BXBX NOVEL Chapter 330
Chapter 330: Negotiation (5)
“Wh-why…?”
Yuto pressed his lips tightly as if reluctant to speak.
In response, Yeongwoo looked down at himself and spoke.
“You said the national interest grows the more humiliation captured by Lemu’ cameras, so if I appear naked, wouldn’t the pay you and Japan receive increase as well?”
“…That’s correct.”
“Then why don’t I get a share?”
“…?”
“Dogo is Lemu\' biggest competitor. If a representative from such a company were to be humiliated, Japan would surely gain enormous benefits.”
“But in the end, Lemu’ representative is on this side, so why should you…?”
“Exactly, you bastard.”
“What?”
“That’s why I’m angry. Why should you guys take the money I earned by undressing?”
Yeongwoo slammed the table in frustration, just as the system message announced the start of the third round.
《Please pick up and check the card you will use in this round.》
“Hurry and check your card! I will reclaim my rightful share in this round.”
With this, Yeongwoo exclaimed while already grabbing the card on the table.
Snap!
The card he picked in the third round was the one furthest to the left.
‘Please, please, a myth!’
Yeongwoo’s current hand, verified through the shuffled deck, was three Myth cards, one Legendary, and one Epic.
Out of the five cards on the table, only three would be used in the future, so his actual hand could consist of three Myth cards, or one Legendary, one Epic, and one Myth.
‘It could also be two Myths and one Epic. With such a high ratio of Myths, the odds are significantly in my favor no matter how this plays out!’
This too could be considered karma.
Because he had accumulated so much mythical “karma,” he was now reaping great “rewards” in this card battle where the stakes were the dynamics of war.
“Gahhhh!”
Yeongwoo let out an unusual cry as he checked the fate held in his hand.
Flash!
The identity of the card Yeongwoo flipped in his hand was revealed.
Screech!
[Bastard]
“The world was especially harsh to me.”
|Card Rank: Myth
|Power: 2,200
Despise the Weak
<Defeats any card below Myth rank.>
Challenger
<Power increases by 1,000 when facing cards higher than Myth rank.>
‘…Damn. The boss has arrived.’
Bastard.
Seeing the majesty of the first Myth card he had ever drawn, Yeongwoo couldn’t even blink.
The card, just like the original, exuded red demonic energy like a torrent.
There was no way Yuto, who had hesitated at the mere suggestion of an arm being cut off, could have a card to defeat this beast.
‘Its performance is absolutely insane. Even a Myth-hunting Legendary card can’t beat Bastard, and on the contrary, this card….’
Challenger
<Power increases by 1,000 when facing cards higher than Myth rank.>
A monster designed to counter cards stronger than Myth.
Yeongwoo couldn’t help but be pleased with its performance, perfectly mirroring that of the original Bastard.
Now, what card did Yuto have?
Shff.
When Yeongwoo lifted his gaze, he saw a naked man with a solemn expression examining his own card.
“How is it? This card.”
At Yeongwoo’s question, Yuto asked instead.
“What are you planning to propose this time?”
Yeongwoo nonchalantly responded.
“My money.”
“What?”
“Hand over the money.”
And soon the negotiation phase began.
《Both sides have confirmed their cards, starting the negotiation phase.》
Pop-pop-pop!
Three negotiation tokens appeared above both men’s heads, and Yuto’s body trembled slightly.
《Please state your proposal. Once spoken, touch the negotiation token above your head to formalize the proposal.》
“……”
Yuto, having learned from the previous rounds that predicting the opponent was futile, looked nervously between Yeongwoo and his three negotiation tokens.
“Am I going first?”
Yeongwoo asked politely, then shouted out his proposal before Yuto could respond.
“Hand over all the money Japan is supposed to receive from Lemu!”
The system immediately acknowledged Yeongwoo’s words and formalized them.
Whirr!
[The representative of Lemu transfers the war profits gained from the contract with Lemu to the representative of Dogo.]
“What? This lunatic!”
Rustle!
Yuto jumped up in disbelief, only for Yeongwoo to gesture with the Bastard card for him to sit back down.
“Calm down. I wanted all your profits, but it’s limited to the war profits. It’s the lesser evil.”
This seemed to be because the negotiation table was related to the upcoming three-nation war.
Proposals could be made freely, but their scope had to be limited to this war.
“No matter what, asking for all profits is absurd!”
When Yuto protested, Yeongwoo stood up as if ready to throw down the Bastard.
Wham!
“Hey, bastard! Then does stripping down and fighting in Tsushima make sense?”
“……”
“If you don’t want to lose your money, win the match. Then you won’t have to worry about me taking it.”
This was undeniably true.
And this was the negotiation table.
