Chapter 441 – 441. Mercury 2
When I returned to Minhee’s office, everyone was gathered.
I think maybe I disappeared in a hurry and Minhee gathered everyone. She is a woman who definitely understands the situation.
“What’s going on?”
“They’re suspicious. Don’t worry, I’ll solve it. But…”
Okay. I know all about their skills because I have seen the memories of a third-generation chaebol before.
One has stun, invisibility, flight, reflection, detection, area skill nullification, shield, and emotion.
The other one has super strength, flight, invisibility, lightning fist, reflection, charm, detection, and marionette.
These guys have a lot of skills that bother me. Especially emotions and marionettes. These two are quite annoying.
These are skills that you can roughly predict, but whose effects you don’t know at all. These are skills that we have no idea how they will be used.
So you shouldn’t clash with them. You have to catch it as secretly as possible.
Anyway, as long as you don’t have a zone where you can’t use the skill, right? Because that’s my weakest skill right now.
“First, you guys should know. There are some suspicious guys about 500 meters from here. There are ten of them. Two of them have eight skills.”
Those gathered are surprised by my words.
I said it was you guys, but in the end it was just like what I said to Dohyun.
Uh. I still can’t remember their names, but there are two women and one man, and Yejun is no help.
If you get stuck with guys like that, you’ll die or retire in an instant.
So I gave them air guns.
Anyway, since I stole a lot from Daeho in the past, I hand over a lot of ammunition and gas fillers and tell Minhee and Dohyeon.
“They don’t phase out, and they don’t have blinks, so they won’t die instantly. I won’t let them even come here, just in case, but don’t neglect detection.”
“Okay.”
“Yes.”
“And Yejun you.”
“Yes.”
The guy looking at me with bright eyes.
Okay. In that guy’s eyes, I’ll look like a great person. Still, those eyes are burdensome.
Besides, I don’t like looking at men like that anymore.
“Gather everyone together right now. Where can we gather them all in one place? Last time, at the restaurant? We all gathered in one place then too, right?”
“Yes. It’s possible there.”
“Then go and tell me right now. Ah, you three go and join Yejun. Tell everyone to go to the restaurant within 30 minutes. There are no exceptions. If you are outside the restaurant after 30 minutes, no matter what reason you give, I will just kill you, so tell them to go no matter what. Go. Go and tell it.”
Yejun, two women, and one man take my instructions and leave.
“What were the names of those two women and that man?”
“The one who just tied her hair back is Kyung-ah. The one with short hair is Jeong-min. The boy is Yong-hoon.”
“Oh. It’s really hard to remember the names. Gyeong-ah. Jeong-min. Yong-hoon. Okay. And… Do-hyeon.”
“Yes?”
“You go and bring your brother here.”
“Uh… Ha-eun?”
“Okay. Instead of sending them to the restaurant, tell them to come this way. Next to Minhee.”
“I understand.”
Do-hyeon leaves right away. When he leaves, Minhee looks at me and smiles.
“And he’s strangely kind in that way.”
“Are you going to care about your little brother and show your strength properly? And… Aren’t you being kind? If something really happens, I’ll just take the three of you and run away.”
“You don’t have to be so mean. Seeing things like this makes you childish.”
Then he grabs both my cheeks and kisses me lightly.
Sheesh. I’m serious. They create good people as they please.
Anyway, Do-hyeon brings Ha-eun, and through detection, he confirms that people are flocking into the restaurant.
Now it’s time to remove the weeds.
“Minhee.”
“Yes.”
“When I go out, I periodically spray area skill nullification. It doesn’t matter if I’m not skilled at it. I always use nullification thinking that something will pop out when I use it. That’s not just for today, but I have to keep thinking that way in the future as well.”
“Is that why? Phase out?”
“Uh. There are only ten people in sight, but there is no way that one of the ones I brought has a phase out. If not, that means they are assholes.”
“Refrain from swearing in front of children.”
“Phew. When you say it like that, you sound like a mother.”
When I said that, Minhee had a slightly complicated expression.
I don’t think it looks unpleasant, but what is it? Did you touch something?
“Anyway! If you tell me to restrain myself, then restrain myself!”
