I’m Human Too! Not an Android!

 

“What the Fxxk”

“Don’t swear.”

The Jackal, a large-caliber pistol for killing Awakened.

I didn’t fire it much on the broadcast, but it’s one of the weapons I use frequently.

Overwhelming power and range.

A radical ability to ignore 80% of defense.

‘Where did the other 20% go?’

The original clearly had complete defense negation.

Is it because this one is incomplete?

“What kind of monstrous gun is that?”

“Didn’t you watch the broadcast?”

“How does a sniper rifle get bent into a pistol?”

“It’s a pistol because it can be handled solely with hands, without a stock.”

According to the Tree Wiki, the Jackal is definitely a pistol.

Some people swing greatswords like toothpicks, so why be surprised about a slightly large pistol?

Besides, a delicate woman of 160cm carrying a large sniper rifle would look strange to everyone around.

“It’s nice that we can freely fire guns in foreign countries.”

Paris is a place I visit frequently to eliminate the mafia.

The large mafia organizations here are deeply connected with the political powers, making them difficult for regular police to catch.

That’s why it’s become a routine to visit once a month to take out their executives and staff.

I’d like to wipe them all out, but there are problems with that approach.

First, the most practical issue is that it would reduce government jobs.

They kept calling me police.

To be precise, I act as both prosecutor and judge.

Since it’s mandatory, there’s no need for a defense attorney either.

So if I were to reduce personnel, would those people just accept it?

If it were me, absolutely not.

Second, it would decrease trust in the police.

Me, who handles things immediately, versus the police, who take time.

People would certainly start making comparisons.

Nothing would be more troublesome than people looking for me instead of the police.

Third, it would weaken public security.

If I solved everything, the authority of the public power protecting the city would weaken.

Arguments might arise that there’s no need to hire strong people if I can solve everything.

Plus, even if they’re criminals, how frightening would it be for people around if others kept dying every day?

“So what’s your honest opinion?”

“I’m human too. Let’s take it a bit easier.”

I’m not an android, and my energy efficiency is so poor.

You don’t know how comfortable it was when I was in Korea recently, even with the bad public opinion.

The problem is that if this job goes well, my rest time will decrease again.

Pop!

With the muffled firing sound hidden by the silencer, the heads of distant organization members are pierced.

Rat-tat-tat-tat-

Artificial Spirit, AKA drones operated by advanced AI, turn the enemies into honeycombs.

“Do you have a strategy?”

“Here, the strategy is just to sweep everyone away, and in Korea, it’s to wait.”

“Didn’t you say you’d come up with a plan where no one gets hurt?”

“When you’re this skilled, you don’t need a strategy.”

The surrounding area has already been evacuated, and local police and hunters are guarding it, so there’s no big problem.

It’s an easy task—just blow the heads off all visible criminals.

“Most of them are C-rank or higher, how is that easy?”

“That level is easy.”

If they die from one headshot, it’s easy.

There are many who would survive even if their entire body was crushed.

There are many weapons that interfere with regeneration, but the methods are so diverse that it’s difficult to know until you’ve killed them once or twice.

And if some escape, we have to chase them and get cooperation from that country.

It’s reasonable if they hide in the mountains, but if they hide among crowds, it takes forever to evacuate people.

“You’re not saying you can’t catch them though.”

“Just kill the enemy passing in front.”

Ping-

Whether they were a high-grade ability user, all the bullets bounced off.

The drone’s performance isn’t very good.

“Make me weapons too.”

“It’s impossible without good materials.”

Even when shot with the Jackal, the bullets only succeeded in embedding slightly.

“What about preparing a Jackal V2?”

“Go ahead.”

Tap tap-

As I lightly tapped the floor, an explosion was heard, and the entire floor sank downward.

An underground space I’d prepared in advance to minimize collateral damage when facing enemies the Jackal couldn’t handle.

“Take care of the other criminals yourself.”

I leave the upper area to Six-Two, who is riding a drone, and recall the enemy’s information.

A skull tattoo in the middle of a bald head.

A shirtless male, ‘Slime.’

An executive of the Volia Mafia and an A-rank villain.

His name… he’s going to die anyway, so there’s no need to know.

‘If he’s a slime, why is he male?’

Gurgle-

While I was assessing the information, slime rose to waist level.

“Fighting me in a confined space. Even the great Judge seems to have rested too much.”

[Activate—Almas]

[Activate—Lævateinn]

[Resonance—World of Fire and Ice]

The magical swords of fire and ice simultaneously emit mana.

The slime on the left freezes and shatters into pieces, while the slime on the right burns completely, leaving no trace.

“The skill gap is too great to fill with just space.”

And the space has long since changed into my stage.

The fire and ice that eliminated the slime spread around.

At the tremendous mana released by the fire and ice, the light of struggle in the man’s eyes dimmed.

“Spare me.”

Slash-

The tongue is cut from the mouth that was begging for life.

“Do you know how many people have said those words?”

The cut surface doesn’t regenerate, and even transmits burning pain.

An attack that negates everything about the slime.

“90% ask to be spared.”

He’s dying.

Paralyzed with the fear of death, the man slumped to the floor, unable to move.

“Among them, I spare 10%. But those people eventually beg to be killed.”

His limbs were already frozen.

“I’ll spare you too.”

The hand that was suddenly placed on his chest spread mana inward as if to crush his heart.

It breaks the surface of the mana core and penetrates inside.

In Tia’s hand, which had taken everything contained inside, was a green orb.

“Try using your ability.”

He tried to draw on mana, but the ability wouldn’t activate.

