Han Su-young has always lived by acting with the words of her teacher, Nam Hyeon-hwa, as a guide.
Eun-in raised herself and Choi Hyun-woo as if they were her own children from a young age that I can’t even remember.
She was a parent, a family member, a benefactor, and a teacher who was always strict and kind.
And among her teachings, there were teachings that were wary of Han Soo-young’s talent.
Said, never try to use that power to dig out other people’s secrets or weaknesses.
Don’t use it for criminal activity… … were the same things.
And now, of her own will, she was going to break them both at the same time.
She mumbled as she knelt down, put her hands together, as if in a prayer.
“I’m sorry, Master… … But this time it’s for a friend, so it’s safe… … .”
Han Soo-young could feel something strange.
Despite this and that, Han Soo-young acknowledged Jin Ye-seul.
I don’t know the details of why she deliberately imitated her at the academy, but she thought there must be a good reason, and never thought that she was weaker than him.
And today, she collapsed with magical exhaustion.
When I asked Hyun-woo Choi, she said that she was fine and that it was Yoo Ji-hyuk who was injured.
Something was strange.
She knew instinctively that she was hiding something.
Also, she knew well that if it was Yoo Ji-hyeok she knew, she would never say it.
Jin Ye-seul… … .
Well, he can’t tell me anything related to Jihyuk, so I’m leaving it out of the discussion.
Han Soo-young felt the need to get even a little bit of information.
In the end, it was under the pretext of helping a friend if he went to a dangerous place.
‘… great.’
As I went on, I could feel that my sense of handling space increased.
She headed to Yoo Ji-hyuk’s dormitory room, which she had heard from Choi Hyun-woo beforehand.
The reason why she couldn’t go in and showed her face out from the ceiling was probably because of the last conscience and reluctance that remained inside her.
‘uh?’
But no one was in the room.
Thinking that he hadn’t come back yet, I heard the sound of water.
you were in the shower
Han Soo-young, noticing this, could instantly feel his face getting hot.
Then, with a bang, the door opened and Yoo Ji-hyeok, dressed in simple clothes, walked out.
‘Hmm, hmm.’
To the end, she told herself that this was because of work.
Then he opened his eyes and began to scan his surroundings, wondering if there was anything that could be useful.
Like Hyeonu, why don’t all the boys dry their hair properly?
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Oh, I thought my hair was straighter than that, but it was a little curly.
I didn’t know that Hyeonu had such a great physique and was very muscular, but Jihyuk must have had quite a bit of muscle too… … .
‘what?’
Then, Yoo Ji-hyuk picked up something and put it on the bed.
Han Soo-young knew what that was.
This was because when something was delivered to the dormitory, it would always come in a box like that.
Yoo Ji-hyuk took something out of the already open box.
And when Han Soo-young saw the thing he took out, he couldn’t help but be surprised.
It was the first time she had actually seen it, but she knew what it was.
It was a pistol.
why?
She thought.
There were several other things in the box.
It was like a thick black vest, or a magazine.
‘ah.’
Then she could feel the world being distorted.
She knew instinctively that the time was up.
When he woke up, Han Soo-young was lying on his dormitory bed.
She groaned and stood up, starting to reflect on the scene she had seen a moment ago.
“… … .”
Needing a pistol doesn’t usually happen every day.
Especially if it is necessary for an academy student.
“… Are you going to leave me alone again and do my own thing? Did you even make an appointment?”
A cold voice came out of Han Soo-young’s mouth that surprised me.
Can I become Jin Ye-seul and not me?
That’s not okay.
Han Soo-young muttered quietly and lifted her phone.
Unlike Jin Ye-seul, she had an absolute and reliable ally.
And while training for a while, Choi Hyun-woo, who received Han Soo-young’s text message, sighed deeply.
* * *
next day.
The method of supplying magic power to Jin Ye-seul was surprisingly simple.
The branches of the World Tree that had settled in my body certainly had the ability to absorb other people’s magic or energy.
That said, the opposite situation is also possible.
Branch of the World Tree (Bond / Parasitic / Legendary)
[Effect][Active]
― Part of the world tree can be extracted from the body. Currently, that’s a bit lacking.
― You can absorb the energy of the target that touches the branch of the World Tree. However, if the opponent’s overall stats are significantly higher, the energy may be taken away. A target with an absolute advantage can unconditionally absorb energy. You can impart energy to connected opponents.
— ???
— ???
While using the skill, Jin Ye-seul cannot move at all.
Therefore, there was no way to recover the mana consumed by drinking potions that replenish magical power.
But to me, it had nothing to do with it.
I spent a lot of money and bought a huge number of mana potions.
There, as much as possible with the power storage, the reserve magic was also in a state of being collected.
“Sit comfortably.”
“Ah, yes.”
