Chapter 2423 – 2423. Pet Cage
[Acquired Pet Cage upon reaching level 95.]
I first took out the pet cage from my inventory.
The pet cage itself looked ordinary. A small, blue plastic box. There were iron bars on the entrance and sides so you could see inside. It was a suitable size to carry in one hand.
‘The important thing is its ability. It’s a level 95 reward, so it can’t be useless.’
I checked it in the random draw shop.
[Pet Cage
You can put pets in the cage.
It is not possible to put humans or demi-humans in it.
You can put the cage with the pet inside into your inventory. The cage will be deactivated and will slowly recover its action power.
You can put pets in regardless of their size.
When a pet is active in another world, its action power will slowly deplete. When its action power is completely depleted, it will be reverse-summoned to the pet cage. If a pet suffers fatal damage in another world, it will be reverse-summoned to the pet cage.
You can only put pets that have submitted to their master in it. The pet will be bound upon first use.
Action Power: 100/100
Price: 5,000,000 points
Caution: Depending on the pet’s disposition, it may find the cage uncomfortable. The pet’s stats may fluctuate in another world.]
The first thing I checked was the price.
A whopping 5 million. There weren’t many things more expensive than this in the random draw shop. But after reading the details, the price made sense.
‘So, this means I can take animals to other play worlds.’
It wasn’t like I could just take them without conditions. It was impossible to put humans or demi-humans in the pet cage.
Demi-humans.
Races similar to humans but different. For example, elves.
‘Can’t I put women in it? Is it possible with monsters?’
I wouldn’t know unless I experimented.
‘Dinosaurs or dragons aren’t human, so I should be able to put them in, right?’
Come out, Tyrannosaurus!
I thought about fighting using a Tyrannosaurus. It was just big, but it seemed like a pushover. It might get beaten to death by an ogre.
On the other hand, what about a dragon?
‘Can I put Priscilla from the Baekhwan world in the pet cage?’
If I could take her with me, she would be a trump card. I didn’t know if it was possible since I hadn’t tested it yet.
‘I can’t just test it carelessly. It says the pet will be bound upon first use.’
Priscilla was a dragon, so her pride was high. Even now, when we were close, she often refused my requests. Moreover, she often disappeared without a word when she had something she wanted to do. In short, she was hard to control.
‘It seems better to get a pet that is helpful to me rather than a strong one.’
I decided to hold off for now.
[Available Points: 9,705]
[Use 8,000 points to increase the level of Inventory Lv.4?]
I leveled up my inventory. The inventory gained new abilities every time it leveled up, so I was quite excited.
This time, the inventory didn’t gain an ability, but a restriction was removed.
‘The weight limit is gone. Or rather, the restriction that I had to be able to lift it is gone.’
This meant I could put things that I couldn’t lift into my inventory.
‘I could even put an aircraft carrier in here?’
A smile crept onto my face. The inventory had become a cheat skill.
[Use 20,000 points to increase the level of Inventory Lv.5?]
[Insufficient points.]
It required a whopping 20,000 points to level up again, though.
‘Isn’t this much better than the pet cage?’
I ran out of the house. If I had obtained the unlimited inventory skill, what should I do?
‘Of course, I’d fucking steal. Everything in this world is mine.’
Since I had the hacking skill, I could manipulate cameras.
The first place I arrived at was the parking lot.
The officetel I lived in was quite high-end. Since the standard of living was high, the parking lot was full of foreign cars.
[Hacking successful.]
[You can hack surveillance cameras for 8 hours.]
I first disabled the cameras and approached a red Ferrari.
“Now, this car is mine.”
I placed my hand on the Ferrari’s body and used my inventory.
“…Huh. It doesn’t work?”
[This item has an owner.]
[Use 5 points to use Ownership Theft?]
‘Ownership Theft? Ownership applies to cars, not just items with special powers? Damn it.’
I hesitated for a moment.
5 points. That was enough points to do 5 random draws. Was it right to use it on a Ferrari? If I used 5 points on a random draw, I could get an item worth millions of points.
‘Let’s try it once for now. I need to experiment to see how it works.’
[Used 5 points to steal ownership.]
Nothing much changed.
‘Inventory.’
Instead, the Ferrari went straight into my inventory. I took the Ferrari out again. I tried to open the car door, but it wouldn’t open because I didn’t have the car key.
‘Even if I steal ownership, it doesn’t mean I get the car key. Then what’s the point of ownership?’
[Hacking successful.]
[You can hack the car for 3 hours.]
Since I had hacking, the car key didn’t really matter.
I didn’t drive the Ferrari. The legal owner of this Ferrari wasn’t me. If I drove this Ferrari around, I could get into trouble.
I parked the Ferrari in my inventory and walked outside. I needed to experiment with the inventory a bit more.
I walked around the streets and put various things in it.
Things like stones and plants went in without any conditions, as they didn’t have owners. I tried to put in a roadside tree, but it was impossible.
[Not an independent object. Cannot be put in.]
The roadside tree was firmly rooted in the ground, so it seemed it wasn’t recognized as an independent object.
For reference, you couldn’t put living things in the inventory, but it was possible to put plants in. It seemed that plants weren’t considered living things.
‘Can I put plant-type monsters in? I don’t know about that.’
It felt like the criteria for living things was whether they had a soul or not. I couldn’t put the entire Earth in my inventory, no matter what.
‘No, if the inventory is huge, can I put it in?’
I stopped the pointless musings and reached out to a large flowerpot next to me.
[This item has an owner.]
[Use 2 points to use Ownership Theft?]
‘Even a flowerpot on the street has an owner? Ah, is the district office the owner?’
