My Alter Ego’s Path to Greatness - Chapter 38

Jin So-ran (2)

“Ah! So, may I ask how your benefactor got there?”

Jin So-ran, who belatedly came to his senses after talking for a while, looked this way again.

“Call me Heinz. A guy named Gamma was gently trying to trick me, so I followed him. “No matter what trick I tried, I had the confidence to get rid of at least one body.”

“Well… that’s amazing. “Yes…”

She swallowed her words with a subtle expression.

He wanted to say he was careless, but he seemed to have nothing to say since he had actually rescued himself and escaped.

Even though he didn’t expect his colleague’s betrayal, he was the one who was caught.

“Oh! “This is not the time!”

Suddenly, Jin So-ran hurriedly searched his pocket and took out his smartphone.

I guess she was trying to report what just happened, but unfortunately, that smartphone didn’t have a self-repair function like hers.

“Ah~ ah! There are still a lot of installments left….”

The screen was completely shattered.

Of course, the power did not turn on.

After being so frozen for a moment, she began to squirm, cautiously observing what others were saying.

It’s as if there’s something he wants but can’t bring himself to say.

“…Would you like me to lend you my phone?”

“oh! yes thank you!”

She accepts it without even being afraid to say anything.

Then I took the cannon phone that Heinz gave me and played with it for a while.

“Whoa, that’s it. ah! “Can I delete the sending history?”

“doesn’t care. But is it okay to just contact an outsider using their phone?”

“are you okay. “It’s an emergency contact network meant to be used in times like this.”

As soon as she sent the message, she seemed to feel more comfortable and leaned back in her seat.

And then I started glancing this way again.

“…What do you have to say?”

“yes! Mr. Heinz looks quite strong. Where do you belong?”

The answer came back as if I had been waiting for it.

As expected, she was a woman who did not decline any chance she got.

“No, actually, it hasn’t been long since I returned to Earth. The reason I followed Gamma was because I was interested in the clan he was talking about. “It’s an organization where most of the vampires in Korea gather, right?”

It’s just the right timing.

However, Heinz did not show it and naturally brought up the topic.

“There are probably some who belong to other organizations. Still, about 70% of them probably belong to a clan, right? “I can’t be sure because I don’t know how many people have been captured or are hiding in the Supernatural Abilities Management Bureau.”

“What happens if a vampire who hasn’t committed a crime is caught by the Supernatural Abilities Management Bureau? “I wouldn’t just kill you.”

During the conversation, I asked questions about things I had been curious about.

This kind of information doesn’t even appear on the internet.

“Ha… It won’t kill you. But I don’t get treated that well. “They say it’s practically like a prison.”

She added that she was told by someone who had been caught but escaped.

“In fact, it is said that even after the mad bloodsucker incident, there were attempts to embrace those with moderate tendencies among the vampires. Whatever happened didn’t work out well. After that, they are almost treated as potential criminals.”

“Hmm, it was a good thing I didn’t voluntarily report it after returning.”

“Yes. So…”

she said with sparkling eyes.

“If you are looking for a place to belong, how about a clan?”

And he began to appeal to the crew he belonged to.

Even within the clan, it belongs to the moderate faction that pursues peace, and in connection with the blood center, the supply of blood packs is stable, and it is said that it can occasionally perform blood sucking on clinical investigators.

“You pay money to buy someone to suck blood. “After putting them to sleep, we suck just enough blood to ensure there are no health problems, treat the teeth marks, and then send them out.”

As she was excitedly explaining, she stopped talking and looked at me again.

“Well, if you want to build strength like that, our crew probably isn’t for you. If that’s what you want, I’ll show you somewhere else. In the direction of fewer accidents…”

“No, that’s okay. “I have no desire to become stronger by sucking the blood of humans.”

Yes, I plan to become stronger by sucking the blood of vampires.

Jin So-ran’s expression brightened, not knowing what I was thinking.

“Then it’s perfect! Hey, maybe it was fate that we met like this?”

She, who was so happy, suddenly stopped.

Then I blinked and looked out the car window.

“But where are we going from earlier?”

“Are you asking that now…”

I had been driving since she woke up.

But now that I’m asking about it, it was my fault for not telling you.

“There is no specific destination. Because the purpose was to escape in the first place. After moving away from that place, I was just circling the nearby road. So, if there is a place you want to go, tell me. “I’ll give you a ride.”

If I had known the conversation would be this long, I should have stopped in a suitable place.

Naturally, I was planning to show Jin So-ran a little interest by taking him to the crew headquarters…

“Ah! Then without hesitation! Would you like to come along, Mr. Heinz? “It’s late now, but I’ll give you a place to rest.”

After dawn, when a lot of things happened.

Dawn was slowly coming.

***

“Soran unnie~! I heard about it! are you okay?!”

As we entered the lobby of a building located in a villa village, a girl who appeared to be in the upper grades of elementary school ran out and threw herself into Jin So-ran’s arms.

It was a body tackle with considerable force, and she gently hugged the girl with shock.

‘You seem quite skilled.’

By the way, for a child like that to be a vampire, at what age did he go to this other world?

Maybe he’s older than he looks?

