Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 119

First, I wrote down the most basic facts.

If I steal the gauntlets, Bang Haeun’s parents will come.

Those gauntlets are made of the same material as the grasshopper.

If they disappear? The masterminds working hard for world destruction will definitely come running, putting their grand plans on hold.

The important point here is that I can’t just steal them outright.

‘Because then I’d have to return them after practicals end.’

Battle royale and plundering are only allowed on the 2nd floor. Once we leave, stolen items must be returned.

Considering all these conditions, the following result emerges.

※ Detailed Method:

① Make Bang Haeun into a definite villain.

② Yeon Sora becomes a righteous thief and plunders the holy sword and gauntlets.

③ Tribute the holy sword to Hyeonmin ♡

④ When the rental period ends, return the holy sword but pretend to lose the gauntlets and keep them.

⑤ Even if Bang Haeun asks, play dumb. And when her parents eventually come, greet them together with my babies.

‘This is coming together nicely?’

I worked like a cow just to tribute one holy sword, but I’ve caught a mastermind by walking backwards.

Aren’t I just incredibly lucky?

Is this possessor privilege or something?

“2 minutes left! Take a quick water break in the meantime!”

Only after hearing Gyeon Junhwi’s voice did I snap back to attention. Right, this isn’t luck at all.

‘It’s thanks to our Junhwi!!!’

He gave me the mission to find the mastermind when I was only focused on tribute. Plus the fact that Bang Haeun is connected to a mastermind was also discovered by Gyeon Junhwi.

Precious information learned by risking his life in the novel….

‘……’

Suddenly my body trembled. Because scenes I saw in dreams once vividly resurfaced.

Yeom Juwan dead with his eyes open, his lower body turned to ash, Ki Hyeonmin collapsed in a pool of blood, even the scene of Gyeon Junhwi losing one arm and one leg while breathing his last breath….

My mood became complicated and solemn. At the same time, a bitter smile emerged.

‘Wait, I’m doing the same thing….’

I have no right to criticize Bang Haeun’s team members as thoughtless for not understanding the 1st generation’s sacrifice.

Because I’m doing the same thing.

The reason I can take the easy path is because my babies already walked the difficult path by risking their lives. This shortcut was obtained at the cost of my biases’ lives.

‘Right, get a grip, Sora!’

I shook my head vigorously, forcibly shaking off the terrible images. There’s only one thing I need to do right now.

① Make Bang Haeun into a definite villain.

This isn’t easy either.

I thought everything would be solved if I just revealed that Bang Haeun is ‘a mean bitch who ostracizes Seong Hayul,’ but the result?

Yeom Juwan stopped me, and Ki Hyeonmin even used his wish ticket to shut my mouth.

‘I underestimated my babies’ angelic nature too much.’

I overlooked the fact that those two have tolerance levels different from ordinary people.

No matter how hypocritical, self-righteous, and mean Bang Haeun acts, in Yeom Juwan and Ki Hyeonmin’s eyes, she’s just ‘a rough person.’

If Yeon Sora points fingers at and attacks a rough person, those two will reflexively protect the attacked person and stop me.

Then there’s only one method.

I need to make Bang Haeun attack me.

Fortunately, this is somewhat my specialty field.

* * *

Once I have a strategy, time to execute immediately!

Actually, it’s embarrassing to even call this a strategy. The big picture is just ‘piss off Bang Haeun.’

After listing up several methods in my head, I immediately took action.

Method one for pissing people off. Stupid mistakes.

“Bang Haeun?”

After calling Bang Haeun loudly, I widened my eyes and covered my mouth with both hands.

“Oh! Sorry! I shouldn’t call your name right now, right?”

Shapeshifters spawn one more doppelganger if you call the original’s name. Meaning more monsters targeting Bang Haeun’s back.

“I’m really sorry! I forgot… you call my name too!”

“No, it’s fine. Anyone can make mistakes.”

“That can’t be right! Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. Bang Haeun, quickly call my name too! Ahhh, I made another mistake! Damn!”

A normal person would get pissed and shout ‘Yeon Sora’ back, but Bang Haeun can’t do that.

