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‘What is it? Is it a cold?’

Do Yu-jin checked her body with a puzzled look.

But the chills from a little while ago had already disappeared as if washed away.

‘Did you get some dust in your nose? And you have chills… … Well, I guess it’s strange that you don’t have any chills, considering you just watched a gore horror movie in front of you.’

It wasn’t an actual attack, but I happened to notice it when I was hiding in a corner, when I saw Rias standing on the platform and not moving.

‘But that doesn’t mean the shock of seeing that fight in person goes away.’

It’s human nature to be scared even when watching horror movies.

Even though it was a play, it was impossible not to be scared as you walked around on a stage full of chaos.

‘But still, thanks to that, I feel like I’ve adapted to this world a little bit.’

Do Yu-jin, who realized that the fight before her was a play, built up her courage and decided to test her new self by dragging the unconscious freshmen here and there and putting them in a corner.

I can’t help but feel like I just did one more thing for nothing, but I decided to move on, thinking that it would all be helpful later on.

Shararang-

The protective magic surrounding the auditorium has disappeared.

‘I wrote it briefly because I was in a hurry, but fortunately, it seems like you received the hints I gave you properly.’

Do Yu-jin let out a sigh of relief.

In some novels, the original protagonist is so incompetent that the possessed person has to take his place, but thankfully, he sighed in relief that he wouldn’t have to do that.

‘By the way, I wonder if the shock therapy worked.’

When Do Yu-jin saw the main characters on the stage, she thought, ‘Why are there two of them?’

And then, as I watched them fight, I thought, ‘I can’t just leave them like that.’

This was especially true for the female protagonist.

As you may have guessed from the scene introducing the top students at the beginning of the game, [Circle Academy] is basically based on the premise that the main character is a genius.

‘Well, depending on the difficulty level you choose, there are geniuses in the Munchkin style who are strong from the start, and geniuses in the waiting style who show their true worth later.’

In this way, there are several settings for the main characters, and there are also some more detailed settings, such as the male protagonist having a strong sense of justice and the female protagonist having a strong desire to improve.

‘Anyway, it was thanks to knowing them in advance that I saw the female protagonist being disappointed on her own after seeing what the freshmen were doing.’

Do Yu-jin also roughly understood why that was happening.

‘I’m sure he was disappointed because the freshmen’s skills were below expectations.’

But it would have been difficult if I had just let myself be disappointed and put the brakes on my growth.

That’s understandable, because from now on, she’ll have to compete not with freshmen, but with countless villains and beyond.

‘I have to change that guy’s mind somehow.’

So the solution I came up with was to give a warning that wasn’t really a warning.

‘I don’t know how effective it will be since the only thing I can do right now is to sneak up on them and surprise them, but I think it will at least make a difference.’

No matter what happened, Han Si-yeon ended up getting beat up by the freshman she had been ignoring.

So, in order to restore my damaged pride, I had to change my mind.

‘It was a hastily put together plan based on the situation, but I think it worked out pretty well.’

Oh, by the way, the last dropkick wasn’t intentional on Do Yu-jin’s part.

At the last moment, I stumbled and lost my balance, but when I came to my senses, my foot was out instead of my hand.

‘… … I really have to hide well so that my identity isn’t revealed.’

Do Yu-jin stood up from her seat, making a small pledge, fearing that if her identity was revealed by mistake, she might be beaten to death by Han Si-yeon rather than the villain.

Now that I knew the initiation ceremony was over, there was no reason to stay here any longer.

‘But it’s an even crazier school now that I see it in person.’

The circle, which boasted the best educational environment, still had a strangely old-fashioned value that practice was the best training.

And today, this could be seen as a remnant of that.

A kind of tradition created to instill in freshmen, who have only seen the flashy appearance of superhumans, the true appearance of superhumans and the sudden confusion that arises.

‘Usually it’s done after the semester has progressed a bit. Who would have thought they’d do this at the entrance ceremony?’

ha-

‘I was thinking too leisurely.’

Do Yu-jin sighed and reflected.

‘I didn’t know about the future, but I thought there wouldn’t be any major attacks within the circle at this early stage of the story, but who would have thought that my expectations would be shattered in less than a day?’

Of course, the situation just now was not a real situation, but a test prepared by the circle.

But even so, it was undeniable that Do Yu-jin’s prediction that there would be no fighting for a while was wrong.

Jerk- Jerk-

Do Yu-jin walked step by step, erasing the plans she had made in her head and creating new ones.

And in between, I inserted information on various hidden pieces that I was worried about due to danger.

Do you know the information about the game?

As I said, that wouldn’t be a big advantage on Hell difficulty.

‘But it’s not like it has no advantage at all, just that it’s not big.’

Small streams change easily, but large streams do not change their appearance.

Even though minor information like that changed, things like the basic settings for the characters in the game, the flow of the main story, and the locations of hidden pieces remained unchanged.

‘So don’t be lazy and use them to get stronger as quickly as possible.’

Do Yu-jin made up her mind again and brought up the status window.

I’m not talking about the simple things you see when you look at a room, but rather the detailed ones.

