Episode 10. Quest (2)
The first team leader of Polaris, a private military company.
Due to the nature of the company, he uses the nickname ‘Ghost’ rather than his real name, and was one of Seol Chae-hwa’s closest aides.
“Please watch from behind to see if Kim Do-yoon is doing well.”
His task is to observe whether Kim Do-yoon is carrying out the request he received from Seol Chae-hwa. In case of emergency, the role of supporting him was also included.
“I gave you a request to try it out, but… . It’s a problem with my acquaintances on campus, so I want to go safely.”
Ghosts were equipped with a nature optimized for tailing. It was the transparency ability.
It’s not just about making yourself transparent. It was also possible to apply perspective by making things like obstacles ‘visible only to oneself’.
Based on this, he was watching to see if Kim Do-yoon was doing well.
At first, I didn’t expect too much. I was rather anxious. No matter how hypnotic he may have been, Kim Do-yoon was an amateur with no real combat experience.
‘I could have just quietly brainwashed the guard and passed. Why did you dare to put on a performance like that even at the risk of being noticed?’
Ghost’s feelings, which were full of doubts at first, soon began to change. It was around the time Kim Do-yoon succeeded in entering the room where Lee Sang-won was.
“… … .”
He immediately reacted and dodged the gun that the enemy drew without warning. Where is that? He even performed a feat of holding his own body weight and blocking the stabbing dagger with his fingers.
‘okay. Adults who are specialized in combat can easily follow that level.’
The problem is that Doyoon Kim is not an adult with specialized abilities in combat. Even upon investigation, it was known that he had lower physical specifications than normal adults.
It’s amazing just to show that level of skill with those flaws.
“Quaaagh!”
Kim Do-yoon showed more than that.
He threw a dagger and pierced his opponent’s arm. It’s easy to say, but it took a lot of experience to put this into practice. It was a divine skill that was only possible when the throwing power was precisely concentrated at the tip of the blade.
Only then did Ghost realize.
‘I guess he was relaxed from the start.’
It was hard to believe even after seeing it with my own two eyes. No matter how he looked at it, it didn’t seem like he had any practical experience.
“You’re just one guy! What did you struggle with and fall for such a stupid-looking guy! Do you know how much I invested in you? Is this the only thing!”
In the meantime, Lee Sang-won screamed loudly.
“Don’t worry, youngster. They are weak because they are ordinary people who have followed me to serve.”
The pierced man rose from his seat with a decadent smile.
“Then you go! You know that if you get caught by your father here, everything is over, right?”
“of course. I don’t want to disappoint ‘him’ either.”
Ghost narrowed his eyes and looked at the pierced man.
‘That man is dangerous.’
Working in this industry for a long time develops an instinctive intuition. One of them was the ability to distinguish whether the opponent was a normal person or an adult.
“If you’re going to deal with it, do it quickly! Because the ability you use is f*cking disgusting!”
Lee Sang-won shouted and hurriedly covered his ears. What the piercing man took out was a wide plate with a crispy surface.
“What is that? I thought it was a bomb again because I took it out with a grim expression.”
Kim Do-yoon, who seemed nervous for a while, checked the other person’s belongings and relaxed his shoulders.
Ghost shook his head.
‘It’s hard to be careless. If the other person is an adult, there is absolutely no way they would bring out useless things.’
As if to prove this, the pierced man said with his lips twitching.
“hahahaha. Who uses such conventional weapons in the world these days? Low maintenance cost, easy to get caught… . Compared to that, nature is a convenient and sophisticated power in many ways.”
That moment. The piercing man scratched the plate with a piece of metal that looked like a guitar pick.
Geuggeuggeuk!
It was the noise I heard when I scratched my fingernails on the green chalkboard, which was used in the old school days, when chalk was used.
‘Oops!’
It wasn’t just to say that I felt bad. Displeasure and pain coexisted. It’s like a thorny insect wriggling and eating your brain. It was the celestial effect that he exerted.
Ghost grabbed his head with both hands and forced his eyelids together. It was such a ripple effect that I could have passed out if I hadn’t raised the tension in advance.
over the wall. Even if it’s a certain distance, it’s about this much. Will Kim Do-yoon, who heard that sound right in front of him, be all right?
‘This is not the time to just watch. I need to go and help… ?’
While urgently recovering his confused mind, Ghost realized that something was wrong.
