Chapter 4. I messed up the hypnosis.
Chapter 4. I messed up the hypnosis.
It wasn't that I had absolutely no curiosity. I couldn't text Choi Yeon-ju openly while Lim Seo-yoon was right next to me, but once we arrived at the mansion, it was a different story. Leaving Lim Seo-yoon behind as she looked around the mansion with wonder, I quickly sent a text.
[But how are we going to experiment? We don't have anything right now.]
[Obviously, we can't right now. It's not an ability like what you did to me.]
[Then what are you going to do?]
[Start with training first. I plan to take my time with it.]
Is that so? I guess I understand for now. Am I starting gym today?
Thinking about it, it was obvious. I don't have the hypnosis ability anymore. That means she intends to train Lim Seo-yoon purely with Choi Yeon-ju's skill, but will that really work, even for a genius scientist? Even to me, there was no reason for such a convenient situation to occur.
Therefore, the conclusion is that if I just roll like a dog from now on, that's good enough.
Let's roll!
"Shall we start training right away?"
"Can you introduce yourself a bit properly before that...?"
"Ah! Right!"
Lim Seo-yoon clapped her hands together with a jjak! at my question. Hmm. How should I put it. This woman felt pretty intense in her own way. If Choi Yeon-ju was the type to have a chainsaw in her mouth and tear people to shreds with her words, Lim Seo-yoon, judging only by what I'd seen so far, felt like her head was full of flowers.
She is a decent person, right?
Maybe that's why Choi Yeon-ju seduced and dragged her in.
"I'm Lim Seo-yoon! I'm twenty-four! My ability is called Sensory Amplification!"
"Ah. Yes. But what on earth is Sensory Amplification?"
Honestly, I was curious, so I asked before introducing myself. Lim Seo-yoon laughed hehe and answered.
"I can amplify my senses or the opponent's. It's a pretty unique ability, you know? Even enough for Solo Player!"
"I mean, what does that sensory amplification feel like."
She's a frustrating woman. She should show or tell me. She didn't seem to know that a blockhead like me couldn't infer it if she just said Sensory Amplification without any beginning or end.
Lim Seo-yoon was surprised by my words, going aat, then laughed awkwardly. Then she reached her hand out toward me.
.......
Is she going to use it on me...?
"I'll use it now. Yap!"
It was a cute shout. But the result wasn't cute. For a moment, I thought my insides were churning, and soon, a terrible feeling started, as if thousands of ants were biting my entire body.
"Kkeuaek!?"
"Ah! You can't move. You're feeling pain because of the sensation of your clothes rubbing against your skin. You have to stay as still as possible! You have to stay still!"
"Just withdraw the ability! You crazy bitch!"
"Ah!"
I ended up swearing involuntarily. I had no choice. It was because this was harder to endure than I imagined. How many people could stay still when they feel like a swarm of ants is biting their whole body? I was a commoner, so staying still was impossible for me.
Not long after I shouted, I felt the pain disappear from my body. The feeling of refreshment I had never experienced in my life was the first thing I felt. That the world is this beautiful. I wondered if I was an idiot for only realizing that now.
Even though only a few seconds had passed, the clothes I was wearing were soaked with cold sweat. I had sweated so much that I could feel the sensation of sweat coming out of my pores in real-time. When I looked at Lim Seo-yoon with exhausted eyes, having experienced the pain of hell in an instant, Lim Seo-yoon laughed hehe and said with an awkward expression.
"The downside is that I can only use it on one target at a time, but if I can just land it, it's a guaranteed win, you know?"
"Ah, fuck..."
Hoo. Let's endure it. I lose if we fight anyway. I had no intention of being hit by that hellish ability again. She was a more amazing ability user than I thought. The woman named Lim Seo-yoon.
But why did that person become a trainer?
"I can also assist with training using this ability. Do you want to try a squat?"
"Are you going to use your ability on me again?"
"Ah. It won't hurt this time. I used it at maximum output earlier."
A remark that made me want to swear again popped out.
Why did you use it at maximum output from the start? Couldn't it have been a problem that could have been passed over by just nodding and saying 'Ah, I see' if she had just used it lightly?
It was an absurd situation, but since I had already missed the timing to argue, it was right to do as Lim Seo-yoon said. I took a squat position with an awkward posture. Then, Lim Seo-yoon raised her hand once again.
A strange sensation covered me again.
"Oh...."
"It's amazing, right?"
