Chapter 316

Editor: Tide

Proofreader:Hydragea

Japan (4)

“Can I come out?”

While I was looking at the question window for any changes, Kirkiri’s face appeared on the hologram .

I allowed her .

“Tada-an!” Kirikiri popped out as usual . I had become used to it since she kept appearing in the same manner .

“What are you doing?”

“I need to ask you something . ”

I could predict her question . More likely than not, her question was about the chaos happening in Japan .

“Why is Yong-yong so strong?”

Kirikiri’s question was a little unexpected . She seemed to be more curious about Yong-yong rather than the mess in Japan .

Why was Yong-yong so strong?

What kind of question was that? Yong-yong was always strong .

From the moment he was born, I nurtured him: from his diet to his living environment and language, I taught him everything myself .

Fortunately, unlike Hochi, Yong-yong had a burning desire to rise or win . I enjoyed teaching him, and he had exceptional talent . I was unsure if the talent was due to his characteristics as a dragon or whether Yong-yong himself was a prodigy . But if not either of those, then it was thanks to my superior teachings .

It was challenging to figure out if he was strong because I raised him as my son or strong because I taught him . At the age of two, his powers were on par with Hochi’s, and soon, Yong-yong even surpassed him .

The 61st floor followers were hard to compare to Yong-yong, and the Old Man and Grandma were far superior .

By the age of five or six, as I made the 60th floor independent of the Tutorial, I made him a room independent of my area . Considering that Yong-yong’s room was not just a ‘room,’ but a massive space the size of a dimension, it was hard to guess how fast he’d continue to grow .

Of course, Yong-yong’s growth was completely different due to how the time flowed in that dimension . But even considering that, it was surprisingly fast .

“Yong-yong was always strong . ”

“Uh… is he stronger than you?”

What is she talking about?

I flicked Kirikiri’s forehead .

“Ahhh!” Kirikiri rolled on the floor, holding her forehead .

“What a crybaby . ”

“I’m not a crybaby . It hurts!”

I had hit her intending to inflict pain, but I hadn’t expected her to get this hurt . The area on her forehead had turned red, which came as a surprise .

It was interesting .

How many more hits can I get in until she notices?

“Heng, Ho-jae hit me,” Kirikiri mumbled with tears in her eyes .

Rather than being sorry at the sight of her, I got annoyed .

“Don’t call me that . ”

(T/N: She pronounced his name like: Hou-woo jae-aeee)

“Heng, my heart . ”

At this moment, I seriously thought about hitting her again . Unfortunately, I decided to save it for next time .

It would be complicated if Kirikiri found out that I was hitting her not as a joke but as an experiment .

I changed the subject . “But why are you suddenly asking about Yong-yong?”

“Why, all of a sudden? That’s because Yong-yong is beating up three Rulers over there . ” Kirikiri told me that Yong-yong was not just fighting, but that he was unilaterally crushing the Rulers .

Fortunately, Yong-yong seemed to be doing well . I was relieved . I wanted to do well on my own, but my anxieties had been holding me back .

“They look stronger compared to the Ruler Ho-jae fought in Antarctica . Are you sure Yong-yong isn’t stronger?”

Now was the chance . I flicked Kirikiri’s defenseless forehead .

“Agh!”

I felt a righteous feeling . She let out another cry .

“Wuuu… Ho-jae keeps hitting me . ”

“You deserved it,” Seregia, who happened to be inside the temple, said .

Kirikiri, who was making a sad face, shouted at Seregia, “Seregia is always so mean!”

Seregia shrugged and took a chocolate pie out of her pocket . I wondered where she had come from, and it seemed like she went to the flat and brought snacks .

Seregia tore the wrapping paper of the chocolate pie and gave it to Kirikiri .

And…

“Do you want one?”

Her speech became informal . It was a significant change of attitude . Far from being offended, Kirikiri reached out her hand excitedly .

“Give it to me!”

“No . ”

Seregia took a bite of the chocolate pie in her hand, passed Kirikiri, and sat down in the corner . Kirikiri sat on the floor blankly and looked at Seregia, whose mouth moved to chew .

