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Chapter 709
Chapter 709
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Side Story 38
'Unexpected.'
Seong Jihan thought this as he watched Ito Shizuru immediately bang her head in front of him.
Ito Shizuru.
Her gift 'Edit' was a power so strong it was unrivaled compared to any other talent.
'So I didn't expect her to immediately take such a submissive attitude even after I showed my power as the Martial God.'
He thought she would resist a bit, and she doesn't even have the Sword King with her.
Seong Jihan looked down at Ito Shizuru.
"What are you plotting?"
"Pardon?"
"You're not the type to yield so easily. Why aren't you resisting?"
"How could I... resist the Martial God? You're the master of this world."
As Shizuru showed a fearful expression,
Seong Jihan's eyes lit up at her words.
"Master of this world... Your words have weight. What do you know?"
"I..."
Shizuru swallowed at Seong Jihan's question.
"If you spare my life, I'll tell you everything I know...!"
She bowed her head again, begging Seong Jihan for her life.
'She always had an extraordinary survival instinct.'
Seong Jihan recalled the trouble he went through to find the Sword King and Shizuru, then turned to look at Yoon Seah.
Actually, sparing her life wasn't difficult, but he decided to ask the opinion of Yoon Seah, the direct victim.
"Is it okay? To let her live for a while."
"Huh? Yes. I'm fine with it. Just tell her to live happily ever after with the Sword King."
"Happily ever after?"
"Yes... I just don't want to pay attention to them anymore."
Whether the Sword King and Shizuru bickered or not, she wanted to completely ignore them and live her life, was that it?
Still, if they were kept alive, they'd be a concern.
'I don't know what will happen to this world... but I'll have to eliminate them at the last moment.'
Seong Jihan decided to let Shizuru live for now, but eliminate her just before clearing the mission.
"Alright. I'll let you live for now."
"But... earlier you said you'd let me live for a while."
"Depending on your cooperation, that 'while' could become 'continue'. Or, you could die right now."
"Ah. Yes...!"
"Then, raise your head properly and talk."
At those words, Shizuru raised her head while still kneeling on the floor.
Her forehead was red from banging it several times.
Still, aside from that, her beauty that could topple a nation remained.
-Wow, she's definitely different from the fake one before...
-This is the real deal? She's pretty.
-The atmosphere is completely different.
-Shouldn't we cut this off now though? This woman will be dangerous.
-But no matter how dangerous... can she compare to Seong Jihan?
-True. lol
Unlike before, when he searched all over Japan to root them out, now the difference in power between Shizuru and Seong Jihan was too great to be worried about.
Seong Jihan glanced at the chat briefly before speaking to her.
"First, what's this about me being the master of this world?"
"...My gift is 'Edit'. I have the authority to modify player data."
Seong Jihan slowly nodded at her words.
'Edit', which boasts overwhelming performance even compared to other supporting gifts.
Wasn't that how Shizuru changed her face and lived as the shadow power in Japanese politics?
"But... ever since the Martial God defeated the Sword King, light started coming to me when I used 'Edit'."
"Light?"
"Yes..."
If it was light, could it be White Light?
As Seong Jihan was making that guess,
Shizuru's body trembled.
"From then on, I could see the true face of this world."
"True face?"
"The concept of 'Martial God Dongbang Sak' only arose after you started your activities... and the existence of aliens was also an illusion."
This world where everyone knew the Martial God as 'Dongbang Sak'.
So that concept only arose after Seong Jihan started his activities?
"And..."
As Shizuru was about to continue,
[Shizuru!!! Are you here!!!]
The Sword King's urgent voice was heard from outside the door.
Ironically, while Shizuru was speaking Korean, the Sword King was speaking Japanese.
'What a sight.'
As Seong Jihan was dumbfounded,
Bang!
The door was destroyed and
The Sword King appeared with bloodshot eyes, shouting at Seong Jihan.
"M-Martial God...! Why are you here!!! Don't tell me... you're here to take my Shizuru?!"
Not even seeing his daughter,
The Sword King's eyes were rolling as he looked back and forth between Seong Jihan and Shizuru.
"Stay still for a moment."
As Seong Jihan lowered his finger,
Thud!
The Sword King's body was slammed into the ground.
"Ugh...! N-Not Shizuru...!!! Anyone but her! You bastard!!!"
Shizuru kneeling before Seong Jihan, and the Sword King subdued and fallen.
Anyone seeing this would think we're the villains.
Yoon Seah looked at the Sword King wailing miserably with cold eyes, then turned her gaze to Seong Jihan.
"Uncle. Just shut his mouth too. It's noisy."
"I suppose I should."
"Mmph!!!"
The Sword King writhed on the floor with his mouth sealed shut.
Tears were now streaming down his eyes.
-Ah, Sword King...
-How much more pathetic can you get...
-Looking at Shizuru and then seeing the Sword King like this, my eyes hurt.
-Let's just look at the pretty one ;;
-Just kill him already, please?!
-Get rid of that bastard!!!
Yoon Sejin's screams filled the chat, but
'I can't eliminate him yet.'
Seong Jihan sent Blue to the writhing Sword King.
Considering the power of Stat Blue, the brainwashing should normally be lifted.
