Possessor #2 Just Wants to Fangirl Chapter 74

Meanwhile, there was another person whose senses had been on high alert from the moment they entered the desert zone.

The original protagonist of this worldview, Ki Hyeonmin.

‘They’ll make their move here.’

The remaining zones were desert and labyrinth.

The twins always preferred using spirit arts to control masses of monsters like their own limbs.

Considering the compatibility between their abilities and terrain, they’d more likely attack in the open desert than the narrow labyrinth corridors.

Ki Hyeonmin clenched and unclenched his fist, breathing warmth into his cold hands.

‘Can I really protect them?’

Eliminating the enemy wasn’t difficult.

But fighting in such an open space without sacrificing anyone was different.

Moreover, Ki Hyeonmin’s stats were still insufficient. Because base stats reset with each cycle.

The twins’ early appearance meant confronting them with stamina, strength, and speed inferior to the past.

But the biggest variable was…

“Boram! Cut up the Deathworm corpses I killed! Bug prevention!”

Yeon Sora, cheerfully shouting beside him even now.

The flame spears she kept launching boasted overwhelming firepower, but this brought Ki Hyeonmin no comfort whatsoever.

Because he couldn’t grasp at all what thoughts she had or what principles this life form operated on.

Ki Hyeonmin squeezed his eyes shut.

[Activating Unique Skill <Visualization>]

A technique that manipulated time’s flow exclusively for his own body.

Through this, Ki Hyeonmin intended to replay today’s experiences and devise methods.

He’d already finished analyzing the stat gap with the twins.

What remained was predicting Yeon Sora’s behavior.

— Are you covering for one of the ten major powers? Did you… take money?

Yeon Sora’s face appeared, facial muscles moving to their fullest while despising the TA with all her might.

Yeon Sora’s smile always provoked intense hatred in viewers, but today the level was higher than usual.

An expression that struck from unusual angles, hit-and-run tactics that stimulated human killing intent to the limit. Even Ki Hyeonmin, who thought he’d built tolerance, flinched.

Did she harbor hostility toward the twins?

Concerned about that, he’d conducted tests. A procedure to temporarily inject killing intent into her bloodstream to confirm aggression.

Given the situation, he’d injected a somewhat dangerous amount this time. Injecting then retrieving a lethal dose of energy in an instant to avoid threatening her life wasn’t easy, but Ki Hyeonmin could do it.

However,

— If it’s not static electricity… divine Revelation? As expected, we’re destined?

Yeon Sora still called the boundary between life and death ‘static electricity.’

No attachment to life was felt.

Defensive will or offensive will were completely absent.

‘It’s certain.’

A suspicion he’d held for long became conviction.

The troublesome concept called ‘survival instinct’ simply didn’t exist in Yeon Sora’s head from the start.

‘Can’t be helped. She was born that way.’

Ki Hyeonmin decided to classify Yeon Sora’s peculiarity as a ‘genetic defect.’ Just as the blind cannot see, she lacked survival instinct.

The problem was… that she, lacking survival instinct, had developed a dangerous sense of mission.

— I can’t keep my mouth shut, truth mustn’t be buried. I have to continue my coverage.

He couldn’t just watch Yeon Sora gleefully tear into the twins under the pretext of coverage.

In one way, Yeon Sora’s ‘I’ll become the sacrifice and draw Ki Hyeonmin’s attention here’ strategy had hit the mark.

But to Ki Hyeonmin’s eyes, Yeon Sora wasn’t a ‘precarious sacrifice.’ Sacrifices were pure and docile, safe until the ritual commenced.

She was a moth rushing into flame… no, that wasn’t quite accurate either. Flames stay still.

Yeon Sora was like a single cockroach flapping its wings and showing off its flight skills before an exterminator holding bug spray.

The fortunate part was that she’d requested protection from Ki Hyeonmin.

— I’m anxious. Ki Hyeonmin, could you stay with me?

Yeon Sora did have a desire for safety.

Though closer to learned knowledge than instinctive desire, she possessed enough discernment to request protection.

That relief was brief.