Kim Do-yoon was fine. He didn’t even flinch from such a creepy sound.
‘ah! no way?’
Those with similar natures have resistance to each other’s natures. If the behavior of the pierced man was innately related to mental attacks, it was natural that Kim Do-yoon was fine.
“My nature doesn’t work… . Are you in the same department as me?”
The pierced man seemed to have realized that too. Kim Doyoon shrugged as if he understood.
“no wonder. You said you were fine with my power.”
“then… … .”
Each other’s nature was neutralized. In such a situation, it was the piercing man who brought out the next move first.
“Hey, this is funny. You say you don’t use conventional weapons?”
Kim Do-yoon let out a laugh.
The pierced man’s hand was holding a pistol before he knew it. Unlike the pistol I saw earlier, it had a drum magazine combined.
“If I had intended to make a living honestly, I wouldn’t be doing this in the first place.”
“I don’t have anything to say since you come out so confidently.”
“Can you avoid this too?”
“Can you guess?”
“I don’t know if it’s one leg. How can you avoid this burst gun in this confined space… … .”
The piercing man’s words were cut off in the middle. This is because Kim Do-yoon ran at high speed, aiming for an opening.
Drooling!
The pierced man’s gun fired fiercely.
“Suck!”
Kim Doyoon was one step faster. He ducked down to avoid the first shot, then reached out and grabbed his hand.
“Keugh. Don’t let this go!”
A man with piercings trying to put a gun to his head. It was Kim Do-yoon who seemed to be pushed out of power for a moment, but soon raised both feet and wrapped his arms with his legs.
“You’re in a hurry, so you’re talking nonsense!”
The following feat is a skill that can only be seen in pro wrestling. Kim Do-yoon, who was clinging to his arm like a monkey, twisted his body sideways and forcibly knocked the piercing man over.
Dalgrak!
The gun rolls on the floor.
Instead of picking up the dropped gun, Kim Do-yoon chose to completely subdue the pierced man.
“Keugh!”
He immediately takes a mount stance and beats him mercilessly.
Ghost forgot that he had to go to help and was mesmerized by his performance.
“Whoa.”
After being beaten for a long time, the body of the pierced man finally became limp. Kim Do-yoon straightened his clothes and got up.
“Hey, stay there! Try fooling around a bit! I’ll beat you right up!”
Lee Sang-won, who was trembling and watching, took an unexpected action. The piercing man picked up the pistol he had missed and aimed it at Kim Do-yoon.
“Are you going to shoot with it?”
Kim Do-yoon gave an eerie smile.
“why! You think you can’t shoot?! They said they would shoot if they moved even one step!”
“I was thinking of putting you in my hands… . If I mess around more than that, I can’t take responsibility?”
“Oh, don’t come! don’t come! aaa!”
As Kim Do-yoon approached, Lee Sang-won shouted furiously. Force entered the index finger on the trigger.
Click. clack clack.
“uh? Did you just try to shoot?”
not triggered
selector lever. It was because the gun’s lock was turned in the safe direction.
Ghost widened his eyes.
‘Surely it must have been shot earlier? Wait, maybe then?’
The time when Kim Do-yoon held the pierced man’s hand and had a scuffle. It was only 2-3 seconds, but at that time, I had a chance.
‘Nonsense. Did you even think of switching to safe mode in the midst of your hectic mind?’
Embarrassed, Lee Sang-won tried to operate the gun again, but Kim Do-yoon moved first.
grasp!
A picturesque round kick knocked out Lee Sang-won’s gun. Doyoon Kim did not stop there. By linking the movements naturally, Lee Sang-won’s abdominal kick exploded.
“Ouch!”
Lee Sang-won, who had flown backwards, clenched his stomach.
Kim Do-yoon walked leisurely toward the fallen man.
“Your father said it was okay to hit him with a love rod. So you better not think about going home unharmed.”
hard. hard.
A creepy sound comes from the knuckles of Kim Do-yoon’s fingers. Lee Sang-won, who was sitting on the floor, frightenedly stepped back.
“Do not come! don’t come! aaa!”
It was only for a while that I screamed desperately. Lee Sang-won, who was frightened and started a game, eventually passed out with his eyes closed. No matter how frightened he was, he seemed to have even danced his pants.
situation end.
Ghost let out a sigh of relief.
‘He’s a scary guy.’
