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[Title: Real-time Convenience Store Shooting is f*cked up jpg.]
[Author: (221)]
[(Random jpg of a gun pointed at someone’s head)]
[I always wondered, how is it possible for someone to snatch a gun from a perpetrator like they do in the movies?]
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As thoughts of escaping reality popped into my head, I returned to reality and faced the situation in front of me.
Without warning, a psycho robber strapped with a gun on the back entered the convenience store and pointed the gun at me.
When faced with such a crazy predicament, what choice should I make to survive?.
- Become the protagonist of a crime movie and seize the gun with fancy hand movements.
- I am not a movie actor. Firing once is enough to finish me.
- Become the protagonist of a crime movie and overpower the opponent with impressive hand-to-hand combat.＞
- I am not a movie actor. Besides, the opponent is stronger than me.
- Propose to have a duel to settle the score.
- Surprisingly, this has the highest chance of success? Should I give it a try?.
There is an old saying.
If the highest chance of survival when encountering an armed robber is to have a duel, it’s easier to just die.
Then, is it best to request a duel now, under the condition of getting shot gently?
I tried to think of other options, but there doesn’t seem to be a better choice.
Is it really inevitable to engage in the forbidden darkness of a duel?
No, snap out of it.
No matter how difficult it is to remain sane with a gun in front of me, I must not lose my sanity.
In a country where gun ownership is illegal, what should you do when faced with a robber holding a gun?
Answer: You can handle use a bigger and more beautiful gun
But that is no help at all.
From the beginning, even if there is a gun in my pocket, it wouldn’t matter if the other person shoots first.
Other option: Let’s comply with the demands of the robber..
Whether I press the red button and report to the police or not, it’s best for me to first survive and see.
“…What is it that you want?.”
Click!
Carefully asking the robber what they wanted, they aimed the gun at me more clearly.
Could it be that he wants to put a bullet hole in my body?.
Or does he simply want to use me as target practice?.
Can’t he at least give me a bulletproof vest?.
“I am looking for an item similar to this.”
“What similar item…?.”
When I asked again, the robber frowned.
“Why can’t you understand? I clearly said I’m looking for an item similar to this gun.”
But why are you looking for a gun in a convenience store!!!
I wanted to argue like this, but if I did, I felt like the trigger would be pulled and my head would explode.
One thing that should never be done when a robber storms into a convenience store is to provoke the robber.
In the end, I turned to the only person who could help me in this situation.
-Kim Hyunwoo-
[Is there a gun for sale at the convenience store?]
-Store Manager-
[I already told you that I won’t interfere during the 8-hour trial work.]
-Kim Hyunwoo-
[That’s separate from this. I’m asking the store owner because I still don’t know for sure what items are in the convenience store. Isn’t that also stated in the regulations?]
Ah, is it because a gun is being pressed against me?.
Originally, when sending a message to the store owner, I had to repeatedly correct it as it was mixed with curses and disrespectful language, but surprisingly now, I’m asking very politely and properly, speaking to a higher-up.
-Store Manager-
[…I suppose it’s possible. However, I won’t be able to help much. We don’t sell guns at our store.]
“But sir, we don’t sell guns in our store…”
“What are you talking about? Just 200 years ago, this U.C. convenience store used to sell various firearms.”
Well, 200 years ago?.
Not only me, but even my grandparents weren’t born at that time, so what era are you talking about?
The customer in front of me seemed to be only in high school, judging by their physique.
But 200 years ago? Are you kidding me right now?.
Clank!
The robber pressed the gun against me, furrowing their brows.
“Are you saying you won’t sell me a gun?.”
Well, of course, it must be a joke.
They're pointing the gun at me, so how can this be a joke?
Playing with people's lives is not a joke by any means.
So please, just put the damn gun to the side.
If they accidentally pull the trigger, I will definitely die.
“I’m sorry, but I haven’t been here for long… Can I take a quick look to see if we sell guns in our convenience store?.”
“I guess there’s no other choice. I suppose you must be new here, so I’ll let it slide. Even angels have their limits,” The perpetrator said, still pointing the gun at me.
Which angel is he talking about, pointing a gun and saying he has limits?.
I feel like all sorts of curses are rising up inside me, but when I look at the steel rod of that damn mugger in front of me, all those curses neatly settle within me.
At this point, even a gun seems like a magic wand.
-Kim Hyunwoo-
[According to what this customer just said, guns used to be sold here 200 years ago. Is that true?.]
I asked the store owner, pretending to go inside the backroom and look for a gun.
-Store Manager-
[200 years ago? Are you kidding? Do you really believe that, Mr. Kim Hyunwoo?]
Of course, it’s true.
How can you think that’s a lie when someone is pointing a gun at you?
If I pointed a gun at someone passing by and claimed to be Jesus, how many people would deny it?
