chapter 33
Blooming Stone
「Classification of abilities
: The skill of a person with special ability is divided into two criteria.
General and Specialized.
In the case of the former, it literally means a universally known technology.
It is less rare and the acquisition method is not relatively difficult, so if you have entered a nurturing academy, you can use its own database to obtain basic level things without difficulty.
※For details, refer to the ‘Required Skills for Each Job’ document.
Of course, that doesn’t mean you can become strong easily.
Hundreds of skills cannot be possessed at random, and the level of difficulty of acquisition varies greatly.
The basic level is divided into the lower level, and the next level is the middle level, the upper middle level, and the highest level.
If the understanding of the ability and direct experience of using it are sufficient for the lower ranks, the area of talent is included from the middle rank.
In particular, since the hurdles are so high that it is called the second awakening (hereinafter referred to as the awakening period) from the upper middle skill, the luck factor is also very important.
In addition, there is also a problem referred to as ‘the limit of the vessel’.
In other words, there is a limit to the number of abilities that can be possessed.
According to the announcement of the International Association of Specialized Persons, on average, there are five abilities for grades 7 to 9, nine for grades 4 to 6, and thirteen for grades 1 to 3.
Therefore, the key is to complete your own ‘technical build’ by combining lower skills as you go up to higher ranks and creating new positions.
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On the other hand, the latter is not divided into specific stages.
Another name for the specialized ability is Gaehwa (開花).
I didn’t say that flowers bloom for nothing, so the skill itself is recognized for its unique value.
According to experts, awakening is possible only when the growth environment and combat experience work together.
Of course, the technology acquisition rate is so low that even the top-tier heroes are known to have only one or two.”
right after everything is done.
The inside of the study is quite crowded with the special riot police and support personnel.
As agents with special firearms check whether Yoo Young-tae is dead, a skinny man approaches the chairman and checks on his safety.
Judging by the natural exchange of conversations, it seemed that they knew each other.
“I am late.”
“done. It’s just that nothing special happened.”
“Yes. But were you really okay? Seeing how Seonghan Choo suffered, it seems like he was a guy with a lot of experience.”
“From the moment I arrived at the study, I wasn’t normal. Yongsu finished that.”
“… Is that so.”
Soon, the man with impressive cheekbones shoots a meaningful look at me.
Despite the chairman’s explanation, it seemed that he did not readily understand.
But for me, it was important to take care of myself, whether or not to raise doubts, so I put my head back where it was.
It was in response to the instructions of the paramedic next door.
“Put up your left hand. If you can’t do it, you can quit halfway through.”
“… … .”
“like. Any pain?”
can there be no
When I slightly frowned, the other person took out a green pack and held it.
“I’ll start with the hemostatic agent. Please take off only the armor top.”
Soon after, he applied a gel-type hemostatic agent to the forearm and shoulder where the flesh was cut, and the side, which was less injured.
In succession, he holds up a flashlight for examination and peers into his pupil.
“I see red dots on the whites. This is a sign of high blood pressure… Do you also have a headache? If there is anything out of the ordinary, please tell me. A flash of light or a dot may float in front of your eyes.”
At this, I shook my head.
I feared that someone might not be a paramedic, so I pointed out the symptoms, but the dizziness caused by excessive use of superpowers was not something that could be solved with medication.
yes.
It wasn’t that he wasn’t, but he was suffering from dizziness.
<It’s the right choice. There’s nothing good about getting a prescription.>
“… … .”
<Since you’re already overloaded, don’t even think about using skills like procrastination or recovery. It doesn’t help.>
As the parrot said, the expression overload is accurate.
[Exclusion] is the starting point leading to the [Proclamation of Domination] and the specialized ability [Inherent Area].
Even though it’s the first step, it can’t radiate to the outside, but physical contact can destroy quite a few physical skills… … . In a way, it is an inevitable price to pay.
<I know you’re lucky. From negativity to rejection. If the bone hurts, it’s cheap.>
“… Was it cheap?”
<Okay!>
In reply with confidence, I turn my head and look around.
Pieces of pottery that were once expensive celadon, scraps of paper that were famous paintings, fragments of desks and chairs scattered on the floor, and so on. If you pull out the receipt, it doesn’t seem like it will be eaten cheaply.
Even more so if you add human lives.
However, the contemplation quickly comes to an end because the old man on the other side of the room raised his voice.
A blood pressure monitor was hanging from his wrinkled wrist, but looking at the wrinkles on his cheeks quivering, it seemed difficult to get a good reading.
“… Just get out!”
“But Chairman, you have to clean up the scene of the incident-”
“There are so many important documents in the library, you want me to sort them out? Bong Moo-yeol, aren’t you from our family too? Did you learn how to vomit while walking around outside?”
“… sorry.”
“You go out too. I hate to see you.”
The man called Bong Moo-yeol lowers his head and then gives a chin gesture to the SWAT team members.
He said he was a member of his family, so why was everyone busy following his words?
“Shall we go out for the rest of the treatment?”
“Yes.”
Anyway, since the owner of the room is an elderly person living alone, I also try to raise my body at the request of the paramedics.
Suddenly, the president gestured.
“You will stay.”
“… Me?”
“Yes, Yongsu, you. Didn’t you take care of all the heavy parts?”
