Luna shifted her attention to the wine. She opened one of the bottles, poured it into both glasses, then picked them up and handed one to Liam.
"It's easy to drink, tastes good, and doesn't get you too drunk. I don't like being too drunk either," she said.
Liam accepted the glass and drank calmly.
It wasn't that he wasn't used to alcohol. In fact, he had often drunk after work when his boss invited him.
Truthfully, it wasn't easy to get him drunk—and now, it was probably even harder with his strengthened physique.
After finishing a glass, his expression didn't change at all.
Meanwhile, Luna's cheeks turned slightly red, though she probably wasn't drunk yet.
She pulled the plate of fries closer so they could both reach it.
Liam took a few and ate them.
When he checked the DEX again, he noticed that Penguin had climbed back to a 15 million market cap, nearly returning to its ATH. The rise was even faster than the last time he saw it.
Since it was already the second day, it was possible for the price to exceed the System's prediction. After all, the System only showed the highest price on the first day.
Liam frowned slightly.
Then, he overheard something from another table.
"The White House account posted a Nietzschean Penguin five minutes ago. Buy now—this is definitely going up. I'm sure it'll go past 100 million market cap."
"Seriously?"
"It's real. The White House account actually posted it. No wonder the volume spiked so much."
"I'm going all in. This is a huge profit opportunity."
"…."
Hearing that, Luna immediately panicked. She opened her wallet and then her Twitter.
From her phone, Liam could clearly see the post.
The image of Nietzschean Penguin walking alone in an icy desert had been edited—now appearing alongside the President.
Of course, the post itself likely had nothing to do with the meme coin. The penguin had gone viral on its own, and someone had simply created a coin from it.
But practically speaking, the post strengthened the coin's position in the market.
"Liam, what do you think?" Luna asked.
Her thumb trembled slightly.
She was tempted to go all in.
If more major accounts posted about the penguin, the price could rise even higher.
While Liam was still thinking, the price surged again—reaching a 17 million market cap.
It had returned to its ATH.
"Go ahead and buy, but I won't," Liam said.
He knew it would likely go higher, but he hesitated.
If he bought only a little, the profit wouldn't be much different from random new coins reaching 500K market cap.
But if he went in big—like using all his Penguin profits—it would become speculation.
He was confident it would rise, but he didn't know how far.
And speculation was something he intended to avoid.
Better to stick to what the System showed him.
If the System ever disappeared, he could still live comfortably with the money he had.
But if he started speculating recklessly in crypto, he could easily end up poor again.
"Yeah… I'll buy," Luna finally said.
But she only put in 1,000 dollars.
She didn't want to take the full risk.
And Penguin didn't stop at 17 million.
It kept rising—18 million, then suddenly jumping to 20 million.
Luna's face lit up as her investment gained more than 10% almost instantly.
"Damn it, am I late?" someone shouted in frustration.
"No, this is still early!" another replied, clearly wanting more people to enter—it was the only way to push the price higher.
"It'll hit 50 million tonight!" someone else yelled.
"Look, the group admin said it'll list on a Tier 1 CEX tomorrow!"
"Seriously? Hahaha! If that's true, 100 million market cap is guaranteed. Maybe even 1 billion. This is the next Pepe."
"…."
At the mention of a 1 billion market cap, Luna looked almost intoxicated.
Her eyes went blank—her mind clearly calculating how much money she would make.
"You should tone down your fantasies," Liam said, casually brushing his hand along her upper thigh.
"Mm… yeah…" Luna muttered, slightly embarrassed that her thoughts were so obvious.
"At what price do you think I should sell?" she asked.
"I can't answer that. The only thing I can say is—be prepared to accept it if the price goes higher after you sell."
"…Right."
Luna nodded.
If she couldn't accept that, she might buy back in at a higher price—only to get caught at the peak.
It had happened to her many times before.
Understanding the psychology was one thing—actually applying it was another.
Everyone knew the theory, but many still lost control.
Liam turned his attention back to the DEX, focusing on newly advertised coins.
Eventually, he spotted one slightly better than the rest.
Pointclick.
The name wasn't convincing, but its peak today would reach a 1.5 million market cap.
The best part—its current market cap was only 20,000 dollars.
Liam copied the contract address and opened his wallet.
His wallet currently held around 80,000 dollars, spread across several coins—all showing profit.
Even that amount was enough to overwhelm Luna.
She knew Liam must have moved a large portion elsewhere—he had clearly made huge profits from Penguin and Poppon.
Then Liam swapped some Solana for Pointclick.
He started analyzing its concept—transaction fee cashback.
50% of accumulated fees would automatically be distributed to holders.
Since the market cap was still only 20,000, Liam decided to invest just 200 dollars.
Luna followed—but only with 50 dollars, even though she had 1,000 available.
BANG! BANG!
"Hahaha! Penguin just hit 30 million!" someone shouted, slamming the table.
Luna gasped.
Her money in that coin had nearly doubled.
She kept drinking in excitement, completely ignoring Liam's hand moving along her body.