MTLNOVEL chapter 222
Before heading to the meeting point, since they’d be working together anyway, Darami went to the chief’s office to talk with Mugeon.
Maybe it was fate, or at least something like it.
Mugeon, seeing Darami constantly failing at being a “bad person,” figured it might be worth helping her turn things around.
“How about becoming an actual police dog, Ms. Darai?”
In a way, he was genuinely hoping she could blend in and settle into the mainstream.
Right now, the police station and hospital were both hot spots among small streamers.
The police station was popular because the disgrace duo were always out causing chaotic fun, and just a single comment from someone nearby could easily set off hilarious reactions.
The hospital had its own daytime-drama saga going, starting from a nurse-level RP and escalating into an ongoing feud between Momo and Taro.
Even being the spark for a subplot there meant big attention.
Of course, Darami had zero intention of accepting the offer.
“Ugh, what police dog? Even if you offered me sergeant or something, I’d say no.”
“I think you’d look cute as a trio with the disgrace duo.”
“Excuse me? I’m no mutt! This Darai—is a man among men!”
“Yap yap.”
“AH! Don’t say that!!”
To be honest, Mugeon didn’t really care what some small-time streamer did.
Even if she crashed and burned, it wasn’t his problem.
As Chief of Justice, one mistake on his part and he’d be done for—so how could he afford to babysit some random nobody?
Still… something didn’t sit right.
He had this gut feeling that if this operation failed, Darami would fully fall in with the scammer and become Thunderbolt City’s next problem child.
Sure, it was probably just RP influence—but someone as impressionable as Darami could fall for the scammer’s sugar-coated manipulation in a heartbeat.
Even the usual snitches weren’t making noise at the moment.
No word from behind the fourth wall meant nobody was tracking this situation externally either.
Right now, it was just one clever scammer.
But if that scammer started using Darami as a meat shield?
That’s when things would get really annoying.
The police force wasn’t strong to begin with, and Mugeon was already scrambling all over the place.
He really didn’t need more problems.
Especially since he’d already been streaming full 12-hour sessions every day since the server opened—including the first day’s infamous 14-hour launch.
*
Meanwhile, at Dock 1 of the North Port—the meeting point.
Fifteen minutes before the scheduled time.
Atop the tallest stack of wooden crates inside the warehouse, humming a carefree tune, was none other than…
Magia.
“Found you.”
It was Pino.
Magia giggled with a nasal, exaggerated tone.
“Ohhh~? Whooo’s thisss~? Never seen you before, sis~?”
— LOLLLLLLL
— Still can’t get used to this voice
— AAAHHHH
— She’s cute until she speaks
— I used to like brats… why does Magia piss me off when she does it?
— Because it’s “Massgaki,” not just “mesugaki” LOL obviously infuriating
Regardless of the chat's meltdown, Magia hopped down from the crates and landed on the warehouse floor.
Pino spoke up.
“You’re Manager Ma’s sister, right?”
“Hm~ I don’t think I have to answer that~.”
“Yesterday, I saw you take the money your sister stashed under the tree. I saw the whole thing.”
“Hm~?”
Magia’s smirk twisted as she walked toward Pino, who stood in the shadows of the warehouse.
“So what are you? Some kinda lover or something?”
“Hm… let’s say we’ve promised each other the future.”
“Liar. My sister said she’s too busy raising me to even think about marriage.”
“People who desperately want to get married always say they’re not interested. You’re too young to understand.”
“Oh? But I know she’s definitely too old!”
“Oh wow, the little gremlin’s got a mouth on her.”
— Loving this tension
— Damn, this is great
— At least it’s better when she’s bantering with someone else
— Solo RP Magia made my fingers physically cringe
Magia cackled.
“So then, why’d you come looking for the great Tia? It’s not for my sister, right?”
“Caught me.”
“If you were tailing her, you should’ve gone to her, not here. You came all the way out to this remote place to find me, after all!”
“Yeah, good point. No use hiding it—I'll get straight to the point.”
Pino dropped a few items from her inventory onto the ground.
A rare handgun.
Two boxes of ammo.
Even a set of car keys.
For anyone lacking funds or struggling to grind, these items would be pure gold—enough to make them grovel on the spot and beg, “Please, let me have them!”
“I want to invest in you. Take these, and let’s work together.”
“Hmmm~ You wanna be my fairy godmother or somethin’?”
