Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 61

The day of the practical training dawned.

We gathered at 7 AM, took a ferry out of Yeouido, then were transported to the Tower through the portal at Gongdeok Station.

After the Tower entry procedures, we boarded buses again.

“It’ll take about an hour, so take advantage of this time to get some sleep.”

The moment the TA’s words ended, Yeom Juwan seated to my left passed out.

His peacefully sleeping face looked like a baby kitten, and the urge to pet him exploded!

But I clasped both hands together in a seal and recited Buddhist chants.

Must endure… must endure…

I mustn’t disturb my baby’s sleep.

Our Juwan trained until midnight yesterday, determined to show the results of Min Dorim’s special training.

“S-Sora… aren’t you sleepy?”

Han Boram seated to my right was yawning widely while rubbing her eyes.

“Don’t worry about me, sleep if you’re tired.”

“Y-you’re not sleepy?”

How could I be sleepy?

Finally today, the plot bait famine has ended!

Since morning my babies have gathered in one place, showing me their faces, even talking to me, and now sitting right nearby on the same bus!

Thanks to that, endorphins are circulating and color is gradually returning to my black-and-white world.

“A-are you worried?”

But Han Boram’s voice is crawling down.

Looking closely, her hands are trembling finely too.

‘I almost missed this.’

I firmly grasped Han Boram’s hand.

As expected, Han Boram’s mana today has stronger yin energy than usual.

If normally ants or spiders crawl all over her body, right now centipedes are throwing a wild party.

This child activates unconscious curses when nervous, so I need to calm her down.

“It’s okay, everything will be fine.”

“But I… couldn’t memorize a lot… and there’s still so much I don’t know what to do about…”

“You don’t need to know.”

“Huh?”

“I said you don’t need to know. Life doesn’t go according to plan anyway, no matter how detailed.”

My voice is filled with more conviction than ever.

Why? Because it’s from experience.

“B-but if something goes wrong…”

“It’ll work out somehow. If you prepared diligently.”

“But…”

“If it doesn’t work out, I’ll help.”

At my confident appearance, Han Boram relaxed and smiled broadly.

“S-Sora is really amazing… s-so mature…”

Seems she’s calmed down.

The chilling yin energy subsides, and a few minutes later Han Boram also fell asleep.

And I also repeatedly told myself inwardly.

‘Right, you don’t need to know. My baby doesn’t know either!’

The reason Gyeon Junhwi establishes Plans A, B, C, D, E, F is because he doesn’t know either. And as Gyeon Junhwi said, when you don’t know, not moving is the best strategy.

People and environments can change anytime.

What you can trust is the reality before your eyes.

And numbers.

Right now there was one number I could see.

[Viewing intimacy with characters.]

▷ Gyeon Junhwi (Lvl. 99, Intimacy 15%)(⇧30%)

Before I knew it, my intimacy with Gyeon Junhwi had escaped from negative territory.

He’s been distancing himself from me, yet the number actually rose?

It’s a positive signal, so I need to trust and watch.

When you don’t know, stay still; when you know, take action!

Rustle—

A sound came from the front seat.

That’s Gyeon Junhwi’s seat…

My baby, who I thought was asleep, is taking out the tablet provided on the bus. Looking through the seat gap, he’s accessing the [Incidents] section of the Hunter Association site.

I also took out a tablet the same way.

[Floor 73: 1 injured, 0 dead. Monster anomaly]

[Floor 63: 3 injured, 0 dead. Irregular rift occurrence.]

…

The Hunter Association shares news of deaths, injuries, and missing persons in real-time.

There are no major recent accidents, but Gyeon Junhwi keeps refreshing.

This means one thing.

‘The Outbreak… isn’t happening?’

I’d naturally assumed an Outbreak would occur today.

Because in the story, it happened every time he entered the Tower with the twins.

But Gyeon Junhwi can calculate and judge that with numbers.

I know the method too.

Outbreaks have their own unique mana wave pattern.

