Chapter 104: Get together Time (6) – Evening of Deceit

Get together Time Second Evening

– Han Kain

There was a change to the standing after the blessing was enhanced.

Teammate Info (!)

Kim Ahri (???) – ???. High Agent of the Calamity Administration Bureau

I in contrast it to my very own data.

Han Kain (20) – Knowledge. Freshman at Ok College

The primary “???” was age, whereas the second “???” was the blessing.

In different phrases, it meant that Ahri’s age and blessing had been unidentifiable.

Truthfully, I wasn’t that stunned about her age, as a result of I had lengthy guessed that her precise age could be a lot completely different from what was instructed by her look.

Time wasn’t a dependable indicator contained in the Lodge. Since she had stayed at a spot like this for a very long time, it was exhausting to particularly pinpoint her age.

There have been 2 issues, nonetheless, that had been very shocking.

First was that her blessing wasn’t “Allusion”.

Till now, she had demonstrated one thing just like hypnosis a number of occasions already, however was that not the ability of her blessing?

Is it her personal superpower?

I didn’t know but when so, then what was her precise blessing?

Second was that it was potential to deceive the system window.

In some methods, this was much more essential than the primary. The system window was a system and authority supplied by the Lodge and but… was it potential to deceive that?

Till now, it had been exhibiting a blatantly unsuitable piece of data and even now, it wasn’t revealing the reality.

Though I didn’t have any proof, I got here to a speculation that superpowers gained outdoors of the Lodge in all probability wouldn’t have the ability to deceive the system window. The issues we had skilled contained in the Lodge, in any case, had been means too transcendent for that to be the case.

Perhaps this was associated to her “actual blessing”.

What am I presupposed to do now?

Ought to I’m going and ask? That may be pointless as a result of Ahri might merely inform a lie.

Ought to I take Elena and interrogate her? That may be like choosing an precise combat.

After having that strife as soon as, we had come to a tacit settlement that we wouldn’t interrogate or push the Administration Crew.

Moreover, we had been proper earlier than going through a big problem referred to as the “Gate Room”.

Was it smart to select a combat proper earlier than such an essential threshold?

However what if what they had been hiding would serve to be a hurt for us?

To minimize my confusion, I made a decision to depend on Recommendation.

Is there a solution to resolve my doubt whereas avoiding battle?

Sage’s Recommendation: 3 → 2

Why be at a psychological drawback? Simply make the opposite get together fear.

What did this imply? I deeply contemplated for some time.

I had no concept what it meant after I first heard it, however the extra I considered it the extra I started to appreciate how helpful this piece of recommendation actually was.

I wasn’t the one one who wished to keep away from battle.

Which may have been the case if this was earlier on in our journey, however my present skills had been in no way much less essential than Ahri’s. She would additionally need to keep away from a potential battle with the upcoming hardship proper in entrance of us.

If we had been on equal grounds, why ought to I fear about it on my own and be nervous?

I made a decision to dump that activity on Ahri.

Severely, “Sage’s Recommendation” is mostly a useful gizmo.

With a lightweight coronary heart, I opened the door and headed to the eating room.

***

– Han Kain

I used to be met with a heat welcome as quickly as I walked out, and joined them for dinner. The subject of our dialogue via the meal was naturally the brand new results of our blessings that we acquired.

Grandpa Mooksung was consuming beer whereas posting movies on the dialog tab.

***

Like, why is he posting footage of twitching worms?

For goodness sake, the mysterious and heavy picture he had been portraying initially was lengthy gone. This felt like being pressured to see disgusting pictures and movies on web boards.

There was no solution to keep away from seeing movies and pictures that had been being placed on the dialog tab.

In retaliation to that, Songee saved posting pictures of Perro.

10 minutes handed by with footage of worms and parrots being posted on repeat. I used to be blankly sitting there, unable to eat something, till the dialog reached its day by day restrict.

Regardless of every little thing taking place round her, Ahri was consuming her meal like common.