Coincidentally, he was also under the influence of Kim Do-yoon’s nature. Ghost did not know that the change in emotions he felt was due to Demagogue, one of Kim Do-yoon’s powers.
so that.
‘The vice president found a monster.’
It was inevitable that the evaluation of Kim Do-yoon would be harsh.
***
A few days later.
As usual, it was in the middle of personal training at the Cheonseong Training Center.
“and.”
I got a call from Seol Chae-hwa. It was the content of the payment for the previous request.
When I checked my account, there was a deposit of 20 million won. When I asked why, he said he paid twice as much because he did a better job than expected.
“This request didn’t just end with stopping that guy from doing bad things. If I tried to stop it, it would only lead to a rebellious spirit, and it was obvious that there would be more uproar. It actually happened a few times.”
He said that he needed to be scolded so that he would not deviate next time. In that sense, she praised me for completing the task perfectly.
“Are you really surprised? Are you absolutely terrified? He was procrastinating and asked me not to show his face again because he would listen carefully.”
Anyway, I’m glad it seems to have worked out.
“Hmm.”
It was a while to enjoy the joy of earning money. I calmed my excitement.
What he gained through this quest wasn’t just money. It was a heavenly mastery.
‘My proficiency has gone up so much that it’s incomparable to when I was training alone.’
In practice, I thought it would be different. Thanks to this, I have reached a stage where even 3rd level talents can use it reliably.
Step 1 (Safety) / Emotion Implant, Mental Acceleration
Step 2 (Safety) / Demagogue, Delusion Practice
Step 3 (Danger) / Memory Reading, Telepathy
Stage 4 (Warning) / Mind Siege, Eyes Fake
Step 5 (Prohibited) / Amnesia, Ripley Syndrome
Finally, I was able to use 『Memory Reading』 and 『Telepathy』 with some level of burden.
I checked the memory reading among them.
＜Memory reading＞
:: myself. Or read the other person’s memories.
‘Is it the psychometric ability that you only see in movies and cartoons?’
I wondered what kind of principle it was, so I immediately decided to write the innate character for myself.
[‘Memory Reading’ is activated.]
[In what format do you want to search for the memories you want to browse?]
[Search method is time, word, event, person. There are four types in total.]
First of all, I didn’t know, so I chose the ‘time’ type at the front.
[Viewing times are as follows.]
[April 3, 2022 – March 27, 2053]
[The older the memory, the greater the amount of information, the greater the consumption of mental power.]
While reading the notification window, I realized a shocking fact and my mouth dropped open.
Today’s date is March 27, 2053. And my birthday is on the 3rd of April. The year he was born was exactly 2022.
I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
I can even read the memories of the moment I was born. In other words, if there is memory reading, it means that no matter how old the memory is, it can be recalled at will.
In other words.
‘When I use my ability, it’s just a perfect memory, isn’t it?’
With this, Signal’s written test was no longer a concern. Who would take issue with having answer sheets stored in my brain?
In other words, the time you have to study for grades is reduced, and you can focus on becoming stronger.
‘Hmm. Anyway, I can look into the memories of the past.’
Looking at the memory reading ability, I suddenly had a question.
It is the past that has changed as the game is overlaid on reality. It was about whether the moment at that time could be recalled through memory reading.
There was just one thing I wanted to find out.
[Read the memories of the day of May 2, 2053.]
What I want to remember is the day of Signal’s entrance exam. It was precisely at this time that the rumors about my notoriety spread in Signal came from.
“Do you see a young male student with a faded face at the entrance of the door over there? He is the person I was talking about last time.”
『Ah~ The hypnotist you said you met while interviewing for freshmen?』
entrance ceremony day.
When I first entered the third grade of the first year, I could definitely hear such a story from the students in my class.
“be careful. He is a person with a bad reputation.”
“hmm. I think I’ve heard of it somewhere too. I heard that after pretending to be kind and taking them to a secluded place, they might brainwash them without even knowing mice or birds.”
Rumors don’t become 1 out of 0, although a 1 can grow to a 10, unless someone is deliberately spreading lies with malicious intent.
‘It’s very likely that I did something during the entrance exam. Otherwise, there’s no reason to be tortured this much just by word of mouth.’
and.
– Hey, pretty?
The ominous premonition came true.
Because in the replayed memory, I was foolishly playing tricks on Min Seo-eun.