Chapter 73 – Trait Acquisition (1)

A twisted wrist, an arm bent backwards, a broken shin, and an ankle that’s in place but twisted.
In addition, whether the broken ribs were stuck in the organs or it was just the pain from the broken limbs, when he released his right hand from holding the hair of Jeong Do-yoon, who was suffering from anxiety, he fell helplessly to the ground like a dead squid.

“What are you doing?”
“Strong Hajin. Where are the others?”
“You ask what are you doing now?”

Kim Hyeon-joon and the guards armed with guns greet the day they just arrived at the shelter.
It’s also very lively.

“You made a promise to me. As for the part about public order, I will abide by the conditions I suggested. That’s why i’m asking Where are the others?”
“Where are you? I searched for everyone except this bastard.”
“Ugh..!!”

Took-

When he touches Jeong Do-yoon, who is sprawled on the floor, with his foot, a pained sound comes out.
And in the mouth of Kim Hyeon-jun, who frowned.

“Strong Hajin!”
“Why do you keep calling me?! Then what? Shall I let the bastards who tried to kill me live? Or the guards will come a little later, so just wait here. What should I have done?!”
“Why did they do that, they must have circumstances! You recklessly attacked them without even asking why!”
“So what! Are you going to try it?!”
“No way. If someone has been attacking for their lives, counterattacking is natural. I have no intention of reprimanding you.”
“… What are you really going to do?”
“Take time. I was asked to.”
“What?”

Tadadat-
Tadadat-

From the left and right blind spots where the line of sight cannot reach, a subtle but fast footstep sound is heard.
Under… Did you spit out bullshit for this?
Nice It’s been a long time since I checked my skills properly, well.

“You bastard!!”
“How many women are you planning on adding?!!”
“As much as possible.”
“Eh… “
“Come on too, you otaku bastard. If you don’t fight, you’re made like this guy. I’m not kidding.”
“No, why am I suddenly…!”
“Is this like a joke?”
“Oh man..!! Aww!!!”

Minseo and Juha’s attack, which arrived in the blind spots on both sides of me, came first before Kwon Joo-hyeok, who shouted out from the gap between the guards standing behind Kim Hyun-joon.

Wheeik!!
Shiiik!!

A sword aimed at the neck and a spear stabbed at the side.
Is Minseo talented? Or did Juha goofing around?
Certainly, when I first met Juha, Juha was faster and stronger than Minseo.
That was also confirmed by the stats.
But now, Minseo’s sword is swinging at almost the same speed as Juha’s stabbing spear.

Tadat-
Swoop-

Stepping back, ducking forward to avoid Minseo’s knife and get out of Juha’s attack range, Kwon Joo-hyeok, who is bigger than the two of them, is falling toward me with his round body floating in the air.
I’ve lost some weight too.
Anyway, the genes seem to be fooling me.
Guess who isn’t Juha oppa, you can feel his handsomeness a little bit just by losing some weight in his face?
Annoyed by the otaku asshole subject.

“Where are you going?!”
“Uh, what… “

Poop!!!

“Queuck!!”

Kwon Joo-hyeok, who had my right fist stuck in his stomach before both feet even touched the floor, made a pig-picking sound and flew in a low-flying flight in the direction he had come from. All.

“Stop hitting my brother!!!”
“How many times did I hit you?”
“You’re right too!!”
“Are you even half-talking?”

The spear is a weapon specialized in stabbing, just like its appearance.
But maybe he wanted to hit me instead of stabbing me, so Juha wielded his spear from a long distance using his long reach.

Wheeik!!
Snap!!
Deed Deuk!!!

As I stretched out my left hand forward and grabbed the flying spear, I was pushed back against my body by the force of the swing.
Wow, that’s why I caught up with Minseo so fast.

“Did you increase your strength a lot? How much is it?”
“Ah… I am 14 now.”
“Really? When did you raise it like that?”
“Hehe..”
“Kwon Joo-ha! Now is the time to feel like you’ve been praised?!”
“Ah!”

Joo-ha, who came to his senses at the resounding cry of Min-seo, grabbed the spear pole and pulled it with all his might, making my body go along with it. Drew up
Of course, I couldn’t do what I wanted to do.

Chin!!

I pretended to be followed by the hand holding the spear that was being pulled, but rather increased the speed and greatly reduced the distance with Minseo.

