Chapter. 17. Travel preparation (15)
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It’s scary.
“I’m a fan of L!”
“oh! Nice to meet you~”
It’s so clear that it’s scary.
“sign? As much as you want! “What’s your name?”
“Kess….”
“That’s a pretty name! “Hey here?”
Again. Again. Again.
The sound of high heels echoing through the clean but old commercial building and the BDSM members gathered around Rabbit.
“Is that woman some kind of succubus?”
It was truly a strangely terrifying ability to control the atmosphere.
The atmosphere I’m talking about here is just like ‘Oh Rabbit! Oooh! ‘Our idol!’ It wasn’t a crazy atmosphere.
Just pleasure. It’s a fun atmosphere where you can have a friendly conversation with a beautiful woman who is worthy of being called a beautiful woman, small smiles spread like a breeze, and everyone is noisy before you know it.
That was scarier.
Her fan base was young and old.
“Hey Metal Joe.”
“why?”
“How does she look?”
“How are you? Are you okay? It’s pretty. Snuggly. “He has a good personality.”
It even went so far as to cater to the tastes of psycho metal groups with explosive control disorder.
It was only after Professor Park Lee knew the inside of GG and the hidden side of the wasteland, and clearly recognized that Rabbit was not an ordinary woman, and began to look at her with suspicion, that Rabbit’s true face was only vaguely revealed to his eyes.
Again. Again. Again.
After parting the crowd of members, I told Ian that Rabbit, Cheonryuje, and I had something to talk about, and only after the others had also been bitten did I quietly open up about what I had discovered.
“Are you some kind of witch?”
“Oh, please excuse me! “I’m just a person that everyone likes~?”
When I asked a question outside of where the crew was, it was Rabbit who answered as if he had been waiting for the question.
“Sexual attraction is not just envy of a great person, but pure attraction… It would be more reasonable to believe that it is mental magic.”
“It’s just a little bit of relationship psychology, nothing special? And it’s not that I don’t have the charm or envy mentioned earlier. “It just comes cleverly mixed with other things.”
Crush. A person who does not attract affection with his flashy appearance, but only attracts pure affection.
The intention implied in small gestures. A gentle laugh that goes beyond sophistication and is close to perfection. From handing out autographs, whispering, gestures, steps, and lively actions and words that spread the happiness that blooms to those who are not interested.
She was in complete control of herself so that everyone gathered around her would simply remember this moment as a ‘quite happy moment.’
“How much did you practice?”
“From the moment I decided to live like this for the rest of my life. “Without a moment of rest.”
Gaslighting. Controlling another person’s emotions and behavior by cleverly manipulating their situation or psychology.
Rabbit was not an expert in gaslighting, he was close to a god. However, unlike general gaslighting, Rabbit is a kind gaslighting that makes those who are lured in by her gorgeous appearance feel that the time they spend with her is a fun and happy time.
I once thought this after watching Rabbit play.
‘Oh my god, it seems like everything revolves around that woman? There’s nothing you can’t touch.’
….Why not? Everyone who has anything to do with her feels attracted to her.
In other words, pure liking without any feelings of sexual love was nothing short of a terribly powerful political and diplomatic card.
What’s even scarier is that this ability to control the atmosphere appears to have been achieved through thorough calculations and training simulations, rather than being innate. This means that even when encountering groups with tendencies other than BDSM, you can attract them as allies by acting in accordance with their tendencies.
He is truly a person that everyone likes. In a world where no one is the same, the magic that draws everyone together.
Again. Again. Again.
“Meeting someone and creating happy memories. As those happy memories accumulate over and over again, the causal chain reverses and the moment you meet that person turns into a joyful moment. That’s the process by which a relationship called a ‘close person’ is created, and it’s the most basic rule of human relationships, right? “I studied people and practiced how to make them enjoy the moment I was with them.”
“Everyone is different, so is it all calculated?”
“People are different, but they all have something in common, right? Outwardly attractive personality. Action language. The position held by a celebrity called Rabbit Princess. Envy. wealth. Affection… It’s a bit difficult to handle, but there’s nothing you can’t do if you use it well.”
This woman was much scarier than I thought.
The power of Cheonryuje’s power, like my wit and improvisation, the abilities she possesses.
The driving force behind Rabbit’s ability to clear the world was his ability to control the atmosphere, which was strong enough to attract everyone he met as an ally. An absorbing power that borders on violence and a power to dominate the atmosphere.
