I Became the Villain’s Childhood Friend

81 – [2] Road in the Snow

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Landed in front of Nartica headquarters.

The anti-gravity taxi went up into the sky again.

At the entrance into the snow, only two people and darkness remained.

“Four years ago, it took 20 minutes to get here from downtown by anti-gravity taxi. Now it arrives in less than 10 minutes.”

“Because technology has advanced that much. The device’s mana consumption has also been reduced, and the weight it can handle has also increased. The further you go, the earlier you will arrive?”

I left the taxi behind as it radiated light and disappeared.

I slowly passed the entrance and walked inside Nartika.

“See you again. A lot has changed here too.”

“yes?”

Normally, I didn’t think much of it, but looking back now, it felt like there were more than one or two changes.

About five years ago, compared to when I first came here, the external scale was definitely bigger.

“At first it just felt like a complex, but now it feels more like a city.”

“It’s a city… … To be honest, at that time, it was an ambiguous scale to be called a large company.”

“It wasn’t long before I came out of a semi-large company.”

“Yes it was? It was when I twisted my body around to be less restricted and eventually came up.”

The days when I struggled around Nartica after the incident at the ruins.

The days when a thousand horses were lamenting that the government kept pecking at them for an IPO.

The days when the level of the hunter field was at the disaster level, so it was ridiculed for 300 days a year.

At least now, the situation has improved enough to be ridiculed for 200 days, not 1 year and 300 days.

Even the knowledge of the future of the regressor has greatly increased the company’s status.

“Right now, the ranking of large companies in Nartika is… … .”

“Officially, it’s around 15th, but since it’s an unlisted company, it must be much higher than that unofficially, right? If you and I combine the investment company we created to make money, it will be higher than we imagined.”

Of course, there was no plan to actually put them together.

The tax-saving work was so carried out that it should not be carried out unless the family and society were greatly shaken.

If I didn’t think it was a big deal and went ahead, Cheonma and I were unconditionally sent to prison as economic offenders.

65% of the shares in the investment company belonged to Thousand, and the remaining 35% was mine.

“Is there anything I can do to come out of prison in a wheelchair with you? Putting it all together, I’ll definitely have a full stomach.”

“Huh, do you really think you’ll never be in a wheelchair with me?”

“Ah, the water ghost emissary. I’ll give you back even the rebalanced stake, so if you want to enter, go in alone.”

“Huh uh uh, is there anyone in the world with as much money as you?”

“A thousand horses, you.”

“ah.”

But the reality is that even if you have a lot of money, you can’t use it properly.

It was because I had to withdraw it from a place where I had invested in it, and even if I did, I had to run the washing machine diligently.

The psychological burden was enormous.

To the point where I don’t really want to spend this money.

So, aside from pre-ordering games, buying Pepsi, and buying stakes in some companies, I didn’t take any money out.

To be honest, for me, this was a satisfying bourgeois life.

“I don’t want anything more from now. Just keeping the status quo as it is is enough.”

“I wish I could make more money.”

“You are an entrepreneur. Of course you should.”

“entrepreneur? It’s not necessarily because of that.”

“yes?”

“You have to make a lot of money so you can run more gachas. There are still a lot of good new characters coming out next year.”

“… … .”

Anyway, the server lord says so.

We walked towards the building that had previously been used as a training ground.

After passing the room where Chunmari and I used to sparring, we arrived at the room where we usually rested when we had nothing to do.

When I opened the door and entered, there were two boxes lying there.

One is a thousand, the other is mine.

However, the product items were similar to each other.

When I opened the box, there were two hunter watches covering about 2/3 of the wrist.

Basic and reserve respectively.

I bought it because I didn’t like the basic academy hunter watch.

When I turned my head slightly, the thousand were also pulling out their Hunter Watches.

However, the model and company were different from me.

It seemed much heavier, and much more daunting.

However, performance could never be better than this one.

[Maple Arms]

[MAAR-HW-401 ‘Dakota’ Hunter Watch]

What I bought was a Dakota Hunter Watch from Maple Arms.

It looks rather ordinary, but it was not bought without any criteria.

Maple Arms is a company that also appears in the game.

It used to manufacture hunter watches that are mainly used by users who value efficiency.

Of course, Maple Arms’ Dakota Hunter Watch was a piece of equipment that put a lot of emphasis on efficiency.

Specifically, certain features that make hunter activities efficient are superior to other hunter watches.

I immediately put on the hunter watch.

I quickly got through the basic setup and got that particular feature working.

[Analysis function is working… … .]

[Place the object you want to analyze on the hologram at the top, then say ‘analyze’.]

He picked up a fruit knife lying in the corner and brought it to him.

“analyze.”

＜Old Excess＞

– Status: very bad

-Attack power: E grade

– It is a fruit cutting tool that has been mismanaged due to someone’s rough hand. Even hygienically it doesn’t look very good.

– ※It is recommended to dispose of it.

