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Chapter 183




Chapter 183

11:21 PM.
Yudahi staggered out of the bar. It had been so long since he’d had a drink that his tolerance for alcohol had waned. He’d only had three beers, and his face was burning.
Luckily, it wasn’t anything that made me sick to my stomach.
In fact, it felt good to be sober.
“Hehehe. Happy….”
Alcohol is a magical drink. It multiplies joy and soothes sorrow. But Liu Dahui could not find it when she was in pain. When he returned from playing, he would fall asleep like a faint.
Alcohol is expensive, after all.
“Look how much I just spent.
40,000? 50,000? That’s how much I paid for a light drink alone. The price of alcohol, cigarettes, and other staple items was murderous.
Overspending that would have been unthinkable just a month ago.
But it was a bleed we could handle for now.
“Hehe. That’s so nice. I’m glad you found it.”
I was dragged into a warehouse and nearly killed.
I almost hate my dad for giving me a name full of death flags….
“Anyway, it’s all good now!
From what I’ve seen so far, Dustborn is a decent company.
For starters, the work is intense. I’ve heard of clerks being held and rolled by Ekidna, and operatives are no different. Even when they’re not in the field, they train hard every day.
But the hard work pays off.
‘You even gave a down payment to one of your trainees.’
It was an apology for a rough first meeting. He wasn’t lying when he said he would support her. A lesser personality might have gotten his pride hurt, but not Yoo Dahui.
I know how frustrating it is to be broke.
“Hee hee, you’re sticking to me like a lead balloon. I’ll try harder too….”
Today’s drinking was the last straw. After the holidays, I’m going to train even harder. Honestly, I can’t imagine the real thing yet, and I don’t want to experience it.
For now, let’s focus on what’s right in front of us.
To keep up with the toe of motivation that grows every day.
In a drunken stupor, I made up my mind.
“Ouch, this…nasty…pinch.”
“Crawl all the way to …… and puke and fuck….”
A street bathed in the cold glow of neon signs.
I heard the sound of horses on the relatively unlit trail.
“But this woman, don’t you recognize her from somewhere?”
“Well, I’ve gotten my ass kicked for this before.”
“If you’re going to get drunk, you might as well get drunk nicely…. Oh, you’ve got some cash.”
I didn’t even have to look inside to figure it out. Drunks spilled out into the alleyways and got tangled up with thugs. If it was common in Kilikia, it was common.
It’s a city with a huge divide between rich and poor. Even though felons are severely punished, petty crimes cannot be eradicated. There are many blind spots in the CCTV system, and crime is a daily occurrence in unpopulated alleyways.
For example, the light and darkness of a city.
Obviously, bullies can’t just walk down the street and beat people up. If citizens watch out for themselves, they can avoid entanglement. It’s in their best interest to stay out of each other’s way.
“I should turn around and leave without being seen.
They’ll be happy with the right amount and leave. Lately, they’ve been scared to death of the riot police, so getting involved will only lead to shit.
Yudahi’s situation has improved.
It wasn’t enough to give me a sense of justice.
“Phew. That was a nice warm-up and then it got cold….”
I was about to turn around.
“Yikes, yikes, yikes…!”
An agonized groan mingled with the night air. Then there was a small thud, then an impact. It was drowned out by the music from a nearby tavern, but it was a noise separate from the kick of the drums.
And then, it was quiet.
As if nothing had happened.
Or that there’s no one left in the alley.
‘……what?
Any remaining drunkenness fled. Yudahi swallowed hard. Even if she hadn’t witnessed it, she was sure something bad had happened.
It was an intuition that had nothing to do with spells and everything to do with experience. A constitution, so to speak. Yudahi was the kind of person who would wander aimlessly through the streets and encounter incidents and accidents.
The more data we have, the faster we can make decisions.
To put it bluntly, she was the opposite of Kim Yi-hyun. Unlike Kim, who takes the initiative, Yoo Da-hee lets events come to her. She was always in a passive position.
I didn’t realize that’s how it was spelled.
“Let’s just check it out.
Yudahi clung to the wall of the alleyway. Her body was invisible from the inside of the alleyway. It was like playing a third-person FPS game, hiding in cover and exploring the outside world.
I felt my forehead slap together, and my mind slipped away. My vision widened, and I could see the back of Yoo Dahui’s head. As I turned my gaze away, I saw a figure in the path.
The ominous foreboding was spot on.
“Hee hee…!
There were three of them. Two of them are dangling, their stomachs pierced by bright red spikes. Their limbs hang limp and limp, as if they’ve fainted or died.
Blood runs down the floor.
I was able to figure it out from a short scene.
This was no ordinary crime scene.
“What is that, a parasite?
Reddish scales covering its entire body. Three tentacles grow into a tail. Even its face is covered in blood-colored mucous membranes, obscuring its features. Only its physique suggests it is female.
‘Oh, I have to run. No, can I leave that alone?’
A monster she’s never seen before. A form of violence that’s not your average punching bag. It was different from the common sense events that Yoo Dahui had experienced so far.
In the midst of the chaos, time flew by.
The spell’s duration has ended.
