Chapter 65. absolute stability (2)
＜Name :: Kim Doyoon＞
＜Code name :: Influencer＞
Step 1 (safety)
+ Emotion Implant Lv.6 (Emotion Injection) [Proficiency: 11%]
+ Mental Acceleration Lv.5 (Mental Acceleration) [Proficiency: 73%]
+ Sense Control Lv.2 (Sense Manipulation) [Proficiency: 22%]
Step 2 (safety)
+ Demagogue Lv.5 (Emotional) [Proficiency: 65%]
+ Delusion Practice Lv.5 (Delusion Practice) [Proficiency: 87%]
& Pondris Pheromone Lv.1 (Like Amplification) [Proficiency: 0%]
Step 3 (Risk)
+ Memory Reading Lv.2 (Memory Reading) [Proficiency: 34%]
+ Telepathy Lv.2 (Chlorosis) [Proficiency: 51%]
+ Overlord Lv.2 (Overload) [Proficiency: 3%]
Step 4 (warning)
+ Mind Siege Lv.1 (Physical Control) [Proficiency: 61%]
+ Eyes Fake Lv.1 (Perception Manipulation) [Proficiency: 53%]
Step 5 (ban)
+ Amnesia (???)
+ Ripley Syndrome (???)
A technique I used in real combat for the first time while fighting MacLaine. [Overflow] intentionally generates a halo and uses it to increase combat power.
It was very encouraging to be able to use Mind Siege and Eyes Fake in real life, even though the recoil was very severe, as I have now experienced.
‘It would be perfect if these 4 levels went down from warning to danger.’
After all, I couldn’t help but think that I was lucky that the 3rd level of nature came down to danger in the beginning. Even though I’ve been through this much experience, the 4th stage is still in a warning state and there is no change.
Another small thing that stands out is that the ‘&’ symbol is attached in front of the pondris pheromone. It was a symbol of always-activating nature.
Woo woo woo. Woo woo woo.
On the way out of the health room. My smartphone in my pocket vibrated. It was a call from Nayeon Eom.
“hello.”
“What is it, Uncle? Why are you answering the phone now? I texted and kept calling. I went to the men’s dormitory in person, but they said it was empty. Where did you go?」
“Oh, I’ve been a bit busy.”
I couldn’t bear to say that I had passed out for half a day in the health room after using my nature. What’s the point of worrying about it?
「A-thing. lunch is over Let’s have dinner together, even if it’s a pity!”
“… … Just the two of you?”
“Eh? Uncle, did you really want to go on a date with me?”
I imagined Eom Na-yeon smiling with her eyebrows rising over her smartphone.
“It’s because it’s so sudden and out of the blue.”
“Is it out of the blue to call friends to eat?”
Is this a friend
Eom Na-yeon tends to get along with many students on campus, but she doesn’t often say ‘we are friends’.
The so-called style of dating widely but not deeply.
That she appealed that they were friends first like that. If it was a game, it was a part where you could figure out that your affinity with her had gone up a notch.
“It’s not out of the blue. If you look at the nuance, it seems that it is not just the two of you.”
“huh! This time, we fought against the evil organization, crossing life and death with each other! We went through such a rough journey together, but wouldn’t it be too sad if we didn’t have an after party? is not it?”
“What about seolchaehwa? He must be busy trying to clear his name.”
“that’s right. Did I even notice a little bit of that? But if you set a date, he said he’ll come out in time somehow.”
back-and-forth. When I heard that, something immediately came to my mind.
One of many events that occurred in the original story. Among them, there was an event that occurred when Yooseong cleared the second episode without sacrificing any children.
‘That was a follow-up event. It was an event in which colleagues who participated in the mission gathered together for a dinner party, and because Meteor lost in a bet from the dinner party, he paid all the expenses for the dinner.’
In return, the player loses all their possessions. Although it wasn’t a huge loss thanks to the advantage of greatly increasing the favorability of all colleagues who participated in the meeting.
“wait for a sec. Don’t hang up. I have something to check.”
I turned the screen sideways to check the balance in my account.
[0 won]
“?”
For a moment, it felt like my brain stopped.
‘weird. Where did all my money go?’
I checked the history to see where the money was withdrawn.
and.
“… … .”
