episode_0380
by fnovelpia
The reason I broke into SEDAC was nothing special.
The purpose was to take over the body manipulation villain officially named Shapeshifter.
I achieved all of the goals I had planned for Namhira this time, and I planned to create one last artifact before returning to reality.
‘Because the shapeshifter’s superpowers are useful.’
He was a villain who regenerated even though his face was blown off by a grenade exploding in his face. It was clear that if it was possible to imbue an artifact with even a similar ability rather than the same superpower, an amazing fraudulent artifact would be created.
I walked back and forth outside the lab, rubbing my palms in anticipation.
‘There won’t be any useless functions, right? I’m a little anxious because the kidnapping was released easier than I thought… ‘
Contrary to its great notoriety, it was not that difficult to break into SEDAC. Even though it is a place that boasts tight security, it was only natural that I had a few souvenirs and a few things from other worlds.
Awaken’s skin and facial parts were replaced with Asian ones, and even a placebo ID card was handed over just in case. The identity was prepared by Maria through hacking.
Thanks to this, an android disguised as a SEDAC worker was created in an instant.
I entrusted the task to Defoe, who had the most sly attitude, and he performed the task very satisfactorily.
With Maria’s help, I was able to observe with the same gaze as Defoe looked through the interior of SEDAC.
The Shapeshifter saw with his own eyes the isolated cell, opened the door with a key and kidnapped him.
‘When I opened the door and went through it, it seemed like the security device was working… I wouldn’t have been caught.’
At first glance, there were no lights, let alone surveillance cameras, inside the cell. Thanks to this, the solitary confinement measure did not prevent the villain from escaping, but rather helped prevent others from seeing me kidnapping the villain.
Clap~
The door to the laboratory opened and Awaken came out.
What was in that hand was a rosary, an object we commonly call a rosary. A luxurious rosary made of whole starlight. A cross with a strange pattern was hanging at the end of five starlight beads arranged in rows of ten.
“Good job.”
I took it and returned the Awaken to my inventory.
And then we went into the lab to test its performance.
“Hmm… Ugh… ”
Inside the laboratory, a shapeshifter with his limbs tied was groaning. He was still wearing special restraints on his arms, and thanks to this, there seemed to be no particular resistance during the process of creating the artifact.
The proof was that the guy’s lower body, which was tattered below the knees, had not been regenerated.
I concentrated on the rosary. The object of the supernatural power was the shapeshifter in front. This was because I would have been in trouble if I had made myself the first target of the artifact and had side effects. After all, it is an artifact created with the unpleasant supernatural power of body manipulation.
Wow~
As I concentrated, the cross hanging at the end of the rosary began to vibrate. And the moment the vibration reached its peak, the light emitted from there covered the villain.
‘oh?’
Fortunately, the artifact worked normally.
The light emitted from the rosary began to heal the target villain’s body instead of turning him into a piece of meat.
Whether it was a lack of output or the strong effect of the special restraints, the wounds near the restrained wrists could not be treated. But it wasn’t the tattered lower body of the guy.
Wood-duk-udduk-udduk-
“Kaaa!!!”
‘Do you feel the pain as it is? Well, I’ve never been under anesthesia.’
As if turning back time, his legs began to regenerate. The blood that had been flowing returned to the legs, and blood vessels and muscles began to regenerate. The broken bones clicked back into place as if they were magnets.
After the time to have a cup of tea passed, the interior of the laboratory returned to its previous neat appearance.
As the leg regenerated, all of the blood that was flowing on the floor returned to the body.
‘hmm… ‘Not bad.’
The regeneration process was similar to when a shapeshifter regenerates a head. It meant that the characteristics of his superpower were copied well.
But the speed was disappointing.
The shapeshifter’s original superpower was so fast that even if his head was blown off, he could regenerate it in an instant. It was quite different from the artifact that required concentration while drinking tea.
No matter how much I concentrated on it, anything other than regenerating the wound was impossible.
It was not possible to change the body structure or extract bone blades from the body like in the original.
Overall performance deteriorated.
‘But it’s not all bad things.’
First of all, the playback function alone could be seen as a hit. Body transformation was a mana function for me, who could take out weapons from the inventory at any time anyway.
Since I had no desire to grotesquely transform my body, in fact, I could just say that I had taken out only the body regeneration function that I wanted the most.
Above all, the great thing was that the effect could be applied to people other than yourself.
Among the healing methods I had that could be used on other people, there were potions and elixirs, but they were all consumables. Unlike artifacts, which require only mental power, they have the characteristic of decreasing as much as they are used.
I may be able to get something of better quality later, but everything I have now is of low quality. My status was not yet high enough to buy a lot of high-quality items such as elixirs and great hwandans while traveling.
In that case, it was expected that the artifact, which was no different from Muan sweet water that never dried, would have many uses.
If I make good use of this, I think I could wear a healer cosplay while traveling to other destinations.
“Uhhhh… I never thought a hero would do something like this… ”
“What, have you come to your senses?”
The shapeshifter smiled and slowly opened his eyes. He came to his senses after most of his wounds had recovered.
“I’m a bit jealous of your superpowers. I tried to just forget about it, but it kept getting caught in my eyes. I had no choice but to bring it.”
“Hehehe… Whoa, whoa! So did you find out anything?”
The guy spat on the lab floor. The wound in the mouth had not healed and the saliva was mixed with blood.
“If you haven’t figured it out, you’d better hurry. If the boss finds out that you stole from me, he won’t stay quiet.”
I tilted my head at that calm attitude.
“You don’t know anything?”
“You don’t know? What are you saying… ”
“Well, you were locked up in prison while this was happening. Then it’s easy to not know.”
I shook my head and told him the truth.
“Your organization is ruined.”
“What… !”
“Your boss ran away to Japan and caused an accident, so I went over to Japan and cleaned it up. Well, it wasn’t bad. I also explored a lot of Japan’s night streets. Research results are also shared.”
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
I could see the guy’s eyes trembling. It seemed quite shocking to see the vicious villain shaken like this and that he had nowhere to turn.
“If it’s bullshit, can you tell the difference when you’re tied up like that?”
“Ugh… !”
“And even if it didn’t fail, it doesn’t matter. Because I already got what I wanted.”
“That’s… ”
The guy’s eyes were focused on the rosary wrapped around my hand. I held it up in front of me so he could see it easily.
“This is something your boss was researching. It’s mine now.”
“A hero like a dog… !”
Rattling rattling ㅡ
The shapeshifter cursed and struggled.
Of course, it wasn’t threatening at all.
“I have a question… If your head flies off while you’re tied up there, will you die?”
“!”
I grabbed the face of the guy who was about to shout something and pulled him up.
Quaaaa!
The flames that appeared from the palm not only made him scream, but also burned his entire upper body. Not only was his head completely reduced to ash, but his upper body was reduced to a lump of charcoal that looked like it would break if touched.
I retrieved the special restraints from the corpse’s wrists and then burned the rest of the body.
Taktakㅡ
I dusted my palms and focused my mind on the rosary again. Rosary showed no reaction this time.
“Hmm… Regeneration does not apply to people who are already dead.”
After completing the final test, the rosary was placed in the inventory. Then he took the key out from wherever he was and returned to Sister Lee’s house.
However, not long after I returned to Sister Lee’s house, an unexpected guest visited the house.
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