The mastermind artificially creates that wave using humans as sacrifices to open Outbreaks, and those sacrifices are ‘soul stones.’ Just as monsters drop manastones when killed, awakened bodies also produce ‘soul stones’—but to harvest them, you have to completely tear out the heart.

Gyeon Junhwi looks at the [Incidents] section to identify sacrifices with torn hearts, inputs them into the current mana chart, and calculates Outbreak probability…

Just thinking about it makes my head spin.

But I can tell one thing.

‘It’s an ambiguous situation?’

If there were sufficient sacrifices?

Gyeon Junhwi wouldn’t need to check now.

Continuously refreshing and checking means… maybe the mastermind barely gathered enough sacrifices?

While I was also refreshing the incidents page, the guide’s voice was heard.

“We’ve arrived! Please exit starting from the front row!”

* * *

We got off at the training location…

There are significantly fewer people than this morning.

“The other buses had tire malfunctions after being attacked by Chrisios. Please wait here. Gather by teams.”

Gathering by teams means my babies gathering!

I tried to admire the radiant visages under natural light… but our eyes met and I unconsciously looked away.

“Wow, so this is a temple?”

“Right, first time seeing it! There are so many people?”

In front of us is a sheer cliff face, and a temple is carved into that cliff.

I’ve seen this visual in some movie before…

It’s quite crowded in front of the temple.

Among the crowd, I spotted a familiar face.

“Sora! What a coincidence!”

An uncle running over with a friendly smile.

Ha Seonwoo’s secretary who once became my fan pilgrimage companion.

“Today’s your first training?”

“What brings you here, uncle?”

“Ah, there’s something I need to investigate. Gyeon Junhwi’s here too! Good to see you two still getting along.”

The uncle gave a knowing smile then looked over the other team members.

“Wow, this team is full of beauties!”

My shoulders rise with pride for no reason.

Our team members are Ki Hyeonmin, Gyeon Junhwi, Yeom Juwan, Yeon Sora, Han Boram, Seong Hayul, Park Rahee.

Among these, the only one with ordinary visuals is Park Rahee.

The uncle approached Park Rahee with a pitying expression.

“But this student looks really unwell? Are you okay?”

“Yes… just motion sickness.”

Park Rahee actually looks like she’s about to collapse.

She’s been getting paler daily since the movie theater incident—I’m starting to wonder if she’s really suffering from some status ailment.

Secretary uncle opened his inventory and pulled out a bottle.

“A potion that’s especially effective for motion sickness. It’ll help if you drink it.”

“No, I’m fine. I can’t accept from a stranger.”

“I’m giving it because you’re Sora’s friend.”

Park Rahee is in a completely guarded stance, but I absolutely need to make her accept this.

As Gyeon Junhwi said, ‘When you don’t know, stay still! When you know, take action immediately!’

And now is my timing to act.

“This uncle is someone I once owed a huge debt to, so you can trust him.”

“But…”

“His affiliation is clear too. He’s in Phoenix Guild’s secretariat, so if you get sick from the potion, you can even take it there to complain.”

“Haha… Sora?”

“Uncle, she’s just saying that because she feels bad. You know taking back a gift brings bad luck, right?”

When I acted slightly unreasonable, the secretary uncle pretended to give in and forcibly pressed the potion into Park Rahee’s hand.

“You don’t have to drink it right away, just carry it around. Well then, do your best!”

Secretary uncle disappeared just like that.

Park Rahee is looking down at the potion, hesitating.

“If you hate it that much, give it to me.”

When I held out my hand, she looked quite reluctant to hand it over quickly.

But it doesn’t matter.

The operation already succeeded!

Actually, there’s no special mechanism in the potion.

Secretary uncle is a tailing expert.

He needs to make physical contact initially to mark the target, and marking is complete.

I didn’t know uncle would suddenly appear here, but either way, I learned one important fact.

‘It’s today?’

Today is the day Park Rahee disappears.

After training ends, secretary uncle will kidnap her and take her to Phoenix Guild’s secret space, right?

