Acquiring New Powers: Earning 10 Billion with Hypnosis
Dalgeon pulled up near the bank and said,
"Shall I drop you off here?"
"Yeah, park here and just drive around or kill some time."
"Understood."
He parked on the roadside and opened the rear door for me to get out.
I entered the bank, took a number ticket, and sat on a chair waiting. Being afternoon, it was mostly filled with elderly folks.
Number 74.
My turn came, so I headed to window 1.
A female bank teller in a white shirt and blue vest greeted me with a friendly smile.
"Hello."
"Yes, hello. I'm here for a loan consultation."
"Yes, sir."
I gave her my personal info, and she stared at her monitor.
"Sir, you have a loan delinquency, and we contacted you about it. You're currently overdue by about 20 million won, plus interest..."
"That's why I'm here. Could you take a quick look at this?"
I slid my phone through the glass slot.
"Yes, sir, one moment."
-1000 Coins
Remaining Coins: 12000
Hypnotize 7 people over the week (Current: 6/7)
🎁 Reward: 10000 Coins, ??? Unlocked
The bank teller stared at the hypnosis app and went blank-eyed.
There were people behind me and all around, so I gave her a rough suggestion.
"Act normally, but obey any words I say after the word 'command' without feeling any discomfort. Just nod—no repeating."
She nodded.
I said softly,
"Return to normal while remembering the suggestion."
"Ah, yes. Sir, what did you say you were here for?"
"I want to meet the branch manager about this loan. How should I go about it?"
"Sir, for an amount like this, meeting the branch manager is of course impossible. I can offer some discounts or benefits..."
"Command. Go to the branch manager and nag and beg relentlessly until he agrees to see me, even if just for a moment."
"Yes, understood."
A lowly teller bothering the iron rice bowl of a branch manager? Worth a shot anyway.
I deliberately raised my voice like a total Karen.
"Argh, this girl just doesn't get it. Get someone higher up!"
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry."
She hurried up the stairs.
The other tellers nearby didn't even exchange words—they just watched her go with 'oh no, oh no' vibes.
A guy who looked like he had some rank, sitting behind me, approached the window, rubbing his hands.
Deputy manager or something?
"Um... excuse me, sir, may I ask what's the issue?"
Great, now another one's hooked.
Time to unlock a new ability anyway. I opened the hypnosis app and said,
"It's about this. Can you handle it?"
"Well, if I can help in his place..."
He adjusted his horn-rimmed glasses and peered intensely at my phone screen.
Notifications flooded my smartphone.
-1000 Coins
Remaining Coins: 11000
Hypnotize 7 people over the week (Current: 7/7)
10000 Coins
Total: 21000 Coins
Remote Brainwashing
Try Remote Brainwashing within 10 minutes (0/1)
🎁 Reward: 2000 Coins
Resonates with each human brain's unique frequency, interfering with waves in targets within 100m radius to induce hypnosis. Limited to Body Control commands only. (Cannot alter perception or sensory control.)
Lots of alerts, but I ignored them for now and spoke to the freshly hypnotized man.
"Put your ear close."
The middle-aged man approached silently.
"Obey everything I say without hesitation. When I tap the desk with my finger, go call the branch manager."
Tap tap.
He rushed off toward the branch manager too.
I glanced around. Everyone in the bank was staring now.
No one's filming, right? Can't end up as 'Bank Karen' on the forums.
Thankfully, no young people around to whip out phones. I casually sat in a nearby chair and finally checked the notifications closely.
Remote Brainwashing... In short, long-range body control only? Sucks that it's limited to body control, but still super convenient.
Frequency interference? Where'd I hear that?
Oh! In Professor Kim Haeun's Wittgenstein seminar, Eunji and her groupmate were talking about it. Love frequencies, money-making frequencies—I secretly laughed, but they were real? Insane.
Well, everything has its own vibration frequency, so brains too, I guess?
Though you couldn't exactly crack open living skulls to measure it.
Should look up papers with Haeun later.
8 minutes left on the special mission.
So how do I use remote brainwashing?
Back to main screen—a new Remote Brainwashing button. Tapping it brought up a GPS map within 100m.
People marked as red and blue dots.
Names would be nice.
Clusters of blue dots, but two red ones where I was, and one farther out.
Clicked the distant red—Gwak Cheolyong, with frequencies like 22.67849 Hz listed.
Brainwaves?
Mic and document icons below. Probably for commands.
So hypnotized people are red with profiles, blue are unhypnotized?
Checked the map: two reds and one blue clustered.
The two reds are the teller and deputy I just hit, blue next to them must be the branch manager.
Their frequencies were ultra-low longwaves, like old radio bands under 25 Hz.
Recalled beta waves when awake are around there.
Physics major for a reason. Super low freq. But longwaves like that could reach kilometers—why only 100m radius?
Anyway, this'll make shit way easier!
5 minutes left on special mission.
The two red dots still with the blue.
Probably arguing.
Time to test remote brainwashing.
Tapped the blue dot—hidden profile appeared with [Remote Brainwashing Possible] button.
Tapped it.
Perform Remote Brainwashing?
Yes / No
Hit [Yes]. The blue dot turned red moments later.
Did it work?
-1000 Coins
Remaining Coins: 20000
Try Remote Brainwashing within 10 minutes (1/1)
Reward: 2000 Coins
Total: 22000 Coins
Hypnosis success alert, plus a name screaming middle-aged guy: Kim Jong-su, with two command buttons.
No need to sit at the counter anymore. I stood, walked out, and tapped the mic icon.
> Enter command via voice.
Voice recognition? Not trusting that yet.
Back button, then document icon.
Text input field with send button below.
Come out to the bank entrance. Without a word, bring the person requesting a handshake at the entrance to your private office.
Hit send.
Yes / No
Hit 'Yes' and checked the map.
All three red dots started moving toward me.
The other two tagging along to persuade him?
Near the entrance now—the two from before came down the stairs with the branch manager.
Expected a potbellied uncle, but it was a surprisingly neat middle-aged guy with stylish salt-and-pepper hair.
People murmured briefly at the rare branch manager sighting, then back to work.
As the three approached the entrance, I overheard their talk.
"Branch manager, couldn't you just meet him once? Please, sob sob. I'm begging you."
The female teller was desperately pleading, tear tracks on her face.
"Branch manager, I earnestly request it too."
The deputy trailed behind, glasses askew.
Since I commanded Kim Jong-su not to speak, he stayed silent.
"That's him, branch manager!"
"This is the one. You must meet him."
I extended a handshake to him and said to the other two,
"Command. Forget everything after I arrived and go back to work."
"Huh? Why am I here?"
"Wha? Branch manager? Why am I... here..?"
The two muttered and returned to their stations. After shaking hands with the branch manager, we silently headed to his private office.
Now I can give normal suggestions, right?
I opened the door and sat on the brown sofa. He still stood.
"Sit down first."
"Yes, understood."
"You obey everything I, Han Seongtae, say to you unconditionally."
"Yes. I obey Han Seongtae."
"Call me Seongtae-nim!"