Chapter 362 - 362

Chapter 362

I had a bad feeling all day today, but I certainly didn't expect the results to turn out like this.

In fact, I had suffered the humiliation of starting off as a slave because I had spun the wheel wrong during the New Year's special last year.

At that time, I had won the game, spun the wheel again, and immediately achieved a miracle of rising in status, showing a figure worthy of my dignity.

But today.... It was just so miserable.

"Honestly, you were a little greedy for gags today, so you chose an empty one on purpose?"

"Do you think I have the luxury of doing that?"

"No, it's just that it's a bit strange that you're being bullied like this, and not someone else."

I let out a sincere sigh at Song Hyung-bin's words.

"Unfortunately, I was sincere. Unless you have clairvoyance to begin with, how can you be sure that this bowl is empty?"

"Since you're an AI robot, don't you have something like a heat-detecting radar?"

"...Please stop teasing me, hyung-nim. I'm already sad."

"Okay."

Even if I was eliminated in the first round, I couldn't leave the break room.

The rule is that once someone participates in a game, they have to stay until the final winner is decided, even if they're eliminated.

So I had no choice but to sit on my chair with a dull expression and tap my empty bowl.

"Then let's go to the next round!"

While the staff was mixing the bowls, the remaining members said something among themselves.

"Hey, let's go with a lot of tension this time. Do you know what I mean?"

"Of course. Honestly, Karis was eliminated too easily earlier, so there was no tension."

"Shh, he can hear everything!"

"I can hear everything already. Yubin. Don't worry."

Well, I understand why you want to tease me, who always wins games.

But still...

'If I have to choose one, I'd like Kang Si-yoon, who annoys me the most, to join me.'

Oh. Soon, the rice bowl selection was made to decide the next dropout.

For some reason, my voodoo magic took effect.

"Ahhhhh! No! No! Oh, seriously, why me!"

Kang Si-yoon opened the empty rice bowl and trembled as if he had been electrocuted.

The survivors Song Hyung-bin, Heo Yu-bin, and Chae Eun-gyu brushed their chests and sincerely congratulated Kang Si-yoon.

"Actually, I thought Si-yoon would drop out."

"That hyung is the original shit-handed hyung, so of course. It's okay, Si-yoon hyung. You kept your character."

"Phew. I thought I was going to drop out, so I got scared."

So the two of us sat on the dropout's chair and blankly stared at the ceiling.

".........I'm sorry. Hey. If I knew it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have been happy that you fell."

"There's a saying, 'What goes around comes around?' I knew you'd come next to me."

"I really didn't expect it, but this is what happened."

Kang Si-yoon looked at the empty rice bowl with a resentful look and suddenly whispered in my ear.

"How much money have you saved for New Year's? Be honest."

"Why do I have to tell you that first?"

"No, I just have a feeling. You."

Kang Si-yoon looked at the other members' faces and put his hand between his legs, bending his fingers so no one could see.

That hand gesture signifying the number 0.

I suppressed the twitching corners of my mouth as much as possible and said.

"No way, you have 0 won too?"

"Yeah. I'm totally screwed. Hey, you too?"

"... Me too."

"Ha, really. Why is this the same thing? It's so annoying, really."

"I'm the one who's really annoyed. Si-yoon."

Still, it's really good news.

I wasn't the only one who had zero New Year's money.

My loyal friend, Kang Si-yoon, also lost in a series of mini-games and ended up like this, a miserable beggar.

That means there might be another member who has zero New Year's money like us.

Hope suddenly rises.

It's too early to give up.

If we get out of here as quickly as possible and win at least two mini-games, escaping last place is not a dream.

Following Kang Si-yoon, Chae Eun-gyu was caught up in the curse of the empty bowl.

The result of Song Hyung-bin and Heo Yu-bin, who made it to the finals, having a showdown over the 50-50 odds.

"Eeeeeeeee!"

"Ha, this.........."

Heo Yu-bin was delighted, jingling 500-won coins, while Song Hyung-bin expressed his regret with his whole body while wearing the empty bowl on his head.

"I'll give you some New Year's money. Happy New Year~."

"Happy New Year!"

Kang Si-yoon and I were slowly giving Heo Yu-bin a round of applause, but when the amount of New Year's money was revealed, we froze in place.