“…Who is this guy?”

A girl who sticks out her eyes from Jin So-ran’s arms and is wary of this direction.

“This is Mr. Heinz, who has decided to join our crew this time. You also helped me this time. “Hello, Nahee.”

“…hello.”

“Okay, hi.”

The girl nodded and said hello to Jin So-ran, who patted her back and spoke softly.

He seemed to have relaxed a little when he heard that he had helped Jin So-ran.

Although he was still in her arms.

“Uh~ is it Nahee? “My sister has some work to do for a moment… can you let me go?”

Dori Dori…

The girl buried her head in her arms again and shook her head.

“After I finish my business, my sister will go to my room. Let’s sleep together in a little while. “Can you leave me alone for a moment now?”

The girl fell out of her arms with a dissatisfied expression when she heard her voice gently admonishing her while stroking her head.

“Do you have to come quickly? “Aren’t you going to sleep and wait?”

“Okay, okay. “My sister will be there soon.”

However, after barely patting the girl off, she had to deal with the others one after another.

Since everyone had good ears, it seemed like they came out after hearing the sound of Jin So-ran returning.

‘Do you have a good reputation?’

“Hehe, first I’ll show you a place to rest.”

After greetings and introductions, Jin So-ran, who had barely been released, took the lead and led Heinz up the stairs.

“By the way, I was concerned earlier. How long will you be wearing the mask?”

“Because I’m a little shy. “I’ll take it off when we get closer.”

“Ah… yes. Do whatever you feel comfortable with…”

She nodded with a puzzled expression to the shameless answer and then led the way to an empty room without saying anything else.

There aren’t many household items, but the room is neatly organized.

It seemed like enough to stay for a while.

“Isn’t there a very young-looking kid in the crew earlier?”

“Ah… me?”

“This is my first time seeing such a young returnee. “I was wondering if you were older than you looked.”

Although it is not exact, the youngest recorded so far was a high school student.

Even so, it is extremely rare and adults over the age of 20 are usually sent.

But no matter how you look at it, he is an upper elementary school student or at most a middle school student…

“That child is not a returnee. “My father was a returnee, and he turned me into a vampire to save Nahee, who was suffering from an incurable disease.”

Only then did I realize that I was mistaken.

Not all vampires are returnees.

In the first place, the vampires who returned to Earth were infected by someone in another world, and they can turn other people on Earth into vampires.

‘I understand why the government wants to control vampires. In a way, it is no different from an infectious disease brought in from outside.’

For some reason, when I was clearing out a criminal organization, I occasionally saw low-level servant-level vampires.

He did not have enough military power to be used as a soldier.

But in that respect, it seems like the number is smaller than expected…

“Oh, that doesn’t mean vampires can be numbered indefinitely. “I don’t know why, but they say it takes ten times more power to infect people on Earth.”

If there really is such a problem, it is understandable.

The difference must have arisen because it is a different dimension.

If the more you turn others into vampires, the more your power decreases, there will be a limit to how you can increase your size.

“But that girl named Nahee seems stronger than I thought?”

Naturally, more power is needed to make the infection target stronger.

However, the child who was confirmed by “seeing through” seemed to have a moderate level of residual blood.

“My father was a bit pushy because he wanted Nahee to be able to live proudly under the sun.”

Level 1 burns under the sun and turns into ashes, and level 2 also causes continuous burns.

From level 3 onward, you will not take any damage, even if your condition is poor.

Since the child named Na-hee appeared to be in the late 3rd level, her father must have suffered a significant loss in his strength.

“What about his father?”

Jin So-ran did not answer the question, but just smiled awkwardly and shook his head.

“…It’s late and you should rest now. There were a lot of things to do today in many ways. “Let’s talk again in the evening.”

She spoke brightly, said hello, and disappeared outside.

Even though they are vampires, they are still humans, so each person has their own circumstances.

A room with blackout curtains.

Heinz lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.

***

Breakfast is a bowl of hot and hearty soup.

Additionally, I ate scrambled eggs and pork rice bowl, and had a hot dog and a tub of ice cream for dessert.

“Um…is it a bit lacking?”

No, mornings like this are just fine.

Because the main body does not squeeze calories to the limit like the avatar.

I watched my avatar militantly eating healthy food, including chicken breast and boiled eggs, and chewing on a high-calorie protein bar.

〈Individual Information〉

-Individual name: Harley

-Common characteristics: 「Mind Herb」, 「Persona」, 「Super Recovery」, 「Mysterious Index」

-Individual characteristics: 「Adaptation」

-Special information: Han Seong-hyun’s fifth avatar. Adapts to change quickly and efficiently even in extreme situations.

It had been about a week in Earth time since Heinz’s violent oxidation in Azantu.

He was able to be re-summoned around the time Heinrich entered the church.

‘Then I learned something. This time it was a week, but next time it will take about 15 days to regenerate the deceased avatar.’

Also, the more it is repeated, the longer the period required will continue to increase.

‘Well, if it’s dangerous, you can cancel the summoning, so you most likely won’t die. ‘Because it was a special case back then.’