"I think I know very well why you became a training teacher."
I could feel all the muscles in my body sensitively. Even while doing basic squat movements, it was a sensation where I instinctively knew where and how to move to get the exercise effect from this workout. It was shocking. If this woman were a gym trainer, how much would I have to pay for PT? She had the ability to teach anyone the optimal exercise method tailored to them.
I couldn't help but be curious about this.
"If you became a gym trainer, you'd make a fortune, why don't you?"
"Because it doesn't earn as much money as entering a Gate?"
"Ah."
That's right.
I was the idiot?
As I accepted it immediately, my head nodded on its own. That's right... if you compare being a gym trainer and doing PT once to entering a Gate and coming out, the latter is overwhelming.
Does that mean Lim Seo-yoon is also incredibly rich?
It was when I was thinking that. Now, in exchange for giving me her information, Lim Seo-yoon wanted my information.
"I have a lot of questions too? I heard your name earlier, but why are you doing training at Dr. Choi Yeon-ju's house?"
"Yes?"
"I asked because I was curious about the relationship. Are you family? A relative?"
Hmm.
Did Choi Yeon-ju not explain when she entrusted the training?
How could she do that? How could she?
Why is she trying to leave such a difficult problem to my creativity?
Let's ask first.
"Did Dr. Choi Yeon-ju not explain?"
"No!"
Lim Seo-yoon shouted, nodding her head brightly and cheerfully.
You fucking bitch!
I felt like my mind was going blank.
What should I call this? It would be a big deal if I said she was my lover, right? Fiancée? That would be an even bigger deal. I didn't think she'd believe it anyway. Objectively, Choi Yeon-ju was a cold beauty who would make anyone look back if they passed by her on the street, and I had a face that people wouldn't remember even if they passed by two or three times. Handsome, average, ugly. When it came to those three stages, my face was close to average, but if you took the average out of that, it was a face close to ugly.
In the dizzying feeling, I barely opened my mouth.
"Can you handle it?"
"Yes? What?"
"If you find out about my identity, you won't be able to escape either, Lim Seo-yoon-ssi."
"Uh..."
Lim Seo-yoon opened her mouth stupidly. I was just going crazy. I just spat it out as it came, but I couldn't even trust myself if this was the right action. Honestly, 99% of me thought I handled it like an idiot, and 1% was a glimmer of hope.
The result was a bit surprising, though.
"Is it a story I shouldn't know...? Perhaps...?"
Lim Seo-yoon asked with a face that looked scared.
I got goosebumps all over.
"That's right."
It worked!
This worked? It works? From the first time I saw her, for some reason, her head looked like a flower field, but to think she'd believe this. Anyway, it's a good thing for me, so I thought it would be better to just move on like this. I left Lim Seo-yoon, who was frozen in shock, in her seat for a moment and picked up my phone in the corner of the living room.
[Hey, you crazy bitch.]
[? Why the sudden swearing?]
[Sudden swearing? That's informal speech.]
[Is it?]
She really seemed to have a talent for making people angry that reached the heavens.
[How can you not introduce me at all? I think I'm fucked because I explained it weirdly, so come here fast!]
[What did you explain?]
[That you'd get hurt if you knew.]
[Sigh.]
Sigh? Sigh?
Should I make that sigh come out of your mouth!? It wasn't my imagination that it was so exquisite that I could even imagine the tone and expression, unlike the text written in the message. Unlike before, I, whose anger had risen to the top of my head, barely managed to endure it, sent a text saying 'See you later,' and then put the phone down.
Lim Seo-yoon, who was standing alone in the middle of the living room, was completely frozen.
In times like this, it would be best to act like it was nothing, right?
"Shall we train?"
"Yes? Yes? Ah. Yes! Let's do that! Hard!"
"Good."
Like that, we started training while pushing the introduction about me aside.
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"A little more! More! One more time!"
"Uh... ugh...."
I think I'm going to die. I was mistaken. Lim Seo-yoon was absolutely the type of woman who shouldn't be a gym trainer. No, maybe 'breed' would be a more appropriate expression.
Feeling the sensation of my muscles tearing all over my body with amplified senses, I wondered if I would die like this. Lim Seo-yoon could amplify my senses, but she didn't have the ability to know what kind of sensation and pain I was feeling right now.
That might be why she's trying to kill me like this...!
