Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 65

After much drama, the full-scale practical finally began.

The first zone is a desert region.

Before my eyes, sand dunes I’d only seen in photos and videos are stacked in layers.

What is this! It’s like Arabian Nights!

Where are the camels? Camels!

For someone who’s never traveled abroad, this is such a fascinating sight…

“Aaaah!”

Suddenly the ground sank.

My body pitched forward, face-diving into the sand.

“S-Sora! A-are you okay?”

“Ahaha, I’m so used to it by now. I’m fine, totally fine.”

“I-it’s hard to walk in this sand.”

I spent a fortune on agility-boosting items but they have zero effect. I can definitely feel the stamina improvement though…

As expected, reviews can’t be trusted.

<Ocypete’s Feather>.

You’re getting refunded.

“R-Rahee, are you okay too?”

“Cough! Cough!”

Next to me, Park Rahee is coughing violently.

Since we were walking arm-in-arm, falling together is natural, but even after diving over twenty times, she still hasn’t grasped the peculiarity of this zone’s sand.

“When you fall, keep your mouth shut tight and control your breathing. You know, like when swimming.”

I kindly offer advice, but at that exact moment she turns her head and spits. Ptoo, ptoo.

Fine.

Since we’ve fallen anyway, let’s do a necklace inspection!

“Sorry. You’re suffering because of me, Rahee.”

While I pat down Park Rahee with an airport security officer’s dedication, Han Boram brushes sand from my hair.

Still no necklace.

I’d bet my entire fortune… no wait, I’d bet the <Ocypete’s Feather> that it’s hidden in her inventory!

“S-Sora! Y-your knee is bleeding!”

“Really? Was there gravel? Rahee, heal me.”

I boldly thrust my knee in front of Park Rahee.

Even if she’s a subordinate, a healer is a healer.

Until I hand her over to Ha Seonwoo, I’ll work her to the bone.

Anyway, she’s hiding her identity and only has healing abilities, plus the Drone Eye CCTV is running, so she can’t pull anything stupid.

“Yeon Sora! Are you seriously insane? Don’t do it, Park Rahee!”

The one shrilly shouting is Seong Hayul.

“Yeon Sora! Do you know how exhausting casting one heal is? And you’re bullying Park Rahee, aren’t you? If you have complaints, use your words!”

“Bullying? I’m just falling because my body’s like this.”

“Then why doesn’t Han Boram fall when she’s linking arms the same way!”

That’s because I released Han Boram’s arm the moment we fell.

My baby is a precious talent who can’t get hurt.

Park Rahee is a grasshopper breeder who kills people.

I can’t treat them the same.

“Hayul, don’t misunderstand. Sora’s body is really weak.”

“Park Rahee, you’re too nice, that’s the problem. That’s why she acts like this!”

To call that nice—Seong Hayul hasn’t been tainted by the world yet.

I have a completely different question though.

‘Just how much did you get paid?’

No matter how I look at it, she’s being paid to stay by my side.

There’s no other way to explain Park Rahee’s infinite patience.

A Yeon Sora-exclusive monitor…

What did she tell the mastermind that I became the sacrifice? Disposing of the freshman representative is a bit much, isn’t it?

“Haah…”

Behind me, I hear Ki Hyeonmin’s sigh.

As expected, Ki Hyeonmin is guarding me.

Earlier he saved me from that suspicious sinkhole the TA called a “bug”…

“Why didn’t you catch me this time?”

“It wasn’t dangerous.”

My baby’s cold.

He’s a Siberian husky who thinks he’s a wolf, so he’s not affectionate, but he’s still a large dog breed.

Reassuring!

“But doesn’t something seem strange?”

I turn my head to find Gyeon Junhwi frowning.

Gyeon Junhwi has been in vitamin mode, hovering around one of the twins.

“What?”

“Not a single Deathworm has appeared yet.”

“Right. Haven’t we been walking for 30 minutes already?”

Zone 1’s monster is the Deathworm.

A legendary worm that appears in the Mongolian desert.

They live in the sand and should come out seeking prey when they feel vibrations above… but radio silence.

This is obviously, plainly, undeniably the twin villains’ doing.

If you can summon worms, you can also drive them away!

“Deathworms tend to be cautious when there are too many people. Usually up to 10 is fine, but… they seem particularly sensitive, so try splitting into two teams.”

The villains are unhappy that we’re sticking together tightly.

They need to secure sacrifices quickly.

“I-if we split, I’m going with S-Sora!”

“Me too.”

“I’ll go with this side too.”

Han Boram, Yeom Juwan, and Ki Hyeonmin lined up on my side one after another, and Gyeon Junhwi smiled awkwardly.

“If all four combat-types go to one side, we can’t split the team.”

Valid point!

Park Rahee is a healer, Gyeon Junhwi is crafting-type, and Seong Hayul is hiding her power for reasons.

To split into two teams, combat personnel need to be distributed evenly… but that’s not easy.

“Y-Yeom Juwan, you give in.”

“Yeon Sora has lots of allergies and frequent seizures, so I need to go with her. For safety. You’re just trying to have fun, you go.”

