This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 85



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 085

62. Player Dialogue (1)

Well, I understand Meursault’s feelings.

I couldn’t possibly give my unborn daughter to a potential dictator who was ten years older than me.

It doesn’t matter to me, since I won’t make the foolish choice of getting married in this world like my mother did.

Rather, it’s a priority to sort out the situation with the players staying in my area.

I returned to my room, leaving the commander and Meursault behind, and asked Tae-jeong to call Bang-gu-seok-yeo-bo and Shin-eun-jo together.

The corner lady, dressed in military uniform, came in with a rough demeanor that did not match her youthful appearance.

“Hey, congratulations on your divorce.”

If anyone heard this, they’d think I was divorced.

“Meursault will now do anything for you.”

“That wasn’t the case.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Hey, is this your first time meeting me? This is ‘Shin’ from the Love Zone. You can call me Shinjo.”

Unlike Taejeong, Shin Eunjo and Bang Gu Seok Yeobo are meeting for the first time, so it’s understandable for them to introduce themselves.

They looked away from each other as if they didn’t want to talk to each other for some reason.

“But Shinjo… Aren’t you going back?”

“Before I go back, I have a favor to ask.”

“ask?”

Since I had helped Daphne before, I nodded, thinking that she would accept a simple request.

“Just tell me.”

“Let me take the entrance exam.”

“You want me to take the entrance exam?”

Even after Daphne’s divorce was finalized, it seemed like she had no intention of going back. Did she stay to take the entrance exam?

I don’t know why you want to go to school in our district, but…

“Isn’t it a strange request to make before leaving? The military academy is a six-year program.”

“Okay. I’ll stay for six years and then go back.”

“Stop talking nonsense and go to school in your area.”

“You can just think of it as an exchange student.”

Will it work?

“You don’t plan on living here forever, do you…?”

“That’s not bad either. After all, my goal is to survive, not become a dictator of the district.”

This is difficult for me to understand, as my goal is to become the dictator of the district.

‘But seeing you talk like that, I don’t think you really intend to live like that.’

Although I was suspicious of what his intentions were, I decided to allow him to take the entrance exam.

Just as Shin Eun-jo remained in this area to watch over me, I also needed to gauge Shin Eun-jo’s abilities.

However, it is too dangerous to have Shin Eun-jo, who has a title like ‘pseudo-religious leader’, in my area.

Let’s put in some safeguards.

“Instead, hang out with Luna while you’re here.”

[What?! I don’t like it! I want to go back now!!]

Luna was already dissatisfied because I had made her stay with Shinjo while I was trying to get Daphne to divorce.

But there is no one as suitable as Luna.

No matter who you put on watch, the other guys will be talked about.

“Please, hyung.”

[Profit… …! You only call me hyung when it’s disadvantageous to you… …! I didn’t come out of the bail because I was afraid you’d use me like this!]

Oh, so that’s why I didn’t show myself until I was about to suffocate?

Although there was some resistance, Luna soon gave in and accepted her fate.

“You are a truly scary person. Thinking of using God’s messenger as a CCTV.”

Shin Eun-jo seems to have interpreted it differently, though.

“And… If you two stay with the players who opened the other zone system, you two will feel uneasy. I’m going to set up a safety device for you.”

“Safety device? Or at least a bell?”

“Well, it’s similar.”

I said this while looking at Banggu Seok-yeo, who didn’t seem to have high expectations, and Tae-jeong, who had a curious expression on his face.

“I will open the system for both of you.”

“…what?”

“yes?”

Unlike the two people who were flustered, Shin Jo seemed to immediately understand what I meant and stuck her face in front of me.

“You, can you open the system?”

“You can’t do it?”

“Of course I can’t!”

It doesn’t seem like he’s lying… Has Shinjo not been able to open up the additional system yet?

‘Shin Jo knows about the CEO of Cthulhu Games, so why isn’t there any additional disclosure?’

I don’t know exactly what the Secret of the End is, but it was released after hearing the story of Cthulhu Games, so it must be related to the representative.

Judging from the fact that he didn’t deny being possessed by the Love Zone group, it seems that Shinjo had expected from the beginning that he would be possessed by the representative of the Cthulhu game.

But why is it possible for me and not for Shin Eun-jo?

The only difference between the information that Shin Jo and I have is the existence of my mother…

‘Well… it’s already been opened, so maybe they’re hiding it from me.’

The problem is that I don’t even know exactly what the achievement conditions are for additional openings, so I can’t even try to get Shin Eun-jo.

