Chapter 269 – #270 a Minor Whim Twists Fate
#270 Fate twisted at a minor whim
“Spread time is going well.”
Looking at the sun rising through the window, I made an impression. I haven’t even checked all of my special superpowers yet, but it’s already morning.
I didn’t even notice the time passing as I looked at each one meticulously. It is the 35th psychic power, and if you have been there at least once, you can go to that place regardless of time and distance.
“Hmm.”
Originally, I intended to use the special psychic option right away. But as I checked, my thoughts changed.
“I think I’ll have to discuss this with Raonjena?”
The purpose of using a special psychic option is to help Raonjena’s revenge.
So, she was going to choose a sense or tracking type superpower, but if Raon Jenna knew where her enemies were, she would have wasted her choice.
Besides, she has a very sensitive sense of smell. There was a high probability that she remembered the smell of the enemies who killed her family.
It was better to consult with Raonjena and find a psychic power that could help than to waste my only option by thinking on my own.
“And it’s not like there’s no way to find it.”
There was a guy she had forgotten about because she wasn’t interested. Maybe she could have figured out a way to find them, even if Raon Xena didn’t know where her enemies were.
*****
“It’s been a while, Boss.”
“Ah… Long time no see Carinbia.”
The person I came to from early morning was none other than Carinbia.
[Astrologer (Lv. 8)] With supernatural powers, he was able to ask questions to the stars and get answers.
“Did you find the guys I asked you to find?”
“Is that why you came? I’ve prepared it here in advance.”
Carinbia handed me a bundle of papers with the faces of tough-looking men drawn on them. All of them were villains with superpowers that strengthened their bodies, and the guy with the least criminal record was a 4-year-old. The crime is murder.
“23 people? You found a lot? Very good job.”
“Thank you Boss.”
“Old.”
Pretending to take money out of her wallet, I took a wad of money from my inventory and threw it to Karin Bia. It was about fifty thousand dollars.
“Boss? Why are you giving this to me?”
“Performance pay.”
As if she was the ruler of a district before coming under me, Karin Bia didn’t change her expression even when she saw her bundle of money. She was a bastard with no taste for giving money.
Anyway, it’s true that Carinvia is my subordinate, but my motto in life is give and take. If something comes, there must be something going.
Karin Via used her powers for her me and I was only paying the price.
But Carinvia’s thoughts were different. Karin Bia grabbed the wad of money on her desk and held it out to me again.
“What are you doing now?”
“I didn’t follow the boss’s orders for money.”
“Yes? Then just burn it. Do you have a lighter?”
“… Yes?”
The guy who didn’t blink even when he saw 50,000 dollars, his eyes widened when he said he was burning money.
“I gave you the money to mean that you did a good job, but you said you didn’t like it. Now the money isn’t mine? But you say you don’t like it too, so it’s money without an owner, right? Then let’s just burn it.”
“…So you burn money?”
“Of course. I think that if I can’t have it, then no one else can. If I throw it on the street and a stern guy picks it up, I feel bad for some reason. So I’m going to burn it so no one can have it.”
“… The boss is really greedy.”
Karinbia turned into a tired face.
“How come you sound sarcastic?”
“No. Then I see. Thanks boss.”
“Damn it. How great would it be if it was right away? Huh? Ma! When an adult gives it to you, you say thank you and receive it! Euhhh?! Got it?”
“…”
This time he looked at me with cold eyes. So you’re older than me? But what? If you twist it, you’re my boss!
“Hey Boss. I have a question for you.”
“What?”
“If I refused the money to the end, would you really want to burn it?”
“Did you see that I said two things in one mouth? Of course I’ll burn it. I thought I’d give you $100,000 as an incentive after burning it.”
“… Yes?”
“By the way, I was thinking of burning it again and giving you $200,000 if you refused.”
“…”
This performance is possible because money rots in the inventory. If not, would I burn decent money just because I’m crazy?
“Is this fifty thousand dollars by any chance?”
“Huh? Uh. But how did you know that? You’re talented. You’re like a money bug.”
“Haa… It’s not that, it’s because I bought a lottery ticket. If I had known this, I wouldn’t have bought a lottery ticket.”
“Lottery ticket?”
Suddenly, what kind of lottery ticket?
Karinbia took out a lottery ticket from a drawer and showed it to me. She was a lottery with a first prize of $50,000.
“Once a week, I write a star rating for my upcoming career. The answer came back that I was making $50,000 this week.”
“What? Poop!”
Carinbia was not a bleak man. Letting her laugh, I shrugged.
“Anyway, if you work hard and do well in the future, I will give you a bonus, so I know that. And I want to ask you one thing.”
“Speak.”
“Can you possibly know the situation outside the barrier?”
“Are you talking about the wall of steel?”
“Huh.”
“The situation outside the steel wall… What exactly do you want to know?”
“I’ll explain that later. Can you figure it out anyway?”
After thinking for a while, Karin Bia opened her mouth.
“I guess I’ll have to try. But…”
“But?”
“From my point of view, it seems difficult.”
“Why?”
“Because I’ve never been outside the Wall. So I don’t know anything about what the conditions are like there, what the terrain is like, what kind of people live there, what they eat and how they live. It’s a place.”
“I heard you can get an answer if you ask a star? But are those conditions necessary?”
“Yes, and the more specific the question, the more precise the answer is, and not the abstract.”
“Hmm.”
‘I thought it was too complacent.’
I thought it would be easy to get an answer if I asked Karinemon… But it seems I took this task too easily.
“Incompetent Shack.”
“…”
“Anyway, okay. But just in case, don’t use your psychic powers for a while. Maybe something will happen to you.”
