Chapter 37 (2/2)
$100,000 in taxes every year. As it is impossible to calculate exactly how much Lifers make in profits, a sum of money had been decided.
A Lifer earns $100,000 by completing a 300 point mission. The government had chosen an amount that is not burdensome and instead low. After the law was enacted, there was almost no protest to it.
The next part, the national registry. On the outside, it looks like it is just a Lifer license like an identification card or driver’s license, but it is not at all on the inside.
There is the sneaky ulterior motive to track the number of Lifers and watch them with various goals like migration.
Cha Jun Sung did not see it in a negative way. There was a trend of private organizations popping up everywhere. If they are not managed, they might become lawless.
However, the taxing and registry have common problems.
They need to enroll in order to pay their taxes? This meant that they do not need to pay if they are unregistered. The government expected this transgression and put a powerful restriction in place.
-[Lifers are a potential threat to the well-being of the country.]
-[If law enforcement catches an unregistered Lifer completing missions, it is punishable with 5 years of community service.]
It did not mean that they would receive punishment for 5 years but that they would act as a Lifer for the state.
Then what would happen to a Lifer who is registered, but does not like missions and wants to give up the privilege? How could he manage the $100,000 tax?
Nothing has been revealed in detail, but the government is in the process of creating a program for these kinds of Lifers. They will do well as it is a great power.
“Now that I’m here, my mood is better.”
Today, Cha Jun Sung shut down the blog that he had run for 10 years. He did not delete it completely, but placed a lock on it so that only he would have access to it.
Once the reality version was introduced, the number of visitors gradually decreased and starting a few days ago, it did not even go over 30,000. There were still a lot, but it had diminished.
Of course, advertisements had dropped off one by one. It was not like nothing was left, but Cha Jun Sung called the advertisers himself to take them down.
He got the sense that the advertisers were in favor of this in their voices. He was able to take care of it within minutes because he was solving a dilemma they had due to their contract period.
The virtual version of Life Mission was dead. The age of the reality version has come. He does not care about money. He felt strange because the blog had been like an alter ego.
-[Where are you?]
-[Han River. Are you done with the mission?]
-[1500 points is easy. I want to go into a 3000 point mission, but I’m scared.]
-[It’ll be dangerous because you have distance.]
-[Huk! To say that you can do it but I can’t! I should just fold and do something else.]
A few months after doing Field of Meat, Cha Jun Sung’s skills had advanced so much that he was capable of completing advance missions by himself. It is the power of the 2nd stage of body modifications.
Park Jin Hyuk went through the 2nd stage as well, but going alone was dangerous because his basic aptitude was low. He could guess what would be said next.
-[Now is it level D?]
-[Yeah.]
-[The easiest preview is 5000 points, but how strong do you think a level 3 will be?]
Cha Jun Sung has fought the Evil Queen before. Compared to level 9, level 3 would be like less than the dirt on his foot, but it is a fearsome monster in reality.
-[It’ll be separated by what style they are.]
-[Mind or body?]
-[Right.]
The combat style of mutant are split into two. The type that uses skill to make up for its weak body. The type that is purely physical in pushing forward.
The ones that use their heads use poison or stealth, but whatever it is has shortcomings. Therefore, Park Jin Hyuk could face them as long as they prepare well.
With those that use physical strength however, failure is inevitable unless one has gone through the 3rd stage of body modification.
-[Do you know what Slayer is?]