episode_0015

After the failure of Im Eojeong, Jibujang weakly stood up.

He slapped his cheeks with both hands and then approached the citizens who were waiting with determination in his eyes.

“Thank you for waiting!”

“Our superpower association, Dalseong Earth, is chasing down a villain with a bad criminal record with the help of S-class superpower Im Eojeong!!”

“We are successfully gathering information, so we will soon bring you good news!!”

Jibujang calmed the citizens and walked slowly towards us, standing in front of us with a badge.

“I’m sorry. I said that, but the chances of failure are very high.”

“It’s okay… since Im Eojeong failed…”

“We will do our best to support Han Nayang at the association, so please take care of her.”

“Yes…”

Jibujang lightly patted Bae Jisu’s shoulder and turned around.

Im Eojeong also bowed his head towards us once again and entered the building with Jibujang.

The public, unaware of the truth, left with positive thoughts.

As for us who knew the truth…

“Shall we go back today?”

“Sigh… Alright.”

“Damn… those damn villains.”

“Yes.”

They moved with a sad atmosphere as if someone had died.

“Jinsu, your house… is close, right? I’m out of it.”

“Thank you for thinking of me.”

“No, go in and rest quickly. See you tomorrow.”

“Please go in.”

Starting with Kim Jiho, Bae Jisu and Lee Seojin also went back.

If I had a motorcycle or a car, I would have run away, but being on foot, I unintentionally stayed until the end.

Staying there would only raise suspicions, so when I tried to leave, a sparrow ran towards me.

“Hey, you there!!”

Should I say it’s not pity now?

“No. If I say something, my ability might be exposed.”

Anyway, since the sparrow was calling me by a nickname out of affection, I just called it that.

The sparrow in front of me showed me a paper with a bright expression, as if it didn’t know how things were going.

“Ta-da~ Look at this~ Im Eojeong’s autograph! Jealous, right? Jealous, right? Oh~ even if you look like that, I won’t give it to you~ Can’t give it to you~”

“Alright. You do a lot, little bird.”

“Hehe. Since today is a good day, how about Eunmi Chicken?”

“I’m tired.”

“Kiki~ Eundongjeong’s treat, Eunmi Chicken yum yum~”

“You crazy bastard.”

I bought chicken and went home.

The sparrow, who was enjoying beer and chicken, flopped onto the bed.

“By the way, that villain bastard is really crazy.”

“… All villains are crazy.”

“Still. How could he even think of raping a superpower person in front of the superpower association?”

“Haha, he’s crazy too, right? He blatantly provoked the association.”

I never thought of that.

I just moved as I pleased, didn’t I?!

Whether the sparrow knew my thoughts or not, it listed the villain’s grim future for me.

Im Eojeong may have failed, but the incident caught the association’s attention.

I wondered how and when it would be resolved as I forced myself to drink beer and eat chicken.

“By the way, Sparrow. What is Numbering?”

“Eek?! You’re a superpower but you don’t know about Numbering?”

“Just a few days ago, I was just a normal editor.”

“Still, you’re a superpower! Instead of looking at women’s private parts, watch the news! Oh? Lime was good?”

“Stop it! And watching porn is my job?!”

“I envy you so much! Give me some mature porn too!”

“Yeah~ Minoyaki Shiro has a mole next to her private part~”

“Kano Hanawa’s virgin loss porn is so good~”

“You pervert!”

“Okay, what is Numbering then?”

As I drank beer and asked, the sparrow got up from the bed.

“Ugh. Numbering is literally just numbers.”

“How can you not know that?!”

“Calm down and listen, little bird. Do you know about the First Awakened 100?”

“Oh. Im Eojeong mentioned that. I heard it today.”

“Damn. He really was an ignorant bastard who didn’t know the times.”

“Nunu~ I’m a fossil~ So?”

“Awakening is all random. What kind of superpower you awaken, how strong that superpower is, when you awaken, it’s all random.”

“A kid who awakened today might be stronger than me. A kid who awakened yesterday might be weaker than you. It’s all random. But hey, do you want a chicken leg?”

“You better watch out!”

The sparrow continued speaking as it nibbled on the last remaining chicken leg.

“But the first 100. The Numbers are different. The first among the first, Number 1, is the strongest, and the last among the first, Number 100, is the weakest. Even the weakest, Number 100, is a monster in our standards, right?”

“What number are you, Im Eojeong?”

“I’m Number 87.”

‘Surely Im Eojeong said…’

[I couldn’t read it… It probably means the actions of someone with a higher Number than me.]

I definitely awakened early.

I probably did it right after the earthquake.

I’ve always hidden and lived as inferior and stupid compared to other superhumans, but awakening! I did it early.

That means…

‘Could it be that I’m one of the Numbers?!’

“Hey, have all the Numbers been revealed?”

“Huh? What?”

“You asked before eating.”

“Gulp. Are you crazy? You asked while I was eating!”

“Just finish eating and answer! Are you going to do the cleaning?!”

“Of course not!”

“You’re so confident? So there are still unrevealed Numbers?”

“Yeah. About 20 people who might have died before being revealed or haven’t registered yet, we still don’t know.”