But it didn’t seem like he was hiding anything from me, Shin Jo immediately collapsed on the bed with his hand on his forehead with a shocked expression on his face.

“Did you receive that kind of authority from God? We clearly came into possession at the same time, but why is there such a big difference…?”

Shin Jo seemed to despair at the fact that the gap between him and me was greater than he had thought.

“Wait, what does that mean?”

While Shin Jo was despairing, Bang Gu Seok Yeo Bo asked me.

“Does that mean you, dopamine addict, can open the system for us?”

“Yes. It became possible recently.”

“crazy!!”

“Was that possible?”

“Open it quickly! Let me shout out the status window too!”

The status window is not a startup word.

Without further hesitation, I used the system opening right on Banggu Seok Yeo-bo and Tae-jung.

[Use the System Open Ticket on player TaejungtaeseBeyonce.]

[Use the system unlock ticket on the player’s corner.]

Although I only received 50 points as a reward, I made up for the missing points by grinding the titles I had.

‘Like the shooter of Matan, I’ve sharpened the title that was like a time bomb even if I had it.’

Since 2nd to 9th place would receive the same reward anyway, I thought it didn’t matter if I dropped to 9th place, so I just mercilessly changed it.

My ranking remained unchanged as three-digit titles dropped to double digits.

The number of titles remaining after changing them is 99.

This means that the number of titles below 3rd place is not yet three digits.

‘Then how many does the number one player in the Unicorn Zone have?’

Well, there’s nothing we can find out about that guy right now, so let’s put that aside… … .

“Status window!”

Shin Eun-jo, who was lying face down on the bed, looked at Bang Gu-seok Yeo-bo, who was shouting from the status window, with a pitiful look.

“Yeah… It’s a big gap between dopamine addicts and other guys.”

“What? What do you mean by that?”

“Try looking at the profile first.”

“View profile?”

The moment Banggu Seok Yeo-bo looks at God and says that.

A system window appeared before Banggu Seok Yeo-bo’s eyes.

[Name: Shin

Title: Cult Leader

Affiliation Area: Love

*You need the Master’s permission to request a friend.]

‘……hmm?’

Why… can I see Banggu Seok-yeo’s system window too?

What do you mean I need the Master’s permission to send a friend request?

“What, your nickname is Shin? So Shin Eun-jo is your real name?”

“Are you looking at my profile? I didn’t mean to ask you to open mine.”

‘Seeing you say that… … .’

Is it possible that Shin Jo can’t see Bang Gu Seok Yeo Bo’s system window?

Then another system window popped up next to it.

[Name: Dopamine Addict

Title: Luna Moon’s Friend

Affiliation Area: Cola

Relationship: Master]

The system window that appeared above Taejung’s head seemed to indicate that Taejung had opened my character view.

There was something in it that I couldn’t ignore.

‘… … Relationship Master?’

These guys aren’t even my servants, so why are they listed as Masters?

‘Oh, no way… … .’

Feeling an inexplicable sense of discomfort, I opened up the profiles of Banggu Seok Yeo-bo and Tae-jeong.

[Name: Banggu Seok Yeobo

Title: B-Class Soldier

Affiliation Area: Cola

*This system belongs to players addicted to dopamine.]

[Name: Taejeong Taese Beyonce

Title: A-Class Butler

Affiliation Area: Cola

*This system belongs to players addicted to dopamine.]

‘this…….’

It seems that if you open a system with the store’s system opening right, the system will belong to the person who opened it.

Looking at the bottom of Shin Eun-jo’s profile, it said that friend requests were not allowed, so it seemed like the system was set up so that communication was not possible with anyone other than me who was registered as the master.

‘It wasn’t meant to belong to me… … .’

Since the items in the store didn’t have more than one line of description, I only found out after opening the system.

‘Well, I guess there’s nothing I can do.’

“Send me a chat.”

“Chat?”

Even though I told her to send a chat, she opened a bunch of messages before sending me a single message.

[Corner Girl: Dopamine Addict Idiot]

[Dopamine Addict: Are You a Elementary School Student?]

When Banggu Seok-yeo received my message, she got angry and shouted.

“Who’s a kid? I’m twenty!”

‘I can’t believe that Shin Jo couldn’t open up more, but I can’t believe that he’s twenty years old.’

Anyway, this makes it certain.

If the system is assigned to me, I can send chat messages without having to be friends with them separately.

And judging from the sentence above, it was clear that it was set up so that chatting with other people was not possible without the Master’s permission.

Even the system window was visible to me and I could check the details.

