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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Proving One's Worth (2)

"She's going to die like that!"

I regained my senses when Yoo Sangah, unable to bear watching that situation any longer, said that and tried to approach to stop it.

As Yoo Sangah was approaching the people kicking, Kim Dokja blocked her path.

"It's dangerous if you move carelessly!"

"I know, I know but...!"

"If you go now, Yoo Sangah-ssi, you will die."

Soon, Kim Dokja sat her down on a subway seat and reassured her.

"Yoo Sangah-ssi, stay here."

"Huh? But..."

"Just this once, do as I say. I won't interfere after that."

He looked toward where the grandmother being beaten by many people was and waited for something.

Kwaaaang~!!

At that moment, an explosion suddenly occurred, and Kim Dokja immediately dashed toward the grandmother and pushed Kim Namwoon away.

"Wha, what! Keuheok!!"

Perhaps because he used the recoil of the explosion to dash and push? Kim Namwoon was flung all the way to the door of the front car of the train.

"What are you doing there?! Hurry up and keep going, kill her!"

When dust from the explosion filled the inside of the train, making it difficult for people to move easily. Kim Dokja looked around and then approached a child holding a container with insects in it. He put his hand in the container, grabbed a grasshopper, giving one to the child and keeping another for himself.

"Everyone, stop! Even if you kill that grandmother, you won't survive!"

At Kim Dokja's shout, everyone stopped beating the grandmother and looked at him.

"Let's say we kill the grandmother. Then what next? Of course, if that grandmother dies, the 'first act of killing' the Dokkaebi mentioned will be recognized, so we might buy a little time. But what about after that?"

At his words, some people stopped approaching the grandmother, while others still approached to kill her.

"If the Dokkaebi's words are true, then ultimately, each of you must kill one person's share. So who will you kill after the grandmother? Will you kill the person next to you?"

"Ha...! What's the problem with that? Next, we can kill a coward like you! Don't worry about your turn in advance! The probability is fifty-fifty."

At Kim Namwoon's words, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.

"There's no need for such a gamble. There's a way for you all to survive without becoming murderers."

At his words, people were surprised and asked what it was.

"Have you forgotten? The scenario's clear condition isn't 'kill a person',"

He held up one grasshopper high for everyone to see.

"It's 'kill at least one living creature'."

"A, a bug?!"

"It's an insect!"

"Just that one will...!"

Saying that, people rushed toward him to kill the bug. Watching such people, he crushed one bug with his hand and threw the bug container in the opposite direction.

"That crazy...!!"

"Fi, find it!"

"You son of a bitch, just you wait!!"

He watched people catching insects, then checked the time, and I also checked the time accordingly.

[3:00]

The remaining time was 3 minutes. Now I had to do something too.

'First, let's try using this skill called Gacha.....'

[Activating skill 'Gacha'.]

[Currently selectable gachas: 1]

[Will you do the tutorial beginner's 10 free gacha pulls?]

[YES/NO]

I pressed the YES window that appeared before my eyes.

[Tutorial gacha is proceeding.]

[Exclusive trait 'Man of Heavenly Luck' is activated.]

[Due to the effect of Heavenly Luck, the probability of getting good items from the gacha increases.]

[Gacha has concluded.]

List

[Type-Moon—Skill: Reinforcement Magecraft LV 1]

[Type-Moon—Trait: Magus (Rare)]

[Super Sentai—Trait: Kamen Rider Gosei Wolf (Legendary)]

[Date A Live—Skill: Haniel LV 1]

[Naruto—Skill: Shadow Clone Technique LV 1]

[Reincarnated as a Slime—Skill: Predator LV 1]

[Miscellaneous—A Decently Usable Coat]

[Jujutsu Kaisen—Skill: Ten Shadows Technique]

[Miscellaneous—An Ordinary Knife]

[Date A Live—Trait: Spirit (Legendary)]

I was inwardly surprised by the gacha results.

Well, I didn't expect things from the comics and anime I liked to come out of the gacha.

