The Novel's Extra (0-100)

Chapter 20 - Connections (3)

[Updating in progress... 79%]

It was currently 9 A.M. on Saturday. My laptop still remained unusable. It only went up to 79% after I anxiously waited an entire day for the new amazing features.

I stared at the update until my smartwatch rang.

[Brokerage account for Kim Hajin has opened.]

"Oh, it's done!"

I was concerned about this too. It would've been easy as an adult, but I was still a minor. Like my previous world, a minor couldn't open a brokerage account without a guardian. It would've been impossible if I wasn't a Cube cadet.

I quickly went to work now that I had an account. First, I transferred money over to my new brokerage account using my smartwatch. One million won from the previous monster hunt and 2 million won I already had for a total of 3 million. It was pocket change compared to many other traders, but it was enough to start. I opened the stock trading program. The guild stock market operated on weekends to differentiate from the normal market.

[Guild — Packhorse Master]

The exchange also listed the Packhorse Master guild. Each of their stocks cost worth 170 won. I simply bought however much I could since I wasn't knowledgeable about complicated things like short selling, short buying, or price fluctuations.

[17,647 stocks of Packhorse Master guild purchased.]

It didn't take long, so I looked up a stock-related forum before leaving. [Gathering of people who enjoy the stock exchange.] This was the biggest forum for stock-related topics with 930,000 members. I searched up Packhorse Master.

[List of new guilds.] [Guilds newly listed] [Guild market is hard nowadays ㅜㅜ None of the new guilds look promising...]

None of the posts specifically discussed Packhorse Master.

"Well, what did I expect from an online forum?"

I clicked my tongue and turned off the smartwatch. Information equaled money in this world, so one had to pay for the proper websites. Expert brokers didn't spare a glance at free forums. Information guilds possessed their own intranets where one could buy information and those who wished to stay anonymous could use something like the Violet Banquet.

"Oh, right."

Speaking of secrecy, a group called the Chameleon Troupe lurked in the shadows. They first appeared halfway through the story and were the most powerful gang in my novel. Their members would play important roles later in the novel. Just like how a chameleon changed its colors to hide, the Chameleon Troupe was a secretive group whose identities always remained hidden. Currently, one seat in the Chameleon Troupe should be empty. This seat would remain open for another year or two and would play an important role later. I knew who the Chameleon Troupe's leader was and where she operated. I should be the only one with this information other than their members.

The Chameleon Troupe was a gang of criminals, but they also rejected djinns. Djinns were the absolute evil in this world. If I could become a Chameleon Troupe member... that was unrealistic. If I could just befriend their leader, they might even support me. Just when I was thinking...

"Uk!"

An intense pain suddenly came over my upper left arm as though a hot knife was carving my skin. Blood spurted out into my eyes. I quickly pulled up my sleeve and saw a strange scar on my upper arm.

"The hell..."

It was incomprehensible. I clenched my teeth and put my hand over the mark gushing with blood. A tsunami of information flooded my brain at the same time.