## Chapter 133 – Monster
One spring day, with the air thick with the promise of the season, Woo-jin was walking down a hallway at the International High School when he saw three figures approaching from the opposite direction. He flinched.
“Hey, I was a bit sorry about yesterday?”
One of them approached Jung Woo-jin with a smile.
It was Han Do-kyun.
“I never imagined you’d faint and end up in the hospital just from getting hit a little. How little did you eat to grow up so weak?”
With his right hand bruised and stained with blood, Han Do-kyun slapped Woo-jin’s cheek over and over.
Each time, Woo-jin’s head snapped sharply to the right.
“From now on, exercise and eat well. Build up your resistance.”
“…….”
“Jae-joon, you saw that, right? I apologized.”
At Han Do-kyun’s call, Kim Jae-joon quietly watched the two of them.
He stared at them with a blank expression before nodding.
“Still, go easy next time. Our homeroom teacher is acting strange these days, and Ryu Si-a said she had a hard time cleaning up after you.”
“Si-a did? Ugh. I guess I should go apologize to her in person.”
Han Do-kyun was grinning. As if something was going according to his plan.
Han Do-kyun exchanged a look with Oh Se-joon, lightly tapped his arm, and walked down the hallway.
“Well, I have something urgent to take care of, so I’ll head out first. Let’s continue to help each other out and get along.”
Han Do-kyun disappeared, and Kim Jae-joon also left, saying he had business to attend to.
That left only Jung Woo-jin and Oh Se-joon in the hallway.
“You.”
Oh Se-joon walked up to Jung Woo-jin, who flinched, and said with cold eyes.
“I don’t care what you do at this school. But don’t look at Oh Se-young. If I catch you looking at her for more than two seconds, I’ll make sure you and your parents can’t walk again.”
With that chilling warning, Oh Se-joon bumped Jung Woo-jin’s shoulder and disappeared down the hallway.
“Remember. Two seconds.”
“…….”
***
He opened his eyes.
He saw the ceiling of the camper van.
Seeing Yoo Ha-na sleeping soundly next to him, it seemed to be her place.
‘Was it a dream?’
That had happened three years ago.
In March of his first year at International High School, when spring was in full bloom.
Less than a month after the entrance ceremony.
‘I was beaten up by Han Do-kyun for no real reason, and ended up fainting and being taken to the hospital.’
At the time, he was too scared, bewildered, and embarrassed to understand, but… looking back, it seemed like their interests were intertwined, and he was made a scapegoat.
Han Do-kyun wanted to get close to Ryu Si-a and sought advice from Oh Se-joon.
Oh Se-joon used Han Do-kyun to realize his overprotective tendencies towards his sister.
Kim Jae-joon diligently completed Yoo Ha-na’s tasks. And incidentally, he grouped the guys into a team.
‘From their perspective, it was a win-win event where everyone benefited from beating up a commoner.’
They didn’t care that the commoner would suffer a great trauma from the incident, losing sleep for days.
“…They’re not human.”
Them, and even him, who was becoming like them.
Rather than humans, they were monsters.
Yes, monsters would be fitting.
He caressed Yoo Ha-na’s breasts as she slept soundly and checked the time.
‘I slept for about 20 minutes.’
He had slept enough and couldn’t fall back asleep. He shook Yoo Ha-na awake.
“Yoo Ha-na.”
“Ugh…. More babies, Woo-jin… I’ll keep giving birth if that’s what you want…”
“…….”
Judging by her state, she wouldn’t be able to get up for a while.
With no other choice, he gave up waking her and got up to go outside.
It was the coolest time of day, and the outside breeze was as refreshing as an air conditioner.
‘It’s a good day for a walk.’
Since he was already up, he decided to take a walk, breathing in the early morning air as he headed towards the beach.
He took stock of the current situation.
‘Even Yoo Ha-na has fallen, and now all that’s left are the twins.’
Once he impregnated Yu-ri and Ye-jin, it would be over.
