## Chapter 456 – Level Up System
“Sugella!”
〈Hypnosis successful. However, the target partially resists. Hypnosis duration is 1 minute and 10 seconds.〉
“Sugella! Sugella! Sugella! Sugella! Sugella!”
〈Hypnosis successful. However, the target partially resists. Hypnosis duration is 1 minute and 57 seconds.〉
〈Hypnosis successful. However, the target partially resists. Hypnosis duration is 2 minutes and 41 seconds.〉
……
I kept using hypnosis until my magic was completely depleted, and Park Hae-joon, who was under hypnosis, slumped to the floor.
The reason I hypnotized Park Hae-joon, whom I was going to kill anyway, was to extract information about Elpis.
I wanted to kidnap and tame Im Yu-na, but she was currently working deep within the police organization, not even going home.
“Ugh…. That hurts…. Oppa. Should I just kill him now?”
Yoo Jae-kyung said, picking up a pistol. Her eyes were sharp. She didn’t seem to like being hit by telekinesis.
“Wait. It’s too wasteful to kill him like this. We need to extract information. I told you earlier.”
“……Oppa. Is your arm okay?”
“This? It’s fine.”
It hurt a little, but it wasn’t unbearable. Still, it did hurt, so I immediately used Complete Recovery to restore it to normal.
Unfortunately, magic power wasn’t restored with Complete Recovery. It must be because magic power is part of the hypnosis system.
“Shit!”
I kicked Park Hae-joon in the chest, who was under hypnosis.
“Cough!”
Thud! Park Hae-joon fell backward, hitting his head on the floor.
“Get up! You bastard! You twisted my arm, do you think I’ll just let it go?”
I beat Park Hae-joon once. Yoo Jae-kyung also joined in along the way.
“I, I’m sorry.”
Park Hae-joon bowed his head to me, his face covered in blood.
“Park Hae-joon. Answer my questions right now. What is Elpis planning?”
“Elpis is……”
I asked him questions one by one.
First of all, Elpis. The only ones moving are the Elpis Korean branch and the Korean government.
According to Park Hae-joon, they were planning an operation with the police special forces in four days to arrest or kill me, the apostle of the Red Sea Church. Once arrested, a life sentence would be confirmed, and I would have to live in a special prison for the rest of my life.
And they also found out that I was Red Light. The reason was clairvoyance.
‘They saw my dick and realized I was Red Light. Heh.’
It didn’t matter if my identity was revealed now, so I just let it go.
However, I couldn’t just ignore the fact that they were mistaking my hypnosis ability for Snow Light’s ability.
‘This is quite useful? The vigilance towards me will be weaker. Then it will be easier to hypnotize them.’
In the original story, Im Yu-na was a character with a final boss-like position. In the original story, she noticed the protagonist’s hypnosis ability and contacted him. She didn’t try to kill him, perhaps because she liked the protagonist’s pushover personality. But in the end, she ends up getting laid by the protagonist.
‘The protagonist made Im Yu-na like him and laid her, not through hypnosis.’
I also got information from Park Hae-joon.
The president, as well as high-ranking officials in the Ministry of National Defense, were already aware of the existence of system users and Elpis. They were particularly wary of my hypnosis ability and were accompanied by more than a dozen armed bodyguards.
‘As expected. I can’t recklessly target those guys.’
Next, I asked for information about Im Yu-na.
I was thinking of finding out her weaknesses, but Park Hae-joon, despite liking Im Yu-na, only knew basic things about her.
“You useless bastard.”
I punched Park Hae-joon in the head and said to Yoo Jae-kyung.
“Jae-kyung, can you kill him?”
“I can kill him.”
Yoo Jae-kyung pretended to be relaxed and pointed the gun at Park Hae-joon’s forehead. The gun barrel was shaking slightly.
“Should I kill him now?”
“Kill him when you want to.”
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, and Park Hae-joon’s body fell.
