Outside the Tower, just past 11 AM.
The Chinese restaurant "Real Golden Dragon" was located a short distance from My Home Tower.
While normally bustling with customers as soon as it opened, today's situation was bizarrely different from even the busiest lunch rush.
"Jajangmyeon, jjamppong, sweet and sour pork, fried rice, dumplings, garlic chicken, jellyfish salad, eight treasures, spicy pork with vegetables, yu xiang shredded pork, garlic shrimp... What? They ordered all of this?"
The chef doubted his eyes as he checked the long receipt spread across the table.
Every single menu item had been ordered without exception.
At first, he thought it might be a prank, but it was a legitimate order with full payment already completed through a delivery app.
Just then, a man burst through the door, panting heavily.
It was Kim Ha-cheong, a government security agent in a disheveled suit with his tie half-loosened.
"You've confirmed the order, right?! All of this is for the Tower Administrator! Please, make it as quickly as possible!!"
At his almost tearful cry, the chef's expression changed instantly.
"Food for the Tower Administrator...?"
With those words, his face became remarkably serious.
The famous Tower Administrator, known to everyone in the country, wanted his cooking?
At that moment, deep in the chef's heart... his pride and honor as a Chinese chef blazed to life!
"Everyone listen up! Start cooking the entire menu now! Get all the woks out and fire them up!!"
The kitchen immediately shifted into battle mode.
The restaurant staff moved three times faster than usual, and flames shot up from the woks, symbols of Chinese cooking.
"Regular and large jajangmyeon and jjamppong coming first!"
"Are the Szechuan and gan jajangmyeon ready? Hurry with the platter jajangmyeon too!"
"Udon and jellyfish salad complete! Package these and send them first!"
"Deliver them before the noodles get soggy! Come back for the next batch!"
The order was too large for a single delivery person to handle.
The chef immediately mobilized his entire contact network to call in dozens of additional delivery drivers, and the food was packaged and loaded into delivery bags as soon as it was ready.
Over 30 different menu items had been ordered!
This wasn't just a meal delivery—it was practically a wartime supply transport.
Soon, numerous delivery motorcycles began racing at full speed along the road between Real Golden Dragon and My Home Tower.
The government immediately implemented emergency traffic control, and all delivery motorcycles were authorized to ignore traffic signals during the operation.
When the delivery drivers arrived at the barricade and unloaded their thermal bags, waiting government personnel quickly took possession of them.
"Transport them into the tower quickly! The food can't get cold!"
"This isn't just a simple meal—it's a mission with national security at stake! Everyone move swiftly!"
Government officials mobilized with movements resembling a military operation to transport the food.
For the regular government personnel who didn't know what was happening inside the tower, it was difficult to fully understand the situation...
But once orders came down from the field commander, action took precedence over thought.
In truth, even the field commander was thinking:
"I'm not sure if the agents from the tower were affected by some mental attack or if they really heard such orders... but it's better than not doing anything and causing a major incident."
And so, the government was giving its all for an unexpected reason.
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At the same time, at a nearby supermarket!
Numerous government-affiliated Climbers were swarming the store!
"Cola! Where's the cola!!!"
"Over there in the refrigerated section, 1.5-liter bottles!!"
"Grab five each! Five bottles each!!!"
They swept up all the 1.5-liter cola bottles in sight, and latecomers had no choice but to fill their baskets with dozens of smaller bottles!
In the chaotic situation, a store clerk trying to help with checkout asked:
"Um... how will you pay...?"
"I'll leave my wallet here, please process the payment! I'll come back for it later!"
"What...?"
"This is an emergency! We're taking the Fanta and Welch's too!!!"
With no time even for payment, the Climbers grabbed all the carbonated drinks and rushed straight to the tower!
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Thus, numerous food items and beverages arrived at the lobby of My Home Tower's first floor.
"All varieties of jajangmyeon have arrived!"
"Garlic chicken and sweet and sour pork are here too! The sauces are packed separately!"
"We've brought lots of cola!"
When the thermal bags were opened, the rich aroma of Chinese cuisine filled the lobby.