Naturally, I checked the number of titles of Banggu Seok Yeobo, who was ranked 9th.

‘What? 7?’

It hasn’t even been a year since the game was launched, so seven isn’t a small number.

A guy with 7 titles is in 9th place… maybe other players only have two digits in their title count.

The number of Taejeong’s titles confirmed next is 3.

So, would the dentist in 10th place have between 4 and 7 titles?

‘Not bad for a newbie.’

At that moment, another profile of mine popped up before my eyes.

It seemed like Banggu Seok Yeobo had closed Shin Eunjo’s profile and opened mine.

“Oh. You’re a dopamine addict.”

“Then I’m a dopamine addict.”

“I suspected that the guy you were talking to might be a real dopamine addict, but now I don’t have to doubt it anymore.”

You still doubted that?

“But why is it written as ‘Master’ in your relationship column?”

“It’s nothing. It’s because I opened your system. Tae-jung will also have it written as Master.”

“Taejung, is that so?”

“Huh? Oh, yes, it does say Master, but… … No, it is written.”

“So you’re saying I have to ask a dopamine addict for permission to send you a friend request? It’s like borrowing Wi-Fi.”

Unlike Banggu Seok Yeo-bo, who didn’t think much of it even after seeing the phrase that friend requests required the Master’s permission, Tae-jeong seemed to have figured out what I meant by ‘Master’, but soon kept his mouth shut.

Tae-jung probably knows that Bang-goo-seok-yeo-bo will go crazy if she finds out that I am the master of her own system.

“for a moment.”

Shin Eun-jo, who had been quietly listening to the story, suddenly intervened.

“Something just passed by that I absolutely could not ignore… … .”

Shin Jo asked me with confused eyes.

“What do you mean, the guy you were talking about? Have you guys been seeing other dopamine addicts?”

hmm.

I thought that Shin Eun-jo would notice right away when that bastard in the corner started talking without caution, and I was right.

I thought about it for a moment.

As for the Unicorn Zone players, honestly, I don’t want to talk in detail to other players.

I don’t know much about him either.

‘But Shinjo… … .’

Perhaps the only one of us who has ever met the head of Cthulhu Games.

Judging from the email address and such, it looks like you even received ‘contact information’.

If we succeed in ‘logging out’.

Shin Eun-jo may be the only way to contact that representative.

‘It seems like he has better insight than the other guys… … .’

So, I would like to share information and hear opinions whenever possible.

The problem is that this guy is an aggressive player who stole the meteorite item from the home protector and the cult leader of the Love Zone… … .

‘… Let’s try it like this.’

I don’t know if Shin Jo will accept this offer.

Judging from his words and actions so far, Shin Eun-jo does not want to be hostile to me.

No, rather, it seemed like they wanted to remain under my influence, as they did not seem to leave this area.

If so, there is only one way to tell Shin Jo everything while also preventing him from betraying her in the future.

“Want to hear about other dopamine addicts?”

“What? Of course… … .”

Shin Eun-jo, who was about to answer that he wanted to hear it, frowned slightly.

“But you’re not going to tell me. You didn’t even tell me why Daphne is a player.”

I wondered if he wasn’t curious because he didn’t ask me why Daphne was a player, but maybe he was just waiting for me to explain first.

“One thing, if you grant my request, I can tell you everything.”

“Everything…?”

“Everything, man!”

My wife, who was sitting next to me, tried to intervene as if she was saying something that shouldn’t be said, but I raised one hand and made a gesture telling her to stay still.

“Yeah. Everything from why Daphne is a player to the story of how she met the fake dopamine addict. At least you’ll know what these two guys here know.”

Shin Jo looked at me for a moment with a suspicious expression and then asked me in a small voice.

“What should I do?”

“Give up your rights to the meteorite item.”

At my words, Shin Jo opened his eyes wide and looked at me.

“Does that mean I have to give up the system to hear everything?”

“I will reopen your system.”

“……what?”

The system that I personally opened belongs to me and only I can chat with it.

That means at least there’s no need to worry about the story leaking out through the system.

If you help me open up Shinjo’s system after I’ve made it mine, I’ll be able to see his system window and find out under what conditions additional openings can occur.

“Give up the meteorite item and hand over the system to me. Then I can tell you everything. Once you belong to me, there is no reason for me to be hostile to you.”

Shin Jo was staring at me with an expression on her face that made it impossible to tell what she was thinking.

“What do you want to do?”

When I asked that.

Shin Jo, who had been quietly looking at me, took out a pistol from his bosom and aimed it at me.