It is only now that I realize that I have been used for hospital expenses while I have been in the hospital.
It wasn’t that I didn’t know this until now. Every time I was discharged from the hospital, there was always a word that the hospital asked for payment. It’s just that I haven’t checked the balance yet.
‘Even if you look at the exact reason, it seems that this is going to be overdue because you couldn’t pay all the money.’
In short, it meant that I was not in a situation where I could spend money on leisure activities.
“uncle? Why Gran?」
Can I answer ‘I don’t have money, so I’ll get it’.
“I don’t think I can go to the party because I have personal circumstances.”
Know. If it’s their personality, if they don’t have money, of course they’ll try to give it instead. Knowing that doesn’t make it even worse. Because this is a man’s pride that only men can understand.
「Ah, why! My uncle is the main character, but it doesn’t make sense for him not to come!”
“Anyway, it’s difficult, so I can’t.”
“No, no, no! If uncle doesn’t come, the after party itself won’t work! Yurim would never come without her uncle! I mean, I don’t think Aram’s sister won’t come if Uncle doesn’t bring her!”
But when I do that, my heart breaks. I don’t know if I’m missing one and it ends there, but according to Eom Na-yeon, half of the members will be absent.
The fact that the meeting is broken because of me. It was hard to ignore.
“… … okay. I’ll go then.”
“Oh yea!”
“instead. I’m in trouble tonight, let’s make an appointment for tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is the weekend.”
「Okay~ Carrots are fine at that level! ah! Then how about 10 am tomorrow? Aside from eating, let’s go play around!”
The call ended just like that.
I was standing in my seat.
‘I should have run part-time on this day.’
What happened when I was told by the health teacher to stay calm? I thought that my life was also very instrumental.
***
I went to the department store.
I wonder if the part-time job of the day will be saved from this mountain valley signal, but surprisingly there was. There were many part-time jobs even on campus without the need to go outside.
Right at the department store. A shopping complex prepared for Signal students. It was a place I had come to once to rescue an unknown female student.
The specialty of this place is that in addition to the famous franchise, Signal Circle is also located here. If there is a difference from general circle insolvency, it is said that the circle belonging to this place is registered as a business.
“Welcome. Live and live, there are things like this. I never thought that celebrity would come to our store to work part-time.”
The store I applied for was run by the Signal Circle side.
“Hello, boss.”
“Ahahahaha! what is the boss Even though it has the shape of a shop, it is part of the circle activity. As you can tell by the name when you applied, this is the ‘Rental Friend’ department. So just call me general manager.”
Where I applied for a part-time job that day. As you can infer from the name, this shop run by Rental Friend Circle was a place that acted as an agent.
Acting as a temporary family member for those in need of a family, and acting as a guest for those in need on a wedding day.
That kind of thing is acting as a role, and as the name of the circle says, this circle specializes only in acting as a friend.
As it is a kind of service industry, the inside of the store has a cafe feel.
“By the way, I have a question. Isn’t it usually difficult to hire a part-time job for something like this?”
At my question, the general manager of Rental Friend shook his head with a bitter smile.
“He said he would give Fay hard because it was hard to find. Didn’t you come here after seeing that high pay?”
“It is.”
The manager said that there was an ace member who worked together, but he took a leave of absence due to midterm exams. Is it bad grades or what?
“Anyway, recently, a big customer came to our store. They said they had to hide their identity for unavoidable reasons, but they said that they would give them a lot of money.”
“At that moment, the most important ace member was gone.”
“okay. Now I’m in a situation where I can’t go out because I have a customer in charge. The rest of the members… … . Unfortunately, it was a probationary period, so it was difficult to entrust it to a big customer.”
“Somehow, I thought it was strange that the career conditions were set so tightly for such an unusual part-time job.”
The manager laughed out loud at those words.
“hahahahaha! therefore! I also put up a job offer like that, and honestly, I wondered if this would be saved! In fact, there was not a single applicant for several days. So, at the moment when I thought I should lower my standards… braided! Did an expert with better specs than our ace member apply?”
“Did you say you were a big customer? Did you have any other requirements?”
“no. there was no Just treat me normally. While slapping a bundle of heavy 50,000 won bills with both cheeks. Is your name Kim Do-yoon? Do Yoon. If you work in an industry similar to mine, you know how demanding this is.”
