Chapter 85 – Bowl

“This fucking real!”

He slams the desk nervously in a fury that seems to explode at any moment. The messy papers on the desk vibrate with rage.

“Why the hell! Still can’t find it!!”

I grab a cigarette with trembling hands and try to light it, but I feel like fucking it. Seriously, how can you be so fucking and fucking like this! Fury, rage, and maddening frustration. A feeling of fear swirling around in my head that I might be a real ‘humanoid’.

“How fucking time has passed… Seriously, Mr., Amy… Fucking… Fuck!!”

Throw the cigarette and lighter at the wall. The tobacco in the box is scattered on the floor in clutter.

Monsters don’t fight ‘alone’. Exactly-

After ‘fusion’ between the monsters, the fused monsters take on their respective parts, take shape, and then evolve into a higher species. All it takes to get through this intermediate process is time.

Too much of that damn time has passed.

Even if they move on a large scale and search in all directions, the only clues that come out are hairs. Even that natural ‘spirit’ is not felt at all.

The case where this is possible is when a common low-risk object self-modifies itself and takes shape and evolves. Only this one If this is not the case… There is only a ‘humanoid’ monster that has already been equipped with intelligence and knows how to hide its spirit.

Absolutely no more. No, I’m so afraid.

No matter what he does, he can’t stand the frustration in this situation where he is not aware of anything, and he punches his chest with his fist.

“Ha…”

On TV, the anchorman is loudly talking about the uselessness of articles. Chun Soo-ah? Academy? Fuck.

Now is not the time to talk about futility or gaslighting…!

What is the most important topic right now?

That bastard’s ‘sewer monster’.

Dump.

Sit down on a chair without strength.

…Should I just emigrate?

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I talked to Irene for a while. Also, I contacted Seok-ho from time to time and gathered as much information as I could to see if there was anything he wanted or what he wanted to hear. Just like that, the work day is over.

Suddenly, the sun rises up to mid-heaven and finds itself hanging over the horizon.

“Okay…”

The fatigue of her body is relieved to some extent, and the cuts from her knife are resolved with the medicine Han Ye-rin gave. Anyway, she got back to her original condition.

“…”

I look at the ointment Han Ye-rin gave me. Small and compact size. It’s like an ordinary ointment… But the price is no joke, just like the Null group. What? 15.5 billion?

As soon as she applies it, her new skin rejuvenates and revitalizes her body.

They say it’s like a highly condensed elixir for treatment… Like notebooks and artifacts, Han Ye-rin takes care of me to the point of being frightening these days. Other than that, there’s no other touch… It’s crazy.

She turns her head and looks at the boxes of North Koreans on the desk.

The gift did not end with Han Ye-rin. From unknown students to people who usually harass me, how did they find out my home address and send gifts? I still remember the shock of opening the box for the first time.

[Thank you for saving me.]

In one anonymous letter, 50,000 won bills tightly packed under it. It was said to be a small thank you… I sent a bundle of money in a box. No, how did you send this?

A little scary.

“Ummm…”

After trying to ignore it and scratching my head, I remember what happened yesterday. I was obviously depleted of stamina, but… I felt the water flowing down, and my stamina was filled again.

I ponder over what Enisha said.

‘Usually, when I control this ‘storage ability’, I think of a ‘bowl’ through image training and handle it by pouring out the water in the bowl!’

Reserve of strength.

The ability to ‘reserve’ power and ‘radiate’ it outward whenever needed. I don’t know other than this. Once your stamina is filled, that’s when it’s over. It’s not voluntarily, it’s filled up somehow… I doubt if I can even control it.

I grit my teeth. If you have the ability but can’t use it, isn’t that really a girt?

I have a new goal.

“…Image training.”

Imagine a bowl and pour water out. It’s just a matter of tilting the bowl slightly.

Slowly close your eyes and imagine a bowl full of water. All you have to do is tilt…

“…Huh?”

Doesn’t even flinch.

Even if you frown and keep trying. The result is the same.

“…”

Just stay still

Why not.

Are you not moving?

“Write.”

Go for it.

Maybe today… I’ll have to postpone sleeping.

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I tried to tilt the bowl somehow, and I did this and that… It was impossible. Realizing that he really didn’t move at all, not at all, not at all, he went to Lee Je-ga as soon as the conversation with I-A-Rin was over.

It’s really frustrating. No, I have the ability, but why can’t I use it!

“Oh, you’re here again! What did you come for today?”

Anisha opens her door and greets her with a grin. She bows her head in greeting and she walks into the room and sits in a chair opposite her.

“I have a little problem with my ability… I came here to know the solution.”

“Mmmm! That’s my specialty!”

Anisha laughs and raises her nose.

