Chapter 16: Meaningless
"Clear it?" asked one of the players. "But you are..." He couldn't finish his words for fear of Balatro's retribution.
"Try me!" Jung was confident in his abilities, but there was one problem he needed to address. "System, can I use dungeons as well?"
[Yes, you can, but it has a cost.] Her lovely and eternal voice was music to his ears.
"What do you mean?" he asked, waiting for a steep price.
[After counting your Taming pills, I can use them to send you to that dungeon,] said the system with emotion.
Catching that small detail, Jung stayed quiet, and after thinking for a while, he commented, "So this is another use for dungeons. Is this the same for players?"
[No, it only works for you. They don't need to pay for it. That system made the dungeons and some special places, but we can still abuse that by using the items we get from them.]
"Your version didn't change, but you are acting weird," he pointed out. "What do you mean, we?"
[This is my honest mistake. Pardon me.] She sounded taken aback.
Not retreating, Jung spoke again, "You aren't fooling me; it was strange, not something you would have done."
[And what do you know?] The sides had changed; now, the system attacked.