“Isn’t that weak for chasing me to death?”
“Your brother is strong!!”
“Hmm.. If you keep talking rudely like that, will you be able to handle it tonight?”
“I heard everything from Camilla! He said he already touched Camilla and today he touched Deanna! And yes too! It’s not crazy, everyone is watching, so what are you embarrassing?!”
“Are you embarrassed to see people? Or are you mad at me for doing that in front of you?”
“Both!!”
“I can’t admit the latter. It’s not the first time, why are you angry with me like that? And I dare to say half words or squeak. You’ve been climbing too much lately.”
“Whatever!”

Whiik!!

A left-footed middle kick that flies towards the side.
Do I have to say that my senses have improved? Or should I say that I can use my body a little more?
In any case, Minseo, who became an idiot without a weapon, connected this kick and the left hand straight that followed, and it is an attack that definitely feels like it has grown.
It is clearly visible that Joo-ha is also making up for the disadvantage of the spear that is unfavorable in close combat by releasing the spear held by me and swinging a short dagger pulled from his waist.
But only that piglet hasn’t changed.
Although his stats definitely went up a lot, he just got stronger and faster, but his skills were still the same.

“Are you on a diet? You little pig!!”
“Oh, don’t come!!”
“It sucks.”

Tadadat-
Poop!!

“Queuck!!”
“Stop hitting me!!”

The long-awaited sparring ended with Min-seo and Ju-ha confirming their improved skills and beating up Kwon Joo-hyeok, who had lost weight and was becoming more and more handsome.

***

In a quiet meeting room, representatives of each group are shooting sharp glances at me.
But why did they follow me all the way here?

“Stop staring. I will pierce your face.”
“Joy!”
“Chi..!”

Min-seo and Joo-ha, who are not angry at me for having two more women in one day, and another woman, as well as Kim Hyun-joon, whose uncomfortable feelings are revealed.

“I don’t have time. If you go after that, only the characteristics will fly away.”
“It’s strong.”
“Why?”
“These are the people who tried to kill you first, and I have no intention of criticizing you for your retaliatory actions.”
“That’s what I said earlier.”
“But buying and selling people is another matter. If people are bought and sold in this way, it could increase other crimes and people’s anxiety even within the shelter.”
“So you don’t live, right? So what about you?”
“That is… I am… “

Kim Hyun-joon, the head of the guards, Park Jun-mo, the representative of former soldiers, Camilla and Diana of the American Union, and even Min-seo and Ju-ha.
It seems that Ho-il Choi is coveted for his characteristics, but he is not quick to answer because he is noticing others.
What are you paying so much attention to, tsk tsk…

“Mr. Kang Ha-jin.”
“Yes, Major.”
“Now I’m just Park Jun-mo.”
“Yes, Mr. Park Jun-mo. Please speak.”
“I agree with Director Kim. Kang Ha-jin, please take a step back on this matter.”
“Camilla, what about you?”
“… I also don’t think it’s buying and selling people. We are the same people.”

I caught him at best, but no one wants to buy Jeong Do-yoon, and in order to maintain order in the shelter, the auction is not allowed.
What do we do? Shall we just gather people and ask if there is anyone to live with?
It’s clear that someone will pay a coin and buy Jung Do-yoon for the trait.
However, if I do that, not only the people here, but also the people who don’t want to buy Jeong Do-yoon will have animosity towards me.
I had thought of leaving this place at one time, but after the inspirations were gone, I had no intention of leaving the shelter.
I have a generator so I can play games, watch movies and turn on lights, and there’s even an electric boiler so I can take hot showers and now I’m even making a bathroom.
In the future, the shelter will be more livable, and I like it here.
It’s a bit annoying to not let me do what I’m trying to do, but I still like people like Hyunjun Kim and Junmo Park.
The shelter wouldn’t be able to stay this peaceful if there were only fools like me.

“Okay, then I’ll make the auction a thing that never happened.”
“Then what will you do with that person and the person Kim Ji-hoon brought?”
“You have to kill it. There is no reason to keep him alive.”
“Are you thinking of doing it yourself?”
“Of course.”

I jumped up and took Min-seo and Ju-ha, who got up after me, and headed to the place where Jeong Do-yoon and Kim Min-je were.

“Sah, save me… “
“Ugh… Ugh… “

Kim Min-je, who is still in the mood to talk, and Jeong Do-yoon, who is still making sounds of pain.
And Kwon Joo-hyuk shouted at me while hiding behind Kim Ji-hoon, who was watching the two of them.

“You told me to attack you, but you beat people like shit?! You can’t do that to your friends!!”
“Who is your friend? And hit me twice. Show me what it means to beat like a real bitch?”
“… “
“Stop it! Why do you keep torturing my brother!”
“I just don’t like him.”