Even now, as I was talking to her openly about her true nature, I felt that Rabbit was a pretty good person. Calculating and thorough. A person who has personal ambitions but does not particularly harm others.
As I was clearing up my doubts about her, I suddenly thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be easy to work with this guy?’ In the same way, he is evaluating her positively.
Was this the kind of control Adolf Hitler had in World War II, when he dragged the entire German people into a murderous maniac?
“Don’t worry too much. Like everyone else, everyone I talked to thought that the story ended well. “Am I a joy to everyone?”
Rabbit must have already sensed my feelings, so he walked forward with great strides, opened the door to the room I showed him to, and entered first.
Jump up!
“ah.”
And then it hardened.
Her embarrassed face, something I had never seen since meeting Rabbit.
Hung-
patter!
A neat swing that makes the viewer feel beautiful. And drops of sweat fall as if following the body that moved first.
A man who looked like he should be wearing a gi just by looking at what he was doing was wearing a cotton training suit and swinging a sword in a modern gym.
“…A woman with a bright smile and a man who has been waiting.”
“Cheo Cheo Cheon… why are you here?”
“Oh, didn’t I tell you in advance? Emperor Chen Liu came here to meet me. “Today’s meeting is a three-way meeting.”
“No, this is it. eww….!”
While Rabbit, who had maintained his own pace throughout, became restless.
Cheonryuje came towards me with long strides, passed by her, came in front of me, and held out his hand.
“It is the Cheonryu system.”
A greeting without any modifiers, as if that was enough.
The atmosphere of Cheon Ryu-je, who caught my eye with excitement, made me hold his hand and say hello.
“Professor Park. “I’ve heard a lot about it.”
Palms with calluses as thick as stones.
There was an indifference in his eyes, like an inanimate object.
“Okay then. Now let’s talk about the game.”
“Sure.”
“Why did you bring this person with me…”
Everyone, who was unusual, sat down in their respective chairs.
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“….”
“….”
“….”
There was an awkward silence between the three for a moment.
Rabbit, who had always been confident, looked somewhat intimidated.
Cheonryuje looked at me very openly with indignant eyes.
I was thinking about how to bring up the story in front of those two people.
“Hmm!”
No matter how I looked at it, it didn’t seem like either of them would speak first, so I, as the host, decided to force the mood.
“Eh… let’s solve it one by one first. First of all, you, Cheon Ryu-je, who has waited the longest. “I heard you came looking for me?”
“yes. “There was something I wanted to personally check.”
“It’s a personal question… It’s a bit interesting.”
Cheon Ryu-je is a character who seems to be at the extreme end of Rabbit.
Human Relationships 0
Little known information. Based on its appearance, it can only be assumed that it is of mixed race from South America.
A lone swordsman who is truly a modern mystery.
From what I heard from the manager, he didn’t seem to be interested in the server room or anything like that.
That person came to me because he had personal business to do? That someone who lives each day like a sword left his house and came all the way here?
‘I’m sure it’s not really the same interest as [I just want to try cutting it], right?’
While he feels a little uneasy, remembering that his only concern is personal training.
Cheonryuje slowly, very slowly looked me up and down and opened his tightly closed mouth.
“…Professor Park. “Do you know a person named Han Seo-ho?”
Eh? what?
“Han… Seoho? who?”
“I confirmed that the family surnames are different. “Did your father or mother have children out of wedlock?”
“yes?”
“We are asking about the possibility that there is a blood relation to Han Seo-ho beyond a normal family relationship.”
Rabbit and I were dazed for a moment by the unexpected question.
What does this mean? Is it true that the famous humankind’s strongest mystical swordsman finally broke out of his long seclusion to conduct a family investigation?
When I looked at him in bewilderment, Cheonryuje closed his eyes as if that was the answer.
“I was just asking about what if. I searched for people like Seo-ho throughout my life, but the only ones I could confirm were Seo-ho and Professor Park. There were only two people. Unfortunately, there seems to be no contact between the two.”
“No, wait a minute! Who is Dodaechae Han Seo-ho and what does he have to do with me, so he came all this way? ”
“….”
When I asked Cheon Ryu-je, who was muttering a story that only he knew, he looked at me intently and slowly put the words into his mouth as if he were writing them down.
“Complete.”
“…Complete? “Anyone else besides the three of us?”
“no. The person I think is closest to completion, not one who meets Gedreutz’s ridiculous standards. That’s Han Seo-ho. “I don’t agree with Andrey Gedreutz’s selection criteria, but I deeply sympathize with his plan.”
