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    ‘But maybe it’s surprisingly not a bad offer?’

    -yes? Master, just by looking at you, you are a bad boy. How can you believe that and hold hands?

    Maria reacted in bewilderment.

    As expected, Maria was an artificial intelligence and seemed unable to see anything beyond probability.

    ‘No, the more you think about it, the better the idea becomes.’

    Anyway, until I intervened, the people in the travel destination were not real people but merely dolls that appeared in the work.

    Then, even if there was a little sacrifice, if you could obtain an item with superpowers, it would be quite a big gain.

    -But isn’t the doll overrated?

    Maria countered. This may be because she was also a character in the work.

    Maria didn’t know about the ticket because she thought my ability was some kind of superpower. Maybe that’s why you’re not convinced that I’m making this conclusion.

    Although I knew nothing about how the ticket worked or its purpose, I had already seen the ticket give an interim evaluation in a similar tone. Before I intervened, it was just a work of art… Blah blah blah.

    That was a big reason why people became more fearful of murder while traveling than in real life.

    ‘Of course, my women, including you, are excluded. They were influenced by me that much, and now that they have learned contract skills at the tower, they can come out in reality at any time.’

    Even if I say this, Maria will only seem like a person with extreme narcissism, but what can I do if that is true?

    She may have been pretentious and said something pleasant to listen to, but she was experiencing everything I saw and heard within me. If I lied for no reason, I could have disappointed her even more.

    -… all right. I wish I could have a body soon.

    Maria, who is smart, must have expected that there would be no end to an argument with me on this topic, so she just moved on.

    It seemed like I would have to provide a new body for her sooner or later. Since you have been helping me so hard, it was time for me to receive an award.

    ‘And I said it wasn’t a bad idea, I didn’t say we’d hold hands.’

    -then… ?

    ‘Of course I have to stab him in the back first.’

    If there is a technology to extract superpowers from superpowers and put them into objects, all you have to do is find out. There is no need to maintain cooperation with them.

    I am confident that if only she had the knowledge, one Maria would work more efficiently than all of them.

    ‘For that, I need to go into their lab.’

    I don’t know how they research it, but I couldn’t find any relevant information even with Maria’s hacking. This means that a lot of attention was paid to security.

    Of course, it may be different now that you know what information to look for, but it is inevitable that it will take time anyway, unless you have real equipment.

    In that case, it would have been better to go in with a formal invitation. Once inside, Maria would be able to steal all the research results by cloning and distributing nanobots.

    ‘Then first, I should give you an answer to Kang Da-kyung’s suggestion.’

    “I’ll let you decide after looking at your research lab.”

    “Want to see our research institute?”

    Kang Da-kyung’s expression hardened at my answer.

    Of course, such a proposal is bound to be suspicious. If I were to bring it to the research center and cause trouble, the damage would be enormous.

    Even if he believed in his own strength and was confident that he could overpower me, that didn’t change.

    I baited her before she could say no.

    “Instead, I’ll loan this to you so you can investigate.”

    Seueueuu

    “!”

    Not only the boss, Kang Da-kyung, but also the executives who were standing behind the scenes were shocked when they saw me take out the Chosu Dongbaekjang from the inventory.

    Of course, I wasn’t surprised to see Chosoo Dongbaekjang, which on the outside was just a wooden staff. The reason they were surprised was because of the inventory.

    “How on earth did you do that?”

    “What?”

    “How did you pull that staff out of thin air!”

    “Oh, this?”

    He said deliberately slyly and put the Chosu Dongbaekjang back in.

    Seueueuu

    “!”

    Their eyes widened as the long staff disappeared as if it had been placed in an invisible pocket.

    Kang Da-kyung, who introduced the key that can open a space the size of a jewelry box as if it were something incredible, glanced at the key in her hand and put it in her bosom.

    And he spoke to me with a face that was clearly full of desire.

    “If you let me study the artifact that stores that item, I’ll show you the lab as much as possible.”

    “Sorry, but that’s not a bargaining chip. It’s a type of ability that cannot be rented. Instead, be satisfied with this cane. Because it’s a good enough product.”

    “Hmm… ”

    Only after taking out the Chosu Dongbaekjang again did Kang Da-kyung’s attention turn to that place. There was a strangeness in her eyes.