“Okay Boss.”
Karin Bia nodded, and she shook her hand roughly and turned her around. Then, before leaving, he turned to her and called Carin Bia.
“Hey Carinbia.”
“Yes boss.”
“Did the stars say you’d get 50,000 dollars?”
“That’s right.”
Hehe. You mean that?”
She laughed at that, took another wad of money from her inventory, and tossed it on the sofa.
“That way, you’ve got $100,000 instead of $50,000. Does that mean the stars gave you the wrong answer?”
“…!”
“I’m going.”
I left Carynbia with wide eyes and turned her body.
There was no other reason why he suddenly gave Carinbia more money.
‘Did you say you ask the stars for your fate?’
Previously, she had heard Karin Bia when she asked about his psychic powers. But that means that humans are destined, and I didn’t really like that.
Doesn’t that mean, for example, that a person who is destined to be destroyed will eventually be destroyed no matter what he does?
I don’t believe in destiny I think it’s foolish to be swayed by fate because you have to decide your future.
So she threw another wad of her money to Carin Bia. I got grumpy about that fate.
*****
After the steel armor disappeared, Karin Via did not move from her place for a long time.
“Destiny… Has changed?”
Until now, not once has the star’s divination been wrong. The star always accurately predicted what would happen to Carinvia and gave the right answer accordingly.
But now that correct answer is wrong.
A 100-point test paper became a 99-point test paper.
“How?”
Carinvia, shocked, looked at the door where the steel armor had disappeared. Steel Armor changed her own destiny.
“What the hell is this…”
In a way, I thought it was a trivial joke and laughed at it. However, since she knows her own psychic powers better than anyone else, Karin Via could not regard this as a trivial prank.
“Steel Armor…”
It was the first time in her life that Karin Bia was very embarrassed.
Whatever she was, there was no doubt that the boss, Steel Armor, was no ordinary man.
*****
“23 people. This means that she ate at least 23% of experience, right?”
I parked my car in the parking lot and smiled as I looked at the documents Carinvia handed over.
At least 23%. It was certain that the experience accumulated by the current body enhancer would exceed 36% or 50%.
“If you do well with this, you’ll be level 11 soon, right?”
Then, there is no need to use a special psychic level increase ticket for body enhancers. Candidates were reduced from three to two.
“Honey.”
Throwing the bundle of papers into the passenger seat, I got out of the car and entered the VIP room. And I called Laonzena. Shortly thereafter, she answered her call.
– What’s going on?
“Let’s meet now.”
-Now? Not now.”
“Meet me right now.”
-What? Would you have said no? There are a lot of things that have been pushed back because of you.
“When I’m speechless, I don’t know if you’re laughing or crying. I don’t know, I don’t know~ Oh, I never know~”
-… Are you sure you sang right now?
“Ah! Mistake. Anyway, I noticed for a moment and came out. I’m at the Romantica Hotel near the Hero Association. It only takes a moment. It’s because I have something to discuss with you.”
-… I get it. Call back in 10 minutes.
“Oh.”
She texted her room number and passed her time watching TV. Not long after, someone knocked on the door.
Smart-
“Come in. The door is open.”
“… What’s going on?”
The person who opened the door was Raonjena. She glared at me with her suspicious eyes.
“Come in at once.”
“I’ll listen here.”
“Tsk. You’re annoying. Even though it’s related to your revenge, are you going to listen there?”
“…”
At the mention of revenge, Raonzenna entered the room.
“What’s going on?”
“I’ll ask you directly. Do you know who your enemies are?”
“… Okay.”
“Do you know where they are hiding?”
“Probably outside the barrier. They live for the pleasure of killing monsters.”
‘I knew it.’
The culprits who killed the nine-tailed fox were also monster hunters. My prediction was right.
‘As expected, I’m the best brain in Dark City?’
For the best brain in Dark City, taking 50% was no different than taking 100%.
“I want to hear about them.”
“…Before that, there’s something I want to ask you.”
“Huh? What is it? More than that, why are you suddenly angry?”
The corners of the gumiho’s eyes were raised severely. The eyes staring at me were full of anger. Why are you doing that?
“You can’t possibly know anything?”
“Huh?”
“You pretended to know who the culprits were or where they were! But what now! You don’t know anything! I thought you knew everything, so I joined hands with you! But now…!”
“Oops.”
Even if you don’t know, you have to pretend you know, but you openly reveal what you don’t know. That’s why Raonjenna was so angry.
“Oops? Achaa? Achaaaaa?!”
“Wait a minute. Calm down for a moment.”
“You look so real now! You lied to me!”
“I didn’t lie.”
“What?”
He opened his mouth eagerly to calm Raonjena.
“I knew your real name, and I know you’re the last survivor of the nine-tailed fox clan. Other than that, I haven’t lied to anyone. When did I lie? I haven’t lied to you at all.”
“…”
She furrowed her eyebrows, as if searching for her memories. I continued.
“And you thought that I wouldn’t be able to help you because I didn’t know the beast that killed your family? My power is the same. I’m still the strongest in the Dark City, so I don’t know why you’re so angry?”
“That…”
Raon Jenna couldn’t continue her words, as if she had lost her words. She seemed to think that she was too hasty in her own mind.
‘Well, I understand.’
It is to avenge the family. But if the collaborator knows nothing, I will be angry too.
‘But I can’t forgive you for being angry with me!’
Laonzenna got mad at me. This was something I just couldn’t get past.
Erection-! Erection-! Erections!
Look at this.
Wasn’t my soul mate, Zizi the Dragon, also angry and bubbly?
‘I searched.’
She just won’t let her go. Of course, I called the hotel with this in mind from the beginning.
