After Returning, My Abilities are Infinite
After Returning, My Abilities are Infinite - Chapter 88

Episode 88 You’ve changed a bit? (1)

As the Traveler said, Kim Min-Jae’s memories passed by very quickly. However, I could remember exactly what skills Kim had mastered and what training he had done. Then there was nothing more to see.

As long as the information was enough, whether slow or fast, I was confident that I would perfectly analyze any skills. Kim Min-Jae’s mysterious martial arts could not escape my eyes.

“What!”

Thud.

Embarrassed, Kim Min-Jae hurriedly swung his arm. The attacks, which had not been even seen properly until a while ago, felt very obvious.

The analysis did not guarantee that the attack became slow or weak. However, figures where the attacks would be placed and how much power they would contain automatically popped into my head.

Just by looking at his shoulders shaking, I knew which arm he was going to use, and by looking at his ankle, I knew where he was going to move.

I could avoid Kim Min-Jae’s hands slightly. Because the center of gravity was tilted forward, his posture collapsed, and I thrust my fist into the gap.

“Argh…….”

He could not handle my attack at the right time. Kim Min-Jae’s eyes trembled. Because of the big damage? No. His muscles were still thick, and my fist went shallow. There was only one reason for him to be embarrassed.

“How can you……?”

His attack, which he thought was perfect, was being avoided. The invincible skill he had mastered for a long time was collapsing at the hands of a young man who was not even 20 years old.

Kim Min-Jae’s eyes trembled strongly. All sorts of emotions showed on his face.

When I saw it, I remembered a moment before the return.

-Analyst Jeong Si-Woo always said that If I had talent, I would have succeeded as a hunter.

Someone had spoken it out with a bitter expression.

-By the way, you have already had a talent. It was a more brilliant one than anyone else has. You dig up the essence of an object with just one small clue. You have the insight to bring down things that have been praised as great to a humble place. It’s the best talent no one has ever had.

There had been many people who had similar facial expressions as Kim Min-Jae had now. All of them did not understand the situation at the time. They could not have admitted that what they had built up by effort had collapsed in my few words.

Crack.

Holding Kim Min-Jae’s hand, I broke his arm again. I then kicked his ankle and knee one after the other. There were weaknesses even in the firm muscles, and when I dug into him exquisitely, even Kim Min-Jae, who had a strong body, could not do anything. He fell forward in vain.

‘…I can feel it myself.’

Kim Min-Jae’s eyes were different from before. There was no composure. He was looking down at the floor with hollowed eyes as if he had given up everything.

I had a feeling that I hadn’t felt when I was sitting at the table and analyzing. It was more disastrous than I had imagined that all his life’s work would collapse in a moment.

Kim Min-Jae lost everything he had made with his life just because I saw his past for a moment and analyzed it through him.

“You can’t do this. You can’t…….”

Kim Min-Jae smashed the ground and rushed to me. His expression was grim, but his spirit was dead as before. He was burning his whole strength and energy. However, my analysis had already been finished.

He used all his power to knock me down, and now his body was rapidly losing its strength like a perforated balloon. He had built up his strength over the years, and he was using up even his fundamental ability to overcome obstacles.

Zoom-!

A mirage flew in from behind. The object, made of Orichalcum material, flew in the air at my command. It read Kim Min-Jae’s attacks accurately, and it sometimes hit his vital points.

With the option of non-destructive, the battle gear was the perfect natural enemy of martial artists, who relied on the body. Kim Min-Jae kept swinging his fists. He was led by his power and fell foolishly.

“Huh, phew…….”

The breathless man’s cheeks were hollowed out like a hungry man for a few days. His Qi and Mana seemed to have disappeared.

Kim Min-Jae, trying to get up with his hands touching the floor, flopped down into his place. His legs were shaking incessantly. His disability came back.

“No, no, no…….”

He was about to say something, but he was speechless. His open mouth was only making an “Uh-oh-oh” sound.

There was no more Kim Min-Jae, president of the Association, who was charismatic and hiding strong power. Only Kim Min-Jae, who was born with a disability, was there.

I grabbed him by the hair and slowly looked down at him.

“Living such a life doesn’t justify your sins. If you had a sad story, you should have strived to build a better world, so people don’t suffer.”

Then with my fists clenched, I punched Kim Min-Jae’s head. Kim Min-Jae, who lost his strength, had a body worse than an ordinary adult man. He didn’t stand my blow and died. Sticky blood scattered in the room.

“Well… I don’t know if I had lived that kind of life. Of course, I wouldn’t have lived as infamously as you.”

Shaking blood off my sleeve, I looked down at Kim Min-Jae. His end was so vain and sad that it did not match the public estimation. Somehow I tried to turn around in a feeling of nausea. But, uh…

[Wait.]

The Traveler’s voice caught me.

[Hey, what’s that behind his body?]

I glanced at the remark. Behind the body? I listened to the Traveler and frowned and glared, but there was nothing there. All I could see was red blood.….

[Oh, you can’t see it? Yeah, you can’t see it yet.]

“What does that mean?”

[Kim Min-Jae had someone like me inside him.]

Similar to the Traveler. What did it mean?

[That’s why I felt such a strange force. That’s why your Akashic Record didn’t see through when it first met him. Hahaha. Well, that was simple.]

“…What are you talking about?”

[Like me, there was something attached to him with interest in humans. Of course, its power is not up to my toes, but it’s enough to turn a normal human into a monster.]