“N-no! This is my f-first practical with Sora! T-then Ki Hyeonmin!”

“I refuse.”

“Why? Earlier you said you’d go alone!”

“Now is different.”

What, I… feel like crying!

My babies are clinging because they don’t want to separate from me.

Han Boram for memories with her first best friend after filming Home Alone for 9 years! Yeom Juwan to protect his sickly family member!

Ki Hyeonmin to prevent the sacrifice from running off somewhere!

Different reasons, but each staying by Yeon Sora’s side for their own goals.

‘We’re already a family!!!!’

Let me compare this to the original for a moment.

In a world without the twins, a world without butterfly effects, a total of 4 teams operated.

1. Ki Hyeonmin.

Solo play. Diligently massacred monsters gathering experience, then went to retrieve a hidden piece.

2. Gyeon Junhwi and Han Boram.

While Ki Hyeonmin gathered experience, they went ahead and picked up a hidden piece. Waited until Ki Hyeonmin appeared, got the ‘Who’s this guy?’ wariness, then appealed with ‘Actually I have an item detector.’ Implied that traveling with Gyeon Junhwi means obtaining major pieces even the regressor doesn’t know about.

3. Yeom Juwan.

Dark mode after Yeon Sora’s death.

Forced to participate in practicals but pissed off, went around firing flames at everything in sight and got dragged away by TAs.

4. Seong Hayul and followers.

Dragged around the two who replaced me and Park Rahee while resenting Ki Hyeonmin and Gyeon Junhwi for not recognizing her.

The kids who were scattered are now cohesively bonded.

And it’s all thanks to me!

Possession pride bursting today!

* * *

One hour passed.

The worms still haven’t appeared.

The TA is working hard to incite anxiety.

“No experience has accumulated at all.”

“To leave Zone 1, you must hunt at least 10 Deathworms.”

“If you don’t meet the minimum, you could be trapped here like this. If you don’t change methods, you’ll have to survive in this zone for a day, a week, no—a month.”

With him saying things like that while walking, some started wavering.

Thanks to that, I got quite busy.

“How about separating for just 10 minutes?”

“Right. We didn’t come here to play friendship games, did we? If you’re all like this, I’ll go alone.”

Park Rahee carefully starts inciting, and Seong Hayul is falling for it.

She can’t leave the group.

You’re also a sacrifice candidate!

I can’t let the villains have easy pickings!

“Don’t do that, Hayul—come with us too.”

I approach and entangle Seong Hayul with my arm, and the kid is horrified.

“Hey! Gross! Why are you suddenly acting friendly?”

“We’re on the same team.”

“Don’t be ridiculous! You ignored me all week!!”

I haven’t ignored her…

Honestly, I can’t guarantee it since everyone except my bias is out of sight, out of mind.

“I’m originally really shy with strangers.”

“You are?”

“Everything will work out, so let’s go together.”

“Why are you so positive?”

That’s because I have a protractor.

Gyeon Junhwi’s been looking at the TA with his lips curving upward.

He’s killing time because solving it too easily would look suspicious. While killing time, he’s also laying some traps, observing, gathering information.

My baby can afford this leisure all thanks to me.

“Haah…”

A sigh from behind.

Ki Hyeonmin is checking the Drone Eye’s position with a sidelong glance. He wouldn’t secretly use Stealth to deal with the villains while CCTV is running, but it’s a danger signal.

Now it’s time for Yeon Sora to become a hack journalist!

“TA! Is this situation also a bug? Mongolian Deathworm troubles… could Mongolian forces also be involved? Just who’s behind all this! What are you hiding… mmph mmph mmph!”

Ki Hyeonmin silenced me without hesitation.

At least the thought of fleeing seems to have vanished.

The TA doesn’t even respond to me now.

‘The questions are too weak.’

In Yeon Sora’s hack journalist worldview, 13 nations have united to bribe the surprisingly underpaid TA and induce Deathworm extinction.

Just who’s doing this and why? Why!

I need to think for the next coverage, but…

“D-Deathworm venom is u-used in paralysis potions.”

“Ah! The pharmaceutical industry! That existed too!”

“S-safer than a-anesthetics…”

“Aha! If it becomes commonly commercialized, anesthesiologists become unemployed too! Doctors also have motive! Thanks, Boram!”

Han Boram is actively supporting Yeon Sora’s career change.

Meanwhile, Park Rahee is subtly distancing herself.

Turning her back is the perfect pose for secretly opening inventory.

Necklace inspection time!

“Rahee! Come with… aaaah!”

“S-Sora!”

As expected, when you have many responsibilities, humans get busy.

I think I’m tumbling the most since possession.

“Sora, aren’t you way too high-tension today?”

“Yeon Sora, do you even know you’re a nuisance?”

“Just stay still. Please.”

Getting branded a nuisance girl is a bit unfair, but… if it’s for my baby’s big picture, this much is nothing.

But Junhwi, I can’t handle frustating plots well.

Just as my throat was about to clog—

“This won’t work. Can I try a little experiment?”

Gyeon Junhwi finally moved.

He discovered the solution to the Deathworm disappearance case.