“Okay. I’ll go out then. Please take care of Minhee.”
“Okay!”
It’s funny to say this to a 16-year-old, but… Well, you’re all grown up when you’re 16.
Normally, someone of that age can become a legendary hero, right?
Because I’m just at the age of my second year of middle school. Ah. Is he a third year of middle school? Whatever it is.
When I returned the detection, the signs in the distance were still the same.
Are you not rushing in? There is a cautious side. Actually, they must be very nervous because of what I did.
Because there was a transmitter, this place could have been identified, but when that 3rd generation chaebol died, the transmitter would have disappeared along with it.
And they will know. It’s already too late.
But you can’t just give up and move on. I guess I’ll try as hard as I can.
Watching the net like that means there is an intention to eventually infiltrate… If it hasn’t arrived yet, it means you’re waiting for something, right?
It’s my job to find out what it is first.
I think there are two things. The guy who infiltrated through Phase Out brings information.
Or that they are the advance force and search team and the main force is coming.
Ruler… Now I have to catch any loaches that may have come in.
First, take a look at the building where Minhee is located.
With detection turned on, carefully spray wide-area skill nullification and look around the building.
Once it is confirmed that it is not there, use Phase Out to immediately check beyond the wall or outside.
It can move up and down, so check that too.
It’s a really cumbersome skill. It was good when I wrote it. It sucks when you get beat up.
If you think about this, Phase Out’s penetration is really a scam.
Of course… Although I believed that, I got bullied on a cruise ship.
Anyway, I searched the entire building, but not a single person was found.
Hmm… That’s strange. Is it really not there? Are these guys really assholes?
What… Even if these guys are assholes and don’t really exist, we have to do it. Only then will you feel at ease.
Outside this time. After 30 minutes, all the castle residents have gone to the restaurant, so there should be no one here.
You never know when a presence may appear, so always maintain detection and continue to spray nullification around you.
Something might pop out. You really don’t have any? Is it just a matter of checking with binoculars?
No matter how much our country is full of sloppy people… Still, I didn’t know it would be this much of a mess.
No. If those Lete guys had continued to do business with Japan, wouldn’t they have heard what they said about whether they were absolute powerhouses or fools?
Then you should have more information. Good skills. Effects on skills.
Since you probably know these things to some extent, you should know how to use them in the right place.
While grumbling like that, I kept checking the inside of the castle, and suddenly a presence appeared and immediately disappeared.
There it is!
I immediately blinked and went up to the sky where the sign was and sprayed a wide-area skill nullification.
A guy who shows himself. And then sleep right away.
Also. There’s no way it doesn’t exist. This guy probably tried to refill because the duration had expired.
You idiot. I thought you wouldn’t notice if I used it for a while and then phased out again, right?
At that time, another sign appeared and then disappeared.
What do you want? There was one more guy. Blink and invalidation. Sleep. Another guy fell, and I immediately opened the gate to the office.
“Minhee. Make this guy faint!”
After throwing the guy and shouting, he goes towards the guy he put to sleep earlier and immediately opens the gate and throws it again.
“This guy too!”
And closed the gate.
Two guys. Judging from the similar timing, it seems like they came in using their skills at the same time.
Is this all there is? The castle is not a very large place, so I think two people would be enough.
Still, I keep exploring until the end. You can’t end it here just because you caught two people who already started it.
After checking all areas of the castle, I entered the restaurant.
People eating and people sitting on one side after finishing their meal.
And Yejun, who is leading those residents… Uh. Therefore. Okay. Kyungah. With Kyungah… Jeongmin!
And that guy… Eww… Eww. Okay! Yonghun!
Okay. I remembered. Hehe. I memorized the name again like this.
Anyway, the residents are obediently following their control without much complaint.
Looking at things like that, it seems like he’s doing well normally.
Well, since the original castle was such a mess, it would have made a big difference if she had been a little nicer.
“Everyone pay attention!”
People eating, people sitting on one side, four people leading.
Everyone is surprised to see me suddenly appearing and shouting.
“From now on, if someone suddenly appears around you, immediately shout ‘here’ loudly and point at that guy! I’m coming right away!”