Every woman on this island was pregnant. It was a novel feeling.
A 21st-century nobleman.
The top 0.01% who controlled the world.
The day had come when he would impregnate all the girls in his class, who were so talented and noble, with his seed.
The day had come when he would trample and conquer them.
‘No one in the world could do something like this.’
However, even though they were pregnant, there was still some subtle work to be done.
The women were passionately devoted to him, overwhelmed by the island’s harsh environment and his wealth, but there was one shortcoming.
The connection.
Aside from his [Shop], there was no connection between him and the women.
‘Currently, the homeroom teacher and Jung Seo-hee are the only ones who have that.’
The current homeroom teacher, Lee Soo-jung, was a study abroad classmate and close friend of the former homeroom teacher, Song Doo-ri.
Song Doo-ri was his benefactor who had given everything for him when he was suffering from school violence.
Although the result wasn’t good, Song Doo-ri had left them with a connection.
Worried about him being alone, she had asked the homeroom teacher to look after him when she left the school, and vice versa.
Hoping that the same thing wouldn’t happen to her.
Therefore, the connection between the homeroom teacher, Lee Soo-jung, and him was quite strong.
It wasn’t just a relationship formed through the [Shop].
‘Jung Seo-hee is the same.’
By showing her how hard he was working, he had gained her favor, developing the relationship from friends to teacher-student. From teacher-student to a close lover and sex partner, this side was also reliable.
At least Jung Seo-hee wasn’t someone who would betray him for money.
‘There are a few others, but the rest either have no connection or it’s very simple and weak.’
In fact, a connection wasn’t essential.
The shackles he had placed on the women were strong.
But if there was a connection, it was possible to form a stronger relationship.
Even if something unexpected happened, the women would believe in him to the end and work to maintain the group he had created.
So it was good to work on it from time to time. Although it wasn’t as easy as it sounded.
‘Wait. Come to think of it, there was something I was supposed to do.’
He stopped walking and stood still.
He felt like he had forgotten to do something for the past few days.
‘A daily quest?’
No, he had been doing the daily quests diligently.
Then had he made a promise to someone?
As he pondered, he clapped his hands together.
“Ah, I forgot to deliver the food.”
He had been visiting the guys and Lee Hyun-ji every two to three days to deliver food.
But recently, he had been so focused on seducing, sleeping with, and impregnating Yoo Ha-na that he had completely forgotten about it.
‘The last time I delivered was nine days ago.’
He quickly opened the [Encyclopedia] to check on Lee Hyun-ji’s condition.
[Condition: Healthy]
[She is very strong without any pain.]
Fortunately, she was fine.
She had dependents, and he had given her plenty of food just in case, so she was still eating well.
Even if she ran out of food, she knew where he was, so she would have come to find him below the waterfall.
‘I wonder what she’s doing now.’
He spied on Lee Hyun-ji with [Omniscient Observer’s View].
Rustle. Rustle.
He heard the sound of leaves rustling, and he was surrounded by forest. He quickly looked around and understood the situation.
‘Is she hunting?’
It seemed so. Lee Hyun-ji, hidden in the bushes, was watching the back of a palm tree in the distance.
Kim Jae-joon was watching Lee Hyun-ji with a haggard face.
‘Kim Jae-joon is being hunted, and Han Do-kyun, let’s see. He’s already been hunted?’
When the observation target changed to Han Do-kyun, Lee Hyun-ji’s settlement unfolded around him.
Han Do-kyun was tied up on one side of the settlement.
He had an iron collar around his neck, as if he were a dog on a leash.
Even the leash was a chain. He was tied to a sturdy palm tree, so it was impossible to break free with human strength.
‘He wouldn’t be able to escape even if he died and came back to life.’
He also looked for Lee Min-hyuk.
But he wasn’t anywhere in the settlement.
‘Could he be dead?’
He couldn’t see him with his eyes, so he tried to look with [Omniscient Observer’s View], but the ability didn’t activate.