Ki Hyeonmin came to bodily understand just how arduous protecting a human lacking survival instinct could be.

— Wow! As expected, Ki Hyeonmin!

Even when Deathworm corpses attacked, Yeon Sora didn’t blink once. After avoiding death, she merely clapped and admired like a bystander.

It was because of absolute trust in her bias, but,

‘How strange.’

Ki Hyeonmin felt unease and burden.

He’d met people who relied on Ki Hyeonmin’s power before. He’d heard ‘I entrust my life to your hands’ numerous times.

But… someone who completely handed over their life as if it belonged to someone else—this was the first time. Usually people kept at least 5% stake.

The saving grace was that the twins couldn’t move freely because of the Drone Eye Yeon Sora possessed.

Having completely dumped responsibility for her life onto Ki Hyeonmin, Yeon Sora threw herself into coverage.

‘Does she at least have a sense of mission?’

Ki Hyeonmin glimpsed a small hope.

Even if life wasn’t precious, she could value something else. If he grasped that, he could predict Yeon Sora’s behavior somewhat.

However.

‘She’s not… doing coverage anymore?’

Upon entering Zone 2, Yeon Sora forgot about coverage. Ki Hyeonmin belatedly realized his error.

For Yeon Sora who lacked survival instinct, even life-risking missions were cheap.

Tiring of missions, Yeon Sora suddenly showed interest in a new skill.

Though those around her enumerated skill principles, safety’s importance, and tried to dissuade her,

— It’s fine, I saw it in a dream.

She stubbornly refused logical approach.

Like someone who knew today was their death day, determined to ‘since I’m going anyway, let’s try everything I want before I go.’

She ultimately revealed an ability to raze an entire zone… but Ki Hyeonmin’s anxiety didn’t subside.

‘If I leave, Yeon Sora dies.’

The mystery of why he’d never been able to meet Yeon Sora in the past was resolved.

Yeon Sora was someone who couldn’t help but die.

Her being alive now was the miracle.

However…

Even if she herself didn’t respect it, Ki Hyeonmin had to respect that life’s weight.

How to eliminate the twins without killing this woman…

‘Better to stop all movement instead.’

The moment he reached that conclusion.

“Huh?”

He sensed Gyeon Junhwi’s startled presence beside him.

Gyeon Junhwi was also a suspicious person, but for now, just keeping Yeon Sora alive was overwhelming.

Still, one thing was clear.

Gyeon Junhwi also had an adversarial relationship with the twins.

Following his gaze, Ki Hyeonmin saw the twins tearing open a red envelope. Meaning a blessing that turned enemies into half-human, half-monster had descended.

‘Faster than usual.’

Ki Hyeonmin frowned.

A new variable.

* * *

Conversely, Gyeon Junhwi interpreted the twins’ letter opening as a positive signal.

‘Since it’ll come out anyway, better it comes fast.’

That envelope’s identity was <Final Blessing>.

The mastermind packaged it as some divine ability, but its reality was an experiment transplanting abilities extracted from monsters into humans.

Side effects were so severe it should be called ‘status ailment’ rather than ‘blessing.’

Mainly used on expendable minions.

Those guys’ thrifty mindset was visible—since they’d die anyway, give them a last boost and extract experimental data by dissecting the corpses.

It appeared earlier than the original, but since it was an item appearing consistently throughout the work, he’d considered the possibility this time too.

‘This timing isn’t bad.’

If they pulled it out at the ‘We won!’ moment, morale would just drop unnecessarily—better to reveal it from the start.

Safety measures were already in place, and the regressor showed no strength whatsoever.

This side had concealed all cards while that side started with everything revealed.

Whoooosh—

A flame formed above the twins’ heads.

Soon that flame would become a whirlwind. When the whirlwind stopped, ability transplantation would be complete.

That’s when,

“Huh? The TAs are acting weird!”

Yeon Sora quickly shared the Drone Eye screen.

Excessively fast response.

‘Did she foresee this situation too?’

Yeon Sora’s methods were too radical to seem sane, but ignoring risk and looking only at results, the effects were definite.