At the same time, area skill nullification was evenly distributed throughout the restaurant.
We’ve already found two, but there’s no guarantee there won’t be more.
As the spray is being sprayed, a murmur suddenly arises, and a man and a woman shout, ‘Here!’ With some time difference.
Blink into the air right there, and you can see a man and a woman pointing at a man.
And then he disappeared right away, and I immediately sprayed nullification.
It affected me and all the buffs were turned off, but the guy who had just phased out also showed up and got caught in my sleep.
The guy who falls down. I immediately rolled on the ground and used Reflect and Fly, and used Nullify again where I hadn’t sprayed it yet.
This time, I heard several voices shouting ‘Here!’ And I immediately blinked.
Powok
Like the guy from before, this guy tried to phase out again, but a young male villager kicked him in the head.
An intruder who goes crazy and rolls around without being able to use his skills. I immediately put sleep on him, and he fell down.
“Oh. Nice. You’re quite agile, aren’t you?”
“Uh… It was okay to hit this guy, right?”
“Of course.”
So I checked everything inside the restaurant. I think this guy is probably the last person.
Ah. Is there a way to know for sure? That’s stupid. I wish I had caught the first one and read his memory right away.
After opening the gate, I grabbed the guy who had just fallen and threw him in.
And he throws the third one he caught into the gate.
“You there. What is your skill?”
The man who prevented the phase out by kicking the fourth guy. The man says in confusion.
“Me… Me? Creating cigarettes…”
“Ugh. You get on the gate too.”
“Yes!?”
“Ah. If you want to get in, get in. There’s no time.”
A man going straight through the gate.
I told Yejun, Kyungah, Jeongmin, and Yonghoon to stop people from leaving the restaurant yet and then went through the gate.
Then close the gate and immediately grab someone and read their memory.
I read my memories with keywords like intrusion, infiltration, and reconnaissance, searching through the last memories first. Ah. Came out oh. Okay. There were four people who scouted through Phase Out.
As expected, there are four of them. I should have started reading memories a long time ago. Let’s see. The faces… This guy, that guy, and this guy. Okay, that’s right.
Now that we have confirmed that we have caught all the scouts, let’s check their full information.
Skills, total number of people, whether there are latecomers, overall level…
The most important thing is whether there is a zone where the skill cannot be used.
Luckily there isn’t. It’s okay if you don’t have it. That’s it then. I extracted everything I could from these guys.
“Courageous cigarette creation there. What’s the name?”
“Um… Me? My name is Oh Hyeon-min.”
“How many coins do you have?”
“Uh… 2,300…”
“Ah. That’s it. That means there isn’t one. Come here. It’s a gift to someone with courage. If it’s not 500 coins, does that mean you’ve killed someone before?”
A man who now looks to be in his early 30s.
Although I am very scared, I am filled with a strange sense of anticipation as I see what I am doing.
But when I asked my question, his expression turned sour again. But. You probably don’t understand this situation.
“Now. This is a golden opportunity. To create a cigarette… Well, you can’t help it since you made that choice, but the courageous act just now has opened up the opportunity to choose. If you kill these guys, you can eat the coins that come out. And I will give it to you. How about having them learn invisibility and then turn them into defense personnel?”
A man who thinks about my words for a moment. Then he answered with a stern expression.
“I will.”
“Okay, that’s a good idea. Here, take it.”
I held out the machete and everything went smoothly from there.
A man who caught three guys and earned over 200,000 coins.
After learning invisibility and using it for the first time, it reappears and the area around the eyes becomes moist.
Well, you must have had a hard time. And now you can live the rest of your life a little differently.
I dealt with the remaining one myself, got 40,000 coins, and then approached Minhee.
“That’s it. That person is also used as a defense personnel. Well… He can’t do anything with just being invisible yet.”
“I understand.”
“Now I’m going to go deal with the rest. Send this man away and tell everyone to stay out of the restaurant until I get back.”
“I don’t think anything will happen to you, but still be careful.”
“Of course. Then I’ll come back.”
Immediately use Phase Out and leave the office.
Now that I have gained more information than before, I have to go finish off those clumsy peepers.
