Damn System

Episode 33

Chapter 8 Monitor (1)

When he arrived at the apartment where Mr. and Mrs. Seo lived while remaining invisible.

Jaehyuk was already at the entrance.

‘I’m sorry for calling you in the middle of the morning on a weekday.’

However, he did not dare to kill a person and enter the house covered in blood.

‘It’s not like I can go to the bathroom like this.’

There was no place to wash, so I had no choice but to come here.

I sighed and approached Jaehyuk.

Just in time, Jaehyuk fidgeted with his phone and brought it to his ear.

Seeing that my cell phone, which I set to silent, is ringing, it seems that it is calling me.

Instead of answering the phone, I tapped him on the shoulder.

Jaehyuk’s eyes widened as he looked around in surprise.

I’m confused because I can’t see anything.

“It’s scary.”

Hearing my voice from the empty place made him stiffen.

It’s late in the morning, so there are few people walking around, but there’s nothing good about having a long conversation outside.

“Let’s go up first.”

Jaehyuk turned around with a creaking movement.

I borrowed his hand and climbed the elevator.

‘It would have been fun if I had pressed and climbed alone.’

I try my best not to recall what happened a few hours ago.

An elevator where there is nothing but a button is pressed.

Fire exit stairs.

The CCTV that takes it and the janitor who finds the recording scene.

Maybe it went up on Witube with the title of a psychic video.

‘Then the NIS must have sensed it too.’

Because many people have already known that I have the invisibility skill.

It may have been me and the Seo family.

I felt like my mind and body were devastated as I kept assuming the worst.

“Whoa.”

The elevator stopped as I let out a heavy sigh.

After passing through the front door and entering the house of Mr. and Mrs. Seo, I removed the invisibility.

Jaehyuk’s body trembled and trembled.

“you… … .”

What he was looking at was the dried blood on my body.

“It’s not my blood.”

“then… … .”

I hit the ball before Jaehyuk could even ask.

“Let’s borrow some clothes, because I’m afraid you’re going to leave.”

Jaehyuk entered the room with a stiff face.

After a while, I took the clothes she brought and headed to the bathroom.

And all the bloody clothes were stuffed into the locker.

‘I’ll have to burn it later on the mission.’

It’s evidence that I killed Han Chang-shik, so I have to get rid of it.

As I stood in front of the falling stream, the dried blood was diluted with water and sucked into the sewer.

I stared at it, and I picked up my breath as I brushed up my soaked hair.

‘First of all, compensation.’

I haven’t sorted out the rewards for the bounty missions yet.

Fame and random boxes, I decided to open the boxes first.

According to the characteristics of a common gacha game, I closed my eyes and repeated it before I opened the box without realizing it.

“Shop vouchers, store vouchers… … .”

Thanks to killing Han Chang-shik, my magic power is over 3,500.

If you have a pass, you can buy a fireball right away.

When I opened the random box, white light poured in like before.

Eventually, a piece of paper appeared.

[Technical Stone Exchange Ticket]

• Classification: Consumable items.

• Description: You can purchase one of the tech stones sold in the shop for free.

At first glance, it is a downgraded item from the store voucher.

While I was talking about the store pass, a downgraded version of the item appeared?

Is this really a coincidence? Why do I feel like the system is drugging me?

I bit my teeth and turned the faucet to cold water.

It felt like my hot head cooled down as I dipped myself in the cold water.

If the system was right in front of me, I wanted to grab it right away and beat it up.

But I couldn’t help but get angry.

Anger that I had no way to release seemed to eat away at me.

I swallowed them and put the voucher in the storage box.

It is hasty to write right away.

‘I’ll look at the situation later and if there’s a skill seat I need, I’ll buy it and use it.’

And to continue checking the reward, I turned on the status window and message window.

Player Hyunwoo Kang (Beta tester)

mana: 3535.57 (attribute mana: 133)

Chaos level: 0.00%

Affiliation: Earth

Race: Human (player)

Rating: Alpha

Attribute: Lightning

Skills: Mana Management (51.11%), Sense Expansion (18.59%), Magic Detection (lv.1 – 45.86%), Invisibility (20.27%), Barrier (2.11%)

Attributes: ?????? (disabled), assimilation, tenacity, purification (lv.1 – 26.49%)

Title: Bounty Hunter (Disabled)

Reputation: 62

The proficiency of invisibility and magic detection had increased significantly.

It must have been because I used it for two days until my mana ran out.

After taking a look at the proficiency of the skill, I checked the title and reputation.

I also skimmed through the records left in the message window.

「Reputation will increase by 10 as a success reward.」

“The title bounty hunter (preliminary) is changed to bounty hunter.”

“The effect of title bounty hunter is activated.”

“Absorbs the use of technical mana.”

「The same characteristics are detected. Duplicate attributes are deleted.”

A preliminary ticket is dropped from the bounty hunter title, and there is also a sentence about skill absorption.

They said it was deleted because I already had magic power.

‘… … This is a more useful title as time goes on.’

As the players grow, there is no choice but to have more skills.

If bounty missions continue to pop up in the future, you will be able to secure skills other than shops and self-study.

If the bounty mission didn’t appear to other players, it’s a special ability that only I have in the current situation.

Objectively, this bounty mission had more benefits than losses.

Still, I didn’t feel that good.

Even if I tried to forget it, the feeling that remained in my fingertips was so vivid.

“Whoa.”

But how long can you stay down?

Wasting time while playing this crazy game is a luxury.

I had a lot of work to do.

‘The following is a list of achievements.’

Let’s start by collecting reputation.

* * *

9,541, that was the number of players as of today.

Toma looked at the number of players and the list of mission completions with deep sunken eyes.

One week since new players entered the community.

The mission completion list, which was empty, was added at some point, and now it has become quite large.

