Shopping
*Ding!
[Thank you for topping up.]
[Balance: Rp. 2.400.050.000- ($ 147.507,07)]
[Happy Gaming!]
"fufufufufufuhahahahahahahahaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!"
Aditya laughed with sheer joy as he saw the amount of money in his account, something he had never seen, let alone owned, before.
He never realized that selling his kidney would make him this happy.
"Fufufu, I should have sold that useless kidney ages ago," he chuckled, although there was nothing funny about his statement.
Aditya now contemplated selling his other organs, like his heart, lungs, or even his heart, which might be blackened by his smoking and drinking black coffee habit.
However, he knew this was the limit of his negotiation with he/she.
He couldn't even clearly understand why he/she agreed to buy one of his kidneys.
Although he/she said they wanted him to keep playing Pendant of War for as long as possible, he realized that he didn't have much value right now.
Despite Aditya having surpassed his 1000th death, it wasn't clear whether he would surrender or not.
Just a few seconds ago, Aditya was about to press the [Yes] button and choose to surrender. It was only the memory of his mother's words that made Aditya's finger pause.
Otherwise, his body might have already been donated to the nearest hospital for organ harvesting.
There's a good chance that Aditya isn't the only player in the game Pendant of War.
He didn't know the extent of his/her abilities; perhaps Aditya was a special case of misfortune and terrible fate, or maybe he was just one of many people cursed by the world to suffer.
Aditya always felt special... No, he pretended to feel special!
But he was too smart to realize that he wasn't the only one.
Orphaned? There might be more than a million orphaned children in this world.
Poor? Well... only one percent of the world's population can truly be considered wealthy.
No friends? Hahahaha... in this highly pragmatic world, how many people can truly say they have someone who is truly a friend?
The number of people who isolate themselves from socializing, enticed by the promise of being cool introverted, is greater than the number of leaves on a tree. Everyone wants to feel special, but in reality, they are just NPCs among billions of other NPCs walking this earth.
That's why he/she agreed to buy his kidney and exchange it for a balance was something amazing for Aditya.
It might be very small, even smaller than a pinhole, but the amount of money in his balance still gave Aditya hope.
"So, let's go shopping!" he yelled enthusiastically.
[Shop]
- Demigod Body (Platinum): Rp. 5.179.089.300.000- ($ 320.290.000)
- Keris Empu Gandring -No Curse- (Platinum): Rp. 3.625.362.510.000- ($ 224.203.000)
- Gatot Kaca Armor (Gold): Rp. 1.726.363.100.000- ($ 106.136.800)
- Excalibur (Gold): Rp. 1.035.817.860.000- ($ 64.058.000)
- Hanoman Servant (Silver): Rp. 517.908.930.000- ($ 32.029.000)
-…
Close.]
Aditya ignored the quadrillion-rupiah valuables in the [Shop].
He didn't even bother to ponder further about the implications of why those items were there.
He even stopped his mind from spinning his thought about who in the world had that much money and why they didn't just die along with their entire lineage so their money could be inherited by unfortunate folks like him.
He kept scrolling down to find the cheapest item in the [Shop].
However, the number of items in the [Shop] was so vast that there might be dozens of (Platinum)-grade items, hundreds of (Gold)-grade items, and thousands of (Silver)-grade items.
One thing Aditya found was that every (Platinum)-grade item had a price above 2 quadrillion rupiahs ($123,600,000). (Gold)-grade items ranged between 2 and 1 quadrillion rupiahs ($61,800,000). Meanwhile, (Silver)-grade items were priced below 1 quadrillion rupiahs.
The grades below (Silver) were (Iron) and (Copper). For (Silver)-grade items, their prices ranged from 500 trillion to 1 trillion rupiahs ($30,900,000 - $6,180,000).
There were approximately millions of (Silver)-grade items, making Aditya's hand feel tired as he scrolled through them.
He cursed he/she for not providing a filtering function in the [Shop]. It was unimaginable how easy it would be for he/she to provide that filtering function if they were capable of creating a realistic simulation like the Battle of Bubat.
Several minutes later, Aditya finally found an item with (Copper) grade.
Before he resumed browsing, his forehead furrowed. He didn't feel nauseous, dizzy, or uncomfortable like before when he was in the white room.
But just as he thought about it, the feeling of nausea, dizziness, and discomfort returned, stronger than before, almost making Aditya faint.
He immediately refocused his mind on the items in the [Shop], and the faint feeling disappeared.
"Ugh... can I have privacy here?" he cursed.
However, he didn't say more and refocused on the items in the [Shop].
He realized that he/she allowed players time to shop. But as soon as they no longer had the intention to do so, they would be immediately kicked out of the white room.
This made it clear that he/she was truly capable of reading players' minds. Maybe not entirely, but players' intents and surface thoughts would be clearly visible to he/she.
Back to shopping.
The number of items with (Copper) grade was so vast that Aditya could only estimate it to be more than billions. If Aditya had to read each one, he would likely need decades to do so.
That's why his forehead was now furrowed with frustration.
"If I could give you a review, I'd give you one star for the lack of item filtering function!"
Just as Aditya said that, a new button suddenly appeared right below the [Shop] text.
[Shop]
{Filter}
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Close.]
"Wha—"
Aditya's mind was briefly occupied by something ridiculous, "Does God also fear bad reviews? If so, cancel culture could be humanity's ultimate weapon against ROB!!"
But he quickly refocused on the newly appeared filter function.
Its appearance truly signaled to Aditya that Pendant of War wasn't a fully developed game.
