Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 181

This stage is ‘Medusa’s Cave.’

We’re walking along a path stretching along the coast. Except for occasionally discovering petrified people, it’s a boringly peaceful journey.

“These people… they must have made eye contact with Medusa, right?”

“Poor things, unlucky….”

Cadets expressed sympathy seeing people turned to stone. Everyone attributes it to Medusa’s doing. No one suspects the volcano.

‘When you actually know, clues are scattered everywhere….’

First of all, the scenery itself.

Black stone, ocean, wind, meadows….

“Doesn’t this look like Jeju Island?”

“……”

Normally Boram would respond immediately to my words, but she’s quiet. Looking over, she’s squishing modeling clay. She says she hasn’t finished the item I requested yesterday.

‘Can’t disturb her.’

I had no choice but to poke Seong Hayul’s fingers.

“Right? Jeju Island is also a volcanic region.”

“I already know without you saying it?”

Seong Hayul rolled her eyes and snorted. She seems wary since the non-common sense research team’s recent performance has been good.

Then, Boram spoke without raising her gaze.

“S-Sora’s right! Jeju Island has stone people too! Stone grandfathers!”

“……!”

I don’t know yet if that’s nonsense or a gem of a statement. An excellent talent who filters stones from jade has started searching, so I’ll know soon.

“Scout returning!”

Meanwhile, Captain with his machine gun appeared and began reporting to Junhwi.

“Point 4 cleared! Ki Hyeonmin and Yeom Juwan just entered attacking point 5. From here we’ll escort….”

The war with the mastermind is on the 10th floor. Now we’re on the 9th.

There’s no immediate danger, but we’re advancing like an army while shadow boxing with the terrorist group.

‘Rehearsal, right?’

After coordinating for about an hour, a system formed roughly, and we could reach our destination without particular problems.

“Medusa’s Cave!”

At the cave entrance, Juwan stood alone. Hyeonmin was watching from a few steps away with crossed arms…

Whoooosh-whoosh-whoosh-whoosh—

Suddenly arrows came rushing.

An attack that filled the sky densely without gaps.

According to what we learned at the academy, each arrow is a poison arrow carrying deadly venom. Hundreds of poison arrows targeting my baby!

‘I need to help….’

Rummmmmble—

Before I could finish thinking, the earth shook. After regaining balance and looking ahead again, I saw a burning dragon.

…A flame dragon?

KRAAAAAASH—

The flame dragon ferociously biting the poison arrows. As if once wasn’t enough, the flame dragon that tore apart the half-broken arrows again with sharp claws annihilated all enemies in just 3 seconds and seeped into Juwan’s palm.

Juwan lightly brushed his hand and turned around, discovering us and smiling innocently.

“You’re here?”

…Juwan, when did you learn that?

There was no time to ask. Because other cadets instantly surrounded Juwan.

“Insane! Yeom Juwan! What was that just now?”

“Just… connected flame chains for remote control.”

“What?????!!!!!!”

“Fuck, that’s possible? You controlled those movements individually?”

I felt awkward for no reason.

‘Right, who am I worrying about?’

Juwan is on a different level from a shabby skill copier like me. In combat, he’d devour and surpass me.

Let me focus on my specialty!

【Viewing Side Quest <Tower’s Wish>】

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☐ 9F: Extract ‘Medusa’s Blood’ (3 points)

☐ 10F: (Information cannot be accessed)

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My mission is treasure hunting. In this domain, I’m fairly core combat power.

If we were bank robbers? I’m the role that identifies vault locations and cracks vault doors.

Today’s target is ‘Medusa’s Blood!’

But before executing the mission, there’s something slightly concerning.

I need to confirm that now.

* * *

From here, it’s not group action but team action. If more than 10 people enter the cave, poison arrows appear constantly.

“Can we practice a bit before going?”

The Avengers scattered while pulling out supplies, and I also jumped up.

“I’ll go watch and come back!”

“Yeom Juwan, go with her!”

Since Boram is busy, Juwan accompanied me. After circling around and diligently observing other cadets, he seems curious.

“What do you want to know?”

“Other kids’ strategies.”

What does a bank robber fear most?

Someone else stealing the treasure before I do.

‘Please everyone just follow the textbook!’

While I prayed internally, the Avengers began mock combat.

Whoooosh—

They all wore winged shoes and started flying. A good sign. Two of them, like Greek heroes, hold Athena’s shield in one hand and Zeus’s sword in the other.

