Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 133

[Announcement: One trial zone has collapsed, and all 27 cadets conducting practicals in that zone have been eliminated.]

The instructor’s voice delivered new news. The cadets who’d been inside the building we just destroyed had all been reset.

I nodded in satisfaction, but my team members did not.

“……”

“……”

Yeom Juwan wore a lost expression, and Ki Hyeonmin stared down at his own hands with a ‘what have I done’ face. Gyeon Junhwi was thinking, and Han Boram was checking the fairy’s outfit.

Among them, the one looking most precarious right now is Seong Hayul.

“We’re done for now… What should we do….”

“It’s fine, the 2nd floor is survival, right? They said anything goes.”

I patted her shoulder with genuine sincerity, but she sharply swatted my hand away.

“Does that make sense? Even in survival, there are things you can and can’t do!”

“The kids didn’t die, they just got reset. They’ll re-enter in 5 hours.”

“Aaaaargh! You crazy bitch! You call that talking? Don’t you know our situation? The 2nd floor is structured so people who win in preliminaries advance to the main competition! We just collapsed the preliminary arena after advancing to the main competition first! They said anything goes, but not this! Anything goes only applies when you’re inside the arena!”

“I told you it’s fine, didn’t I?”

“What makes you so confident!!!”

Because I trust our Junhwi, obviously. If it really wasn’t okay, Gyeon Junhwi would’ve stopped it to the end.

Just then, the instructor’s voice rang out from above again.

[Cadet Gyeon Junhwi, are you listening? Cadets who just returned to the waiting area have raised an issue.]

Seong Hayul became a zombie repeating ‘we’re done,’ and Gyeon Junhwi looked up at the Drone Eye confidently.

“Yes, I’m listening. Go ahead.”

[Those just teleported testified that Cadet Gyeon Junhwi’s team intentionally damaged the test site. Do you acknowledge the intentionality?]

“Yes, I acknowledge it.”

[Character evaluations are also reflected in grades. The affected cadets claim they were subjected to one-sided attacks while unable to resist. They say Gyeon Junhwi’s team acted recklessly to secure an advantageous position. Additionally, there are opinions that you acted to harass opponents you personally dislike. Using practicals as an excuse to fulfill grudges held in daily life is grounds for sanctions. Do you acknowledge this as well?]

“I do not acknowledge that. We simply executed a strategy utilizing terrain and objects. While we did act intentionally, we trust you’ll judge whether that intention was good or evil by examining the results.”

[……Please provide additional explanation.]

“You can’t conclude someone commits murder just because they bought a knife. That knife could be used as a kitchen knife, or donated. If scoring adjustments or sanctions are necessary, please apply them after the practicals conclude.”

[……Understood. We acknowledge that claim.]

The Drone Eye went quiet. Seems they managed to get through it somehow.

I turned triumphantly toward Seong Hayul.

“See! I told you it’d be fine!”

“What’s fine! They’re saying if they’re going to punish us, they’ll do it after practicals are over!”

She doesn’t seem likely to calm down.

Let’s cleanly give up on what won’t work and check on our Juwan and Hyeonmin instead… just as I thought that, Gyeon Junhwi smiled and spoke.

“It’ll be okay. More than that, let’s discuss what comes next.”

“What’s okay about this?”

“From now on, we’ll leave only one test site standing and collapse all the remaining 9.”

“Hey!!!!”

“Since there’s only one entrance, if we wait in front of it, we’ll meet all the practicum participants except ourselves. At that time, we’ll identify the bug holder. You saw last time—there’s a high possibility the bug holder won’t be aware of the fact themselves. If they’re someone who causes dangerous bugs, it’s better to know in advance, right?”

“!”

At Gyeon Junhwi’s words, the stiffened expressions of Yeom Juwan and Ki Hyeonmin relaxed considerably.

Right, we’re doing this to prevent destruction! To prevent situations like Park Rahee!

But Seong Hayul’s anxiety didn’t subside.

“Then… what about us? What about our grades?”

She was worried about her own future.

Unlike my babies who’d prevent destruction no matter the cost.

“We screwed up the entire character evaluation score, didn’t we? If this situation gets out to the public, our academy reputation will hit rock bottom too….”

