Closed Beta That Only I Played

Chapter 323 – To the North (1)

In the end, what Jihye Suh said was simple. She wanted Juyoung to get rid of her right away. However, since she was subordinated to Yuljung Kim, she could not kill herself, so she wanted Juyoung to kill Kim first.

Of course, she didn’t just want him to kill Kim for free. She said she would give him everything she had because she was destined to die with Kim the moment he died for the simple reason that she was his subordinate. She said she had nothing to regret anymore.

In order to relieve my doubts about attacking Kim, she also told me that there were so many people living in a hellish world without any choice because their families were taken hostage by Kim. But even that was not a good enough reason for me to attack Kim.

Why? Because there were obviously so many like Yuljung Kim in this day and age.

Besides, there were quite a few who willingly wanted to live in that hell too.

At that moment, Jihye opened her mouth again.

“There is little time left,” she said. “Because I am subordinate to him, I cannot resist when he summons me.”

Since she already mentioned it to me before, I did not respond.

However, I felt that she was too deeply subordinate to him. Given her condition, it was as if she was a slave or even worse to him.

Nonetheless, I had some doubts, so I said, “By the way, why didn’t you think of showing Kim everything about stats transfer and handing it all over to him? If that happens, your value will be zero when your skill ‘Stat Transfer’ disappears, then Kim won’t care about you anymore. Don’t you think so?”

She could let people gain as many as 10 stat points a day. Even if I were in Kim’s shoes, I would use the ability to subordinate her to me. If I didn’t have that ability, I would use every means to bind her, so she could not escape from me.

But what if her ability to transfer stats disappears overnight?

I would not find her valuable and would not find any need to keep her.

If she were in such a state, she would not have to go to the trouble of coming to ask me a favor like this.

At that moment, however, as if she was not startled by my question at all, she said with a little smile, “If I had had even a 1% chance of doing so, I would have definitely done it. However, Kim would definitely be upset, complaining that I had no use as a subordinate. He would rage with anger, shouting at me that I cut the goose that laid golden eggs without his permission.”

Though she said that with a smile, her point was quite serious. Given the seriousness of what she just said, she was not supposed to smile in this situation.

Despite that, she continued, “He will probably continue to inflict pain in me. If I were to commit suicide because I couldn’t stand the pain, he would continue to kill one thousand people to resurrect me. And he will show it to me, telling me to commit suicide again. Then he would threaten to kill 10,000 or 100,000 people to bring me back to life.”

I was about to ask her if it was really possible for him to have the nerve to do so, but I didn’t after looking at her serious expression.

“Hmm.”

First of all, I just heard her out, and understood her point.

I concluded that because she was subordinate to Kim, she had no way of escaping from him even at the dead end of death.

Suddenly I felt it was a pity that her great abilities were left unused.

What if she were free from Kim’s control and used her abilities freely?

There were lots of strong and wealthy people who would try to recruit her by offering her enormous compensation. Of course, Myongjin would be one of them.

So I asked her, feeling a little sorry for her valuable skill talent, “What if I tell Kim not to touch you by threatening him?”

Of course, the best solution for her would free her from her subordination to him.

But she shook her head, and showed me something.

[Once you are in a subordinate relationship, you cannot cancel it from your end. And the person who has subordinated you cannot cancel it either. ]

In other words, it was impossible for her to be freed from him, nor was it possible for Kim to free her from his control.

She continued with a bitter smile, “I think you can subjugate Kim, given your mighty power. But I’m afraid I can continue to live in anxiety like this. Perhaps Kim will bow to you if you challenge him right now, but at the end of the day, he will prepare everything to take revenge on you, Juyoung Hong. I’m telling you this not only for myself, but for you, as well. If you take action against him, you really should kill him once and for all. Otherwise, you had better stay away from fighting him at all. He is the type of guy who easily forgets somebody’s help, but will never forget his revenge on anybody that he thinks has wronged him.”

After she said that, I remained silent for some time, then slowly opened my mouth.

“Good. let me kill him then, but I’ve one condition!”

Of course, I thought of getting something in return from her in advance.

But I didn’t have to mention it because she offered it first with a welcome expression.

“I’m willing to give everything you need right now.”

It’s not because I was greedy about her stat points that I made such a decision.

To be honest, I didn’t need them. Even without them, I was so strong right now that I could beat anyone anywhere and anytime.

After I took her to the Myongjin Shelter, I didn’t leave her neglected without doing anything.

I had Myongjin undertake a thorough investigation on Kim using all available information networks.

In the past, it was even unthinkable to investigate the North Korean leader, but Myongjin today is the most successful conglomerate in South Korea, and also boasts of its premier position in the world business world. So they could gather lots of information about him on their own and with the help of others.

After five days of investigation, I reached a conclusion. It would be unpleasant to see Kim, as well as his forces, become strong.

Kim was close to a ruthless tyrant. Moreover, as she said, he was only focused on increasing his power as well as that of his companions by sacrificing not only ordinary citizens but also a considerable number of ‘Revival Legend’ users.

Besides, he has been growing fast by receiving 10 stat points every day by using her.