Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 66

After that, things went too smoothly.

Set bait and hunt.

The one making the biggest contribution here is Han Boram.

“Boram’s amazing! The best! Slice them up more!”

Energized by my cheering, Han Boram is happily stabbing the doll.

My baby, you’re magnificent! Like Jang Heebin ^[1] “Jang Heebin” (also written “Jang Huibin”) was a famous Joseon-era royal consort who, in later stories, is often associated with witchcraft and deadly curses. reborn!!

“Boram, can you chop up what Juwan handled too? Bug prevention!”

“Y-yeah! Leave it to me!”

Monster corpses moving—a “bug”—has been occurring frequently. Evidence that the twin villains are using necromancy… and using it this often means they’re seriously panicking.

“Ki Hyeonmin, shouldn’t you start accumulating experience too?”

“What I have now is sufficient.”

“It’ll count against your grades.”

One of the twins keeps encouraging Ki Hyeonmin to fight, but there’s no way Ki Hyeonmin would abandon the sacrifice in a bug-filled zone. He’s forgoing experience and diligently guarding only me.

The regressor ended up hiding his power unintentionally.

What’s more…

‘I secured this too!’

In my pocket is Park Rahee’s necklace.

On the 62nd inspection I finally discovered the necklace and utilized the <Dolos Tongs> I’d prepared in advance.

An item that, when you slightly pinch the necklace while falling, puts a replica on Park Rahee’s neck while the genuine article comes into my hand!

I fell so many times that nobody looked my way, making it ridiculously easy to obtain.

If Park Rahee is a terrorist, the grasshopper is the bomb and the necklace is the switch! That switch is in my hands!

‘Is it okay for it to be this easy?’

Things are flowing so smoothly that I’m having such impudent thoughts.

Meanwhile, Gyeon Junhwi is also keeping busy.

“TA, I have a question about this map… Oh, you dropped this.”

He’s been circling the TAs laying <Arachne’s Web>, using it to subtly make them drop items then picking them up for them.

Groundwork for feeding them a massive bitter pill later.

But…

‘One still remains?’

The timer one of the twins has been clutching tightly.

That’s the most important thing.

Every time Gyeon Junhwi sees it, his right lip curves down about 1 degree.

Because they’re gripping it so tightly, Gyeon Junhwi absolutely can’t get his hands on it.

This is where Yeon Sora needs to step up!

“Where are you going?”

“I have a question for the TA.”

As I walk toward the TA, Ki Hyeonmin follows.

As expected, large dog breed material!

Right now, I’m… so happy.

Truly!

* * *

The TA gripping the communication device, Joo Hosik, was getting thoroughly chewed out by eight superiors.

[You still haven’t secured even one sacrifice?]

[To think you can’t even handle one mere freshman, how disappointing.]

[If you leave Zone 1 like this, I’ll fucking wreck you with my own hands!]

[I understand your feelings, but don’t touch my retainer.]

[I don’t understand. If you were this unsure, you should’ve said so when given the task~.]

Honestly, it’s unfair.

When he first received the mission, there was no such talk.

Just bring freshmen to the promised location and open the magic circle, that’s all…

[Securing sacrifices was mentioned yesterday.]

Suddenly orders dropped to handle sacrifices on-site.

[That’s how circumstances turned out, isn’t it?]

[Where’d that prescient bastard go! Why don’t they know even this?]

[I clearly stated there would be numerous fluctuations]

The circumstances were these.

A few days ago, an unfamiliar anti-awakener group appeared in downtown Seoul. They set off fog gas in areas with high foot traffic, government facilities, awakener training institutions, shouting “We oppose awakeners and Tower climbing.”

Though they used gas harmless to humans, the continued indiscriminate attacks heightened public anxiety, and recommendations from the Big 4 Guilds dropped to decline Tower climbing for safety.

Among them, Phoenix Guild took the hard stance of “Tower entry permitted only when accompanied by our guild’s personnel.”

‘Why Phoenix Guild of all things!’

Phoenix Guild manages the 1st floor.

