You Are Dead, Cha Seyeon
<р>Chuaak!
“Kuheuk…”
In medieval times, the humans who endured the pain of torture probably understood why they died so quickly.
<р>With every stroke of the whip, the jagged protrusions lashing across their backs, the raw, tearing sensation of the flesh ripping apart struck straight into the soul.
<р>“I—”
<р>Chuaak!
<р>“did exactly as—”
<р>Chuaak!
<р>“you commanded—”
<р>Chuaak!
<р>“did I not?!”
<р>Chuaak—!
<р>“Haah… huaak…”
<р>With the five sessions of corporal punishment complete, Cha Seyeon hurled the whip to the floor in a careless heap and panted heavily.
<р>If she had been a true sadist, she would have been dripping with sexual arousal, but this was simply exhaustion. She had struck only the exact number required and then stopped, so for me it was fortunate misfortune.
<р>‘This fucking hurts.’
<р>She had set up a fortune-telling stall in the back alleys and, in the beginning, had involved herself in brawls. Being a cripple who relied on her head for business, she had constantly provoked the thugs and ruffians of the underworld.
<р>She had endured a couple of fatal knife wounds, but the whip was far more painful.
<р>Placing a heated object directly on the glass-shard scar, the sensation of burning continued to make the nape of her neck prickle.
<р>“Huaa… huaa… I believe you’ve regained your senses. Clean up the whip and the bloodstains properly and return to your private room. For the medicine, receive it from Ishihara. Tonight’s duties are excused. I expect you to reflect on your conduct.”
<р>Excused from duties.
<р>It was only natural that a human with her back skin torn to shreds could not perform properly, yet granting a slave a break of mercy before she completely broke was perhaps a gesture of leniency.
<р>‘Reflect? What a joke.’
<р>That goddamn bitch.
<р>Kkwaang!
<р>Cha Seyeon slammed the door shut and stormed out, yet I continued to glare at her retreating back for a long time, but the fury refused to leave.
<р>Even as the head maid, she was after all a servant of the Samjung Group, so I had held back out of consideration, but… you were never going to make it anyway.
<р>Since I was already disabling the Shock Bind, I might as well roast you on the side.
<р>I picked up the fallen whip from the floor, hung it back on the wall, wiped the blood droplets with the shirt I had discarded earlier, and was about to leave the room when something on the shelf caught my eye.
<р>“They’ve even stocked this?”
<р>A glass bottle gleaming under the ceiling light.
<р>[Plimax 10% Solution ※Handle with Care]
<р>A compound derived from Flibanserin, the treatment for female sexual dysfunction, with multiple drugs that maximize sensitivity amplification.
<р>Clearly, there were several bottles cluttering the shelf, suggesting they didn’t bother with inventory management, so I decided to pocket one.
<р>“Huaah…”
<р>Pocketing the Plimax, I stood up and the room spun.
<р>I had to get out.
<р>The torn skin was too raw to wear a shirt.
<р>If anyone was about to appear, I would simply hide.
<р>This was the basic aptitude of a detective infiltrating a crowded building and detecting threats in advance. Especially in my previous life, being a cripple, I had had to sharpen my senses to survive. The moment I was spotted, the limping figure with a cane would be captured instantly.
<р>Thunk, thonk
<р>I walked toward the laundry room with blood still dripping from my body.
<р>Cha Seyeon had not told me where Ishihara Haruka was, but I had already sensed her location.
<р>That scent was coming from over there.
<р>The fresh floral scent of White Musk body wash combined with Ishihara Haruka’s own subtle feminine scent.
<р>‘My body really is a tool.’
<р>Even the abilities I had honed through countless hours of practice as a private detective were now used instinctively, without any training at all. Nearly on the level of a beast, these heightened senses were proof of her superior innate physical attributes.
<р>Krrrk
<р>When I opened the laundry room door, a petite figure with a high ponytail appeared. It was Haruka.
<р>“A-ah, ah, ah?! M-Mr. Kim Sunghyun?!”
<р>Haruka had been placing a paper on the washing machine and writing something on it, but she hurriedly stuffed it into the pocket of her maid apron.
<р>“I-I’m sorry to disturb you in the middle of your work, but the head maid said I could receive the medicine from Miss Ishihara.”
<р>“Eh? Y-You, you’re? From where?”
<р>I simply turned my back without a word.
<р>“Hiiik! S-Sunghyun-ssi’s, your, your back?!”
<р>Haruka looked startled and hurriedly brought over a first-aid kit.
<р>Clink, clink
<р>She opened the kit and pulled out a blue potion flask.
<р>A healing potion from Samjung Pharmaceuticals. Supposedly created with some elven secret that goes beyond modern medicine, though I had no idea how since my scientific knowledge was lacking.
