Chapter 119
Chapter 119
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 119
Chapter Title: Frozen World - 5
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"Seok-hyun, come in."
Sure enough, he scampered into the bathroom like a little kid.
I blocked the entrance with a dimension gate.
Overlapping the entrance like this created a soundproofing effect.
No sounds from inside would leak out.
Of course, vibrations through the walls couldn't be stopped, but only if there were people around.
Da-jeong smacked Seok-hyun's butt.
"You're the one who got lost, not us."
"No, I was going straight."
"Where to?"
"Dongducheon."
"This is Bucheon, you directional idiot."
"Oh."
"'Oh' what."
She crossed her arms, exasperated enough to die.
"What do we do about this bunny boy? Looks like he came out to rescue people, but now he's gonna wander all day."
"Well, there's a way for that... Seok-hyun, actually..."
I figured it was time to explain my relationship with Da-jeong.
But before I could speak, Da-jeong beat me to it.
"Bunny boy, we had sex."
Way too sudden?
Seok-hyun blinked slowly and looked at us both.
Then he shook his head side to side.
"No way. I won't give up Sung-ho. Not until dirt's in my eyes..."
At that moment, Da-jeong's ghoul burst out from a stall and flung dirt from its arm at him.
Seok-hyun covered his eyes, sputtering.
"Argh! Something in my eyes!"
"It's not permission you're getting—it's a notice. Want in on a threesome?"
Da-jeong seemed ready for a 3P, but Seok-hyun declined.
Instead, he gave me a thumbs-up.
"Awesome. So the duck's your girl now."
"No. Sung-ho's my man now."
"Usually guys do the eating, right?"
"Hey, think about it. I ate him."
"Hmm... Fair point."
Their nonsense made my head spin.
This won't do.
"A-anyway, let's handle the important stuff first. Seok-hyun, you're a busy guy right now, right?"
"Gotta hit five spots."
He pulled out a map from his panties and unfolded it.
Dongducheon, Gapyeong, Gimpo, and so on.
With Seok-hyun's abilities, round trips were no issue, but navigation was the problem.
All signs and markers were destroyed.
I couldn't understand why the government shelter sent him alone.
They should've at least given him a guide.
I organized my thoughts and spoke.
"Seok-hyun rescuing people helps us too. So we gotta do it."
"How does it help?"
"I'll explain later. Anyway, he needs a guide. Hold on."
I pulled out a scarab from the cave, and Seok-hyun looked curious.
He'd never seen one before.
"This guy's gonna help you."
"...It's just a scarab?"
"Not just any scarab—it understands human speech. Can't read Korean, but it can read maps."
I showed it a map of the Seoul area.
The three heads and the scarab focused on it.
"We're here on the map. Hit these five spots. Can you do it?"
The scarab pondered, shocking Seok-hyun this time.
"The s-scarab's listening and thinking..."
"Told you they're talented. Probably smarter than us."
"There's a ton in the shelter? Stags too?"
"Yep."
Anyway, the scarab studied the map intently, then took Seok-hyun outside.
Checking the sun's position, apparently.
It finally gave an OK sign, leaving Da-jeong dumbfounded.
"That's possible? No way..."
"Look at the legend—building names are engraved on walls, so they're intact. Just teach the scarab the shapes."
The scarab doesn't know Hangul, but it can memorize shapes easily.
For Gapyeong, memorize the shape and use engraved signs as landmarks to the destination.
Impossible for Seok-hyun, but fine for a scarab.
A better-than-human scarab feels weird, but these shady things make bullets anyway.
"Return the scarab at the end."
"What about you two?"
"We..."
Da-jeong clamped my mouth with her hand.
"We're leveling him up. He's 24 now—one more level gets a bonus effect. Gotta check what it is."
Seok-hyun approved her plan with a thumbs-up.
"Sex."
I hurriedly pulled Da-jeong's hand away.
"And when you return to the shelter, someone'll pick a fight."
"Pick a fight? With bunny boy?"
Da-jeong was incredulous.
Fair enough—the shelter's top dog, who would?
But I expected someone to step up.
"More like questioning bunny boy's actions. 'How'd you navigate, you directional idiot?' Or maybe heard from Seung-yeon and gets suspicious."
"Old fart or the sword guy?"
I shook my head.
Neither Geom-in nor the president were my enemies.
That left Joo Seung-cheol, who I figured would make a move.
Not biting this bait would be weird.
"Joo Seung-cheol. No connection to you, right?"
"None."
"He flirted with Da-jeong—'cause she's a woman? Pretty?"
"I am pretty hot."
I ignored her.
"Figured he could sweet-talk her into listening. But not you."
"'Cause I'm a total psycho?"
"Yeah. We're all psychos, but you're top-tier. So he never proposed anything. No confidence."
"I'm number one psycho."
Seok-hyun grinned wide.
His innocence—let's see it positively.
I slung an arm over his shoulder for emphasis.
"If that guy's quiet, no need to step up. Pretty likely. Otherwise..."
"Kill him?"
"...No need to go that far. Rough him up a bit, show your trait. No one knows his, right?"
"President doesn't seem to."
"No rumors."
They'd spent plenty time in the shelter combined—no rumors meant airtight secrecy.
I wanted to unmask him this time.
"Joo Seung-cheol's suspicious as hell. Invested in the game company, unknown trait, has his own shelter but stays in government's? Weird."
"Expose him now?"
"If he comes at you. If quiet, you rest easy."
"Hmm, if they fight, it'd be fun. Bunny boy's no joke."
