episode_0060

“I really want to have them.”

Soo-ah revealed her heart without reservation.

The reason was simple.

‘I have to get them! Absolutely!’

Soo-ah had previously experienced a rapid improvement in her piano skills through Director Kim Jun-gi’s script, ‘Life is All About Money.’ Therefore, it was only natural that the things before her eyes seemed like treasures.

Yes, for Soo-ah, it was truly like a golden cave.

Furthermore, another reason why Soo-ah’s eyes sparkled.

‘Chinese? Japanese?’

Foreign languages. Something Soo-ah had never learned before.

So, this was an opportunity to understand her special ability a bit more.

She had never experienced a script written in a foreign language before. How would the experience be? Soo-ah was already curious. She was itching with excitement.

However, Seo Yeon-joo and Kim Yi-seo didn’t seem very convinced.

“Soo-ah, it’s not that I don’t want to give them to you. These are things that have already aired, and they’re not that good in terms of content. They were heavily criticized and didn’t do well at the box office…”

“That’s right. Soo-ah, scripts that aren’t in Korean are useless to you anyway. I’ll get you some good scripts separately.”

However, Soo-ah’s mind hadn’t changed.

It was only natural, and it was a desperate matter.

To miss out on these experience points? Absolutely not!

‘…I need a useful answer, I guess.’

But Soo-ah immediately ran into a roadblock.

She was aware that her intelligence wasn’t very high. She wasn’t good at logical and plausible answers, so to speak.

But that didn’t mean there was no way. Soo-ah, her mind buzzing with ideas, soon equipped one of the roles she had played. It was Wi Ji-hye, the protagonist of ‘Sword.’

Why Wi Ji-hye?

She’s a fusion historical drama protagonist. She’s good at giving plausible answers.

Ssssh─

Soon, when Soo-ah opened her eyes after closing them once.

“Both of you, please listen seriously.”

It was Wi Ji-hye who lifted her eyelids.

“It is said that a fool cannot learn from a genius, but a genius can learn from a fool. Therefore, there are no useless scripts. No matter how bad they are, they will be helpful.”

“…”

Then, the two of them blinked at the same time.

Soo-ah’s answer seemed quite impressive.

Soon, Seo Yeon-joo scratched her cheek.

“…As expected, Soo-ah is different. I didn’t know you would think like that.”

She soon went to her car and brought several large luxury shopping bags. The contents were also scripts.

“Soo-ah. Then I’ll give you these too.”

“These look like scripts too, right?”

“Yes. But they’re a little different.”

Seo Yeon-joo smiled.

“What’s in here are works that I cherish very much.”

“Is it okay to give them away?”

“It’s okay. They were originally collected out of fan-like affection, and I’ve read them so many times that I’ve practically memorized them. Since you’re going to use them for such a good reason, I’ll be even more grateful if you take them.”

“…”

Soo-ah felt a slight sense of guilt.

No, she soon got rid of the guilt.

‘Anyway, it’s still studying, right?’

Using the special ability to learn is still studying. Furthermore, she’s not causing any trouble to others. Soo-ah soon came up with about 100 reasons why she could feel confident.

Meanwhile, watching the scene, Kim Yi-seo thought.

‘I knew it, but I didn’t realize she had this much passion. I, as the representative, must work harder. From now on, I’ll have to find them quickly.’

Soo-ah’s request for scripts related to music.

Kim Yi-seo remembered it too, but she hadn’t been frantically looking for them. Special Mobile Unit 808 was already underway, and she had just thought she’d get them if she noticed them someday.

However, the situation had changed now.

Seeing Soo-ah’s passion, she thought she’d have to get them somehow.

‘…Besides, why is she okay with scripts in other languages? Is she going to read them all by translating them? Or does she know how to read them? This part is worth checking out.’

Kim Yi-seo immediately started to think.

“Soo-ah, then at least throw away the scripts written in foreign languages. I’ll get you the versions that have been translated into Korean.”

“No, this is perfect just the way it is.”

“…!”

Kim Yi-seo’s eyes couldn’t help but sparkle.

To demand the original language even when she was offered a Korean translation meant there was a high probability that she was fluent in that foreign language.

