Unlocking

After the most monumental climax of his life, Taejin changed back into his neatly pressed uniform and spoke.

"Please contact me if you need the sexual processing service again, Ms. Jeon Somin."

His tone was far more businesslike than it had been during sex.

It ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠couldn't be helped.

Even though they'd just slept together, a vast wall still stood between him and Ms. Jeon Somin.

Being a Hunter was one reason, but more than that — she had the means to afford this expensive Hunter apartment.

So if she ever turned on him with malice, nothing good would come of it for him.

No. The biggest reason, honestly, was something else entirely.

Once Sexual Processing Duty ends, her mind probably returns to normal, right?

He was testing ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠whether the effects of Sexual Processing Duty persisted even after the job itself was finished.

Huh? You're asking if he was really thinking about that?

Well, how could he not?

The Sexual Processing Duty itself worked, sure — but there was no guarantee the app would handle the cleanup afterward.

Being careful never hurt anyone.

When he delivered that businesslike farewell—

"...Please call me."

"Pardon?"

"Not Ms. Jeon Somin — n-next time, just call me Somin..."

She said it with her face flushed red.

"Are you sure that's all right?"

"Y-yes... that much is fine... and you were my first, so..."

At her answer, he nodded.

Apparently, Sexual Processing Duty produced results depending on how he handled things.

"A-and I'd like to exchange numbers toooo..."

"Ah, of course."

And so Taejin built a rapport with yet another Hunter — or rather, another resident.

Back in the dormitory after finishing Sexual Processing Duty.

"Haaah..."

Lying on his bed, Taejin still couldn't believe he'd actually had sex.

Who would believe that some app that suddenly appeared could actually make something like that possible?

Even now, he half-wondered if it had all been a hallucination.

"Whew. Get a grip. This is reality."

Snapping himself back to focus, Taejin quickly grasped how he needed to use this app.

He wasn't completely certain yet, but the app seemed capable of manipulating people's minds to enable sex and similar acts.

Otherwise, something called a "sexual processing service" couldn't exist.

Even in a world half-ruined by the appearance of Gates, a sexual processing service was still absurd.

At any rate, the moment Taejin understood the app's true value, his goal for how to use it became crystal clear.

"Grit— Lee Jihye, that bitch..."

He would use it to take revenge on the woman who had toyed with him like a plaything — Lee Jihye.

The Lord said to forgive your enemies, but I will fuck mine.

If I'd been the kind of person who could love his enemies, I'd have been a saint — not an ordinary man.

This was my choice.

And to achieve that goal—

He needed to unlock all those locked features.

For reference, unlocking each one cost 500P.

Much cheaper than unlocking Sexual Processing Duty had been.

Fortunately, he had funds to spare.

On top of the initial service, he'd provided aftercare, and she'd been so thoroughly satisfied with the sex that he'd received a full 1,000P bonus.

To be precise, something about being the first E-class to request aftercare and so on.

With points to spare, Taejin unlocked everything at once.

You might ask why not unlock just one at a time — but his principle was to knock them all out when he had the points.

Because otherwise, looking at the expensive costs later, he'd never open them.

Honestly, wasn't that true?

All three looked like they'd drain points by the truckload, and if he didn't open them now, he'd probably never give them a second glance.

So unlocking them all at once was the right call.

Having finished his internal rationalization, Taejin—

"All right, let's go!"

—unlocked everything that had been locked.

Whew~ Now that feels better.

With all the locks released, his previously plump point balance had been completely drained — but Taejin smiled with satisfaction.

It was something he had to do anyway. If anything, it felt refreshing.

Having unlocked everything, the first thing Taejin checked was—

"Obviously, I need to see what's in the shop."

The shop, of course.

Naturally. An app powerful enough to brainwash Hunters — how good could the items it sold possibly be? He could barely even imagine.

Thinking that, Taejin immediately opened the shop.

And was promptly, thoroughly disappointed.

Because—

Well... that was... something...

Not that it was bad, exactly.

An aphrodisiac and a skill book, huh... I can definitely see when I'd use those.

He'd need to buy the aphrodisiac to know for sure, but the purpose was clear enough.

These were items with definite uses.

But compared to those, the other items felt a bit... ambiguous.

Okay, a security guard using a baton made sense — but where was he supposed to use a rope?

And what the hell were Security Identification Detection Glasses?

Did they see through clothes or something?

Hmm, no idea.

As a result, he found the shop window thoroughly underwhelming.

Perhaps because his expectations had been thoroughly dashed by the shop—

Next, let's check the rank.

Taejin checked Security Rank without much hope.

The main event was Body Enhancement, after all — so he was looking at this first.

And the Security Rank he checked contained far more useful information than he'd expected.

This rank thing seemed more important than Taejin had thought.

Hmm, influence, huh...

Because the Hunter ranks he could influence changed depending on his security rank.

It seemed like he should focus his points as much as possible on raising this Security Rank.

Looking at that considerable price, it would take a fair amount of time to raise.

Having learned about Security Rank, Taejin finally pressed the highlight feature — Body Enhancement.

Checking Body Enhancement, he once again couldn't hide his disappointment.

Body Enhancement was certainly intuitive and clear in its contents, but—

It really eats an insane amount of points.

It consumed far more points than he'd imagined.

Taejin slightly regretted unlocking everything in one go — but at the same time, motivation surged through him.

First, let's figure out how to earn as many points as possible.

It wasn't going to be easy either way.

He needed to prepare carefully, step by step.

But he also needed to find ways to earn points as fast as possible and shorten that preparation period.

Steeling himself with that resolve, Taejin poked around the app some more.

There might still be something he'd missed.

About a week passed after that.

In that time, I found a way to earn more points.

Whew, another perfect day.

It was simply doing his work more thoroughly.

No empty words.

If he just half-assed his duties and finished, he got 2P — but completing them perfectly bumped it up to 5P.

You could call it gathering dust to make a mountain, but even dust was worth collecting for when it mattered.

Thinking that, Taejin worked diligently every day.

And throughout this period, no contact came regarding Sexual Processing Duty.

Apparently, unless Taejin selected someone himself, no one reached out.

Ah, of course—

He was still receiving regular messages from Ms. Somin, with whom he'd exchanged contacts separately.

She didn't look the type, but she was quite the texter.

Anyway, after answering Somin's questions appropriately, I searched for the next target for Sexual Processing Duty — the most efficient way to farm points.

No. I'd already found one, actually.

But the Sexual Processing Duty ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠target I'd found this time had one major problem.

Building 403, Unit 902...

The target I'd found was—

Right... she was a married woman.

That was the problem — she was a married woman.