“That won’t happen.”

“?”

“After checking all 103 practicum participants, we’ll collect the flags. The 2nd floor produces an average of 73 flags, and we only need 10. We plan to give the remaining flags only to the good people.”

“?”

“After going through the 2nd floor, cadets start calling good people ‘suckers.’ Statistically, good people get eliminated first in survival. We’re moving to change that. We’ll collect flags and leave a precedent where only good people pass. If we introduced this strategy for that purpose from the start?”

“Whoa!!!!”

Seal clapping came out without me realizing.

This is… the Robin Hood operation!

I’d only thought as far as the rabbit holes, but Gyeon Junhwi packaged it as righteous thievery. We’re stealing flags from the wicked to distribute to the good!

“See! I told you it’d work!”

“You acted without thinking! Junhwi cleaned up the mess.”

“What’s good is good. And being able to do this is thanks to me too, you know? I figured out the practicum locations, and I plundered the holy sword that can smash buildings, didn’t I?”

“……”

Seong Hayul can’t argue back.

More importantly, the worry completely disappeared from Yeom Juwan and Ki Hyeonmin’s faces. My babies like the righteous thief operation too!

“Alright! Then let’s move quickly! There are 10 rabbit holes total, but we need to leave one standing and we’ve dealt with one, so we have 8 more to destroy! We need to finish before the kids escape!”

This won’t be easy either.

The test sites are scattered throughout all of Gangnam-gu.

The farthest test site is in Apgujeong-dong, and the rabbits might escape while we’re walking there.

We put our heads together for an intense meeting, when our Hyeonmin is unusually proactive.

“If I move alone, I can finish within an hour.”

“But you need to identify the building, right? Yeon Sora needs to check with the Drone Eye and Gyeon Junhwi needs to plot the flight path to the site….”

“I just need to find buildings with lots of those weird cameras, right?”

The last statement came from the fairy. My team members and I all widened our eyes looking at the fairy.

“……!”

“No way….”

The fairy said she can read energy, vital force, mana, and such. She needs consent to read creatures with free will, but Drone Eyes aren’t creatures.

“Yeah, those cameras. I can see where they are, you know? Not with my eyes, though.”

“Then jackpot for the fairy!”

And so our operation was complete.

Ki Hyeonmin sprints at high speed, the fairy points out rabbit hole locations, and Ki Hyeonmin destroys the rabbit holes with his holy sword!

“I’ll return within an hour. Wait here.”

Ki Hyeonmin declared just like that.

And truly before an hour had even passed, the results report came.

[Another trial zone has collapsed, and 7 cadets have been eliminated. One location remains. After waiting area personnel re-enter, practicals can proceed. Re-entry will begin sequentially in 4 hours.]

Meaning the rabbits will come out in 4 hours.

One rabbit hole.

We just need to wait in front of it.

* * *

The rabbit hole we left standing is a temple in front of Samseong Station.

There’s a reason we left this one, of course. Destroying a temple for no reason might accumulate some weird karma.

If we destroy a rabbit hole and end up damaging a Buddha statue? This is a world where that Buddha statue could appear on another Tower floor and retaliate.

“This place is intact? Interesting.”

“Right?”

Even in the middle of an apocalypse, the temple maintained its original form. Not just temples—churches and cathedrals would all be safe too. Those zones weren’t damaged.

From now on, we just need to set up in the courtyard and wait for the rabbits to come out… but this time too, Seong Hayul voiced doubts.

“Doesn’t something feel weird?”

“What?”

“The 2nd floor is originally survival, right? But we’re too relaxed—it’s not like we came camping or anything….”

This is a valid point. In the original, this section was a battle royale too, but the flow changed too much.

Of course, it’s all my fault.

I tried to make some tributes, plundered a holy sword, and squeezed information out of secretary uncle, and the flow changed completely.

Still, it changed for the better.

We need to kill about 3 and a half hours, and it was a continuous stream of surprises.

“Ki Hyeonmin, can I… ask you a favor?”

“Speak.”

“I want to learn pressure points too.”

“Understood.”

Our Juwan asked Ki Hyeonmin for tutoring, and Ki Hyeonmin accepted. So readily.

In the original, he did give special training, but it was near the end of sophomore year….

