Chapter 61

Chapter 61: It seems like something is going on #3

The affinity points could only be obtained from people related to the blacklist . In other words, he wouldn’t get anything if he saved people not related to the blacklist .

Tae-hyuk had smashed the Death Circus and saved the lives of hundreds of people, but had only gotten 20 affinity points . In other words, those 20 points represented the number of victims Choi Sung-yeol and Kim Joon-young would’ve killed in the future .

They didn’t kill the participants directly; they only crafted extreme situations to make people kill each other . Most of the victims died at the hands of other participants, which why he didn’t get as much as he hoped after saving a lot of people .

However, this time he was sure . The culprit was an IED, a mass killer on the rampage with bombs .

Tae-hyuk clearly remembered from the blacklist . If he saved the victims of this case then he could gain a lot of affinity points .

Tae-hyuk remembered everything he could about the disaster at Atlantis . He was able to guess the situation to a certain extent because it had been blasted on the news every day . The water in the tanks completely filled up the third underground floor and slowly overflowed, eventually reaching the fourth floor .

Fortunately, it was just recently opened so most of the audience was gathered on the first and second basement floors . If the capacity of the tanks was slightly larger, than the damage would have been several times greater . There were perhaps around 30~40 people here, and he had to get them out as soon as possible .

“Kuoong . ”

But it wasn’t as easy as he thought .

Tae-hyuk found someone hiding in the dining room and tried to persuade him .

“Staying here is dangerous! I know a way out . ”

“There was definitely an announcement to stay where I am!”

‘Damn…’

Tae-hyuk clicked his tongue .

Someone had broadcasted a message that a small problem had occurred and that they were trying to recognize what it was . Therefore, don’t move and remain at your current position .

The one who made the announcement was probably Kim Tae-sung .

‘It turned out like this . ’

Tae-hyuk bit his lip .

When a person received conflicting information, they would always choose the more reliable one . The announcement was more reliable than someone who looked like a gangster . In the end, he wouldn’t be able to save anyone here if they didn’t believe him .

Yoo Ha-yang was probably suffering for the same reason .

‘I need to confront authority with authority . ’

Tae-hyuk headed to the broadcasting room in a corner of the 4B floor . The door lock was firmly locked . Tae-hyuk smiled and muttered,

“I’m sorry, but I have a key to open any lock . ”

Tae-hyuk grabbed his iron pipe with both hands and swung it using all his strength .

Kang!

Iron hit iron and sparks emerged . He was able to confirm that the lock had loosened .

“Um . How about one more time? Well, I will keep going until it works!”

Tae-hyuk took advantage of his centrifugal force to open it . The attack that burst out had great destructive power, thanks to the Violence skill . In less than 10 seconds, the iron lock was shattered and Tae-hyuk was able to enter the broadcasting room . It was an unauthorized intrusion, but Tae-hyuk wasn’t going to worry about such things .

“Isn’t it enough if they don’t notice?”

Tae-hyuk entered the room and looked around .

“It is simple . ”

There were several chairs and machinery for broadcasting . Tae-hyuk could make an announcement . But then he saw a strange device installed on the machine, a recorder connected to a clock that was attached to the timer switch of the broadcast device .

That only meant one thing .

“Crazy…”

Tae-hyuk quickly realized what it was supposed to do . It was the identity of the person who made the announcement .

“Shit . Who installed this?”

Tae-hyuk separated the recorder from the machine and pressed the power button . Then a voice was heard, mixed with some noises .

–This is the management . The park is currently experiencing a small trouble and we are investigating the cause of it . Although it is somewhat noisy now, please wait where you are .

The timer showed that it was broadcast exactly six minutes ago .

“In the end, people died because of this broadcast without even knowing it . ”

Tae-hyuk sighed .

He didn’t like it . There was only one way to counter this . He manipulated the Demon Revealing Mirror at lightning speed to activate Voice Modulation .

[Voice Modulation has been used . ]

-You can imitate the voice of Kim Tae-sung .

‘That bastard Kim Tae-sung…’

The identity behind the voice was Kim Tae-sung, and the timer device attached to the recorder was obviously something used for his IEDs as well .

‘Well, I will be releasing that firecracker soon . ’

Tae-hyuk looked at his body . There were bruises on the area where he had rolled around less than one hour ago . Furthermore, he continuously used the Violence skill . All his muscles would be in hell tomorrow .

Tae-hyuk manipulated the broadcasting device and turned on the power . The practice he had in speaking would be useful .

Tae-hyuk coughed a few times to check that the voice was correct before speaking .

“This is the management . It has been confirmed that the cause of the disturbance is damage to the water tanks . All of the fourth floor will likely be submerged within 20 minutes . Please gather in the central plaza and evacuate in the manner provided by the guide . ”

Tae-hyuk turned off the microphone . Now he no longer needed to argue with people to save them .

He checked the time and there were four minutes remaining . How many people could he save?

He would go to the places that he thought would have people . He could probably save seven or eight people . The only thing left was to see how many Yoo Ha-yang could secure .

“Anyway, let’s get another rise in agility today…!”

Tae-hyuk started running again beyond his limits .

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In the end, Tae-hyuk headed to the central plaza with nine people . Those who listened to the broadcast followed Tae-hyuk obediently . Thus he could gather more people than he previously thought .

Yoo Ha-yang just needed to rescue one person for him to gain enough affinity points to have his plan succeed .

‘Isn’t it almost time?’

Tae-hyuk looked at the floor . Without realizing it, the water was up to his thighs .

Nevertheless, there were still people waiting for the next instructions . The water would gradually rise until they could no longer move . Most people were gathered in the same space so he could rescue nine people in four minutes .

No one sensed any danger as they followed him . Everyone else was quiet so they should do so as well . In addition, there was the broadcast . Even if it seemed a little dangerous, everything would be fine; it was that type of crowd psychology .