‘Right! That’s how it should be!’

My lips naturally curved up.

Using Zeus’s sword kills Medusa but doesn’t obtain blood. Because the moment it contacts the sword, Medusa turns to dust.

Clack!

But an ominous sound came from somewhere. Turning my head, Captain was stroking his machine gun.

“How about trying this too? If it goes well, we can get Medusa’s Blood, right?”

“Ah! Right? Then should we try once and if it doesn’t work, go with the official method?”

“Worth trying! If we succeed, life reversal….”

According to mythology, Medusa’s blood has two effects.

Though there’s only one head, blood obtained from the left can kill people instantly. Conversely, right-side blood can revive the dead.

If you sell that to a potion company?

You could strike it rich.

If the potion company develops a ‘potion that revives even the dead’ with that blood? You could become an idle tycoon with just royalties.

‘I hoped they’d overlook it….’

They’re not fools either.

I was anxious about sharing the secret sauce with everyone, and my worries came true. Captain’s team plans to aim for a life lottery since they have machine guns.

‘Junhwi knows too, right?’

I want to ask, but since he looks immediately busy, I decided to ask someone else.

I immediately went to Seong Hayul, absorbed in reading, and poked her side with my finger.

|Yeon Sora| Can other kids steal blood using Incapacitation too?

“Haaah…. You really! Don’t study?”

I gestured at the air. Meaning let’s communicate by DM, not vocally.

|Seong Hayul| They can’t. Even if you knock out Medusa, internal collapse starts the moment you penetrate the skin.

|Yeon Sora| Then what about us?

|Seong Hayul| Gyeon Junhwi thought of several methods. We’ll know the exact one after entering and directly observing Medusa

|Yeon Sora| We could fail too?

|Seong Hayul| Success rate is about 92%? Getting blood without collapsing skin tissue isn’t easy. So we analyze and….

Suddenly a tingling thrill pierced my body.

A method to extract blood without damaging skin?

“I!!! Have it!!!!”

“What?”

“I definitely brought it!”

I opened my inventory and frantically rummaged through the jumbled miscellaneous items. I quickly found what I wanted.

“I’ll go to Junhwi briefly!”

I scurried over and the item I offered Junhwi was none other than a toy duck.

An illegal blood collection tool invented by mad scientist unnie!

“I can’t explain in detail, but using this lets you painlessly extract blood! Something about blood flow magic something something….”

“Where’d you get this?”

“Can’t say the exact source. This is… connected to a scary person’s privacy, so if I tell, I’ll be sold for organs, you know? But trust me!”

“Hmm, I’ll review it first.”

Despite my shabby explanation, Junhwi accepted the duck. Then he gave new instructions.

“Sora, how about practicing with the skill board during this time?”

“Okay!”

I obediently returned to my spot as told and took out the skill board, but felt slightly off.

‘Has my nano observation gotten rusty?’

When I gave him the duck, Junhwi’s reaction was strange. He didn’t seem happy. Not a poker face but genuinely lukewarm reaction.

Hmm, must be my imagination?

* * *

Gyeon Junhwi confirmed Yeon Sora was concentrating on the skill board, then looked down at his hand.

A bright yellow duck doll.

It looks like an ordinary toy but….

【Casting Unique Skill <Item Appraisal>.】

▪ Item Name: Blood Flow System Blood Collector

Rank: S

Effect: Applies osmotic pressure function to blood flow magic to extract blood without tissue damage within magic formation range…

An incredible item.

He doesn’t know where she goes around picking up such things, but it was the most needed item right now.

The mysterious luck following Yeon Sora had worked.

‘It’s solved this way again?’

He involuntarily laughed hollowly. Not a laugh of joy.

‘It’s a world that collapses because you can pick up things like this anywhere.’

Gyeon Junhwi didn’t like ‘random box’ rewards. As an extreme control freak, he tended to want to control even luck.

Rewards given without causality just felt deflating.

“Haah….”

Still, he has to adapt.

Because this won’t be the last time.

If his guess is correct, there was a reason for Yeon Sora’s luck.

‘About 10 minutes to spare?’

Gyeon Junhwi checked the time and looked around before secretly pulling out an item. A revolver. He’d purchased it recently hoping to get clues through visualization.

Click-clack—

He opened the cylinder, put a rubber bullet in only one of six chambers, and closed it again.

Whirrrrrr—

The moment the spinning cylinder stopped, Gyeon Junhwi aimed the barrel at the ground and pulled the trigger.

