The Returner Wants Complete Victory

5 – 005. Seo Eun-ha

There are quite a few characteristics that make life feel worthwhile.

Sixth sense, crisis detection, mind’s eye… .

However, all of those characteristics are acquired powers that are awakened after entering Proa through rigorous training and numerous practical battles.

As far as I know, there is only one case where a person who has just been summoned from Earth feels alive.

intuition.

In fact, it is a power that is close to predicting the future, including not only simple life detection but also very comprehensive abilities.

However, the activation conditions are not clear and the person who uses it is often clueless, so it can be a double-edged sword.

In fact, Chae Yoon, who was summoned at the young age of 15 and became the leader of Proa’s largest mercenary group at the age of 17 based on intuition alone, blindly trusted that intuition and eventually died.

It’s definitely not invincible. It’s an ability with a blind spot, but… .

Although the conditions for activating intuition are unclear, there is a commonality that always appears in the statements of the parties concerned.

A strong awakening in the face of the threat of death.

If you have intuition, there is no way you will die in a tutorial, and every single one of those who awakened their intuition in Proa made a name for themselves.

But this is your first time seeing this?

I’m a little confused too.

… Isn’t it intuition?

I wanted to test it again, but if I did that, I might be sure that my opponent would have been attacked.

Then the recruitment was over. How can I trust someone who wants to stick an ax in his back for no reason?

difficult. Should we eventually find out through conversation?

I’m not good at that.

While I was thinking about it, the cat pajama girl stopped at the hideout.

A bar located between a downtown area and a slum.

It was a short distance of less than 5 minutes from the trash can earlier.

‘I hope you’re not a bad person.’

She said that and went into the building without hearing an answer.

Then he pushed the display case left and right, and a passage leading to the underground warehouse appeared.

I guess they’re using that place as a temporary hideout… .

Underground warehouses are not very good in case of emergency because there is no escape route.

Don’t you think that if you make a mistake just by looking at this without going to your intuition, everything will be ruined?

As I was thinking about it, she looked at me as if I was wondering if she was going to come.

I had no choice but to go in and close the display case.

“hey. It’s really bad here. I know?”

“… know. “I couldn’t help it.”

She answered in a hushed voice.

What is the reaction of this scolded student?

I guess he’s embarrassed to be here too? Is the group leader an asshole?

As I went down the stairs, the smell of blood and alcohol came to me.

There was a woman covered in blood lying in the middle of the warehouse.

When I saw the injuries that looked serious at first glance, I knew what they were thinking and why they were here.

The right arm was broken, and the clothes on the side had a big tear as if it had been cut by a bayonet… . what?

If you’re injured that much, you should already be dead, right?

When I looked closely, only the clothes were torn and the wounds were already healed.

Small and large minor wounds remained on the body, but all life-threatening injuries had been healed.

There is only one item in the tutorial that allows this transfer.

portion.

Hey, I guess he was in the merchant union building.

*

Her explanation was brief.

Her group of nine people settled into the merchant union branch and built their own defense line.

And then the gladiator attack began.

All the people hiding nearby gathered together and more than 20 people gathered to resist, but the result was, of course, extermination.

It is said that only the lying woman and the cat pajama girl barely escaped with their lives.

In the process, that woman suffered such serious injuries.

“But if I used the potion, it shouldn’t have been an amputation, but it should have healed at least to that extent, right? “Were the injuries worse than they looked?”

It may seem like a serious wound, but even the lowest level potion is excellent at treating simple trauma. Did you even share it with anyone?

“The potion bottle was broken, so I could only use a little bit.”

Well then.

I understand the situation roughly.

But what does that have to do with blocking me?

“So why did you tell me not to do it earlier?”

“If you make a mistake, the monsters will come back.”

“Then you can just stay here. “I don’t think you’ll get caught if you hide quietly, right?”

She responded to my words with a stern expression.

“no.”

“why?”

“We have to go rob that building again.”

This is a bit of a surprising answer.

So, I have to rob the Merchant’s Guild building again, but if I make a mistake and the monsters come back, the plan will be ruined? So you blocked it?

I knew the intention. In fact, it’s not like there’s no possibility at all.

But it was still dangerous.

Although Gladiator’s activity level definitely decreases at night, it doesn’t mean that he completely stops like a doll whose batteries have been removed.

Just as humans sleep at night when viewed as a whole, but are different when viewed individually, chimeras also have individual differences.

