Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 177

‘Tomorrow is war!’

The mastermind isn’t some small fry like the twins or Bang Haeun. This is one of the main villains.

Thorough preparation and exceptional mental readiness are necessary.

【Creating Yeon Sora’s War Preparation Guide.txt】

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* Shake the refreshing elements.

① Skill copier (needs potions)

② Incapacitation skill (needs ammunition)

③ Medusa’s treasure (needs usage instructions)

* Pull out the frustrating elements.

① Yeon Sora could become a hostage due to her disastrous physical stats and seal my babies’ combat power.

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I don’t know anything about war, so I’ll stick to my role and just handle the basic formulas of genre fiction.

First, let me do something about the frustrating parts.

【You currently have (3) ability points available.】

Perfect timing—I have unused points. If I use these, I can raise any stat by ‘3’… but it’s a bit ambiguous.

【Checking Yeon Sora’s comprehensive stats.】

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▷ Consumable Stats

– Stamina 1/1

– Mana 0/13

▷ Non-Consumable Stats

– Strength 1

– Durability 1

– Agility 0

– Intelligence 15

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The Awakened baseline stat is 10.

Even if I dump all my points into stamina, strength, or durability, they still won’t reach baseline.

‘Then it’s between agility and mana…’

If I get even ‘1’ in agility, won’t I trip less often? That would help with running away.

On the other hand, raising mana would let me use the Incapacitation skill three more times. Whether my role is ‘escape’ or ‘combat’ determines where I should invest.

“Hmm….”

This isn’t something I should decide alone.

‘Let me ask Junhwi!’

We’re currently riding a bus.

Junhwi is sitting diagonally behind me in the back seat, so I decided to postpone my question and do what I can on the bus.

When I started pulling out my supplies, Boram peeked her head over.

“S-Sora, making bullets again?”

“Yeah. The more of these the better.”

“I, I want to help!”

“Then could you time me?”

I don’t really need help, but I gave Boram a mission to encourage her enthusiasm. She’s checking the bullet manufacturing time with a timer, and the results are quite impressive.

“S-Sora’s amazing! 1.25 seconds!”

At this level, I’m an Incapacitation specialist.

I nodded my head with satisfaction and tried putting the freshly completed warm BB pellet into the magazine… but there’s no room.

“I! H-have an empty one! Here!”

Thump!

“……”

Boram knocked herself out.

Her mistake was trying to load bullets directly into the magazine. She forgot that only Yeon Sora can do the loading.

Since Incapacitation sleep is healthy anyway, I didn’t bother waking her and just worked hard. Before I knew it, we’d arrived at Gongdeok Station.

“We’ve arrived at the dock! Please disembark in order from the front row!”

Boram became a single sack of potatoes and was slung over Hyeonmin’s shoulder.

After boarding the ferry, I carried a huge bundle of questions and tried approaching Junhwi, but had to stop midway.

Because Junhwi’s eyes as he gazed at the Han River current weren’t ordinary.

‘Junhwi’s nervous too….’

Well, it is the first mastermind battle.

Fortunately, we know the mastermind’s ability.

A courtroom filled with mannequin jurors.

Interrogation. An inescapable space.

Torture devices. Horrific pain that pierces to the bone.

How should we face such an enemy?

‘Junhwi, fighting!’

I sent my sincere encouragement and made more Incapacitation rounds.

“I booked a guest room for tonight.”

Junhwi finally spoke after we set foot on Yeouido. He means we’re having an all-night strategy meeting.

“Hyeonmin and I have a student council meeting to attend. Should we meet at 10 PM? I’ll DM you the building and room number.”

Leaving only those words, Gyeon Junhwi and Ki Hyeonmin disappeared.

Those two are the war’s supreme commander and great general.

They have a lot to decide between just the two of them.

‘That’s not a place for me to butt in.’

But underlings have their own work to do. I spun around and looked at the remaining team members.

“Then shall we go?”

* * *

Our first destination is <Toyland>.

