Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 63

While moving at a brisk pace, Yeon Sora stumbled and fell.

“W-wait! I can keep up! Hold on!”

He’d known her athletic ability was nonexistent, but to think she couldn’t even handle this modest speed.

Since he couldn’t just leave her, he helped her up and resumed walking—but in that time, Ki Hyeonmin had already reached the monster corpse.

The Deathworm that had appeared in the transfer zone.

Standing before its corpse, Ki Hyeonmin clenched then opened his right hand before raising his sword.

“Hey! What are you doing?”

“Checking for manastones.”

Yeom Juwan rushed over to stop him, but the guy’s expression remained unchanged.

Swish—

The sword descended mercilessly, cleaving the Deathworm in half.

Yeom Juwan let out a small hollow laugh while looking at the result.

“Of course it’ll get destroyed if you do that? Harvesting manastones requires a disassembly expert. Look, it’s turned to powder.”

He doesn’t want to harvest the manastone.

He’s checking whether the Deathworm possesses a manastone, whether this situation is the work of necromancers.

Right under the watching eyes.

‘No, the problem is he’s doing this even while conscious of them…’

The scariest part is that he acts this way yet thinks his intentions won’t be exposed. Looking at that, who would think ‘Oh, just a cadet being greedy for manastones’?

The moment Ki Hyeonmin reached the second monster corpse, Gyeon Junhwi arrived.

“Wait!”

He spread his hand, blocking the monster. Ki Hyeonmin’s eyes turned cold.

‘As expected, he’s suspicious.’

Since the movie theater incident, Ki Hyeonmin has been investigating Gyeon Junhwi’s background.

Gyeon Junhwi naturally knew this fact. With the guy circling around like a stalker during study sessions and classes, pretending not to notice would be more awkward.

Judging by how club seniors’ memories got scrambled… he’d used fairly aggressive methods and probably discovered suspicious circumstances.

“If you want to harvest manastones, there’s a more effective method.”

Gyeon Junhwi hurriedly extended his hand over the corpse.

Fwaaash—

White light flared, and a red manastone along with various items floated up.

【Looting successful.】

【Obtained: F-grade Manastone (1), Deathworm Salivary Gland (1), Deathworm Egg (1).】

When he showed what he’d harvested, Ki Hyeonmin’s eyes narrowed.

Meanwhile, Yeom Juwan looked thoroughly excited.

“What! Gyeon Junhwi! You have looting too? Isn’t this a gatherer-type ability? You said you’re crafting-type.”

“Luckily I also obtained material collection skills.”

Revealing this now would cause various complications, but…

It can’t be helped.

Better than leaving the image of a regressor who dissects monsters for no reason.

“How about it? Should I do the rest?”

“……”

The guy hesitated briefly but fortunately nodded.

‘This bastard’s secretly hot-blooded.’

The guy who’s normally fine sometimes loses it.

When that happens, there’s no telling what he’ll do… and right now seems like one of those moments.

He needs to be reined in for now.

And…

After finishing looting, Gyeon Junhwi turned to the team members.

“How about we work together on this floor? I can loot for everyone.”

“Wow, really?”

“Manastones go to you all, by-products are mine.”

“Wouldn’t that be your loss?”

“I have zero combat skills… If I loot, I at least gain some experience.”

The twin TAs will try to induce solo actions going forward.

They’ll provide various incentives like training alone being advantageous for grades, then attack isolated cadets to use as sacrifices and report them as missing.

The most at risk are Yeon Sora and Seong Hayul, but… in reality, everyone here could become sacrifices.

If even one person dies, an Outbreak opens.

“How about it? Make some money while we’re here.”

Free looting service should provide sufficient motivation.

For freshmen who just enrolled, what they regret most during practicals is not being able to recover monster manastones.

“I’m good with it.”

“M-me too!”

“No reason to refuse.”

Fortunately, everyone seemed welcoming.

Except one person.

“Ki Hyeonmin, what about you?”

“I refuse.”

An attitude as firm as if it’s not even worth considering.

At this, Yeon Sora approached Ki Hyeonmin.

“Please, can’t we move together? I’d feel reassured if you were with us.”

“I refuse.”

“We already had a bug right at the start? Look, I have zero agility and no barrier left. I might really die without you, you know?”

“M-me too… I’d f-feel reassured with Ki Hyeonmin…”

“Practicals are about handling things yourself.”

Even when the weakling members led by Yeon Sora pleaded, he wouldn’t budge.

‘How do I keep him restrained…’

There are many methods, but doing them while spirits watch feels extremely reluctant. Plus the guy’s currently agitated, so talking might not even work.

Just then—

‘No way?’

The guy drew his sword and turned his body.

He was walking toward the arrow drawn on the ground.

He’s trying to leave the safe zone.

“Ki Hyeonmin! Where are you going?”

“Sword training while we wait.”

“If you go out now, you’ll get in trouble.”

“It’s fine.”

“Wait!”

Yeon Sora threw herself forward to stop him, but stopping a regressor with her physical abilities was impossible. In the end, Yeon Sora stumbled and fell, and the other team members had to check on her.

‘Dammit.’

The only one who caught up to Ki Hyeonmin, who’d finally left the safe zone, was Gyeon Junhwi.

“Ki Hyeonmin! Just calm down for a moment…”

The instant he tried to initiate conversation—

Swiiish—

Swish—

Two sword strikes cut through empty air.

They weren’t attacks aimed at Gyeon Junhwi.

Strikes aimed at the space directly above.

Could it be…

“There are no listening ears.”

