Chapter 5: Chapter 5

Seol Jihu's eyelashes trembled slightly, and then his eyelids fluttered open, announcing his awakening.

In his heart writhed emotions such as remorse, regret, and... A deep sigh.

With those emotions rolling in him like a tidal wave, he murmured. "So this is what a real battlefield looks like..."

The dream of an alternate future he experienced firsthand surprised him. It really did.

All the combat he'd had as Noah seemed like a joke compared to that sea of blood and bones.

Not to mention those beings that wielded terrifying power, capable even of destroying mountains and overturning seas.

However, along with the surprise was the anticipation...

Any average person would be shaking with fear, breaking out in a cold sweat, or filled with worry, but he was different. Very different.

Seol Jihu longed to be on that battlefield that could offer him a real fight, one he had not experienced in a long time.

His blood was circulating faster because of that overwhelming enthusiasm.

However, he could not lose his way as he immersed himself in such intoxicating excitement. He knew that doing so would only hinder him from achieving his primary goal.

After all, a passing thrill could not even come close to the possibility of seeing his family again.

So, with a clear head and trying to retain as much information as possible from the dream, he left his apartment.

The address was the place under the Tancheon River bridge. Not without first going to buy a beer. It was necessary to complement his performance as an utterly dejected person.

In doing so, Seol Jihu made a pleasant 'discovery.' His innate ability, which the Original Seol Jihu named Green Eyes, had returned. However, his real name was Nine Eyes.

If he concentrated his senses on his eyes, living things and objects glowed green. But, among them, some lost their color even if he kept his concentration. If he related to green things, nothing happened. On the contrary, if he related to things that lost their green color, something terrible would happen with more than 50% probability.

In the meantime, he finally arrived at his destination, drinking his can of beer with a depressed and dull look on his face.

However, the person he intended to meet with was still a no-show after having been here for some time. And by the time he began to feel confused and slightly worried...

In the dark night, embellished by the moonlight, the sound of a pair of high heels walking on the asphalt emerged. So naturally, Seol Jihu's attention was attracted by the sound.

Slowly but surely, the figure of a woman was revealed in the shadows.

Her curves were clearly outlined by a white blouse, a black jacket, and a gray H-line skirt. With a leather office bag in her hand, the woman looked like a typical young businesswoman.

She was... Kim Hannah.

Now, Seol Jihu kept his guard up despite having much beneficial information at his disposal. After all, the viridescent light of his Nine Eyes was gradually fading at that point.

"Are you Seol-?"

With a tone that emitted absolute calm, Seol Jihu interrupted her. "You finally arrived."

His performance was no longer necessary, the rabbit had come out of its burrow, and it was time for the hunter to go hunting.

Kim Hannah stopped her steps. The distance between the two was just under three feet. Their gazes met, and she answered him with a slight frown. "...Were you expecting me?"

Despite starting on the wrong foot, Kim Hannah, being the experienced person she was, didn't lose her cool.

"I guess? I just want to know what took you so long. The Tutorial isn't far from starting after all. Maybe you're afraid I'll run away or something?"

Kim Hannah's figure visibly trembled in surprise at his words. "You... Who are you?" She adopted a cautious posture and an expression of extreme seriousness appeared on her face.

She had been researching him for months, and this did not fit at all with what she thought she would find.

"Me? Just a guest." Seol Jihu shrugged with a smile.

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Kim Hannah's frown deepened. "Stop talking nonsense, have you already been to that place?" She asked solemnly.

"Not at all." Seol Jihu waved his hand carelessly. "You should know that by now. Besides, I don't have the aura of the 'Mark'. And if you still don't believe me, why don't you hold my hand?"

Kim Hannah ignored his words, kept a contemplative silence, then questioned seriously. "...How do you know about the invitation, did someone contact you first?"

"You could say yes. In fact, I was even promised that I could become a gold mark. I don't know if you already know...?" Seol Jihu exposed a question that was not a question.

The way to access the Tutorial and, therefore, paradise was using a contract or invitation.

In a crude way, the contract could be summarized as becoming a slave, so it could be directly discarded. Moreover, for what was to come, it would yield the least benefits.

So Seol Jihu was aiming for an invitation, a case totally contrary to the previous one, and more specifically, the gold mark, which was the best of all.

As such, it was not the only type of invitation; there were also marks ranging from the worst to the best such as red, bronze, silver, and gold.

Kim Hannah's frowned even more, and she cursed between her teeth. "Why would I have to give you my precious invitation, you bastard!"

She could no longer continue to feign composure. It was simply impossible for her to ignore that the person in front of her knew so much information.

"You knew? That saves us a lot of trouble." Seol Jihu let out a faint sigh of relief. "Oh, and if you think I'm not 'that' person you'll inevitably have to give the gold mark to, you leave me no choice but to expose everything."

"Expose...?"

"Yes, expose. The fact that Shinyoung is related to that other place. How else could those new drugs appear, right?"

Kim Hannah gritted her teeth and said mockingly. "Pure garbage, do you think your threats have any validity, a gambling addict?"

Seol Jihu bowed his head with his arms crossed. "Can it be?" Kim Hannah's arguments seemed not to affect him whatsoever. "But would your superiors think the same?"

Kim Hannah was a career-focused woman, so Seol Jihu's threat was especially effective.

"Son of a bitch!" The small pieces of the facade she was trying her hardest to maintain collapsed entirely.

At the same time, Kim Hannah ruffled her carefully combed hair as she inwardly cursed the otherworldly god.

"Well, I don't want to go that far either. Just give me the invitation and I'll keep my mouth sealed." Seol Jihu made a hand gesture, like zipping a zipper.

However, Kim Hannah was not entirely reluctant to give him the invitation.

She, with the expectation to give a contract to a gambling addict, ended up finding someone who seemed to be a natural talent. He did not appear to be an enslaved person.

He even reminded her of a veteran who had already experienced that other world; not to mention that Seol Jihu knew about her private conversation with one of the forgotten deities.

"Fine," Kim Hannah, with an intense struggle, said. "But... First of all you have to agree to three conditions!" She held up three fingers of her hand.

Regardless, changing a contract to an invitation was not an easy thing to do.

No matter how much he embellished his words, it would be difficult to escape being blamed. Hence, the still present reluctance to grant an invitation, let alone a gold mark.

Fortunately, it was a mark issued directly by the temple of Gula, so the weight of her actions would not fall on severe consequences, impossible to bear.

Seol Jihu watched her with a hint of satisfaction, angering Kim Hannah even more. He had pressed all the right keys, concluding in the expected result and spoke. 

"All right. But first I should know what those three conditions are, don't you think? You could be scamming me and I wouldn't recognize it."

Hearing this, Kim Hannah wanted to curse all his ancestors for acting so brazenly. Wasn't she the one being conned?

However, with a superhuman will, she calmed down and proceeded to told Seol Jihu the three conditions.

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