“I see.”

The theory of ‘I’m Munchkin’ was becoming more and more true.

‘I can’t even properly catch an F-rank monster, and I’m Munchkin.’

I’m someone who knows reality well.

Even now, my life is at stake if I get caught.

‘Let’s live quietly without drawing attention to myself…’

After re-establishing my life motto, I sucked on the chicken neck again, but then another question popped into my head.

“But how come Number 87 hasn’t revealed it yet? Many people still don’t know.”

“Huh? That’s right.”

“Just finish eating and answer!”

“It seems like the Numbers are known subconsciously. What Number they are.”

“Hmm? So there’s no evidence? Even if someone who awakened today pretends to be crazy and shouts, ‘I’m Number 7!!’ no one would know.”

“Are you crazy? There’s a big evidence.”

“What is it?”

“Strength.”

“Oh.”

Im Eojeong alone has the insane ability to see the past and future.

With a power that can be considered divine, being only Number 87, what about Number 86? And even Number 1?

“Who’s Number 1?”

“In the US, it’s Kaper.”

“Kaper?”

“I heard the full name, but I forgot. He’s an SSS-rank ability user who can copy everything in this world. So, they added ‘ER’ to ‘copy’ and made it ‘Kaper.’”

“He can copy everything? Without any limits?”

“He claims he can. So even if he fights Number 2, he wins. He just copies and uses Number 2’s ability as it is.”

Having the power to copy anything and dominate the world is stronger than anything.

“Insane. So does he drink the highest-grade energy potion like water?”

“Probably?”

I envied his self-control more.

The day after gulping down chicken and beer.

“Oh?! Understood! I’ll go right now!”

“You crazy bastard! Clean up before you go!”

“Thank you!”

The sparrow ran off at full speed.

“You damn bird. I buy the chicken. I buy the beer. I do the cleaning. What the hell?”

Muttering to myself while cleaning, my phone started ringing.

“Oh! Who is it now!”

Already irritated, I picked up the phone with a trash bag in hand, and I got even angrier at the incoming call.

I furrowed my brow and looked at the phone.

[Bae Ji-su]

“… What time is it now?”

9:17 AM.

“Shit!!”

My second day at work.

I was late for the second day in a row.

“Jinsu, you’re a member of society now. You’re an office worker.”

“I understand…”

“Sigh… But at least you came an hour earlier than yesterday. Go sit at your desk.”

“Okay.”

Following her instructions, I sat at my desk and looked around, feeling bewildered.

Kim Hanna’s seat was empty as if she hadn’t come to work.

“Hehe. Hehehe. Can’t believe it… It’s so good!”

Yi Seojin hugged the pillow on the backrest, holding Dakimakura in his arms, drooling.

The only relatively normal person, Kim Jiho, was lying on the office sofa.

“Kuk…. Drroong… Keongkeong! Pihyung…”

“Team leader?”

“What?”

“If you’re going to be like this, why did you come to work?”

Glancing around with a cold gaze, Bae Jisoo chuckled.

“In case of an emergency. We need to gather in the office so we can leave at any time.”

“Oh.”

“And we’re getting paid. So you should at least come to work.”

“Understood. Can I play games then?”

“Go ahead. Just make sure to wear earphones.”

This workplace is really a piece of cake.

With no games to play, I tried to edit, but there was nothing from security to editing software, so I couldn’t do anything.

While browsing [Portionix] or [Scroll Company], Bae Jisoo came to me.

“What are you buying?”

“My skills are a bit lacking, aren’t they? I’m buying something like this to be more helpful.”

As expected of me.

I can’t help but lie whenever I speak.

As if catching onto that lie, Bae Jisoo lightly tapped my back and chuckled.

“Impressive. Compared to those two, you’re just human.”

“No, I’ll work harder.”

“Good. By the way, do you need anything… Oh, wait a moment?”

Bae Jisoo brought a paper from his desk and handed it to me.

“The deposit will be included in next month’s salary.”

“Deposit?”

“We caught a villain yesterday. It’s a bonus.”

“Wow!”

I only followed Kim Jiho and tore five scrolls, but it’s a bonus!

I chuckled as I read the report, which stated that I would receive 300,000 won.

I tore 5 scrolls.

Although there was no money spent because it was a fake, it looked like I spent 10 million won.

But the bonus is 30?

“… Is it negative?”

“Well, who would tear up five expensive scrolls?”

Indeed, society is tough.

Tired of searching, I went back to [editing] grind.

My [editing] level goes up every time I use it.

Although there is a downside of accumulating experience when feeling overwhelmed, I can still become stronger than others.

‘This is true solo leveling.’

It was Munchkin’s trademark.

‘When will I level up and become stronger…’

Munchkin was too far away.

Still, I didn’t forget the only advantage of being able to grow stronger through effort!

Nodding my head, I copied, copied, copied the item beyond the monitor.

When my head started to ache, I released it.

I repeated the copy-release grind until the end of work, and as I was about to leave, words appeared on the dark monitor.

[Editing] LV.5

You can edit what you see.

“Yes!! This is it!!”