‘Crazy bastard, did he really just cut down the wraith they planted for surveillance?’

He’d eliminated the wraith the twin TAs had attached.

This is strange.

No matter how much this guy loses it, he never leaves video evidence…

‘…Dammit.’

Gyeon Junhwi belatedly remembered an important fact.

The twin TAs haven’t activated the practical Drone Eyes yet. They’d delayed activation while checking for bugs.

This guy also knows that and is moving now.

The guy muttered quietly.

“You must know surveillance is attached too. What’s your angle?”

‘At least it’s fortunate he doesn’t think I’m on their side.’

This crude method doesn’t sit well at all, but… can’t be helped. He needs to restrain this guy for now.

Gyeon Junhwi spoke with the most serious face he could muster.

“Right, I know what the TAs are planning and I’m trying to stop it. Without you here, everyone dies.”

“…I’ll hear how you figured that out later.”

‘This bastard had no intention of talking from the start.’

His body outline was blurring—he’s trying to use Stealth.

Gyeon Junhwi hurriedly grabbed his shoulder.

Physical contact prevents the technique from activating.

The guy’s thinking was obvious.

‘He’s planning to go out and get reported as missing now.’

Leave behind some absurd excuse like ‘A student went missing for unknown reasons,’ and counter-hunt the twin TAs himself.

In reality, with this guy’s skills, the twins would be easily handled.

‘That’s the problem.’

A freshman representative went missing, and coincidentally the subordinate monitoring him was also killed? But after the incident ended, the missing guy returned?

No video evidence needed.

The progression is crystal clear.

The next subordinate sent will be twice as strong, the one after that four times stronger…

In just three episodes, this guy turned a calm novel into hell difficulty. If left to him, within six months all the world’s strongest will swarm in and start concentrated fire.

“Let go or I’ll cut.”

A final warning in his eyes.

Gyeon Junhwi raised both hands in the air in a surrender pose.

“I’m not opposing elimination. I’m just saying let’s distinguish between ‘assassination’ and ‘accident.'”

He doesn’t know if this will work.

He can’t read the guy’s face.

The instant feels like eternity.

In this moment where time seemed frozen, Gyeon Junhwi recalled the past.

— Representative says it’s possible, but we can’t keep up! No, actually we don’t even want to! Changing the world… there’s no way we’d actually believe such dream-like words, right?

Yet when he opened his eyes, he was here.

In a position where he must stop this madman trying to lead rookies into hell difficulty.

As expected, entering this damned work in the first place was karmic retribution from the past.

“I’m leaving.”

As expected, conversation didn’t work.

Just as Ki Hyeonmin’s outline was about to blur—

Whirrrrr—

A strange mechanical sound came from above.

Looking up, a Drone Eye was flying around.

“Ki Hyeonmin! Gyeon Junhwi! Wave once! Our first filming!”

Yeon Sora’s bright voice also rang out.

‘Good timing.’

Ki Hyeonmin doesn’t leave video evidence either. He’ll give up on the reckless missing person scheme now.

But the next obstacle remains.

“You two there!”

One of the twins was approaching.

He came to investigate since the attached wraith disappeared.

“What are you doing here? Leaving the safe zone is a violation.”

“We’re sorry.”

“What happened?”

He needs a reason for the wraith being eliminated.

Some plausible excuse, quickly…

At that moment, that bright voice rang out from above again.

“Ah! Ah! Mic test! Yes, explanation of the current situation! Four Deathworms attacked us in the transfer zone! The TAs are currently investigating bugs! A transfer zone bug—what an absurd incident. Because of that absurd incident, my bracelet gauge dropped to 22% before the practical even started… but exchanges aren’t allowed. Apparently it’s policy or something.”

Nursing a grudge, huh.

Still, thanks to that, he’d bought some time.

But…

Yeon Sora didn’t stop there.

* * *

The hologram screen I’ve deployed contains vivid footage of my babies.

Finally obtaining video, this emotional moment! …isn’t the time to savor that.

First, I need to shake off that subordinate bastard.

Just create a matter more urgent and critical than the disappeared wraith that requires immediate handling.

“Upon entering the area, TAs are supposed to deploy protective barriers for 30 seconds. But that didn’t happen either. Is it a bug? Surely the TA didn’t fail to deploy the barrier or couldn’t deploy it? If they couldn’t, that’s disqualification, and if they didn’t… well, they’re getting paid to work, so… that couldn’t be it. But wait, how much is the salary? No, let’s just call it a bug for now!”

The TA is glaring at the Drone Eye.

Right, glare at me instead of my babies!

Come this way!!!!

Fortunately, the strategy worked.

In the hologram, the TA is saying this:

[Get back inside for now. It’s dangerous out here.]

Both my babies safely returned to the safe zone.

Meanwhile, the TA is striding toward me with a frightening expression.

“Yeon Sora, what the hell are you doing?”

“What am I doing? I’m conducting coverage.”

“The condition was filming without disrupting class.”

“Class hasn’t started yet, though? You said wait 30 minutes.”

It’s dangerous to mess with villains, but I have my own confidence.

‘They can’t kill me in front of witnesses.’

Team members are watching, my babies are watching, and the Drone Eye CCTV is running.

In this situation, the twin TAs can’t blatantly kill me.

If they did that, even the mastermind who wrote their recommendation letters would get dragged into this.

‘It’s fine, I can do this!’

What I need now is courage.

I know the method to resolve the current problem in one shot.

This is something I know because I’m the second possessor, and because I’m a devoted reader.

Right, something only I can do!