There was one thing that came to my mind when I heard it. It was a Crack unknown to the world. It was a quaint space for locking people up for over a hundred years. It was enough to turn a normal human into a monster, and if it had moved with interest in humans… No way.

[Maybe what you think is right. ]

“…….”

[It intentionally caused a Crack that caused Kim Min-Jae to go against him.]

“Oh, my God…….”

I felt my head throbbing when I heard that. Even if Kim Min-Jae had been cleared, there were still many things to be solved. Suddenly I was told that there was an “unknown being” similar to the Traveler.

It was a too difficult mission. When I made a look of difficulty, the Traveler opened his mouth with a faint smile.

[You don’t have to worry about this. This is my jurisdiction. Mind your own business over there.]

Baaaam!

With the words came an intense binge from outside.

Oh, right.

It wasn’t the end of dealing with a madman. If there was a madman in the building, a madwoman was waiting outside.

I recovered the mirage with the back of my hand and jumped through a hole in the window. It was time to clear the Monster Field, which had become a mess.

[Um…….]

Instead of following me as usual, the Traveler stood for a long time in front of Kim Min-Jae’s body.

[I’ll have to go up for a while.]

He said that in a small voice.

* * *

“How’s the situation?”

As soon as I landed on the Monster Fields, I asked a question.

“…Not good.”

The Hunters, who were building up their defenses, were very serious.

“The firepower is so powerful that you can’t think of it as a personal level. I don’t know the principle, but I think it’s the power of tearing apart the skills, Mana shields, and characteristics.”

“Is the damage severe?”

“Fortunately, the damage is not that severe. Thanks to Zhang Wei, major injuries are being healed immediately. Just… just because he said we couldn’t stand for a long time in this condition.”

I turned my head.

Standing next to Han Yeon-Soo, Zhang Wei was sweating and taking his breath away. Though he could recover many people with a little mana, the limit still existed. If it were like that, he would only last another 20 minutes.

If Zhang Wei couldn’t heal people, half of the hunters in the defense line here would have to die to stop the disaster.

I couldn’t bear such damage.

“Be slow to withdraw, pretending to pull back the line.”

“Yes?”

“We can’t win them by many heads. My team and I will push ahead in a small group, so please withdraw so that Mr. Zhang’s healing is not wasted.”

“No, we can barely hold out with this number, but if we withdraw and only Jeong Si-Woo’s team remains, there will be only five. It’s impossible to win that much…….”

“Yes, we can. There’s only one over there.”

“You’re not just one! It’s a monster that swept away the Great Crack alone. That’s not just a man. It’s a monster!”

The hunter’s tone of voice grew more and more. He thought his voice was too loud, so he took a look around him. In the meantime, I was looking at the hunter with ignorance.

“Dear Hunter.”

“Yes?”

“Believe me, please. Everyone tried to stop me, but I eventually smashed the Monster Fields and everything that everyone said I couldn’t do. In that way, I was recognized for my success. I’ve never failed since I became a Hunter, and I don’t think this is the first time of failure.”

“…….”

“The president of the Association just died at my hands. Kim Min-Jae, one of the most influential people in the world, lost his life to a boy less than twenty years old.”

“……!”

“The great Kim Min-Jae failed, and I succeeded. I’ve always been the winner, and all the people who opposed my choice were losers. Again, believe me.”

He gulped at my words. I glared at him with a watch on my wrist and showed him the time. It was already 3 minutes of talking. If we wasted more time, many Hunters would die because of our delay.

“…Withdraw!”

Instead of answering me, he turned around and shouted.

I glanced slowly over Seol Ah-rin, who was running wild beyond the tankers’ tall iron walls being cleared away little by little.

Kim Min-Jae, who had no combat experience and was very overconfident in his skills, was an unexpectedly easy opponent. But not her. All kinds of armor tore up most tankers’ characteristics and inserted bullets into the flesh, and the barrier around the body did not crack at all the bombshell.

Even if we tried our best to attack or clear her, it was hard to kill her because she was almost perfect and had a lot of experience.

How good would it be for us that she relied on her own body like Kim Min-Jae?

Thud.

Walking inside the battlefield, I put my hand on Sung Hyun-Woo’s shoulder, who was swinging his hand in the air with difficulty.

“Sir?”

Still, when I came up with countermeasures against each disaster, I had a plan to kill Seol Ah-rin.

Her body without barriers was softer than any ordinary person. There was a man among my academy alma maters who could find her weakness with certainty.

“Hyun-Woo, I’m sorry, but find one person and bring him here. I’ll hold out as long as I can.”

-Pre-emptive attack guarantees victories.-

He could attack first in combat and strike first unconditionally. He had a powerful dagger that could ignore all means of defense.

“Graduated from Hwayeon Supermen Academy. Same age as me. His name is Lee Jin-Woo. I’ve also asked Han Yeon-Soo’s secretaries for help, so they’ll help you. Go quickly!”

Lee Jin-Woo. It was time to see my friend’s face after a long time since graduation.

‘I hope you’ve grown up a lot.’

It would be perfect if he could put a bullet in the wild Seol Ah-rin’s head without any facial changes.

I didn’t know much about Lee Jin-Woo after the academy. Two years after graduation. How much has he changed?

“Okay.”

Sung Hyun-Woo disappeared as soon as he heard me, and I moved the mirages and began to take over the work that Hyun-Woo was doing.

“Arghhhh-!”

Now all I had to do was keep this position hard until my friend came to clear Seol Ah-rin with a single blow.