Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 124

What is our Junhwi trying to verify?

I don’t know. But my baby doesn’t suspect people without reason.

‘I must have made another mistake.’

I’ve been pouring out information haphazardly lately—there must have been something contradictory in all that.

Perfectionist Gyeon Junhwi, who obsesses over details, discovered an inconsistency in my words and is trying to fact-check through the Boogeyman test.

“Should I go first? Or Yeon Sora, do you want to go first?”

“I don’t particularly care either way. Whatever’s convenient.”

The moment I answered, disappointment crossed Gyeon Junhwi’s face. And I belatedly realized my mistake.

‘You idiot! You shouldn’t have said that!’

The order I choose is also information for our Junhwi. He tried to catch a clue from my answer, but I’d unintentionally slipped away smoothly.

‘Sorry! I’ll definitely approach the test earnestly!’

While I internally groveled in apology, Gyeon Junhwi rested his chin on his hand briefly before speaking.

“Since we need to move to the next floor anyway, let’s decide the order then.”

We were clearing the building floor by floor while catching Boogeymen. Having finished basement level 2 and basement level 1, our next destination was the 1st floor.

But upon reaching the 1st floor, Gyeon Junhwi postponed the Boogeyman test temporarily.

“Let’s check the entrance first. Better to confirm how many flags we need.”

At the building entrance was a gate-shaped green barrier. There’s a lock in the middle of the barrier—insert flags there and turn them like keys to exit outside.

“Three flags needed. Yeom Juwan and Yeon Sora each have one, so we just need to find one more?”

Finally time for the Boogeyman test!

I was clenching my fists to approach earnestly when… Gyeon Junhwi said something unexpected.

“It’s about lunchtime, so should we eat first?”

“Already?”

“Can’t we eat a bit later? We only need one more…”

Yeom Juwan and Seong Hayul didn’t seem hungry. They seemed eager to catch the Boogeyman quickly and produce results, but that won’t do.

I think I know why Gyeon Junhwi suggested lunch. He plans to let time pass then ask the ‘who wants to do the test?’ question again.

‘He needs to make Yeon Sora let her guard down!’

If he asks the same question immediately, he’ll get a prepared answer, so he needs to make the target relax before suddenly striking.

For that, lunch break is necessary.

“I’m hungry. If I don’t eat right now, I might collapse.”

“M-me too! I-I’m hungry!”

“Then shall we eat first?”

Boram backed up my words, and Juwan also made a quick turnaround. Thanks to that, we could take the lunch break Gyeon Junhwi wanted.

‘Junhwi, leave it to me! I’ll assist!’

Even while resolving that, I knew this situation was a bit strange. A situation where Yeon Sora must secretly help Gyeon Junhwi with his plan to make Yeon Sora lower her guard.

I could just answer immediately when asked instead of going through such cumbersome procedures…

‘But we’re not at that stage yet.’

Early-stage Gyeon Junhwi has severe human distrust.

He’d trust a test utilizing the Boogeyman’s characteristics more than words from Yeon Sora’s own mouth!

Knowing that, I’m the one at fault for causing a setting error. Because of that, our Junhwi has to fact-check Yeon Sora in the midst of being busy.

‘Sorry!’

I apologized internally again and opened my lunchbox. For reference, the lunchboxes we’re eating now were plundered from Bang Haeun. Ridiculously full of nothing but meat side dishes.

“Does she not eat vegetables at all?”

“More importantly, don’t people normally bring freeze-dried food? Bringing this many lunchboxes with refrigeration magic is impressive too.”

A peaceful lunchtime with small talk.

For our Junhwi’s sake, I ate my meal as sloppily as possible with maximum effort. Made maximum effort at chitchat, and accepted maximum provocation from Seong Hayul with maximum effort.

Because Yeon Sora needs to be off-guard.

“By the way, when did you do advanced learning for skill implantation?”

“I told you I didn’t do advanced learning? It just worked when I tried?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! You’re combat-class!”

“Stop trying to understand genius with your criminal mind!”

“You crazy bitch!”

“Why did you implant the skill into a toy gun specifically?”

Gyeon Junhwi suddenly interrupted mid-conversation. I should be letting my guard down with maximum effort, but my nano-observation automatically read Gyeon Junhwi’s face.

Two short blinks. Junhwi is trying to extract information from this conversation.

“Putting the skill in a BB gun? It just happened that way?”

‘Sorry.’

I want to provide some useful information too, but that’s the truth. Still, my baby will be disappointed, so let me add a bit more explanation.

“Professor Joo gave me a mission but there wasn’t much time. Couldn’t go to the weapon shop, so I went to a shop on the academy campus as a compromise.”

“They sell weapons there too.”

“They didn’t have any?”

“If you’d asked the clerk, they would’ve brought some out.”

