I Became a Disaster-Class Sorcery Genius

I'll spare you (1)

There was only one reason he wanted to train with the gun that Shin Se-yeon despised.

'The moment that made Shin Se-yeon certain she could kill her father was when she realized she could dodge bullets herself.'

Of course, Kim Dojun never knew why simply dodging bullets made Shin Se-yeon confident enough to think she could kill Shin Cheon-gyun.

After all, the in-game settings never dealt with such details.

But even so, Kim Dojun wasn't actually curious about that.

Whether it was like this or that made no difference to him.

All that truly mattered from Kim Dojun's perspective was that Shin Se-yeon gained conviction, so he eagerly picked up the gun and aimed it at her.

"Let's begin."

As soon as Kim Dojun pointed the gun at her, Shin Se-yeon nodded stiffly.

"Wait."

"What?"

"No, um, is this place really okay?"

"What do you mean?"

"The location, for instance. Won't it be loud?"

"That's why I went to the trouble of getting a pass so we could come to Manjang Mountain."

"Even so, if the sound echoes, there's a chance people could come looking."

Shin Se-yeon anxiously darted her eyes around as she spoke.

"Don't worry, I added a suppressor."

At Kim Dojun's words, she closed her mouth for a moment. However, Shin Se-yeon quickly put on an awkward smile, flailing her hands in agitation as she continued.

"I heard suppressors don't silence the shots as much as in the movies. Shouldn't we get ready first or something before starting?"

Shin Se-yeon's entire demeanor screamed, 'I really, really don't want to do this.'

"Yeah! Actually, wouldn't it be much better to just use a shooting range some other—"

Seeing that, Kim Dojun, holding the gun,—

Bang!

"...?"

He pulled the trigger.

The bullet grazed her ear, passed through a lock of her hair, and stuck into the tree behind her.

As Shin Se-yeon froze at the sudden event, Kim Dojun shrugged and said,

"Oops, my mistake."

"Mistake...?"

"I was supposed to aim for your head."

"???"

"Don't worry, I'll aim for your head next time."

"You crazy bastard! I said stop!!!"

"Fine."

"Then why aren't you putting the gun down!"

"I want to stop, but my arm won't listen to me."

Bang!

"Kyaaaah! You insane jerk!!!"

"It seems a spiritual entity has possessed my body."

Bang!

"Don't recite textbook lines at me!"

Shin Se-yeon yelled.

But Kim Dojun just kept firing, and the training session officially began with the terrified Shin Se-yeon dodging the flying bullets.

About ten minutes later—

"Look at that."

"Haah... Haah... You... son of a...!"

Shin Se-yeon was sprawled out on the ground, completely exhausted, far more so than when dodging stones.

She looked as though she had truly spent every bit of her energy, slumped over the ground.

Seeing her like that, Kim Dojun grinned.

"We succeeded."

"Succeeded in what?!"

"Today, you managed to dodge a whopping 130 bullets—of the very bullets you're so afraid of."

To be exact, Shin Se-yeon had dodged about 50. The other 80 had been fired by Kim Dojun deliberately to places where she wouldn't get hurt.

'If I kept shooting in the name of fast training and she actually got hurt because the protective sorcery was pierced, it would be a huge setback...'

But now was the right time to instill confidence in Shin Se-yeon, just as he had done with Han Soyeon, so Kim Dojun didn't mention this.

'After all, for the final 50 shots, I targeted her exactly and she dodged every single one.'

That was enough to perfectly fulfill the trigger for Shin Se-yeon to gain the confidence to attack Shin Cheon-gyun.

"In other words, your astrology has already entered a whole new level."

Breathing hard, Shin Se-yeon glared at him with a scowling face and retorted,

"Wasn't it only about 50 bullets that I dodged?"

"?"

"You were deliberately aiming elsewhere, weren't you?"

"..."

Kim Dojun paused.

'She figured it out.'

Given the nature of astrology, it was natural that she'd notice, so he had to laugh.

"If you noticed even that much, doesn't it mean you've practically reached the realm of a truly unique sorcery?"

"Not quite that far."

"No, you have. Who else uses astrology the way you do?"

Shin Se-yeon didn't answer.

Because he was right.

Fundamentally, there were no sorcerers who used astrology for combat.

It simply wasn't a sorcery made for battle.

"... That's true."

"Be proud. Right now, you're the only person who can utilize astrology in combat like this."

Seeing her agree, Kim Dojun smiled and added,

"Now, it seems you're more or less ready."

"... Ready?"

"I mean, to kill your father, Shin Cheon-gyun."

"...!"

With that, he looked her squarely in the eyes.

####

The day after Shin Se-yeon dodged the bullets.

With about a week left until the end of term, Kim Dojun took a moment to organize his situation.

'The spiritual tools I've acquired so far: 9 in total.'

Nameless One's Necklace.
Interpreter's Ring.
Nameless One's Protective Ring.
Honor Student Haram's Pen.
Ghost Liquor Bottle.
Fragment of One Without Spiritual Power.
Unity.
Seasoned One's Brooch.
Special Antidote.
Eccentric Immortal's Scorpion Mask.