The twins losing their reason and opening the envelope, the regressor staying still without doing anything rash, Gyeon Junhwi doing various groundwork—all thanks to Yeon Sora.

But…

‘This is terrifying.’

Feels like lifespan is being shaved off in real-time.

Since possession, life had always been a precarious gamble for Gyeon Junhwi.

He could see a few more cards but considerable parts depended on luck. So he had to analyze all information, read opponents’ expressions, and calculate win rates.

But Yeon Sora was gambling in a completely different league.

Like forcibly dragging Gyeon Junhwi, who’d normally sat at a poker table in a casino, to a dark basement, seating him before a mafia boss, and holding out a half-loaded gun while suggesting ‘I saw it in a dream so it’s fine. Just press this to your head and shoot.’

This was the difference between possessor and prophet.

Yeon Sora knew more, so she was bolder.

But this side’s anxiety accumulated with each trigger pull.

‘Once we get out, need to resolve this first.’

Yeon Sora must never be allowed to act alone.

All plans needed to be shared and his opinions reflected even slightly.

“Look! The TAs are totally vibrating!”

“Sh-shouldn’t we go help them?”

“Absolutely not! They’re clearly turning into monsters from a bug! If we go, we might get infected too! We have to stay here no matter what!”

“Bugs affect people too?”

“Insane!”

Team members accepted Yeon Sora’s insane explanation without batting an eye.

‘This helps too.’

In this damn novel’s original progression, someone would’ve run over saying ‘Are you okay?’ by now and gotten their heart ripped out, triggering an immediate Outbreak.

But now everyone maintained safe distance. Safety must continue to be prioritized.

If even one dies, the rift opens.

Gyeon Junhwi took this opportunity to point at the ground.

“The circle drawn on the ground is a safety barrier. You’ll be safe as long as you’re inside.”

“When did you draw that?”

“Since Yeon Sora can’t run away, just in case.”

The cost was considerable, but thinking of it as the prophet’s life insurance made it somewhat bearable… no, his mouth still tasted bitter.

Since he’d invested heavily, might as well extract maximum value.

“Yeon Sora, film the TAs in more detail.”

“Bug verification? Got it, Gyeon Junhwi’s the expert in this field!”

Yeon Sora skillfully piloted the Drone Eye to film the TAs writhing in pain.

Status ailments caused changes to skin, eyes, nails, ears, etc. Thanks to Yeon Sora precisely filming only necessary parts, he quickly grasped one twin’s status ailment.

“That red skin and volcano-like burning pupils… similar to Sakani Dragon. A dragon with stats 10 times higher than normal dragons.”

Gyeon Junhwi delivered information while looking at Ki Hyeonmin.

That regressor would already know this status ailment. Had to convey that this side knew too.

After openly stating from the start ‘I know the TAs’ schemes,’ might as well build some trust.

Plus, information that would become worthless if not sold immediately anyway.

Ki Hyeonmin narrowed his eyes and replied.

“The other one?”

Yeon Sora quickly filmed the second twin, but… unfortunately these were unfamiliar symptoms.

A status ailment where gold flickered and vanished within the pupils hadn’t appeared in the work….

“Gets stronger the more they’re cut! Unless you land critical hits, they’ll get stronger the more you attack! Back then Junhwi said so, right?”

Awkward to confirm or deny.

Let’s vaguely move on and ride along after seeing results later.

Gyeon Junhwi activated the signal jammer in his pocket, deciding to disperse attention.

Whiiiiiiiiiiiiir—

The two educational Drone Eyes crashed with noise.

Soon after, Yeon Sora’s Drone Eye also gracefully descended to the ground.

“Aah! My Drone Eye got hit by a bug too!”

Naturalness was… whatever.

What mattered was cutting the shackles binding the regressor.

He must have been enduring because of the ‘absolutely leave no video evidence’ principle, but all cameras went out simultaneously.

Now if that guy eliminated the twins, everything would end.

‘In a way, this is better than the original.’

The process was arduous but results were good.

Just as he was trying to accept the current situation.

Ki Hyeonmin did something unexpected.

Instead of the twins… he was approaching Yeon Sora.

Why is this bastard acting up again?