Kirkiri shouted again, “You’re so mean!”

* * *

Thanks to Seregia, who had diverted Kirkiri’s attention, I could complete the experiment without any doubt, but I decided to stop the experiment there . It was dangerous in many ways to keep pushing Kirikiri .

Instead, I decided to ask Kirikiri one question .

“Yes, yes, what is it?”

Perhaps thanks to taking away a snack from Seregia and giving it to Kirikiri, Kirikiri’s face was in full bloom . It was good because she was very simple .

“There’s a god who needs information . ”

“Some rookies cannot be told much information . ”

“God of Remorse . ”

Kirikiri replied, “The God of Remorse can only be given a limited amount of information . ”

Information restrictions were said to be at stake .

“What kind of information restriction is that?”

I was no longer a challenger of the Tutorial, but I still had to restrict myself in giving away information? I didn’t need such information restrictions .

“It’s the same information restriction you had on the 60th floor . ”

Damn it .

Again, restricting information through triggers was not a system for the Awakened of the Tutorial .

“What was the trigger?”

“Remorse . ”

I didn’t want to think about it .

Kirikiri looked at me, clicking her tongue, and said, “It’s because of the source from the 35th floor, right?”

Right .

On the 35th floor, the God of Remorse presented me with a source, and as a result, I was disadvantaged in the Hundred Gods Temple .

The source was not very helpful to me at the time, but it helped me quickly get used to the power of source and faith .

It was used to hide information from Lee Yeon-hee on the 60th floor .

“I recommend you not to care . The God of Remorse must have given you the source for some strange reason you didn’t expect . ”

“I wonder what that strange reason was . ”

“I don’t know much about that . ”

I felt uncomfortable . If you get help for no reason from others, you would feel uncomfortable, especially if it included sacrifice .

I was also anxious .

“As I explained before, the God of Remorse is someone who always regrets . He’s the god who always makes mistakes . Maybe one of the many regrets was what gave you the source . ”

I could have just thought that and let it pass .

It was a stroke of luck . I thought so .

The problem was the status of the God of Remorse .

I heard that he always caused trouble and made mistakes, which made me think that he was nothing more than a stupid god . However, he had gained divinity, and he had maintained his status . Above all, the God of Remorse was related to time .

When some gods tried to break through the 60th floor through force, the God of Remorse made it the furthest .

I couldn’t just let it go .

“I’m sorry, but there’s nothing else I can tell you . Perhaps it would be faster to meet the God of Remorse and ask him in person . ”

* * *

Once again, the light flashed . Flashes spread out in all directions . Hochi, who had seen it from afar, clicked his tongue .

“This guy… what a madman . ” Hochi couldn’t help but swear .

Lee Joon-suk’s ability was a power that he couldn’t try to control . He was just a tad bit away from being a real nutcase .

Hochi had made a prediction when Lee Joon-suk asked to protect people or ask for help . Lee Joon-suk’s ability seemed to be specialized in wide-area attacks . Hochi’s guess was not wrong .

Lee Joon-suk’s attacks were all wide-area attacks . But there was a problem; the attack affected not only allies but also Lee Joon-suk himself .

“That crazy guy . ”

Hochi used his power on Lee Joon-suk, who was far away, while repeatedly swearing .

“Life sharing . ”

Now, it was challenging to assist Lee Joon-suk with simple healing skills . Lee Joon-suk was using his abilities recklessly as if he were going to die here .

“How much had he stacked up?”

Frustration

That is the state Lee Joon-suk was in .

Once he began to use his abilities, Lee Joon-suk was completely blinded .

Hochi was able to fully predict what Lee Joon-suk would have done to get that ability .

Of course, he grew up in the Tutorial where he could be healed . However, it was impossible to grow to this level and get out with a normal mindset .

It was possible only when he was as crazy as Lee Ho-jae . That meant he had to reach a level of stupidity that shouldn’t be acceptable . So Hochi could understand .

After a rough experience, he got this kind of power, but he couldn’t even use it properly .

