TGMND 37

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Hahahaha so funnyㅜ Guild Master, don’t be too immersed… People might actually think they’re dating?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: It’s not that I’m overly immersed, but I’m worried about Neuta’s mental.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Worries about every little thing lol

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: LOL They’re both guys though lol.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Ah, come to think of it, Earth is such a jerk lol Why did he confess there?

He could just join any guild, but he couldn’t help but be impressed that a ranked guild would accept him.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: Wasn’t there a one-week restriction after leaving a guild?

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Yep yep

Since it had only been a few days since Yeo-woon left the Strawberry Jam guild, he was unable to join another guild. What a crappy game. One day is enough. He wondered why make it impossible for a whole week. No wonder they get criticized.

[Party] neutaaaa: But I’m not even level 200 yet, can I still join? Do I need to reach level 200 by the end of this week?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: No, it’s okay! CatMeowMeowMeow joined when he was around level 100 too. Aren’t your levels similar right now?

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Yep

[Party] neutaaaa: ?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: You two can reach max level together haha.

Ridiculous. He had an interview at level 120 and got scolded by Earth Star. What was it that made him worse than a level 100 CatMeowMeowMeow, so he had to suffer like that?

[Party] neutaaaa: ?

[Party] neutaaaa: ?

[Party] neutaaaa: ???

[Party] neutaaaa: So, there wasn’t originally a level requirement?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: Ah that was when CatMeowMeow joined in.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: So it wasn’t there last yearㅠㅠ

[Party] Captain Poseidon: Since around last winter, aggro has suddenly started happening. It’s very difficult to filter out people without level cuts.

There was something he heard very little from Earth Star. Recalling the conversation, Yeo-woon asked once again if what he remembered was correct.

[Party] neutaaaa: The story about SNS being exposed? Is that it?

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Yeah, Earth Star’s Instagram got hacked.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: I couldn’t see the account, but they said it was locked right after the hack attack haha.

“Ah…”

It was about Earth Star. Yeo-woon clicked his tongue and decided not to ask further. It seemed more appropriate to hear this story from the person himself later.

[Party] neutaaaa: But seriously, Earth Star, why isn’t he coming in today?

[Party] neutaaaa: Is he still sleeping because he stayed up all night to climb the rankings?

Earth Star ultimately ended this season ranked 2nd on the Athens server. Moreover, thanks to the strange article he posted half a day before the end of the season, the merciless swearing that was pouring out just looking at Earth Star seemed to have subsided to some extent.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: He’ll probably coming in soon?

[Party] neutaaaa: Where did he go?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: I heard he’s going to the swimming pool again starting today.

[Party] neutaaaa: ??Swimming pool?

The image of Earth nestled in the afterglow did not go well with swimming. He should just stick to playing games as usual… Come to think of it, there was a big swimming pool nearby. Yeo-woon thought for a moment and then typed into the chat box according to the flow of her thoughts.

[Party] neutaaaa: I think I should do some exercise too.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Why exercise?

[Party] neutaaaa: I feel like I’m catching colds often because my stamina isn’t keeping up these days.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Lol I also go boxing after work.

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Wow

Yeo-woon suddenly felt a connection with Wandu Wandya. He’s also an office worker, and he’s participating in the same sport he tried before, boxing. Giving Wandu Wandya a knowing nod, Yeo-woon received a flurry of exclamation marks as he empathized with him.

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: You guys are like gym rats

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Would you like to get hit by a gym rat?

[Party] Kitty cat cat: Sorry sorry…

[Party] Captain Poseidon: Exercise is good…

As the conversation shifted from boxing to even talking about work, Wandu Wandya shared that lately, he’s been under stress from his boss, Manager Park, so he started saving money with a savings account.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Saving money for money haha

[Party] neutaaaa: Wow

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Oh, my

Listening to this, it sounded like a good idea. Before going to bed today, Yeo-woon pledged to himself to open a flexible savings account.

[Party] Captain Poseidon: But after solving all the options and PVP tips, did you see that they are nerfing Nas in the next update?

It seemed like he was talking about the update notice posted in the morning. Yeo-woon didn’t read it closely, but there was news about the Knightspear being downgraded?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: I don’t know about other things, but they’re apparently lowering the movement speed tooltip…

[Party] Wandu Wanda: They’re nerfing movement speed rather than attack speed lol

[Party] neutaaaa: ㅠㅠ

As soon as they heard that, they all sensed it. Earth Star would be so annoyed…

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Hahahaha But now I think it’s time to slow down a bit

[Party] Wandu Wanda: Surely he’s not going to reset all his equipment, right????

“Surely not.”

Yeo-woon chuckled. Earth Star was already fast enough even now. Even if it were to be slightly nerfed, he’d still be almost two to three times faster than other users, so it didn’t seem like much of a problem.

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: But… I looked at the equipment options in his post! All speed options are level 9. Isn’t level 10 the maximum level for the options?

[Party] Captain Poseidon: If you max those out, your weapon explodes.

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Ah…

‘30 minutes attendance reward has been given.’

At that moment, the message about the attendance reward appeared, and Yeo-woon shivered all over. It seemed like today, he should take some medicine and get a good rest.

[Party] neutaaaa: I’m not feeling well today due to a cold, so I’ll log off first!

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Wow, my friend also caught a cold. Is it going around these days?

[Party] Wandu Wandya: It’s definitely because of work^^

[Party] neutaaaa: Yes, I think so too^_ㅠ

[Party] Wandu Wandya: ㅜㅜㅜㅜ…

[Party] neutaaaa: ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[Party] CatMeowMeowMeow: Byebye

[Party] Captain Poseidon: Take a good rest!

[Party] Wandu Wandya: See you tomorrow^^/

Yeo-woon turned off the game and lay down on the bed. As he stared at the white ceiling for a while, he heard the sound of the elevator arriving, followed by the sound of the door next door slamming.

“… Surprised me.”

He always slammed the door like that. It’s clear he has a lot of anger pent up inside.

But that wasn’t the only thing. He was avoiding Yeo-woon. Yesterday, when Yeo-woon opened the door to go out for a moment, the man who had been waiting for the elevator button was startled and immediately ran away into his house. He couldn’t understand why that person was avoiding him so conspicuously; it wasn’t like he was a germ or anything.

“I’m sure I saw the swimming pool flyer discarded on the floor as I was walking earlier…”

There’s an event going on now, so he should go and register for it right away tomorrow. Once registered, he’ll definitely attend diligently. Yeo-woon thought as he sluggishly got up to start boiling water. While he was accustomed to catching colds often during the changing seasons, feeling unwell was always annoying no matter how many times he experienced it. His throat felt scratchy.

He was sipping water mixed with citron syrup when his cell phone, which had been left face down on the table rang.

「Earth Star: Get rid of the cold quicklyㅠ」

It looks like Earth Star has just logged into the game. Seeing him talking about colds, it seemed like the Poseidon guild members had filled him in on the conversation.

“Give rid X Get well O”

「Earth: Was that a mistakeㅡㅡ?”

What mistake?

“Cough…”

Both the assistant manager and Wandu Wandya went to the gym even though they were office workers. He really needed to exercise now too. He didn’t do anything all winter last year. Yeo-woon strengthened his resolve by checking the remaining balance in his bank account.

Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine he’d meet the man from next door again at the swimming pool after barely seeing him since moving in.