Chapter 1055 – 1055. Divine Authority
Park Suho in the video shouted.
The face of Park Suho sitting in front of me had transformed from shock into something resembling Munch’s The Scream.
“Noooooooo!!”
Park Suho yelled.
I frowned. The way this guy was desperately screaming was just unpleasant.
“What do you mean, no? Anyone can see it’s you.”
“No, hyung. That’s really not me! Someone! Someone made a composite video to slander me!”
He was acting. He put strength in his eyes and lowered his voice.
“I’m the only one who knows about your tattoo. Are you saying I made this kind of video?”
I showed my displeasure, and Park Suho panicked.
“Th-that’s not what I meant. There’s no way you would do this, hyung. And maybe someone saw my tattoo without me knowing. Or maybe someone made this video with some special ability…! Anyway, the guy in this video isn’t me!”
I decided to stop teasing him.
“I know. There’s no way you’d do something so promiscuous.”
“That’s right. There’s no way I would. It’s a bit embarrassing to say, but… I’ve really lived an upright life.”
“I believe you.”
“Thank you, hyung.”
Park Suho teared up, looking exhausted. He seemed touched. For a moment, I clenched my fist tightly. I seriously considered punching Park Suho in the face.
“I understand how you feel. But the more dangerous the situation, the calmer you need to be. You’re not just an ordinary person, you’re a Hunter.”
“You’re right, hyung. I was so dumbfounded that I lost my mind for a moment. Hyung, where did you find this video? It’s not already circulating on the community, is it?”
“Do you know about Sexnet?”
Park Suho flinched. His eyes darted around, and his face turned red. He knew about Sexnet.
“Ah, I know about it… but I really don’t use those kinds of sites.”
I could be sure. What he was saying now was 100% a lie.
Sexnet.
One of Korea’s illegal sites. A site where all sorts of lewd photos and videos are uploaded. The police had tried to shut down the site several times, but they had failed every time and given up, making it a mecca for Korean men. There were those who had never entered it, but no one who had only entered it once.
‘These days, even middle schoolers know about Sexnet, so there’s no way Park Suho wouldn’t know.’
Park Suho was also a man. Men were creatures who inevitably accumulated sexual desire. I could guarantee it. Park Suho had used Sexnet. Maybe he was still using it now.
“That video was uploaded on Sexnet.”
“Wh-what’s the view count?”
“Well, it was around 3,000 when I saw it. Should we take a look?”
I went to Sexnet on my tablet.
“Hyung… do you use Sexnet often?”
“Not often, just sometimes. These days, it’s rarer to find a Korean man who doesn’t use Sexnet.”
“I-I see.”
Park Suho was embarrassed looking at the Sexnet site. For the record, the account I was logged into was a sub-account. I couldn’t show Park Suho my real main account, ‘DickGhost’. DickGhost was too famous. All the top 1-3 spots in the current porn rankings were my videos.
“Uh… your level is 50?”
“It’s because it’s an account I used in high school. But are you looking at the level first? Do you use it too?”
Sexnet had account levels. You gained experience points by being active. Level 50 meant you had either paid over 700,000 won or logged in for more than two years. The level didn’t mean much. It didn’t give you any special privileges. It just showed whether you were a veteran or not.
“Ah, no. I just noticed the level.”
Park Suho made a lame lie. I didn’t bother to pick at it.
“Anyway, this is the video… it’s in 5th place in real-time?”
“Crazy. 300,000 views…!”
Park Suho was tearing at his hair, and I was impressed.
There were several conditions for a porn video to rank on Sexnet. One absolute condition was that the woman had to be pretty. Then came the quality, pose, composition, and so on. But no matter how good the quality or composition was, if the woman wasn’t pretty, it wouldn’t rank.
In that sense, it was very rare for a porn video featuring Park Suho to be in the top 5 in real-time. I read the comments on the video.
-Abcdefuck: This is a really rare video. The Light Source Sect… Is this sex evangelism? I’m dizzy.
-Neul: The Moai, Sphinx, and Dol Hareubang trio of women are hilarious lol.
-Sex4s: If you look closely at the guy’s tattoo, it seems to move. It’s really amazing.
-TopBaneDie: He must be an Awakened. Or maybe it’s magic.
-MosquitoKill500x!: Looking at the sex evangelism tag and the words in the video, it seems like a religion for sure… Which religion is it? If they let me have sex for free, I can join too.
-FullStarGanyuFullStarGamos: Damn. Even with the mosaic, I can tell they’re ugly… Are you getting hard looking at those women?
-FullStarZhongli: Magnificent rocks.
-FullStarHuTaoFullHoma: Haha.
-1StarXiao: …….
Sex evangelism.
It was a word I had put in the tag when I uploaded the video. It seemed that this tag had caught people’s attention.
‘Good.’
The view count was rising rapidly. At this rate, it would reach number 1 in real-time.
‘Sex evangelism is a bit unique, so it’ll spread on the community.’
And naturally, people would find out who the people in the video were. That’s why I had made the mosaics on the women and men, except for Park Suho, very weak.
‘If I leave it alone, netizens will find out about the Light Source Sect. If it seems like it’s dying down, I can just add more fuel to the fire.’
The eyes of the world naturally gathering. That was what I wanted.
“…Hyung. There’s no way to request a deletion, is there?”
“It’s an illegal site that even the police can’t catch. Even if you request a deletion, it won’t work.”
