Chapter 79
Chapter 79
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: Special
Chapter Title: The Strange Adventure of Two Men
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The same superpowers.
The same physique.
Even the same battle sense.
"Nerve Reinforcement Module..."
"ON!"
A fake that perfectly mimicked even Bullet Time, which could momentarily surpass an S-rank hunter's speed.
We entered Bullet Time simultaneously and, until we hit our limits and froze, neither of us could land a hit or defend—we were completely locked in stalemate.
No...
Everything seemed identical, but there was one crucial difference.
I was growing exhausted bit by bit.
"Hahaha!"
Meanwhile, the fake Kim Yongchan was still full of energy.
"You... do you have infinite stamina or something?"
"Of course! After all, this body's the ultimate man, forged from the 'Crystal of Infinity'!"
"Crystal of... Infinity?"
What the hell was that?
Even if he told me, with everything around us encased in crystals, I couldn't even begin to guess.
One thing was clear: thanks to being born from this Crystal of Infinity or whatever, the bastard never had to worry about tiring out.
Fire Cannon
Ready! → Encounter
Simultaneously.
"Encounter."
Boom!
We summoned anti-materiel sniper rifles and fired crimson lasers at each other.
Our physiques were identical, so it was bound to end in another draw.
That's what I thought.
But unlike me, who was holding back to conserve mana,
"Hahaha!"
"...!"
Infinite energy.
In other words, the fake didn't have to worry about mana depletion, even if he pushed Fire Cannon beyond its limits.
Vrrr.
"Urk?!"
Out of sheer stubbornness, I'd kept up the beam clash until Levi's voice snapped me out of it, and I finally rolled aside.
The instant I did, the red laser that had passed through where I'd stood melted the crystal floor behind us into nothingness.
"Tch, you dodged that?"
"Yeah, thanks to you."
I sprang to my feet at Levi's words, then aimed pistols at him with both hands.
The fake Kim Yongchan mirrored me perfectly, like a reflection in a mirror.
Meanwhile, having watched our fight from the start, or so it seemed...
Levi informed me that the fake Kim Yongchan had differences beyond his infinite energy.
"The fake Kim Yongchan doesn't... have you, Levi?"
Come to think of it, Levi was the first hunter, existing before Earth was even born.
If the fake had a brain like hers, he wouldn't be clashing head-on with me like this.
"Uh, yeah..."
Levi, even in the middle of this...
Why are you wearing that skimpy swimsuit right now?
...Levi, you're hopeless.
I'll pound you until you're crying and begging for mercy later.
Anyway, back to the point.
"Any other differences?"
"!!"
The next difference Levi revealed between me and the fake Kim Yongchan...
The moment I heard it, a smile crept across my lips.
Everything the same, except his infinite energy.
How could he lose under those conditions?
On top of that, the Crystal of Infinity that birthed him had promised this before sending him to the outside world:
'Kill the real one, and I'll make you real.'
A golden chance to escape his fragmented fake life in the crystal and enter the true world.
In other words, no more settling for degenerate fake women—he could rape real ones nonstop and strangle them when he got bored.
So he had to win.
"...Huh? What, why'd you put away your guns?"
But the original suddenly dismissed the pistols he'd been holding after our ranged exchange.
Whatever his reason, the fake Kim Yongchan followed suit and vanished his own pistols.
The real one then charged at the fake mercilessly.
Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat!
Can't win at range, so switching to close quarters?
Idiot.
Same specs meant momentary surprise changed nothing.
"Then I'll use Machine Gun Gatling too!"
Punches faster than bullets crossed from both sides, clashing head-on.
Neither could hit the core from the start, and identical patterns meant they just kept punching fists with fists.
Eventually, the one who'd tire first—the real one—would take the hit.
The original.
Thwack!
"?!"
"Haha, gotcha!"
The real Kim Yongchan took a hit to the shoulder.
He flew back, barely stopping by planting a foot against a crystal pillar.
Close quarters not working either, so now resorting to tricks?
"Raaagh!"
"...?"
Enemy in front, yet...
He smashed the crystal pillar behind him instead, then swung the uprooted pillar down at the fake.
"Hoh... All skills the same, so now using terrain to create an edge?"
The first couple swings caught him off guard while dodging.
But just a brief hiccup.
"If the real can do it, so can I."
