Chapter 6 – Exploiting the Opportunity
[Special Mission: Steal all the food from the basket
Reward: Chance to obtain a unique ability
Punishment: None
Do you accept the mission? Yes or no]
Does the system want to make me an enemy of everyone?
But what is this "unique ability"?
[Unique abilities: They are abilities you cannot gain through training or steal from others. They evolve as the host evolves.]
Does he mean something like the Sharingan from Naruto?
That's close, but the Sharingan can be stolen… unless the system helps protect its owner?
Ah, this is a big chance, but I must be careful. Any plan will cause a 1-vs-100 fight.
"Yes."
[Mission accepted]
[Unique-ability missions are rare… they cannot be done in the same world]
What does he mean…?
"Do you mean my current mission is a unique mission?"
I barely screamed that.
Does this mean I will move to another world? This is madness… I haven't even finished my task in this world, so how can I go to another?
[No need for the host to worry, the system will handle this]
Ugh… what a headache. All these transformations and events… I thought I entered the world of Reaper of the Drifting Moon, and I barely accepted that… and now I'm going to another world if I complete the mission.
I'm worried… if I go to another world, will I get a new body?
And if I get a new body, what will happen to this one?
And if I'm transferred to another world with the same body, will Soo notice the children or the people keeping me here?
"Hey, look at me…!"
"What is that light?"
[The food basket has arrived… the mission has begun]
"Ah… there's no need to think about this now."
"I must focus on what's in front of me."
I left the house and in the yard the children were gathering as they looked upward.
A large basket was being lowered by a rope.
I stepped forward until I stood among the crowd, waiting for the right moment.
"It's food… so much food!"
"Great, I'm starving!"
The basket was full of food… and the children rushed toward it.
"Stop!"
"What do you think you're doing? Get out of the way!"
It was Soo Yi Wol who stood in front of everyone. What a girl.
"This food must be divided equally among all groups."
I looked at the group leaders… I forgot their names…
No, they don't matter… whatever.
"Wait."
The children parted like a sea split in two… and Biyo Wol appeared at the end.
Such a dramatic scene… honestly I never thought I would witness something like this.
"I am not part of any group, so I will take my share of the food."
He stepped forward with a cold face… I love his bravery.
"Remove your hand."
This is the victim… idiot.
"No one takes anything from the basket without our permission!"
Your bravery… I'll tell my grandchildren so they can laugh at you.
"Everything in this basket will be under our control…"
With a swift movement Biyo Wol lifted his hand to the back, then pushed his finger into the brave kid's eye.
"Aaaaaaaaah!!!"
Everyone was shocked by the brutality… even I won't lie.
He threw him to the ground, grabbed his neck, and pushed his thumb deeper into his eye.
Blood and some fluids came out… this child lost his eye.
"What did you say? Say it again."
What arrogance… and he's just a child.
"Aaaaaah!"
"I told you to say it again!"
"Aaaaaah!!"
"Get off him, you lunatic!"
"Leave him, you son of a b*tch!"
He looked at them coldly…
"Aaaaaah… Aaaaaah!"
He pushed his finger deeper…
"He's insane…"
The children trembled… they had never seen violence like this before.
"Please… let him go."
It was Soo Yi Wol who stepped forward.
"And why should I?"
"He must've understood after what you did to him."
"What about the food?"
"Aaaaaaaah!!!"
Man, is this that hard?
"No one will touch your share."
"Correct."
She looked at the others… once she said that, everyone froze in fear.
Finally he let him go.
"You bastard…"
Is he brave or stupid?
"What? Do you want to lose your other eye? Don't hesitate to annoy me if you want to be blind."
"You piece of sh*t…"
He approached the basket… everyone stepped back.
"What!?"
"Where's the food?"
"What? How did it disappear? It was here seconds ago!"
"Who stole it?"
Chaos spread… and I watched calmly.
I'm sorry children… but big brother must make use of this.
While everyone was focused on Biyo Wol, I placed my hand inside the basket and used the storage to take all the food.
[Mission completed]
[You have obtained a chance to acquire a unique ability.]
Ah… it's done. I returned to my room.
That day… the children kept searching, interrogating, and fighting.
Many came to me, but they found nothing.
The most shocked was Biyo Wol… he didn't expect this, and he suspected me a lot, watching me all day long.
On the second day, I didn't go out… I stayed in my room. The children were more cautious.
Something strange happened…
"Soo Meng, are you here?"