I was grinning and feeling happy when

"Die!!!!!"

At that moment, Kim Namwoon, who had run up to me at some point, swung a knife at me.

"Damn it!!!"

I quickly guarded.

[Activating exclusive skill Reinforcement Magecraft LV 1.]

[Due to the effect of the exclusive trait 'Spirit', +5 is added to all your comprehensive stats.]

Ting!

When my body, with Stamina LV 7(+5) plus Reinforcement Magecraft, collided with the knife, a sound like steel clashing rang out, and Kim Namwoon's knife was deflected.

"What the!? Why is it being deflected!!"

Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!

Flustered, Kim Namwoon kept swinging his knife at me, and from those attacks, small wounds began to appear on my body as well.

"Hey, I'll tell you in advance..... Sorry for killing you....."

"What bullsh..."

I immediately swung my fist at his face.

Kim Namwoon, hit by my fist, vomited blood and collapsed grotesquely on the car floor. I immediately threw a knife at him.

Thud!!!

The knife pierced exactly into Kim Namwoon's neck. Soon, as Kim Namwoon, vomiting blood, tried to get up, I stabbed the knife Kim Namwoon had dropped earlier toward his heart.

Additionally, in that state, I mutilated his body with the knife, and soon Kim Namwoon's body went limp.

Simultaneously, as the time limit ended, the heads of people who failed to kill bugs began exploding in various places.

[You have killed a total of one living creature.]

[Since you killed the lifeform with the strongest resistance within the space, acquired coins have increased.]

[You have acquired 500 coins.]

[Main Scenario #1 - Proving One's Worth has ended.]

[You have acquired 300 coins as the basic clear reward.]

[100 coins have been deducted as channel usage fee.]

[Additional reward settlement has begun.]

[Due to an unexpected scenario inspection, reward settlement is delayed. Please wait a moment.]

"Hoo....hoo....Sh■t, feels like crap....."

[Will you activate exclusive skill Predator LV 1?]

"...YES....."

[Activating exclusive skill Predator LV 1.]

Then, a black energy flowed from my hand and enveloped Kim Namwoon's corpse.

[You have Predated the target.]

[Perfect interpretation is impossible due to low level.]

[You have acquired a skill whose interpretation is complete.]

[You have acquired skill Blackening LV 1.]

"Hoo....."

I let out a breath as I looked at that message.

[Due to the death of Incarnation 'Kim Namwoon', two constellations show faint hostility toward you.]

[A small number of constellations admire your martial prowess.]

[Constellations have sponsored you 500 coins.]

Bzzzt

[Wow, jackpot.]

At that moment, a Dokkaebi appeared in mid-air.

[What on earth happened? In the brief moment I went to check another car…]

The expression of the Dokkaebi saying such things was a mix of astonishment and delight, and shining stars could be seen above the Dokkaebi's head.

[As many as twenty-one people have connected to my channel…ha, ha, is my luck finally turning? Oh my, thank you for the sponsorship, Constellation-nims. It seems you all have paid your dues properly?]

At the Dokkaebi's words, everyone in the train was silently watching the Dokkaebi.

[Well, well, the number of survivors is huge too? That guy in the next car is also a lunatic... You're causing quite interesting events today.]

The Dokkaebi, who had been grinning like that, snapped its fingers. Then, a survivor list was shown to me.

[Bulkwanghaeng Line 3434 Train Car 3807 Survivors: Kim Dokja, Lee Hyunsung, Yoo Sangah, Han Myung-Oh, Lee Gilyoung, Kang Yuseong. Total 6 survivors.]

'Five people excluding me.....'

I looked at the knives I was holding.

Kim Namwoon's blood was still dripping from the knives.

"Haa.....haa.....Cra■y.....really.....Feels like sh■t...."

Thinking about having killed a person made me feel like sh■t, but I didn't feel any guilt or anguish.

Rather, I was gradually calming down.

Perhaps I'm already adapting to this kind of world.

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