A massive toy chain occupying half of NAKSA Mall’s basement second floor.

“As expected, tons of variety….”

We came here to purchase toy guns. There are only BB guns at the academy main building shop.

Real guns exist in abundance, but I can only use my bullets on toys.

“What was the reason again?”

“Haah… how many times do I have to say? Normally people implant offensive skills into bullets, so they engrave defensive formulas on the barrel to prevent the gun itself from getting damaged….”

There are various reasons and principles.

What’s important right now is purchasing as many diverse toy guns as possible!

“Here!!! A machine gun! This one shoots nets!”

“The mechanisms differ by device, so check properly….”

We’re sweeping up every displayed gun, when Boram suddenly appeared carrying something.

“I! W-went around everywhere! F-five times!”

She was only put to sleep for an hour, but even that seems to have given her overflowing energy. She says she checked other display sections besides [Toy Guns] to see if there’s anything useful.

“Th-this is a water gun! This gun shoots b-bubbles!!”

As expected, our Boram is an idea warehouse!

“Water… water’s good.”

It’s an easy material to let your guard down around.

Step on a puddle and faint! Get hit by falling dew and faint! Thought it was rain but fainted!

But this needs fact-checking.

“Seong Hayul, can I put the Incapacitation skill in water?”

“With the mana circuit you’re using now, it’s impossible. Solid mediums don’t need separate stability formulas, but liquids require additional formulas to preserve their properties….”

“Simply.”

“You need a new skill circuit.”

I need to use a completely different magic formation, but Seong Hayul doesn’t know what kind either.

“You’ll have to ask a professor for this? In next week’s class….”

We don’t have time to wait until then.

|Yeon Sora| Professor, just got back from practicals safely

|Professor Ban| Cadet Yeon Sora! What brings you to contact me! Is something wrong!

|Yeon Sora| Following proper teacher-student etiquette with greetings…

|Professor Ban| Stay right there! Give me 5 minutes!

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Exactly 5 minutes later,

As we finished paying and came out, Professor Ban was outside the store wiping his forehead and catching his breath.

“C-Cadet Yeon Sora! What an amazing coincidence! In a place like this!”

“You too, Professor!”

“Since this is fate, let me buy you some healthy green juice!”

Professor Ban performing awkward acting.

I learned the reason shortly after.

On the way to the café, Juwan carefully asked this question.

“Professor, didn’t you promise not to meet Sora during practicals week….”

“I-it’s a coincidence! A coincidence! Hahaha!”

“If Professor Joo asks….”

“Cadet Yeom Juwan! Strictly speaking, this location isn’t the academy! It’s land the academy rented to a separate business. And my promise was limited to ‘on campus’!”

There seems to be some contract among the crazy professors. That’s not what’s important right now.

After finishing our order at the café, I immediately got to the point.

“I want to implant the Incapacitation skill in water.”

“Incredible! To think of such a method!!!”

Professor Ban made a fuss about how I thought of such a genius idea, but I actually felt deflated.

“No, Hunters have been around for years—why hasn’t anyone researched this!”

If someone else had researched it?

I could just copy and memorize the existing formula. But now I have to develop it myself.

“Haha! This is the fun part of science! It doesn’t develop evenly but only in areas where people are interested! Normally people invest in offense or defense, or mental-type skills in the same category, not developing Incapacitation….”

“So! How long would it take to develop a new one?”

“This kind of formula normally takes about 2 weeks….”

“But! Professor, you’re a ‘genius,’ aren’t you?”

Gulp.

When I sent signals with my eyes, light began rippling in Professor Ban’s previously dazed eyes.

“You can do it by tonight, right?”

“To do this in just a few hours….”

“Would require tremendous talent. Someone with the talent to change this world, no, the universe!”

“……!”

“I’m looking for someone who can break through their own ‘wall.’ If someone can surpass their ‘limits’ together with me, I could serve them wholeheartedly….”

I don’t even know what I’m saying.

I’m just stimulating him by randomly combining keywords Professor Ban uses when he’s having an episode.

