#30
Episode 30
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There was no way it was the same person. Even the status and talent skills under the name were all the same as the monster back then. Jeongdo was lost in thought, trying not to show his embarrassment as much as possible.
‘Should I reveal my observation?’
The situation was completely different from yesterday when Sang-hee asked if he had seen the criminal’s face. At that time, even if the degree revealed the skill, there was no improvement. Revealing the information about the assailant did not mean that the association could catch or track the assailant. It seemed like only a limited amount of information was being exposed for no reason.
But now.
A situation where there is a criminal in front of you. If the facts were revealed, they could be caught immediately. In the end, there were two options.
Are you prepared to let your skills become known and catch the terrorist in front of you?
Do you hide your skills, pretend not to notice the terrorist in front of you, and promise for the future?
‘There’s nothing to worry about.’
Jeongdo smiled bitterly.
Any user in the world would be reluctant to reveal their information. Because it was a user world where you never knew you could get stabbed in the back at any time and any place. I also didn’t want to reveal the extent.
however.
I hated situations where I was causing harm to others because of myself. Leave terrorists alone because of information protection? It sounded funny. If he had been a man who prioritized information protection above all else, he would not have taken the first step during the Orc Road.
Jeong Do hardened his mind and spoke to Seong Donghak.
“Could you please give us a moment to discuss? “I think I need to talk to Team Leader Seo Sang-hee.”
Seong Donghak frowned at those words.
“Is this something I shouldn’t hear?”
“Because personal information is at stake. “Please understand.”
When the word personal information came out, Seongdonghak could not push further.
“… Please be brief. “Even though I’ve been here, I have a busy schedule.”
“of course. Then, team leader. Let’s go.”
Jeong Do snatched Sanghee’s wrist and hurried out of the living room. When Sang-hee was embarrassed by the sudden skinship, Jeong-do spoke in a quiet voice.
“manager. Please guide me to a soundproof place.”
Sanghee, with a serious expression on his face, quietly nodded and said.
“There is a suitable place nearby. Come this way.”
The two quickly moved away.
Beep beep.
When Sanghee swiped her ID card, the door to the room opened and the two entered the room.
“It’s safe here. “User.”
‘Should I reveal it now?’
Jeongdo used observation towards Sanghee. Because if he wanted to prove his words, he had to say things that only Sang-hee knew.
Tiring!
Name: Seo Sang-hee
Level: 83
Mana available: 86
Strength: 89 Stamina: 81 Reflexes: 75 Mana Responsiveness: 74
Talent: <Axe-lv.2>, <Martial arts-lv.2>, <Faith-lv.2>, <Charge-lv1> … and 4 others
Possessed skills: <X Tornado>, <Rush>, <Balgyeong>, <Cheolsango> … and 2 others
‘That’s awesome.’
As expected, it was information worthy of an S-class user that the association boasts about.
While looking through the information, one talent caught my eye.
‘faith?’
Plus, it’s level 2.
The degree touched the part of faithfulness.
<Faithfulness is the talent of how well you keep your promises or loyalty to others.>
‘Maybe this… .’
Things might work out much better. To some extent, I thought so.
Observation doesn’t lie. In other words, Sang-hee is a much more trustworthy person than Do-do thinks. We decided to slightly change the plan and raise the level of information to be shared.
“What I’m saying from now on is a secret? “Because it’s personal information.”
Sanghee nodded obediently at the mention of personal information.
“All right. “The association has an obligation to always protect users’ information.”
“You are a person of good faith, so you wouldn’t lie, right?”
“yes? What is that… .”
Sang-hee expressed his doubts, but when Jeong-do spoke next, he kept his mouth shut.
“Axe skills, martial arts, charging, faith, dignity, cooking, sewing… .”
Words listed by degree. Those were his talents that he had never revealed to anyone.
“uh… how?”
“I have some special skills. It’s a skill called <Observation>… .”
Jeong-do paused for a moment and then spoke slowly.
“It is a skill that allows you to know information about the target. Name, level, talent… Even skills.”