“Oh, really? Didn’t know. But even if I’d known, I don’t think I would’ve bought one. Why spend expensive money on a weapon when I don’t even know if it’ll work?”

At my answer, Junhwi wore a peculiar smile and spoke.

“Actually, that’s why it succeeded. Because the medium was a toy. Incapacitation skill is neutral, so if you implant it in other mediums, the effect gets canceled out due to compatibility.”

“?”

When I just blinked silently, Seong Hayul started nagging.

“You didn’t understand, did you? While insisting you’re a genius?”

“?”

“Skills have three attributes! Offensive, defensive, neutral! If you’d bought a weapon, it would basically include offensive or defensive formulas, so you couldn’t use a neutral skill!”

“?”

After blinking a few more times and tilting my head, Seong Hayul gave me a one-line summary.

“It succeeded because it was a toy!”

“Lucky, then?”

“Pure luck!”

“Luck…”

Junhwi smiled, but this time his eyelashes flutter like a fan. That means he doesn’t believe it… Before I could ruminate on that meaning, Junhwi put down his chopsticks.

“Then shall we get going?”

Time for the Boogeyman test.

* * *

We found the 1st floor Boogeyman relatively easily. It was rippling right next to the escalator.

What order should I choose to please Junhwi? While hesitating briefly, Gyeon Junhwi stepped forward himself.

“I’ll go first.”

This is a bit unexpected. In the original, Junhwi actively avoided the Boogeyman.

A monster that shows people’s sins and fears. Standing before it means revealing your weaknesses to others. Yet right now he’s walking toward the Boogeyman on his own feet.

Shiiiiiii—

As Gyeon Junhwi entered its radius, the shadow changed form.

A man sitting in a wheelchair. Wearing long sleeves and gloves on his hands, but skin festering with inflammation shows on his slightly exposed neck. I’m the only one who knows what this means.

— Acting smart all by yourself, look where that got you?

— You think there are people who’d truly trust and follow someone like you?

— What about the world you abandoned, running around doing pointless things here?

While the man spewed vile words, I checked our Junhwi’s expression through the Drone Eye… he wore a complex, subtle face full of mixed emotions.

‘My baby still has lingering attachment to that world.’

Gyeon Junhwi loathed his past life’s body. Yet he repeatedly asked ‘Can I go back?’ He had lingering attachment to the metaverse world he created.

Grrrrrr—

As Gyeon Junhwi moved closer, the wheelchair man bared his teeth and growled viciously. But Junhwi didn’t flee and continued walking forward.

The moment the Boogeyman revealed its full fangs and lunged—

Fwoosh!

Yeom Juwan whipped out a flame lash and eliminated the Boogeyman.

“Gyeon Junhwi! Snap out of it! You almost got hit!”

“Ah, sorry. Got a bit flustered.”

Junhwi showed a faint smile, then looked my way. He seems to want to check my reaction, but I don’t know what reaction would please him.

But then Boram spoke up.

“J-Junhwi! Wh-who was that person? H-he didn’t look scary at all.”

“I don’t know.”

“B-but he looked weak? B-Boogeymen only show f-fearful things!”

“Who knows?”

Gyeon Junhwi wore a subtle smile then suddenly pulled out a water bottle and put it to his mouth. Naturally avoiding an awkward question.

But Boram was looking at Gyeon Junhwi with curiosity-filled eyes. She intends to keep questioning until she gets the answer.

As expected, I need to step in.

“Boram, better not to ask about that.”

“B-but he didn’t look strong at all! Wh-why be scared when he’s weak?”

“What matters isn’t strong or weak.”

“Huh? Th-then what matters?”

“He was handsome! Really handsome!”

“Cough! Cough!”

Junhwi suddenly started coughing like crazy. Whether he choked or not, he’s even fanning himself with a bright red face.

‘Surprised? Sorry, this is the kind of devoted reader I am…’

Actually, I was seeing Gyeon Junhwi’s past life for the first time and was genuinely shocked.

The story only described the disabled body and skin inflammation… but the facial features were outstanding? No, I involuntarily started bragging about my baby’s beauty without realizing it!

“Stop talking nonsense! Yeon Sora! You need to go too! There’s another one over there!”

Anyway. Thanks to my rambling, Seong Hayul changed the subject, and we safely avoided the conversation making Gyeon Junhwi uncomfortable.

Finally, time for Yeon Sora’s Boogeyman test has arrived!

“S-Sora! G-good luck!”

“Don’t push yourself—if it seems dangerous, just run away.”

I boldly walked toward the Boogeyman while receiving my babies’ encouragement.

Show me my fear!

Preferably in a direction Junhwi would like!

Shiiiiiii—

As I approached, the shadow changed form.

But unlike the others, my Boogeyman didn’t transform just once.

Yeom Juwan engulfed in flames, burning.

Han Boram with hundreds of giant spikes driven into her, being extinguished.