“… … .”
It’s hard to understand why everyone is asking me to stay while everyone leaves.
Was there anything left to see?
As they stand and try to understand the other person’s intentions, outsiders leave one after another, leaving only the two of them in the room again.
and after a while
dump-
The old man who came and sat next to me dug into something I hadn’t thought of before.
“… Let’s keep this a secret between the two of us. The guy who was said to be level 8 caught a level 5 monster. Even if there is room for convincing, defeating a level 5 bum is a completely different story. Of course, you’ve been criticized quite a bit, but I’m saying it because it’s important how others see you.”
“… … .”
I heard it and it makes sense.
Unless you confess that you knew Yoo Young-tae, today’s incident could lead to an excessive rise in ratings.
If you don’t know if you become a black cat, considering that you will be recruited to subdue the top monsters, it’s rather close to poison.
“More than anything else, it’s because family quarrels aren’t something that can be easily resolved. It may be difficult to understand right now, but Bong Moo-yeol is actually my third child. So, now that I think about it, I wonder what it would be like if I matched my words with Woojun. Like Dayoon and Yongsu, you belong to the second son, and since you are increasing my credit, I won’t oppose-”
“Yes.”
“… Well?”
“Let’s do something that never happened.”
For a while, I had to blink my eyelids at the quick reply.
The chairman of the HT Group let out a sound close to snoring.
“You said let’s keep it my secret, when did you say let’s do something that never happened? Is this Kim Joo-hak going to keep his life alive and ignore it? You have big dreams too, you bastard.”
“… … .”
It wasn’t a very funny remark, but the old man shows a pleasant expression as he sweeps the other person’s back with his wrinkled palm.
Do not touch the body.
“What item should I get to compare with the price of my life? Is there anything you would like to have?”
“… … .”
As a result, I fall into trouble even while my mind is not intact.
No matter how many ex-villains, it was all the same thing to get your eyes rolling for free.
I want to have it.
In an instant, houses, money, and food ration tickets pass by in my mind.
And again, again… … .
That was it.
It is indeed a suffocating imagination.
“hehehe, is it difficult? Financially, it will increase the cost of maintaining dignity, so it would be better to give him something related to the hero’s life.”
“… Then let’s do it with armor.”
“Equipment is something that should be paid for. Don’t let the field chief speak to you. Anything else?”
It took a while for my heart to cool at the word hero.
As I was rolling my head with a missing screw in response to a series of questions, I suddenly remembered something I wanted. Something non-monetary and tied to the hero’s life.
“Please cut down on the ads.”
“ok? advertisement?”
“Yes. It’s embarrassing to stand in front of a camera.”
Then, once again, the sound of boisterous laughter returns.
It was 100 percent sincere, but it sounded like a joke.
“If you do, think about how to pay for my life. Whatever comes to mind later, feel free to tell me.”
“… Yes.”
If it’s that long, if it’s long and short, the short conversation ends, and the old man gets up from his seat and approaches the iron gate, as if he had never shown a smile.
In the meantime, far away in the hallway, hired workers were lined up waiting to be called.
“… President.”
“What about the other kids? Are you seriously hurt?”
“There is one fatality. Ryu Guang-nim stopped while being transported to the hospital… … .”
“Um, okay. First of all, I will go to the hospital and get proper treatment-”
Soon, the butler, who has not lost his composure despite a series of incidents, calls the lady in the back and instructs her to take me away.
Suddenly, a voice filled with suppressed anger rang out.
“… Tell the director of the management bureau to come to Seongbuk-dong.”
* * *
Two weeks later, near Geumho-dong, Seongdong-gu.
I look up at the tall building in the vehicle.
Reflected in the window is the headquarters of the Management Bureau for Persons with Special Ability.
Killing the intruder was considered self-defense, but in the case of murder, regardless of the reason, he had to undergo a mental evaluation and counseling, so he has been stamped for work.
Naturally, it was never a pleasant experience.
Social justice and morality, Kant’s theory of deontology, and so on.
In addition to this, even though I tried not to get caught in the mental appraisal, I even heard a voice for not drawing the ground under the tree.
Does not drawing the ground mean anxiety and depression?
By all accounts, it was bullshit.
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Meanwhile, manager Park Yu-jin’s cautious voice comes from the passenger seat.
“As of today, going to work at the Administration Bureau is over.”
“Yes.”
“… Starting tomorrow, I will go to the training academy normally, and I have an official schedule. Excluding advertisements as much as possible, such as HT group community service-”
She was visibly intimidated after learning that I killed Young-Tae Yoo.
I didn’t think it was a bad thing in terms of reducing the number of words.
“Okay, take this.”
“… … ?”
Suddenly, my eyes land on a small box passed over from the seat in front of me.
It was too big to be a ring case, and smaller than a necklace case.
As I stretched out my hand and accepted the unknown object, the manager’s comment was added just in time.
“It was given to me by the president.”
As soon as I pushed away the soft touch and opened the lock, an octagon-shaped red jewel appeared.
The blooming stone, commonly referred to as the ‘essence of talent’.
It was a treasure used to awaken latent specialized abilities.
and to me-
<The world is useless. I can’t use what I have properly.>
“… … .”
Nowadays, the parrot’s beak is quite sharp.