“Something like that. I’ve been watching you pull those scams. You’ve got a gift. Honestly, with your skills, you could turn Thunderbolt City into complete anarchy.”
“Hah? You want me to be the Joker of this city?”
“Exactly. That’s what I want. You can do it.”
To be fair, the stuff Pino dropped was really valuable.
Selling it would easily get her over ₩15 million at current rates.
But Magia had just pulled over 700 gacha coins the day before.
— — — Thunder Gacha — — —
50% – Nothing
19% – Dream Pizza (1 slice)
19% – Jeshu Cola (1 bottle)
10% – Healthy Energy Boost (1 can)
1.7% – Mimax Lottery Ticket
0.1% – [S] Cosmetic Set Selector
0.1% – [S] Mount Selector
0.1% – RP Expansion Ticket
—————————————
With 700 spins, the probabilities balanced out nicely.
She now had 130 pizzas, 130 colas, 70 energy drinks…
And—twelve Mimax lottery tickets.
— — — Mimax Lottery — — —
50% – Nothing
20% – 5th Prize: ₩500,000
10% – 4th Prize: ₩1 million
5% – 3rd Prize: ₩2.5 million
2.5% – 2nd Prize: ₩10 million
1% – 1st Prize: ₩100 million
—————————————
Magia said:
“I’ll scratch all twelve of these Mimax tickets. If I don’t win, I’ll accept your offer.”
“What if you do win?”
“I’ll just buy your stuff outright. I hate being controlled by anyone.”
“Hey, I never said I’d be controlling you.”
With a sleepy grin, Magia added,
“There’s something… off about you and my sister. Like, I get a weird vibe—like I shouldn’t go near you. And I’ve got a good gut feeling for these things! Heehee~”
Before Pino could say anything else, Magia started scratching the lottery tickets.
One…
Two…
Three…
Despite the 50% chance of getting nothing, somehow, aside from one dud, every scratch-off lottery revealed a prize of at least fifth place.
— Holy crap
— What kind of luck is that, seriously 🤣😆🤣😆
— That should’ve been my Totto…
— My Superbin 😭😭😭😭
— Be happy. Magia’s luck is good because yours sucks.
— Sob...
And so, on the final, twelfth ticket—
{{ 2.5% – 2nd Prize: ₩10,000,000 }}
Magia hit the second prize.
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Considering that the top earners so far were mafia members with hideouts and vehicles, sitting at around ₩20,000,000 in assets, Magia had just scratched a single ticket and leapt halfway to their level.
She would have to spend all of it to buy the stuff Pino brought, sure—but having a gun, ammo, and a car would let her stir up even more chaos.
Without hesitation, Magia added her existing ₩10,000,000 in capital and handed over a full ₩20,000,000 to Pino.
“Heehee, that’s a fair price, right?”
After Magia collected the items and walked away, Pino picked up the stacks of cash lying on the floor, stared in disbelief, and exclaimed,
“Wait—this is way too much! Are you completely broken when it comes to money sense?”
“My sister said she’s even worse with money than I am.”
“What?”
“She spent all day calling taxis just to catch mine, right? Dumb old lady~”
“Ugh. You little—!”
Pino raised a fist in mock threat, but of course didn’t actually hit Magia.
How could she lay a hand on her precious oshi?
Besides, Pino hadn’t even expected to receive this much money in the first place.
“You gave more than I imagined, so I’m gonna do some stealth pocket-funding on the side.”
“Don’t bother. Don’t come back. I’m rich now.”
“Nope, I’m coming back anyway.”
“Geez, what a clingy lady~.”
“Yup. I’m annoying. Don’t like annoying people?”
Magia shrugged and said,
“Manager Ma probably would’ve hated it. But this Tia might be a little different? Kihihi.”
And that’s when Pino broke.
She stood frozen, mumbling like an idiot:
“She said she doesn’t hate me. She said she doesn’t hate me. She said she doesn’t hate me...”
“Hey, lady? You might get crushed or burned to death if you stay there, ➤ NоvеⅠight ➤ (Read more on our source) y’know? Hello? Lady?”
“Hehehe...”
“She’s completely fried. Poor thing.”
Magia waved a hand in front of her face—no reaction.
So she gave Pino a couple nudges and shoved her off into a corner of the warehouse.
Then Magia headed toward the massive entrance.
While chatting with Pino, the agreed time for her meeting with Darami had finally arrived.
And just as expected—
Clang. Clang. Clang.
Came the knocking on the steel door.