Coincidentally, both Hans and Heinz II Heinrich now have the survival power of a cockroach, so we just need to be careful of the new avatars that will be born in the future.

‘But looking at his initial skills, it looks like this guy will have a tough time.’

The initial skill of the newly created ‘Harley’ is ‘Adaptation’.

It was truly a cockroach-like ability that allowed it to adapt and survive even in extreme environments.

Not only that, but the stress on the body while training is also recognized as being extreme, and the efficiency of using “ultra recovery” has been outstanding.

‘Well, I don’t know when and where I will be deployed. ‘I prepare it in advance so that I can use it right away when I need it.’

Next, I checked the Karma store.

Since I left Azantu and used most of it, I didn’t expect much because there wasn’t much happening…

『Karma Store』

『Unique Skill Enhancement (800000)』

『Status Enhancement – View Details』

『Karma Possession – 331087』

There was more karma than I expected. It was piled up.

It’s not so much that I’m surprised, but it feels like unearned income to me as I haven’t really done anything.

‘What did I do? Lastly, after obtaining the “Persona”… Hans clashed with the church once while researching magic, and took the siblings to La Perla City.’

After encountering a true vampire in Talaria, Heinrich committed himself to the main church.

Most of the big events that followed took place on Earth, but since karma is not supplied on Earth, we leave it out of the question…

‘…I really didn’t do much?’

Hans’ conflict with the main church was only brief, and Heinrich was still only a candidate for a Holy Knight.

It is difficult to say that it has had a significant impact on the world.

‘Oh wait. Come to think of it….’

While Heinrich was moving to the Great Temple of Roselia, there was a story he heard from the paladin who gave him a city guide.

‘I actually said that I fought more with vampires and warlocks than with the descendants of the Immortal King. In the process, the warlock forces lost their base in the Kingdom of Thalia and went into hiding…’

Hmm, I see.

So that means…

“…is it my fault?”

Although the spacing was a bit harsh.

I didn’t know it would come back like this.

“…Hey, what do you think? That’s a good thing. Good punishment, good punishment, good punishment! After all, if you live a good life, good luck will come back to you, right? “There is nothing wrong with the old saying.”

Even though no one was listening, I joked to myself for some reason and then focused on the Karma store again.

First of all, it is quite insufficient to raise unique skills.

Then, you can either raise the status or keep it.

‘I’ve already strengthened my status to some extent.’

Heinz dies while fighting a vampire and right before Heinz II is sent in.

I was worried that something similar would happen in the future, so I strengthened various stats such as strength and agility several times.

‘I couldn’t think of investing enough to acquire related skills, so I only raised them evenly.’

In fact, strengthening status and obtaining related skills was extremely inefficient.

When I got “Super Recovery,” I invested a total of 310,000 points into ‘Body – Stamina – Enhance Resilience’.

At first, I was desperate to recover from my disability, so I poured myself into recovery without even thinking about it.

‘My physical ability is enough for now. Since it has “super recovery”, it can be strengthened sufficiently through training. Anything more than this is excessive.’

However, strengthening mental power with status was also ineffective.

If you strengthen the unique skill “Avatar,” your mental power will naturally increase.

It’s also much more cost-effective.

‘Then the decision has been made. ‘Keep until the next unique skill is strengthened.’

After putting my thoughts aside, I searched the Internet to gather information.

‘Let’s see, Nocturnia… I found it. It’s a fairly well-known level.’

A world where vampires and humans wage war against each other.

The known technological power was around the early 20th century on Earth, but it was a place where anti-vampire technology was extremely developed.

Vampires are given blood-related abilities based on their bloodline, and the slayer who hunts them temporarily gains superhuman strength with a medicine made by purifying the blood.

As the never-ending war continues, it is said that just by doing safe rear support work, it will take about 10 years to accumulate enough karma to return.

It is said that there is virtually no danger as vampire detection technology has developed.

Of course, if you were confident that you would survive, it was possible to go to the front and shorten the period.

‘Even if it’s 10 years, it’s only about a year in Earth time. ‘As there are many returnees, there is a lot of information known.’

This information is gathered to increase the survival probability of latecomers.

Thanks to this, the recent return rate has exceeded 20%.

‘They say it was less than 10 percent in the beginning.’

Next, I searched for Jin So-ran.

I couldn’t find anything under my real name, so I searched for my activity name…

“Orchid… here it is.” Oh, you were quite a celebrity, right?”

Having 300,000 followers is enough to make you a successful broadcaster.

But when I looked closely, my face was slightly different, perhaps because of the makeup.

Although she is less beautiful than she actually is, she looks more lively and friendly.

‘Well, vampires have pretty faces, but they are subtly inhumane. They feel like dolls.’

When I clicked replay of the last broadcast, her happy appearance came to mind.

After looking at it for a while, I looked at the closure notice on one side of the screen.

‘If Heinz hadn’t been there, the broadcast wouldn’t have been turned on again after that announcement.’

I sank into the chair and closed my eyes.

Currently, Heinz is between levels 6 and 7 based on Earth, the edge of pureblood life.

‘Let’s start by making Heinz the real deal.’

To do that, I needed more game…

Their habitat information and hunting tools were all at my fingertips.

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