Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 165

The moment the announcement ended, everyone got busy.

“I’ll set up the nest first.”

Gyeon Junhwi pulled out a white ball of thread from his chest and moved. He’s going to install the Nine-Tailed Fox Nest. Seeing my first tribute gift being used diligently fills me with pride.

Meanwhile, Yeom Juwan, Han Boram, and Ki Hyeonmin surveyed the coastline. They’re searching for a location to lure monsters.

“Fl-flat ground is good, so how about that clearing?”

Boram stretched out her finger pointing somewhere.

“Isn’t that too close?”

“Ah, for safety it’s good to be 10 meters away! It’s perfect!”

Our Boram, who in the original only hesitantly did what she was told, is now actively raising her voice and even pointing!

I’m so proud I could die.

“Boram’s amazing! So dependable!”

“Hehe, cool right?”

“Of course! Juwan’s amazing too! You’re the core personnel of this operation, right?”

It’s not empty words—I’m proud enough to die of both of them.

Because compared to the original, they’re so reliable and mature.

“This is all possible because Juwan, you mastered pressure points in just one week! Professor Joo said it’s tremendous potential and growth speed, right? Completely different from a lucky fluke case like me!”

Our Juwan has a tendency to be excessively modest, so I’m adding a bit more thick praise, when suddenly a beautiful voice came from behind.

“I’m done.”

Junhwi arrived.

It’s my timing to disappear.

“I’ll be a hindrance so I’ll stay obediently inside the shelter! Staying still is helping!”

After entering inside the Nine-Tailed Fox Nest, I linked arms with Seong Hayul and Go Daesik while sitting on the ground. To show my determination to absolutely not do foolish things.

“……”

But it didn’t work.

Hyeonmin is silently continuing to look my way. Seems his feet won’t move to go somewhere while leaving Yeon Sora behind.

Junhwi, noticing that, smiled gently.

“Ki Hyeonmin, just in case, it’s better if you stay here. We’ll handle the setup ourselves.”

In the end, Hyeonmin stood guard outside the shelter, and the remaining kids started grilling meat far away.

Normally when grilling meat, smoke would spread in all directions, but thanks to Boram perfectly controlling the whirlwind, the smoke stretched straight upward only.

Seeing that smoke, two harpies flew over, snatched the food, and disappeared.

‘Well done, my baby!’

After giving a mother’s smile once more at Boram’s growth, I turned my gaze to Seong Hayul and Go Daesik.

“Don’t even open your mouth about treasure for a while. Safety comes first right now.”

“What’s gotten into you? I thought you’d be making a fuss to find treasure….”

Seong Hayul still doesn’t know me. Though I seem thoughtless and reckless, I do have my own sense of situational awareness.

Knowing when to prostrate yourself is also a virtue.

“Timing is crucial. If I step on Go Daesik’s foot, that’s when you can start talking about treasure, so until then don’t say anything. Got it?”

In the beginning, I absolutely must act like I’m dead. As I gave final desperate instructions like that, an unfamiliar voice was heard.

“Are you there!”

They’re cadets doing practicals together with us. When Seong Hayul manipulated the nest as she learned from Junhwi and opened the door, they also entered inside the shelter.

“It’s shameless, but we’re asking.”

“After all, among ourselves we’re still anxious, haha.”

Earlier in the waiting room, Junhwi had said ‘if you want direct help, come find us.’ And the moment we entered the stage, he sent our coordinates, which they saw and came.

“Arrived!”

“Oh! We’re not the only ones who came?”

Soon after, other cadets also arrived one after another.

Hyeonmin also seems satisfied with this situation. Because it’s more comfortable to have them in sight rather than not knowing what they might be doing where.

But my nano observation caught a peculiar situation.

‘What is it?’

Hyeonmin’s pupils dilated minutely. Twice at that. He was definitely surprised seeing two male students who just came to find us.

‘Are they kids who caused trouble in the past?’

Both are extras whose names weren’t even mentioned in the original. There shouldn’t be particular reason to be wary, but….

While earnestly pondering, I belatedly realized an obvious fact.

‘They must be kids from rounds I don’t know about.’

<On the Brink of Destruction> only shows Hyeonmin’s 7th round. It only narrates the life Gyeon Junhwi possessed into.

Our Hyeonmin experienced destruction 6 times before that, and would have witnessed the death moments of every classmate here.

Those two he’s observing carefully must also have had something worth noting. This is clearly potential frustration, so I decided to remember the names and faces of the two suspicious people for now.

Meanwhile, Junhwi returned and started giving guidance.

“From now on, we’ll move one team at a time. Ki Hyeonmin will accompany you with some distance, so if by any chance an emergency occurs, fire the emergency flare, and no matter what happens, absolutely don’t kill the harpies.”

Harpies must not be killed.

Because they’re monsters with strong species protection instincts, if you kill one, other harpies hearing that scream also become extremely aggressive.

The best plan is to lure them with grilling smoke and run away. The academy teaches it that way too, but the problem is….

‘There are always kids who don’t listen.’

You can’t forget that the kids gathered here are 17 years old.

Sometimes there are idiots who deliberately hunt harpies. Usually kids with mediocre skills, doing stupid things to hear stuff like ‘Ooh! A freshman defeated a harpy!’

Fortunately, all those kids were shaken off on the 2nd floor.

‘No villains either.’

In the original, several villains threw smoke grenades at Ki Hyeonmin to induce harpies to attack Hyeonmin. But this time we filtered out all the villains too, so that won’t happen.

Still, I can’t let my guard down.

‘Cowards aren’t good either.’

Cadets with lots of fear throw smoke grenades mindlessly when even slightly anxious.