Because she’s wearing a righteous mask.

Even now, she’s looking at me with a benevolent smile instead.

“Really, it’s okay. But why did you call me?”

I immediately reached out and touched Bang Haeun’s gauntlets, then rubbed them hard with my fingers.

Method two for pissing people off. Touching precious items without permission.

“These gauntlets look nice. Are they legendary-grade too?”

“Sorry, but these gauntlets don’t do well with too much handling, so could you not touch them too much?”

“Oh, really? But what kind of leather is this? The texture is no joke?”

Bang Haeun pulled her hand back, sending signals of discomfort, but Yeon Sora doesn’t care about such things.

Because she’s an unhinged thug lunatic.

But because I was touching them too much, Juwan’s voice came from a bit away.

“Stop it. She’s uncomfortable.”

“Oh, really? Sorry, I’m dense about these things. Were you uncomfortable?”

Method three for pissing people off. Looking down with laughter.

I tore my mouth open to my ears to properly deliver a bitchy smile, but Bang Haeun’s face only stiffened slightly. No signs of attacking.

But I’m not disappointed.

Because the core of this strategy is repetition.

“I’m really sorry, I’ll be careful from now on, Bang Haeun. Oh! I did it again!”

Just keep stabbing until the mask breaks.

Just keep repeating until the limit is reached.

However.

From calling her name too many times, side effects started appearing. Bang Haeun’s team members began voicing complaints on behalf of their original.

“You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”

“Our leader is nice so she’s not saying anything… but even so, isn’t this too much?”

Nine Fake Haeuns have already gathered.

Right now we’re standing in a circle so it’s fine, but if we show even the slightest opening, those nine will immediately attack Bang Haeun and their chosen leader will be eliminated at once.

Yeah, that’s worth being angry about.

But before I could make any excuses, my babies shielded me.

“Sorry. She severely lacks control. You saw the video, right? She can’t hold back even when she should.”

“R-right! E-even in front of the twin TAs… s-she kept talking when told not to! Sh-she could’ve really died!”

“To stop her, we’d need to restrain her with pressure points. We can’t do that right now.”

Normally such excuses wouldn’t work, but Bang Haeun’s team members are nodding in understanding.

“Oh, that interview incident… that wasn’t a sense of mission but lack of control? I see….”

“Something like that. So please understand even if she says harsh things.”

“But isn’t this a bit much?”

“She doesn’t have any malice, despite how she looks.”

“That’s even scarier.”

This is why character establishment is terrifying.

No matter what words Yeon Sora says, no matter what unconventional actions she takes, everyone just accepts it.

Because she’s an unhinged thug lunatic.

“I’m really sorry, Bang Haeun. Ahhhhh! I did it again!”

“It’s fine. But from now on, when you call me, how about tapping my shoulder instead of using my name?”

She’s impressive too.

She can smile even in this situation?

But despite appearing fine on the outside, she must be boiling inside. Because her attacks are getting rougher.

Swiiish—!

Crrrack—

With one sword strike, the Shapeshifter split into hundreds of pieces and scattered. The shattered fragments turned to dust the moment they touched the ground.

This is pretty… impressive.

I’m not the only one who thought so—Bang Haeun’s team members started pouring out admiration.

“Wow! What’s with that power? It completely turned to fine dust!”

“I don’t understand why our leader is still in A-Class!”

“Haha, seriously. At this level, isn’t the power even higher than that freshman representative over there?”

I’ll acknowledge the power isn’t bad… but the lip service is a bit excessive. The target they’re pointing at with nods is Ki Hyeonmin.

How dare those bastards compare who to who?

I whipped my head around and glared at the cadet who made the impudent remark.

“Bang Haeun’s weapon is good, that’s why. It’s a legendary-grade holy sword, right? Ahh! Sorry, I accidentally called your name again?”

I got my petty revenge, but Bang Haeun’s team members are too busy bragging about their leader to notice.

“Even with different weapons, still, that side only got cracks while this side completely pulverized it!”

“Plus our leader just stabbed. She didn’t even unleash the holy sword’s power, so you can’t completely attribute it to weapon difference.”

