Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 69

Instance areas are zones cut off from external communication. Because a separate layer is created for the entering party—a kind of parallel space.

The twins possessed a device that created passages between parallel spaces, but it only applied at entrances and exits.

[Why did she have to appear now of all times!]

[If it had been Zone 1, we could’ve reported immediately!]

[If we’d known just a bit sooner….]

Their laments over the missed opportunity were brief.

One of the twins suddenly sensed an ominous feeling.

Because he recalled the words of a certain superior who’d insisted Yeon Sora was suspicious.

[Don’t tell me… this was intentional?]

[Intentional how?]

[I mean… what if she deliberately revealed her identity only after passing Zone 1?]

[Why would she?]

[Isn’t it possible she knows about the communication device we have?]

[Aren’t you over-analyzing? In Zone 1, she could barely walk. That’s why she stayed quiet.]

To recognize the communication device requires technical skill and knowledge as excellent as the twins’ superior.

Such a person couldn’t possibly exist in this world.

Right, this is just coincidence.

Hallucinations born from witnessing the great power budding before their eyes and being too frightened.

But….

[She didn’t fall over in Zone 2.]

[The sand was different.]

[No, think carefully. Anyone could easily act out falling over.]

Another possibility occurred to him, making his body tremble.

What if all of this…

Had been intentional from the start?

The brother beside him seemed to be desperately denying that possibility.

[Let’s not go too far. Yeon Sora’s basic stats are weak. You saw the test results, right? She even wore stat-boosting items because she lacks basic stamina.]

[Anyone can wear items. What if we assumed she was weak just because she wore them?]

[Then what about the stat tests?]

[Those can be manipulated easily if you want to.]

During strength measurement, just don’t apply full pressure. During agility measurement, just see but don’t move.

Anyone could fake weakness if they wanted to.

If this were true…

It would mean she’d been meticulously planning and preparing for this moment for a very long time.

Just then—

“Yeon Sora!”

In the distance, they saw Yeom Juwan caring for the collapsed Yeon Sora.

Yeon Sora had repeatedly fainted even before the practical.

[Are you saying that was also acting?]

[Yes.]

[Let’s say it was. Why would she put on such an act?]

[To induce complacency.]

[You think we’d get complacent just because someone fainted once after unleashing a calamity-class skill?]

[But that actually happened. We became complacent even seeing a calamity-class person right in front of us. Why? Isn’t that strange?]

He was starting to understand the prescient’s feelings. Once doubt crept in, nothing made sense.

Why had they thought such an existence wasn’t dangerous?

His brother provided the answer.

[Because to call it inducing complacency, she was too blatantly begging to be killed.]

[…!]

[When I’m barely holding back from tearing her apart right now, you call that complacency?]

They’d heard plenty of rumors about Yeon Sora’s personality.

But meeting her in person, she exceeded the rumors.

Her face was full of disgust and contempt, and her actions were even worse. If it weren’t for the mission… no, if it wouldn’t leave evidence, they would’ve torn her to shreds on the spot.

The complete opposite of inducing complacency.

But…

What if even that was intentional behavior?

[What if she hid greater hostility beneath that hostility?]

[This is getting harder to understand. What are you saying?]

[We decided Yeon Sora harbored trivial hostility. But what if she’s harboring purposeful hostility underneath?]

[Don’t tell me she’s already identified the ‘organization’ and is trying to eliminate it?]

[If she’s the child of Fate, couldn’t it be possible? An existence beyond our common sense.]

[……]

[Power beyond imagination isn’t limited to just physical power, is it? What if she’s toying with human psychology too? Think about it—’they’ and even we never noticed at all.]

[……]

Right. There’s also the possibility Yeon Sora is a genius of psychological warfare beyond imagination.

Shadows gradually fell over the brother’s face too.

Their mission was to discover and report dangerous elements. They’d never considered the possibility that the target had already seen through everything.

Just then—

“TAs?”

Seeing the face that suddenly popped up before them, the twins barely swallowed their screams.

It was Yeon Sora.

“Why so surprised?”

“N-no. What is it?”

“I have a question.”

Ssssss—

The smile spreading across Yeon Sora’s face.

A transcendent’s smile. A smile confident they’re in the palm of her hand.

Why had they overlooked this face she’d shown from the beginning?

“You just said ‘annihilation’—don’t tell me everything in this zone disappeared?”

“Everything, you say….”

“Like buildings, for example.”

“No. The buildings remain.”

“What about objects?”

“Objects should remain too.”

“Then what was annihilated?”

“…I misspoke.”

“Oh, really? Please be precise with your expressions. You startled me.”

“…My apologies.”

Only after Yeon Sora left did the twins finally regain their breath. But their hearts were racing faster than ever. Because that conversation had clarified everything.

[This… was a warning, right?]

[A warning!]

The new ability Yeon Sora demonstrated had annihilated all the spirits the twins had released in this zone. But since the terrain remained intact, using the word ‘annihilation’ itself was a mistake.

Yeon Sora was pointing out that fact and mocking them.

That wasn’t all.

[She already identified our ability!]

[She’s warning us we can’t escape!]