Unless someone values their faith more than their life, there wouldn’t be a crazy person like that.
-Store Manager-
[In fact, around that time, we used to sell guns at our convenience store. But we don’t sell them anymore. Recently, the gun regulations in Universe-1221 were revised, and it’s now prohibited for general stores like ours to directly sell firearms.]
Well, you should have said that sooner.
“Excuse me, sir? I’m sorry, but due to the recent revision of gun regulations in Universe-1221, it’s no longer allowed for stores like ours to sell firearms…”
Although I didn’t quite understand what I was saying, it was all I could say.
I might not know what the gun regulations in Universe-1221 are, but for now, I’ll just say this.
“…The gun regulations were revised?.”
Click!
“So, does that mean you no longer sell guns here?.”
“Yes…”
Oh, it looks like I’m in trouble.
Right now, an angelic assault rifle that can send one person to heaven with a single shot is touching the front of my chest.
Perhaps the Archangel is coming down from the sky himself? .
If I had known this was going to happen, I should have spent some time at the temple with my grandmother.
At least the Buddha wouldn’t be carrying a gun.
“Well, there’s nothing we can do. That old man, like a justice-loving loach, must have rambled on about fairness or something.”
Huh? Could this thug also know something about the gun regulations that the store manager is talking about? Miraculously, they turned the gun away from me as they repeated what the manager had said.
“…In that case, you are no longer of any use, so should I leave no unnecessary witnesses?.”
Now, he’s spinning the gun around while muttering to himself.
This is a story passed down from a senior to a senior, but according to a legend, a torture official pointed a gun at a fellow trainee and even his senior, saying that the gun wouldn’t fire during shooting practice.
Then, in response to the senior’s words to turn the gun around, he began spinning it around like that and eventually led to the collapse of the enemy’s position.
“I’m sorry… I can’t do anything about this… If you spare my life, I won’t tell anyone that a person with a gun came to the convenience store, please, can you spare me?.”
“How can I trust what you’re saying?.”
“Because you have the tolerance of an angel…?.”
“Are you joking right now?.”
I was wearing a polite sales smile, but inside, I was crying.
On the first day, it was a beastly robber with a knife.
On the second day, it’s an angelic robber with a gun.
I’m frightened just imagining what kind of gangsters will appear next.
In about a week, will the gangsters come riding in a tank?
In that case, choosing death might be the easiest way out.
-Store Manager-
[If there is a customer who wishes to purchase firearms, you can inform them that they can purchase them through the RocketBang service using the kiosk over there. The revised regulation only prohibits direct sales, but intermediaries are still allowed.]
“Oh, no, sir! It may be difficult for customers to directly purchase firearms from our store, but there is another way!.”
As the store manager’s message came, I hurriedly looked for the kiosk inside the convenience store.
A kiosk that seemed nonexistent at first had appeared in a corner of the convenience store.
It seems there is a way of escaping death after all.
“There’s another way? What kind of way is it?.”
“Yes, there’s a kiosk over there called RocketBang. You can go in there and…”
Today, let’s just consider it bad luck and hope that this crazy customer never comes back to the convenience store.
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The convenience store employee wearing a name tag with “Kim Hyun-woo” on it kindly and specifically explained how to use the kiosk.
Thanks to that, Seretini was able to learn how to use the kiosk without much difficulty and then happily go shopping.
Of course, she continued to press the barrel of the gun against him.
This was all part of her master’s teachings.
“Just as my master said. Following their instruction to hold a gun really does make them explain things very kindly.”
In truth, she had never personally been to the U.C. convenience store.
She had only heard about it from her master.
Not only that, if I don’t like how I am being treated, my master said I can simply spin the barrel of the gun around. Could that also be true?
At first, she considered giving up when she heard that there had been revisions to the firearm regulations, but then they went on to explain other ways to purchase a gun.
Guns really are an excellent means of communication.
And this man undoubtedly understood the essence of the world like a wise person.
“Now that the explanation is over, could you spare me?.”
“Why have you been saying that since earlier? Didn’t I ask why are you acting as if someone is threatening your life?.”
“Well, that…”
Other than that, I couldn’t understand why this man kept asking to be spared.
After all, even if he were to be shot with a gun that didn’t contain any magical power, it would only cause a slight burn.
I was only capable of hunting animals like bears at best.
But thanks to the gun, she was able to easily understand the unfamiliar artifacts from other universes.
She decided to ask about all the intriguing artifacts at the U.C convenience store while she had the chance.
Of course, she was still holding the gun.
The man looked exhausted, but he kindly answered all of Seretini’s questions.
“He’s quite a decent guy, not something you see often these days.”
His sincerity and kindness were pleasing to see.
Thanks to him, she liked this place.
Even if she didn’t have to buy a gun, she thought that she could come back here next time.
Although she still planned to keep an eye on him from today onwards.