There was one last squat left, but I didn't feel like I would feel good just because it was the end even if I performed it all. That was because it looked like the future where muscle pain that would shatter my body would come after this was finished was visible in my eyes. Lim Seo-yoon wouldn't have a hard time since she just had to watch and cheer, but for me, it was a promised future that I would writhe in pain even after Lim Seo-yoon left.
"Kuaaaack!"
"Wow! Good job! You're amazing!"
When I screamed and managed to do the last one, Lim Seo-yoon rejoiced with me as if she had really achieved it herself. No, I should correct that. She rejoiced alone.
Because I wasn't happy at all.
"Right! You worked hard today! The next class is in two days, so you need to loosen up your body well until then!"
What did you say?
You want me to do this hardship every two days?
Are you sane?
I looked at Lim Seo-yoon with eyes like I was looking at a demon. At least to me, she was a demon. Lim Seo-yoon was just smiling brightly, not even knowing how I was looking at her. When I first met her, she looked innocent and cute because of her unique beauty, but now she didn't look like that at all.
Is this the best?
Was hypnotizing Choi Yeon-ju really the best decision?
I can't trust myself.
Although I haven't trusted myself that much from the beginning.
Anyway, the moment I crawled out to the sofa because I didn't even have the strength to move, the elevator door opened with a 'ding' sound.
I could also see Lim Seo-yoon, who had helped me to the sofa, turning her head to look that way.
You finally came, you devilish bitch.
Naturally, the person who got off the elevator and came in was Choi Yeon-ju.
"Ah. Is the workout over?"
"Hello! Doctor!"
To Choi Yeon-ju, who greeted her with a faint smile as if she were glad, Lim Seo-yoon ran over and bowed her waist. It was a part where I could see how great Choi Yeon-ju's status was, but actually, I was more concerned about other parts than that.
What is it. That expression that seems to say 'I'm a good person'. Is that Choi Yeon-ju's face shown in society? Unlike when she talked to me normally, it was a look that was nothing but hypocritical. They say women are monsters, so I wondered if I had come to live with a monster queen.
Choi Yeon-ju didn't care whether I was shivering at that hypocritical appearance or not. She just said this to Lim Seo-yoon.
"You're late, right? It must be a hassle to go home, and you seem to have sweated, so would you like to wash up first? I'll call a taxi for you."
"Ah. Really? Is it okay to wash here?"
"It's a situation where you came by request. I'll pay for everything."
"Ah... then could I ask for that?"
Lim Seo-yoon said to Choi Yeon-ju with a brightened face. Choi Yeon-ju smiled nicely, nodded, and was guiding Lim Seo-yoon to the bathroom without even looking at me.
Left alone, I felt sorrow.
I'm the one who sweated the most and is dying here right now.
Moreover, even though I am Choi Yeon-ju's master, I cannot avoid being treated like leftovers.
I felt like tears would come out.
While I was teary-eyed from being wronged and resentful, Choi Yeon-ju, who had put Lim Seo-yoon in the bathroom, approached me with an expression that nothing had happened and asked.
"How did you explain it?"
"What..."
"I mean how you introduced yourself to Lim Seo-yoon-ssi."
"I told you by text earlier."
"Other than that, you have to be more detailed so I can match it, right?"
As expected, the expression she showed to Lim Seo-yoon earlier was a facade. It was like a spider, becoming venomous when left alone with me. A woman like a widow spider...!
"That she wouldn't be able to handle it..."
"And?"
"That if she found out about my identity, she wouldn't be able to escape either..."
"Hmm. I see. Understood."
Choi Yeon-ju nodded as if she understood. Then she sat down on the sofa opposite me with a thud. I felt like I was going to die from exhaustion too, but when I looked closely, Choi Yeon-ju also had a quite tired expression. Well, it's natural that a job wouldn't be tiring, right?
There were only the two of us in the living room. And Lim Seo-yoon was washing off her sweat. Since it's clear that a shower would take a long time due to the nature of women, I thought I should ask the things I was curious about during that time.
"Why did you pick that woman?"
"What do you mean?"
"You said she's a test subject. What are you going to experiment on?"
"For now, among the things in my head right now, she is the most suitable test subject for hypnosis or brainwashing."
"No. Why?"
"Because her ability is Sensory Amplification."
Choi Yeon-ju answered, blinking her eyes as if asking if I didn't even know this.
I don't really know what kind of correlation there is between Sensory Amplification and hypnosis.
And since my body is tired, not even a hint of interest is arising.
I just wished Choi Yeon-ju would give me a massage.