And the area around the three major facilities is an area where a certain level of density is still maintained even after the chimeras have dispersed throughout the city.

Is there really one person among them who doesn’t sleep at night?

“Is there any need to risk going again?”

“The pills we found and the rest of the potion will still be there.”

As she spoke, she glanced at the lying woman.

“How many do you think there are?”

In response to my question, the woman thought for a moment about whether it was okay to say this, but then opened her mouth.

“There are 8 pills. The potion… “If I didn’t use it, maybe two.”

I found all 8.

It’s not that I didn’t use the stat pill, it’s that I probably couldn’t use it.

A chimera may have invaded while we were discussing distribution.

“It must be dangerous?”

“… know. “But you still have to do it.”

The woman muttered with an uncertain expression.

“I have to go and get the pills, and if I want to treat Bo-kyung… .”

I was sure there.

This woman knows she’s going to die.

Even now, warning bells are probably constantly ringing in your head.

Nevertheless, the reason I go is, on the contrary, the intuition that I will need that pill to survive in Proa, and the desire to repay the favor to the person who sacrificed for me… .

Also, since I just woke up, I don’t yet trust my senses to the point where I blindly trust them.

I feel like I’m going to die. Still, can I really die? How can I do better?

You’re probably suppressing your anxiety with these thoughts.

“But why did you want to fight there? “I was hiding because I thought something strange would happen, but you just showed up.”

While I was organizing my thoughts, a woman asked me a question.

I’ve already thought of an answer.

“ah. “There’s a stat-boosting pill in that house.”

The other person’s eyes widened at my words.

“How do you know that?”

“It has character. It’s called a petty thief. It’s just a feature that tells you the location of the item, but it’s not that convenient, and you can tell when you get close. “It’s a bit difficult to explain in words.”

This isn’t actually an answer to him, it’s a message for the scouts who are watching here to listen.

From now on, I will be looking for stat pills while wandering around slums and other places, so it would be difficult if I made some strange misunderstanding after seeing them.

If you’re a petty thief, this is a good trait to use as an excuse.

Although it is useful when exploring unexplored areas or dungeons, it is not a rare trait, and any mercenary group of any size will have at least one of them.

After hearing my answer, the woman looked straight into my eyes.

When those gazes began to become burdensome, the woman opened her mouth.

“So do you have to do it?”

For a moment, I almost asked, ‘What?’

Now that I think about it, I guess they brought me here in the first place to stop me from trying to kill Gladiator with an axe.

I almost forgot while talking about this and that.

“I’ll do it later. Instead, if I go tomorrow and it’s gone, I’ll come back here with an ax?”

“it’s okay. “I won’t steal it.”

“okay. Then I go search the neighborhood again. “I won’t make a fuss for no reason, so don’t worry.”

The woman nodded.

I thought about suggesting that we join him in robbing the merchant union building, but if I did that, I might be more wary.

I don’t need potions, but I’m also aiming for stat-boosting pills.

I thought it would be better to let him hit it first and help him out with some help.

Looking at it, it seems like Eun-won is also certain.

If it saves your life, wouldn’t you be grateful if I took all 8 pills?

The main purpose of the scheduled date is to treat the injured, so it will probably be tomorrow at the earliest, or the day after tomorrow at the latest.

From the beginning, I was planning to settle down near a slum, and even if it was a little risky, I thought it would be okay to stay within sight of the Merchants’ Guild.

I thought I was done saying hello, but as I was about to open the door and come out, I stopped because I suddenly had a question.

“But how old are you?”

The woman furrowed her eyebrows at my question.

I thought he was an emotionally dry child because he kept snapping at me indifferently, but I guess that wasn’t necessarily the case.

“What does it matter?”

“I’m twenty-four years old.”

“Me too.”

“Isn’t it obvious just by looking at it? “I’m worried about my identity card.”

“I left it at home.”

No matter how you look at it, it looks like a high school kid, but I, the adult, look after it.

“It’s okay if you don’t want to answer. Then please at least tell me your name. “I might see you again in the future, but I can’t keep calling you you.”

“Seo Eun-ha.”

“It’s Won Jin-woo.”

“I wasn’t curious.”

“… So f*cking Seo Eun-ha… .”

When I played with the name, she glared at me fiercely.

I felt like I would get hit by an arrow if I did the second and third verses, so I escaped from the underground as if running away.

It ticks like a real cat.