Jin Ye-seul and I rented a dallying room under the pretext of battling.
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Originally, it was impossible to lock the door of the training room, which was not even the training room, but when Jin Ye-seul knocked on something, the door of the training room was immediately locked.
No one else will interfere with this.
Jin Ye-seul took off her shoes, hugged the cushion she had brought before, and sat down comfortably.
Just like last time, he had changed into simple sportswear in case he would get wet in a cold sweat.
In the meantime, I opened all the bottles of so many mana potions and put them together in one place.
Then, he pulled out branches of the world tree and sent them to each bottle as if through a straw.
When you run out of mana, it will start eating you up.
the problem is… … .
“why?”
The problem was how to connect the branches of the world tree.
Jin Ye-seul, who noticed my gaze, tilted her head as if asking why.
“I think I’m going to have to hurt myself a bit.”
“Ah, what do I say?”
Jin Ye-seul nodded her head and opened her mouth again.
Then he chuckled and laughed.
“Wouldn’t it be more efficient if it was closer to the body?”
“I’m afraid I’ll be bitten, so I’ll refuse.”
“tooth… … .”
I stretched out a branch of the world tree and carefully shoved it into her forearm, as if through a Ringer’s needle.
Soon after, I could feel that I was connected to her.
And it seemed that Jin Ye-seul was the same.
“I can feel Jihyuk’s things in my body… … .”
“Don’t say anything useless.”
He dismissed it briefly and handed him the pendant.
She carefully took it and held it in her hands.
“… If you think it is unreasonable, stop anytime.”
“yes.”
“Really. It’s not just a word.”
“Okay.”
Ye-seul Jin exclaimed, “Ah,” and said to me.
“If you can do this perfectly, can’t you just listen to my request?”
“What?”
“Well… … I’ll tell you if you promise me.”
Then, Jin Ye-seul suddenly began to shake her head like a whimper.
“Ah, this is really fast paced and very difficult.”
I nodded my head as if I had no choice but to understand.
“Instead, if it’s weird, I’ll do something that never happened.”
“yes I’m fine. Because it doesn’t matter.”
Jin Ye-seul immediately grabbed the pendant with both hands and said.
“You’re going to ask me on a date.”
“What?”
Jin Ye-seul immediately closed her eyes instead of answering.
Soon after, she could see the mana flowing around her, as visible as the last time.
It was a start.
I shut my mouth and let her magical energy flow freely through the branches of the World Tree.
Almost instantly, he felt that the magical energy he had accumulated in the power storage was being depleted.
The branch of the World Tree devoured a mana potion without a break and sent it to Jin Ye-seul repeatedly.
Jin Ye-seul demanded a huge amount of magical power from me to the extent that I wondered if the mana potions I had purchased in large quantities were now over, so I thought it might have been a bit too much.
“Ouch… … .”
At that moment, a moan came out of my mouth.
Even though it was simply acting as a connecting channel, it was impossible to withstand the massive amount of mana that was moving violently.
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Only about a third of the mana potions I bought were left.
I glanced at Jin Ye-seul, but there was no sign of Jin Ye-seul opening her eyes.
I can’t help but grit my teeth and be patient.
As I was thinking about it, I heard a strangely refreshing sound.
It was the sound when the notification window popped up.
[The Branch of the World Tree has been exposed to massive amounts of mana for a long time.]
[You have achieved one of the hidden conditions!]
It was not difficult to notice that it was one of Yeeun Lee’s final awakening conditions, but now there was no time to pay attention to that.
how much time has passed
My whole body was drenched in cold sweat, to the point where I thought that I should have been wearing simple clothes rather than Jin Ye-seul.
I should give up, but those thoughts were gradually taking over my mind.
“… done.”
In the same way, Jin Ye-seul muttered in a voice full of tiredness.
Simultaneously with those words, I fell to the ground.
Jin Ye-seul was also exhausted.
Jin Ye-seul held two pendants in her hand.
“This is real, this is fake.”
The genuine product Jin Ye-seul handed over was placed in the shadows and copied with skill.
She and I were lying on the floor in almost identical postures, but Ye-seul Jin turned and looked at this side with her head down.
“Are you going to keep your promise?”
“… You are great too. awesome.”
With my face down on the floor, I mumbled quietly.
“Yeah, let’s go, go… … .”
“Hurray… … .”
Jin Ye-seul, who was waving her hand with a dying voice, hurriedly threw something at me.
The note she threw had a phone number written on it.
“I saved someone. You should contact me there.”
I held the note in my hand without saying a word.
At just the right time, the cell phone rang, and it was clear that Esmeralda and Lydia had an appointment to meet.
Now that everything is ready, it’s time to move.
* * *
Me, Esmeralda, and Lydia went straight to dawn the next day.