‘Has she perhaps learned some foreign languages? No, for Soo-ah, Korean might be a foreign language. We still don’t know where she’s from. Now that I think about it, Mystic doesn’t know Soo-ah’s past at all?’

Kim Yi-seo’s thoughts began to race at that moment.

Soo-ah, regardless of what was happening, checked the time.

‘About 3 hours until filming starts….’

Enough. More than enough.

Soo-ah entered the special ability space without hesitation.

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“Oh?”

Right after entering the special ability space, Soo-ah tilted her head.

“Oh? Oh-ra? The inside’s changed a bit?”

First of all, the hotel interior had been completely transformed.

It had originally had a luxurious hotel feel, with a mix of red and gold, but now it was covered in light blue and white. Even arctic fox characters were placed everywhere.

“Is it being influenced by my thoughts? Well, anyway, I like it.”

( ! )

Several exclamation marks welcomed her, but Soo-ah temporarily set them aside. First of all, she was captivated by a different scene. The corridor had become incomparably longer than before.

“Wow….”

As the corridor became longer, the number of doors had also increased dramatically.

[That Man, That Woman, Yeon-joo.]

[Start Over From The Beginning]

[Will You Enter With Me?]

[Singing Street]

[Jazz Girls]

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The suddenly-increased scripts. Soo-ah started to get excited.

‘So many! So many new scripts!’

If you were to compare it to a restaurant, the special ability hotel was a buffet where you could choose your scripts, but suddenly the menu had increased dramatically. Soo-ah thought that her ability to make comparisons had improved remarkably.

But at the same time, one concern arose.

“Hmm? Wait a minute, now that I think about it….”

The fact that the corridor had become extremely long wasn’t entirely good for Soo-ah. First of all, this corridor didn’t have a ‘search’ function.

In other words, if she needed to deal with a script located at the end, she had to run through the hotel corridor every time. That was a bigger problem than she thought. It seemed difficult, and it also seemed annoying.

But then.

Pah-!

The exclamation marks floating in the air burst, revealing characters.

[Special Ability Proficiency Has Increased]

▶ Acquired Script Favorite Function

▶ Acquired Interior and Arrangement Authority

▶ Acquired Delete Function

“Wow, you’re a clever one, aren’t you?”

It wasn’t hard for Soo-ah to understand.

It was the same as a music playlist.

The ones you use often were favorited, the ones you don’t use were deleted. And it was also possible to move the ones you wanted to the front. The entire interior of the special ability hotel could be controlled by Soo-ah’s thoughts.

‘Alright, from now on….’

The moment Soo-ah had been waiting for finally came.

Time to freely experience the scripts.

Soo-ah picked one out.

[Satsuki Cantabile]

▶ Sufficient Implementation Elements

▶ Grade: 1st Grade

▶ Basic Language: Japanese

This was one of the works that Seo Yeon-joo cherished.

Soo-ah immediately started choosing a role.

001 ─ 新一 (Shinichi)

002 ─恵 (Megumi)

003 ─ 嘉隆 (Yoshitaka)

004 ─ 皐月 (Satsuki)

(*Caution, all roles include special abilities)

Soo-ah cheered in her mind.

‘There it is!’

Special elements. Sure enough, they were there.

At the same time, something that all roles had in common, and something that Soo-ah didn’t have yet.

‘Japanese!’

Soo-ah immediately chose 002 Megumi.

Sssssh─

At the same time, the world began to turn white from the edges of her vision.

[Recognized Role With Special Ability.]

[The difference between the role’s ability and the special ability holder’s ability is large.]

[Preparing to narrow the gap in ability….]

[…Preparation complete. Injecting.]

A phrase that was becoming familiar now.

Soo-ah smiled.

She wasn’t afraid. She had already made up her mind.

But it was then.

[Attempting Injection, 1st Time….]

[…Failed.]

[Target’s Level is Undeveloped.]

[Trying Again.]

“…?”

What?

Just as Soo-ah was about to question the special ability.

[Developed Method Complete]

[…Preparation complete. Injecting.]

Hwaaaak─!

In an instant, the surrounding scenery changed.

Soo-ah stood, stepping on the air, and there was a blue sea below.

“Ing?”

Soo-ah questioned the unexpected scene.

What was the sea doing there all of a sudden?