The quality of the food was quite high, as expected from a Chinese restaurant carefully selected by the government.
The delivered food was perfectly packaged, and the temperature was maintained well enough for steam to rise.
Tricia looked over the arrived food, nodded, and raised her hand slightly.
"Maids! Take all of this to the 99th floor and cast preservation magic on it!"
"Yes, Lady Tricia!"
Several maids who appeared immediately began moving in perfect coordination.
The maids efficiently received the food and transported it to the 99th floor through warp points, immediately casting preservation magic to keep the food from cooling.
And one bottle of cola was opened right there.
-Tsssss!
Perhaps because it had been shaken during transport, foam spurted from the cola, but Tricia immediately extended her wings to block the escaping foam.
Her wings got slightly wet as a result, but they dried quickly after a single flutter—
Tricia immediately put the cola to her lips and began gulping it down!
As the black liquid entered her mouth, an indescribable complex sweetness mixed with the refreshing carbonation danced excitedly on Tricia's tongue!
The moment it went down her throat, the sugar and carbonation spread throughout her body, creating an explosion of dopamine!
"Ahhh—!!!"
This was the true taste of "cola"!
Tricia's face lit up with joy at the fantastic taste of cola she was drinking for the first time in decades.
"Let me have a sip too!"
"Sure, here!"
Tricia opened a new bottle of cola and handed it to Rukki.
Rukki took the cola, lightly licked the bottle opening, and then began drinking boldly like Tricia.
As the cola went down her throat—Rukki's eyes widened.
After a few more gulps, when Rukki finally took her lips off the bottle:
"...Wow! What is this? What kind of taste is this?"
"This is the taste of capitalism."
"That doesn't help me understand at all!"
Tricia burst into laughter, enjoying Rukki's reaction.
After they finished drinking their cola and had all the delivered food moved to the 99th floor through the maids...
In the now quiet lobby, Tricia faced the government personnel again.
However, unlike before, they were now frozen stiff with terrified expressions.
Rukki glanced at them and whispered to Tricia.
"Hey, shouldn't we let them go now? We were only planning to scare them a little before agreeing to negotiate."
"I was planning to scare them just a little as you said... did I overdo it?"
Hearing this, Tricia turned back around.
She took out an envelope from her chest, handed it to the government personnel, and said with dignity:
"The formal meeting will be held in one week, inside My Home Tower. This is the contract document regarding the holy water. It's been translated into Korean, so please deliver it properly to the government."
Since Kim Ha-cheong was trembling as if he might faint at any moment, Lee Won-cheong accepted the envelope with slightly shaking hands instead.
As a brief aside, those who awaken as Climbers automatically gain the [Translation] skill, which eliminates language barriers for spoken communication.
However, this effect doesn't apply to documents or written text, so Climbers were occasionally seen confused when trying to read documents written in Eriel's language while communicating with maids.
System-displayed text was automatically translated, so they hadn't felt major inconvenience until now.
But Tricia thought that showing government personnel documents in Eriel's language without translation would make them difficult to understand.
So she specially prepared a Korean-translated version with great care.
"Oh, and this is a token of appreciation for the jajangmyeon."
At Tricia's gesture, a maid brought out a box containing 12 bottles of holy water.
And there were exactly 12 government personnel.
"The numbers match perfectly, so one for each of you?"
"...?"
At Tricia's sudden offer of free holy water, question marks appeared in the government personnel's minds.
They glanced at each other before each accepting a bottle, with large labels attached to each one.
The labels read [For Climber Personal Use].
"What is this...?"
"It's exactly as it says. You're free to use it for personal healing purposes. You can also heal others for free if you wish."
After explaining this, Tricia paused slightly, then narrowed her eyes and added a warning:
"However, if you violate this purpose, 'Divine Punishment' may be delivered... so make your own judgment."
At these words, the government personnel stiffened once more, bowed in unison, and quickly left the tower.
And... several hours later.
The government was thrown into chaos once again upon receiving a document titled [Standards for Holy Water Distribution and Tariff Application].