* * *

My baby calmly proceeded with experiments.

Sprinkling manastone powder that worms like, sending sound waves worms like, sprinkling human blood from who-knows-where…

After 11 attempts individually checking Deathworm instincts, he looked at Seong Hayul.

“Hayul, that growth accelerator you mentioned before… could I try using it?”

Seong Hayul is the only daughter of a major domestic potion manufacturing guild.

In other words, a walking potion shop.

She even possesses numerous testers not yet on the market.

“I can give it to you, but… what are you going to do with it?”

“When desperate, you try anything. I just happened to get my hands on this earlier.”

What Gyeon Junhwi pulled out was an egg from the Deathworm killed at the start.

A by-product obtained from looting earlier.

“Deathworms have the strongest species protection instinct, right? They should rush over when they hear offspring cries, so I’m checking if this is also a bug.”

Deathworm eggs hatch once every 50 years.

But with one drop of Seong Hayul’s potion, a wriggling baby worm popped out in 10 seconds.

The drug effect is good.

Eeeeeeee—

A siren-like sound rang out, and something like a shark fin appeared in the distance.

That’s the fin on a Deathworm’s forehead.

The bait worked!

“There are quite a lot?”

“About 20. Who wants to step up?”

“I’ll do it.”

“M-me too!”

“Then Yeom Juwan, Han Boram. I’m counting on you.”

According to Gyeon Junhwi, Deathworms with triggered species protection instinct only appear within a 10-meter radius of the baby worm.

Only Yeom Juwan and Han Boram remained in the appearance zone, while the rest moved to maintain a safe distance.

Ki Hyeonmin is also next to me to protect the sacrifice.

‘My babies can do this, right?’

A situation where Yeom Juwan and Han Boram alone must eliminate the worm swarm.

I’m deeply worried about even a scratch on their faces, but stepping in here would be overprotective.

I watched with my heart in my throat, hand on the flame spear launch button just in case… but worry was unnecessary.

“Yeom Juwan, amazing! So fast! So slick!”

Yeom Juwan skillfully wielded a lengthy flame whip, massacring Deathworms. The moment contact was made, the Deathworm’s contact surface turned to ash—the power is tremendous.

Judging by the black color, it’s black flame, stronger than regular flame!

It looks like a whip, but it’s actually small flame masses connected densely one by one, requiring incredible control!

My baby was just throwing cute flame baseballs until recently… when did you grow so much?

Min Dorim’s special training really paid off!

In the original, you didn’t wield the whip until after summer vacation!

Crackle-crackle-crackle—

Meanwhile, Han Boram is frantically stabbing a straw doll with a giant needle. A curse technique called Remote Nail Attack, a skill that launches curse or resentment energy.

To use that in front of everyone—even I didn’t expect this.

In the original, she only showed it in front of Gyeon Junhwi.

Thud-thud-thud—

She stabs the doll with the needle, and worms fall to the ground in pieces.

Blood everywhere, an incredibly gory sight. Like being dropped in the middle of a slasher film.

Thanks to that, the situation concluded in just 2 minutes.

“Yeom Juwan, amazing! You were this strong?”

“B-B-Boram also worked hard.”

“Yeah… that was incredible.”

“Ah… uh… mm…”

Han Boram is only looking at the ground.

Her hands are trembling too.

This child refrained from showing her power because she feared being hated.

That’s why her potential didn’t burst until the latter half, and even after becoming calamity-class, she was conscious of people watching, making skill activation unstable when there were many spectators.

Let’s uproot this giant frustating plot today!

“Boram was really cool. Look! I got goosebumps, see?”

“You’re lying… h-honestly, it was… unpleasant, right?”

“A little.”

“Huh?”

When I frankly acknowledged it, Han Boram’s eyes went wide.

There’s a reason I’m doing this.

Even when Gyeon Junhwi said ‘It’s not scary,’ Han Boram’s anxiety didn’t disappear.

As the second possessor, I should try a second method.

I deliberately flashed Han Boram my maximum intensity eye-level smile.

“Look. You also flinch when you see my smiling face, right? Feels bad?”

“N-no… but still, Sora is cool!”

“Same for me.”

“…!”

“Honestly it is a bit scary and feels slightly unsettling, but still, it’s cool and I like it.”

“Ahh!!!”

Right, giving an example makes it clear immediately, doesn’t it?

How nice to see you smiling so brightly!

Let’s not hide this time and go proudly!

“And actually, I quite like this stuff.”

“R-really?”

Not a lie.

I watched quite a few slasher movies back in the day.

Gore films have their own charm!

This unnie can embrace anything.

If others say something, just shout ‘Respect preferences!’ and that’s that.

“Shall we go then?”

Looking back, everyone has slightly dazed expressions.

The other kids aside, even Gyeon Junhwi and Ki Hyeonmin look surprised.

Well, these kids’ growth speed is excessively fast compared to the original.

This is why two possessors are better than one, right?

The one who broke the silence was the TA.

“L-let’s get moving.”

The twin villains’ faces are truly a sight.

So confident until now, but now they look like they ate shit.

This is just the beginning—what are you so shocked about?