115 – The Returner’s Efforts (10)

In fact, lazy geniuses cannot exist.

A genius is someone who learns ten things when taught one thing. They are beings who understand the answers to problems that others struggle with as if it were obvious.

However, geniuses are also learning beings. If you know something without learning, you are not a genius but a reincarnation or possessor. It’s just that geniuses learn incredibly fast.

People often say that this person is a genius, that he inherited talent, and that he crushed other people’s efforts with his innate intelligence. If you are a genius at the top of your industry, it is likely that you have worked harder than others. It is highly likely that he devoted his life to developing his talents.

And if I were to pick one characteristic of these geniuses.

“Tell me. “What is the difference between the tutorial and now?”

Self-esteem. Self-love. Self confidence.

In English, Self Esteem is incredibly strong.

In addition to his natural talent, he has achieved success in his field through constant effort, so it is natural for him to consider himself a special person. It’s true that it’s actually special.

Since I said to her with the nuance of, ‘You are worse than Tutor Choi Ji-won,’ it was natural for her to react so violently.

“That… sorry. “I said a lot of things wrong.”

But I have no intention of taking back what I said.

Of course, it is true that I committed great disrespect to Choi Ji-won.

The most tiring type in human relationships is the type that arbitrarily expects and is arbitrarily disappointed. From the perspective of the victim, it feels like I suddenly became cold even though I didn’t do anything.

However, I did not have any expectations of her, but evaluated her based on Choi Ji-won’s tutorial, which I saw and felt in person. Choi Ji-won now is definitely different from the Choi Ji-won in the tutorial. No, her past self is better.

Of course, if you say something like this out loud, you might get a real slap in the face and go back. I bow my head repeatedly and mutter words of apology.

“You did something wrong, go to sleep, and speak up. “I’m not asking for anything difficult, am I?”

However, Choi Ji-won seems to have no intention of just letting her go, so he turns on the light in her eyes and rushes at her. It’s hard to believe that she was a woman who had been struggling with failure just a little while ago.

“Sit down again. I really need to hear an answer. No, it’s late so just come out. “Let’s go home.”

Choi Ji-won grabs my wrist tightly and leads me out of the cafe. When we first met, it was around late lunch, but now the sun had already set and the street lights had come on.

“Uh, uh… “

The grip is too strong. I have no choice but to follow her, even if only to prevent her absurd regression…

**

Choi Ji-won’s house was surprisingly an ordinary country house. Since her father ran a dojo, she thought there was a dojo next to the house like in the anime… The dojo is on the 4th floor of a nearby shopping mall, and the house appears to be separate.

“Drink.”

Choi Ji-won sits me down at her table and pours me milk. Likewise, she poured her milk into her own cup, then added a spoonful of her supplement and swirled it around.

“… “Do you eat protein?”

“Yes.”

After answering briefly, I immediately gulped down the protein milk. As she, who had the impression of a cold-hearted beauty, gulped down her milk in a combative manner, I thought she was very surprising.

“I never ate things like this before either.”

Choi Ji-won speaks while wiping milk from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand.

“Again, back to the main topic. Now me and Choi Ji-won from the tutorial. What on earth is the difference? “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“… “

Just as I found something in Choi Ji-won’s eyes, she seems to have seen something in me too. Because of that, her pride was hurt.

However, as I said before, I also had no intention of taking back what I had said.

“Well, if I were to pick something basic, there would be a difference in strength.”

Choi Ji-won in the tutorial was literally close to a wise man, but now Choi Ji-won is just an overwhelming powerhouse. That means that’s how I feel.

In other words, the difference between an EX-class hunter and an S-class hunter. It is true that both are great, but the former had an overwhelming force.

“But that may be because I have become stronger, and it may also be because the time between us is different. “This isn’t that important.”

The key begins now.

“Choi Ji-won was a hero in the tutorial. She never gave up. Even if he failed, he always looked beyond.”

No matter the situation, Jiwon Choi of the tutorial did not give up. He wasn’t frustrated. Even when everything went wrong and many people had to die, she was a woman who could smile.

“It means that you didn’t fall like you do now. When I first saw it at the cafe earlier, I thought it was a corpse. “There was no gun in his eyes.”

“That’s far-fetched.”

Choi Ji-won immediately refutes.

“The ‘Tutorial’s Choi Ji-won’ you are talking about must have been frustrated as well. She must have shed tears. “You said you were betrayed by the Goblin Shaman in the middle of the day, but you said we met again in the clearing at sunset, right?”

“… Yes.”

“I must have gathered myself during that time. He was probably going to suggest that you eat the golden orb together and move on to the next floor. “I am a person who is frustrated by failure, but I am not a person who cannot overcome it.”

“But… “

“And Choi Ji-won from the tutorial never gave up? No. I’m good at giving up. “You just do the best you can and then give up.”

Choi Ji-won takes Bungboong out of his bag and puts it on the table.

