Episode 94 Joo Jin-yong (3)
-M Building Cadet Cafeteria.
‘What should I do…?’
After morning classes are over.
Joo Jin-yong, who arrived at the restaurant to have lunch with Kim Baram as usual, was lost in thought as he fiddled with the object enclosed in a square box in his pocket.
[If you don’t hand that item over to him, I will give you a disadvantage. Whether that disadvantage goes to you, Ju Jin-yong, or to someone else will be up to the Association to decide.]
The last words Ryu Jin-cheong left for Joo Jin-yong around lunchtime yesterday.
Someone else, of course, meant Joo Jin-yong’s mother.
And to Joo Jin-yong, those words were a clear warning.
If you disobey the order, you will be punished by your own mother.
-Kwak-
Jin-Yong Joo, who felt like he was standing at a dead end with no escape, bit his lips tightly in despair.
‘I’m sorry, wind.’
But Joo Jin-yong’s worries did not last long.
Even though Kim Baram was the first friend that Joo Jin-yong had, she inevitably took a backseat to Joo Jin-yong’s mother.
-Glance-
Joo Jin-yong, who had no choice but to make a decision in his mind, moved his eyes slightly and stole a glance at the people who were watching him intently from afar.
Ryu Jin-cheong and Ryu Jin-seong.
They each sat down with their food, and without paying any attention to the food, they watched Ju Jin-yong.
In fact, since receiving the order yesterday, Joo Jin-yong had pondered dozens of times until the morning classes ended, wondering if there was a way to prevent Kim Baram from being harmed.
But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t.
I couldn’t come up with a brilliant trick to completely fool the gaze of those two who were watching me with their eyes wide open.
‘If it was the wind, I’m sure it would have come up with another ingenious method… … .’
-Thump thump-
It was a useless thought.
Because Joo Jin-yong wasn’t Kim Baram.
Just one thing though.
After thinking about it all day, I realized that there wasn’t a surefire way out of this crisis, but there was something I could try to avoid some of their suspicions.
‘Please, I hope you notice that the wind is strange… … .’
Hoping earnestly that Kim Baram would feel uncomfortable, Ju Jin-yong extended his finger toward the automatic ordering machine inside the restaurant.
Then I chose one of the various menus on the screen that I had thought about in advance.
[Please bring your smartwatch closer to here.]
-Bam-
[Your order has been completed. When the dish is ready, an alarm will go off on your smartwatch. Please pick up the dish when you hear the alarm.]
***
[The effect of the skill
‘nice!’
-In the men’s restroom in Building M, inside the toilet stall in the far corner.
Before having lunch with Joo Jin-yong.
I was playing a thrilling random dice rolling game in the bathroom without anyone noticing.
‘Status window.’
-Tiring-
Name: Kim Baram
Age: 17
Ability
Strength: 35
Agility: 35
Stamina: 35
Horsepower: 40
Attractiveness: 63
Luck: 60
Skill△
Unique Abilities
-Variable Points held: 3000 VP
The total number of times
The result is an increase of 3 Charm, 2 Strength, and finally 5 Magic Power.
Although it’s a bit disappointing that the charm that seems to be of little use has increased, I still feel proud of myself for steadily growing by steadily collecting VP.
Furthermore, the minimum standard for becoming a C-class player was to have an average of 30 in strength and magic power, and since I had already far exceeded that minimum, I could now say that I had definitely reached the status of a C-class player.
“Hehehe… .”
As I looked at the abilities that had been completely transformed from the miserable abilities that were not even comparable to those of an ordinary person, I couldn’t help but laugh.
Good job, Wind.
Let’s just keep going like this.
For reference.
There was one more reason why I liked it so much.
‘If I continue to collect VP at this pace and raise my abilities, I’ll be able to surpass most of the other cadets at least next semester.’
Unlike me, who can raise his abilities without much difficulty using the
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For most players, once their abilities reach the 30s, the difficulty of increasing their abilities through training or actual combat experience increases exponentially, to the point where it is called the “Wailing Wall.”
In other words, from now on, I, the carcinogen, had reached a point where I had an advantage over the other cadets.
Of course, to do that, I had to keep working hard to earn VP.
‘VP, what is it… If you keep doing like you are doing now, you will earn a lot of money. But more than that… … .’
In fact, there was another reason why I was hiding in the bathroom.
The reason is… … .
‘
-Tiring-
[Use the skill
It was to avoid other people’s eyes and play the exciting random box opening game.
Raising abilities isn’t a bad thing, but considering the useful items I’ve used through the
‘1004VP.’
-Tiring-
[Use the skill
-Thud-
The reason why 1004 VP was spent there was simple.
