Chapter 238 – 238. Eighth Skill 1
“Ah… Good…”
After washing off the oil on my body with Minhee, I entered the bathtub together and lay down leisurely.
As I hold Minhee in the warm water, I feel like I want to stay like this forever.
Minhee, who took off her makeup, became a slightly innocent woman.
I didn’t even see that it was completely erased last time… Today, the impression seems completely different.
“Showing your bare face. It really builds trust.”
“Really! Don’t trust people with things like that!”
Minhee continues to look ahead, feeling a little embarrassed.
Hi go. This is cute again. I’m going crazy. Aren’t you falling in love with this girl?
“But why do you keep hiding it? Your bare face is pretty enough.”
Minhee glares at me when I keep playfully trying to turn her face towards me.
It looked pretty, so I just kissed her lips.
Minhee bounced once and then reluctantly kissed me as I kept kissing her.
But she is a woman who actively accepts when she does it again. Anyway… Pushing and pushing is a basic passive.
I feel a little dizzy kissing in a hot tub.
I guess there’s too much heat in my head. It feels like it’s spinning.
As soon as the kiss was over, Minhee spoke in a slightly puzzled voice.
“Why did this get bigger again?”
“It can’t be helped. You can’t tell it not to grow bigger.”
“I really can’t survive. I’m leaving now. I’ve been here too long.”
Minhee then gets up.
As my breasts and buttocks rise before my eyes, I feel a somewhat erotic feeling.
Should we do it again? I still have some energy left.
No. Let’s stop. I’m not crazy about sex.
Besides, I need to go out quickly and sharpen my skills. We can’t keep doing this.
When I finished washing her body and came out, Minhee was pulling the bedsheets.
But… It’s covered in oil, so I can’t lie there.
“Should I bring sheets?”
“If you go down the hallway, there will be a linen room.”
“Okay. I’ll get it.”
Since there was no one there anyway, I confidently went out into the hallway naked.
Linen room… Can’t you see it? Where do you want to be?
After walking around for a bit, I found a linen room and found things that looked like sheets inside.
When I came back with a few more sheets and towels, Minhee took the sheets and started laying them out skillfully.
“You’re very skilled, aren’t you?”
“I mostly sleep in hotels.”
“Ah. Is there no separate hideout?”
“There was, but it was also a hotel. Since I gained storage skills, there is no place that can be called a hideout anymore.”
As I lie down on the bed with new sheets, Minhee naturally lies down next to me.
A naked woman with a towel wrapped around her wet hair.
Hmm… As expected, it’s good. Naked women are always nice.
“Are you going to learn skills now?”
“Yes. Ah. That’s right. Paper.”
I took paper and pen from my backpack, placed them on the table next to me, and opened the skill window.
Where… Let’s see how much of the Dog Fighter skill has emerged?
I compared it with the paper to see what skills came out, and this time I got one passive, four auxiliary skills, one trap, and one skill I don’t know what it is.
Passive increases skill radius by 2, as expected.
I think the reason skill duration increase 2 didn’t come out was because I didn’t hit 1.
Well, I’m going to film it this time, so whatever.
Auxiliary skills. Emotions, marionettes, memory reading, sharing.
Emotion… It’s finally coming out.
Isn’t this a skill that should have come out a long time ago when it comes to games? Is this coming out this late?
I think I know roughly what this is. I’m literally feeling something. Then the information will come out.
However… Does it make sense? If you write to a person, their name, gender, age, etc. Will come out, right? Or maybe you want to use the skills you already have?
That would be good, but… Actually, I wonder what it means.
Anyway, I just erase everything and put it to sleep.
Hmm. I don’t know. Usually in games and comics, emotions are one of the most basic and useful skills… I don’t know what’s good in this world right now. Pass for now.
Marionette.
If it’s anything like what I know… This must be controlling something.
And usually it’s puppeteering… In today’s world, it’s probably about manipulating people, right?
Then isn’t it really a fucking skill? Are you just manipulating it? Does it make sense?
It’s too powerful for a skill… Well, there is a skill that kills with one hit, so what’s the big deal about controlling it?
Good for now. This is also the case.
Memory reading.
Fuck. Is this tier based on human rights violations? Collecting personal information with emotions, manipulating it with a marionette, and even searching through memories with memory reading?
No, what… There’s nothing worse than killing people, so it’s funny to do something less than that… It’s a little absurd.
This feels a little more vicious than just killing someone.
Here, I think I can get a glimpse of the true intentions of those who made this world like this.
Just killing people is boring. Crazy psycho bastards.
Read the memories… How on earth should I use this?
Share.
Ha. I can’t help but swear at these bastards again.
What are you sharing? I’m going crazy.
Are you sharing the coins you have? Or skill? Or sense?
Ah. It’s okay. I don’t want to think deeply. Pass.
No access trap.
Fuck. I can still tell what this is just by looking at the name.
No access. You’re literally not letting them come, right?
Umm… This seems somewhat useful. It looks like a bunker, but if you install it… You mean you can’t go in?
But the problem is that if everyone other than the person who installed it can’t enter, it’s of no use in the end.
There are several people living together like me, so if you take this down, other people won’t be able to come and go, right?
Is it meant to be used by people who live alone? Or is it okay if it doesn’t come out from inside?
What… Let’s say so. This also passes.
Abyss.