The fallen spirit was dragged back into the body.
“Mr. President. The boss’s number is….”
Yoo Dahui quickly pulled out the phone she had just opened. It was easy enough to find her contacts, as the list was empty. Just as she was about to connect the call, her body stiffened.
Jumbuck.
A monster walked out of the street.
“Die.
This time, you die for real.
For the tenth time in my life, I had a premonition of death.
-Turp!
A silhouette flies out of nowhere like a shell, slamming into the creature. It was knocked back into the alley. In-young’s blue-gray hair fluttered as she disappeared with the monster.
That wasn’t all.
“Why are you here?”
“Sah, sahsaniyyim…!”
Kim Yi-hyun approached, his face as dour as ever, and he clicked his tongue irritably at the attention he was getting. It wasn’t a busy street, but there were some stares.
“Well, that’s good. I need you to lead the evacuation.”
“Ouch, are you going to fight that or that?”
“I have to. I can’t leave it unattended.”
Yoo Da-hee had just tried to call Kim Yi-hyun. She hadn’t yet seen him in combat or watched the video of the operation.
Naturally, this is what Yoo Dahui was thinking.
Kim is a commander. Of course, he might use his body more than a professor who isn’t directly involved in combat. But he’ll probably leave it to his agents.
“That’s the way the game is supposed to be.
Common sense dictates that a commoner who’s only drifted a few years ahead of you is fighting on the front lines. They can’t be as efficient as high-ranking agents.
The two drifters differed in perspective.
Kim sees herself as a commander and an agent, but not as Yoo Da-hee. That’s why she doesn’t feel inferior to her peer Leone. Her values are still in the game.
That was the decisive difference.
“Tell me when they get there.”
Kim Yi-hyun left Yoo Da-hee behind and entered the clearing. Two men lay on the ground. They were bleeding profusely but still breathing. Luckily, they didn’t seem to be dead.
“I didn’t know there would be victims.
Clara Silvas, a professional player in the second division.
The police department’s quarantine team measured the level of contamination by themselves, but they were unable to diagnose the infection. However, the situation was so obvious that when we watched it, it happened quickly.
Unless the operation or device is faulty.
There is only one conclusion to be drawn.
“What a surprise, an adaptor pops up.
Born from an egg, a parasite is a congenitally complete organism. This one, on the other hand, is an acquired adaptation to the mutation. It’s a very rare case, and its symptoms are unusual.
‘You’ve suddenly changed without even going through the crystallization phase?’
We don’t know exactly what caused it, but it’s an unusual infection. I’d like to capture him alive and take him to the lab, but I don’t know if that will happen.
The first thing to do is to take it down.
“Edwin. You’re not dead, are you?”
“A punctured lung, yes.”
“Sounds like you’re good to go.”
Edwin had done it, and Clara’s head was pinned to the wall. When she pulled her head out, a grotesque figure came into view.
A face covered in mucous membranes as if it were a mask. A crack appeared in its flat face with no distinguishing features. The one eye that appeared as the wrinkles widened stared at Kim and Edwin.
“When we’re done, I’ll go get a late-night snack, and you’re on your own.”
“Ekidna will do it. Watch out for vandalism if you don’t want to be nagged.”
A particularly cramped battlefield. I can’t even take it out to the street because I don’t want to be seen. It’s hard to take out your favorite [signature] when processing a completion.
This time, instead of a weapon, I chose an accessory.
A U-shaped iron bar with a handle in the center.
It’s called a tuning fork.
It’s definitely shabby compared to processing eggs.
Because I was utilizing all the weird stuff at the time.
But that doesn’t mean it’s not enough.
“Let’s get to work.”
On cue, Edwin lunged forward. His massive frame filled the path, leaving no time to dodge. A bloody tail slammed into his thighs and abdomen, but he didn’t stop advancing.
You’re left with one tail.
Just as he gets close, a scorpion-like tail swoops down from above. Edwin may have monstrous regenerative powers, but his brain is dangerous.
Quack!
Edwin tilted his head, and the tail dug into his collarbone. He could have dodged it, could have caught it, if he wanted to avoid it entirely, but he didn’t.
To make sure it sticks.
‘It’s not a waste of money after all.
Kim approached Clara, grateful for their meeting in Banzar. She was defenseless, and he drove the bar straight into her eye. He then released the handle and struck her lightly at the base.
A violent sonic boom rumbled through Clara’s body.
[Tuning Shock]. In-game, a secondary piece of equipment that inflicts 7 seconds of confusion on the surrounding area when used. It’s a 5-star piece of equipment that can be used in a variety of ways, such as to disorient allies and reduce the cooldown of your skills.
“If I put it in your head, it won’t last seven seconds.
It’s great for ‘subduing’.
As expected, Clara’s body collapsed without a moment’s resistance. A sonic bomb had been detonated inside her skull. Even if it was a parasite, she would be out for a while.
Soon after.
Kim saw something unexpected.
A fallen Clara doesn’t always get back up.
It just didn’t feel right.
“Huh, this is an interesting one.”
A completely transformed Parasite has returned to human form.
Surviving Mangem as a 1-Star – Chapter 184 (of 184/223)