“If I accomplish this….”

“Yes, if you create a perfect formula by tonight, I’d like to take you as my teacher first.”

“I’ll contact you before sunrise! Then I’m off!”

BANG!

He stood up so hastily he bumped the chair, but didn’t care at all and ran off. Watching him go, Juwan asked worriedly.

“Um… if he really succeeds? Will you really take Professor Ban as your faculty advisor?”

“Yeah, if it’s ‘perfect.’ Plus, he’s already my ‘teacher,’ isn’t he?”

Professor Ban isn’t stupid either, but in his haste he made a critical mistake. Normally you should clarify these things before leaving.

I feel a bit bad, but right now I need to focus on war.

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* Shake the refreshing elements.

① Skill copier (needs potions)

② Incapacitation skill (needs ammunition + water)

③ Medusa’s treasure (needs usage instructions)

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Now I need to obtain potions to run the skill copier.

Looking at the clock, it’s exactly 9 PM.

“Let’s hurry.”

“Where to?”

“The training ground.”

* * *

Every night at 9 PM.

Yoo Seoha does sparring training with Lee Hyorim at Training Ground 7. I want to briefly visit and say hello, but… not today.

‘Remember, even fangirling has its time and place!’

If I waste time fangirling the night before war?

That could become my last fangirl session ever.

“Where are we going?”

“There.”

The place I’m pointing to is the training ground rest area.

Vending machines are set up, and you can watch other cadets’ sparring through the glass window. If my guess is correct, someone visits this place every night at 9 PM.

“Wow! Min Dorim sunbae! What an amazing coincidence!”

“Oh! Yeon Sora!”

“How were practicals?”

The two friends next to Min Dorim reacted first.

Someone-or-other was watching through the glass window and responded late.

“Yeon Sora hubaenim, what brings you here?”

Min Dorim, who discovered me belatedly, arrogantly adjusted his posture.

“Do you come to the training ground?”

“No. That’s why I said it’s an amazing coincidence.”

“A new sausage appeared?”

“Oh right. This is my new team member. Go Daesik, say hello. He’s my dorm head, club president, and student council vice president.”

“Y-yes! V-vice president!”

Go Daesik greeted with a face that said he was honored to death, stuttering as he shook hands with Min Dorim.

After that, he stared at his own palm in disbelief, muttering something.

‘Right, Min Dorim was a campus star too.’

I’m glad Go Daesik likes him.

We’ll be crossing life-threatening situations together from now on, so having some perks is motivating.

But I didn’t come here at this time to this place for Go Daesik’s sake. I need to handle business.

“Sunbaenim, please give me some mana candy!”

“I told you I don’t sell those, didn’t I?”

“I never said buy.”

“?”

“I just asked you to give them to me!”

“Pfft!”

“Hahahaha! As expected, Yeon Sora!!!!”

“She never gets boring to have around!”

The sidekicks lost it.

Min Dorim also looks quite entertained. Like looking at an amusing toy.

‘As expected.’

Current Min Dorim isn’t the devastated one who lost his first love. He’s the Min Dorim who’s bored to death with life.

Luring him with something entertaining works best.

“Do you have any conscience?”

“I threw it away cleanly!”

“Ohhh!”

“You never had any to begin with!”

While the peanut gallery continued, Min Dorim straightened his posture and leaned forward.

His eyes are full of mischievous playfulness, overflowing with curiosity and interest.

“Candy… I told you before, didn’t I? If you want to trade with me, bring something I want.”

“Yes.”

“Did you bring it?”

“Of course!”

Previously I tried to build a bridge with Yoo Seoha unnie, but that was the wrong approach.

‘I can’t move unnie’s heart.’

Plus… I want to see the two of them connect naturally without my manipulation.

So I have to exclude unnie and approach with my own method.

Without anyone else’s help, I need to be able to extract candy from Min Dorim using only what I have.

I know the method.

“If you give me just 10 candies… I’ll give you myself!”