“How much did you pay for the commission?”
He showed eight fingers.
“I’ll just tell you that the spirit is this much.”
At least, the ‘crazy’ sound almost came out of the voice.
To pay such an exorbitant amount of money and treat me normally without demanding conditions. Even after hearing more stories, it was not a long-term rental, just one day. It will also be rented for only 5 hours.
“You mean you have to show a service worth billions of dollars in five hours. It’s definitely not easy.”
“No matter how much I think about it, I thought they were giving me too much money, so I asked them for their story. Why do you need a rental friend while paying so much money?”
“So what did you say?”
“Did you want to practice making friends? When I heard that, I thought If you need to practice making friends, shouldn’t you prepare a variety of human groups? So, the original plan was to attach employees with different types of personalities… … .”
The manager smiled and said.
“If your specs are as good as yours, can I send you alone?”
“To say it twice is nagging. When do we start?”
“Oh. Still, I’m going to do this nagging. It’s important for adults like us to use our natural talent to the fullest to win favor. Be careful when displaying your natural influencing customers directly. especially you… . You won’t judge people just by hearing rumors, but you have a sensitive nature. is not it?”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Anyway, now I was in a situation where I couldn’t use it even if I wanted to use it.
“Since you are in a similar industry, you know what you need to be aware of in this kind of work, right? Don’t dig too deep into the customer. Draw a line for customers to approach you more than necessary, etc. I’ll beg you. If the customer is very satisfied, of course there is an additional bonus that falls to you, so work hard.”
After confirming the meeting place and time with the big customer, I even received the necessary expenses for my friend.
“Now, this is cash and this is a card. In order to naturally act as a friend, in some cases you will need to spend money.”
“How much do you have to spend? Do you have anything like that?”
“Don’t worry, just write. Do you need to save money dealing with a big customer?”
That was right.
The meeting place is Signal’s clock tower. Appointment time is 3pm. It was about 30 minutes from now.
“There are other things I am concerned about.”
“What are you worried about? What. say it.”
“Even though I am a professional. You know my rumors. I was wondering what to do if the guest doesn’t like it.”
“don’t worry. Your rumors seem to have gotten better lately, so I called them after considering them all. We are also on the alert side when it comes to rumors like that. Because work is work.”
As there is a part that I can confidently say in my field. Manager Lee must have made such a decision because he was confident as an expert.
I nodded in agreement.
“all right. Then I’ll leave right away.”
“Call me right away if you need further assistance. Because our members are going to help not to be seen.”
He nodded and left the office. I had some time to spare until the appointment time, so I looked around the inside of the department store and headed toward the clock tower.
‘I heard that he came out with a mask covering his face… … . ah. There he is.’
As it was a mask that had no choice but to stand out, looking around the clock tower, it was not difficult to find a big customer.
Anyway, it’s a Hahoe mask. Is it fashionable these days? It was a very unfortunate coincidence. The mask he used for camouflage when he invaded the Septagram Lab was also a Hahoe mask.
‘I made a mistake. I should have asked this beforehand.’
Right before approaching the customer, I realized that the customer’s gender was female and wanted to belatedly regret it.
I forgot about the existence of the recently acquired natural Pondris pheromone.
I hesitated for a moment with the customer in front of me.
‘Mmm. At most, it’s like a crush, so there’s no big problem? Besides, if you take good care of me, the request will be easier. If you tell me in advance and ask for consent, it might be all right.’
After you’ve sorted out your thoughts. I finally approached and stood before the big customer.
“hello! Customers who requested the Rental Friend service… … .”
“Wow!”
As soon as the big customer saw me, he was startled.
“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to surprise you. I’m the one who came to that rental friend service. Have you been waiting long?”
“… … .”
“customer?”
The big customer looked at me for a long time and then suddenly turned away.
‘Could you recognize me and be reluctant because of my rumors?’
That was the only problem that could be guessed when he suddenly showed such an embarrassing reaction.
“customer. If you need another member of staff… … .”
I try to talk cautiously, but suddenly it turns back to me and shakes its head.
There was nothing else to say, so I asked again.
“Then shall I continue?”
This time, he nodded his head.
He was a very special guest.
So customer is yandere witch. Predictable