“…?”

And then she narrowed her eyes.

Different from a normal sea, something strange was floating and swimming around. They were wriggling like fish, but they weren’t fish. They were pure white, like fish bones….

After glancing down slightly.

“…Ugh!”

Soo-ah was startled.

祝い [祝(い)], いぬ [犬], いっしょうけんめい [一生懸命], きいろ [黄色]….

The identity of those things was words.

The words were swimming in the sea like fish.

And at the same time.

Hoooong─!

The force holding Soo-ah disappeared, and her body fell down.

“Uwaaa─!”

In the sea of words, Soo-ah went splash.

‘Breath…! I can’t breathe…!’

Soo-ah suffocated several times.

The sea water of language invaded all of Soo-ah’s holes and forcibly filled them, and the sensation was extremely painful. Soo-ah had to endure the pain of her breath being blocked at the same time as her head felt like it was going to explode.

‘Keugh…!’

She wasn’t given a moment to breathe, and she couldn’t faint.

Soo-ah had to spend an eternity.

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Finally, when all the seawater had been absorbed into Soo-ah.

Paaht─!

“Hah, hah, hah…!”

Only then did Soo-ah return to reality.

“Hah, hah…?”

And Soo-ah tilted her head, wondering why she was panting. What was she afraid of? It felt like the experience in the sea of language had lasted less than 0.1 seconds.

Soo-ah soon opened her mouth and muttered.

“よく思い出せない夢を見たような気がする”

(“I feel like I had a dream that I can’t remember well.”)

After wandering around the special ability space.

“…?”

She suddenly felt a sense of incongruity.

She had spoken it without any problem, recognizing it as her ‘mother tongue,’ but she belatedly realized that the language wasn’t Korean.

“え？”

(Eh?)

Even the surprised intonation was different from the interjections usually uttered in Korean, and Soo-ah was now very sensitive to even such differences.

She immediately tried saying various things.

“私は北極キツネだ!”

(I am an arctic fox!)

“認めます!”

(I acknowledge it!)

And a moment of silence.

“….”

Soo-ah stood still for a moment.

Then, she started to tremble.

“…なんてことだ”

(…What a thing.)

She had mastered Japanese.

How was the process of learning it, how much pain did she have to endure, such things weren’t even vaguely remembered.

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After that, Soo-ah frantically experienced the scripts.

She learned songs, she learned the violin, she further perfected her piano skills…. It was only natural that Soo-ah’s musical abilities grew like a monster.

Soo-ah suddenly swallowed dryly.

‘This, this….’

She imagined her future self in her mind.

Good at music, good at action, and also this and that. Maybe she could really become a monster. Soo-ah, lost in such thoughts, selected another script.

[Fist]

▶ Sufficient Implementation Elements

▶ Grade: 4th Grade

(*Caution, includes special ability ‘Combat’)

The grade was low, but it had a special ability. Combat, no less.

Soo-ah chose a role without hesitation and started the experience.

From now on, those who mess with me are going to get beaten to death. It was with the mischievous thought that a timid person might try once.

And.

Ting─!

“…?”

She was soon taken aback.

[Experience Impossible.]

[Special Abilities Can Only Be Trained One At A Time.]

[You Are Currently a ‘Musician’.]

“What? Musician?”

What did this mean?

Soo-ah quickly examined the details of what she possessed.

[Lee Soo-ah]

[View Traits]

[1. Actor]

▶ You become accustomed to hiding yourself. Or, you become immersed in the image you want to be. Constantly in effect.

This one was familiar.

‘I was already feeling the change in personality anyway.’

Soo-ah’s gaze turned to the next trait.

[2. Acting Commander]

▶ Your best can be contagious.

Somewhat abstract explanation. But this was also familiar.

And the last one.

[3. Musician (In Progress)]

▶ Your understanding of music deepens.

“Ah?”

Soo-ah reacted greatly then.

It was because the part she was curious about was written in the instructions.

*Add a work that utilizes ‘Musician’ to your filmography. You cannot train other special abilities in conjunction until then.

“So, in other words….”

Add a work that utilizes ‘Musician’ to your filmography.

The conclusion was clear.

“Do one work related to music?”

It was a new possibility and a task given to Soo-ah.