“…It appears like we are able to ship much more than earlier than.”

“I believe so too. I didn’t anticipate to have the ability to proceed that little prank for this lengthy.”

“Please, sir. I hope you received’t do something of this type ever once more…” Eunsol-noona mentioned with a sigh, earlier than speaking about her personal empowerment.

…Now I used to be beginning to wrap my head round every little thing.

Escape Route 1 was the elevator, and Escape Route 2 was the principle entrance.

Each routes had their “official escape instruments”.

The primary entrance was the “Winged Boots”, whereas the elevator was the “Protecting Swimsuit”. We needed to acquire this stuff contained in the Lodge, and so they had been more than likely supernatural gadgets.

We might try to flee utilizing regular objects we buy via the HP Market, however these had a low likelihood of success. Maybe individuals like Jinchul-hyung with a particularly powerful physique or Ahri, who can fly by herself, may have the ability to escape utilizing regular instruments, however they had been a minority.

After ending my line of thought, I headed to the entrance desk on my own.

I walked in circles across the entrance reception with gloomy ideas operating round in my head.

I used to be changing into increasingly more of a liar…

Not solely did I conceal the elevator escape route, I used to be now even hiding traits about Sage’s Recommendation. Abusing the truth that my teammates couldn’t see the system window, I even faked using Recommendation.

Like little drops making the ocean, raindrops of deceit had been slowly forming a puddle in my coronary heart.

As soon as and twice. One other time due for thus and so causes.

Am I even a real teammate anymore?

It wasn’t simply the emotional aspect of it that was troubling me both. Like how I used to be getting stronger myself, my teammates had been every buying completely different supernatural powers.

At some point, once they discovered about all my lies, what would occur then?

I heaved a sigh to chase out these sophisticated emotions.

“Are you nervous about one thing?” a voice all of a sudden echoed in my ears.

“Huhp! Who was that—” Shortly turning round, I checked who the speaker was. “Ahri? Like, why are you strolling round quietly like that?” I protested.

“I simply walked right here,” she replied, “You had been pondering so exhausting by your self that you simply simply didn’t hear me.”

“Actually? Anyway, did you’ve gotten one thing to inform me?”

Ahri stood by my aspect with an exhausted look on her face and began gazing outdoors the entrance entrance on the evening sky.

“ why I’m right here,” she murmured.

“…”

“I simply wished to speak a bit bit about my previous.”

Thanks a lot, o nice sage! As you mentioned, Ahri has come right here to speak about it herself.

It was after I was beginning to really feel a deeper sense of respect for the owl.

The Lodge all of a sudden flickered with mild!

What’s happening? Ahh, what unhealthy timing!

***

– Lee Eunsol

After the meal, everybody dispersed to take a while for themselves.

As for me, I laid myself down on the mattress to consider what this “Hand of Greed” might probably be.

The dragon was brimming with confidence saying that it wouldn’t be disappointing, however why didn’t he inform me a number of issues in regards to the ability if he was so assured?

It returned the identical line regardless of what number of occasions I touched it.

You’ll acquire what you would like for

What a daring assertion! And but regardless of such a daring promise, it returned [Impossible] after I acknowledged what I actually wished: Inheritance or Escape.

***

What I want for, huh…?

It instantly popped up in my thoughts. A weapon.

In a spot as harmful because the Lodge, I wanted to have the ability to shield myself.

Give me a good weapon! One thing simple to make use of could be higher.

Hand of Greed: 1 → 0

Hmm?

Your want has been granted

???

What is that this speaking about—

—WEEEEEEEEEEENGG!

Abruptly, a loud alarm began ringing the whole lot of the Lodge.

I shortly stood up when the show display inside Room 105 flickered with a notification.

As a result of request of a participant, a particular occasion has occurred regardless of the Get together Time.

***

***

***

Shock Occasion: Nightmare

…This isn’t my fault, is /genesisforsaken