That meant he was dead.
‘Well, it was a predetermined course.’
He nodded, looking at the red, hardened bloodstains between Han Do-kyun’s buttocks and thighs.
She had been playing with him without any hygiene, so even if the human body was strong, it wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
‘Kim Jae-joon, Han Do-kyun, Oh Se-joon, Lee Min-hyuk…. Honestly, I don’t have any ill feelings towards you.’
He didn’t know before, but now he knew.
They were just puppets.
Just chess pieces that moved according to their master’s orders.
There was a mastermind behind them.
‘But that mastermind, Yoo Ha-na, is now obedient to me.’
Since she had become a slave, the situation was as good as over.
There was no need to get his hands dirty now, seeking revenge for what happened in high school.
His desire for revenge had faded with his personality, and now he found the emotion annoying.
In short, he wasn’t interested.
So even after seeing the traces of Han Do-kyun’s ass being torn apart by Lee Hyun-ji, he didn’t feel particularly relieved.
Even so, the reason he was handing them over to Lee Hyun-ji to be killed.
‘There’s no use for them anywhere.’
He had thought about using them as labor for physical work or farming, but he didn’t need them now that he had plenty of money.
‘They can’t have my babies like the women can.’
Rather, they were potentially threatening because they were men.
‘But killing them is too much, so should I operate on them and TS them?’
What do you think? Isn’t that a pretty good option from a humanitarian point of view?
He thought about it for a moment, but then stopped.
It didn’t seem particularly interesting, and it didn’t seem like it would be a very enjoyable sight to see.
‘One man is enough on this island. Lee Hyun-ji seems to be having fun with them, so let’s just let her do as she pleases.’
He closed the [Encyclopedia], pushing aside the TS procedure manual.
And he tracked down the whereabouts of the last remaining man.
“Hmm?”
Oh Se-joon was on the beach.
He was nearby. He went out to meet Oh Se-joon, who was returning to the settlement.
His eyes were burning like fire.
***
‘That woman is still alive.’
Lee Hyun-ji.
One of the flight attendants on the plane that was leaving for the graduation trip.
And the person who was constantly passed around with the male students on this island.
‘The last time I saw her was during the typhoon with heavy rain, when we were short on food and half kicked her out of the group….’
Perhaps that’s why she had become a crazy bitch. He never imagined that she was the one hunting the men.
Recalling that look in her eyes, Oh Se-joon felt goosebumps and huddled into his long windbreaker jacket.
“Oh Se-joon?”
He stopped.
“Oh Se-joon, right? Are you okay?”
Someone called out to him from the front. Snapping out of his thoughts, he looked ahead and saw Jung Woo-jin looking at him.
“Did you know I was coming?”
“I didn’t. I saw you during my early morning walk, so I came to meet you. Where are the others?”
Oh Se-joon stared at Jung Woo-jin before answering.
“They’re behind me.”
“Ah.”
“But you. Why didn’t you deliver the food? You were supposed to come seven days ago.”
Jung Woo-jin scratched his head and smiled kindly.
“Well… the situation didn’t allow it. I told you, I’m not as free as you think. There are surprisingly many things to take care of.”
“…….”
“But I gave you a month’s worth of water, so there shouldn’t be any problems, right? Ah, were you coming this way to check because I was too late?”
Jung Woo-jin bought a cold bottle of water from the [Shop] and handed it to Oh Se-joon.
Oh Se-joon held it for a moment, paused, sighed, and drank the water.
“No, actually, there was an attack.”
“An attack?”
“The culprit who killed Kim Tae-hoon and Lee Min-hyuk. Han Do-kyun seems to have already been attacked, and Jae-joon and I were waiting for you to come… but we thought we couldn’t keep waiting, so we decided to call for people. The one who escaped the pursuit by running in the opposite direction would call the other students.”
Oh Se-joon limped on one leg.
“Are you hurt?”