No, the amount of mana itself was only 5% of what it normally was.

“Slimes are used in waste disposal plants. You’ll go to a similar place.”

“I am a human. Not a monster.”

“I can’t understand what you’re saying.”

At times like this, all criminals say the same things.

They either talk about human rights or make cliché threats about killing me later.

‘I am a human. Not a monster.’

It’s such nonsense that I feel nothing.

Do you harm people? O

Do people feel fear around you? O

Can you communicate properly? X

Do you follow rules? X

No matter how you look at it, you’re closer to a monster.

When I carried the man up, local police had already entered the area.

They wouldn’t have come out of concern for me, perhaps they were worried about Six-Two?

“Good work. The executive is here, and most criminals have been eliminated.”

“On behalf of the police, I thank you.”

After a brief conversation with the police, I returned to my lodging.

The rest of the criminals should be caught by themselves.

I don’t know what might be inside, and seeing it might just put me in a bad mood for nothing.

“No S-rank villains today either.”

“They’re all hiding because they’re afraid of you.”

“I haven’t seen any recently. I wonder if they’re all gathering to come together.”

At first, some might have been happy about competitors disappearing, but as they kept dying, did they start to feel threatened?

Recently, they don’t even leave traces, making them very difficult to find.

Weaker ones can be tracked using prophecy or astrology, but from S-rank upwards, if they decide to resist, it’s difficult even for those of the same rank to predict them.

“I should send them French delicacies. Poisonous snails.”

“Those things that taste good when the poison is removed?”

“Wouldn’t they taste good even with the poison?”

Training must continue even in my absence.

They should reach at least A-rank.

♦♦♦

Rest.

A period with training but no work.

Fran is preparing for a broadcast after a long time.

Now she lives affluently with many benefits and a salary after joining Team Execution, but until just a month ago, she ate poisonous food as content because she had no money.

‘I ate while receiving donations then, and I’m eating while receiving a salary now, so is it similar?’

The viewers who liked her back then continued to send messages of support even after she joined Team Execution.

So even during rest periods, she didn’t want to stop broadcasting.

‘P was it?’

A small, cute child about the size of a middle school student.

They said she was an adult though.

‘Honestly, I don’t believe it.’

How cute she looked trembling in fear, peeking only her face out from behind the door.

The way tears gathered at the corners of her eyes was enough to give someone strange preferences.

But as it turns out, she heard that P was an agent belonging to R.A’s Information Management Department and also the creator of the current broadcast’s AI manager.

‘I should ask again later.’

[Let’s communicate while eating food after a long time.]

The newly added super enhancement mode blocks all chat unrelated to the broadcast, so there’s no problem with streaming.

-Pfft

-Are you allowed to stream during the rest period?

-I was so worried last time.

-The chat is so clean today.

“It’s been a while, everyone. Today, the AI manager will block all chat unrelated to the broadcast.”

-Cutting-edge technology

-AI controls everything.

-Beep boop.

-Is it food today? Something like food?

I took out the food I had prepared to meet the chat’s expectations.

-Shellfish?

-Clams?

-No way? Ah, not that.

-Slimy.

“French special stewed snails. But now with added poison.”

-Run away!

-That’s not meant for human consumption.

-That has poison too?

“As you expected, it contains poison. Originally it’s eaten with the poison removed, but I have no choice.”

Corrosive snail.

Literally containing poison that dissolves you when eaten.

I have some resistance, so I won’t dissolve immediately but.

Tssssss-

-That’s not the sound of grilling meat.

-Humans are meat too, so it’s probably similar?

-Is that sound coming from the throat?

-Looks really pitiful.

The feeling of my throat burning.

It’s similar to how you can feel the location of your esophagus when drinking high-proof alcohol.

“It tastes bad.”

They say it tastes good with the poison removed. With the poison, the bitterness is too intense.

Haran is watching the broadcast in case something happens, so it’s impossible to secretly spit it out.

‘Team Leader, why did you buy this from France? Did it have to be poisonous?’

As I ate the stewed snails while chatting with the chat, which was half concerned and half teasing, the topic of conversation naturally shifted to Awakened rankings.

Starting with the fact that the snail I was eating was C-rank, the conversation flowed to guessing my rank, naturally leading to discussion about S-rank.

-What if she really becomes S-rank?

-She’s not S-rank

-S-rank is truly another level

“That’s right. Up to A-rank is possible with good abilities, but S-rank also requires luck.”

To reach S-rank, apart from achievements, one more condition is necessary.

Second Awakening.

The moment one gains a new ability—variously called transcendence ability, authority, unique domain, and many other terms by different people—the battle becomes impossible against those who haven’t achieved Second Awakening.

It takes 5 B-ranks to catch an A-rank.

But for A-ranks to catch an S-rank, it would take 100 of them to barely manage it.

Just look at the famous hacker Phantom; she has almost no combat ability, but the probability of catching her was almost zero.

“That’s why there are few public figures. I heard the R.A Association President gained the authority of Magic Creation.”

-The Fire Emperor revealed he gained the transcendence ability of fire

-Haewol has a unique domain.

-The names really are all different.

“That’s how special it is.”

-What about Tia?

“The Team Leader? I’ve never heard about it.”

Since she’s S-rank, there’s no way she hasn’t undergone Second Awakening.

“She’s a very mysterious person. We’ll find out someday.”

Couldn’t you just tell me secretly?

“More importantly, everyone! Team Leader sent me a new weapon. It’s called Slime X, and apparently, you can fill the slime with poison.”

I’ll have to work hard until then.