’t know much about my mother’s company, so I couldn’t have found out much about my sister’s workplace just by asking her to look around.

‘I thought there might be something to it from the moment Luna Moon had her mother’s face… … .’

I once speculated that the game Safe Zone might be an imitation of this world.

Someone must have created a passageway connecting to this world in the form of a game.

‘Maybe it was my mother’s company.’

It might actually be a blessing in disguise.

The reason Luna Moon has her mother’s face is not because Luna Moon and her mother are the same person.

I thought I could shake off my awkwardness a little by thinking that it just had the face of the person who made this game.

What is certain is that it was not a coincidence that I came into this world.

At least, my roommate and I had a deep connection with this game.

I don’t know about the other guys though.

I thought about it for a moment and then said.

“My family also worked at that company.”

I thought it might be a bit risky to tell even my roommate that my mother founded the company, so I decided to just reveal that one of my family members was involved with the company.

“What? Really?”

Banggu Seok-yeo looked startled for a moment, and only then did her expression become serious.

“Then… is what we discussed also related to that company?”

Yeah, you little punk. Now you’re making sense.

“It’s a bit of a coincidence that there’s no connection. But we’ll have to find out exactly what effect this has had on our ice.”

“How are you going to find out?”

“There’s Taejeong too. I should ask the other players. If they know about the Salvation Project.”

“Oh, you said you could use the chat system?”

I wonder how many people know about the Salvation Project.

There may be players like me who know about the Salvation Project but don’t know its connection to this game.

Most players are game addicts, so it seems like there are many who don’t even know what jobs their family members have.

There may be some people who don’t think much like Banggu Seok-yeo-bo.

Maybe some of you have already guessed why you were possessed.

The players who are connected to me and have opened the system that I have identified are only a very small number among the Bing-ui players.

“If there is a commonality between the players… we might be able to find out why we came here, and maybe even how to get back.”

The words that he would be able to go back were meant to give him some motivation, but Banggu Seok-yeo’s expression was still dark.

“How to… go back?”

“Why? Is there a problem?”

“Actually, I don’t really want to go back.”

“what?”

Now that I think about it, when this guy said he might be able to come back when he died, I hesitated for a moment and then gave up.

It wasn’t that you were worried that it would go wrong, but rather that you were debating whether or not to go back?

It’s not that I don’t understand, since you said you were originally weak.

I, too, have suffered from a perennial dopamine deficiency in reality, so I don’t miss reality that much.

Come to think of it, Taejung said he was happy that he could conquer the game by being possessed.

That guy Tibalom… seemed to want to go back though.

“But didn’t your older sister say that she became a doctor to cure you? It seems like you had a good relationship with your family. Isn’t that better than dying here?”

“Even if I go back, I won’t be able to live long.”

this.

I really didn’t want to hear such a heavy story.

“I’d rather survive the second apocalypse with this body, and live longer.”

“Is that so… …?”

It occurred to me that perhaps the players who were possessed here had other intersections besides the Salvation Project.

I think there might be some guys who live better in this world than in reality.

* * *

The first thing that greeted Plato, who returned home after six years since graduating from the military academy, was Anton’s old castle.

“What on earth did you do in your graduation speech?”

Anton looked like he had come running from somewhere in a hurry.

Instead of pointing out his father’s appearance, Plato responded indifferently.

“If you were so curious, why didn’t you come to the graduation ceremony?”

Then Anton shouted with a look on his face that said his blood pressure was rising.

“You punk! I already heard that from Haydam!”

“Have you come to meet Heydam?”

Plato looked surprised for a moment, then nodded with a faint smile.

“If you had such an important engagement, I understand you can’t come to the graduation ceremony.”

“This, this guy… … .”

Anton looked as if he was speechless, but soon realized that it would only be a loss for him to get so worked up like this, so he took a deep breath and flopped down on the living room sofa.

“… You got a standing ovation at your graduation speech, right?”

“Did Mr. Haydam tell you?”

“Yes. He said that he would regret for a long time that I had not seen that sight.”

Plato looked very pleased that Haytham had complimented his father Anton.

“I guess it’s true that you got a standing ovation. I thought you weren’t on good terms with your peers?”

“Everyone’s heart for the district was no different from mine.”

Anton’s brow furrowed slightly at those words.

“Did you make a speech for the district?”

“yes.”

For Anton, who had expected that the graduation speech would be nothing more than nonsense like, “From now on, we will all be loyal to Lord Haydam,” this was an unexpected and ominous story.

There was talk that he gave a rather political speech at a graduation ceremony where even the commander who came to give a congratulatory speech was present.

But it didn’t seem like his son had been shot.

Above all, I asked, thinking that since it was something Haytham had ordered, he would not be offended by the commander.

“What speech did you give that got you a standing ovation?”

“From now on, we need to admit all 11-year-olds, not just the children of a few executives or children who are sponsored,” he said.

“What?!”

The commander isn’t the only one who comes to give a commencement speech.

This is where the executives, who can be said to be the ruling class of this area, also come.

Point out the special privileges they and their children enjoy in front of those executives?

And even among those executives, his own son is at the top?

‘Hey, Haydam, this guy… …!’

Anton knew from hearing this that this was all part of Haytham’s strategy.

The ban on the officers from participating in the punitive expedition was indeed a move to exclude them.

But who would have thought that he would use the children of the class he was trying to exclude to rebel head-on?

The fact that he received a standing ovation from the cadets for his speech meant that the other graduates also agreed with Plato’s opinion.

It would be difficult to argue that all this was a political attack on Haytham’s part, since they saw with their own eyes that their own children and sponsored students supported Plato’s views.

“Wait a minute, Your Majesty? What did Your Majesty say?”

“Your Majesty, of course, supported our opinion. He said that after the punitive war, admission to the military academy will be by examination rather than recommendation, and that all 11-year-old children in this area will be eligible to take the exam.”

“What? Are you saying that it was decided that easily?”

“You told us to speak up if we had any objections, but no one raised an objection.”

“her……!”

Anton finally understood what Haytham meant when he said that he would regret not going to the graduation ceremony for a long time.

If I were in that position, I wouldn’t have let it go so easily.

Anton also had quite a few sponsored children.

For officers, it was important to raise their own children to become officers, but it was also extremely important to raise their sponsored children to become officers.

When a child they sponsored becomes an officer, he naturally becomes part of their faction, and that child in turn sponsors an orphan, thereby nurturing young officers and giving them strength.

This is the kind of system that has maintained factions in this area.

But Haydam shattered it with one graduation speech.

And he did it using his own son.

‘You’re trying to suck someone else’s son’s spine out of a mere adjutant position… …!’

If things continue this way, he and Plato will become targets for other executives.

Of course, if Haydam is watching over me, I have nothing to worry about, but will he really take full responsibility?

Darling Outsider, I couldn’t believe Haytham, what the boy said bothered me.

– Are you really going to make Plato your adjutant? Did you check it properly? If it’s Haytham, he’ll be able to cheat his way into the adjutant position.

‘As expected… I can’t believe it. We need to put in place safety measures.’

The only silver lining is that the admissions process for military academies has changed from a recommendation system to an examination system.

They didn’t outright ban child sponsorship or refuse to admit officers’ children, so they had plenty of opportunities.

Just because it’s an exam doesn’t mean there won’t be any corruption.

‘It’s not that hard to just meet a few professors and tease them.’

And as if to mock Anton’s thoughts.

A few days later, the commander announced the list of candidates for the military academy exam.

“The first person to give the entrance exam is Haydam.”