I don’t agree with the standards, but I agree with the plan. The standard refers to GG, the process of selecting completers. As for Andrei Gedreutz’s plan….
“To guide the predicted future into a controllable future, find the most worthy person, and give him/her power and authority. I’m not interested in things like destruction or recovery, but at least I know better than anyone else that such a person should not die in vain in the sewers of a drug den. My name, my existence. “Because everything about me is the legacy of someone who disappeared so vainly.”
click.
Emperor Cheonryu takes a moment to breathe and strokes the hilt of the sword at his waist with his thumb.
“A person worthy of leading the world. A person who regenerates humanity even in the rotten arms of someone who has fallen to the lowest level. “I have seen such a person with my own eyes, and therefore I recognize the need for such a person more clearly than anyone else.”
That was the only moment when emotion was reflected on the refined steel-like face of Emperor Chen Liu.
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“He is the perfect person of Cheonryuje’s personal standards… Rabbit, why does that look in your eyes make you know?”
“You can’t know. That idiot came to my house too. “I said the same thing back then as I do now.”
Rabbit, who had been looking uncomfortable ever since meeting Cheonryuje, started gossiping about Cheonryuje with a pouty face.
“They may talk grandiosely, but in the end, they are like ordinary people in the wasteland who cannot escape trauma and end up whining like children. A colleague who died a long time ago. A being who has been deified from within thanks to his survival through his sacrifice! Even if you struggle to keep up with it for the rest of your life, there is no way you can reach it. “That person has already decided within themselves that they are better than you.”
“Rabbit Princess. After hearing the story behind the wasteland and the terrible joke that I was a candidate for completion, I went there with high expectations because I heard there was a real candidate for completion. A woman who is loved by everyone. A woman who makes everyone she meets happy. “I went there with high expectations, but I could only confirm that Gedreutz’s standards were still wrong.”
While there was a moment of silence, Rabbit intervened and Cheonryuje fought back, creating an acrimonious atmosphere between the two.
“What about me! Honestly, don’t I think I’m fit to lead the world? Good job! Use people well! Even my goal is to pursue happiness for everyone!”
“The way she uses people is similar to how Hitler bewitched people and drove them to war. “It’s powerful, but it’s just deceptive.”
‘No way, but Rabbit was seriously dreaming of becoming a Gedroitz-style completer and conquering the world?’
I’ll talk to them later, but looking at the current conversation and the direction of the clear reward, it seemed clear.
“Then I guess there is someone who fits your criteria! Just hearing about him makes me think that Han Seo-ho is some sort of god!”
“…I thought you weren’t there either. Until recently.”
While Rabbit and Cheonryuje were arguing, the conversation suddenly turned towards me.
“Uh… me?”
“Yes, it was you. Professor Park. The strength I have pursued my whole life. A person whose change naturally spreads to the surroundings and changes the environment itself. superman. “He possesses an extremely rare trait that has never been seen since that day.”
“Uh… huh?”
“When I happened to see your video, I couldn’t believe my eyes. “After being disappointed with Rabbit, I was thinking that Han Seo-ho might be, as she said, a fantasy created by my drug-addled brain. At that moment, as if it were a lie, a person who reminded me of Seo-ho appeared before my eyes.”
“….so. “You came to see me?”
“yes. Umm… I think there was something to talk about or do when we met…”
Chen Liujie frowned for a moment and then let out a low sigh.
“…I don’t remember. I’m not very good at thinking complex thoughts or retaining memories for long periods of time. Every day, when auditory hallucinations and delusions pile up, the only way to calm them down is to hit the metal. In a completely shattered memory, I only vaguely remember what I was trying to do. “Professor Park, I definitely wanted to come to you and tell you something, but I forgot.”
Deterioration of brain function due to drugs. It was not an uncommon sight even in the wasteland. I thought that perhaps his daily routine, which was almost a habit, and his life of almost no outside activities could have originated from this. This is a case where you blurt out things that come to mind without even thinking about them, but easily forget things you had planned.
“….one thing.”
“Oh, do you remember anything?”
“I remember coming here with the intention of living here in the future. Since you look like Seoho, I was wondering if maybe there was something I could learn from him. If necessary, I can at least protect your safety. “People with traits like Seoho are very rare, so if they die, you never know when you’ll find them again.”
hmm? wait for a sec. Now that I think about it, the object of my obsession spread a little from Han Seo-ho to me, right? For a person with such extreme tendencies, being the center of attention… isn’t it a little dangerous?