    “This is… It’s made of wood?”

    “Yes. Of course, it would be nice to make an artifact made entirely of Starlight, but in the end, it is a limited resource. Control superpowers around the world? Can we get that much Starlight? If an object made of ordinary material can perform the same function as the artifact you are talking about, the chances will go up a little.”

    Kang Da-kyung could not deny what I said and nodded. And although it wasn’t as much as the inventory, he definitely started looking at the Chosoo Dongbaekjang with eyes full of greed.

    I used the Super Water Dongbaekjang to control the water that had accumulated on the floor. They watched in silence as the water gathered in accordance with my gestures and formed a sphere made of water in the air.

    Puuongㅡ

    I roughly threw the sphere at the wall on the other side, and a hole opened up.

    No one here was impressed that he could barely break through the wall of a building, but it would be a different story if he could wield such powerful supernatural power with just a stick.

    In the end, Kang Min-kyung had no choice but to invite me.

    “… good. Let me show you the lab. However, when visiting a research institute, you must be accompanied by at least one of our executives. Because of security, the ‘key’ that leads directly to the laboratory can only be used by executives for a limited time.”

    ‘nice.’

    I was able to get what I wanted very easily.

    “Then let’s move. Before that, I will receive that cane first.”

    “You’ll need some tricks to write it. It’s a rental, so don’t treat it roughly.”

    I obediently handed over the Chosoo Dongbaekjang to Kang Da-kyung. Since I was taking it for research, there was no need to disassemble it all at once, so I would have been happy if they could figure out how to mass-produce the Buddhist instruments in a research lab. Because that too will become Maria’s knowledge.

    ‘Well, it won’t be that easy to find out. ‘It’s a ball made from the laws of another world.’

    -I guess so.

    Unlike supernatural abilities, superpowers cost almost nothing to use. Instead, it had the characteristic of consuming mental power little by little and having difficulty generating power beyond a set limit.

    Kang Da-kyung, who was holding the Chosu Dongbaekjang in her hand, could not use it right away, but she intuitively knew that there was something in the cane.

    “This is… It definitely feels a little different. Still, it is clear that it will be helpful for research.”

    “Now, then, would you please guide me to the lab quickly?”

    “Good. Seo Na-young.”

    “Uh, yeah… ! Boss!”

    Kang Da-kyung called an executive who was watching the situation from behind. The person who responded to that call was someone I already knew.

    A woman with an unusual appearance, with blond twintails, a small body that reached the height of my chest, and golden swirls spinning in her eyes. He was the hypnotic villain who stole the meteorite from me.

    ‘Oh, that’s right. Her name was Seo Na-young.’

    I repeated her name, which I had come to know again.

    “You manage the research center, so you should also guide it. Take this cane too. I will come and erase the traces of the hideout that Ignis has devastated.”

    “Leave it to me… !”

    After receiving the Chosoo Dongbaek certificate from Kang Da-kyung, she clenched her fists with her cute hands and shouted.

    It seemed like Kang Da-kyung was trying to get Seo Na-young, who has the supernatural ability to relatively reduce damage to those around her, to mark me in case I go on a rampage.

    Even though I had cheated on Seo Na-young at the time, she probably thought that she had hypnotized me into cheating on her, so it was an appropriate choice.

    “Jo, okay… ! Follow me!”

    Aside from that, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to handle things well. First of all, if you look at his attitude, he didn’t seem to be very trustworthy.

    Just by looking at his stiff back in an effort to look confident, his eyes constantly glancing at me as if watching me, and the way he clenched and unclenched his fists awkwardly, he looked very nervous.

    Regardless of his superpowers, he still looked like an idiot by putting it in a good light.

    In the past, there was a slight feeling of looking down on others due to their short stature, but the only difference is that there is less of that feeling now.

    ‘It’s good for me if the watcher is a fool. I’ll just plant nanobots in the lab and get rid of Kang Da-kyung and the executives.’

    I, who cannot be hypnotized, was confident that if Seo Na-young were my opponent, I could subdue her with just a single finger.

    I opened the door first and smiled with anticipation as I watched Da-kyung Kang and the other executives disappear.

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