It was impossible to go out without a word even on the weekend, so we used Esmeralda’s powers to prepare a second for me.
I said I’d just stay in the dormitory without anything else going on, but it’s just in case you didn’t know.
“Then, I will outline the operation again.”
Lydia looked at me and Esmeralda and said.
She looked at me first.
“I told the leader of the water spray team that I succeeded in persuading you by contacting you, and instead of handing over the pendant, I lured you in by talking to me to resolve the resentment that had been going on. And he said he would raid you directly at the meeting place like that. Do you understand this far?”
“okay.”
“I’ll be there too, but it’s better not to expect much help. Because I have almost no fighting ability. As long as his abilities are unknown… … .”
“More than that, the meeting place must have been as I asked, right?”
Lydia nodded her head.
“okay. Did you say you wanted to meet on the roof of a high-rise building? I did what you said. It was a sight that was more than welcome to the fact that there was no way out.”
“That’s enough.”
She looked at Esmeralda this time.
“Your role is also important, Eda. If you succeed in killing him as planned, you must take over his role and destroy it from within.”
“yes.”
“And if the plan fails… … .”
Lydia hesitated for a moment.
“It will be difficult for both me and this man to survive. If that happens, I hope you will take over my will and plan and bring down the Red Case.”
She added that she was sorry.
“I’m sorry for putting a heavy burden on you.”
“Don’t worry, it won’t happen, Leader. It will definitely succeed.”
Esmeralda skillfully placed her hand on Lydia’s shoulder, reassuring her.
After staring at the two of them for a moment, I gently raised my hand.
“What if the plan succeeds?”
“You have to watch the situation and move, but the basics are the same. The information that they stole the pendant from the red case is leaked to both sides, and they impulsively attack from the inside.”
She nodded.
“I don’t know why, but both of them have been so obsessed with the pendant, the chances are good.”
At that, I nodded my head.
It was not because he sent an e-mail to Dmitry, an executive of the Big Watch whom he had met before, saying that it would be difficult to transfer the pendant, and he received an e-mail requesting contact with him persistently.
“Then, let’s stop together. gouge. I’ll ask you the next day. If the time comes and there is no contact, do not wait and start the next plan immediately.”
“… yes.”
Esmeralda nodded heavily.
Me and Lydia headed straight to the building, the meeting point.
I heard it was a building of some kind of corporation, but it was a place I had never been to in the world I lived in before.
The two of us immediately got on the elevator and headed to the roof.
Since there were so many people, no one was interested in us, but we were able to enter the places only officials could enter or places guarded by security guards without any restraint.
Knowing that it was Lydia’s ability, there was no surprise.
We were able to get to the roof in no time.
The wind blew strong because it was so high up, and I was a little worried about it.
Then, Lydia, who was pretending to be talking to me, muttered, “Come small.”
When I turned my head to look, there was a man with an ordinary, good-natured impression that could be found anywhere there, looking at us.
“hi?”
He looked at me with a sad smile.
“Are you that kid Yoo Ji-hyuk?”
“… … .”
Lydia looked at him nervously.
“Why are you here? I would have decided to do the tangent by myself. This is against the promise… … .”
“Don’t be too tight. 내 새끼들 절반을 죽인 애잖아? I wanted to see your face once, and I wanted to make sure you got your belongings right.”
Saying so, he looked over here.
“Anything?”
“You took good care of me. of course.”
I caught his attention by showing him a duplicate pendant.
Lydia’s fingers moved swiftly along the way.
I thought it wouldn’t be long before I realized it was of no use.
“Ah, but are you really here?”
He mumbled in admiration.
“It’s nice to see you as an asshole to say that I might die and come to you.”
“… why?”
Lydia muttered in a dazed voice.
He naturally had doubts about his abilities not working.
I looked at him calmly, and, just like her, had a bewildered expression on my face, and panicked.
“Why, why aren’t you coming? ?”
Seeing that, the man just giggled and burst out laughing.
“I knew you would betray me, Lydia.”
Well, even if it wasn’t, I thought I’d kill them together.
While muttering like that, the leader of the watering team pulled out a pistol from his arms and pointed it at Lydia.
“Aren’t you using your skills? His body must have gotten really weak, so let’s check it out together, shall we?”
“Come on, wait!”
He pointed his gun at me at my shout.
“why? Do you want to beg for life? uh… … That’s not going to happen.”
He spoke to me in a cold voice for the first time.
“Even if you think of those guys who lost your hand, I’ll make you a mop with meticulous care. Oh, can you drop the body from here?”
“It’s not like that… … .”
I trembled and said to him.
“You should have shot first when it was time to tease you.”
this sick bastard
At the same time, his hands shattered like balloons.
It was because of the sniper’s bullets staring at us from afar.