From his corpse, a golden flame that I had seen before rose up and tried to fly away. If I missed it here, I wouldn’t know where to find it. China, Japan… maybe it would appear in Argentina on the other side of the world.
“Jae-kyung!”
“Yes!”
Yoo Jae-kyung threw herself towards the golden flame. The flame seeped into Yoo Jae-kyung’s left shoulder, and her body fell onto Park Hae-joon’s corpse.
“I got it!”
Yoo Jae-kyung jumped up.
She was staring at the air, not at me. I knew without her saying it. She must be looking at the system.
“Congratulations, Jae-kyung! You’re a psychic now too!”
“Thank you. Oppa. It’s all thanks to you. But how do you use psychic powers?”
“Think of using it in your head. For example, lifting the pistol you’re holding into the air.”
“…Like this?”
The pistol floated into the air. Yoo Jae-kyung looked at it with wonder. The pistol flew around her and then dropped with a thud.
“Ah…. I tried to use telekinesis again, but it doesn’t work.”
“That’s because you don’t have magic power and your telekinesis level is low. Didn’t any quests pop up?”
“They did!”
“What kind of quest?”
“A quest to use telekinesis 10 times. The reward is +1 to all stats.”
“That’s a quest you can do if you have time. Let’s go back.”
“Yes!”
Yoo Jae-kyung came to my side with excited steps and linked arms with me. We spent a hot night on the bed.
‘If Jae-kyung raises her telekinesis level quickly, we can do mid-air sex.’
•••
“……”
Im Yu-na bit her lip tightly.
In front of her was a body bag that was wide open. It was the corpse of Park Hae-joon, who had died with a bullet in his head.
The reason he was shot and killed yesterday.
It was easy to guess.
Because there were people fighting them right now.
“He died from a gunshot with a gun that’s hard to get in Korea. The figures of Red Light and Snow Light were also seen on the park CCTV. It’s their doing. They probably called Hae-joon out by some means. The reason they killed Hae-joon is….”
“It’s because Sung Yu-jin is Red Light.”
Kang Tae-sung nodded heavily. His eyes shone fiercely, and Im Yu-na’s eyes shone even more fiercely.
“Orders have been issued to the Red Sea Church nationwide. Believers are gathering in Seoul. There will be at least 100,000 people.”
“Ha… That’s crazy. Are they planning to hold a protest with that many believers?”
“Red Light is insane. There’s no way he called the fanatics to hold a protest. He must know that protests don’t mean much.”
Kang Tae-sung, who had thought of something at Im Yu-na’s words, frowned.
“……A coup? Are they staging a coup in this day and age?”
“Yes.”
“Branch manager. Even if it’s your word, it’s hard to believe. A coup… Do you think the people will just stand by? It’s impossible in this day and age, even with a proper cause.”
“On the surface, it won’t be a coup, but a protest. Red Light… no, Snow Light has hypnosis abilities.”
“……Are they going to lure the president out through a protest?”
“Yes. And then hypnotize him. The moment the president is hypnotized, this country will be… theirs.”
Of course, they can’t control Korea just by hypnotizing one president. The president is just the beginning. Starting with the president, they will subjugate the key figures of Korea through hypnosis.
“We have to kill Red Light and Snow Light. Especially Snow Light, we must…!”
“We know about Red Light, but we don’t know who Snow Light is.”
“……That’s the biggest problem.”
Im Yu-na sighed. Unlike Red Light, there were no clues about Snow Light.
Snow Light’s characteristics are that she is a beautiful woman with an outstanding figure. And that she is with Red Light.
I thought that if I investigated the women around Sung Yu-jin, I might find Snow Light, so I investigated the women around him.
‘Sung Yu-jin. That crazy bastard is horny or something, he’s messing with this woman and that woman! And even celebrities and idol trainees…. He’s messed with over 100,000 women in the last few months!’
It’s natural for a man to look at women when he has power and money. But Sung Yu-jin went too far.
