Your Commander-in-Chief – Chapter 336

Lunch time had long passed.

Was it 3 PM? Or maybe 4 PM? I couldn’t tell the exact time, but it felt like it was around that.

“Ugh…”

A big yawn escaped me.

My body felt heavy, sticking to the floor like melted rice cakes, unwilling to even think about moving.

Why did the sunlight pouring in through the window feel so nice and warm?

I just wanted to soak up the sun for a moment, but it seemed I dozed off instead.

Beep—Clunk—

That sound suddenly broke the peace.

My ears perked up, and my gaze turned toward the entrance.

Is Sohee coming at this time?

It felt too early.

I tilted my head, looking toward the entrance.

“This way. Yes.”

“Eh…”

I tilted my head again.

The voice sounded like Sohee’s, but there were more footsteps than just one person.

Two, three.

Along with Sohee’s, I could hear at least three pairs of footsteps.

Only then did I roll over and head toward the entrance.

The moment I got there, I met the gaze of four people.

One of them was Sohee.

“Hayun…?”

In that moment, I couldn’t help but jump up from my seat with my mouth wide open.

“Wow!”

A capsule!

It was a large capsule. The men who came in with Sohee were carrying a big capsule.

They were struggling with it, wrapped in a white plastic bag, glancing at Sohee for cues.

“Um, um…”

Seems like the capsule was pretty heavy.

Sohee finally turned her gaze from the men’s voices and pointed to a room slightly away from the entrance.

“That way.”

“Got it. Let’s go.”

The men began to move.

I dashed over to Sohee, my eyes sparkling.

“You came early?”

“Nice to see you quickly.”

“I—I was just a little surprised.”

I seemed to feel slightly guilty for not greeting her right away.

I glanced at Sohee, wrapping my arms around her waist.

“So what’s that?”

“A new capsule.”

“New capsule? When did it come out?”

“It hasn’t been announced yet.”

I watched the men head into the room with bright eyes.

Now that I look closer, they seemed to be knights from the capsule company.

But why did a capsule that hasn’t even been released come to our house?

The knight aunts, moving the capsule inside, skillfully removed the old capsule and began to install the new one.

The design didn’t look significantly different from the previous one, but it appeared heavier.

How much time had passed?

The sweating knight aunts nodded once the lights on the capsule turned on and got up from their seats.

“Installation is complete. Do you want us to take the old capsule?”

“Yes, thank you for your hard work.”

The knight aunts nodded at Sohee’s words and took the old capsule out of the house.

Now that everything was settled, I started examining the new capsule with curiosity.

“What in the world is this? What functions were added?”

“Do you want to try it?”

“Really? Is that okay?”

“Yeah.”

What exactly was added to make this so exciting?

With a racing heart, I headed inside the capsule.

Thus began the function check of the capsule.

“Hmm…?”

However, I couldn’t find any significant differences from the old capsule.

Some internal structures showed improvements, but the functions didn’t seem to change much.

While I was tilting my head in confusion, I heard a voice from outside the capsule.

[Want to try running the game in offline mode?]

“Offline mode? Do I have to do it in offline mode?”

[Yeah. The server probably can’t keep up right now.]

“Can I play any game?”

[Yeah. The genre doesn’t really matter.]

The server can’t keep up? What does that even mean?

Tilting my head in confusion, I executed a game in offline mode as Sohee instructed.

What started was an ordinary FPS game.

At that instant, my bodily sensations dimmed, and my consciousness flew off somewhere.

The next moment, I found myself in a vast shooting range.

I was standing in the middle of the range, holding a heavy gun.

Since I had no military knowledge, I didn’t know the name of the gun, but it was one you’d commonly see in FPS games.

“Well, I made it in, so now what?”

[This is definitely offline mode, right?]

“Yeah.”

[Then how about checking the capsule option settings?]

“Okay.”

As I entered the capsule option settings per Sohee’s request, I realized the interface was different from the previous one.

There was one more setting option.

[Can you see the acceleration mode?]

“Acceleration mode… I see it.”

[Want to check that out?]

With a bit of skepticism, I checked the acceleration mode option.

The moment the settings completed, I felt a sudden unease.

Time was accelerating faster than usual.

Yes, it was acceleration.

It felt as if I was using my talent.

However, I didn’t feel the white pain I usually got whenever I used my abilities.

Of course, it wasn’t exactly the same.

It felt about 20% faster than usual?

Ten seconds felt more like twelve seconds.

“What is this…?”

[Do you feel it? It’s faster?]

“Uh… Is this really it?”

[Yeah. It’s similar.]

“How did you even do this? How…?”

[I incorporated a new skill into the capsule.]

