Into the Creations 17

Chapter 17 – 017. Vampire Detective

017. Vampire Detective

It was the day Sung Yu-jin went to find the ten-percenters he had located through an illegal website.
SW Room.
Kim Jin-cheol, the manager of the place famous as a ten-percenter in Gangnam, clicked his tongue slightly as he saw Sung Yu-jin approaching him.
The SW Room doesn’t accept just any new customers. The manager meets them first and judges them. This process allowed the SW Room to maintain its title as a top-tier entertainment establishment.
In fact, most of the customers who visit the SW Room are people with high positions in society.

‘What is that guy? Why is his suit so messed up? Does he even have money?’

Sung Yu-jin had just come from the sauna. He didn’t care much about his wrinkled suit. He was going to take it off anyway. Why bother fussing over it? He prioritized the cleanliness of his body over his clothes.

“Uh… Mr. Oh Mu-han?”

Oh Mu-han was the alias Kim Jin-cheol used publicly. The SW Room also offered prostitution, so they had to be careful about everything.

“Yes. I’m Oh Mu-han. Are you… Sung Yu-jin?”
“Yes. I’d like to go to the SW Room. I’ve brought 20 million won in cash here.”

Sung Yu-jin took out a wad of bills from his pocket. It was certainly a lot of money. But to Kim Jin-cheol, it was full of too many suspicious things.
First of all, he came alone.
The SW Room accepts customers if they are deemed okay, even if they are ordinary people. However, no one ever comes alone. Two people are rare, and almost always three or more come in a group.

‘…What is it? Why did he come alone? Is he a reporter?’

Second, it was his vibe. SW customers almost always give off one of two vibes: arrogant or anxious. But Sung Yu-jin was neither. He was a type Kim Jin-cheol had never encountered before.
Third, he was very young. He looked like a college student at most. The age of the customers who visit the SW Room is at least 30 years old.
Fourth, he didn’t have a car. Fifth, he carried a wad of cash carelessly in his pocket.

‘……Did he come here to have fun one last time and then commit suicide?’

It was an absurdly far-fetched thought, but in this business, things that defy imagination happen from time to time.

“Mr. Sung Yu-jin, are your friends perhaps somewhere else?”
“I came alone.”

He answered as if he was extremely annoyed.
Kim Jin-cheol made up his mind.

“I’m afraid that’s difficult. Our SW Room doesn’t accept solo customers.”
“What?”

Kim Jin-cheol flinched in surprise. Sung Yu-jin’s eyes changed in an instant. The annoyance in his eyes was gone, and they were sharp as if he would kill someone.

‘T-This guy is dangerous!’

Kim Jin-cheol subtly stepped back and clenched his fist behind his back. It was a signal to the bodyguard hiding nearby.

“You don’t accept solo customers? Can’t you see the money in my hand? Why are you spouting such nonsense now? Bring the boss, you bastard.”

Sung Yu-jin said with annoyance.

“Haha. Please calm down…”

At that moment, a bodyguard Kim Jin-cheol had been waiting for appeared from one side.

“Ha, you little punk, do you know where you are, you little brat who hasn’t even dried behind the ears…”

In short, he was a gangster. A crew cut, a menacing look, and an unbuttoned suit.

“What now?”

Sung Yu-jin frowned and looked at the gangster.
The gangster flinched. Then he bent over 90 degrees towards Sung Yu-jin.

“I’m sorry, sir! I didn’t see you properly! It was dark, so I couldn’t see that it was you!”
“……Sir?”

Sung Yu-jin muttered in disbelief. He thought about himself. A genius hacker. He did illegal things, but he wasn’t a gangster.

“Yes, sir. I heard about you from the higher-ups!”
“……Is it Manager Park Chan-sung? Tsk. Whatever. Don’t call me sir.”
“T-Then what should I call you?”
“Don’t call me anything, you bastard.”

Cold sweat formed on Kim Jin-cheol’s face.
The gangster was a member of the Tusung faction, which claimed the Seoul area as its territory.
He was from the best organization in Korea and had a high sense of pride, but he bent over as soon as he saw the man’s face.

‘W-What have I done?’

He thought he was a weirdo, but the other guy was a big shot who even made gangsters bow! He desperately racked his brain to figure out how to get out of this situation.

“So. When is the boss coming?”
“I-I’m sorry! I mistook you for someone else! Please forgive me!”

Kim Jin-cheol just knelt down. He was even ready to bow if he was asked to.

“……Ha.”

Sung Yu-jin sighed in disbelief as he looked at him and asked Kim Jin-cheol.

“……Mr. Oh Mu-han. Where is the SW Room?”
“It’s in the building with the red car. I have committed a great discourtesy this time…”
“Whatever. I’m going first.”

Sung Yu-jin walked towards the building where the SW Room was located. Kim Jin-cheol only got up quietly after confirming that he had entered the building. Then he looked at the gangster and asked.

“Is that person… perhaps an executive of the Tusung faction?”
“No. He’s not an executive.”
“T-Then…?”
“I heard he’s a killer.”
“A k-killer?!!”

Kim Jin-cheol was so surprised that he shouted without realizing it and looked around. Fortunately, there was no one nearby.
He lowered his head and asked quietly.

“I-Is he really a killer?”
“The day before yesterday, the higher-ups showed me a picture of that guy and told me to be careful. They said he’s a guy who kills people without a second thought.”
“H-Huh…”
“Oh. And I heard he really likes rooms with women. They told me to pretend I didn’t see him if possible… Hey! Where are you going?”
“I-I’m going to add some service!”