* * * * * *
Sang-hee was astonished by Do-do’s words in two ways.
Firstly, he revealed his skills. It is a very taboo for users to reveal their skills.
About 4 years ago now. An incident occurred at a time when voices calling for a user information protection law were slowly gaining strength.
An incident occurred where an SS-level user whose weaknesses were known was assassinated by a murderer.
Assassination of Cheon Oecheon!
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Users around the world were shocked. At that time, the User Information Protection Act was a minority opinion. However, this incident changed my perception 180 degrees. The fact that an SS-level member was assassinated meant that anyone could be assassinated. Afterwards, the User Information Protection Act was passed overwhelmingly.
And to this day, people do not reveal their talents or skills unless they are truly trustworthy. On the contrary, revealing your skills was also the best sign of trust in you.
And the second reason why Sang-hee was shocked. That was due to the fraudulent nature of the <Observation> skill itself.
The power of information in modern society is enormous. There was no need to say anything, especially if it was information about ‘users’, the measure of a powerful country.
A skill that completely ignores information protection laws.
If the state finds out, they will try to arrest him somehow, and if an evil group finds out, they will try to assassinate him somehow.
Sang-hee was grateful for the trust that Jeong-do had in her, but at the same time, she felt burdened.
“Why are you telling me that?”
“In fact, I confirmed the information of one of the two men I saw during the break through observation. But I didn’t tell you. “I thought it was meaningless to say it.”
“hmm… .”
Sanghee nodded. Knowing user information was meaningless unless you knew their most important faces and whereabouts. Only after you can’t check the opponent’s information in real time… Thinking this far, Sanghee felt goosebumps running down her spine. She swallowed her saliva and spoke to Jeong Do.
“That means… “It just made sense.”
The degree responded by nodding its head.
“yes. The man I just saw. Seongsu Kim is a pseudonym. His real name is Seong Donghak. He was one of two people present when the break occurred.”
“… … .”
At those words, Sanghee closed his eyes for a moment and thought.
“The story about the loot is just a justification, and the real purpose of coming to the association today seems to be users of Jinjeongdo.”
“yes. Seeing as you’re asking for a sparring match, it looks like you’re digging for my information… Or maybe they’re going to do something worse.”
It was as he said. Sanghee wanted to catch Seongdonghak right away, but there was a problem.
“I want to grab it right away, but… If he denies the facts, he may have to reveal his <Observation> skill to the association as evidence. “That is absolutely not possible.”
Jeong Do smiled slightly at Sanghee’s strong denial.
“Why not? You just got angry at that man for being suspicious of the association? “If the association is fair and clean, I think it will protect my information.”
“that… .”
Sanghee couldn’t answer right away. Although he said that to Seong Donghak earlier, he actually had doubts about the association in his heart.
The trigger was this brake incident. The criminal disguised himself as a member of the association. And while patrolling normally, he braked at Seongsu Bridge. This is impossible if you do not know the association’s patrol route, which is confidential. This incident led Sanghee to suspect a spy within the association.
‘And the recent executive meeting… .’
It was a huge emergency that the brakes could be artificially generated. However, the executive meeting did not give any instructions other than to strengthen patrols. Sang-hee continued to find that part untrustworthy.
“anyway! You must never reveal it. In the first place, the user is not aware of the dangers of the <Observation> skill… .”
“Thank you for your concern. But it’s okay.”
Jeongdo smiled and spoke in a strong, confident tone.
“Because I won’t reveal my <Observation> skill to the association and will make you confess on your own.”
“… All right.”
Sanghee blushed slightly at Jeongdo’s smile.
* * * * * *
A while later, Jeong-do and Sang-hee arrived at the reception room where Seong Donghak was waiting.
“I’m sorry for keeping you waiting.”
“I don’t know if the story went well. So is that a conclusion?”
Jeongdo responded to Seong Donghak’s words with a smile.
“yes. You said let’s spar, right? “I want to make sure my skills are at a level where I can block the brakes.”