Click. Click. Click. BANG!

The bullet fired after four attempts.

This is normal Russian roulette. But Yeon Sora’s method is different. He recovered the rubber bullet and this time tried to attempt roulette in Yeon Sora’s way….

Rustle.

Footsteps. Looking up, Ki Hyeonmin was looking at the revolver with puzzled eyes.

“Just… a kind of courage training tool?”

“……”

‘Damn.’

Momentarily flustered, he answered an unasked question. It must look suspicious. He tried to put the revolver back… but that would be more suspicious.

Eventually, Gyeon Junhwi decided to calmly continue the Russian roulette game.

“……”

“……”

Whirrrrrr— Click!

Whirrrrrr— Click!

Only metallic sounds in silence.

Normally Gyeon Junhwi would speak first, but he was being extremely careful to erase suspicions from the revolver. Ki Hyeonmin originally had few words… but today he surprisingly spoke first.

“No hidden agenda.”

“……?”

Ki Hyeonmin pointed at Yeon Sora with his chin and added explanation.

“Different from the twins.”

Gyeon Junhwi started to nod… then belatedly realized an important fact.

‘Not asking here is also strange, right?’

But the moment had already passed. Asking now is also strange. But not asking is stranger.

After agonizing, Gyeon Junhwi decided to ask.

“How do you know that??”

“……I remember Yeon Sora’s past language patterns. Compared them.”

‘As expected, language analysis.’

Ki Hyeonmin can reproduce past sensations.

He analyzed the voice Yeon Sora made before the twins and compared volume, vocalization, pitch, intervals between words, etc.

Similar to an audio expert comparing plagiarized and original songs. He understands that much but….

‘Why is this bastard telling me this?’

Ki Hyeonmin’s intent was highly suspicious. But that doubt soon evaporated.

“……”

Because Ki Hyeonmin’s face was also full of discomfort.

A face that ate rotten chestnuts. Not inedible, but extremely disliking it.

‘That bastard’s desperate too.’

A common enemy strengthens internal unity.

Yeon Sora isn’t an enemy, but in some ways, she was more fearsome than the mastermind.

What humans truly fear isn’t a ‘strong enemy.’ Countless David and Goliath cases throughout history prove that.

What humans fear most is… uncertainty.

Yeon Sora’s unpredictable actions were giving Gyeon Junhwi and Ki Hyeonmin indelible anxiety.

As a result, the two were desperately trying to cooperate with each other while suppressing their innate tendencies and instinctive aversion.

“What I mentioned yesterday? Did you think about it?”

This time Gyeon Junhwi spoke. It feels like sticking fingers down his throat to forcibly vomit, but….

‘Can’t be helped.’

He needed Ki Hyeonmin’s help.

At the very least, he had to prevent interference.

“Must you… go that far?”

“Because we need to confirm the identity.”

“The goddess’s manifestation we finally found could lose her life.”

Executing this plan puts Yeon Sora in danger.

Ki Hyeonmin was reluctant about that.

But could Yeon Sora really obediently lose her life?

“Well….”

Gyeon Junhwi intended to give a poker face smile, but failed. The internal displeasure he couldn’t quite contain showed in his expression.

As a result, he produced a forced smile like someone who realized and drank coffee a guest gave them that had been sitting for 2 months.

“What do you think the Tower Goddess’s identity is… the ancient goddess Medusa served?”

“Greek mythology calls her the earth goddess, but… she could be the sky. Earth is within reach, but sky is unreachable… the fact that she exists yet doesn’t exist is similar to gods.”

Ki Hyeonmin grudgingly squeezed out words as if vomiting organs. Faint spasms occurred in his cheeks with each word. He also feels extreme aversion, but recognizes the necessity of information sharing.

“Not bad reasoning.”

Ki Hyeonmin’s reasoning also has merit.

But Gyeon Junhwi’s view was different.

The Tower Goddess is neither the earth goddess nor the sky goddess.

“All myths start similarly. ‘Heaven and earth were separated.’ Actually, the order doesn’t matter—heaven and earth are created the moment of separation. Like calculating which of twins is the elder.”

“……?”

“Heaven and earth are the first creations. Not the creator god.”

The creator god is the Tower Goddess.

‘Babel’ means ‘confusion’ in Babylonian.

And Yeon Sora’s tendencies….

Combining all this, you could formulate this hypothesis.

“Greek mythology’s creation begins like this.”

“……”

“In the beginning was chaos.”