I didn’t have any points to waste on a flowerpot, so I didn’t use Ownership Theft.
‘Now that I think about it, it seems like the inventory has been nerfed….’
I looked around and, after confirming that no one was around, I broke the flowerpot. Then I could put it in my inventory without any ownership issues.
After that, I could put coins and other things I found on the street into my inventory without any conditions.
After doing various experiments, I soon thought of bound items.
‘Among the items that hunters use or magic tools, there are some that are bound. Items that don’t activate properly if they’re not used by their owner.’
Bound magic was a magic that existed in reality.
I headed to a hunter pawn shop. It was a shop used by C-rank and lower hunters when they needed quick cash. B-rank and higher could get loans from first-tier banks without any conditions.
When I entered the hunter pawn shop, there were hunter items everywhere. Things for sale. And things that weren’t for sale yet.
“Welcome. You seem to be here to buy something.”
The 50-year-old pawn shop owner said to me. I felt mana from him. Judging by his mana, he was roughly a B-rank hunter.
“How did you know?”
“The guys who want to pawn their stuff and borrow money have a different vibe. Besides, aren’t you an A-rank hunter? Why would an A-rank hunter borrow money from a pawn shop?”
“You recognize me.”
“You’re not even trying to hide it. Well, the guys who can’t see even if they have eyes wouldn’t know…. What did you come here for?”
“I was curious about the pawn shop, so I came in. I’ll take a look around.”
“Go ahead.”
I looked around and picked up a dagger. It was a dagger with a gleaming green blade.
“How much is this?”
“That’s a Poison Dagger. C-rank and lower monsters will be poisoned the moment they’re stabbed by it. The poisoning speed is a bit slow, but… they all die in about 10 minutes on average.”
“So, the price is?”
“800 million. It was originally 1.1 billion.”
“Isn’t it bound by magic?”
“That’s why I’m giving you a 300 million discount. Don’t buy it if you don’t like it.”
Bound magic cast by a person, not the item’s inherent binding, could be undone. It required a skilled magician, so it cost some money.
“I’ll buy it.”
“Thank you. I don’t know why a skilled person like you needs a weapon like that.”
“It’s a hobby.”
“That’s a brutal hobby. Take care, Hunter Sung Yoojin.”
“…Do you know me?”
“How could I not know the new supernova of Korea, the new S-rank hunter candidate, who succeeded Han Ahyeong?”
“I’ve become famous. I hope you do a lot of business.”
After returning home, I stabbed my palm with the Poison Dagger. A little blood came out, but there was no poison.
‘Because of the bound magic, I can’t use its ability if I’m not the owner. Ownership Theft.’
[This item has an owner.]
[Use 20 points to use Ownership Theft?]
20 points. It was a waste, but it was for an experiment.
[Used 20 points to steal ownership.]
I felt something from the Poison Dagger connect to me. It wasn’t harmful.
‘This must be the bound magic.’
Green poison flowed out of the blade, which had been fine until just now. I poked my palm with the tip of the blade, just like before.
The poison seeped in.
But that was only for a moment. When I activated the energy of the Lightning Sky Style, the poison was suppressed in an instant.
‘It doesn’t seem like a very strong poison… Is it because of my poison resistance?’
Anyway, I had confirmed something important.
If you stole a bound item, the binding would be transferred to you.
‘Not bad?’
Of course, it wasn’t that this Poison Dagger was good. It was a piece of garbage for me, even if it wasn’t for others. I decided to just throw the Poison Dagger into my inventory. I probably wouldn’t use it again.
• • •
[You have chosen the Savior of the Academy.]
[The play begins.]
I looked for Makina. Makina was kneeling on a robot vacuum cleaner, staring blankly at the TV.
The TV was showing a children’s animation. It was something I didn’t watch because it was boring, but Makina was watching it intently. It was proof that Makina’s mental age wasn’t much different from that of a child. She was probably at least several decades old if you went by age.
‘Is it because of her appearance? Or is it because she’s a spirit and doesn’t grow?’
I took out the pet cage from my inventory and said to Makina.
“Makina. You’re my spirit, right? Come into this cage.”
“What? No. I won’t. Go away.”
She didn’t even look at me and said that. My annoyance surged, and I almost gave her a flick on the forehead, but I exercised patience. If I hit Makina for no reason, and she told Seong Hari, I would be bombarded with nagging.
“You’re my spirit. You have to do as I say.”
“I’m busy. I have to watch Pink Poong.”
“What the hell is Pink Poong, you weeb?”
“Uh-huh. Bad words. I’m going to tell Auntie.”
“You’re my pet. If you admit it, I’ll give you one spirit orb.”
“Spirit orb?!”
Makina turned her head sharply to look at me. No matter how captivating the animation was, it couldn’t beat a spirit orb.
“You’re my pet, right?”
I held up the spirit orb and shook it. Drool dripped from Makina’s triangle-shaped mouth.
“Y-yes, I’m your pet!”
It was the moment Makina admitted it. Light burst out of the pet cage and pulled Makina in. Makina, who was instantly pulled into the pet cage, had shrunk to fit the size of the cage. Makina grabbed the bars with her small hands and shook them.
“W-what is this! Let me out! It’s stuffy! Let me out~~~!!”
“Shut up. Be quiet and eat this.”
I threw the spirit orb into the cage. Makina, who had been shaking the bars, quickly picked up the spirit orb and sucked on it.
‘That idiot is my spirit… I sigh. If her abilities weren’t useful, I would have thrown her away immediately. I hope my daughter doesn’t grow up like her.’
I put the pet cage into my inventory.
[The play ends.]