Kim Tae-sung used the bomb to exploit that .

A sound emerged from Tae-hyuk’s mouth as soon as he got to the central plaza .

“1-17?”

Yoo Ha-yang brought almost twice his number . Tae-hyuk cut through the people and said to Yoo Ha-yang .

“Noona . How did you collect so many people in four minutes?”

“Huh? It wasn’t four minutes . It was 10 minutes . ”

“So… People followed you before the broadcast?”

Yoo Ha-yang was baffled .

“Ah, that broadcast was Tae-hyuk? But people just followed me because they wanted to go with me . ”

“Eh?”

Tae-hyuk realized that the vast majority of people here were men . Yoo Ha-yang’s looks were pretty enough for her to become a celebrity right now . It was natural for men to not refuse to go with Ha-yang . He couldn’t help laughing . When he thought about it, he had been defeated by beauty .

Tae-hyuk imitated Kim Bum-soo’s voice using Voice Modulation . Then he shouted towards the people gathered .

“All of you were suddenly assembled here so I don’t think you understand the situation . However, this is a very urgent situation . Thank you for your understanding . ”

Then a big man opened his mouth .

“Is this place really flooding?”

“That’s right . The proof is the water on the floor . ”

“Hah . ”

Sighs emerged here and there .

“Isn’t rescue coming?”

“The third underground floor is completely immersed in water . Perhaps the earliest time will be in one hour . However, we will be completely covered in water in 10 minutes . ”

“T-Then we are going to die!”

“There is only one way to escape . It is through the vents in the ceiling . ”

“But if we go to the wrong place and head to the third underground floor then we can’t go back . ”

“That…”

Tae-hyuk paused for a moment, then continued in Kim Bum-soo’s distinctive charismatic voice .

“Fortunately, I know where the blueprints to this place is . I plan to check it for a safe route and then we will escape . ”

“Oh!”

Exclamations popped out . Tae-hyuk took a deep breath .

‘Now give me the points! Don’t make me dizzy waiting!’

Obviously he should get affinity points for the people here . He fiddled with the Demon Revealing Mirror . Then he received the notification message he had been waiting for . Perhaps it was caught in a lag .

[26 affinity points have been acquired . ]

[You can use the affinity points to enhance crime skills or activate hidden attributes . ]

‘T-That’s great!’

Tae-hyuk inwardly cheered . Along with the one point from Oh Soo-ah, he had 27 points .

“Then wait a few minutes and I will bring back the blueprint . ”

He couldn’t use Spying and Forgery with so many eyes on him . Just as Tae-hyuk was about to move, a man asked sharply .

“Ah, I am Yoo Tae-soo . By the way, if there is no time then why didn’t you get the blueprint in advance?”

Tae-hyuk smiled lightly as he replied,

“A few minutes is enough . I don’t think there will be any problems . ”

“I am just wondering if we can all escape within the time limit . If you made a mistake by not getting the blueprint in advance, will you be responsible if someone else dies?”

Yoo Tae-soo felt like an enemy .

“If that situation comes up then I will be the last one to leave . So are there any problems?”

“……”

Yoo Tae-soo closed his mouth .

Tae-hyuk hurriedly moved to a place where he could avoid their eyes .

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He first invested 10 affinity points into buying the new attribute for the Spying skill . Among the items, he selected the ‘Extend Range’ one and there was the sound effect of success .

[A new attribute has been given to the Spying skill . ]

-The area that can be detected has increased .

Now he had 17 points remaining . Tae-hyuk boldly used 15 points to strengthen the Forgery skill .

‘Rapid Production . ’

It was an attribute that increased his production speed .

“This isn’t the salary of a worker… By affinity points fell to two in an instant . ”

Both of them boasted a tremendous performance so they cost a lot of points .

“Now, Spying!”

Tae-hyuk manipulated the Demon Revealing Mirror and activated Spying . At that time, it felt like pain like a hot iron was poking him in every nerve .

“Kuaah… Oof!”

Tae-hyuk hurriedly covered his mouth with both hands to block the scream that escaped . He wasn’t far from the place where everyone was gathered, so he couldn’t show them anything strange . His senses expanded by hundreds of times to cover all of Atlantis .

“W-What is this…?”

His brain was burning from the pain! It seemed as if his body couldn’t withstand the crime skill, but he had to hang in there .

Tae-hyuk gritted his teeth and shoved all the information in his head .

9%…

‘Crazy, it is only 9% done?’

Tae-hyuk watched the progress on the Demon Revealing Mirror . It was 10 seconds of hell . It might be because his stats had already exceeded the limit . His eyes turned bloodshot .

“Ah, I still have a step left!”

Now it was time to draw the blueprint using the Forgery skill . He used trembling fingers to manipulate the Demon Revealing Mirror and activate Forgery .

Then the world was accelerating . Time flowed in milliseconds . Then nanoseconds and so on…

As time flowed thousands of times faster, Tae-hyuk saw a hallucination where everything was broken into pieces . The two minutes felt like eternity .

“Cough…!”

Tae-hyuk puked up something black as soon as it finished . His intestines were clearly damaged, and therefore he knew that the skill he used now wasn’t possible with the body of a Commoner .

At the very least, Noble…

No, he had to be a King in order to use it effortlessly . However, he had used it with a Commoner’s body . And it was a success .

Tae-hyuk looked at the blueprint in front of him . Everything was perfectly contained in a 841mm by 594 mm piece of paper .

With this, they would be able to go anywhere . Everything needed for the escape from Atlantis was prepared .

Tae-hyuk wiped off the blood at his mouth with his sleeve and laughed . He repeated a line of dialogue from a famous artist .

“How is it? Simple, right?”