Ha… These fucking bastards. It’s really insincere. I really want to beat you up.
Abyss. Okay. Abyss. What. What should I do?
When I look into the abyss, the abyss also looks at me. Is that it?
Really… Just by looking at the name, I have no idea what it is. The name is really cool though.
Abyss. Fuck. Even though the name is cool, I want to take a picture of it.
I wrote down all the skills and showed them to Minhee.
Minhee, who saw the name of the skill, had a similar reaction to me. A reaction of astonishment.
“Abyss. What is it? It’s very philosophical?”
“I don’t know. I’ll never understand what kind of skill these bastards created.”
“Were you moved by Zarathustra?”
“Chill… What?”
“Man is a rope between beasts and superhumans. A rope stretched over an abyss.”
“Uh… Don’t say something too difficult.”
“No. It just occurred to me.”
“What is that? Cha… I think I’ve heard of that. Isn’t it a name?”
“Hmm… It’s the name of the person who founded Zoroastrianism. What I said is from the book. The author is Nietzsche.”
“Ah… Really? Well, I’ve heard of Nietzsche too. God is dead. But it’s very different from me, who just saw the word abyss and thought of game dungeons. Anyway, let’s move on. I hate being troubled by a skill with no explanation like this. “
“Really… The skills are endlessly unfriendly. Moreover, the skills released this time are all mixed with a bit of… Malice?”
“Really? I think so too. I can see signs of thinking about how to best destroy human dignity.”
“So… What are you filming?”
“Phase out.”
“That’s… A much higher skill, right?”
“First, this is the best. I wish there was a skill that was even more deceptive than this… Since I don’t know the exact effect, I should take the skills I know first.”
“Is this… The skill the manager used?”
“Yes. That’s right.”
“Hmm… I see. What exactly is the effect?”
“Well, I’m not sure based on what I’ve heard. I’ll have to film it and write it down first.”
“Okay, I understand.”
Minhee quietly keeps her mouth shut as if she doesn’t want to interfere with me taking skills.
Then, should we hurry up and learn the skills?
I opened the skill window.
First, of course, it’s passive. Because there are so many coins.
[200,000 coins are consumed to learn the ‘Skill Radius Increase 2’ skill. Would you like to learn?]
Of course yes. For now, this is done.
I opened the skill window again and this time selected Increase skill duration 1.
[100,000 coins are consumed to learn the ‘Skill Duration Increase 1’ skill. Would you like to learn?]
Yes too. Where and next time… Oh. As expected, it looks like it.
[200,000 coins are consumed to learn the ‘Skill Duration Increase 2’ skill. Would you like to learn?]
I clicked Yes and checked the skill window.
However… How is this passive applied? I need to check the range.
Since I learned Passive 2, is Passive 1 ignored? Passive 2 would be 20%. So, since both 10% and 20% are applied, does 30% apply?
I don’t know if it’s a sum operation or a multiplication operation. You can find out by measuring the range… There is no tape measure.
Ah. You can check it by increasing the duration. Let’s do that later.
[200,000 coins are consumed to learn the ‘Phase Out’ skill. Would you like to learn?]
I clicked yes.
Phase Out proudly appears in the skill window. Of course, I should try it right away.
“Phase out.”
I used the skill, and the world turned hazy.
“Wow…”
It feels like I’m in a dream. The feeling of being hazy… It feels like that.
Everything feels unclear and uncertain. Hey… It feels like the morning after drinking too much.
I’m definitely lying in bed, but I don’t feel like I’m lying in bed.
And I touched Minhee, who was lying right next to her, but my body went right through her.
Under… What’s this. It’s really amazing. Did you pierce her body?
I see Minhee stretching out her hand, looking at the place where I was.
Haha… I guess everyone thinks the same way.
You said you could break through walls, right? Now that I’ve passed Minhee’s body, I don’t think a wall would be a problem.
I just got up and headed to the hotel.
Ruler… Should I try it somewhere?
The body passed through the door and came out into the hallway.
And… Fuck. It’s a fucking scam! It’s a fucking scam! Do you have this kind of fucking skill?
There is nothing to be afraid of with this. You mean you can invade the other person wherever they are? Without worrying about detection?
So I passed through the door once again and came back into the room.
However… How many seconds is this?
I suddenly felt afraid. What if the duration is over, and you are passing through the door?
Uh… What happens? Is it stuck in the door? Then… Aren’t you going right after?
It gave me chills and sent goosebumps down my spine.
It’s not going to be like this. I need to test that first.
“Release.”
“Surprise!”
Minhee is surprised when I appear at the door.
“Oh, sorry. You were surprised, right?”
“No… I thought it would come back since it disappeared, but I didn’t know it would come out. But… Didn’t you hear me?”
“Uh. I can’t hear the sound when I use this. That’s a disadvantage.”
“Ah… I see. I was talking so hard to myself for no reason.”
“Why? Were you worried?”
“I’m not worried… I’m afraid I’ll be able to figure it out on my own.”
“Haha. Anyway… Now that I’ve learned the skill, I’m going to take some tests. It might seem boring, so sleep first if you’re tired.”
“Hmm… No. I’ll just watch. I’m not particularly sleepy.”
“Really? Okay then.”
I prepared for the test while seeing Minhee looking at me like that.
I need to know the effect for sure, so I can use it properly tomorrow.
Then… What should I do first?