episode_0010

The process of returning to reality was surprisingly futile. From my perspective, I just closed my eyes once and opened them, and before I knew it, I was back in reality.

The smell of the living room that is familiar but feels so familiar that it actually feels unfamiliar,

I felt it filling my nostrils every time I took a deep breath, and before leaving for another world, I checked the clock that I had enlarged to fill the monitor screen. The purpose was to check how much time had passed in real life while spending a week in the world of the hypnosis academy.

‘her···? Only 7 seconds have passed?’

What awaited me there was a result that far exceeded my imagination.

While I was staying in another world, I thought that real time would flow infinitely slowly, at a rate of about one hour per day. Not one hour per day, but one second per day. What is this ridiculous exchange fee?

A situation where you can’t help but laugh,

Thanks to you, I was able to feel it again. How ridiculous is this power that I have acquired.

No matter how hard I’ve worked so far, is it really possible for things to work out this well?

To be honest, I’m a little scared that something like this would suddenly happen.

Suddenly, the phrase that there is no free lunch lingered in my head, but I shook my head vigorously to shake it off. It would be a lie to say that there weren’t any uncomfortable corners, but I didn’t intend to get too engrossed in it. What’s important is the fact that the ‘app’ exists in my hand right now, isn’t it?

‘Well, if it goes like this…’

I checked the time,

Next, is it time to check the settlement result or something?

I tapped my finger on the phone screen, which had darkened slightly in a moment. It was right after that that almost ten windows appeared before my eyes.

[Progress has been saved.]

[End link.]

[Settlement of link results.]

···Settlement is in progress, so please wait a moment.

[You have achieved ‘Achievement: A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step.’]

Perks are provided.

[The succession system is activated.]

(NEW!!!) There is a new transferable talent.

[You can check the information window now.]

If you would like more specific information, please check the ‘My Information’ section of the app.

[The inventory system is activated.]

The currently active inventory is 1 space.

(However, there is a limit to the items that can be stored in inventory.)

[Settlement has been completed.]

As a result of this link, you have gained 1002 points of world experience.

I guess it’s because this is my first experience. There were so many things. Among them, there were a few things that I couldn’t dare to ignore.

It’s a transmission system that requires some physical verification. Even so, it has an ‘information window’ and an ‘inventory’. Without realizing it, my mouth was watering. I had no choice but to do so because of inventory. That’s because all hunters in the world want to have them, but it’s hard to get them even if you pay money for them. These are items with a subspace setting.

If I remember correctly, the most recent one sold at Hunter Auction was around 5.7 billion won. If you take everything apart and look at the price alone, you might say that it is cheap for what everyone wants, but for reference, the capacity of that 5.7 billion won was just about one carton of cigarettes. According to Kadera, a cancer technician who mainly works in China won the bid…

If it can be proudly called inventory, wouldn’t it be at least more than that 5.7 billion?

Is it because of the thought that someone ate raw something that cost at least billions of dollars to buy? I hadn’t eaten yet, but I was full as if I had eaten several bowls of rice on a large table including kimchi stew with a lot of pork, fluffy egg rolls, and grilled spam.

Even though I was full, I was so full that I wanted to eat it for a moment, but I decided to hold on. Since there is nothing more intimidating to become a looter than a good-for-nothing bastard showing off how good his item is, I thought it was necessary to hide oneself until one becomes strong enough to chew up most of them.

So let’s stop thinking about useless things and check out the information window.

‘For sure···.’

I told you to check it through the app.

As I said, when I checked the app, there was a button that I had not seen before, shining as if tempting me. It was a button that said ‘My Information’.

As soon as I clicked on it, I was greeted by an avatar that looked like it had been scanned and copied, along with a combination of numerous numbers.

[Yoon Soo-hyun]

Linker Level: Beginner Linker

Strength: 7 Quickness: 6 Endurance: 8 Thinking: 4 Charisma: 5

There are currently 1002 world experience points available.

“What…? 5 points? My charm is only 5 points?”

If you look at the numbers next to strength or endurance, roughly 4 to 5 points seems to be the average for a typical adult male, but I guess I get 5 points.

There seems to be some mistake with this.

Oh, is it because I forgot to shave my beard in the morning? So is it because the score was lowered from what it should have been?

Yes, it was definitely like that.

After all, I have succeeded in making it to the second round with a girl I met at a club a few times, but common sense tells me that I am average.

Hmm, it feels a bit uncomfortable to leave it like this, so I’ll just raise it by 1 point. Anyway, you have to learn how to use whatever it is, whether it’s experience in that world or something, so if you invest in it as a side dish…

As I scratched my chin, which felt more rough today, with my finger, I took a moment to think about my worries, and then placed my finger on the part that said charm.

Charisma increased by 1.

There were 10 points per 0.1, for a total of 100 points.

The moment when attractiveness reaches 6 points –

‘···?’

Surprisingly nothing happened.

No, what has changed?

I even used my phone screen as a mirror to see my face just in case, but I couldn’t see any difference. Was it too foolish to expect a noticeable change with just one point?

Okay, maybe I didn’t have enough points. So… let’s raise just one more point.

Once again, points were invested in charm. This time the total was 200 points.

Charisma became 7.

Nevertheless, surprisingly, there was no change in the top panel displayed on the phone screen. At least that’s how I saw it.

‘It seems like my skin is a little brighter than in the morning… doesn’t it? Does the lighting make you feel that way?’

I felt like there would be limits to what I could see using my cell phone screen, which is hardly a proper mirror, so I immediately got up from my seat and ran towards the bathroom. I turned my head several times with my face pressed against the square mirror attached to one side of the wall, but the feeling of loneliness never went away. It’s just that I realized once again that the bathroom lighting is really a fraud.

If I stop here like this, the 300 points that went into raising my charm will just be buried, so… I decided to raise just one more thing, no more, no less.

Since the score representing the average adult male was 5, I thought that if 3 was a little more than half of that, there would still be some meaningful change.

‘···also?’

My hands were shaking like those of a gambling addict, or like those on the steering wheel of a tiller.

You just spent 300 points to increase 1 point, and now all you have left is about 400 points.

If you get 400 points, you can still match your strength, which is relatively low compared to your endurance, to the same level as your endurance…

My finger was already pointing towards the charm once again. That sunk cost thing made me do that.

My trembling finger touched the part where ‘charm’ was written. This time it was 40 points per 0.1.

The moment when all the remaining points, excluding the minor trifles, were given to charm.

“Oh my…?!”

Finally, no, it finally felt like it had arrived.

My lower abdomen felt heavy, and the moment I let out an exclamation without realizing it, a strange sensation began to rise from my balls. Should I say that it feels like new skin is just sprouting?

And… and that was the end.

I felt a strange sensation for the first time in my life, and I wondered if I would experience a transformation like something out of a martial arts magazine, but it was just a little itchy and that was the end. For a moment, I wondered if I had made a mistake.

That’s why I lifted my pants and looked into my panties.

After looking down at my pants for a moment, I pulled out my cell phone that I had kept safely in my pants pocket. Then, I tried to return to the world of the hypnosis academy to earn points to achieve the promised 10 points…

Wooo!

The phone screen turned black and a very familiar name appeared on the screen.

Oh, I have to go earn points, but what kind of phone call came out of nowhere?

“Why.”

-Club Go?