"Wow! Wow, wait a minute! Is this really the right amount?"

Heo Yu-bin was also surprised.

No wonder, there were three yellow bills in the New Year's money envelope.

It was a multiplayer game, and it was a format where you had to beat the odds of the odds, so the reward seemed sweet.

150,000 won? It's just a shame that we lost in the first round.

"Can we leave now? Hey, let's leave quickly!"

"Goodbye!"

"Guys, I hope you don't get a lot of New Year's money!"

"Yeah, you too, hyung!"

"Haha, everyone's being very polite since the New Year!"

We said goodbye while throwing each other compliments that weren't compliments.

With a glimmer of hope, I hurriedly ran to the Sigma Entertainment building to find the remaining New Year's money.

I really can't lose now.

I have to get as much money as I can in the remaining few dozen minutes and turn my life around.

40 minutes later.

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"The battle is over. I'll say it again. The battle is over. Everyone, please gather in the lobby on the first floor."

The manager's voice came over the company announcement, and the New Year's New Year's money battle ended.

"Huk, huk."

I stopped going up the stairs and took a deep breath.

Still, after winning two small mini games after the rice bowl game, I earned 60,000 won.

Honestly, I think I earned more than Kang Si-yoon..........

'Please, let the other one get 50,000 won.'

It's not completely impossible.

If you think about it, Yoo Min-ha lost in the beginning of the battle with me.

Also, it's a very possible scenario for Yoo Min-ha, who is sloppy at playing games despite his personality of liking games.

Five minutes later, all of Seleste gathered in the lobby.

Song Hyung-bin glanced at our appearances and laughed loudly.

"You all look terrible."

"I really feel like I showered with sweat. In this cold winter."

"I really did all the exercises I had to do at the gym today. I don't even remember how many times I went up and down the stairs."

".......... It was hard."

All the members were drenched in sweat.

It seemed like they were all serious about the battle after hearing that a scary penalty awaited them.

Manager Hyung, who hadn't been seen all day, came forward and smiled brightly.

"How's it going, did you all get a lot of pocket money?"

"Can I be honest with you?"

"Huh?"

Kang Si-yoon thumped his chest and sobbed.

"Why is the game so difficult today? It was the hardest content I've played recently!"

"Wow, that's right!"

"I didn't know our company's employees were this good at games."

"There are hidden masters everywhere."

"The most surprising thing was the planning manager!"

Yoo Min-ha stuck out his tongue as he mentioned the planning manager.

I smiled faintly when I heard that.

It seems that Yoo Min-ha also only chose difficult games just as I had hoped.

"Why is he so good at table tennis? I'm surprised."

"No, did the planning manager come to work? Where on earth was he?"

"Oh, Hyungbin hyung, you didn't know? He was in the planning team office?"

"He wasn't there when I went."

"Oh, oh! Hyung, you didn't check the break room."

"What.........?"

"Break room?"

The word break room suddenly appeared and the group's brains stopped.

"The planning manager was hiding in the break room?"

"...Why on earth did he do that?"

"He wanted to surprise us."

That's amazing."

Ji Yoon-chul blinked several times with a genuinely surprised expression.

Judging from the reactions of the members, the percentage of people who didn't see the planning manager was quite high, and the people who competed seemed to have lost like me.

Then that means that no one got the huge amount of New Year's money that was bet on the table tennis game.

'There is real hope.'

Manager Hyung took everyone's New Year's money envelopes one by one.

"Then I will announce the results now. First envelope, Chae Eun-gyu!"

"Drumroll drumroll drumroll."

"Ha, I didn't save much."

Chae Eun-gyu looked very unsure.

That's why the hope in my heart grew a little.

"Chae Eun-gyu won a total of 80,000 won! Currently in first place!"

"What, Hyung! You secretly saved a lot!"

"Wait. You saved a lot? Seriously?"

"Huh? Huh?"

"Huh? You didn't save a lot?"

Chae Eun-gyu trampled my hopes by winning 20,000 won more than me.

When the eldest brother's amount was revealed, the members were confused.

Kang Si-yoon, who seemed to have a low amount of money, quickly covered his mouth as if he realized that he had made a slip of the tongue.

Song Hyung-bin and Heo Yu-bin tilted their heads, wondering what he was talking about.

'The haves and the have-nots are so clearly visible.'