It was basic for him to gather female believers and have orgies, and he didn’t hesitate to seduce women with money.
Even if I narrowed down the women Sung Yu-jin met frequently, there were thousands. It’s impossible to identify Snow Light from this group based on their figure alone.
“……If things go wrong.”
“If things go wrong?”
“No, it’s nothing. I just had a ridiculous thought. We’re going to be very busy from now on. And… be careful too, sir.”
“Okay. I won’t be caught like Hae-joon. But aren’t you requesting support from Elpis?”
“They trust the Korean government more than us.”
“…Well, even if you’re a psychic, it’s impossible to fight the government alone.”
•••
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in front of Gwanghwamun.
The believers of the Red Sea Church were dressed in pure white robes and were tightly united. The number was a whopping 120,000. Cameras from broadcasting stations were filming the protest scene, and next to the protesters, numerous police officers were holding shields and watching the believers with tension.
A cult that you don’t know what they’ll do.
The will to forcibly suppress them if necessary was clearly felt.
High-ranking believers waved flags representing the Red Sea Church. The believers shouted in unison.
“On the day the moon falls!!!!!”
“When the sea turns red!!!!!”
“The Apostle will lead us to paradise!!!!!”
The shouts of the fanatics echoed loudly in Gwanghwamun.
The citizens who came to watch initially pointed fingers and cursed, but gradually became influenced and joined the protest.
My hypnosis-like system ability increases in proficiency and level the more I use it. It is natural that the effect becomes stronger as the level increases.
And currently.
The brainwashing level of the cult leader, Shim Jong-pil, was much higher than my hypnosis level. A whopping 27.
Due to the nature of brainwashing ability, even if you don’t directly use the ability, the more people who are brainwashed, the more the proficiency increases little by little.
‘It’s not as good as hypnosis, but it’s a good ability.’
I slowly walked towards the platform prepared in front of the protesters.
The believers became quiet and watched me. Then I felt the police, cameras, and Seoul citizens paying attention to me.
I was carrying a cross on my shoulders and in both hands. It wasn’t just any cross. It was a cross with the limbless cult leader Shim Jong-pil hanging on it.
In short, it was a brainwashing totem. Shim Jong-pil was using brainwashing repeatedly at regular intervals according to my orders. His brainwashing spread like a wave, affecting everyone in Gwanghwamun.
I went up to the platform, placed the cross behind me, and looked around.
Hundreds of thousands of people were watching me.
If you look at it through broadcasts, the number would be millions. No, since it was a large-scale protest by a cult, it would be attracting attention overseas, so tens of millions would be watching me.
“Believers!”
My voice echoed loudly through the large speakers.
“Korea is in crisis! Earthquakes! Volcanic eruptions! Epidemics! Tidal waves! War! These are things that will happen in Korea soon!”
Normal people would shake their heads in disbelief at my words.
But the brainwashed fanatics believed my words wholeheartedly. If I said the sky was red, it was red.
“It’s all because of the president! Anyway, it’s because of the president! Why! Because the current president is possessed by a demon! I can see it! President! Come before me right now and we must drive out the demon with our ritual!”
The eyes of the fanatics shone brightly with faith.
“President! President who is being controlled by a demon! Before it’s too late, quickly receive our ritual!”
The moment the president comes into my sight, I will hypnotize him and turn him into a puppet. The president must know this too.
“I’ll give you exactly one hour!”
At my words, the believers shouted at the gestures of the bishops.
“The president possessed by a demon, come to Gwanghwamun!”
“We will exorcise the demon with our ritual!”
Woo-woo-woong!
My smartphone vibrated. I was getting a call.
“Just a moment.”
When I spoke, the crowd became as quiet as a mouse. The fanatics who were shouting with veins popping out of their necks became meek. People would be shocked by the fact that I was completely controlling these fanatics.
I put the smartphone to my ear.
“Hello.”
The other person was Im Yu-na.
