Arena Chapter 145:
Chapter 145 – Virtual Space Mastery (Part 2)
A few days passed and I heard news that Arena in India has entered South Korea .
The person that called me was the man from before, Krishna .
-I have procured item bags worth 5000 karma .
“Good . As soon as I receive them I will begin treatment . ”
-What is the treatment plan?
“I don’t need to personally meet with the patient . The person just needs to eat the flame of life I will provide every day . ”
-Can a third party receive and deliver it?
“It doesn’t matter . I don’t know what kind of person this patient is but they can comfortably tour Korea while getting treatment . ”
-Very good . Then from now on, every day for the next 2 weeks, I will come to you and receive the flame of life .
“Do so please . ”
-Then I will be there soon .
That afternoon I received 20 item backpacks .
I made one flame of life and handed it to Krishna .
Krishna carefully took it and placed it in a large glass bottle .
“Miss Ji-hye, you take some too . ”
I handed her 10 item backpacks .
“I don’t want to be a burden to you that way . ”
“What do you mean burden . We have to make it to the end together . ”
Did my words sound strange?
Cha Ji-hye’s face went a little red .
That shy expression . I hadn’t seen it in a long while .
“Then, I’ll just take six . ”
“Were you just feeling shy about it just now?”
“No . ”
“Aww, you were . ”
“No I was not . ”
“It is my wish . Acknowledge you blushed . ”
“I don’t want to . ”
“6 item backpacks are worth 1,500 karma . You can’t admit it that as a favor? You are very cold-hearted . ”
“…… I will give you something else instead . ”
“I don’t want to . Say you were embarrassed . ”
Ah, how fun .
Not knowing what to do, her eyes darted back and forth . The more I saw it the cuter it became and I thought I could die from it . She always had such a poker face on all the time .
Cha Ji-hye moved her lips slightly and was about to say something .
But when all she had said was ‘bu…’* she shook her head .
(TN: The first syllable of embarrassed . )
“……Yep, I don’t want to . ”
“Okay . Then a different prize . ”
“Do I have to pay for this?”
“Yes . ”
“You are a stingy man . Fine, say it . ”
“Let me cuddle with you for an hour . ”
Cha Ji-hye’s face grew so red it looked like it was about to explode .
‘Huhu, how fun . ’
I held in the laughter that was about to burst out of me .
“I can give you a better prize at night . ”
“Nope . I want to cuddle . ”
Cha Ji-hye had never refused any sexual advances from me .
“Come come, come here . ”
“Ugh… . . ”
Cha Ji-hye came over to me and sat next to me on the couch .
I made her lean her head on my shoulder . Even just this much was plenty embarrassing .
With one hand, slowly, I brushed her hair .
Pat, pat……
Because of Cha Ji-hye’s immensely embarrassed reaction I didn’t realize the time passing by .
One hour had long passed but we remained nonetheless .
***
I received 14 item backpacks and it came out to 3,500 karma .
“Summon board . ”
-Name: Kim Hyun-ho
-Class: 40
-Karma: +10,000
-Mission: rest until the next exam .
-Time limit: 91 days 16 hours
I mastered several skills and still had 10,000 karma!
‘I’m just drowning in it . ’
It was good I gifted Cha Ji-hye 1,500 karma .
I wanted to give her more but she refused so adamantly .
I told her I’d give her more too if she let me cuddle her and her refusal became even stronger . . Anyway……
Two weeks passed .
During that time, I got a call from Odin . It was to tell me had had acquired the majeong vehicle I had requested .
In Korean currency, it cost 12 . 2 billion won .
(TN: $11 million USD . )
It was ridiculously expensive but I, of course, had to buy it .
When the Arena in India patient’s treatment was completed on the 2nd week, we rode a plane back to Denmark .
Someone rushed to greet me as we arrived at the Nordic exam group headquarters .
“Hyun-ho!”
Johanna Marie swooped in and hung onto me by my neck .
“Did you miss me?”
Marie asked cutely as she hugged me .
Cha Ji-hye was next to me and I tried my best to get Marie off .
But right at that moment, Marie must have sensed something because she looked back and forth between me and Cha Ji-hye .
Marie’s eyes narrowed .
“Strange . ”
“What, what is?”
“You two are strange!”
“We are not strange . ”
Cha Ji-hye replied in her businesslike tone .
“Something is going on between you two!”
Argued Marie huffing .
“There is not . ”
“Something happened!”
“Nothing happened . ”
Cha Ji-hye’s solid defense .
Marie kept up her suspicious glare but she gave up since she had no way to further verify her suspicions .
Then Odin appeared .
“You’ve arrived?”
“Yes . ”
“I’ve acquired the vehicle you asked for . Let’s go check it out . ”
“Let’s . ”
There was a parking lot in the back with several cars .
Does everyone involved in the Arena live like this?
Every single vehicle here wasn’t commonly seen on the streets .
Porsche, Ferrari, Jaguar, Mustang . Every single car was expensive and sophisticated .
But even among those, there was a supercar that caught my eye .
A unique looking two person car that looked like a concept car that would be shown at an international motor show .
There were only a seat for the driver and passenger each .
A sports car that looked no longer than 3 meters .
With elegant curves and an agile looking frame, an incredibly chic design!