"Mmph! Mmm...!!!"
He was expressing his despair with his whole body as if he had lost a thousand years of love.
"Why isn't the Sword King's brainwashing lifted?"
At Seong Jihan's question,
"Ah, I'm going crazy...!!!"
Shizuru hugged herself and looked at the Sword King with a terrified expression.
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"When the Martial God summoned us... just in case, I edited him more."
Before revealing the method to break dungeon portals, Seong Jihan had publicly summoned Ito Shizuru and the Sword King.
Shizuru wasn't a fool, so anticipating a possible situation, she strengthened the Sword King's obsession level before sending him to Korea.
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"An obsession to the point where normal life is impossible... I was planning to return it to normal when he returned to his country. To a level where he would crave me but both of us could still live our own lives."
"Hmm."
"But... he wasn't modified."
"Huh? Didn't you say you strengthened the obsession?"
At that question, Shizuru grabbed her head.
"Yes. That's the thing. It strengthens but... it won't weaken! Once I raise a value, it won't go down. Rather... it feels like it's getting stronger as time passes..."
"Mmph. Mmph...!"
"I decided I needed to distance myself from the uncontrollable Sword King and came all the way to Hokkaido. But to think he would follow me here..."
Shizuru looked at the Sword King as if looking at a stalker.
-Now she acts like this, but what about when she was editing him. lol
-For real, suddenly playing the victim. lol
-But the Sword King is kind of scary though.
-It would be terrifying if it actually happened to you...
-And he's not just an ordinary adult man, he's the Sword King, one of the world's strongest monsters.
Although his luster had faded due to Seong Jihan,
The Sword King was still one of the world's strongest warriors.
If he couldn't be controlled by editing, Shizuru had no means to control him.
Perhaps that was why,
"Um... Martial God."
Shizuru stood up and hid herself from the Sword King's view.
Then she pointed at the Sword King and,
Swish. Swish.
Made a gesture of slitting his throat.
-Is she asking to kill him instead?
-Wow, she's crazy. lol
-She's something else too.
-Hah... Shizuru...
The viewers were dumbfounded by Shizuru's betrayal.
Seong Jihan was equally bewildered.
After using the Sword King like that, she's immediately throwing him away because she can't control him anymore.
'Well... I don't need to clean up her mess for her.'
She brought him, so shouldn't she bear the consequences?
"Seah said earlier to let you two live happily ever after. So I'll pretend I didn't see that gesture."
"D-Don't say that...! Ah. I'll give you something good!"
As Shizuru tried to grab Seong Jihan's hand,
Slap!
"Where do you think you're touching?"
Yoon Seah, who had been looking at the Sword King with contempt, slapped away Shizuru's hand.
"Auntie. Go play with that man. Don't cling here."
"A-Auntie...?"
"Am I wrong?"
Yoon Seah glared at Shizuru.
"Ah. Should I just ask uncle to kill you? No, come to think of it, I could do it myself. I suddenly remembered all the trouble I went through because of you."
Bang!
As Yoon Seah stomped her foot, the entrance floor cracked all at once.
"I wonder what's harder... your head or this floor?"
As she smiled coldly,
Shizuru hastily backed away.
She realized that Yoon Seah wasn't just talking, she might actually stomp on her head if provoked.
-Oh. Warrior Yoon Seah is... quite strong?
-Maybe this was more her aptitude than archery?
-Well, her uncle and dad are all exceptional warriors, so it's possible...
-But she was all "Martial God, Martial God" earlier, now she's so protective; lol
-Is Fake Seah loving uncle more than the real one?
-No, I'm not!?!?!?
While the viewers were still not used to Yoon Seah's transformation, Shizuru answered hastily in fear.
"A-Alright! I won't get close. Please calm down. You said to let us live happily ever after, right? You have to let me live!"
"...Hah. So what's this good thing?"
"Pardon?"
"You said you'd give something good."
"That's. That person..."
Swish.
She was about to make the throat-slitting gesture again, implying she could only give it if the Sword King was killed, but.
"Hey. Just give it up."
As Yoon Seah slightly raised her foot while speaking,
"...Ah. Really."
Shizuru bit her lips and slumped her shoulders.
She thought their interests would align in killing the Sword King.
Why were they keeping him alive?
Still,
"Alright..."
The only answer she could give was YES.
At this point, she realized that trying to make a half-hearted deal would be ineffective.
"It's this."
Swish.
As she touched her eye with her finger,
Flash...!
A white light started shining from her eyes.
"This is..."
Although its presence was extremely faint,
It was the power of light, White Light?
As Seong Jihan looked at this with surprised eyes,
Zzzzing...!
The light escaped from Shizuru's eyes, becoming a small ball of light floating in front of Seong Jihan.
And then,
Zzzzing...
[Do you want to accept the White Light?]
A message window appeared before Seong Jihan's eyes.
A message clearly identifying the light as 'White Light'.
'Why is White Light here...?'
The White Light that was essential for 'Analyzing' whether Yoon Seah was the one from the first round.
It was right there, within reach.
As he slowly approached the light,
[Are you sure you want to accept the White Light? :)]
Once again confirming his intention, at the end of the system message,
As if mocking him,
A smiling emoticon appeared.
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