That’s also problematic. Unless you handle it delicately with whirlwinds like our Boram, smoke moves sideways.

If smoke grenades are thrown here and there, eventually smoke spreads everywhere and all cadets get covered in smoke. From the harpies’ perspective, it’s like flying meat coated with charcoal scent. Meaning monster attacks intensify.

It’s a structure where if everyone uses excessive safety measures, everyone fails together.

“There’s no bonus points for clearing quickly anyway. Even if it takes time, let’s go safely.”

So Junhwi proposed a bus-carrying operation.

Practicals proceed one team at a time, with Ki Hyeonmin providing escort. Since Hyeonmin can use pressure points, even if a harpy appears by chance, he can subdue it without killing.

The passengers waiting for the next bus wait in the Nine-Tailed Fox Nest. This place is like a safe bus stop that monsters absolutely won’t attack.

‘I thought one or two teams would refuse….’

Surprisingly, all 10 teams participating in practicals came running saying they’d board the bus.

Hyeonmin seemed quite satisfied with that too. Because passengers obediently boarding the bus is more comfortable for Hyeonmin than them scattering everywhere causing trouble.

What I need to do now is one thing.

‘Wait quietly!’

The more people Hyeonmin has to protect, the more sensitive he becomes. But when all the passengers disappear and only we remain? He’ll gradually start taking interest in upgrading the prophet’s abilities too.

While resolving once more to stay quiet like that, the regressor bus started its first operation.

“First team! Ki Hyeonmin, please take care of them.”

As Gyeon Junhwi guided and saw off the first team, something amazing happened.

“…Please.”

Ki Hyeonmin returned the greeting.

I didn’t mishear. Ki Hyeonmin said ‘please’ to Gyeon Junhwi, entrusting ‘matters after I leave my post’!!!!

‘What! Isn’t this also a relationship turning point!!!!’

Evidence that trust is building between the two!!!

If Junhwi skillfully leads the classmates here, Hyeonmin will also genuinely trust Junhwi’s leadership and rely on him even more.

My two babies becoming the kind who frequently say ‘please’ to each other!!!!

‘Absolutely nothing can go wrong!’

I scanned the station with eagle eyes.

Today, absolutely no disturbances can occur.

No matter what!

* * *

How much time passed?

Ki Hyeonmin returned again, and Gyeon Junhwi stood up calling the next team.

“Next team.”

“Kim Yeonhwa, ready?”

“Of course!”

The next passengers stood up in a rush and departed together with Hyeonmin. Hyeonmin is diligently escorting cadets to the Graeae’s cave.

There’s no particular problem, but—

‘It’s tough….’

I didn’t know just waiting would be this exhausting.

Seong Hayul and Go Daesik are reading, Gyeon Junhwi is conversing with other cadets. There’s no one to play with me.

‘It would be nice if Boram and Juwan were here….’

The two are currently luring harpies from a distance. They’re responsible for a very important role ensuring everyone’s safety. I shouldn’t go bother them for no reason.

Still missing them, I turned my gaze toward my babies.

“…!”

I discovered something strange. I poked Go Daesik beside me with my elbow and pointed toward the barbecue area, and Go Daesik also widened his eyes.

“Aah!”

“Shh!”

I hurriedly made a zipping motion over my mouth and created a group chat.

|Yeon Sora| Talk here. We can’t disturb Junhwi.

|Go Daesik| That harpy!!! Its hair is gray!!!!

Harpies are monsters with long flowing hair. Until now only black-haired harpies appeared, but a gray-haired harpy just showed up.

This is quite important.

|Go Daesik| I told you!!! Graeae means ‘gray haired’ in ancient Greek!

|Seong Hayul| What, that harpy is the Graeae?

|Go Daesik| Then if we follow it, treasure will appear?

A major clue to Lost Treasure appeared.

Go Daesik was too excited to stop talking, but Seong Hayul raised a legitimate question.

|Seong Hayul| But were gray harpies originally there? Why is it appearing now?

Until now countless people passed through this floor, but nobody saw a gray-haired harpy.

But I think I know the reason.

|Yeon Sora| Because until now there was nobody consistently feeding from one spot.

Normally Graeae search for food while flying through the sky. Constantly moving is natural, but… we’re currently steadily supplying meat from a fixed location. Like some kind of cafeteria.

Maybe word gradually spread, and harpies from this area are taking turns visiting once. That’s why even the rare gray-haired harpy appeared.

While calming the two very excited people, I asked my babies to confirm where the gray harpy went.

|Han Boram| It went to the Graeae’s cave.

|Yeom Juwan| But not above the cave, below. Seems like underground not ground level.

We obtained a tremendous hint. That’s probably where the treasure is hidden.

‘Lucky…?’

The fortune I frequently experience activated again. But this time something’s different.

I feel like I’m seeing some kind of pattern… but there was no time to mull over that.

“I’m hungry….”

“Isn’t it already close to three hours of waiting?”

Because I heard a somewhat grating tone.

My troublemaker radar responded.

“It takes about 40 minutes for one team to move. Five have moved now, so that’s about right.”

“It’s only halfway now… do we have to wait another three hours?”

The owners of the voices are the two Hyeonmin was watching earlier.

Exactly half have safely passed the stage so far. They’re whining because they have to wait again as long as they’ve already waited.

I understand. Because I’m also getting restless all over just quietly waiting.

But… today is a day when I can’t accept passenger complaints.

‘Now’s the time.’

I pricked up my ears and concentrated all my nerves on my fingers.

You know that thing called intuition?

The moment to launch Yeon Sora’s new feature, the shepherd girl ring, approached.