Just like how I got a lucky four-leaf clover card by investing 777VP last time, I had high hopes that spending VP with special meaning would result in a special item.
So, the number chosen is 1004.
This was because the pronunciation itself when reading it was ‘angel’, and at the same time, since the enemies that appeared in the original work were ‘devils’, it was a number that symbolized angels, which was the opposite concept.
Of course, it was also the number of the guy pretending to be the writer who sent me here.
‘By the way, luck didn’t work this time. It’s probably not a very good item.’
I had hoped that it would bring me great luck like the four-leaf clover card I got last time, but when I saw the message window that appeared as usual, I opened the box with a slight sense of disappointment.
-Tiring-
[You have obtained the ‘Angel Detector’. Items obtained through the
However, even though luck was not activated, you could tell that it was an item related to angels just by looking at the name of the item.
‘ring?’
The item inside the box was a ring that looked ordinary overall, except that it was pure white.
First, I picked up the ring and put it in my inventory instead of putting it on my finger to prevent the disaster of the gold bracelet from last time.
‘Inventory.’
-Tiring-
[Casa’s Perfume x1: A perfume favored by Casa, the greatest debaucher of the 17th century. Spraying the perfume slightly increases your charm. It may have a special effect on the opposite sex. Valid time: 3 hours. Number of uses: 8/10]
[Detective Watson’s Glasses: These are the glasses that Watson, the greatest detective of the 19th century, personally wore. When you wear the glasses, you can see things that were previously invisible. Be careful, as they are very old and may break if subjected to a strong impact.]
[Lucky Four-Leaf Clover Card: This card features a four-leaf clover, which symbolizes good luck. When used, something happens that can completely change the user’s fate. However, it is a one-time use, so use it carefully.]
[Angel Detector: Detects traces of angels. However, direct contact is required to detect them.]
‘Traces of an angel…?’
After reading the unusually unfriendly description written in the inventory, I couldn’t help but tilt my head.
angel.
As far as I know, the existence of angels has never appeared in the novel.
No, strictly speaking, it didn’t appear until the 999th episode of Han Su-yeon that I read.
-Shock-
‘… … Wait, no way.’
Then suddenly.
As I was carefully organizing the content of the original work, I suddenly remembered something and stopped.
I could say with certainty.
The angel did not appear.
but.
There have certainly been instances where beings that at first glance could be considered angel-like(?) have appeared.
That’s right, in the original, it was called the final boss level… .
One of the nine types of demons that appear at the gate.
In addition to that, this is just my guess from the reader’s perspective.
The person believed to have first organized the villain group, Black Wings.
A fallen angel with black wings.
It was the archangel, Lucifer.
***
‘Hmm… First of all, I wonder if he’s wearing a ring.’
After a moment of hesitation.
I made a quick decision, took the angel detector out of my inventory again, and put it on my right ring finger.
Lucifer.
In fact, even I, who had been reading novels for seven years, knew very little about that demon.
Because, Lucifer was a demon who appeared in earnest from the latter half of the play.
On the contrary, the current point in time is still in the very beginning.
To be honest, I didn’t think we’d ever meet again, and if we did, I was sure I’d be terribly hurt, so I shouldn’t even try to meet him.
Still.
The reason I wear a ring is because of the ‘existence of an angel’ that may or may not have appeared in the original work.
From now on, everything is just my guess.
Since the opposite of a devil is an angel, I figured that if I could just find traces of a real angel, whether it be a person or an object, it would be helpful in some way.
‘Hmm, if I keep wearing it, I’ll know for sure later. Let’s put this ring aside for now and use up the remaining VP.
-Tiring-
[Use the skill
‘1996VP.’
For reference.
The remaining VP was originally 1996, but the number 1996 was a meaningful number to me.
1996 is the original me, not Kim Baram.
That is, because it was the year Kim Soo-ho was born.
-Tiring-
[Use the skill
-Thud-
Anyway, I opened the box that appeared out of thin air with a pounding heart, having used the skill by spending 1996 VP, the most since the gold bracelet.
-Tiring-
[You have obtained the ‘Egg of the Spirit’. Items obtained through the
‘Spirit…? Know?’
When I opened the box, there were white eggs inside, just like the ones sold at the supermarket.
-Gulp-
‘Ah, I’m hungry. I’ll just check my inventory and go eat.’
Seeing the delicious-looking eggs… no, the eggs of spirits, I suddenly felt hungry and quickly put them in my inventory to check the information.