When the 1st floor manager blocks the entrance, practically nobody can climb the Tower. Even if priests secretly entered, there were no prey to sacrifice.

That’s why they were short one sacrifice, and the mission ended up getting passed here.

[That’s not what’s important! Can you kill or can’t you?]

[Yesterday you said there was no problem?]

[Your story keeps flip-flopping, huh? Should I twist your neck back and forth the same way?]

Joo Hosik clenched his fist again.

Killing a freshman is easy.

But…

[As I mentioned, one freshman is filming with a Drone Eye, leaving evidence.]

[Can’t even handle one Drone Eye… tsk tsk]

[As I mentioned, it has the chairwoman’s barrier. I’ve tried several times but it doesn’t work.]

[Why didn’t you know she’d bring such a thing?]

[What kind of sloppy work is this~ Just separate that kid, won’t you?]

[That person is Yeon Sora]

[Ah, that pathological obsessive patient?]

Of all people, the Drone Eye owner was Yeon Sora.

A person with nothing to fear, no thoughts, impervious to threats.

An incompetent personality disaster he thought could be easily isolated… but strangely, those around her won’t leave her side.

But mentioning this would only earn curses.

The TA redirected the arrow elsewhere.

[The chairwoman’s Drone Eye is the biggest problem. I heard the chairwoman had a business trip scheduled.]

[Right. Why did that woman come? Does she know something?]

[I heard Ha Seonwoo called her?]

[Ha Seonwoo again?]

[I told you that guy’s the most annoying bastard. That’s why we should’ve blown him away first strike…]

[He absolutely won’t take the bait. That human suddenly changed]

[He definitely knows something…]

[How’d he find out about the orphanage?]

At this moment, that Ha Seonwoo was surrounding a specific orphanage. Because an anti-awakener group attacked the orphanage and staged a hostage situation.

Of all times… an incident that erupted on the day an important person was visiting. This couldn’t be coincidence.

[The family member who moved this year is Park Rahee, right? He must’ve followed that?]

[That’s her second mistake already, right? Shouldn’t we just eliminate defective products?]

[What are you saying about my precious test subject]

[This isn’t the time. We need to extract Beelzebub somehow.]

[How?]

[What if Belly just goes? It can be resolved with words, right?]

[That’s what Ha Seonwoo is aiming for. If she goes, he’ll ask how she knew to come.]

[Just say she was passing by]

[Passing by Phoenix Guild’s illusion barrier?]

[You can do that though?]

[Then he’ll persistently stick to her too, obviously? Why would we bother?]

[Correct. That’s what he’s aiming for]

[But why is there no contact from Beelzebub?]

[Ah, looking at satellite feeds, she’s running a mana wave detector. If mana is used, evidence of ‘there’s a human using mana here’ remains.]

[So?]

[On paper there are no awakeners inside. A terrorist group opposing awakeners wouldn’t use mana either. The moment mana is detected there, they can make an official mana request]

[Haah… Ha Seonwoo. He’s an enemy, but his trap-setting methods are always beautiful]

[Let’s call it disgusting?]

[How’d he know today’s an important day?]

[Dunno]

Butterfly effect.

The theory that a small butterfly’s wingbeat in one place causes a typhoon elsewhere.

But the Ha Seonwoo that Yeon Sora contacted was no small butterfly.

The de facto leader guiding the Big 4 Guilds.

In the original novel, he operated only from the shadows after his honor was tarnished, but the current Ha Seonwoo stood at the peak of power.

And he was executing bolder operations.

‘But why Beelzebub of all people!!!’

From Joo Hosik’s perspective, this was most troublesome.

Eight higher-ups each giving different instructions, and the superior who’d coordinate traffic happens to be absent.

The worst situation for a field worker.

[Ah, the transfer zone bug went well, right?]

[I said I was against that? I said if it’s discovered, not one but ten will stick to us, you know?]

[But won’t Ha Seonwoo drop off?]

[More will stick lololol]

[This is when you use your trump card!]

[Recover Park Rahee. It’s bothering me]

[Destroy the Drone Eye too. Evidence remaining is problematic]

[The rift must absolutely be opened. If not today, it’ll take forever. Must succeed no matter what.]

[No, not getting caught comes first. If you guys are exposed, Belly’s also in trouble, you know?]

[More than that, we have no ‘eyes’ to plant next. If these guys fail, it’ll take months minimum]

[But the sacrifice still isn’t done? Zone 1 is ending?]

[Can’t even handle one freshman!! You piece of trash, just wait till you come out, I’ll personally…]

‘Are they sane!’

While the chairwoman’s barrier-equipped Drone Eye monitors, cause an unprecedented bug in the safe zone, separate freshmen without exposing the TA’s identity to secure sacrifices and open a rift—that’s what it became.

For reference, all of this is additional work.

The original mission is…

[So the surveillance target? Observation going well?]

There’s no way proper observation is possible!!!

The TA barely swallowed the words boiling up.

[Ki Hyeonmin is barely moving. His presence detection is very sharp, but… I don’t know his actual skill level.]

[Why don’t you know that?]

[This kid doesn’t do anything properly.]

[It’s not that, there’s absolutely no movement]

[Can’t even move one freshman? Tsk, how does Belly educate retainers?]

[We gave you the flute, right? You can’t do it even with that?]

[They found a way to neutralize it]

[Who?]

[Well… seems like Gyeon Junhwi or Seong Hayul.]

[Seems like?]

It was Gyeon Junhwi’s idea, but Seong Hayul’s potion. A potion not on the market, so he didn’t even know such a product existed.

Those two didn’t do it with intent either… it was more a ‘whatever happens, happens’ attempt.

[What about Gyeon Junhwi?]

[He has looting skills.]

[That’s it?]

That’s really all he’s doing…

But what is this nagging feeling?

[Are we really okay proceeding like this?]

The TA’s question drew a flood of curses, but fortunately one person took it seriously.

[None of this is coincidence. Someone is definitely deliberately disrupting things.]

[There’s a dog barking again]

[I detected this situation yesterday too. There was a massive wave enough to shatter the vessel!]

[Crazy, you broke that precious thing?]

[Then you can’t even read the near future now? What exactly do you do?]

[There’s one will orchestrating all of this! There must be someone standing out most actively! Who is it?]

[Two cadets named Yeom Juwan and Han Boram]

[What about Yeon Sora? She’s also freshman representative, isn’t she? What’s she doing?]

[…Falling over]

Yeon Sora never once engaged in combat.

For her with already weak stamina, the sand desert was the worst combination.

Just walking for 5 minutes without falling drew admiration and applause from those around her.

But one superior suddenly got excited.

[Wait!!! Yeon Sora! Isn’t it strange? Didn’t she also bring the Drone Eye!]

[Right, she said coverage? What coverage?]

[Just about bug phenomena… but nothing you need to worry about]

[Coverage about bugs and we shouldn’t worry, are you insane?]

[This is it! It could become a wave that shakes the world!]

[Doesn’t seem like it though…]

[It’s strange to declare it’s not when it’s such an important matter! Tell us specifically what questions she’s asking. We’ll judge!]

[Well… she suspects that 13 nations including Mongolia, America, and Slovakia bribed me—who has a low salary—to develop bugs to cause domestic Deathworm extinction]

[…]

[?]

[?]

For once, the hologram window fell silent.

[Is that the end?]

[No.]

[There might be major issues hidden within. Anything is fine. Don’t hide it, speak up]

[Well… there’s a force wanting to monopolize the Deathworm market, and that person’s ex-fiancée came to Korea for plastic surgery but died from an anesthesia incident, so they’re dreaming of revenge by making all anesthesiologists unemployed. They gathered 13 nations coveting Deathworms and started moving, developed special bugs, and bribed me who has a lower salary than expected… that’s where it’s progressed. As I said, nothing you need to worry about.]

[…Using a Drone Eye with the chairwoman’s barrier for this?]

[Lololol I seriously like this kid? Let’s recruit her!]

[No, just eliminate her just in case]

[If we eliminate her, won’t it become conspiracy theory material like ‘last case of journalist who died while covering this’? Sounds interesting?]

Even after saying all this, that one person didn’t give up on Yeon Sora.

[Then besides coverage. Isn’t she inciting others?]

[Well… she’s encouraging one classmate to develop the most gory skill possible]

[…What about other people? Isn’t she wary of Park Rahee?]

[The opposite. She hasn’t separated for even a moment. Whether she’s being cautious… I’m not sure]

[Why don’t you know?]

[That’s… I really don’t know]

The destructive power of Yeon Sora’s smiling face exceeded imagination.

A smile that delivers maximum humiliation to people.

That face, like peeling skin and pouring salt water on bare flesh, she distributed equally to everyone.

[Is there no relationship between Yeon Sora and Ha Seonwoo?]

[Wait, there was a report from that rat bastard before… Ah, she stuck with Ha Seonwoo’s secretary until enrollment?]

[That’s it!!!! Yeon Sora, isn’t it strange? Where did she go that day?]

[Tower shopping mall, Tower museum, amusement park, shopping mall, cafe, shopping, cafe… lololol,=. But the reason for attaching a secretary is hilarious.]

[What? What?]

[Spill spill]

[‘Grandparents’ overprotectiveness is severe. Want to play in the Tower so become my alibi. Otherwise threatened not to give awakening test field interview.’]

[Unpredictable behavior! This is it!]

His cry wasn’t taken seriously by anyone.

Even the TA felt pity.

[She’s freshman representative but we’re not considering her at all. Isn’t that strange?]

[Stop spouting bullshit, okay? So what is she trying to do?]

[She’s hiding her power!]

[She hid her power by using a calamity-class targeted skill at the awakening test?]

[That’s…]

[Wanted to hide so after enrollment she flashed her crazy smile at the whole school, wine-showered classmates’ heads, caused several cardiac arrests?]

[It could be camouflage…]

[Right, camouflaged and brought a Drone Eye with the chairwoman’s barrier on an important day. And what she’s risking her life to cover is… what?]

I want to clock out…

But the superiors were still chaotically chattering in the window.

[There’s other intel besides that? The chairwoman requested investigation into defensive measures against academy terror incidents.]

[That side has higher probability.]

[Who’d she request it from?]

[Azure Dragon Guild’s daughter?]

[Azure Dragon Guild… the one with the foreseer?]

[That side saw a proper future, not shaking rock fragments. Should we trade?]

[So that’s why they targeted the orphanage?]

[What about Ha Seonwoo? Ha Seonwoo and Azure Dragon Guild are on worst terms, right?]

[The chairwoman must’ve bridged it. This makes sense?]

[What do you think, puppy! What do you think?]

[That… side is also sufficiently possible. An existence that will change fate.]

At least the arrow didn’t come this way, fortunately.

Joo Hosik left a final message with relief.

[Entering Zone 2 now. Connection will be difficult for a while. I’ll contact again at Zone 4.]

The communication device can only be used at entrances and exits.

Zone 1 and Zone 4.

He won’t have to hear the superiors’ curses for a while, and Zone 2 is his confident zone so securing sacrifices should be possible.

Just as he was putting away the communication device with relief—

“TA?”

Yeon Sora appeared before him.

“What’s this? Expensive? Looks nice?”

She casually picked up the communication device and tossed it to Gyeon Junhwi.

An action ordinary cadets could never do, but for Yeon Sora, anything was possible.

Gyeon Junhwi caught it, flustered, and hurriedly returned the item.

“I’m truly sorry, TA. Yeon Sora, you apologize too.”

“It was just curiosity… Sorry.”

Sssss—

That smile viewing people as mere specks of dust.

A face that stimulated even the TA who’d mastered emotional detachment.

Joo Hosik barely suppressed his rising murderous intent.

‘Just… just endure a little more and it’s over.’

Next zone.

Because there’s a method to definitively eliminate her there.

• 1. “Jang Heebin” (also written “Jang Huibin”) was a famous Joseon-era royal consort who, in later stories, is often associated with witchcraft and deadly curses.