Next, Ji Yoon-chul's amount was revealed.

Ji Yoon-chul, who had a good start by winning the bottle cap game from the beginning, was expected to have more than Chae Eun-gyu.

"Ji Yoon-chul is currently in first place with a total of 120,000 won!"

As expected, he collected more than Chae Eun-gyu.

However, I knew that Heo Yu-bin had won 150,000 won in one game, so I wasn't that overwhelmed.

Manager Hyung smiled slightly when he saw the name written on the next envelope.

"Next is Kang Si-yoon!"

"Ah, hyung. Why are you laughing?"

"Pfft, ah, I'm really sorry. No, but isn't this a bit too much, Si-yoon, the envelope is too thin."

"Ah, hyung!"

Kang Si-yoon wrapped his head and cried. His amount, which was revealed amidst everyone's expectations, was.

"Kang Si-yoon's total of 20,000 won! Currently in last place!"

"Hahahaha!"

"Wow, Si-yoon. What on earth have you been doing for two hours? How can you only earn 20,000 won-."

"Ah, hyung, you lose every game like me!"

"Wow.........."

As expected, my best friend doesn't betray.

20,000 won? Anyone can see that this is a perfect candidate for last place.

I patted Kang Si-yoon on the shoulder and expressed my sincere gratitude.

"I believed in you. Si-yoon. You're the best friend."

"Seeing you say that, you must have earned more than me?"

"Hehe."

"Ha....... It's really so sad."

At this rate, if only one person with a lower amount than me showed up, I could avoid the penalty.

I clenched my fist and waited for the results to be announced.

Next was Heo Yu-bin.

Manager Hyung whistled after seeing Heo Yu-bin's envelope, which was much thicker than Kang Si-yoon's even with his own eyes.

"Wow. Heo Yu-bin's total of 230,000 won, currently in first place!"

"Wow!"

"230,000 won? 230,000 won?"

"Wow, Yoo-bin. Where the hell have you been?"

When Chae Eun-gyu asked the same question as before, Kang Si-yoon clutched his chest and sniffled.

"Why does it feel different when it's the same question?"

It seemed like Heo Yu-bin's first place was practically certain.

You could tell just by looking at Yoo Min-ha's expression that the amount didn't make sense.

"Next is Yoo Min-ha's envelope! Oh, it's quite thin."

Please, please.

I prayed earnestly that Yoo Minha's amount would be 50,000 won.

Please, God wasn't on my side all day today.

If only he would be on my side just for this last moment!

"Yoo Min-ha's total is 70,000 won!"

"Ah."

70,000 won.

I was always the type who controlled my expressions with extreme strength.

But today, I felt like all my weapons were disarmed.

As a dejected sound leaked out of my mouth, everyone's eyes turned to me.

"Wait, what's Karis's reaction?"

"Did he just sigh?"

"Huh?"

"...Karis hyung, no way."

In particular, Kang Si-yoon, who had been depressed just a few minutes ago, came back to life in an instant.

He hugged me tightly, smiling so hard that his gums were showing.

"It's you. Hey, it's really you! I knew this would happen, ha ha ha!"

"No. No. This can't be real. Let go of this."

"Everyone, Karis is out of his mind! He's completely out of his mind!"

The manager hyung took advantage of this atmosphere and immediately revealed my amount.

"Karis totals 60,000 won! This means that the two people with the lowest amount are Kang Si-yoon and Karis!"

Cheers erupted from all directions.

Even Kang Si-yoon, who was receiving the penalty with me, jumped up and down in genuine happiness.

In the middle of this festival, I was the only one standing there with a blank expression on my face.

"Okay, okay! Guys, be quiet! Aren't you curious about today's scary penalty and amazing prize?"

"Oh, that's right! Punishment!"

"What's the penalty?"

"Please be strong. Since Karis is in it, it has to be really strong."

The manager hyung smiled meaningfully after hearing the members' words.

The emptiness in my heart gradually turned into anxiety.

"Today's number one, Yubin, right?"

"Yes!"

"The two lowest-ranking members will be Yubin's daily butlers for today's number one. In short, you have to give Yubin everything he wants."

What? Did I hear that wrong?

At the word daily butler, I fell to my knees.

Me, the crown prince.

Me, who was respected by everyone.

What have I become?

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