Regression Is Too Much - Chapter 359



359 – Regression (7)

So, let’s reorganize the plan.

1. I operate under the fake identity of ‘Hero’.

2. Everyone else knows that the ‘hero’ is Choi Ji-won, but they don’t say it directly out of consideration for the other person’s reputation.

3. My identity will not be revealed!

It can be summarized as follows.

This is a kind of trick that uses the fact that even if people think the hero’s true identity is Choi Ji-won, the effect of the ‘Hero’ trait will be activated as long as the hero’s true identity is me. It’s like killing two birds with one stone, taking advantage of both practicality and safety.

So what we have to do from now on is to prepare the groundwork so that it won’t be awkward when rumors spread that the ‘hero’ is Choi Ji-won. All the people who participated in this tutorial will survive, and they will reproduce and expand what they saw and heard. By the way, this is not a prediction, but a story based on my own experience.

“So the plan that my future self and I had in mind was for you to just take the lead and sweep everything away…”

Jiwon Choi doesn’t have the same status window as me, but of course she has grown. She didn’t just do it, she has grown much more radically in swordsmanship than I have.

If my growth was about increasing my magical power and how to make the most of my increasing power, Choi Ji-won’s growth was about swordsmanship and its depth. I assumed that if she were in a regressed state, she would be able to play with the Minotaur alone…

“Because I couldn’t return…”

“… It’s not my fault, but it makes me feel a little bad when you say that.”

“But you still use formal language?”

“I usually use polite language.”

“Before he returned, he used informal language… and swore… and used a knife… and all… just… uh…”

“…”

I guess he used informal language because he thought I was suspicious, but there was no need to tell him that. Anyway, the gist of the original plan was ‘From now on, Choi Ji-won will show off her overwhelming skills and save everyone.’

Overwhelming skill? The skill is overwhelming. It’s enough to show off, and there’s no one stronger than Choi Ji-won here but me. The problem lies in the latter.

“I think you can feel it even now, but you can’t beat a Minotaur. You haven’t even gotten used to the changes in your body because of the bung-bung. If you fight, you’ll get diagnosed with 100 out of 100.”

Jiwon Choi is currently not in perfect condition, and the problem is that she doesn’t synergize well with Minotaur. If they fight, there’s a 1/8 chance that Jiwon Choi will lose.

“So, here, let’s match the probability and the story appropriately…”

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In the end, there is only one way.

“Let’s sacrifice a little bit of the image of the support team. It can’t be helped.”

I have to step up.

**

By the time people got used to swinging weapons roughly, the brave and the foolish were slowly preparing to come out of the bushes.

“Everyone, please pay attention.”

In the middle of the empty space. Since this was where the fairy had appeared, a woman with a ponytail took her place in the empty space that everyone had implicitly left empty. If it were just that, no one would have noticed.

“It might be dangerous here. Don’t go out of the grass and wait.”

The subtle elegance, the aura, the ‘momentum’ of the strong that can be felt from her body.

“What, what is it?”

“That doesn’t look like the sword you picked up here. Do you normally carry a sword?”

Caught my eye.

“So, the status window…”

“Shh, shh. Listen. What’s going on over there?”

It attracted attention.

“…Support?”

It made an older firefighter mutter to himself.

“I am.”

The female swordsman was able to let go of the pressure of having about two hundred people’s eyes on her without any trouble.

“I’ll go take a look around. Please wait a moment.”

Without even explaining, Katabuta disappeared into the tall grass.

“…”

“…”

An awkward silence flowed. After I finally saw it because I was told to, it suddenly disappeared like that? Didn’t you stop it from going out into the grass? That incomprehensible behavior created a momentary gap.

-Pot.

Immediately afterwards, there was a flash of light.

“ah?”

“…uh?”

-Whoa.

The sound of grass swaying in the wind. No, a sound of a slightly more violent color.

The tall, sturdy grass was now falling limply in all directions. The grass that had been taller than a grown man was now swaying here and there, leaving only the knees and the edges.

What was even more creepy was that the height of the cut grass was consistent. If it were done by human hands, there should be some difference in height, or at least some shaking. But the cut grass was cut at an inhumanly uniform height.

“…”

“…”

Gulp. In the empty space where even the wind has stopped, the sound of someone swallowing their saliva resonates loudly. At first glance, if you could cut down this grass field that is dozens of meters high with a single stroke, it would be easier to cut off a human’s head than to yawn.

-Thump, thump.

The person who performed this miracle, a superhuman, walked out through the disintegrating grass with an indifferent expression.

“I didn’t do it.”

“…yes?”

“I didn’t do it. This grass.”

“…”

He was talking nonsense.

No, after drawing everyone’s attention, he disappears into the grass. He carries a sword on his waist that looks suspicious to anyone. He returns right after the grass is all cut down.

“… You didn’t do it?”

“Yes, I didn’t do it.”

She was claiming that she didn’t do all this.

“Then… who did it?”

“I’m writing this.”

“…”

“Hey, hey. Shut up.”

“Yeah… I guess so.”

Those who were not smart looked like they wanted to argue, saying, “What the hell are you talking about?”, but those who were smart and wise stopped others. This was because they had realized the truth that you should not mess with a crazy person.