“If I hadn’t really given up, would I have been chatting leisurely with you in that vacant lot? Wouldn’t they be rushing around trying to do something? “I listened to my story because I had given up halfway.”

“… “

It brings back memories of a slightly faded tutorial. Did Choi Ji-won really give up at the time? He told me, ‘Don’t give up,’ but that was after he revealed the regression.

Choi Ji-won’s voice becomes louder as she sees me contemplating the memory.

“And there is a difference in strength? “I don’t understand that either.”

Choi Ji-won goes to the veranda and comes out with dozens of empty protein containers.

“As I said before, I never used to eat things like this. But why did he suddenly start eating? “Because the body of a superhuman is not very fuel efficient.”

As the player’s stats increase and his physical abilities improve, the amount of food he eats naturally increases. Of course, it is true that the period of time you can survive without eating increases, but this does not mean that it is a sports car that runs without fuel.

“You said you trained by repeating regression, right? So, you might not know. “Once an adept begins to train, the food becomes endless.”

There is no end to eating and eating. That’s why I forced myself to eat protein. Jiwon Choi really worked hard to improve her body after clearing the tutorial.

“You said you activated the hero trait, but at that moment you were stronger than me. So I tried too. To surpass you.”

Choi Ji-won makes a noise and throws the glass of milk he drank earlier into the air.

“Inhale!”

Self-made!

A split second passes, and pieces of cut glass fall to the floor.

“… “

Yes, I got cut. It’s not broken. She cut the glass. And that too in the air.

Compare the blow we just saw with Choi Ji-won in the tutorial again. If Choi Ji-won in the tutorial felt like she was controlling her rampant physical abilities with technology, now she can fully utilize her physical abilities and her skills have become even sharper.

While I rose from F-class to A-class, she also grew from S-class to SS-class. It’s just that the gap between us has narrowed.

“In the past, I was not a perfect person. “I’m not the superhuman you think I am.”

Crash.

Choi Ji-won leads Bungboong into the sheath again.

“But I am a person who improves. No matter what kind of person Choi Ji-won was in the tutorial, I am better now. That will continue to be the case.”

Continuous spirit of improvement. That was Choi Ji-won’s pride. I have now touched a beehive.

“… Choi Ji-won in the tutorial must have matured as a character after going through trials.”

“It’s the same for me now. Even now, I still feel good about the people who died on the 4th floor. I won’t forget this moment. “It’s natural to try to avoid experiencing the same situation again.”

“Tutorial’s Jiwon Choi always sought a better way. For example… What if I write ‘Don’t go up to the 4th floor!’ On a note and pass it on to you through someone else? Doesn’t it seem like a possibility? Choi Ji-won from the tutorial would have thought of this method.”

“I remembered that much too. However, I did not say it because I thought it was unlikely to be realized. Now, let me explain the process from clearing the 3rd floor to entering the 4th floor. “It’s structured so that no one else can intervene in the first place?”

“… “

I also had to admit it now.

In my opinion, ‘Tutorial’s Choi Ji-won’ was the giant I looked up to at my weakest moment. Because he was the one who reached out to me in the most difficult moments, his presence swelled within me. Because of that, I was overestimating it.

“… Jiwon Choi from the tutorial stopped talking to me.”

“I can let go if I want to.”

I didn’t want to admit it, so I tried to force it without knowing, but I was immediately blocked by Choi Ji-won.

“Kim Jun-ho. Admit it. “The only thing that makes me better than the person I am now in the tutorial is that I share memories with you.”

Tangtang – Choi Ji-won speaks while hitting the table with his palm. But I also have something to say about this.

“… Okay, maybe you’re right. Choi Ji-won now may be better than Choi Ji-won back then. But what about the memories you just mentioned?”

Choi Ji-won could have become a better person now. But that doesn’t make her any more precious.

Choi Ji-won, who comforted me in the most difficult moments, supported me, and shared memories with me. Its value cannot be compared to anything else.

We have already gone far beyond the argument that ‘Choi Ji-won of the past is better than Choi Ji-won of the present.’ But the reason I was fundamentally sad was because Choi Ji-won, who shared memories with me, disappeared.

“This is why I was sad. Putting aside the previous nonsense, this is my truth.”

“… “

Choi Ji-won is holding his head tightly and thinking about something.

“So, you’re sad because you lost a precious friend, right?”

“… Yes.”

“Good.”

I took my phone out of my pocket and naturally opened the calendar app.

“You said you completely cleared the 4th floor, right?”

“… “

“At the same time, I also want to find a way to save myself, but I’m worried because I have to choose between the two.”

Wow. My cell phone vibrating in my pocket. I took out my phone and checked the messages, and Choi Ji-won sent me an address.

“Tomorrow, no. Next week. Come in front of my house. “There won’t be a lot of time before we go back.”

“… To?”

“I became curious too.”

Her puffy lips draw a small arc.

“What on earth did I see in you in the tutorial?”

[The curiosity trait is activated.]