“Exactly.”
“How about this instead? Instead of sparring, I’ll show you my skills. Check with that.”
“… yes?”
Seong Donghak blinked at those words. You went to a place where you weren’t confident because of information security, and now you’re showing off your skills?
“It came to that after talking with the team leader. That seemed like the most certain thing. “This is more certain than having to spar for no reason and then end up saying something.”
“Indeed, I see.”
Seong Donghak tried to pretend to be calm at Jeong-do’s words, but inside he was laughing at Jeong-do. What kind of windfall is this! I thought it would be enough to just roughly check my skills through sparring, but now I’m going to reveal my skills myself!
“great. Are you going to show me here now?”
“yes. “It’s a skill I can fully demonstrate here.”
At the same time as he said that, Jeongdo loaded a person from the album.
<Hello? self. Does your face look better than yesterday?>
Her name is Jaina of Truth. She was a witch who told fortunes in medieval Europe. She was one of three gold business cards that Jeong Do drew last night.
Last night or so, I was quite surprised when I picked Jaina. This is because although she was a gold business card, her level and abilities were miserable. Gold thought he had combat power equivalent to S-class, but that wasn’t the case.
Her level and abilities were miserable, and her talent was mediocre. She also only had two skills.
One of those two skills.
<Room of Truth>
It was a rare skill that allowed only the truth to be told to objects within a certain space centered around the user.
Of course, it was a skill that required the consent of the target as it was compulsorily effective.
“ruler. “Then can I use the skill?”
“Sure. “I’m looking forward to it.”
“Team leader, do you agree?”
“yes. I agree.”
Now the two have agreed. Centering around Jeongdo, an intangible energy spread out in an instant and filled the reception room.
“ruler. That’s it.”
“… “I have no idea what you did?”
“Let me explain now. The skill I just used is called <Room of Truth>, and it is a skill that allows people around me, including myself, to speak only the truth. manager?”
“yes.”
“Would you please repeat after me? I’m a man.”
“I am… uh?”
Sanghee did as Jeongdo told her, but her voice did not come out after the words “I am.” I tried to say something, but ultimately failed. Do-do, who saw that, smiled and said to Seong Dong-hak.
“It’s like this. Let’s try that too.
“I am Seongsoo Kim.”
“!?”
Seong Donghak’s face suddenly hardened at those words.
“that… .”
“You made a rude request to spar with me. “Compared to that, my request to say something in less than 10 letters is easy, isn’t it?”
Seong Donghak tried to speak as best as he could, but no words came out.
“If you say that, I will give you not only the sparring but also all the loot from the break. Additionally, I will listen to whatever you ask for. “Are you still having a hard time like this?”
The extent of it was clearing water. Because I was telling the 100% truth. On the other hand, Seong Donghak could not say anything and just kept his mouth silent. Jeongdo laughed at that and spoke again.
“You can’t say it. Even what you say to make excuses is probably a lie. Isn’t that right?
Seong Donghak?”
“Oh my gosh!”
When Jeong Do said his real name, Seong Donghak suddenly rushed towards Jeong Do. Seeing that, Sanghee immediately moved.
However, at that moment, Seong Donghak’s appearance disappeared as if it had evaporated.
<Stealth> and <Grim Sword> were the skills of Seong Donghak, an assassination type user. With the combination of these two things, it was a skill I was proud of that could instantly fool the attention of an S-class user.
Unfortunately.
The opponent was too bad.
Jeongdo muttered quietly.
“observe.”
<Advanced stealth skills have been captured. I see right through it!>
This is <Oservation>, which sees through and unlocks the Ultimate Illusion of the Dwarven Dungeon. The assassin’s stealth skill was of no use to Jeong Do.
The appearance of Seongdonghak was revealed in an instant. The hiding skill was forcibly canceled due to observation.
“What!?”
Donghak Seong’s temple was taken aback by the unexpected situation.
“Sigh!”
Seo Sang-hee’s kick, full of magical power, landed accurately.