“You… you’re saying that I’ll protect you because I resemble Han Seo-ho?”
“Yes. “It’s a good thing that people like Seoho survived.”
“First of all, you don’t look at me completely the same as that person, do you?”
“Seoho is dead. “A person like him cannot exist.”
Phew. First of all, I’m not projecting that person onto me at all.
“What if I deviate from your standard of ‘completer of the Heavenly Ryuje’?”
“…I guess he wants to kill me. As I said before, I am a person who has experienced the influence of people like you more directly than anyone else. “If you grow in a bad direction, you will be afraid of its influence and will want to kill you.”
“Ugh-”
“Look, look. Cheonryuje: Are you saying that we shouldn’t talk to that person as if he were a normal person?”
As expected, it’s a land mine. Simply helping someone because they fit the type of person I am pursuing means that I don’t know what I will do if Pinto gets hurt there.
A fairly simple, easy-to-understand, and absolutely difficult character to deal with.
But right now, isn’t it really impossible for that person to be more friendly here?
“…Does that mean you’re going to get into BDSM?”
“hmm. “If I have to do that to stay here.”
Thump!
There was nothing more to hear. I grabbed this young man with dementia by the hand and shook it up and down.
“Oh my, if that were the case, you would have told me a long time ago! We welcome you unconditionally! I’ll take good care of your salary too! You said you like beating up people, right? There are a lot of kids in our house who only come to their senses when they are hit, so we can beat them without stopping even for a day! “Welcome, welcome!”
“Are you crazy? If you make a mistake, Professor Park will kill you! “Are you saying Cheonryuje is a human being without human standards?”
“Oh, that’s our situation! Are you a person who will die easily just because I kill you? “He seems to be quite an easy-going person, so I guess I’ll just have to persuade him well!”
As Rabbit said, Cheonryuje’s behavior was close to mental illness. It is common for trauma from a specific event to lead to an obsession with that memory.
Moreover, as Chen Liu-je himself said, this was even more likely for people who had been exposed to drugs for a long time.
Like a typical wasteland person, he looks completely broken somewhere. But isn’t it enough as long as you have a clear opinion and understand what is being said?
Moreover, this person is like a one-man army who has completed the Gedroitz Company’s certified ‘superhumanization program’. His skills had already been proven when he encountered Ian’s unit.
It’s truly a bonanza. I won the lottery!
“Oh, one more thing.”
“oh! What else is there? Anything-”
“I heard you have a lover. “I hope to have as many children as possible.”
“-cough!”
“I will help you as much as possible, but this is a place where it is not strange if you die at any time. It may be that Seoho’s characteristics are genetic, so it would be better to have as many offspring as possible sharing the same genes. “It would definitely be a good thing if there were more people like Seo-ho.”
After leaving those scary words, he walked out as if he had finished what he had to say.
Not long after, the sound of metal striking began to be heard not far away.
“…I say this out of kindness, but you will regret accepting that person. “It’s no different from a living bomb.”
“I can’t completely deny it, but… it will work out somehow.”
Rabbit and I, who remained in the room, filled the space left by Cheonryuje with sighs.
“Well, anyway. Clear Server Room A person who has no interest in the future of the wasteland left. Now, would you like to talk to people who are interested in that field?”
After catching his breath for a moment, Rabbit raised his voice as if he was trying to somehow restore the atmosphere he had when he came here.
“I’ll tell you straight. Let’s start by selling your 3 World Clear Seed only to me and not making it public. Oh, of course, it’s okay if you don’t play too.”
“Dismissed.”
From then on, it was a familiar, peaceful war of nerves.
I definitely knew why Rabbit hated Cheonryuje. People like us who are used to reading other people feel uncomfortable just being around someone who can’t read their inner thoughts no matter what they do.
And in the case of Rabbit, he is a person who pours all his attention and ability into keeping the world in a ‘joyful state’. You probably can’t bear to feel uncomfortable.
They say they have the power to control the community! Are you asking me to manipulate public opinion a little bit with that? You’re good at that! All we need to do is create some sympathy for patients with localized mutations! This is a good thing?
“Oh, I don’t know! “Give me exclusive rights to the seed! I’m going to the proper April world, not the April world made by that idiot, to get the rewards!”
“No, I’m not selling that!”
“I’m going to tell Vex that you yelled at him!”
“under! “Would you like to bet on whose side we’ll all be on?”
Ah, it’s peaceful.
As I watched compromises being reached one by one through sharp conversations, I thought this was healing.
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