It could be that what he was playing was just the Beta version, which would be quite astonishing if that were the case. Fortunately, Aditya didn't want to go any crazier than this, so he quickly pushed that thought to the back of his mind and focused on the {Filter}.
In addition to filtering items based on their grade, there was also a function to filter items based on price and type.
Under the type option, there were choices like Weapon, Armor, Consumable, and Accessories.
Aditya had previously seen that the [Shop] sold various types of items with a wide range of variations from Jennie's Bath Water to Elixir, from Rose's Used Panties to Anti-Life Matter, from Lisa's Fresh Saliva to 10-second Toon Force, and from Jisoo's Used Floss to Puppeteer Power.
Oh, no, it isn't that... For Aditya, those options do not range from worst to best. He was just puzzled about what to choose if he had the money to buy one.
Aditya tried to filter items with the specifications of (Copper) grade, Consumable, with a maximum price range of Rp. 2.4 billion.
He thought there might be a Consumable item that could instantly make him strong or perhaps give him the ability of invisibility.
However, the reality was that (Copper) grade Consumable items only contained everyday items like bread, toothpaste, soap, bottled water, or fever potions. This truly made Aditya feel angry about how inhumane the prices of items in the [Shop] were.
The price of mineral water reached Rp. 50 million ($3,090) for every 5 mL.
With fifty million rupiahs, in Indonesia, he could already vacation in Bali, fly business class, stay in a five-star hotel, and have fun watching foreigners in bikinis at the beach. But in the [Shop], he could only buy bottled water, and even then, only 50 mL of it.
"Fucking Rip off!!!!" cursed Aditya, utterly frustrated.
Seeing how far the prices set by the [Shop] were compared to the real-world prices reminded Aditya of his lessons in economic law.
"This is why monopolizing goods is prohibited!"
Making sure there were no Consumable items that could help him, Aditya changed the filter to (Copper) grade, Accessories, with a maximum price range of Rp. 2.4 billion.
He hoped there would be a ring that gave him the ability to vanish when worn, even if it had the craziest side effects. Aditya didn't care if he had to stroke a ring while whispering "My precious~~" as long as Jeff didn't stab him in the back with a spear while he ran from battle.
Aditya couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by the useless items listed in the [Shop], each priced higher than what could be earned from years of prostitution.
Items like the Cock Ring, Pleasure Bead, Discard Wedding Ring, Dog Tag, 1000 Ton Earring, or Kanye's Disguise Mask made Aditya want to cry and curse the despicableness of monopolies.
The prices of the items in the [Shop] made Aditya realize how cheap his kidney was. Perhaps even if he were to sell his brilliant brain, which was only found in one out of a million people, he wouldn't be able to afford Jennie's Bath Water.
Massaging his temples, which felt incredibly tense from his continuously furrowed brow, Aditya once again changed the filter settings in the [Shop].
This time, he no longer thought there would be an item priced under 2.4 billion that could make him disappear or avoid battles.
Aditya realized that although there were items in Pendant of War that could make players incredibly strong, such as the Gatot Kaca Armor, there would be no items that allowed players to avoid battles.
This game wanted its players to keep fighting relentlessly until they chose to surrender or lost their sanity.
Aditya changed the filter to (Copper) grade, Armor, with a maximum price range of Rp. 2.4 billion.
If there were no items that could make him disappear or avoid battles in the [Shop], Aditya hoped that there would at least be an item to help him withstand Bob 2's slashes when he was fighting desperately against Bob.
However, when Aditya saw one of the items listed after running the filter, his eyes widened, and his mouth gaped open.
His right hand moved at lightning speed, wanting to buy the item, but before he could press the [Buy] button, his left hand intervened and tightly held back his right hand.
Both hands competed and fought fiercely to gain control over Aditya's logic.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! Why is this thing here!!! FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!"
His teeth clenched so hard, his face scrunched up so tightly that his neck muscles felt strained, his eyes bulged as if they were about to pop out of their sockets, and his two hands, one holding back the other from pressing the [Buy] button, fought fiercely.
The item Aditya found after finishing the filter was…
[Angel Karamoy's Freshly Used Bra (Copper): Rp. 1.5 billion ($ 92,700)]
(A/N: Angel Karamoy's picture in comment.)
"AND IT'S AFFORDABLE PRICE TOO!!!!!" shouted Aditya as his body began to shiver.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!"
Thoughts like, "Buy it and smell it until my breath stops!", "Wear it and see how beautiful I am in the mirror!", "This item will give me the buff of ultimate MILF!", "It's okay, there's still 500 million left, I can still buy 10 bottles of water!", and so on began to surface in Aditya's mind.
Until before he could convince himself to buy that holy item, his sanity returned a little.
"I'll buy it after looking at other items."
Yup, the sanity that returned was only slightly larger than a grain of rice.
Aditya then spent a lot of time meticulously examining each Armor item.
Not because there was an item useful for his battle against Bob and Bob 2 or because there was an item that could save him from Jeff's spear, but because he tried hard to distract himself from buying Angel Karamoy's Freshly Used Bra.
Until he felt much calmer, Aditya quickly changed the item filter without hoping or thinking about what item he should find there.
He just tried to distance himself as far as possible from the Ultimate Milf's used bra.
When the (Copper) grade, Weapon, with a maximum price range of Rp. 2.4 billion filter was applied, the image of Angel Karamoy's bra disappeared from his mind.
Seeing various kinds of weapons appear in the [Shop], Aditya simply read through them one by one with a neutral expression.
His hope was dashed, his disappointment immeasurable, and his day ruined.
But…
"This…"