「02-07(1/5) – Closed Contributor: K」

「01-11(2/10) – Closed Contributors: Ethan Remvron, Lily」

「01-12(3/10) – Closed Contributors: Human, Peppermint, Animal Lover」

「01-11(2/10) – Closure Contributor: John, Hunter」

「02-29(1/5) – Closed Contributor: K」

「01-12(2/10) – Closed Contributors: Ethan Remvron, Lily」

「02-31 (1/5) – Closed Contributor: K」

“01-12 (4/10) – Closed Contributors: Human, John, Hunter, Peppermint”

「02-13 (1/5) – Closed Contributor: K」

「01-13(4/10) – Closed Contributors: Dragon, Hero, Angel, Candy」

「01-11(3/10) – Closed contributors: human, zone, hunter,」

「01-17(2/10) – Closed Contributors: Ethan Remvron, Lily」

「02-34 (1/5) – Closed Contributor: K」

「01-12(6/10) – Closed Contributors: Human, Zone, Hunter, Hero, Angel, Mirror」

… … .

Of course, more people died than that.

「Title: I think I die too many times – Author: Captain

Content: If you add the beta and the first selection, there should be 10,100 people, right? But now it’s 9,541. More than 500 people have died, so why do these crazy guys keep doing missions?”

– Coconut: I mean. Bastards eager to die.

Secret: Cowardly. Keep hiding like that.

– AK85: Clearing level 2, doesn’t it sound like manipulation? Does it make sense to clear level 2 alone when hundreds of people are dying at level 1?

⌎ Gumiho: Sounds like manipulation. Is that possible in this game? Is there any way to hack it? Flying cubs, passionate.

⌎ Black Pearl: You can go in and check it out and let us know.

Thomas became impatient. Unlike myself who only waits and sees, others continue to challenge this game.

‘Should I do the mission too?’

Coincidentally, other players were organizing a party in the community.

Toma tried to comment on the post several times.

However, when I remembered the time of the tutorial, I couldn’t go out at all.

he didn’t want to die

In the end, I pressed the back button as if I was running away.

‘I’m not the only one doing this.’

In doing so, he gave legitimacy to his actions.

In fact, there were only a handful of players who were actively involved in the game.

It’s clear from the fact that most of the code names on the mission completion list are duplicates.

Most of the players, like Toma, stood still in fear of death.

So it’s not wrong to back off like this.

It’s a natural choice because life is precious.

At that time, a post with a strange title came into Toma’s eyes while comforting himself.

「Title: Damn System 1 (23) – Creator: K」

“K?”

It’s definitely famous, but it was a code name that was rarely seen in the community.

The only player currently on a level 2 mission.

He rarely posts or comments.

Toma was bewildered and clicked on Kay’s post.

「Content: Sharing some information for gameplay instead of this damn system that doesn’t even provide proper information.

… … .」

And without realizing it, I held my breath and focused on the writing.

* * *

“Now, 10 minutes after the post was updated, the number of comments is 873… … Increased to 875. Here is the full text excerpted a moment ago.”

Lily pushed the print in front of CIA Director Martin Eastner.

Martin asked after checking it with his back off the sofa.

“The title… … Damn system 1? The author is Kay?”

“Yes, as you can see.”

In response to repeated questions, Lily pointed at the paper. As if to look at this.

“That Kay? Kay who caught 32 in the promotion test mission? Is that Kei who clears level 2 missions by himself?”

“The post author is Kay. It is impossible to duplicate the code name, so it is clear that you are the person.”

Only then did Martin begin to read what was written on the A4 paper.

And when I checked all the contents, I muttered with a broken breath.

“Can you use magic power?”

“No, of course I thought I should buy it.”

“What about Mr. Rembrone?”

“They don’t answer, but it seems you can’t either.”

“How do you know?”

“It’s a gut feeling.”

“Are you sure? Aren’t you the only one who can’t do it?”

“Yes, looking at the community reaction, it seems that only Kei knows how to play now. Kay is weird. I am perfectly normal.”

Only then did Martin let out a shallow sigh of relief.

“Yeah, you’re not the type of person who will fall behind somewhere.”

As Lily said, Kay, who runs at a different speed than others, is unique.

It’s not normal to be doing a level 2 mission alone when more than half of the players aren’t even challenging the level 1 mission.

However, unlike his languid voice, Martin’s hands fiddling with the paper looked rather nervous.

Martin muttered, checking the contents of the text as if he were rereading it.

“The search results… … isn’t it?”

“yes.”

It was Brian, who was sitting across from Lily, who answered.

“Does it make sense that there has been no results for over three months?”

“It’s possible. I don’t know their name, gender, or face. It’s impossible to find if you haven’t left any traces during the tutorial. At most, I was told that I was Asian… … The candidate pool is too comprehensive.”

Martin’s sigh deepened at the extremely realistic answer.

“Lily, can you say it again? When the first tutorial announcement came out.”

“Oh, you mean the system notice? I told them to work for the continuation of mankind.”

“Humanity… … .”

Lily and Brian fell silent at Martin’s muttering.

Because they don’t even know what the purpose of this game is.

Against the backdrop of their silence, Martin thought.

As someone in charge of national security, he couldn’t look down on this surreal game.

If the sentence Lily saw was true.

What if a threat that cannot be overcome by human power is facing humanity.

So if the system is giving humans a chance.

said Martin, washing his face dry in an unrealistic home.

“Try recruiting through the community.”

Lily immediately countered his instructions.

“Kay is currently declining the friend request.”

“You say you can write a secret comment, so you can contact me with that.”

“I have to do that… … .”

Martin raised his voice before Brian’s questioning was over.

“congratulations! HIDDEN MISSION – The bounty hunt (Korea-01) was successful.」