“What exactly is the problem?”

Anisha puts her chin on her chin with both her hands and smiles her single single. She’s a little pressured… But she can’t stop laughing.

“I want to use my ability… But the bowl doesn’t move.”

“Um… Can I take a look at your wrist for a minute? I need to find out something.”

As she nods, Enisha puts her index and middle fingers on my wrist. Her magical energy rises from her arms and tickles her heart.

“Hmm… Sure, even if the embankment is high, it’s too high. At least it’s stocked up, so it’s a little below the ceiling, but ah, it’s still getting taller! Taeho-san, if nothing else, has a talent for stockpiling. There’s no need to worry about space.”

I meet eyes with Anisha.

“Wait a minute. I think I need to use some tools…”

Anisha rummages through her pockets, pulls out a sticker of her own and puts it on her finger, which was placed on her wrist. Isn’t that a slice? Then, she puts her finger on her wrist again. Feeling stronger than before.

“If you do this, you can learn more about it. It’s the ‘Magic Stone Slice’, an artifact that enhances the precision of tracking. This is the first time I’ve seen anything like this! Hehe.”

“No, it’s not…”

“Anyway, please wait! Umm…”

Anisha closes her eyes, pouting her lips and rolling her eyes. Was it like that for about 5 minutes? Finally, her enisha’s mouth opens.

“Tae-ho, do you know that? That there is a branch of accumulation.”

“No.”

“Basically, starting with the simplest accumulation of ‘power’ itself, mana, luck, emotion, stamina, electricity, heat… There are so many, right? But besides this, how can I ‘use’ the accumulated power? Depending on it, the ability will be different again.”

Among these, I am ‘strength’ and ‘stamina’.

Eyes meet.

“There are tiers among them. The best is the ‘permanent accumulation’ type that makes the accumulated power itself its own power.”

“Next, a ‘warehouse storage’ type that consumes and uses the accumulated power.”

“At the bottom, even if you accumulate power, it disappears quickly and you have to fill it up in time, a ‘volatility accumulation’ type.”

“These three are the most common. But, um… Mr. Taeho is a bit mixed, right?”

“Yes?”

Mixed?

“One thing is for sure… Taeho is the ‘warehouse stocking’ type. This is certain. I don’t know… Ah! Hold on. Stay still.”

Enisha again puts her fingers on her wrist, then closes her eyes.

I guess I tracked it for about 3 more minutes.

“…Ah. Ah? Ah~ Ah… Ah! Ah? Ah… Ah! Ah!!”

Anisha makes a strange noise and opens her eyes.

“There’s not just one grain of rice!”

“Is it rice?”

“Yes! No, there are two ‘switches’! It’s the first time I’ve seen anything like this! No, not the first time, but it’s been a while!”

Anisha has a seizure and is delighted. She hits the desk, or whatever, she looks at me after talking.

“Two switches merged into one… The other one needs to be merged, but they are now separate. Both are accumulation abilities… One is a storage type and the other is a permanent accumulation type! That’s what I mean. ..”

Eyes meet. A look of great excitement. No why are you like this

“It means two bowls!”

“Yes?”

“Compared to the main warehouse, it’s a bit small… But being a permanent accumulation type covers everything. Umm… Except for the slow growth, it’s perfect, right?”

Anisha sits down and catches her breath.

“Ah… That’s right. What were you talking about?”

“The bowl…”

“Ah, I was talking about bowls! Mmm, if you can’t ‘consume’ them in a warehouse storage type, they’re definitely… Useless.”

“If we push ourselves physically or mentally to ‘limits’, no matter how big and heavy the bowl is, it will shake once. All we can do here is repeat. And then we just have to get used to it. Simply continue image training. Take it easy. .”

“How long have you been doing image training?”

Work overlapped… Yesterday is the end.

“I tried it for the first time yesterday.”

“Ah…”

Anisha sighed briefly.

“Is there anything you need to use your abilities quickly?”

“I want to use it as soon as possible.”

Anisha laments loudly.

“Even now, the bowl, no, the embankment is growing in real time… This is a bit difficult. Taeho-san, listen carefully. Even if you train hard with the current standard- it will take at least 3 years. Assuming this also works out the best.”

What?

My face crumples violently in bewilderment. No what the fuck 3 years? It’s been a while since I graduated.

“Yes?”

“Taeho-san, having a large storage space is not necessarily an advantage. The bigger it is, the harder it is to handle. Looking at it, I feel now… Even if the size of the bowl is not good, it seems to be 1/10 of Sergei’s. Even if it’s fast, it’s too fast.”

Wait for a sec.

