Chapter 8 (1/2)

There was a square beside the button.

Its size was similar to that of the button, slightly smaller than the palm, and it floated in his view.

He tried to reach for it several times, but he can’t touch it.

It had a shiny silver border, and it looked completely empty.

“…”

Yoo-seong decided to use his common sense and think about it.

Auto-hunting is a feature that only appeared in mobile games. No, this feature did not exist anywhere except in games.

Then, maybe this square thing is also a feature found in mobile games.

Hmm..

Could it be that the square next to the button is…

“A slot?”

Slots in games are usually had icons of skills or items inside, and acted as a shortcut key.

But Yoo-seong had no skill icon in the slot.

If this is a real slot, though…

Thirsty.

Right now, he craved for the beer that he hadn’t taken for a while. Instead, he went to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of corn tea.

He almost automatically started to turn the lid, but he stopped.

An idea came to him.

Yoo-seong lifted the bottle to his chest, aiming to place it within the silver border.

The bottle disappeared from his hand.

“Oh my God.”

A notification window appeared.

-Make eye contact and blink to activate Utility Slot-1. –

The slot was no longer empty.

It contained a plastic bottle that was 2-dimensional, and small enough to fit the slot.

Blink?

Yoo-seong stared at the slot, then blinked slowly.

Gulp.

His thirst was gone. He felt the cold going down through his throat. His mouth was wet. The sweetness of corn tea was on his tongue.

Changes have also occurred inside the slots.

The picture of the corn tea was the same, but there was a small number on the bottom right.

-2/3-

“haha. This crazy.”

Yoo-seong opened the refrigerator again.

He took another bottle of corn tea and placed it on the slot.

The numbers changed immediately.

-3/3, 2/3-

“It should be easy to understand.”

Yoo-seong muttered to himself. Within a few minutes, he discovered the rules of the slot.

First: He can take out what was in the slot.

If he reached out to the slot and touched the items within –

Tutuk!

Bottles of corn tea reappeared on his hands.

A full bottle, and one that’s exactly a third less.

Second: He can only put multiple items of the same thing on the slot.

He couldn’t put bottled water in the slot where the corn tea bottles were.

Third: He could put anything in his hands into the slot.

He was able to put his cellphone on the slot. He tried it too with a book.

However, the activation through blinking only seemed to work for consumables. Nothing happened when he tried to use it on other items.

“I wish I had more slots, but…”

Lastly, the fourth discovery:

Yoo-seong went up to the rooftop.

He hit the auto-hunting button in front of the practice machine.

Papat!

His body started to move in maximum efficiency, beyond Yoo-seong’s control.

At the same time, he realized that the slot is still available even as he is on auto-hunting mode.

“What if…”

Yoo-seong blinked.

He didn’t have control over his body, so he did not physically blink, but he thought about it.

But –

Gulp.

The corn tea has been reduced. At the same time, the feeling of being refreshed washed over him.

He repeated it two to three more times, and he was able to use it without any problems.

“So…”