Yeah, the timing could be really good. Maybe he really didn’t do it. Maybe the regressor from the future lurked in a corner, secretly cut down all the grass with his magic, and then blamed it on her. Whatever the truth, it wasn’t a smart move to provoke her.

“Okay, can I go outside now?”

“I will lead the way. Follow me.”

“Oh, yes. Thank you. The grass was so tall that it looked a little scary.”

“I told you, it wasn’t my doing.”

“That is what I said to the one who cut the grass.”

“…”

By the way, Choi Ji-won, who can partially read other people’s emotions because of her extremely keen senses, was able to figure out what they were thinking.

‘… Bbung Bbung.’

‘Should I kill that guy?’

‘What should I do…’

Inside, I was writhing in shame…

**

The group of tutorial participants moved in one direction, following Jiwon Choi’s guidance.

“By any chance… what do you do? The atmosphere is… strange, I guess. That’s why.”

“I refined myself.”

“ah…”

There was a minor incident where people asked various questions to a seemingly ordinary man along the way, but soon after, the people who felt an inexplicable sense of dignity or awe gradually moved away, and it naturally ended. Ah, the information that ‘there is a man with a strange aura’ was firmly imprinted in everyone’s mind.

Anyway, after walking for a while, Choi Ji-won stopped at a certain point, and the people who had been mindlessly following her were momentarily startled by the sight before their eyes.

“Monster, monster…!”

“What the heck is this? A movie… a movie?”

The sight of the Minotaur, a giant monster with a bull’s head, struggling in a sealed enclosure, was intimidating in itself. It was because the size of its body, its force, and everything else was unrealistic.

“Keep calm. I’ll handle it.”

“Ha, but…”

“It takes time. Everyone, please wait here.”

While Jiwon Choi was busy with the other players, the man who people had said had a strange atmosphere had disappeared.

“So, what I’m saying is, I came back after doing all kinds of shit.”

“Kekeke. Humans have a talent for making lies seem very believable.”

“No, really? I’m on the 25th floor… Ah, I can’t hear that. Anyway, don’t you guys have a king?”

The man chatted with an old goblin who was trembling in pain in the corner, then smiled and patted the goblin on the shoulder.

“I wish you good luck, human. Keruk.”

“Thank you. Have a safe trip to you too.”

A green body that fell down as if falling asleep. At the same time, the goblin shaman died a painless death due to magic.

“Gooo!!!”

The Minotaur roared as it was released. Its roar was filled with murderous intent that could not be hidden, and it was so fierce that the exposed civilians would urinate and their legs would give out.

“That, that!!!”

“Please step back.”

Jiwon Choi stepped forward, defeating the people. She placed her hand on the hilt of her sword and glared at the Minotaur.

“Gooo!!!”

A Minotaur running forward with a tank-like body. A female swordsman quietly glaring at the enemy.

The distance between them narrows. Five meters. Three meters. One meter. Fifty centimeters.

A fist overflowing with ferocity, just before shattering a ponytailed head…!

-Crunch.

The Minotaur’s body, split into dozens of pieces, crumbled like a collapsing block tower. It was cut. And it was cut.

“Look, I didn’t even see it…”

The sword strike was so swift that Choi Ji-won couldn’t even be seen moving. If someone were to look at it, Choi Ji-won would only be in a slashing stance, and the slash itself would look like it was done by someone else, so swift was the strike.

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“Wow, wooo!!!”

“What’s your name? What’s your name? Thank you for your help!”

“I didn’t do it.”

“…yes?”

“I was lucky.”

“… Ah, yes…”

-[Amazing Achievement Alert!]

-You have successfully defeated the hidden boss, ‘Minotaur, the Demon of the Labyrinth’!

-No casualties! Achievement experience bonuses are awarded!

-The one who contributed the most…

“Everyone, please enter the portal quickly.”

“Uh, yeah.”

After pushing all the people into the clear portal, Choi Ji-won collapsed into her seat.

“What should I do…?”

“It’ll be okay.”

“People treat me like… I’m crazy… like I’m a total crazy b*tch…”

“It’ll be okay.”

“Shut up…”

Even if we assume that Choi Ji-won’s personality was damaged.

“The plan itself was a success…”

Our plan itself was a success. My identity was not discovered, and the fact that Choi Ji-won had a fetish for secretly helping people was appealing enough. We also proved that it was possible to clear the tutorial with the ‘right method’.

Next, you have to go to the first floor after meeting the crazy angel who thinks he is now the Supreme Court Justice. All you have to do is go to the first floor…

“Hmm…”

Suddenly, I remembered the place where the man who was digging the tunnel was. The man who said that if you dig deep, something will come out.

Is there really no hidden piece hidden in the tutorial? Really? Really? I don’t know. I don’t know.

“I have to try.”

As far as I know, I heard that it’s a rule for regressed munchkins to cause trouble during the tutorial.

Now that I’m back, shouldn’t I try everything I can?

“I will return. I will not remember anything.”

“Then the shame I experienced…”

“sorry.”

[I suffered damage.]

[You will return to the moment you first entered floor 0.]