“Damn it. Why is there a video like this…!”
Park Suho was trembling with anger.
“The way I see it, this is a video for evangelism.”
“Evangelism?”
“It says sex evangelism, right? If you join our religion, you can have sex like this… That’s what they’re saying. If you look at the comments, there are a lot of guys asking which religion it is. They’re just guys with dicks for brains.”
No matter how ugly the woman was, men were all good as long as they could see it. They were just guys with dicks for brains. I hated them. Did they want to bang even those stone statues?
Park Suho, who had scanned the comments again, hardened his face.
“…What you said makes sense, hyung. But where is this religion really from?”
“Are you going to go find them?”
“I have to go and argue with them. Tell them not to upload videos like this. I’m getting hurt because of this video. If people who know me misunderstand… Ugh… It’s horrible just imagining it.”
Park Suho’s eyes were burning. It was a matter of his social life.
“I have a hunch about where it is. Actually, I did a little research before coming to you.”
“Wh-where is it?!”
“Calm down. It’s a bit of a creepy place, so I’m hesitant to tell you. And don’t just think about going there. It’s a place where a mind-control Awakened is suspected to be. You need to prepare for mind control.”
“Mind control…?”
Park Suho’s face hardened. As soon as the words mind control came out, he knew that this was no ordinary matter.
“Shouldn’t we report this to the Association?”
“There’s no evidence.”
“Evidence…”
“Right. Evidence. To move the Association, we need to find evidence. But it’s hard to find evidence because of the mind control.”
“……”
“That said, if we just stay still, the video will keep spreading. Park Suho, we need to think about the worst-case scenario.”
“Worst-case scenario? It’s already the worst.”
“The worst is if the original video without the mosaic spreads. If the tattooed man in that video is really your face…”
“Aaaah! Damn it!!”
“Calm down! Park Suho! I’ll help you! Calm down!”
“Hyung! What do we do?!”
“Let’s go into that religion and find evidence. And we’ll delete the original video too. But before that… we need to prepare for mind control. Do you have any mental barrier items?”
“There’s no way I’d have something that expensive.”
“If you get mind-controlled, it’s all for nothing. Go to the Tattoo World and look for one.”
“Can’t we just go there right now? If we’re just careful, we won’t get mind-controlled.”
“You don’t know about mind control. I’m a B-rank Hunter, and my mental strength is known, so I’m fine… but you’re not.”
Park Suho pondered my words and came to a conclusion.
“…Tattoo World. Maybe the answer is there.”
Park Suho’s ability was the Tattoo World. He could go to the Tattoo World, and the stronger his territory in the Tattoo World became, the stronger his physical abilities became. He could also borrow the abilities of the residents of the Tattoo World.
For example, if the walls of the Tattoo World were strengthened, his physical durability would increase. If the population increased, his stamina and mana would increase, and building a library slightly improved his memory. After building a treatment center, his recovery power increased, and building a stable made his legs a little faster.
That was why Park Suho was desperately trying to develop the Tattoo World. He invested everything he earned into the Tattoo World, so he couldn’t escape his rooftop room.
“To get a mental barrier… should I strengthen the walls with magic?”
“I don’t know about that. …Ah. Did you have a temple in your territory?”
“No. I’m not religious. And I’ve been excluding it because religion interferes a lot with politics there.”
“Build a temple. Maybe your mental strength will increase.”
“…I’m not really drawn to it.”
“Just build one. What religion was there?”
“There’s only one. The Cell Order. The state religion of the Holy Kingdom of Celbra. No, I should say that the Cell Order created a religion that took on the characteristics of a state?”
“A religion that worships the goddess Celbretina?”
“Yes. You surprisingly know about it, hyung?”
“I heard about it before. Anyway, build a temple. That way, you can maintain a good relationship with Celbra.”
“I’m worried about the Madou Kingdom…”
“Just build a small one. Say the residents of your territory wanted it. Make up some excuse.”
“Okay.”
“How many days will it take?”
“About 3-4 days? The dwarves build small buildings really fast. But the problem is…”
“The problem is?”
“I don’t have a budget… Sigh.”
“……Should I lend you some?”
“No. I can get a loan. You don’t have to look at me with such worried eyes. I’m used to it.”
“Used to it?”
“I’ve been borrowing and repaying money because of various things.”
“Various things? Is it something you can’t talk about?”
“Monsters appear, or there’s a sudden flood in a nearby village… things like that. And there was a small guild that picked fights with me in the real world… but I solved that last week.”
“You live a turbulent life too. But how much debt do you have?”
“About 500 million. I can pay that off in 2-3 months. But I might be taking out another loan by then.”
I nodded.
I didn’t feel sorry for Park Suho at all. Park Suho was investing in the Tattoo World. It was a kind of business. The more the Tattoo World developed, the stronger he would become, and the stronger he became, the more money he could earn as a Hunter.
And now, Park Suho was getting stronger at an alarmingly fast rate.
“Okay. I’ll go now. Contact me when the temple is finished.”
“Hyung. Are you leaving right away? At least have lunch. There’s a good jajangmyeon place nearby.”
“Let’s eat later. I’m a bit busy right now.”
“Are you very busy? Should I help you? What’s going on?”
“You’re busy with your own work. Don’t be nosy. And it’s not a difficult task. I’m just preparing for various things.”
“Hyung! You need to take your tablet!”
“That? You can have it.”
