243. Mission Complete

“W-what!? You’re done…? Already? Hasn’t it only been 10 days since you were given the mission? But you killed all three!?”

A few days later, I visited the chairman’s office again.

After receiving the report that her mission was completed, Lina jumped up with a bewildered expression on her face.

I naturally nodded.

“Yes, Gulliver’s Travels took a while, so it took a week. Beauty and the Beast in two days. And Alice in Wonderland took six hours.”

“What? Two, a week, two days, and six hours? No. How is that possible…! It wouldn’t have been surprising if it took more than two weeks to clear one…”

Lina had a confused look on her face, as if she could not accept my report.

“It worked?”

That’s right.

Among Chairman Lina’s library quests, there is only one that is intense and complicated.

It was only 『Gulliver’s Travels』.

Because the devil sealed there is difficult to catch without the help of a giant.

However, thanks to the super save of Gaeul Ichikawa, who went with him

What should have originally taken several weeks at the earliest was able to be concluded within a week.

After that the remaining two?

These had separate speedrun strategies.

First of all, 『Beauty and the Beast』

The people who went together were Kang Do-hee and Sophia.

Actually, this wasn’t even a strategy.

All you have to do is push through with pure force without any gimmicks.

Don’t think about breaking the story for no reason.

If you attack a beast from the beginning, it will immediately cast monster transformation on the spot.

─ Kaaa!!

If you turn them into beasts right away without reading the story,

However, it becomes partially invincible to any attacks other than striking attacks.

Well, Kang Do-hee doesn’t use any weapons other than his two fists and his two feet in the first place.

In other words, the compatibility is right.

Kang Do-hee, possessed by the beauty, fights the beast with her fists.

I organized the teacups and kettles flying around so that they could not disturb Kang Do-hee.

Sophia?

Sophia was faithful to her role as a healer, standing behind Kang Do-hee and shooting arrows to replenish his stamina when he got hurt.

If you don’t sleep for two days and keep fighting, it’s over.

─ Well, for the first time in a while, he was a worthy opponent. The hitting felt good.

─ This was harder than I thought…

Although they fought in an ignorant fistfight for two full days, Kang Do-hee seemed to be in a good mood, as if the stress had been relieved.

Sophia, who was not as physically fit as us because she was in a healer position, collapsed from exhaustion on the spot.

Still, it was neat because you could just fight the battle without having to think about complicated things.

And last.

『Alice in Wonderland』

The people who went together were Lee Yu-ri and Shin Se-hee.

Here, you solve puzzles on a stage filled with complex devices,

It was a stage where the goal was to catch and kill a caterpillar monster that uses invisibility.

Normally, it would take quite a long time and a lot of effort, but…

─Jin Yuha. Is it really okay to do this?

─ Yes, it’s okay. The only place we are is made of glass so there is no light.

─ No, that’s not what I’m saying… Ah, I get it! Eight!

Grrrr rrrr!

They just burned down the entire stage.

The entire stage is made of wood, which is a very flammable material.

Shin Se-hee, possessed by Alice, sets a chair on fire.

The fire spread on its own to desks, bookcases, floors, ceilings, and other furniture, quickly increasing in size.

Love love ─

The caterpillar became impatient and fired a poisonous stinger from a blind spot.

─ Kaaang!

It was useless.

No matter how much you use invisibility and attack from a blind spot, everything converges to the shield in front of Yuri Lee’s provocation.

Ting!

─ Jin Yu-ha, is it really okay to be like this…?

─ I heard it’s okay. Ah, it seems like I’m slowly dying.

Because invisible caterpillars have a problem with hiding, they do not have very high defense.

Not long after the stage started burning, he let out a trivial scream and burned to death.

─ Kieeeeek······.

Like that, we were able to return to the library in just 6 hours.

─ Jin Yuha, is this really true?

─ I remember Gaeul-senpai and Ichika being together for quite some time… And Kang Do-hee and Sophia for two days…

─Why? Is it because it’s too easy?

To top it off, Shin Se-hee and Yu-ri Lee, who went together, complained that it was too easy.

─ Well, I’m not saying it’s too easy! Well, something! Different! Something like that!

*

Lina’s expression upon receiving the report on the completion of the mission changed moment by moment even as I was explaining.

And when she finished reporting, the words came out of her mouth.

“······Is he crazy?”

It was high praise.

“Yes? You’re not crazy, are you? Anyway, I have completed all the missions you asked me to do.”

