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"So… who's going first?"
Elsa looked genuinely intrigued. Her gaze swept across the room, clearly curious to see who would be the brave soul to try their luck first.
"I will! Me! Me!"
Before she even finished speaking, Wu Liuqi shot his hand into the air, practically vibrating with excitement.
"You guys don't get it. The first draw always has a luck bonus!"
Sam: "…"
Yeah, sure. And I'm the Tooth Fairy.
"Robin, I want to claim my mission reward!"
"Ding. Distribution based on contribution. For this mission, Wu Liuqi has earned 3,000 Dimensional Gold Coins. The coins have been deposited into your personal account. Please check."
"Three thousand?" Wu Liuqi's eyes lit up. "I'm rich~"
"Nine thousand coins total and you only got three thousand. And you're this excited?"
Kurama rolled his eyes, not even trying to hide the sarcasm.
Wu Liuqi: "…You know, I didn't think much of it before. But now that you mention it, that does feel kinda low…"
"Hahahaha!"
Everyone burst out laughing.
To be fair, Wu Liuqi really hadn't contributed that much in the mission. Most of the heavy lifting had been done by Sam. Three thousand coins was actually pretty reasonable.
"Ding. You have one lottery draw opportunity. Proceed?"
"Yes / No"
"Yes!"
Wu Liuqi hit confirm without hesitation.
"Ding. Congratulations. You have obtained weapon: Okamoto 0.01."
Wu Liuqi: "…"
Sam and the others: "…"
"…What kind of cursed luck is that?"
Sam's lips twitched. "Put that away. Now. If Bao'er sees it, she's absolutely going to think you stole her weapon."
"And then she'll bury you," Kurama added gleefully, fully committed to the chaos.
"Emmm…"
The moment Sam said that, Wu Liuqi's hand shook. The blade clattered to the floor.
"You guys have to testify for me! I drew this from the lottery! I didn't steal it!"
He knew Feng Baobao's personality well enough by now. If she saw him holding a knife identical to hers, she would 100% assume he'd taken it.
And then?
Yeah. A brutal beating would be the least of his worries.
"Your luck…" Elsa hesitated. "Let's just say it's… indescribable."
"Stop talking…" Wu Liuqi crouched in a corner. "I'm emotionally shutting down…"
['😭😭] .. self-isolating
"Wu Liuqi, don't be so depressed," Sam said with a grin. "Who knows? Maybe everyone else will draw amazing stuff."
Kurama: "…Are you a demon?"
Elsa: "You're definitely a demon."
"You're asking for a beating!" Wu Liuqi fumed in impotent rage. "President, I suddenly really want to punch you."
"Too bad. You can't beat me."
Sam shrugged, smiling even more brightly. Somehow, that just made him look even more punchable.
"Alright, I'll go next."
After teasing Wu Liuqi enough, Kurama stepped up as the second participant.
"Ding. Distribution based on contribution. For this mission, Kurama has earned 9,000 Dimensional Gold Coins. The coins have been deposited into your personal account. Please check."
"…Nine thousand?"
Kurama was slightly surprised. He'd expected a bit more.
But then he thought about it. Most of the powerful enemies had been handled by Sam. At best, he'd just stalled a few opponents.
The Super-Dimensional Mercenary Guild's reward system was actually pretty fair.
"Ding. You have one lottery draw opportunity. Proceed?"
"Yes / No"
"Yes."
No hesitation.
"Ding. Congratulations. You have obtained: Sharingan (One-Tomoe)."
"???"
Kurama's eyes widened. "The Sharingan?"
"Are you kidding me?!" Wu Liuqi nearly collapsed. "Did you all secretly go wash your hands before drawing or something?! I'm seriously shutting down this time, family!!!"
o(TωT)o
"That's a great pull!"
Elsa looked at the reward screen, then at Kurama, smiling as she congratulated him. "With that, you won't have to worry about being controlled by Uchiha Madara types anymore."
The image suddenly formed in Sam's mind.
"I just imagined Kurama with a gigantic Sharingan in each eye, glaring and yelling 'Tsukuyomi!'" He shuddered. "That visual… my brain is trembling."
"Hey, hey! President, that's kinda rude!" Kurama protested.
"But seriously," Elsa laughed, covering her mouth, "Kurama having the Sharingan is such a flex. If he ever runs into Uchiha Madara, Madara might be the one getting scared."
Everyone imagined the scene.
A massive Nine-Tails fox, eyes glowing red with swirling tomoe patterns, casting genjutsu like it owned the place.
They couldn't stop laughing.
Everyone except Wu Liuqi.
He felt personally targeted by the universe.
"Why is it always me who gets hurt?!" he wailed.
(╬◣ω◢)
He stared at Kurama with a look that screamed Guild, you're definitely messing with me.
After watching Naruto, he knew exactly how broken the Sharingan could be.
"If I had the Sharingan, I'd dominate the assassin world!"
"And more importantly, it looks cool as hell!"
o(╥﹏╥)o
After the teasing died down, Sam found himself thinking about the Sharingan's later evolutions and all their borderline bug-level abilities.
"…The Sharingan really is powerful."
Back when he watched Naruto, who hadn't wished for a pair of Sharingan eyes?
They were stylish. Cool. And insanely strong.
Emmm… even if Amaterasu never seemed to actually burn anyone to death.
"You think these eyes have limits?"
Sam grinned.
"In the Super-Dimensional Mercenary Guild, as long as you've got gold, there are no limits."
"....."