My expression suddenly becomes serious. That much…? Somehow, the bowl didn’t move at all, and the bowl was bigger than expected. It felt like pushing a rock… But it’s going crazy.

So… Is ability control a thing of the past? It’s never quite as good as that. It seems to turn around

With a slightly serious expression on her face, Enisha held her forehead and looked at me grunting.

“Ummm… There’s only one way to fix this… But it’s a bit drastic. Would you like to hear it though?”

If you can solve this problem, that’s great. With her rough nod, Enisha comes out and meets her eyes.

“You just have to break the dam.”

“…Yes?”

Break the dam?

“There is no other way.”

Enisha coughed loudly.

“First of all, push your mind to the limit by doing something like exercise. Originally, psychic powers gradually become unstable the more you hit the limit. Target that moment and desperately ‘imagine’ that you will break the dam. The most important thing about accumulation ability is It’s image training.”

Anisha smiles softly.

“Then, at some point, you will feel something splitting inside. If you go one step further from there, the dam will collapse, so push on until the end. Will be made.”

…Now I get the rough idea.

Is the solution simpler than you thought?

Take heart firmly

“Thank you.”

I get up from my seat and look at my watch. We’ve been talking for almost 2 hours already.

“No, it’s okay. If you have any more questions, come see me!”

She opens the door and heads to the next floor, Cheongmaru.

Isn’t it just a matter of driving the spirit to the edge of the cliff with black and white stones?

A smile forms on your lips.

“Tae-ho?”

While walking, he meets senior Lee So-cheon. Ah, come to think of it, you came and didn’t even say hello.

“Hello, senior.”

She lowered her head briefly, so she waved her hand, saying that it was okay that Senior Li So-cheon didn’t bother to say hello. If I meet only her, her expression seems to be relaxed. Her usual hard face is gone and I see a normal expression. She even smiles.

“Are you here for training?”

“Ah yes.”

Nod her head

“Senior, I’m trying to use black and white stones… Is there anyone who can help me-“

“I’ll do it.”

“Yes?”

Socheon Lee answers right away. She blushes her cheeks slightly, and can be seen licking her lips little by little. What? Her long blue hair fluttering in the wind falls behind the senior’s neck.

What can I do… I’m feeling a bit uneasy.

“Are you okay?”

“It’s okay! It doesn’t matter…”

Suddenly, senior Li So-cheon grabs her by the wrist and drags her into her waiting room.

“Sir, senior? Hey, wait-“

“Quick… Ugh, let’s go quickly!”

Why are you so active?

Li So-cheon hurriedly opened the door to her waiting room, and she immediately laid me down on the sofa.

“Here is the black stone.”

“Ah yes.”

She receives the black stone and closes her eyes as the senior said.

Really… What is it?

Suspiciously rough breath intermittently touches her nose. Gradually, the mind sinks into the world of images.

This time, I plan to deal with normal high-risk monsters. You just have to constantly feel that death is near. If you trick yourself by doing image training like this… It will work somehow.

The senior is a bit unimportant…

No way.

No big deal.

“Ha…”

Let’s focus on training.

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He didn’t even have a chin.

When I asked Enisha, she said that it is impossible with black and white stones. The reason is that she says she doesn’t know either… Seeing her waving her hand saying that even in the academic world, she can’t reveal why she is like that. She gave up hope.

“Ha…”

I will turn around. Her lower back is also strangely sore. When she comes to her senses, something else has accumulated. She doesn’t get anything right.

“Driving me crazy.”

Then she goes back and rests, and as soon as Arin’s apology is over, let’s focus on the exercise.

Round and round the origin.

After all, it is exercise.

‘It will work out somehow.’

Slowly, I sit on the bus and look out her window. It’s not a very good feeling to feel the gaze… From the people around you. I really want to curse, but it’s ambiguous to do it openly, so I feel like I’ve been watching it for a while. Right now, no one is out of this line of sight… Except for Seol-ah. No, except for the three, including Choi Si-yoon and Seok Ju-hyeok, who are one grade below them. Fuck, I never dreamed that I would be criticized for saving people.

It feels like the inside and outside are reversed. Familiar gaze.

This is no big deal. How much did I fucking hold on to?

Take a short sigh and close your eyes.

Let’s go home first…

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Right tomorrow. At 7:00 PM, everything was planned for Iarin to apologize to Seok-ho. From now on, I just wish you success and pray again.

For the rest of the time, I exercised without breathing. Trying to push my mind to the limit somehow, trying again and again, it was evening before I knew it. I hurriedly close my eyes and go to bed. It’s morning before I know it.

It feels like the rotation of the day has sped up.

I was trying to work out again… I found out that all the protein had run out, so I went to a large mart…

“Uh?”
“Yes?”

I found Seola.