There, Ha Seonwoo-ssi will use mental-type skills while sucking out information.

I thought they’d take her faster, but well, they have their circumstances too.

Anyway.

Once we get through today, this subordinate will disappear on her own!

* * *

The other buses arrived 30 minutes later, and about 70 students are now standing in front of the black portal next to the temple, listening to explanations.

“From here on is an instance area. Two TAs will transfer together, and internal conditions will be shared in real-time through Drone Eyes. In case of emergency, intervention will take 24 hours, so keep that in mind. We’ll now distribute wearable barriers.”

TAs went around giving out bracelets.

Wearable barriers. They have protection barriers carved in them that block up to D-grade attacks… like additional HP.

Useless in front of the mastermind though…

‘But I have emergency backup, so it should be okay?’

Actually, I also have an A-grade barrier bracelet on my ankle.

I worried about being discovered, but using the method Gyeon Junhwi used in the story, even the TAs don’t seem to notice.

Plus the shoes I’m currently wearing are an item that raises stamina by 2 levels, and in my clothes’ inner pocket are items that each raise agility and strength by 1.

“Now everyone take out your weapons and prepare!”

While everyone around me was fumbling to take out weapons, I opened my inventory and pulled out a round orb.

When I firmly pressed the power button, wings fluttered and vibrated.

Han Boram and Yeom Juwan approached with eyes full of curiosity.

“Oh? S-Sora, you’re filming with a Drone Eye?”

“Yeah, today’s our first training.”

“C-can you send the video right away?”

My first adventure with my babies!

I absolutely have to film it!

Of course I brought it!!!

But one of the twins looking my way openly grimaced.

“Yeon Sora. Personal filming during class is not allowed.”

“It’s not personal filming though? It’s Broadcasting Club coverage.”

I’m so glad I joined the Broadcasting Club!

I didn’t join anticipating this, though.

“For practical training classes, we can refuse coverage if judged to pose safety issues. Today it’s not permitted.”

“I prepared for that possibility too…”

I pulled out another sheet of paper.

A filming permit stamped with the chairwoman’s seal that I got from the club president.

The TA who read it grimaced heavily again.

‘He really hates it.’

Well, from the mastermind’s perspective, it’s annoying.

It’s essentially like having a CCTV he can’t manipulate running.

Just then,

“What’s going on?”

Professor Joo approached.

Suddenly hellish scenery flashed like a revolving lantern and my body trembled, but I clenched my fists and forcibly shook off the harmful memory.

After reading the filming permit, Professor Joo looked at me.

“I’ll allow filming. No, it’s filming I have no choice but to allow.”

Above TAs are professors, above professors is the chairwoman.

Does that annoy him?

I’m not sure, but Professor Joo narrowed his eyes.

“Filming will prevent you from concentrating on class. If you proceed with this, you’ll be deducted 20 points in the class attitude category. Will you still do it?”

“Yes.”

“Why are you doing this while sacrificing your grades?”

“Not every student has to be an honor student, right?”

The hellish scenery unfolded again and I clenched my fists.

A resentful voice burst out from my chest.

“I have the right to be a poor student!”

Professor Joo paused briefly, then nodded.

“It’s your choice. I authorize it.”

* * *

“Then Team S, enter.”

When we all entered the portal together, vision went dark.

[Entering Floor 1F Boss Area]

[Maximum capacity: 9]

[Entered: 9]

[Difficulty: Very Hard]

Vrrrrrrr—

Vibration was felt in the darkness.

It feels like being inside an elevator with the lights off.

Shortly after, the vibration disappeared.

[You have entered Floor 1F]

[Climb the Tower!]

[Objective: Defeat the Desert Golem in the labyrinth]

[Reward: ???]

Before me spreads a vast sandy desert.

Just as I was trying to properly perceive the still-glitching scenery,

Fwooooosh—

Suddenly sand scattered from underfoot and a giant worm appeared.

The first zone’s monster, Deathworm.

But… why are you coming out already?