Looking at the notebook where he'd listed the spiritual tools he acquired, Kim Dojun spun his pen, feeling a bit surprised.

'That's a lot, actually.'

Of course, he had already given the Seasoned One's Brooch to Shin Se-yeon to boost her astrology, and the Special Antidote didn't really count, but even without those, he had gathered quite a few.

'Besides, some are still extremely useful to me now... At this point, the important thing is "Fragment of One Without Spiritual Power" and 'Unity'.'

Fragment of One Without Spiritual Power and Unity.

Both were spiritual tools from Salvation Society, but for now, neither was of great help to him.

The Fragment of One Without Spiritual Power clearly required all three pieces to be gathered, and Unity was meant to combine two sorceries.

'But once I complete these two tools by collecting what's needed, they'll be tremendously helpful.'

So Kim Dojun set a higher priority on completing these two spiritual tools than the others.

'Alright, that's enough for spiritual tool inventory... Next, scenario progress.'

The next item to tidy up was progress.

In fact, things were pretty straightforward right now.

'With Shin Se-yeon, getting her to dodge bullets fulfilled the trigger, and for Han Soyeon, it's just a matter of time before I do the same. Dan's is already underway as well.'

Among the bosses he had contacted, only Tia's scenario hadn't advanced much.

'But I've already dealt with 'Gatura of Salvation', and Shin Se-yeon and Han Soyeon are almost done, Dan's will be wrapped up soon... In theory, that's about 40% cleared.'

With his miracle logic of turning 10% progress into 40%, the positivity king, Kim Dojun, couldn't help but smile in delight.

'With Shin Se-yeon's matter settled, it's time to spend some regular time with Han Soyeon.'

With that thought, he finished his review and, as the appointment time drew near, headed down the promenade.

"You're here."
[Hello, master!]

As he reached the promenade, he soon met Dan. Raising the scorpion mask as if it was the most natural thing in the world, Kim Dojun greeted him.

"Is today's intel solid?"

"It's solid. Looks like they've kept this one very hush-hush. I even paid a hefty price."
[I checked too! Didn't I do well!?]

"Good job."

Kim Dojun nodded to Tam, who subtly poked its face out from the shadows, and put the scorpion mask on.

"Well, let's get going."

He immediately headed for Pantheon to participate in the clandestine meeting of the external zone organizations that was on his agenda today.

Guided by Dan's information, Kim Dojun and Dan wove through the twisted external zone of Pantheon.

"Found it."

They located the underground meeting room, where the meeting seemed to be well under way.

####

In Pantheon's external zone underground meeting room, more than forty people had gathered.

They were all bosses of organizations based in the external zone, and the purpose was to discuss the incident of the Scorpion Mask and Twisted Evil.

But, naturally—

"So what are we going to do? I'm asking you!"

"Just listen, you dumbass. I've been saying it: anyone can see we have to side with Scorpion Mask!"

"Are you crazy?! What if things go south after following some nobody with zero credibility?"

"Then why don't you keep sitting there and get your head smashed in by Scorpion Mask like those other losers?"

"What, trying to act tough, huh? Want me to rearrange your face too? I'll rip it off!"

"Just try it, bastard."

"All of you, shut the hell up—we shouldn't be fighting each other at a time like this!"

"Look who's pretending to be a mediator, that fat pig."

"What did you say? Pig? You skinny little—"

The meeting got nowhere.

In fact, at a certain point, it was more a brawl than a meeting, with everyone snapping at one another.

But their commotion was cut short—

Bang!

"Gah!"

With a resounding clang of thick iron doors, a bloodied guard was hurled into the room.

And then—

"Nice to meet you, everyone."

The bosses gathered in the meeting room looked up to see Scorpion Mask and a man casually stride in.

"..."

The room fell silent in an instant.

Surveying the mood of the room as if he was thoroughly satisfied, Scorpion Mask—no, Kim Dojun—spoke.

"Well, you've all heard what's going on, so let's cut the small talk. If you want to become my ally, raise your hand now."

He swept his gaze across the silent crowd and continued,

"Of course, I'm not going to threaten you with a knife to make you join me, so whether you do or not is entirely up to you."

"... If we refuse, will you let us go?" one boss asked.

Kim Dojun replied,

"Naturally, I'll let you leave."

"Really?"

"Yes, I'll let you go."

"What do you mean, 'let us go'?"

"I'll let you go in the form of a corpse."

"..."

"In any case, you'll be leaving, right?"

With a perfectly straight face, Kim Dojun voiced this madness, and the bosses stared at him in disbelief.

They wondered—Is this guy actually insane?—as they nervously eyed Kim Dojun.

Then—

"Ah."

As if recalling something, Kim Dojun gave a small sigh and said,

"I misspoke."

"?"

"There might not be a head left."

"???"

"I haven't been good at moderating my strength lately, so if that happens, you'll leave with just the body, no head."

"..."

"Oh."

"...?"

"If I really overdo it, maybe not even the upper body... In that case, I'll make sure at least the lower half gets sent out."

"......"

"Oh, actually, now that I think about it, maybe not even the lower half—"

As he trailed off, the bosses in the room, one by one, quickly raised their hands, and Kim Dojun smiled.

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