[Casa’s Perfume x1: A perfume favored by Casa, the greatest debaucher of the 17th century. Spraying the perfume slightly increases your charm. It may have a special effect on the opposite sex. Valid time: 3 hours. Number of uses: 8/10]
[Detective Watson’s Glasses: These are the glasses that Watson, the greatest detective of the 19th century, personally wore. When you wear the glasses, you can see things that were previously invisible. Be careful, as they are very old and may break if subjected to a strong impact.]
[Lucky Four-Leaf Clover Card: This card features a four-leaf clover, which symbolizes good luck. When used, something happens that can completely change the user’s fate. However, it is a one-time use, so use it carefully.]
[Spirit’s Egg: An egg in which an unknown spirit sleeps. In order to hatch it, you must feed it a little bit of the contractor’s blood every day.]
‘Unknown spirit? Blood of the contractor? Blood? Are you talking about my blood? … Hmm, let’s give it a try.’
-Sreung-
I originally planned to just read the description and go straight to lunch.
After reading the description, my curiosity grew and I quickly took out my new weapon, the Black Angel MK2, from its scabbard at my waist.
“Phew… .”
Then, taking a deep breath, he lifted his right index finger and lightly ran it over the sharp blade of the black sword.
-wickedness-
“Ugh… I get goosebumps.”
Naturally, the tip of my right index finger was mercilessly cut by the sharp blade of the black sword, and then dark red blood flowed out in the shape of a droplet.
I squinted my eyes for a moment at the stinging and unpleasant feeling, then quickly took out the spirit egg from my inventory and slowly dropped the drop of blood coming from my index finger onto the spirit egg.
-dripping-
“Oh, that’s amazing.”
Then, unlike regular eggs, the spirit’s eggs began to absorb my blood as if to show off that they were alive.
To be exact, every drop of my blood was seeping into the spirit’s eggshell without exception.
In addition, every time something sucked blood, the once pure white egg seemed to take on a faint red hue.
After that, I think I fed her about five drops.
-Gulp-
The spirit’s eggs were full and no longer absorbed blood, and the drops of blood that fell on the eggs simply flowed down through the shell.
‘Is this how you say you’re full now? It’s kind of cute. Should I say it’s like the Tamagotchi I had when I was little?’
-Gulp-
I was gently stroking the egg of the spirit creature and staring at it with cute eyes when I quickly came to my senses thanks to my stomach crying out for food again.
“Okay, let’s put this in our inventory and go eat right away.”
This time, I invested a whopping 3000 VP, but it wasn’t like I got an item that was immediately useful.
Every time I used the
-Click-
After a while, I put the spirit egg in my inventory and, feeling relieved as if I had finished some work that had piled up, I glanced around and opened the toilet stall and came out.
Luckily, I was mumbling quite a bit to myself without realizing it, and there was no one else in the bathroom except me.
Phew, if you even make eye contact with someone you don’t know.
It must have been a very embarrassing situation, but thank goodness.
-Shoot-
So, to finish off, I lightly disinfected my index finger and wiped the blood off it with running water from the sink before moving straight towards the restaurant.
-Stop-
… Wait, I thought about it.
There was still one important issue left to be resolved.
‘Hmm… I’m worried. What should I do…?’
Moreover, the issue I am contemplating now is a very crucial one that could determine my mood this afternoon.
Even if I made the wrong choice, it could have affected my clan activities for clearing the dungeon today, so I had to really think hard about my decision.
‘Considering past precedents, it’s unlikely, but it’s better to be cautious just in case.’
By the way, this problem is not only for me, but also for the instructors and cadets.
‘Ah, I guess I’ll have to leave out Joo Jin-yong. I don’t think there’s much to worry about with him.’
Anyway, even excluding special cases like Joo Jin-yong.
It is true that this is a serious problem that most of those attending the academy always seriously worry about.
because…….
This was because the lunch at the cadet cafeteria here was all delicious, without a single exception.
‘… Hmm, what should I eat today?’
A very important issue that must be decided carefully.
That was… ‘Choosing a lunch menu.’
Anyway, everything here is so delicious that it’s really a problem to choose what to eat for lunch every day, problem.
At times like this, I might be a little jealous of Jin Yong, who doesn’t have to worry… because he’ll just eat dumplings anyway.
-Thump thump-
In the end, as usual.
I couldn’t make up my mind until I got to the restaurant, and only after reading the menu three times was I able to choose what to have for lunch today.
‘Um… … Okay, I’ve decided. Today’s meal is hamburger steak with a fried egg on top.’
[Please bring your smartwatch closer to here.]
-Bam-
[Your order has been completed. When the dish is ready, an alarm will go off on your smartwatch. Please pick up the dish when you hear the alarm.]
