Chapter 17.

[What do you want?]

I knew Yoo Yeonha would agree . She was the type who couldn’t stand one-sided favors .

Now, I wondered I should ask for .

Asking for money didn’t feel right . It was Yoo Yeonha I was talking about, but she was still a minor . She likely couldn’t freely spend tens of millions of won .

[It’s simple . I need a weapon . ]

After sending her the above message, I sent her the link to Essential Armory’s Desert Eagle .

Yoo Yeonha looked at the link I sent her and looked back up at me . She didn’t seem to have any hostility .

[I think it’s pretty cheap . ]

[…I understand . ]

Great, she agreed .

[Is it possible to get it by tomorrow?]

The quicker it was, the more money I would make . Even if tomorrow was too difficult, I hoped to get it by the end of the week .

[Yes, I’ll take care of it . ]

Surprisingly, she replied without hesitation, even though her parents should still be in charge of guild work . I was impressed by her decisiveness .

“Get back to your seats . ”

The break ended at just the right time, as the old professor resumed class after drinking some water .

**

Wednesday’s theory class ended . And at 3 P . M . , anti-personnel training began .

In a fairly large training field, each cadet met with others they promised to spar . Meanwhile, I looked for the instructor pitifully .

“Hey . ”

A sharp voice stabbed my ear from the back . It had to be calling me . I turned around and instantly froze . Chae Nayun was glaring at me with terrifying eyes .

She asked, “Spar with me . ”

The hostility in her tone bordered on killing intent .

Gulp . I swallowed a mouthful of saliva .

Like the saying, ‘a word causes a debt worth a thousand gold taels,’ I had made a terrifying enemy with a sentence . Indeed, Chae Nayun was too dangerous of a person to have as an enemy . In order to live a peaceful life, I had to mend our relationship even at the cost of kneeling and begging .

But looking at Chae Nayun, I fell in thought . Would she be able to forgive me for my rash insult just because I apologized?

Seeing me silent, Chae Nayun pointed at my gun and spoke .

“Your gun . Take it out . ”

The first training gun broke when I fought the Djinn . This was a new one . I looked down at my holster, then back up at Chae Nayun .

“I don’t want to . ”

“…You scared?”

These two words carried a great echo, causing the eyes on the training field to fall on us .

“Mm…”

How should I act in front of Chae Nayun?

Without a doubt, the ‘incident’ I was clueless about was well known among all cadets . The original Kim Chundong should have known about it too . So if I apologized now, it might seem like an even greater insult .

“No . ”

…Furthermore, it might be better for me to remain a bad guy to Chae Nayun . My first and foremost goal and the reason I worked so hard without resting… was all to kill her older brother within a certain amount of time .

Even if I mended my relationship with Chae Nayun and even became friends, my actions would only leave her with a cruel sense of betrayal and hatred .

“I’m afraid you might get hurt . This thing uses real bullets, you see . ”

Immediately, the weight of the atmosphere changed . Chae Nayun clenched her bow . I could see the amount of force she put in through the veins popping out of her hand .

“I don’t think your bullets will hurt me even if they hit . ”

Chae Nayun forcefully suppressed her anger and retorted with a cold sneer .

My response was simple .

“You won’t get hurt . You’ll die instead . ”

“…Ha, say that again, punk . ”

Chae Nayun approached me up close . She looked like she would explode at any moment . She was technically 165 while I was 174, but she seemed a lot bigger for some reason .

“Really, who do you think you are?”

The atmosphere turned for the worse and more spectators gathered to watch the fight . At that moment…

“Chae Nayun, get back . ”

The instructor stepped in . I breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that she came before it was too late . Chae Nayun turned towards the instructor .

“Why should I?”

“Before he gets a gun for sparring, no one can spar with Kim Hajin cadet . ”

“But I don’t mind . ”

“I mind . ”

“Why—”

“Failure to heed an instructor’s order will be met with disciplinary action . ”

“…”

An instructor’s words were absolute . Chae Nayun clenched her teeth with a wronged look . But in the end, she gave me a final glare before leaving . The spectators also dispersed and went back to their training .

Everything had returned to normal .

“Take your gun out . ”

The instructor spoke as she wrapped her hands in bandages . Her name… Park Hyun-Ah, was it? I asked the instructor .

“Does a gun for sparring even exist?”

“How the hell would I know?”

Crack, crack . The instructor cracked her knuckles and neck in front of me .

“Now, come . ”

Then with a smile, she gestured with her finger .

This person… Did she enjoy this?