"Who knows. Might have an ace."
I was sure Joo Seung-cheol had a resurrection scroll.
Perfectly shady for it.
I dismissed him having godlike power.
If so, he'd have seduced Da-jeong and found me ages ago.
Da-jeong clung to my back.
"Bunny boy, bunny boy. After all this, we gotta get something out of him, right?"
"Yeah. What to ask for..."
"Tell him to cough up tuna. Tuna."
"Tuna sashimi? I love it. Never had any."
Weird request.
Listening to them whisper, it sounded worth catching.
I confessed to them both.
"But I don't know if there's tuna offshore. Haven't checked."
"What've you been doing without going out? I'd boat out and sweep it clean."
Da-jeong scolded me, and I laid out my logic.
"My days aren't 48 hours. Lately, can't even sleep 'cause of you."
She glared daggers and stretched my cheeks.
"Hurry and level up, then we can both enter and help."
That was my biggest worry.
Show the dimension gate, and greed sparks.
Leads to obsession, bad ends.
But these two—my friends.
I took their hands.
"Yeah. Let's go in together someday."
Suddenly, I pictured Toppy stripping naked, yelling about sex, and running on the beach.
No way.
One hit, two hits, three hits.
Seok-hyun pummeled the fallen Seung-cheol wildly until his wrist was grabbed, startling him.
His strength suddenly drained away.
"Pathetic power, and you strut around? Know your place."
Seung-cheol gritted his teeth and muttered. Seok-hyun twisted his arm free and backed off.
"Status Window."
What an outrageous ability.
The Wi-Fi zombie trait Seong-ho had warned about before?
Sealing all abilities was insanely powerful.
Even Seok-hyun struggled to exert force in this state.
Seung-cheol wiped his mouth with his sleeve and stood.
"Thought you had a shred of reason, but you're fully insane."
"That's why you didn't talk to me, right?"
"...Someone's definitely backing you. Kimbap Lover, that bastard?"
A brief standoff ensued, and bystanders tried to intervene.
No one dared touch Seok-hyun, but Jang Won-taek blocked him personally.
Geom-in awkwardly tried too.
"Don't know what's going on, but calm down first, calm..."
Seung-cheol raised both arms incredulously.
"I got beat, and you're saying that to me? He basically committed murder."
True.
Jang Won-taek had set that rule himself.
Everyone in the shelter agreed.
But Seok-hyun had his say.
He yelled over Jang Won-taek's shoulder.
"That bastard has Ability Seal trait!"
"What?"
"What's that?"
Seung-cheol panicked, and Seok-hyun quickly explained.
A few punches in, he activated his trait, sealing all abilities.
That's how his weakened physicals blocked Seok-hyun's fists.
"No way..."
"Such a trait exists?"
All eyes turned to Seung-cheol.
He backed away, denying misunderstanding.
Denying the trait outright wouldn't fly.
"Wasn't hiding it. No chance to mention."
"Seung-cheol, you invited me to your shelter before? Planning to seal my abilities?"
Yoon-jeong confronted him, but he denied vehemently.
"Frustrating. Why would I, with no gain?"
His excuse: without mind control, no reason to make enemies.
But reactions soured.
Hiding a trait was suspect, especially Ability Seal.
Could turn anyone helpless if he wanted.
Jang Won-taek raised his voice.
"Calm down. Lots happened today—decisions later. Until then, both stay in your rooms. Got it?"
"..."
Seok-hyun glared silently; Seung-cheol eyed the crowd.
"Fine. But he leaves the shelter, or it's violence equals murder—shelter rule, right?"
"...Seok-hyun, you object? Then leave now."
"Nah. I'll stay quiet in my room."
"Promise."
The situation calmed barely.
People stayed silent, deferring to Jang Won-taek.
No one wanted spotlight.
As Seung-cheol left surrounded by underlings, Seok-hyun called out.
"Unseal abilities."
"You'll hit me again."
"Said I'd stay quiet. Unseal."
"'Quiet' my ass... Won't until I'm in my room."
"Fine."
Seok-hyun surprisingly backed off.
No welcome party vibe, so people filed out of the cafeteria.
Seok-hyun slipped in among them.
Geom-in asked something beside him, ignored.
His gaze fixed on Seung-cheol.
When Seung-cheol's underling got pushed away momentarily, Seok-hyun approached naturally.
Seung-cheol knew the psycho neared but let it go.
No weapons, abilities sealed—couldn't do much.
Big mistake.
Seok-hyun lightning-fast ripped a mithril shard from his rabbit ears and stabbed Seung-cheol's back.
"Gah!"
Heart pierced, Seung-cheol shrieked and clutched his chest.
"F-fuck..."
"He stabbed with a knife!"
"Psycho!"
Chaos erupted at the cafeteria entrance.
"Get off! Get off!"
"You fucking bastard!"
Seok-hyun took rough handling from Seung-cheol's men but kept smiling.
Jang Won-taek, witnessing, got genuinely angry.
"We agreed no more!"
"Said I'd stay quiet in my room—no breach yet."
Childish logic: not in room yet.
Everyone dumbfounded, then the unexpected.
Joo Seung-cheol knelt slowly, enveloped in light, and vanished.
No one saw it coming.
"R-resurrection?"
"Had a scroll?"
Simultaneously, Seok-hyun's Ability Seal lifted.
His desperate captors ate punches and slammed into walls.
"Move!"
Thunderous roar cleared the entrance in panic.
Seok-hyun shot out like an arrow.
[Frozen World - 5] End