Magia pressed her ear to the door.
“Who could it be~?”
Darami, startled by the overly nasal and mischievous voice, blinked repeatedly and asked,
“Uh. I’m here for the deal... Who are you?”
“You’re here for the deal? Was your name Darai~?”
“That’s right, but. Who are you? Don’t tell me—you’re the scammer?”
“Yup! That’s me! I’m the one who scammed people with photos! What, surprised because I sound too young? If that’s enough to shock you, you’re totally a scrub~.”
“What... what did you just say, you little punk? I’m Darai, a man among men! Now open this door!”
“Eh? And what makes you think I’d just open the door for you? Send me a different photo than the one you sent earlier. DM it to me. Then I’ll open the door~!”
Tch.
Darami clicked her tongue and glanced back.
Mugeon’s flashlight beam circled in the dark—а signal that he was ready to fire.
Darami, deciding they might as well ID the scammer’s face, DM’d another picture.
Soon after, Magia received a second photo of the soaked disgrace duo from the police station—and let out a shrill laugh.
“Are these guys even real cops? They’re just total morons! Okay, I like it! I’ll open up! Come in—but make sure nobody sees you~!”
A moment later—creeeaaak.
The heavy metal door slid open to both sides.
From Darami’s POV, a tiny figure appeared through the wide doorway.
‘Is this kid… really just a child…?’
If it had been a full-grown adult, Mugeon would’ve been able to see the scammer’s silhouette from his angle.
Unfortunately, when Magia created Tia, she had set her to the smallest possible body type.
So from the door’s view, Darami completely blocked her from Mugeon’s sight.
Mugeon, confused, flashed another signal—
But Darami, thrown off by how young the scammer looked, had already stepped inside.
The metal door creaked shut behind her.
*
And just like that, a misunderstanding arose.
Mugeon now thought Darami was planning to side with the scammer and escape.
He jumped into the police cruiser and slammed the accelerator.
“Knew it… she’s running off with them, huh?!”
VROOOOM!
Just as the police car roared forward, aiming to smash through the warehouse doors—
BOOM. KRRRANG!!
Explosions erupted from the warehouse’s supporting beams.
Mugeon slammed the brakes in panic—the car skidded forward.
The collapsing structure narrowly crushed the hood of the cruiser.
And then—KA-BOOM!
The police car went up in flames.
“What the hell…? Explosives like that are already floating around on the black market…?”
Mugeon felt his head pounding.
Up until now, most of the crimes were petty stuff—easy enough to let his underlings bungle through.
But if someone this dangerous had emerged, Mugeon couldn’t handle it solo anymore.
Even the viewers watching the stream from Mugeon’s POV were losing their minds.
Everyone quickly rushed into Darami’s stream, аnd the moment her POV appeared on broadcast, chat exploded:
— ?
— WTF 🤣😆
— Was there a secret passage under the warehouse??
— No way 🤣😆
— Did she code this into a mod or something?
— How did she even get that many explosives???
Apparently, opening a specific crate revealed a tunnel that led underground.
It was the same corner where Magia had shoved Pino earlier.
Magia was now walking through shallow water down the hidden tunnel.
Darami followed, asking,
“When the hell did you find out about this tunnel? And what were those explosions?!”
Magia stopped in her tracks and spun around.
“The first thing you prep before committing a crime is your escape route. Don’t tell me you didn’t know that? Wow~ you really are a scrub!”
“I mean… yeah, I suck at this stuff. But there’s no way this was easy to find. Just what are you? What kind of kid even are you?!”
“What kind? Just a mischievous little girl with lots of fun toys.”
She pulled up her inventory to show off—
Dozens of adhesive explosives.
Darami’s jaw dropped at the sight, and Magia grinned.
“Allow me to introduce myself properly.”
Then came the line Slug Squad would absolutely vomit blood over.
A line Magia had been saving ever since she first created Tia’s RP.
“I am the one who descended upon this city of fools—a genius and devilish little girl, here to terrify every worthless dimwit in Thunderbolt City!”
— KAAAAARGH
— MAKE IT STOP
— PLEASE I BEG YOU
— 🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆🤣😆
— Honestly I’m enjoying this 🤣😆
— The cringe! The cringe is REAL!
“Tia-sama has arrived. Fufu~.”
Just then, a half-conscious Pino crept up silently behind Darami and whispered:
“I’m Pinoda~.”
“Kyaaaaaaaagh!”