He was so frustrated . However, if he used it carelessly, the surrounding area and people would be burned to ashes, and Lee Joon-suk himself would also be in danger .

Once used, everything around him would fly away, so no one could help him .

-Gwaaah… . !

The giant tentacle monster was still breathing . The water in the lake had evaporated, and ashes were the only thing that remained in place of the surrounding forest . All the monsters and the plants that had popped out of the forest were gone . But the monster was still holding out, swinging his tentacles at Lee Joon-suk .

The monster looked almost pathetic . Hochi felt sorry seeing Lee Joon-suk barely escape the tentacles . Frankly speaking, Hochi was rooting for the monster .

He wanted Lee Joon-suk to get beaten and knocked out by the monster . The monster was strong, so they could have waited until Yong-yong came, but Lee Joon-suk was attacking the monster without rest .

Every time Lee Joon-suk attacked, Hochi had to protect him, and it became a bother .

-Yaaargh!

Then, the monster’s body split wide open . It seemed like blood was going to shoot up, but it didn’t .

Lee Joon-suk flew away quickly to the monster’s open wound .

“Hey! Lee Joon-suk, this is good! Finish it quickly!” Hochi changed his position as soon as the monster was fatally wounded and cheered for Lee Joon-suk .

Lee Joon-suk dug deep into the monster’s body through the monster’s open wound and then used his blinding power again .

“…Wow, he genuinely is a madman . ”

This time, the blazing light did not spread out in all directions . It stayed entirely in the monster’s body, ending the monster .

The problem was that Lee Joon-suk himself was on the monster’s body .

Hochi quickly teleported Lee Joon-suk to him . Lee Joon-suk had such a questionable appearance that Hochi didn’t know if he was looking at a human or charcoal soot .

“Oh, he’s alive . . ”

“…Thank you, Hyung . ”

Meanwhile, Lee Joon-suk expressed his gratitude . Hochi took out a bottle of potion from the subspace and fed it to Lee Joon-suk .

He was tired of using his abilities .

Lee Joon-suk again thanked him and asked Hochi, “Where is this potion from?”

Hochi answered as if it were nothing .

“Ho-jae had piled up many of these in his subspace, so don’t mind it . ”

“Yes . . ? Potions are only there in the Tutorial . ”

“Oh, that . Ho-jae can use the subspace regardless of the Tutorial . ”

Lee Joon-suk looked like he didn’t understand . Lee Joon-suk, who had been confused for a while, asked Hochi again . “…Is my item in that space, too? I gave Ho-jae Hyung all my items when I left . ”

“It probably is . Maybe if you look it up . ”

“Really? If you have that item… all I need is that item!”

Lee Joon-suk repeatedly said that he could use his abilities without risk using this item, looking a little distracted .

‘I would have given you it earlier . I didn’t know . ’

Why didn’t Ho-jae give it to him before?

He looked so excited, and he was going crazy .

When Hochi was thinking so, the space widened, and one person walked out . It was Lee Ho-jae .

Hochi looked back at Lee Ho-jae and asked why he hadn’t given Lee Joon-suk the item in advance .

“I forgot . ”

So confident . That was a good excuse .

“Huh? That’s a necklace I’ve never seen before . ” Hochi commented when he saw something hanging around Lee Ho-jae’s neck .

Lee Ho-jae just shrugged .

“I think I’ve seen it somewhere . ”

A round ball-shaped ornament at the end of the necklace . It was something that persisted in Hochi’s memory .

“What the hell did you do?”

Lee Ho-jae said, looking around the destroyed area .

“You still can’t control your abilities? That’s too bad . ”

Then he gave Lee Joon-suk a slap . Lee Joon-suk, who had just been excited, bowed his head with an apologetic look as if he had committed a crime .

“You’ve been in the Tutorial for years, and you—”

“Hey . ” Hochi cut off Lee Ho-jae .

“What?”

Hochi thought again for a bit when he saw Lee Ho-jae looking at him .

But this time, he was sure .

“You aren’t Ho-Jae… who are you?”

(T/N: the exciting part begins screeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEE)