The Genius Assassin Who Does It All Himself - Chapter 154



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Episode 154 Stimulation (1)

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We parted ways, agreeing to contact K again when I was able to obtain a new colorless talisman.

At present, the ’emission hypothesis’ is the hypothesis with the highest probability.

So, Kang-hoo and K both put off the idea of ​​setting up another hypothesis and challenging it.

Before leaving, Kang-hoo added a request to K to take his time and find out things slowly.

Because it wasn’t a problem that could be solved by rushing. Since it was a problem that was in the realm of waiting, I didn’t want to put any more pressure on K.

Kang-hoo went to the place where he was supposed to meet Park Dong-jae.

The entrance to the dungeon that Park Dong-jae had borrowed a license for from the Myungga Guild was in a completely different place than expected.

It was a warehouse located in the basement of a six-story one-room building located right near Cheongju Station.

It was a garbage dump full of all sorts of junk that other people would probably not care about.

Of course, I’ve heard that it was largely intentional that the underground warehouse was built like this.

Even if someone were to look inside the warehouse, they wouldn’t think of coming inside.

It’s ridiculous to have personnel stationed at all times just because there’s a dungeon entrance in a place like this.

So, it seems that they replaced it with installing CCTV cameras in detail and camouflaging the inside and outside.

Park Dong-jae, who had arrived early and was waiting for Kang-hoo, raised both arms with all his might as soon as he met Kang-hoo.

“Brother! I missed you!”

“Just put your hands up. Don’t rush over and grab me.”

“Hyung… … I don’t like any guys, so why would I do that?”

“The world is so dangerous, so I guess there’s nothing strange about it.”

“Anyway, I’m telling you, he’s a person whose reactions are not very interesting.”

“I hear that a lot. So you have to learn to adapt.”

“Sehyuk hyung accepted me well, but it’s too bad!”

“I’m Shin Kang-hoo.”

If the original author’s personality had been copied as is, he would definitely have been a reaction rich person.

But now that I was so obsessed with Shin Kang-hoo’s personality, I felt awkward expressing my emotions.

Is it the feeling that you can’t stand to stare at something?

He was the type of person who felt awkward about expressing his emotions that were welling up deep inside his heart.

“The buff shuttle is really hard. I’m completely torn apart. My neck is completely sore.”

As Park Dong-jae said, his neck was very sore.

Perhaps, there are none left because I shouted out the remaining buff time and composition list to my teammates.

Park Dong-jae added.

“There is no play more comfortable than when I play with my brother. I really think about you a lot.”

“It’ll be a lot easier if you do it with me.”

“That’s right! That’s why when the famous guild said they would take care of the dungeon, I immediately called you.”

“What about Jeon Se-hyeok or Se-young?”

“Hey, we’re not colleagues that stick together every day, so in times like this, it’s individual play. We’re not always together.”

Kang-hu, who was naturally scanning Park Dong-jae’s constellation information, slightly raised one eyebrow.

Park Dong-jae, who sensed the strange change in expression, asked cautiously.

“Oh my, no way… … . You didn’t tell those two people, did you?”

It was Park Dong-jae who got the wrong number.

Kang-hoo was able to confirm one additional constellation that was added to Park Dong-jae.

It definitely wasn’t there when we met before, but it seems like a new contract has been added as the main constellation this time.

Already adding one more constellation.

I already knew he had great potential, but his growth curve was steeper than I expected.

Compared to Kang-hoo, he is inferior in relative evaluation, but from the perspective of a typical hunter, he has grown rapidly.

【Eucharist Worshipers】

【Actively helps all buffed targets recover 0.5 health per second.】

【When applying a buff to an ally with a debuff, the debuff effect is reduced by 10%.】

‘Look at this guy, he’s sneakily dipping his toes into the healer’s borderline. Does the buffer even help with stamina?’

This is interesting news.

A constellation like Corpus Christi would usually be attached to a healer type of hunter.

It was attached to Park Dong-jae, the buffer. It is a constellation that would not be strange if it was attached to a healer with that level of skill.

Of course, the constellations do not approach contractors solely based on their class.

We do carefully review the contractor’s capabilities, potential, and overall usability.

The adult worshipper seemed to have jumped on board seeing Park Dong-jae’s potential, even before the horse could really start running.

‘If it were according to the original story, Park Dong-jae would be locked in the basement right now. But the future has changed.’

Unlike the original, Park Dong-jae, who came into the world early, is quickly realizing his potential.

It could be said that it was a butterfly effect that Kang-hoo himself had launched.

Since Park Dong-jae believed in him and followed him, it was a win-win situation in many ways.

“Why should I tell you? I’m the type of person who rarely opens my mouth unless I’m involved.”

“Well… … I think that’s what it’s like for my brother. I don’t think he’ll tell his parents his secrets even if they come and ask.”

“You saw it exactly.”

“Right! If you want, I can try to figure out Cha So-hyeok’s movements. Should I help you?”

It’s a welcome suggestion.

It’s not like I’m a burden to him, but rather I’m more on the receiving end of his goodwill.

It seemed like he was willing to do it, as he felt a debt of gratitude to Park Dong-jae for giving him his life.

“Then I’ll ask you to do something about that. Anyway, the siblings are really polar opposites. If you hadn’t chased me in the first place, this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Honestly, I don’t understand.”

“Don’t even think about trying to understand. It’ll just give you a headache. Why are you trying to understand?”

“Because you’re trying to bully my brother. That’s annoying, that’s why I’m doing that.”

“If you block them, just get out of the way. If you try to kill them, just kill them. The response is simple.”

“… … .”

Park Dong-jae was momentarily speechless at Kang-hoo’s calm response to suggesting a solution, and stared at Kang-hoo.

Certainly, I get the impression that he is a cold, heartless person.

Somehow, I felt like if I became an enemy, I could hit them without mercy at any time.

It’s something I’ve felt since the first time we met.

Even though Kang-hoo was lower level than him, he didn’t think that way at all. He seemed like a senior to him.

It feels like there is an aura that comes out just by being still.

Park Dong-jae, who was not intimidated even in front of Jeon Se-hyeok, became particularly cautious in his actions in front of Kang-hoo.

“Let’s do one more final briefing to organize everything before we go in. I’ve already familiarized myself with the content.”

“Yeah. Then should we go in first? We’re not going straight into the dungeon anyway.”

“Yeah. Since this is an open space, I think a passage that maintains its own secrecy would be good.”

“Okay, let’s go!”

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During the final briefing before entering the dungeon.

Naturally, the story about Park Dong-jae’s ‘Black Network’ also came up.

Today, we live in a world of information warfare.

But as so many forces emerged and the information they handled and derived became divided.

A phenomenon has emerged where information is abundant, but real information is impoverished.

With all kinds of fake information and news becoming rampant, there has been an explosion of garbage information that is far from the truth.

This was also something that Kang-hoo experienced firsthand.

For example, 70% of the good deeds that people know about the Purification Guild were fabricated.

They are not a criminal organization, but they pretend to be one and claim to punish them and bring about justice.

Within the Purification Guild, the cause of death of a promising player for unknown reasons was often covered up as a righteous death.

The same goes for the article about the death of a hunter that Kang-hoo saw on his smartphone right before meeting Park Dong-jae.

Shin Hee-seong, one of the promising candidates of the Purification Guild, is dead. He was one of the promising candidates for assassination.

Something was strange.

The cause of death was said to be a fall from a cliff while clearing a dungeon.

In other words, he misstepped and fell to his death.

However, due to the nature of their class, assassins are very sensitive to changes in the surrounding terrain.

That’s why there was no way they would have recklessly moved in a place with a cliff. It makes no sense not to be aware of it.

‘These kids, really?’

Suddenly a strange thought occurred to me.

Do you know of any hunters who have recently acquired hidden skills?

Did they identify the occupation as an assassin and then kill the likely candidate?

It was entirely possible.

Because in Thirteen Stars, there is one hunter who is obsessed with others’ hidden skills. That is Vincent Meyer.

In the original, he was portrayed as a hunter with the devil’s talent, and was also the character with the lowest role.

Now, because of the ending of the collaborator, the identity of the character Jang Si-hwan has been completely turned upside down.

Vincent Meyer, it was no wonder that he committed murders in pursuit of hidden skills.

Jang Si-hwan may know and turn a blind eye, or he may not know at all. The possibilities go in many directions.

anyway.

Black networks were the best route to weed out such fake information and obtain real information.

Park Dong-jae said that the investments he has been making for a long time are finally seeing the light of day.

He also promised first that he would not spare information sharing with Kang-hoo if necessary.

From Kang-hoo’s perspective, who was only ‘receiving’ the benefits, it was a support that was both grateful and truly a great help.

Park Dong-jae’s Black Network.

Kang-hoo believed that it was the best card that could fill the information gap that he was lacking.

It has become clear why we absolutely cannot let Park Dong-jae go.

In order to properly capture him, the appeal during this dungeon raid seemed more important.

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After finishing the briefing and conversation.

Kang-hoo, who had entered the dungeon through the passage, finished the preliminary work right away.

【Selfish indulgence】

【Buff Skill Designation: Running Instinct】

This was a task that utilized the buff strengthening skill obtained from Roche before.

The buff designated as the target for 300% strengthening is Park Dong-jae’s acceleration buff skill, ‘Running Instinct’.

Since the work was done right away, I thought there wouldn’t be any changes to my body.

“hmm?”

In the meantime, Park Dong-jae had applied all the buffs he could. It happened in the blink of an eye.

If you don’t make it a habit to apply buffs without letting the buff time run out, it would be impossible.

In normal times, not in combat situations, there are many buffers that save buff skills to save mana.

“Buff settings complete.”

“That’s fast.”

“I’m Park Dong-jae, hyung.”

“good.”

Kang-hoo gave a thumbs up.

I was secretly looking forward to it, but at the same time I was worried.

Since Selfish Indulgence is applied to the acceleration buff, its efficiency will skyrocket to more than three times its usual level.

In order to experience the speed and see the effects, there is a prerequisite that must be met.

This means that your body, eyes, and senses must be fully adapted to the acceleration state you are in.

What if you can’t create movements and variables that can maximize the effect with a much more accelerated body?

Just the body moving faster.

All you can do is wander around here and there and do useless things.

Rather, you may make fatal mistakes in the midst of errors in vision and senses mixed with excessive acceleration.

As a test, Kang-hoo decided to lightly lift his body once by jumping while accelerating.

This is the beginning of basic movements.

The next moment.

“Ugh… … Ugh!”

An unexpected groan escaped from Kang-hoo’s mouth as he tried to lift his body slightly by lifting his heels.

My body was being thrown around like a water spring, caught in a faster acceleration than I had expected.

It was a crazy acceleration that was enough to distort a face that had been properly compressed by air like a crushed steamed bun.

Selfish indulgence!

The effect was clear.