Ki Hyeonmin slashing his own abdomen.

Gyeon Junhwi breathing his last breath with one arm and one leg missing.

My babies’ final moments unfolded before my eyes. I felt my blood run cold.

[Ding! Ding! Body temperature has dropped! Please use heating products to raise your temperature! Ding! Ding! Body temperature has…]

Seems my temperature actually dropped.

But I must complete the Boogeyman test to the end. Because whatever it is, it’s a necessary procedure for Gyeon Junhwi to trust me.

As I walked forward steadily, the Boogeyman kept changing form ceaselessly, showing countless deaths.

Yoo Seoha collapsing, torn by fangs.

Min Dorim with half his face ripped off.

Ha Seonwoo burning bright red with full-body burns.

Then when I reached right in front, the final transformation occurred.

A corpse collapsed on the floor. Bloodstains sprayed everywhere. The moment the corpse with a familiar face tried to open its mouth—

[Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Stop right now and raise your temperature to normal! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Right now…]

“Yeon Sora!”

Countless sounds reached me.

And I lost consciousness just like that.

* * *

“Yeon Sora!”

“S-Sora!”

As Yeon Sora collapsed, the nearby team members moved in unison.

Swish! Fwoosh! Crack-crack-crack-crack!

Ki Hyeonmin’s sword strike severed the Boogeyman’s neck, the remaining body was split in half by Yeom Juwan’s flame lash, and the split body became fragments again through Han Boram’s spell.

Seeing that spectacle, Seong Hayul grimaced and shook her head.

“Isn’t this… overkill?”

Fortunately, Yeon Sora wasn’t bitten by the Boogeyman’s fangs. She seemed to have simply lost consciousness from temperature drop.

They attached heat packs all over her body and waited for her to wake, but it took quite some time.

“During this gap, wouldn’t it be bad for two people to go get a flag?”

“I-I’ll watch Sora!”

Yeom Juwan and Ki Hyeonmin made reluctant faces but left unwillingly. And Gyeon Junhwi used the loosened surveillance to check Yeon Sora’s pupil movement.

‘She really lost consciousness.’

It’s not acting. After confirming that, Gyeon Junhwi rested his chin on his hand and began organizing the situation.

‘What does this mean…’

As Yeon Sora guessed, Gyeon Junhwi was testing her. But that wasn’t just from yesterday or today.

From the day he first met Yeon Sora, Gyeon Junhwi had been observing her every action and accumulating data.

He doesn’t doubt the fact that Yeon Sora is a prophet. The information Gyeon Junhwi wants to verify is…

‘What’s the real purpose?’

The prophet’s true purpose. And such questions don’t get honest answers by asking directly. So he was following the flow Yeon Sora wanted while collecting clues.

‘Bang Haeun’s parents will probably come within a week… I can verify this quickly.’

Yeon Sora said Bang Haeun’s parents are among the ‘first contractors.’ Gyeon Junhwi didn’t trust those words. But he didn’t consider them lies either.

Meeting them directly will reveal the truth. Investigating based on objective facts will expose the truth.

If Yeon Sora’s words are lies?

That means she’s deceiving this side with other intentions.

If her words are true?

Yeon Sora caught a mastermind. Less than a month after enrollment, eliminating an enemy threatening this world.

That’s the best outcome. But Gyeon Junhwi felt dissonance at the excessively fast results.

‘Too lucky.’

Yeon Sora being in the same group as Bang Haeun was coincidence. But Yeon Sora had far too many such coincidences.

The librarian she coincidentally met at the library was her fan, granting access to restricted materials.

At the Broadcasting Club she coincidentally entered, she obtained a Drone Eye with the chairwoman’s barrier.

While coincidentally looking for something to contain a skill, she used a toy gun.

And… she also coincidentally discovered the phantom beast she calls grasshopper.

‘Can all this really be coincidence?’

Normally, Gyeon Junhwi would’ve thought Yeon Sora was moving based on a well-crafted script. But among the countless pieces of information Yeon Sora poured out, there was a part that bothered him.

The Authority of the prescient she explained.

— Minuscule 0.00000001% probabilities happening consecutively, a crazy Rube Goldberg machine!

Yeon Sora’s coincidences.

They resembled the prescient’s Authority in nature. Does that mean an ability similar to the prescient lies dormant within her?

‘But Authority only activates when evil power intervenes?’

There were other concerning words too.

— ‘That bug’ is called Jekyll and Hyde. Usually docile but suddenly transforms into Hyde!

— Only I can see it. The mana seems to be the same material or something.

Even in the innocently disclosed content, ominous hints were buried.

Connecting the clues Yeon Sora revealed with her own mouth, this hypothesis could be formed:

Yeon Sora is a prophet. And prophets might be masterminds.

Yeon Sora doesn’t know her own identity yet.

Perhaps the moment her ability awakens, she might suddenly turn into an evil force.