Chapter 19
Title : Ah, changing industries is fucking hilarious lol
Immediately acknowledging that they can't beat the System and switching to symbiosis
As expected, knowing when to admit defeat is the greatest virtue, mm-hmm
ㄴ This is what you call metacognition, mm-hmm
For real, I was wondering how these guys would react after Oasis, but changing industries, huh...;;
ㄴ The food merchants were due for an overhaul too, mm-hmm
ㄴ For real, they were better than Oasis, but still way too stagnant...
The System really is the best cure for entrenched interests
ㄴ The very wind of change lol
ㄴ As expected, improvement is the System's specialty;;
“Pfft...”
I couldn't stop laughing.
I was curious how the people in the same industry would react.
The merchants who had monopolized things were obviously going to foam at the mouth and throw a fit once I started selling.
I had been wondering if I needed to prepare for another bloodbath, like with Oasis.
But now that wasn't going to happen.
“But hey, a symbiotic relationship... I can respect that.”
If everyone could make a living, that would benefit me.
The better the economy outside is doing, the better my wallet does, too.
Everyone, our mini rat meat has a little seasoning in it!! Mix it with the leftover tuna oil and it'll be absolutely delicious!!!
ㄴ Mr. Kim himself has appeared lol
ㄴ Fucking wholesome lol
ㄴ Ack lol
[Head Mod] Blatant advertising is... not allowed...
ㄴ Head Mod... Please let it slide just this once, hehe... I'm really doing this to make a living...!
ㄴ [Head Mod] ....I'll let it slide this once ㅇㅇ
Everyone, even if the Shop's stock increases to 700!! Please keep showing lots of love to our mini rat meat!!!
ㄴ Ah, right, right
ㄴ You left behind such a powerful precedent with Oasis lol
Ah, a livelihood ad gets a pass
ㄴ System << Just a disaster from the merchants' perspective;;
ㄴ A natural disaster is bearing down, but you've still gotta eat lol
ㄴ Guess I should go try it once;;
A user who appeared to be Mr. Kim himself even showed up to advertise.
He seemed to have switched industries after anticipating that, like with the bottled water, his stock would eventually increase to 700.
“Good grief... You didn't have to go that far...”
You could've just sold it a little cheaper. I'm sure you'd have sold some even then.
“I can't increase the stock by that much this time...”
Unlike bottled water, tuna cans couldn't have their stock increased dramatically.
Because.
“There simply aren't that many...”
I roughly counted the tuna cans on my tile, and there weren't 700 of them.
After all, a processed-food section in a massive shopping complex displays many different varieties, but it doesn't have thousands of units of one particular product piled up in a warehouse.
“A little over 100, give or take?"
This was the only size of tuna can available, and there were only a few left for me to eat.
That's why I registered only 100, rather than mindlessly releasing a massive supply like I had with the bottled water.
That was why I thought I might be able to let things pass quietly this time.
“I like stirring shit up. I'm not someone who likes causing trouble.”
Of course, that wasn't why I wasn't selling the products from the meat section I had finally unlocked after making up my mind.
If I couldn't sweep in mana stones through sheer volume like with bottled water, then I should sell products presumed to be expensive.
“I haven't even eaten them properly... and you expect me to sell them?”
The basic principle of business was that the owner should taste things first and sell the ones they could stand behind.
I hadn't properly eaten those things myself, so I didn't know how they tasted. I couldn't sell something I didn't know myself.
It absolutely wasn't because I planned to eat the 1++ Hanwoo first, with an incredible Maillard reaction, and sell it afterward.
“Seriously, it's not.”
Besides, things had to be done in the proper order.
Title : Tuna tuna tuna tuna tuna
Can't resist tuna, can't resist tuna, can't resist, can't resist tuna, can't resist tuna
Open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door, open the door
I'll buy it all, I'll buy it all
These guys all suddenly came down with tuna-induced menhera brain disease...
ㄴ Who the fuck wouldn't???
ㄴ It's canned tuna...!!!
Please invite me, please invite me
ㄴ Please invite me...
ㄴ When the hell are you increasing the membership limit...!!
ㄴ Let me in too right now ㅠㅠ
Shop, I know you're watching...
ㄴ Please invite me
ㄴ It's the biggest request of my life...
I've only put out one tuna can and one bottle of water, and the reaction is already this explosive. There was no reason to sell the raw meat first.
“Life and sales are all about timing.”
I planned to sell it when the right moment came.
“I might be able to give it as a gift, too.”
I could send some to the Head Mod later and make the Head Mod work for it. It was too valuable to sell right now.
[Current registered slots (LV.2): 2 / 2]
[Mana stones needed for upgrade: 1,000]
[Mana stones currently owned: 3,000]
Besides, I could only find out the price after registering a product, and I didn't have enough mana stones to register products at random just to investigate.
-Starplex-
[Product: Oadasu 500ML]
[Price: 20 mana stones]
[Stock: 700/700]
[Product: Mild Tuna Can (150g)]
[Price: 40 mana stones]
[Stock: 100/100]
[Time until opening: 55 minutes 34 seconds]
There was still some time before members could start making purchases.