If one could make unreasonable demands of the opponent, then one should also be prepared to receive unreasonable demands.
“…Damn it.”
Yuto’s spirit, so confident when he first appeared naked in this room, had notably changed.
After staring at the card in his hand for a while, he looked determinedly at Yeongwoo.
“…Fine. I’ll counter with something big too.”
He pointed at the proposal already floating in midair and shouted.
"Have the proxy of Dogo also transfer all the profits generated after this negotiation to me!"
[The proxy of Dogo transfers all war profits gained through their contract with Dogo to the proxy of Lemu.]
"You idiot. We\'re strictly performance-based; we need to win the war first to get anything."
After glancing at the proposal, Yeongwoo made a brief comment before finalizing the negotiation terms.
Flash!
《Round 3 negotiation terms have been finalized.》
The third round unfolded swiftly, showcasing a genuine battle of wits.
For the first time, both sides had proposed the same terms.
The losing side in this battle would have to hand over all war-related profits from their sponsor to the opponent.
"Show me your card. What do you have?"
Yeongwoo extended his index finger to point at Yuuto’s card, and Yuuto\'s face turned even paler as he flipped it over.
"Behold the new landmark of Greater Japan!"
"What?"
Flash!
[Space Communicator]
"Space is vast; you never know what you might encounter."
| Card Grade: Legendary
| Power: 800 + 1,140
Encounter with the Unknown
<When this card is activated, its power increases by 1 to 3,000.>
"Oh...!"
Yuuto, though the one who revealed the card, looked astonished as if he were seeing it for the first time, and Yeongwoo understood his reaction only after taking in the bizarre card\'s effect.
Encounter with the Unknown
<When this card is activated, its power increases by 1 to 3,000.>
‘A gamble within a gamble. This card sure has a strong theme.’
The Space Communicator card started with a base power of 800, but its power could randomly spike from 1 to as much as 3,000 the moment it was flipped, making it a risky bet.
‘If it reached its maximum, it could have contended with even higher-tier cards than mythic.’
Despite its incredible potential, the problem was that this time, the opponent was holding a "Bastard" card.
"Impressive. But I believe Japan’s fate is sealed."
"What?"
Yuuto\'s face contorted, but Yeongwoo didn’t respond verbally, choosing instead to flip over his card.
Flash!
[Bastard]
“The world was especially harsh to me.”
|Card Rank: Myth
|Power: 2,200
Despise the Weak
<Defeats any card below Myth rank.>
Challenger
<Power increases by 1,000 when facing cards higher than Myth rank.>
"...Huh?"
Yuuto, who had been meticulously reading through the Bastard\'s tooltip, suddenly widened his eyes and mouth in shock.
Seizing the moment, Yeongwoo slammed his hand down on the table with force.
Bang!
"The power of the universe stands with me...!"
At that moment, a crimson sword shot out from the Bastard card, shattering Yuuto’s \'Space Communicator.\'
Crack!
"No... This can’t be. How does a card like that even exist?"
"Does it make sense for a legendary card to reach a max power of 3,800? You wouldn\'t have said a word if you\'d won."
Having won Round 3, Yeongwoo easily nullified Yuuto\'s proposal.
As a result, the current negotiation conditions set between both sides numbered four in total.
[The battle between the proxies of Dogo and Lemu can only take place on Tsushima Island.]
[The proxies of Dogo and Lemu must fight in a naked state.]
[The proxy of Dogo must fight with one arm amputated.]
[The proxy of Lemu transfers all war profits gained through their contract to the proxy of Dogo.]
‘Two rounds left. What should I propose to avoid regrets?’
Yeongwoo had two mythic cards left with a legendary and epic card each as well, meaning the odds of drawing a mythic card in the remaining two rounds were quite high.
‘Let\'s go strong both times. If I face a critical proposal and lose, I’ll have to void it in the next round.’
《Round 4 is about to begin. The shuffle counter has been recharged.》
A chance to shuffle for Round 4 was given, but Yeongwoo opted not to and picked up a card right away.
Tap!
Yuuto’s eyebrows twitched upon seeing this.
Not shuffling meant Yeongwoo was satisfied with the current hand.
Moreover, this was Round 4.
So that meant he intended to use the current cards for both remaining rounds.
“What on earth... What are you holding?”
Yuuto asked with irritation, to which Yeongwoo responded while calmly drawing the next card.
“Heh... my card is... huh.”
Yeongwoo, after drawing the card, checked it again in disbelief.
‘What kind of nonsense is this?’
[Jeonggu Before the Storm]
"Jeonggu is still alive, wrapped in the mysteries of the universe."
| Card Grade: Legendary
| Power: 1,000
Suspicious Straw
<This card always defeats cards of the same grade. However, it loses to any other grade.>