At first, I didn’t like it because it was just a burden, but now that I’ve lost weight little by little and my handsome face is showing, I don’t like it again.
I don’t want to look weak… Anyway, I don’t like him.

“How have you been?”
“Don’t auction.”
“So you’re not going to?”
“Everyone says don’t do it, but don’t do it.”
“… “
“Why?”
“It’s strange. Even if you tell me not to do it, people who will just do it say no.”
“You have to follow the rules to some extent. By the way, how are you? Do you want to live I’ll give it to you cheaply for 500 coins.”
“I am done. I’ll do it if necessary, but I don’t want to kill if I can.”
“Sheesh..”

Even Kim Ji-hoon says he won’t buy Jeong Do-yoon.
Why is everyone so soft living in this world?

“Ah! Pig, you?”
“I am… “
“Anyway, the traits you have right now are said to have been acquired by killing others. So, there is no such thing as remorse, right?”
“Since then and now things are different… At that time, I had no choice but to protect Juha and the people… “
“This piglet is even indecisive. Get out of here, because I want to kick you.”
“… “

When I said a word to Kwon Ju-hyuk, who was already far away, Ju-ha ran quickly and blocked Kwon Ju-hyuk, and Min-seo poked my side with her finger and asked.

“Why don’t you ask me and Minseo?”
“Am I going to sell you for money? Just have to give So you have the lowest priority.”
“Then can I have a trait?”
“Mi, Minseo noona… I’m serious..?”
“Huh.”

Like Kim Ji-hoon, who was flustered, I was also a little taken aback by Min-seo’s calm nod.
No matter how many traits he could acquire, he wasn’t a kid who would willingly go out of his way to kill people.
And isn’t this the first murder?
Nope
Last time I told you to kill me, so I tried to kill you.

“No?”
“There’s nothing that can’t be done… But why suddenly?”
“Because I have to be strong so that my brother can’t take his eyes off other women.”
“Are you kidding?”
“I’m half serious. And it’s a world where you have to be strong to survive. He’s also a person who will die if left alone anyway.”

That’s right.
Such a mindset is a very good mindset.

“By the way, what kind of character is it?”
“Check it out for yourself. It will be pretty useful.”
“Yes.”
“Ugh, ugh!!”

Seeing Min-seo walk forward with her sword drawn, Kim Min-je screamed and went to a corner and crouched over her body, while Jung Do-yoon just closed his eyes, not moving as if to kill her quickly.

“… “
“What are you doing?”
“Here brother… “

Minseo looked at me and then slightly turned her head and glanced at Jihoon Kim.

“You are out. Isn’t killing people a nice spectacle?”
“Yes…”
“Are you showing them too?”
“No. Are you okay.”

After Kim Ji-hoon left, only me, Joo-ha, and Kwon Joo-hyeok, who watched Min-seo’s first murder from the side, remained in the dark basement.
And Min-seo, who calmed her down by letting out her small breath, placed the tip of her sharp knife on Jeong Do-yoon’s chest.

“Sorry..”

Pooh!!

“Ouch..!”

Jung Do-yoon, whose heart had been pierced, suffered for a moment, then stretched his neck, and Min-seo, like her first murder this time, trembled her hands and took a step behind her back.

“Ha..! Ha..!”
“I have nothing to be sorry for.”
“Yes… “
“By the way, did you get the characteristics? What?”
“The characteristics… “
“Oh, wait.”

I lightly patted Min-seo on the back as if to calm her down, then turned her head and crouched in a corner, walking slowly toward Min-jae Kim, who met my eyes with my arms between her arms covering her head.

“Oh, don’t come!! Don’t come… “
“Noisy.”

Wooddeuk!!!

Turning away from Kim Min-jae, who had died with his face spinning like clockwork hands and his neck broken, I patted her palms and returned to Min-seo’s place.

“What trait is it?”
“… Is your brother okay?”
“Uh. Tell me quickly what it is I’m curious~”
“… It’s a surprise attack.. The grade is C..”
“Oh~ C grade? So I was careless and almost got hooked. What are your abilities?”
“Wait a minute.”

After confirming her newly acquired trait, Minseo explained what power her trait, her surprise, had.
But is it a bit strange?

『Surprise (C) – Attack from a blind spot where the target cannot see. +15% speed when used. Cooldown 30 seconds.』

It’s a completely different character than before, isn’t it?