‘This is because of me, right?’

Before accepting the tutoring, Ki Hyeonmin glanced at me once. It feels like he’s teaching the technique so they can use pressure points on Yeon Sora if needed.

Well, if friendship sprouts between my baby #2 and #3, I can endure some pressure point attacks.

“H-how is it?”

“Well, not bad. Hold the mirror up higher.”

Boram is holding a fashion show with the fairy.

I’m relieved the fairy who I thought would be prickly is surprisingly cooperative.

“By any chance… is there such a thing as p-pants?”

“Pants?”

“I-I’m just asking out of curiosity! I heard they’re good for mobility! I, I’ve never worn them though….”

“There are! Wh-what color should I give you?”

Soon pants in various colors and designs emerged from the backpack.

Our Boram, are you Doraemon? Just how many outfits did you pack? No, when did you even make all these?

Various questions bubbled up, but seeing my baby smile happily, I decided to just let the questions go.

‘Come to think of it, I didn’t mention that.’

I mentioned food and lodging as employment conditions for the fairy, but I forgot to say the residence would be Boram’s room. I should tell her after they get a bit closer.

Even after making friends with Yeon Sora, Boram would go back to her room and play alone with dolls. A living, moving doll would be more fun than inanimate objects.

After watching the fashion show for a bit, I approached Junhwi, and Gyeon Junhwi was looking at a book together with Seong Hayul.

“You brought textbooks to practicals?”

“What’s it matter? We’re waiting anyway, might as well study.”

This is… a bit concerning.

In the original, Seong Hayul was someone who moved into our Junhwi’s pseudo-harem.

Since I possessed, she hasn’t acted coy, her personality has become cranky, and she’s always become a nagging character… but I’m starting to suspect whether she’s using studying as an excuse to make moves on Junhwi.

My baby doesn’t have time for that! He’s busy preventing destruction! You’re not planting romance flags right now, are you?

While I hesitated about what question to voice—

“Yeon Sora, want to look too? It’s your specialty.”

Gyeon Junhwi smiled brightly and invited me to the study session. The book the two were reading is a textbook, specifically a textbook about Tower history.

Looking at Junhwi’s eyelash movements, seems I misunderstood Seong Hayul.

‘My baby set this up, didn’t he?’

It’s not that Seong Hayul seduced Gyeon Junhwi—Junhwi used Seong Hayul to talk about the Tower with me.

He has questions he wants to ask me.

He could just ask directly and I’d tell him, but our Junhwi always goes through these troublesome procedures.

But what’s he so curious about?

* * *

After arriving at the temple, Gyeon Junhwi had been listening to Seong Hayul’s complaints.

— Yeon Sora has no common sense, I tell you? But it’s not that her brain is bad… separate from knowledge, her head is good, and sometimes she’s brilliant… but you can’t just leave her alone!

Mostly complaints about Yeon Sora’s unconventional actions, but that conversation greatly helped Gyeon Junhwi too.

‘I finally understand.’

Yeon Sora had no fixed ideas.

She dismissed general theories that other people took for granted far too lightly.

She acknowledged the world’s common sense, but the moment that common sense became unnecessary, she discarded it without mercy. No concept could take root and settle inside Yeon Sora.

This could be a major weakness.

In fact, Yeon Sora often forgot her purpose and went off on strange tangents.

But on the other hand… it was also a strength.

In sections where everyone hit a wall, sections where they stopped trapped by fixed ideas—only Yeon Sora could move.

Perhaps… Yeon Sora might be the only person who could break through the dead end Gyeon Junhwi faced.

The reason Gyeon Junhwi possessed into this place.

The bet he made with team members.

The only path to prevent this world’s destruction.

What exactly was the deal the great hero Shin Suho made with the being trying to destroy this world?

A riddle Gyeon Junhwi couldn’t solve even after clinging to it for 3 years in his past life.

If it’s Yeon Sora… perhaps….

He’d asked to borrow Seong Hayul’s textbook to bring up that topic as naturally as possible.

Gyeon Junhwi opened his mouth with a deliberately casual expression.

“Yeon Sora, you know the Tower of Babel myth, right?”

“Yeah, obviously.”

“In that myth… what do you think the god wanted?”