<р>What was certain was that this substance possessed healing power far exceeding the limits of modern science.
<р>“I-I’ll do my best!”
<р>What the hell?
<р>Was she stumbling over her words because she was nervous?
<р>“It will hurt?”
<р>“Y-Yes, yes!”
<р>As soon as she said that, Ishihara Haruka splashed the healing potion onto my back.
<р>Chiiiik!
<р>“Kuuuh…”
<р>The burning pain was almost identical to the whip. Sweat poured down my forehead. Yet after five or six seconds, the pain vanished as if washed away and a cool sensation swept down my spine.
<р>“Huu! Thank you, Haruka.”
<р>“A-ah, no, no need to thank me…”
<р>Her reaction still looked suspicious. She appeared gentle on the surface, but I couldn’t drop my guard yet.
<р>I would have to verify whether the posts on the secret accounts she ran were genuine or not.
<р>That I was excused from nighttime duties was actually fortunate.
<р>Otherwise I would have had to sneak out to the bathroom Cha Seyeon used.
<р>“Then I’ll go rest for a bit.”
<р>“S-Sorry, Sunghyun-ssi… I’m sorry…”
<р>Why was she suddenly apologizing?
<р>When I looked at her curiously, Haruka answered with a troubled expression.
<р>“I failed to properly serve you during teatime, so you were punished…”
<р>“It’s nothing. Don’t worry. And it’s not your fault. I just couldn’t do it properly. Anyway, I’m going.”
<р>I waved my hand, feeling burdened by being alone with this unfamiliar woman, and left the room.
<р>***
<р>“So this is it.”
<р>Leaving the mansion had been easy. Even during my cripple days I had infiltrated facilities with top-tier security, and with my current high-spec body it was a piece of cake.
<р>I circled the first public restroom near the park.
<р>My luck was good.
<р>A pine tree branch extended behind the window of the men’s restroom. Considering the angle in the photo, it was exactly the same position.
<р>If Cha Seyeon was truly the pervert who did such things, it meant she almost certainly had public masturbation sessions here almost every night.
<р>Kriiiik
<р>Due to summer humidity, the hinges had rusted, so even in the public restroom of a wealthy neighborhood, the sound was loud.
<р>“What the—”
<р>The moment I entered the restroom, the sight before me stole my breath away.
<р>Panties.
<р>A lewd black lace underwear with the crotch area exposed was laid out on the sink.
<р>Exactly the panties from the photo that Cha Seyeon had been sucking on, now soaked with her own juices.
<р>It was placed so the damp crotch area faced upward to be visible. On the contact surface, faint traces of female fluid had dried.
<р>“Confirmed with this.”
<р>Seeing these panties had allowed me to confirm my awakening of a cheat-level information-gathering ability capable of shaking the Empire and, in fact, the entire world.
<р>“Fuhahaha… ridiculous.”
<р>Whether by chance or design, I had definitely become a superhuman.
<р>That meant my future path had become clear and extremely efficient.
<р>Right now, my most urgent task was not to deal with Lee Jungu and Lee Yohee, but to immediately disable the Shock Bind around my own neck.
<р>Various plans flashed through my mind.
<р>Psychological domination.
<р>Especially the conditioning techniques that worked well on aroused females, which I had used quite effectively in running the fortune-telling stall. In fact, there had been conditioning requests, and in the early days of the business, when funds were tight, I had even conditioned the wives of major conglomerate chairmen.
<р>‘I’ll do it on Cha Seyeon.’
<р>Once I turned her into a female that obeyed my every command, she would probably hand over the Shock Bind controller herself.
<р>It was the price I charged for a back-alley rat like her trying to climb up from the bottom.
<р>“If you want to be a dog that quickly, I’ll make you one.”
<р>But this task had to be handled calmly.
<р>The psychology of women with rape fantasies begins with the assumption that it is a relationship with someone they will never meet again.
<р>They do not seek pleasure in a way that intrudes on their daily lives.
<р>Yet they also desire that person to be a superior male capable of impregnating them. No woman wants to be raped by an inferior man.
<р>‘Contradiction…’
<р>The inherent contradiction of a female desiring a male superior to her even when meeting someone for the first time.
<р>Therefore, approaching Cha Seyeon would have to be gradual.
<р>If I rushed in, she would probably press the Shock Bind explosion button and claim it was a mistake on my part.
<р>So I would have to make her body recognize that she was facing an unresisting male, even if her mind knew I was a subordinate in a lower position.
<р>Glurk
<р>The sensation of the Plimax solution hidden in my pocket was felt in my hand.
<р>“Good that I brought it…”
<р>Using only psychological techniques, cooking one woman was not difficult.
<р>With drugs like this, it was a piece of cake.
<р>‘You are dead, Cha Seyeon.’
<р>Hit. Exactly.