“Yeah. Can you give me a piggyback ride?”
Of course, Jung Woo-jin said, and carried Oh Se-joon on his back.
As they headed towards the beach where the settlement was, Jung Woo-jin said.
“I never thought there would be a culprit behind this.”
“Me neither. But you know what’s even more surprising?”
“?”
“The culprit was a flight attendant. The only flight attendant you left with us when you escaped the group. But there’s something very strange about it.”
“Strange?”
“That flight attendant was using things from modern civilization that shouldn’t exist on this island.”
Jung Woo-jin shrugged.
“She must have farmed it from the beach.”
“I thought so at first too. But what are the chances of carrying around multiple of the same processed food? Then I realized one possibility.”
“?”
“Could there be someone supporting her from behind?”
Jung Woo-jin stopped walking.
The two were silent for a moment.
But the atmosphere between them was unusual.
“Are you suspecting Seo-hee?”
“Yes, I suspected Seo-hee at first. Seo-hee is the only one on this island who can freely buy modern Earth items. But I realized that I was wrong.”
Oh Se-joon began to wrap his arms around Jung Woo-jin’s body.
“You were the culprit.”
“…….”
“You, not Jung Seo-hee, were the culprit. You were the one who had the Shop, and you were the one who supported that woman.”
“Se-joon, you seem to be pushing the situation with a very biased idea.”
Oh Se-joon shook the water bottle in his hand in front of Jung Woo-jin.
“Is that so? Then where did this cold water come from? Sorry, but you made a mistake.”
“…….”
“You supported the flight attendant with supplies and participated in her revenge. Why? Because you would be the only man on this island. All the threats to you would disappear.”
Jung Woo-jin removed his hands that were supporting Oh Se-joon to carry him. But Oh Se-joon clung to him and didn’t fall off.
“Maybe you’re planning to target the girls in our class after that. But unexpectedly, I returned to the settlement. We should have all died on the tidal flats.”
“…….”
“Is there anything wrong?
Jung Woo-jin chuckled.
He laughed out loud for a moment.
“Se-joon. If what you’re saying is true, then I’m involved in that murder….”
Jung Woo-jin looked around.
It was a bright time of day as the morning sun rose. The waterway leading from the waterfall to the sea was still a long way off.
“Is it okay to tell me that in such a remote place with no one to help? Aren’t you too confident?”
“…….”
“If what you’re saying is true, then you’re alone with a very heinous criminal right now?”
Oh Se-joon hugged Jung Woo-jin’s neck even tighter.
“Well, what do you think? To put it bluntly, I’m confident that I can send you to hell.”
Then, a snake crawled out of Oh Se-joon’s windbreaker jacket. It slithered down Oh Se-joon’s arm as if to show off, and flicked its tongue in front of Jung Woo-jin’s face.
“Then goodbye.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the snake lunged at Jung Woo-jin and bit into his neck.
It had sunk its teeth into the blood vessels in an important area, so the effect would be immediate.
But-
“You guys really have no qualms about hitting, trampling, and killing people.”
“H, how?”
Jung Woo-jin grabbed the snake’s head and pulled it off his neck. Oh Se-joon quickly looked at Jung Woo-jin’s neck.
It was clean without a single wound, and only a sticky liquid that appeared to be poison was flowing down his skin.
“!!”
***
‘Nice.’
He bought a hand mirror and looked at his neck.
The skin was not even scratched.
The viper’s fangs had failed to inject poison into his body.
The reason was simple.
Because of his high physical resistance.
Thanks to constantly increasing his stamina, his physical resistance had long exceeded 50%.
Of course, he wasn’t stupid enough to gamble his life with just that.
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〈Status Window〉
Name: Jung Woo-jin
Strength: 39.3 (+26.2)
Agility: 33 (+22)
Stamina: 452.7 (+301.8)
Physical Resistance: 462% (+308%)
+
It was the [Human Hunter] effect.