[Status]

Name: Do Yu-jin

Level: 1

Trait: [Blurred Cloak (3★)] / [Inverted Shadow (3★)]

Strength: 5

Agility: 5

Stamina: 5

Intelligence: 5

Horsepower: 5

After the text saying that synchronization was complete appeared, a new characteristic was added to Doyujin’s status window.

‘Perhaps the original trait was something this body had, and the newly appeared trait was something created by analyzing me. By the way, both are 3-star grade. They’re average.’

In fact, it wasn’t an ordinary level.

In the first place, a trait is an indicator that proves that a certain ability has entered the realm of supernatural powers.

Since there are people who don’t have any traits at all, it’s true that a 3-star trait is a valuable trait.

But the problem was that Do Yu-jin was currently in a circle.

At prestigious universities, it is harder to find someone who was not a top student in high school.

As such, the circle was full of students with these characteristics.

‘I feel like I failed at selecting a character, but it doesn’t matter. I can just get a better trait later and use it.’

Traits do not grow.

That’s why players had to acquire new traits in various ways.

It’s not that there weren’t any exceptional characteristics, but since all those cool and good things were already occupied by the main characters from the time they were born, it was impossible to get them even if I wanted to.

‘Our main character’s traits go beyond growth-type traits and evolve into something else, but that’s not important so let’s skip that.’

Do Yu-jin shook her head once and collected her thoughts.

‘What I have now are two traits: a stealth trait that conceals one’s presence and an attribute trait that controls shadows.’

A moment ago, Do Yu-jin used [Blurry Cloak (3★)] to erase any traces and sneak between people and monsters, and used [Inverted Shadow (3★)] to use the shadows beneath her feet as weapons and break the wrist of the gargoyle that was holding Han Si-yeon back.

‘I think there will be no problem for now.’

With this, Do Yu-jin stopped thinking about characteristics.

If it were the original, I would have thought about how to use these two more effectively, but now there was something more noticeable.

Gyaut-

‘Why are there two trait slots?’

In [Circle Academy], each character has only one trait slot.

This is an absolute rule that applies to both main characters and extras, and there are no exceptions.

‘So in the game, there were times when you had to change characteristics according to the situation.’

Just like you use different tools to cut wood and slice meat.

‘But I ignore that common sense and say there are two attribute slots… … ‘

Do Yu-jin also didn’t know why this happened.

I can only guess that it’s some kind of bug caused by the ice.

There was only one thing I could say.

‘Should I buy this?’

A famous card magician once said:

Even cards that look like trash can shine depending on how you combine them.

The characteristics were similar to that.

For example, one broadcaster used the trait of [a clean cleaner] to create a character of a perfect criminal thief who leaves no trace.

Another broadcaster created a martial artist character who uses the shockwave from landing as a weapon using the trait [Superhero Landing!].

As such, since each trait can change its appearance in infinite ways depending on how it is used, none of them can be ignored.

But can you use two of those traits at the same time?

‘This way, I can combine traits the way I want to create a completely new guy. If I do it well, I might even be able to create synergy between traits.’

If that were possible, it would be possible to somewhat mute the level of the trait or the character’s stats.

This was not just a clumsy conviction, but a conviction that came from experience.

In fact, just a little while ago, Do Yu-jin successfully deceived the senses of Han Si-yeon, who had the best skills in her grade, by using two characteristics to hide her presence, and hit her with one blow.

Although, it was preceded by words like ‘not yet blooming’, ‘while focusing on another Lesser Drake, by surprise’, and ‘in a chaotic situation where it was very easy to hide one’s presence’.

Phew-

“Anyway, since things have come to this, I guess I should focus more on getting the trait.”

Do Yu-jin glanced down as she listed the things she needed to get first.

And then I prayed to God who was somewhere for a while.

If what we’ve seen so far were simple sugar donuts, what we’re about to see are chocolate strawberry donuts.

[Talent Status]

-Physical Talent [-60/100]

-Magic Talent [-60/100]

[Attribute Talent]

Fire – [-60/100]

Water – [-60/100]

Wind – [-60/100]

Sat – [-60/100]

Thunder – [-60/100]

Wood – [-60/100]

Gold – [-60/100]

Poison – [-60/100]

Light – [-60/100]

Darkness – [-60/100]

Time – [-60/100]

Empty – [-60/100]

Nothing – [-60/100]

Is it because I prayed like that?

Thanks to that, Do Yu-jin was able to endure without fainting even after seeing the horrifying status window.

“… … You’re crazy.”

I already had an idea that this would happen when I saw that all the numbers in the status window were 5.

But when I saw it in person, it was as shocking as ever.

‘-60?’

The number indicating disaster is 30.

The number indicating genius is 60.

The number 90 is the number that refers to the monsters who have been filtered out from among countless geniuses.

Talent score 100?

It literally referred to an extraordinary genius with talent blessed by heaven.

And when you look at it that way, Do Yu-jin, whose talent scores are all pointing to -60, can be said to be a genius dullard.

‘Could this be why I fell down in the auditorium a little while ago and got drop kicked?’

It was just a guess, but Do Yu-jin felt certain that this was the reason.

‘So does that mean I have the same level of talent as a hopeless idiot who, when he tries to run properly, gets his feet twisted and falls over?’

haha-

“She’s not like the sly heroine from a comic book, so I don’t know what she’s trying to do all of a sudden.”

It was so absurd that I could only laugh out loud.