**

Thursday was the hunting club’s orientation . But since cadets weren’t required to go to orientations, I decided to skip it for this week . It was partly to avoid Chae Nayun, but the main reason was to test out the weapon I would receive as quickly as possible .

“Ah, I can’t wait . ”

I was currently at Angel Box, a coffee shop near Seoul . I was waiting for an item at this place . For the record, cadets were able to use Portals 5~6 times a month as long as they filled out a form .

Time passed by . 5:29:55… 5:29:56… 5:30:00 .

At exactly the promised time, the shop’s door opened .

A man in a black suit and sunglasses walked in with a suitcase . After looking around for a moment, his eyes met mine . I waved my hand happily . The man’s expression didn’t change . Striding with his long legs, he walked up to me .

“Kim Hajin-ssi?”

“Yes, that’s me . ”

I felt like I knew who this man was . Only one person popped up in my head when I thought about Yoo Yeonha’s attendant – Jin Sechan .

The man presumed to be Jin Sechan placed the suitcase on the table without sitting down .

“Here’s the item . Please take a look . ”

“Are you in a hurry? You can sit . ”

I pointed at the chair in front of me . Before I received this item, I wanted to do a quick test .

“…Hm . ”

He sat down without complaint .

I took out the laptop I bought from my bag . Yesterday, I made some changes to this laptop . Right, I could use the laptop to modify the laptop itself .

“Are you doing something?”

“What do you mean?”

The man tilted his head .

“Why are you tapping on air?”

“…You can’t see this?”

I lifted up my laptop .

“…”

He looked at me as if I was crazy .

I see, I had a bit of a suspicion, but it seemed I was right . Only I could see this laptop .

“Haha, I’m kidding . ”

That was fine with me .

I turned the laptop on . The additional setting I put into my laptop was this .

[When Kim Hajin is within 50m of a target with an altered setting, the content and summary of the change will be sent to Kim Hajin’s laptop . ]

[*Does not work on targets past a certain level of importance . ]

The reason I added this setting was because I thought it would be more efficient if I was told about a change through an objective medium rather than having to notice it and then being told by the co-author .

Either because the co-author didn’t care or because he encouraged the modification I made, I only had to pay 200 SP .

[A change in setting has been detected . ]

And currently, there was an alert in the laptop as expected .

[Jin Sechan – His feelings for Yoo Yeonha has been deepened . ]

I didn’t mind this change .

“Anyways, I’ll take a look now . ”

I opened the suitcase .

Click . Click .

With an elegant sound, the case opened . A brilliant light erupted from the inside .

“…Wow . ”

Sitting on top of a fancy red velvet was a platinum handgun and a magazine . It was even more beautiful than what I saw in the picture .

“As promised, it’s the Desert Eagle with full attachments and a 60-round magazine of pinnacle grade magic bullets . ”

“Thank you . You can go now . ”

I no longer cared about Jin Sechan . Using my laptop, I checked my new weapon’s setting .

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[Desert Eagle]

[High rank] [Metal attribute]

A masterpiece handgun . Contains several added effects .

「Attack Power Amplification – 1/10」

「Low rank Weight Reduction Magic」

「Intermediate rank Recoil Control Magic」

===

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[Magic Bullet]

[Pinnacle grade] [Null attribute]

. 44 Macon steel mana bullet with condensed high-purity mana .

「Attack Power – 4/10」

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I felt much better being able to read their descriptions .

Without having to modify the gun or the bullet, I felt like I could easily kill a low-intermediate rank monster . I should also be able to take Aether from the devil’s nest in Suwon .

“Then I’ll be going . ”

“Ah, yes, take care . ”

After sending Jin Sechan off, I checked the amount of SP I had left .

250 .

Now, how should I spend this?

**

After leaving the coffee shop, Jin Sechan contacted Yoo Yeonha . She asked as soon as she picked up the call .

—Did you deliver the item?

“Yes . ”

—Was there anything special about him?

“That’s…”

There wasn’t anything “special”, but there was something he found strange . No matter how much he thought about it, the man’s demeanor wasn’t what a 17 year old should have . Not to mention, it was almost as if he knew who Jin Sechan was…

—Yes?

“…No . There wasn’t anything special in particular . ”

But he couldn’t come to a decision with just that short exchange . After all, he was Cube’s cadet . Even Yoo Yeonha had an air of dignity and elegance that didn’t suit her age .

—Yes, I understand . Thank you for your work, Sechan-ssi .

“My pleasure . ”

With that, the call ended .

Though he wanted to talk a little longer, he decided to be content .

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