The effect of increasing all stats and resistance by 300% when there are humans within a 50-meter radius.
His current physical resistance, which had copied Lee Hyun-ji’s ability with [Replication], was 462%.
He wondered if there was any meaning in exceeding 100%, but anyway, his skin wasn’t going to be pierced by a viper’s fangs.
“H, how….”
Oh Se-joon was flustered and his voice trembled.
“This is a more bizarre world than we imagine. Things that seem impossible on Earth are so natural here.”
“Th, that.”
“Anyway, since you told me the truth so clearly, I’ll tell you the truth that you’re mistaken about.”
“Truth…?”
He nodded and grabbed Oh Se-joon’s pants.
“First, I know you’re not hurt and you’re fine.”
“What?”
“I knew from the beginning that you were limping on purpose to get close to me.”
He shook the snake’s head in front of Oh Se-joon’s eyes.
“You knew I had a snake hidden in my clothes…?”
“It’s strange if you think about it. How could someone who hurt their leg walk here instead of riding a wild boar? There was a contradiction in your words from the beginning.”
“Tch.”
“And second, you said it was a mistake, but it wasn’t a mistake. I deliberately showed you that I had the [Shop].”
“!!”
“Then you would use the snake hidden in your clothes on me instead of Seo-hee.”
“You don’t mean….”
Oh Se-joon, who had heard that far, struggled. Of course, Oh Se-joon, who was firmly held by one of his pants, couldn’t easily get away from him.
“Yeah, I’m not going to let you live.”
“Let go! Let go, you bastard!”
“That’s why I said, aren’t you pushing the situation with a very biased idea? Aren’t you too confident?”
He opened the viper’s mouth and stuck it into Oh Se-joon’s calf.
“Kuaaak!”
After that, he let go of Oh Se-joon and bought a rope to tie tightly around his thigh.
“What is this….”
“Sorry, but you’re still useful. It’s a problem if you die right away. And this way, the kids will easily accept the death, thinking that Oh Se-joon struggled to the end to live and died.”
Then Oh Se-joon looked up at him with trembling eyes.
He asked him, trembling with a frightened expression.
“You… are you human?”
“Well.”
After thinking for a moment, he snorted.
“Honestly, I don’t think I’m human.”
He picked up Oh Se-joon with the greatly enhanced strength of the [Human Hunter] ability. Then, he strode towards the waterfall and said.
“You, me, the kids in our class… none of us are human. If we had to express ourselves, we’re beasts, monsters.”
“Monster…?”
Perhaps because of the increased strength, moving on the sandy beach was easy.
He quickly entered the waterfall waterway and continued.
“Yeah. Looking at one’s own kind as a mere sacrifice or prey is like a hyena? You know that well. Because you’re an expert in that area.”
“You, you’re….”
“Originally, monsters eat each other. So don’t be too sad.”
The waterfall came into view.
He put Oh Se-joon down and untied the leg rope on his thigh.
“That’s right. Some of what you inferred earlier was correct.”
Oh Se-joon looked up at him, trembling his muscles.
“It’s true that I have the [Shop], and it’s also true that I supported Lee Hyun-ji with supplies. And… I’m targeting the women too.”
“!!”
Oh Se-joon’s eyes widened. He looked down at him and smiled brightly.
## “Once you guys are dead, I’m going to have a blast on this island. With the girls, you know. Oh, and of course, your little sister too. So don’t worry about your sister, just leave her to me and close your eyes in peace.”
“You fucking ba…”
“Ah, I almost forgot to tell you this.”
I gave Oh Se-jun a sly smile and said,
“Your little sister was delicious.”
“!!”
“So I even got her pregnant. If you had lived longer, you could have watched your precious little sister give birth to my children countless times. What a shame. Or should I show you what we do before you die?”
“…….”
No answer came back.
Oh Se-jun had already lost consciousness.
I shrugged my shoulders, hoisted the unconscious Oh Se-jun onto my back again, and headed towards the settlement.