“Is this it?”
“Yes . ”
“Wow……”
This is the 12 . 2 billion won car!
“Look carefully . ”
Odin opened the car’s hood .
The insides looked similar to a normal car .
But there was one clear difference .
A clear cylinder shaped case in the very center .
The material seemed to be made of plastic and there was majeong placed inside .
Odin opened the cylinder lid .
“You put the majeong in here . ”
“Easy . ”
“Very . Easy to drive too, would you like to try?”
“I’d love to . ”
I hopped into the driver’s seat .
The car was so compact but the inside was actually quite spacious .
Naturally, Cha Ji-hye opened the door to the passenger seat . But then,
“Hmph!”
Like an arrow, Marie came in and sat down .
“Race, Hyun-ho!”
A very excited Marie . And Cha Ji-hye,
“……”
Just stared straight at me .
She, who had always been so tolerant of distractors like Marie and Hyun-ji, had dissatisfaction in her eyes .
‘No compromise with the cat and cars I see . ’
Even nowadays if I summoned Sylph, Cha Ji-hye would pet her and play with her for hours .
Seeing as how she bought an exotic white Lamborghini once she came into money, she must really like cars .
I said to Marie .
“Miss Marie, I’ll give you a ride later……”
“Waahhhh!”
Marie threw a tantrum and began to cry . I hadn’t even finished my sentence!
After a quick thought I gave up my driver’s seat to Cha Ji-hye .
Cha Ji-hye sat in the driver’s seat and, with a satisfied expression, touched the steering wheel .
Marie, as if to pretend she hadn’t cried at all, made a humph face .
After Cha Ji-hye went around the Nordic exam group headquarters at a high speed my turn came .
In summation, it was incredible .
The acceleration was more impressive than the Porsche .
Maybe it was because it used majeong but there was no engine noise . This car was like an assassin moving in the dark .
Cha Ji-hye looked like she looking at my majeong car with envy .
It was the first time I’ve seen her wanting something this much since the first time I showed her Sylph . .
“Do you want it?”
“Yes . ”
“Then 100 hours of cuddl……”
“No thank you . ”
Pffttt .
***
The name of this majeong vehicle was Maglun MSM-2 .
“Maglun?”
“It’s a car invented by the Maglun family . ”
I see .
With their technological understanding majeong, they made such an incredible supercar . Very much like the Maglun family who was at the forefront of the Arena business .
“That you can take this to Arena and ride this around there, I’m very envious of you . ”
Odin really does look jealous .
“Haha, right? It’s the first time I’ve looked forward to an exam . ”
“I almost wished to give up a territory for a car like that . ”
“Hahaha, that bad?”
“You left how frustrated I was during the carriage ride in the Arena . All because of this lack of good transportation . ”
“I did . I really wished I was in a light aircraft then . ”
As I was talking I had an aha moment .
“Now that I think of it…would there not be a small plane that uses majeong as fuel?”
At my question, Odin nodded his head .
“I’m sure there is . I have heard that the Maglun family has created one of those as well . ”
“If possible, could you get one of those for me as well?”
“That isn’t hard but……”
“What?”
“…… I’m very jealous . ”
Odin looked at me as if to ask if there was any way I could bring one in for him too .
I refused of course because it wouldn’t fit . My virtual space has a limit .
We talked for a long time about the car and we eventually moved onto talking about spy satellites .
“The spy satellite tech that can be used in Arena is nearly complete . I hear that they’re just having some trouble controlling it remotely because of the majeong . ”
“But we’ll be able to take it to Arena shortly . ”
“Yes . As soon as we send up the spy satellites, finding those six high priests or whatever those **** are called will just be a time issue . We’ll be able to find some suspicious **** related to them to narrow down our leads . Then we can chase tail after tail until we grab all six of them . ”
“The six high priests probably have something to do with the final mission huh?”
“Yes . Since they are at the center of the evil that is affecting the continent . ”
Odin must have just thought of something because he continued on to say .
“But do you know that?”
“What is it?”
“The world of Arena . ”
“Yes . ”
“Have you never thought about how gravity and the length of a day is the same as our worlds?”
“Ah, now that you mention it I’ve never considered that . ”
I had just chalked it up to a comfort the angels provided for the examinees .
Thinking it over carefully, it was an interesting thing .
The fact that gravity was the same meant that mass and volume would be the same as earth .
The fact that the length of a day is the same as earth meant the distance from the sun was the same . It also meant the rate that the world rotated at was the same .
“It’s not only that . If you look at the stars, they are exactly the same as ours as well . ”
“Even the constellations?”
“Indeed . That is why I’ve come to a certain conclusion . Arena is another version of our world, thus, I wonder if it is not a parallel world . ”
Parallel universes? That kind of thing?
“Basically, another form of our world . ”
“Yes . ”
“Knowing that, I’ve thought a lot about it . ”
Said Odin .
“A point of contact, these exams and examinees, has been created between two worlds that should not meet . ”
“……”
“To our worlds’ various country agencies who cannot physically enter the Arena, they are researching and preparing related businesses . ”
“And majeong and majeong related uses . ”
“Yes . After there was a point of contact between the two worlds, the similarities between them are increasing . ”
Odin continued .
“Don’t you think the two worlds are slowly merging into one?”