The fake pulled out a gatling gun and shattered the pillar the real Kim Yongchan swung into pieces.
He then unleashed ice rounds 360 degrees at every crystal pillar around them, beyond limits.
"...!"
"Hahaha! Without infinite energy, I wouldn't bother with something so inefficient!"
But he was Kim Yongchan—and superior to Kim Yongchan.
In a way, the original's better!
Uprooting eight pillars around him barely tired him.
He gathered the yanked crystals and swung them at the real one first.
"Urk...!"
The original toppled onto the crystal floor, caught off guard.
Seizing the momentum before he could rise...
Rumble rumble rumble—
"Th-this is!"
The fake Kim Yongchan hoisted the clustered pillars high into the air and shouted as he dropped toward the real one.
"Crystal Mass—!!"
Boom!
Immense weight crushing down.
This would flatten him into a pancake soon enough.
So, combining Nerve Reinforcement Module with Machine Gun Gatling...
"!!"
Bullet Time + faster-than-bullets fist rush.
Repay with punches amplified by insane speed.
"Ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora ora—!!"
Groooan—
The crystal mass from the clustered pillars slowly rose back up.
But.
"Too late! No escape now!"
If the original could, so could he!
With infinite energy to boot.
"Hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya hya—!!"
Same Nerve Reinforcement Module + Machine Gun Gatling combo as the original.
The two Kim Yongchans poured out near-identical rushes across the massive crystal mass.
Then.
"Urk...!"
As mentioned, the fake's energy was infinite.
The real's power had clear limits.
"It's over! Die—!"
Muda! With that final punch downward, the crystal mass finally hit the ground.
Kaboom.
Silence followed.
"Heh, heh heh, hahahahaha—!"
What came next was the fake Kim Yongchan's laughter—still in Bullet Time, achieving over 10 seconds of Nerve Reinforcement Module, something even the original couldn't do.
"10 seconds! 10 seconds passed. Body's screaming, but infinite energy let me endure this far!"
Truly beyond the original!
And so, the real died, and a higher-quality true-true Kim Yongchan was born...
"...Huh?"
Or so he thought.
Until his body froze from Bullet Time's backlash just as he tried to move.
"11 seconds in, fake."
"Wh-what?!"
From behind the fake—laughing atop the crystal mass—came a voice that shouldn't have been possible.
The real Kim Yongchan stood unscathed, gazing at him, even after 11+ seconds of Bullet Time.
"H-how...?"
"......"
"How the hell...? How'd you escape that crystal mass?! No, more than that—same stats, finite energy, how are you still holding Bullet Time?!"
The fake's incredulous shout.
He was locked by Nerve Reinforcement Module backlash, yet the original stood fine with identical stats.
But that question was flawed from the start.
"Same stats? Which ones you talking about?"
"Wh-what?"
"My available points: 360."
"...!"
"Right before the ice mass hit, I dumped all 250 into 'Technique'."
In other words...
Current stats.
📛 Name:Kim Yongchan
⭐ Level:22
💼 Job:Hunter (Female Submission Hunter)
💰 Remaining Points:110
Raw power might match, but skill in using abilities was now overwhelmingly different.
Right now, this instant.
13 seconds into Bullet Time, standing alone unscathed like it was nothing.
Crack crack.
"No matter the world, punching Seolgi's pregnant belly to abort makes no damn sense..."
"Eek?!"
He had to move.
Had to run...!
Couldn't.
Because the fake's Bullet Time had ended long ago.
Ignoring that, as fellow Kim Yongchans, he beckoned like try to guess.
"Here's a quiz for you."
"Qu-quiz?!"
"I'm about to erase you—which fist do you think I'll use?"
Same Kim Yongchan, so...
"L-left?"
But his answer got...
NO!
NO!
NO!
...only a savage glare saying as much.
"Eek?! Th-then... r-right?"
Cautiously tried again.
NO!
NO!
NO!
Same face.
Finally getting it, the fake wiped tears and offered a third guess.
"M-maybe both hands?"
YES!
YES!
YES!
"N-no way, a rush attack with Nerve Reinforcement Module like before?!"
YES!
YES!
YES!!!
And so, in one corner of the crystal world, accompanied by a bizarre "Bukkeok?!" sound, the one with the Golden Spirit emerged victorious.