Ah, it was Soo Yi Wol… she came to me and brought some food.
I talked with her a little.
I learned from her how things developed… it seems what I did made the children more violent.
The situation continued like this for a week… until Soo Yi Wol arrived with a troubled expression.
"The food has decreased… so I won't be able to bring you more until I—"
"I'm sorry, but I can't… can you stop bringing food from today?"
Her face became sad and troubled.
"I want to ask you a favor."
"What is it?"
"I want to enter seclusion… I don't know how long. Can you bring Biyo Wol?"
"Seclusion? Why?"
"I found something… and I want to confirm it."
"Alright, I'll tell him."
She left… and before she walked away she looked at me with a mix of sadness and pity.
She thinks I don't know what's going on… but I know.
They suspect me and hate me…
To the point they targeted Soo Yi Wol… I know they're just kids, but…
She managed to build a strong group… but inside it are many who hate me.
She has to choose between me and them… I think she chose.
I don't blame her… it's logical.
The door knocks weakly… and opens.
"Enter."
This was my biggest problem last week.
"Goo Ji Byung greets the great master."
I wasn't lucky… he noticed me.
After the chaos, he came to me and knelt, asking to become my servant.
He kept coming the past days telling me everything…
He even gave me his food.
He's annoying… but useful.
"Master, what you predicted has happened. Food decreased… and Soo Yi Wol's group is pressuring her more to cut ties with you."
"What about Biyo Wol?"
"He has only been watching these days… without acting."
"Good… things will get worse… and maybe in the coming days killing will start. I want you to stay in Soo Yi Wol's group without standing out too much or disappearing too much."
"Master… how long will your seclusion last?"
"I can't tell… maybe a day, a week, or a month… I don't know."
"Alright… then go, and don't come here until I return. And remember where I left you the food, okay?"
He bowed deeply and left quietly.
Acting like a mysterious creature is really exhausting…
I had to reinforce his misconceptions so I wouldn't have to dirty my hands.
Especially… since he held no ill intentions toward me.
I opened the system screen and bought a dagger for 25 system coins, and a short sword for 50.
I placed the dagger under a stone… and waited.
"What do you want?"
He sneaked in… was he already training to kill?
"Biyo Wol… I know you know Goo Ji Byung is my follower… and you suspect I stole the food."
He stared at me with cold eyes… I noticed the red light in them became stronger.
He didn't speak… stayed at a safe distance.
"I want to make a deal with you."
"A deal?"
I took out the dagger… and when he saw it, he was shocked. He must be wondering how I brought a weapon when none existed in the cave.
"I'll give you this in exchange for protecting me for a while."
"How long?"
"I don't know… but if it becomes too long… when I return, I'll compensate you."
"Where will you go?"
"Nowhere… I'll enter seclusion in my room in the first area we were in."
He thought silently.
"You will lock the door from the outside and not open it until I tell you."
I waited for his answer… I was depending on him.
"Are you the one who stole the food?"
"Yes."
"How did you do it?"
"How did you survive entering the cave?"
He should understand… not all secrets need to be revealed… as long as it doesn't harm you, you don't need to know more… excess knowledge is harmful.
After a while he agreed… but asked for food. I told him I would give him some after I entered the room.
On the next day we went to the first area.
That darkness… it brought back memories…
When I came to this world for the first time… when I trained… when I fought…
I entered the room and he locked the door from outside.
He opened the small hatch in the door.
"Here is the food… and here is the dagger."
He looked at them carefully… then at me.
"Why trust me like this? Aren't you thinking that I could leave you here or tear you apart?"
I smiled calmly…
"I feel like you're a good person… so I trust you."
Nonsense… I'm terrified. This plan is extremely dangerous… if he leaves me, I'm dead for sure.
But it's fine… I already warned Goo Ji Byung that if Biyo Wol leaves me, he must come to me…
And if he finds me dead, he will spread the rumor that Biyo Wol used snake poison to gain his strength.
Alright… I'll sit and start with the first thing… obtaining the unique ability… I can start anytime.
From what I understood from the system… it will use the food I stole to feed my body
for the entire duration my soul spends in the other world.
And during this time, I won't be able to use the status screen, shop, or storage.
And if I die… I'll suffer and never return.
But the system allowed me to take one thing with me… so I chose the short sword. It's good… but nothing special.
"System… start."
[The mission to obtain the unique ability has begun]
I fell into darkness and lost consciousness… I went to another world.