It was roughly like this.

It analyzes tools and presents results that are easy to understand.

It was similar to item information in a video game.

In fact, it was also a function that got the idea from there.

It was a bit strange to get ideas from elements in a game in a world within a game.

In any case, it was a function that was born not too long ago.

This soon meant that the analysis capabilities of the Hunter Watches were in their infancy and overall bad.

However, this Maple Arms product was the same in the game, but the analysis performance itself was excellent even if it was old.

I thought I was just rooting a stone, but when I ran the analysis, it was revealed that it was a top-notch magic stone with hardened mud.

In fact, he was able to distinguish and appraise quite a few objects without appraisal magic.

Also, few people knew about this fact.

In fact, it wasn’t even known at the beginning of the game.

“Kangshi, I know you bought more than half of the shares in that small business, but do you really need to use the one that came out three years ago?”

“After researching it, it seemed that the performance was surprisingly not bad. In fact, this is also the most recent product from Maple Arms.”

“Performance… … ? Unless it’s outdated or cheap anyway. That’s it, but I’d rather buy something from a proven company like me—”

It is an established theory that there is almost no difference in performance between major manufacturers except for some parts.

It was because it was more than 80 years since the Hunter Watch came out, and basic performance improvements were no longer difficult.

So most of them used to choose well-known brands with good durability, after-sales service, convenience, and cost-effectiveness.

The same was true in the game, and at the beginning of the release, the trend was to use a durable hunter watch.

If there was a problem, it was that this game called Gray Zone wasn’t entirely honest.

As a result of users opening and checking the game files, it was revealed that there are differences between major manufacturers and devices.

Some had good analysis performance, some had slightly higher shield efficiency, some had excellent magic correction, and I thought they had good durability, but it turned out that the lineup itself was defective.

In fact, the development team was fishing gamers entirely.

Gamers are like that.

What is the world like in the game?

‘Orthodoxy’ was such that even a thousand regressors believed it.

In other words, it was the truth that only I knew in this world.

Of course, if someone buys dozens of Hunter Watches and systematically measures them in the perfect environment, the truth will come out.

And in reality, proving this was close to impossible in terms of money, physical condition, and as an individual.

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Low-performance and cheap products made in developing countries are also expensive.

Conditions and the user’s mana management had to be the same in order to get accurate figures, but what can I do?

It will probably be revealed in the distant future.

That’s why I decided to ignore the advice of the Thousand Horses in this regard.

I prepared to shut the mouth of the regressor who talked excitedly about what I knew.

He immediately brought the Hunter Watch to the face of the thousand.

“analyze.”

＜Beautiful Woman＞

– She is an angry woman.

– Please be careful when handling.

“accurate… … It’s a review.”

“What?”

The performance in the game was nowhere to be found.

He immediately turned his wrist and showed it to the thousand.

“uh? A lot of anger?! Is this tin can crazy!”

“Machines don’t lie.”

“Hey!”

Naturally, the thousand birds tried to catch me.

A chase ensued, and the day slowly drew to a close.

It was after going through a certain place that I went back home.

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the time when dawn approaches.

The time when Christmas is approaching.

The wind was fierce and the air was cold.

It was freezing cold unless you were wearing a lot of clothing.

Sharp reality in many ways.

A woman dressed insufficiently to cover the cold strolled through the snow.

“Whoop, whoop, whoop.”

I didn’t know why I was walking so far.

Passers-by could only guess that there was something more important than dying.

In fact, the goal was to kill rather than die.

It was abnormal, and the abnormal condition was right.

However, what do you think is the only way to solve the mind that is overturned because it can not be suppressed?

I had no choice but to trust my inferior brain, trust my old instincts, and trust my own judgment.

definitely, now, definitely.

He continued to repeat those thoughts endlessly and slowly.

how long did it take

approached the destination.

Now, it seemed that all we had to do was go ahead and wait.

“No, rather… … Hiding for a while… … .”

However, even she, who sneaked out of the hospital, had a bare face.

I chose an alternative and went into a nearby alley where I could escape the cold.

After that, it was time to wait comfortably in the snow.

A deep, thick sound came from all directions.

Whiiing, chiik!

Soon, a taxi landed near the destination.

She gulped at the thought of her time approaching.

With a squeaking sound, a man got out of the taxi.

Because he sold it, he was a man who had absolutely no reason to come here.

“… … !”

Anyway, it was a good thing for someone.

As soon as the woman saw the man, her frozen expression relaxed.

“Poetry, Xi’an… … .”

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Little by little, little by little, little by little.

walked on snow

I thought I could come close.

I thought I could fix it right now.

I thought that my pain would go away.

It was just a moment when mere delusion was about to mix with reality.

kiik-

The door on the other side opened and a woman got out.

I wondered who it might be, and when I looked closely at it, it was a very familiar face.

“Ah, ah… … ! Ahh… … !”

Hana Im stopped walking.

It was instinct.