My baby is using a training sword at the extreme end of shoddiness, so he can’t display even 0.00001% of his original abilities.

When he stabs Shapeshifters, only a thin crack line forms. In contrast, Bang Haeun pulverized the monster with one stab.

“Even without unleashing power, there’s a basic attack power buff! To properly compare skills, they should use same-grade weapons!”

“Haha, then later when that side brings a legendary weapon, let’s have a match!”

“Don’t wait, do it right now! Bang Haeun can use a training weapon. Oh, sorry! Another mistake!”

“Even so, this is practicals, so a training sword is….”

“And procuring weapons is also an ability, you know?”

“Isn’t that innate wealth, not ability? It’s not like Bang Haeun acquired it with her own hands, her parents bought it for her?”

This kind of bickering and checking went back and forth when suddenly I felt warm body heat on my shoulder.

“Stop it.”

It’s Ki Hyeonmin.

Hyeonmin with his usual expressionless face.

“But!”

“If you’re doing this for me, I’d appreciate it if you’d just stay quiet. That would be helping.”

“…Okay.”

My baby is sincere.

He probably truly doesn’t care even a speck, but… I hate it, I do!

‘How dare they compare Ki Hyeonmin to Bang Haeun! If you remove just the attack power buff from that holy sword and compare, Ki Hyeonmin is far superior!!! If you’re going to compare properly, remove the buff from that holy sword too!’

While shouting like that to the bamboo forest in my heart… something strange suddenly occurred to me.

Professor Joo said this before.

— Incapacitation skill isn’t a technique that attacks the nerves. It’s closer to returning someone to a neutral state where no strength enters at all.

Returns to neutral. Then does that mean a legendary-grade item’s attack power buff gets canceled?

But does Incapacitation skill even apply to items?

I vigorously retraced my memory and scanned through <On the Brink of Destruction>’s settings, but no such scene ever appeared. Incapacitation is a general skill, so it doesn’t appear often in the first place.

If I asked Gyeon Junhwi he’d tell me, but,

“2 minutes left! It looks like it’ll explode soon.”

Our Junhwi is currently measuring mana waves to check the Shapeshifters’ condition.

Therefore, I decided to conduct a small solo experiment.

‘It’s a simple experiment.’

I stuck my hand into my pocket and selected a weapon.

Rocks and darts, or the BB gun… after deliberating, I pulled out the toy gun after all.

This one’s better for making excuses.

Bang!

Without waiting, I immediately pulled out the gun, aimed at Bang Haeun’s holy sword, and fired. The Incapacitation skill bullet I’d pre-loaded lightly struck the holy sword and bounced off.

“What are you doing?”

Bang Haeun alternates looking between me and the toy gun while frowning. Even the formidable Bang Haeun seems slightly dumbfounded, her expression bad. Maybe because I unintentionally combined two methods for pissing people off.

Method four. Stupid mistakes + touching precious items without permission.

“What did you just do?”

She’s not angry, but Bang Haeun’s tone is plastered with irritation. But I already have the perfect excuse.

“Sorry, I needed it for the interview.”

“What are you talking about now?”

“You said so earlier. Even if Seong Hayul doesn’t understand using toys in this situation, Yeon Sora must have separate intentions.”

“……”

“I couldn’t explain properly, but I have intentions.”

Method five. Getting stepped on by the foot of justice you believe in.

A method our Junhwi uses often—the technique of throwing villains’ own words back at them.

This one seems to have landed. Bang Haeun snorted and whipped her head away.

‘Shooting the weapon doesn’t make the owner holding it faint.’

Then now it’s time to check if there’s been a change!

Right on cue, completed Shapeshifters are waiting before us. The monster Bang Haeun needs to eliminate is a replica of a male student who looks like one of her team members.

“Strike vital points!”

Bang Haeun heard Junhwi’s signal and thrust her holy sword straight forward.

But,

Thwunk—

Bang Haeun’s sword barely penetrated the monster.

As if it takes a lot of strength, Bang Haeun, who’d been using one hand, started using both hands to push the sword in deeper.

The attack power buff that naturally comes with legendary-grade weapons had disappeared.

This… actually works?