“Assuming everything sells... that's about 18,000 mana stones in revenue.”
The tuna cans were much more expensive, but the fixed stock meant the total revenue was a little disappointing.
Of course, that didn't mean I was only going to sell these. Oh, no.
“One more.”
I picked one more of the foods I enjoyed most and muttered.
*****
Title : A fucking legendary situation has occurred among the Shop's current members lol
(Roughly, a photo verifying the Shop. JPG)
This Shop bastard <<< registered two food items lol
Fuck, it's ramen, lol!
No fucking way lololol!
My life has finally turned around!!!!
Ra?men
ㄴ The ramen I know???
ㄴ Yep yep, Yuksa-bal lol
ㄴ It registered another one right after the tuna can lol
[ShopWiki] !!!! It registered two products in a row...!!!
ㄴ [ShopWiki] What... could this possibly be hinting at...?
ㄴ This is truly legendary...
Don't call the Shop a bastard
ㄴ Is the Shop your friend?
ㄴ “Shopkeeper.”
ㄴ ”Yeah.“
Title : How many? How many did it register???
I'm not a member, so I don't know!!!
How many did it register!!
This one's 200, yep yep
ㄴ Holy shit, 200???
ㄴ That's fucking crazy;;
How much is it???
ㄴ 30 mana stones!!!
ㄴ Oh shiiiiit!!!!
ㄴ 30 mana stones!!!!!
ㄴ This is it! This is it! This is it!
The Shop <<< this bastard has impeccable instincts
ㄴ Just the canned tuna had my whole family hugging each other and crying their eyes out
ㄴ Fuck, ramen lol
ㄴ Wow, S-bung's life has turned around~~
ㄴ You mean this is real...
Fuck, cup ramen lol! The hot broth is insane!
ㄴ Wow, just thinking about mixing canned tuna into cup ramen already gives me an orgasm~~
ㄴ You mean this is real...
Fuck, I'm already boiling toilet water lol
ㄴ I'll even mix it with muddy water ㅇㅇ
Ah lol, please invite me lol
ㄴ Please don't enjoy it all yourselves...
ㄴ Let's share this joy...
ㄴ Yep lol
The gallery was in an uproar over the additional food product registered in the Shop.
At the same time, screams also erupted from Pangyo Fortress on the Orange Zone's front line.
“Waaaaaaaaaah!!!!”
“Canned tuna!! Canned tuna and cup ramen!!!!”
A tremendous cheer erupted outside the command post.
The soldiers had checked the Gallery window and were shouting like mad.
The fat and pure protein in the tuna cans. And the sodium and broth in the cup ramen.
What food could be more stimulating than that for soldiers who had been chewing tire-like meat every day and slowly dying?
“Fuck! Nobody dies until we drink that broth today!!!”
“We'll rip the zombie wave to shreds, aaaaah!!!!”
Captain Kim shuddered with excitement as he watched his subordinates cheer and raise their weapons outside the command post window.
"Right now! Boil the toilet water!!!"
"Yes, sir!!!"
They hadn't even put it in their mouths yet, but simply seeing the three syllables of that low-grade food's name had already sent the troops' morale soaring to the heavens.
That was why Captain Kim muttered.
“System... Thanks to you, our morale has been boosted enough...”
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Meanwhile, at Orange Zone Relief Center No. 1.
“Director!! Another product has appeared after the tuna can!!”
“What is it this time?!”
“C-Cup ramen...! Another bowl of instant noodles has been listed!!”
At the nurse's words, Director Kang Seok-hyeon stared blankly at the Gallery window suspended in midair.
-Starplex-
[Product: Oadasu 500ML]
[Price: 20 mana stones]
[Stock: 700/700]
[Product: Mild Tuna Can (150g)]
[Price: 40 mana stones]
[Stock: 100/100]
[Product: Sabal-myeon]
[Price: 30 mana stones]
Stock: 200/200]
[Time until opening: 25 minutes 34 seconds]
It was real. It really was cup ramen.
“I-Is that really cup ramen!!”
“The one we used to eat on night shifts!!!!!”
It was probably the same stuff that had been sold before the apocalypse.
Canned tuna and spicy cup ramen.
Before the apocalypse, as a doctor, he would have recoiled in horror at the combination and overturned the table.
Canned tuna, a sodium bomb, and spicy cup ramen for malnourished patients with damaged intestines.
It was a prescription that would surely have gotten him stripped of his medical license.
But now, six months after the apocalypse.
Soft, processed wheat noodles with no bone fragments, unidentified insect shells, or chemical additives to torment the patients' internal organs.
On top of that, pure protein and fat from tuna cans with not a single impurity mixed in.
Large tears fell from Kang Seok-hyeon's cheeks.
“Canned tuna... and cup ramen?”
“D-Director... Are you all right?”
Kang Seok-hyeon murmured in a trembling voice.
“Good heavens... This is practically health food...”