I frowned at Sohee’s words and aimed the gun I was holding straight ahead.

Bang!

A loud sound burst out, and a bullet flew quickly.

Even though my mind was in acceleration mode, the speed of the game itself didn’t increase.

On a whim, I turned off the acceleration mode and fired the gun again.

Bang!

The speed at which the bullet traveled didn’t change, but the perceptible speed felt different.

Seeing the bullets disappearing from my sight faster than before, I stood there dumbfounded.

Without uttering a word, I quit the game and exited the capsule.

“How was it?”

“Uh… it was impressive, but…”

Now I finally understood why Sohee wanted my experimental data.

Of course, I wasn’t dissatisfied. I had transferred all rights to the data to Sohee when we were conducting the experiment in the first place.

It was just a little mind-boggling.

I gazed at the capsule, tilting my head.

The ability of the capsule to artificially accelerate human thought was undoubtedly impressive.

But could regular people really handle this speed?

“Can people really endure this?”

“If the server’s speed is increased by 20%, they can handle it. Beyond that, many won’t be able to.”

“You’re saying they can boost the server speed…?”

“Yeah. That way, you can use time in reality more efficiently, right?”

“Uh…”

Sure, Sohee was right.

If the speed of the game’s time is accelerated, and human thought is accelerated to match, then when ten hours pass in reality, twelve hours would pass in the virtual world.

That meant we could use time more efficiently.

However, one big issue remained.

To fully, as intended, use the functions of this new capsule meant accelerating the server states of all online games being served.

What would happen to users using standard capsules then?

Surely, one day, the day would come when the functions of this new capsule would be fully utilized.

After all, such a capsule with these functions had been released.

“But capsules are expensive.”

I shook my head as I spoke.

Capsules are expensive. And quite a lot.

It would be a significant expenditure for an average household. Some people might not even be able to afford to purchase a new capsule.

But Sohee had a complete solution to that problem.

“I’ll replace them for free.”

“All of them…?”

“Yeah.”

Only then did I recall what Sohee’s father did for a living.

Currently, 70% of the capsules that are globally distributed were products of Sohee’s father’s company, S Corporation.

If the free replacement of capsules began, and online games in service started to accelerate their servers, the VR capsule market would naturally fall to S Corporation alone.

What a terrifying plan that would be.

“Whoa…”

“So I have a favor to ask.”

“A favor…?”

“Yeah. I want you to be the promotional model for this capsule.”

“A model… Can I really do that?”

“Yeah.”

I gulped at Sohee’s proposal.

Sohee’s father owns the world’s best capsule manufacturing company.

Thus, it would be natural for Sohee to inherit that company in the future.

What is mine is also my wife’s.

In other words, that company would essentially belong to me.

Becoming a promotional model for my future company?

I could definitely do that.

Actually, I should do it.

“Sure!”

*

The launch of S Corporation’s new capsules along with the start of the capsule replacement service received a lot of praise.

Who would dislike getting their broken capsule replaced with a new one?

Felt threatened by this, competitive companies raised concerns about the new acceleration feature of S Corporation’s capsules, but the general populace paid them no mind.

A month passed since the launch of the new capsules, and finally, online VR games began to start accelerating their servers one by one.

Of course, Deron also chose to accelerate their server.

As the number of online games that began their acceleration service increased, the true potential of the new capsules began to unravel.

The fact that one could use time in real life more efficiently became an irresistible temptation for busy modern people.

This technology wasn’t confined to gaming. It began to spill over into studying, reading, watching movies, and even crucial company meetings.

People even started to spend all their vacation time in the VR world to lengthen their holidays.

As the technology of acceleration began to seep into various fields, companies that were in competition with S Corporation started to go bankrupt one by one.

In the end, just five months after the launch of the new capsules, S Corporation absorbed all its competitors and monopolized the VR capsule market.

And now, the daughter of the chairman of S Corporation is my bride.

I chuckled darkly as I read an online article.

“Hehe…”

“Why are you laughing like that?”

“Oh, Sohee…”

I turned around, swallowing hard.

Fear gripped me at the sight of Sohee, who had just come out of the shower, water still dripping from her.

She approached slowly, drying her hair with a towel, her eyes sparkling as she spoke.

“Get on the bed.”

“I didn’t wash today…”

“Even better.”

As I bit my lip, I shook my head.

Hadn’t it been quite some time since I started exercising?

My stamina had risen, so now truly felt like the time to turn this relationship around.

With my hands on my waist, I spoke energetically.

“You get on first!”

“Hmm…?”

Sohee tilted her head at my words.

Under the bright glow of her eyes, strength drained from my legs.

“Ugh…”

I just sank down right there.