“Yes, yes… I admit it…”

In response, Rina acknowledged her own defeat and bowed her head calmly.

“—Sure! “You crazy guy!!!”

Instead of bowing down, he hurled the lion’s hooves.

“Yes?”

“What kind of mission is that!”

“Hmm? “The ones that the chairman couldn’t catch and sealed to get the cadets to deal with them?”

“······Oh, that’s right—that’s not it! This was the gateway to testing my successor! But how dare you pass by such an expedient method!?”

‘Hmm.’

Who would say it’s not Jammin?

Lina showed a narrow-mindedness in not being able to acknowledge this kitschy, revolutionary, innovative, and MZ sensibility-filled strategy.

‘Well, you can go back like this now.’

Anyway, in the end, passing is passing.

Even in games, Jammin gets angry when you use a speedrun strategy like this, but eventually he gets tired of it and accepts it.

‘But, I’m a little different.’

Unlike in the game, I was promised to receive her help in the future.

‘In order to change a serious scenario, it must not be the same as the game.’

It means that nothing good will happen if this goes wrong for no reason.

‘So, I brought something with me. Well, it wasn’t because of this.’

“I heard you were so disappointed… Really, I can’t help it. Under······. “I don’t think I’m qualified to be the chairman’s successor.”

“······What, what?”

Lina stuttered as she didn’t know I would come out like this.

Haha─

I sighed with a sad expression and rolled up my sleeves.

Then the subspace tattoo is revealed.

“Really, I brought these things just in case…”

Challang─

A clear metal sound rang out, and the locket necklace was placed in my hand.

“!”

Then, Chairman Rina’s eyes widened as if she were Jammin who had tasted Tanghulu for the first time.

Shake shake.

Let me wave the locket necklace in front of her.

As if under hypnosis, Chairman Lina’s purple eyes moved along the locket necklace.

Then Lina suddenly came to her senses and pointed a finger at me.

“You you! How did you do this…!”

“Do you know this?”

“Give it to me! That’s mine!!”

She was so confused that she didn’t even think about using magic. She stretched out her short arms towards me.

In response, I slowly raised my arms up.

Struggle, struggle, struggle.

Chairman Lina jumps because she can’t reach it even if she raises it just a little bit.

“Profit! Give it to me!”

“Uh? Is it difficult to do this? “Is this a fair reward I received after clearing the mission?”

“Well, I never considered that as compensation!!”

“But, you got it, right?”

“How on earth can you do that…”

“They gave it to me because I caught the devil?”

Okay. This is what I got from Gulliver’s Travels by striking the devil’s last blow.

Chairman Lina’s locket necklace.

When I told her that I had caught and obtained the devil, Lina’s face contorted into an indescribable expression.

“This guy…”

“So, can I assume I passed the chairman’s test?”

“······.”

Kuuk.

Chairman Lina glares at her with her mouth shut.

But in the end, there was only one thing she could say.

“Sat, I will let you pass, please…”

‘······Hmm.’

I felt bad for a moment when I saw Lina bending her pride and begging me.

“Ruler. Here.”

I placed the necklace in her hand without much negotiation

Then Lina looked at the necklace in her hand and at me in disbelief.

“······Really!?”

“Yes, I have no intention of playing with other people’s memories. Is that precious? “I brought it because Chairman Rina’s name was written on the back of the necklace.”

“······.”

There is no reward in the game.

A miscellaneous item that only increases Chairman Lina’s favorability.

‘Still, he wants to find me like this, so how can I ignore him?’

So, even if her likeability wasn’t an issue, I planned to take on the devil with my own hands from the beginning.

“Thank you. Jin Yu-ha.”

Lina held her necklace in her arms as if it were precious and bowed her head to me.

* * *

Late at night when everyone is asleep.

The chairman’s office was dimly lit.

Lina muttered to herself while holding her drink.

“Damn you guy… “How did I find this?”

She stared at her locket necklace around her wrist.

“I wondered where this had gone… Was it there…”

Her name was written on the back of the necklace.

[ RINA ]

Click─

Let’s open the necklace.

A woman’s face appeared in it.

She has a woman’s face that looks very similar to her.

“If you bring something like this and throw it away, you won’t be able to say anything…”

Kuuk.

Director Lina held the necklace in her hand and held it against her her chest her her her.

Gratitude for Jin Yuha spread from her heart like paint.