Yeon Sora had annihilated an entire zone in just 10 seconds. She’d come forward at this moment specifically to inform them of that.

[We need to notify the outside quickly!]

[How? You said she knows about the communication device?]

[That’s just a hunch…. It’s not certain, right?]

[Let’s calm down for a moment… surely she won’t kill us in front of witnesses?]

[Can you guarantee that?]

[…If she was going to kill us, wouldn’t she have just ambushed us? Giving a warning might mean she won’t kill us.]

[Are you sure? The opponent is Yeon Sora.]

For a while after, the twins sought ways to overcome the crisis, but no brilliant plan came to mind.

Eventually, there was only one thing they could do.

[We have to move forward somehow. As quickly as possible.]

Go to the exit, report this fact, and wait for rescue.

* * *

After leaving the house, we hurriedly crossed the cursed village.

Looking around, everything is black.

The ground is black, the buildings are black.

When the TA said the entire zone was annihilated earlier, my heart nearly dropped thinking I’d blown away the hidden piece too, but fortunately the buildings survived.

The mummies were all handled by me in one shot, so it’s an easy schedule—just walking.

Now we just need to reach the temple….

‘Why are they acting like that?’

The twins are strange.

Oddly docile since I revealed my ability.

I worried I might become the target instead of Ki Hyeonmin, but they’re showing the typical behavior of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, which is fortunate.

Fortunate that they’re just looking at the ground and walking, but… I’m gradually running out of breath.

“Um, TAs? Could we walk a bit slower? I think the walking speed is different from earlier.”

“……”

“I’ll collapse if I walk at this pace.”

Making Yeon Sora power walk—are you insane?

What on earth did you see earlier?

But the twins opened their mouths with thoroughly rigid faces.

“We’ve already delayed too long. The other groups have probably already reached the boss room.”

“Earlier you said even with thousands of mummies, it’s better to experience everything?”

“I meant since the bugs all seem to have disappeared, there’s no need to waste time.”

That’s technically correct, but…

Common sense dictates doing the opposite of what villains want!

“I need rest though?”

“Sora has a weak body.”

“L-let’s rest!”

When I plopped down on the ground completely, Yeom Juwan and Han Boram also settled down with me.

Ki Hyeonmin has been standing beside me maintaining his old-style font lips since earlier.

Gyeon Junhwi is radiating signals of ‘I have lots to say but let’s talk later.’

Seong Hayul has been denying reality muttering ‘I can’t believe it’ since earlier.

And Park Rahee is…

“Rahee?”

“Huh?”

“Heal me.”

Trembling with a pale face.

She seems quite frightened now that the potential of Yeon Sora—whom she’d evaluated as disposable—has been revealed.

She must be scared about what future awaits if word of this reaches the mastermind’s ears.

But such worries are unnecessary.

Ha Seonwoo will take her today anyway.

‘They seem to be having a strategy meeting over there.’

The twins keep intensely focused on the ground—probably having an emergency meeting via telepathy.

I thought about interfering, but even if I go talk to them, they can still use telepathy.

The Drone Eye CCTV is running, so I can’t knock them out either.

“Let’s go.”

“Already?”

“The faster you escape, the more bonus points you receive.”

The TAs repeatedly rushed us, and I plopped down on the ground every 10 minutes.

It’s not simply to do what they hate—at this pace, stopping only at the temple would look suspicious.

As Gyeon Junhwi says, if you want to hide a tree, hide it in a forest!

Hide the hidden piece acquisition location among numerous rest spots!

I deliberately increased the intensity of my malingering, then collapsed at the temple entrance as if fainting.

“Can’t we stay in the shade? I’m really struggling right now.”

“Sh-shade?”

“Sora can’t last long under sunlight. She must’ve hit her limit.”

“Heatstroke gets worse if you leave it untreated. Let’s rest inside a building.”

Yeom Juwan provided the diagnosis, and Gyeon Junhwi naturally suggested entering the temple right in front of us.

The TAs also obediently followed us, but…

Something feels off.

‘I can’t show them this!’

Better not to show the hidden piece acquisition scene.

Just for this moment, I need to separate the twins….

“TAs, aren’t you going to measure for bugs?”

“……”

“This zone was also full of bugs, so you should measure. You did it in Zone 1, right?”

“R-right.”

“We’ll rest inside while you do that.”

“……”

Seeing how answers don’t come immediately, are they in a telepathy meeting?

But the twins accepted my proposal and pulled equipment from their inventories.

Gyeon Junhwi said it looked heavy so he’d help, and assisted with the equipment setup.

‘My baby’s greedy.’

Gyeon Junhwi just laid <Arachne’s Web> on that equipment too.

If the twins move more than 1 kilometer away, only that equipment will slip out and get caught in the web.

Simply put, he’s just stealing it.

“Then we’ll go inside and rest?”

“G-go ahead.”

They’re agreeing so readily that this also feels suspicious.

Just in case, I sent the CCTV flying above the TAs.

Since all the mummies in this zone are annihilated anyway, there’s no risk of necromancers attacking us.

“Strange bugs might appear again, so I’ll keep watch with my Drone Eye, okay?”

“……”

“……”

No answer came.