•••

I entered Kang Yu-jin’s house and sat in front of the computer.
But instead of turning on the computer, I wrote on a random piece of paper and placed it in front of the computer.

〉 Goal: 1 billion! Make sure to earn it!

“With this, my avatar will make money, right?”

I smiled contentedly.
Looking back, it was a genius idea. It didn’t make sense that my initial intelligence stat was 1.

“Intelligence was about study skills~”

No matter how I thought about it, intelligence was about study skills. I had always been terrible at studying. I was always last in exams.
If I tried hard to study, I could somehow avoid being last, but my grades never improved. Especially math, I often got 0 points in high school. Damn it. How can you get everything wrong even if you just guess?

‘My mom said that when I was very young, I would pick up and eat snacks that fell on the ground… but that was a long time ago.’

That has nothing to do with intelligence. All little kids are like that.

‘My IQ is 90, but I took the IQ test casually back then. If I take it now, I’ll probably get 100.’

In short, I think intelligence is about things like mental arithmetic. I was hopelessly bad at math, so that must be it.

‘What’s the point of being good at mental arithmetic? You need a good body to enjoy sex.’

The conclusion is that it’s better to increase my stamina stat than my intelligence stat.

‘Game end.’

•••

[The game is ending.]
[Starting experience calculation.]
[Kim Mi-ok’s affinity level is 1.]
[Shin Hye-jin’s affinity level is 2.]
[You have acquired 1 bonus point for reaching affinity level 2.]
[……]
[Your level has increased.]
[Your level has increased.]
[You have acquired 14 points.]

Back in reality, I grinned and immediately took out my smartphone. I paused the ‘Vampire Detective’ game for now.

‘Stamina! Let’s increase stamina first!’

[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 12
Strength: 10 Stamina: 10 Agility: 7 Intelligence: 2 Stamina: 10]

[Available points: 17]

17 points.
It seemed like a small number of points for spending a week in the game world, but since not even a second had passed in reality, I could think of it positively.
But soon my face crumpled like a piece of tissue paper.

[2 points are required to increase the stamina stat.]
[Do you want to increase the stamina stat?]

“…Damn it.”

Just in case, I clicked on the strength stat.

[2 points are required to increase the strength stat.]
[Do you want to increase the strength stat?]

The hand holding the smartphone clenched tightly. I bit my lip and increased my agility stat.

[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 12
Strength: 10 Stamina: 10 Agility: 10 Intelligence: 2 Stamina: 10]

[Available points: 14]

[2 points are required to increase the agility stat.]
[Do you want to increase the agility stat?]

I had a hunch, and it was as I expected.
It took twice as many points to increase a stat from 10 to 11. And if my prediction was correct, it would take 3 or 4 points to increase it by 1 at stat 20.

‘…Damn it. Was the number of points it took to level up skills a foreshadowing?’

I know that this is right in terms of balance.
If you think about it, points were easy to earn. If you enjoy the game a little, you get basic points. I got 14 points this time by living in the game world for a week.

‘……I need to use points more carefully.’

[Sung Yu-jin
Level: 12
Strength: 10 Stamina: 10 Agility: 10 Intelligence: 2 Stamina: 15]

[Available points: 4]

I carefully increased my stamina stat by 5.

‘I’m going to have fun with more than 10 girls later, so my stamina needs to be that high.’

The remaining 4 points.
I thought very, very carefully and decided to go with a random draw.

‘4 pulls! Let’s gooooo!’

[Soft Tissue
A roll of tissue as soft as silk]

[Spicy Cup Ramen
It’s a spicy cup ramen. It’s delicious.]

[Holy Water
Drinking or applying holy water may bring good things?]

[Potential Potion
When consumed, it unlocks a portion of your potential. You might discover an unexpected talent.]

“This is a pretty good haul.”

I was worried that all four would be duds. But I was relieved that I got holy water and a potential potion. The potential potion, in particular, was quite promising.

“My potential…”

First, I picked up the holy water. It was in a simple, plain, round glass bottle with about 0.5L of liquid.

‘Drink it or apply it?’

I took off all my clothes and ran to the bathroom naked. Then I poured the holy water all over my dick. The holy water looked just like regular water.

“Hehe. Now it’s a holy dick.”

A faint light surrounded my dick.

“Ooh.”

I was impressed. It really became a holy dick. But that was only for a moment. On the other hand, I was also worried. A glowing dick. Wouldn’t women be turned off by that?

“……Can’t I cancel it? It’s not like it’s a radioactive dick.”

I checked the game app. The avatar’s dick in the app was also glowing faintly. And a message was displayed on one side of the screen.

[Holy power has been granted to your dick.]
[Remaining duration of holy power – 59:20]

“…Phew. It was like an enchantment. That’s a relief.”

I returned to my room, relieved. My glowing dick swung back and forth as I walked.
I wiped the water off my dick with the soft tissue. The soft tissue was incredibly soft. It was so soft that I couldn’t tell if it was silk or tissue. I might even get addicted to this tissue.

“Then shall I try the potential potion?”

Gulp, gulp.

It had no taste. It felt like drinking plain water.
I waited, expecting some kind of change. But even after a minute, there was no reaction. In the end, I checked the app.

[You have no potential.]

“You son of a bitch!”