Kim Jung-hwan, who has the ability to distinguish between truth and lies in what others say,
once heard this from a coworker.
“Mr. Jung-hwan, you must be tired too.”
Although the rest of the story was omitted, Kim Jung-hwan could tell what intention his coworker had in saying this to him.
He can distinguish between truth and lies in words.
At first glance, this ability seems very useful in real life, but on the contrary, it is also an ability that creates a barrier to entry in human relationships.
Whenever he hears this, Kim Jung-hwan would answer with a smile.
“I’m not that tired.”
Kim Jung-hwan, who hates lying, never lied to his coworker.
Surprisingly.
He liked his ability very much.
Of course, there were side effects in human relationships due to his ability.
If the other person already knows about Kim Jung-hwan’s ability, they can’t help but think, ‘If I talk to this person and they find out I’m lying, it’s a big deal.’
However, there is one thing that people misunderstand.
Kim Jung-hwan’s ability is.
It is not a passive ability that is always activated.
Since using an ability requires a high level of concentration, Kim Joong-hwan has never used his ability in his daily life.
His hobby is watching virtual YouTuber broadcasts.
Naturally, he has never used his ability on the virtual YouTubers he watches.
Because if he uses his ability, he will no longer be able to immerse himself in the virtual YouTuber broadcast.
For example.
Let’s say there is a virtual YouTuber who introduces himself as an angel and 15,000 years old.
Kim Joong-hwan uses his ability.
It is determined to be a lie.
The woman is human and is 28 years old.
The immersion is completely broken.
The most important thing when watching a virtual YouTuber broadcast is to completely immerse yourself in that virtual YouTuber’s RP.
There is a reason why breaking a virtual YouTuber’s mask is classified as malicious.
Anyway, he was a person with a clear sense of public and private life.
For his healthy hobby, he was a clean viewer who never used his ability on a virtual YouTuber.
…just a week ago.
About a week ago.
He broke his convictions and ended up using his powers on a certain YouTuber.
That YouTuber’s true identity was Lee Ji-ah.
Actually.
From the moment he found out that Lee Ji-ah, the YouTuber, and the Awakened Lee Ji-ah were the same person, he used his powers publicly, not privately…
Anyway, his iron rule of [not using his powers on YouTubers] was broken because of Lee Ji-ah.
What’s more surprising is that.
Lee Ji-ah’s words were not false.
A fervent follower of the race, the Stars of the Sun.
That was true.
I’ll turn on the broadcast every day.
If I don’t turn on the broadcast even for a day, I’ll retire.
That was true.
Her sincere prayer to the Stars of the Sun.
That was true.
His Mama Papa boss is the Stars of the Sun, and he’s not a human, he’s a god.
That was also true.
It was an absurd situation, but there’s no need to try to understand the situation.
In the first place, since the appearance of the abnormal phenomenon and items, this world has been a series of abnormal situations.
The situation.
It is not something to understand.
It is something to accept.
He accepted the situation.
In fact, the Awakened Association has already come to a conclusion about Ezia.
This is the conclusion the Awakened Association has reached.
[Ezia is a very valuable person, so she will be appointed as a practitioner, not an Awakened person.]
[We will refrain from sending Ezia to the field unless it is a level 1 disaster.]
[We will create a new team dedicated to Ezia. The team will be created in about a month, and Ezia will not be recruited until the team is created.]
[It would be very foolish to use her abilities to investigate abnormal phenomena. Her specialty is items.]
[Ezia…]
It was a very reasonable.
And a very effective conclusion.
Ezia is a uniquely valuable person.
We still don’t know whether or not her abilities will allow her to grasp information about abnormal phenomena and items.
No matter what, her life is more precious than anyone else in the Awakened Association.
The Awakened Association will never suggest ‘dangerous behavior’ to her.
In that sense, the Awakened Association planned to contact her after creating the Ezia dedicated team.
The reason they didn’t tell her first was simple.
The Ezia dedicated team was top secret, so they couldn’t tell her in advance, as she was an internet broadcaster.
Of course, the person who reported that the Virtuber Ezia and the Awakened Ezia were the same person was none other than Kim Joong-hwan.
‘… I feel a little guilty. But I can’t not report that Ezia is a Virtuber.’
Anyway, the Awakened Association had already made a conclusion about her.
It seemed like the situation would end like this…
but there was one thing that was bothering them.
Her words, ‘If I don’t become an Awakened, I will die’ were true.
Kim Joong-hwan, who watched Lee Ji-ah’s broadcast, realized that Lee Ji-ah was under some kind of restriction from ‘Beaching Star’.
Perhaps the reason Lee Ji-ah had to become an Awakened One was one of those restrictions.
I didn’t ask when the deadline was in the last investigation.
With her.
There was a need to talk again.
Eventually, Kim Joong-hwan succeeded in persuading the association.
Today, he contacted Lee Ji-ah.
[Kkueeeek. Hello?]
It was a familiar voice.
“Jia, could you come to the Awakened One Association right now?”
[Who are you…]
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
[Eugyaaaaak… Who are you?]
It was a familiar sound effect.
This.
It’s the sound she makes when she receives the price for insulting.
Kim Joong-hwan asked her in disbelief.
“Where are you now?”
Bang!
Bang!
Bang! [Ugh… I’m in the Awakened Ones Association right now.]
I did some simple emergency treatment at the hospital inside the Awakened Ones Association.
The doctor said that I needed to get stitches, but.
“The bleeding will stop in about an hour. It’s okay.”
I politely declined.
Actually, the bleeding stopped after about an hour.
Ugh.
With this blood-soaked bandage wrapped around my head.
I feel like an idiot.
I met with Kim Joong-hwan, the investigator in charge of the Awakened Ones Association.
He also looked at me as if he thought I was pathetic.
Ah.
I’m dying of resentment.
This was the only way for me.
“Is your head okay?”
“Yes, well… it’s okay.”
After a while, Kim Joong-hwan.
asked me with a rather serious expression.
“Jia, why on earth did you do such a foolish thing?”
I answered, suddenly overcome with emotion.
“…Are you calling me an idiot right now?”
“No, that’s a misunderstanding. I’m literally asking why on earth you would do such a stupid thing. This is a serious question.”
“Because there was no way.”
“There was no way?”
“Yes. No, s**t! You said you’d contact me! It’s been over a week and you haven’t contacted me, and you only contacted me when I banged my head on the desk. I’m dying of time.”
“There’s no time?”
“There’s no time! There’s only 3 weeks… no, not even 3 weeks left! There’s only 20 days left, 20 days! What the hell, in 20 days I’ll be.”
“I’ll be disposed of by the starry sky, right?”
“Exactly… Huh? How could you…”
“That kid, don’t you know that, Jia?”
“…Ah.”
The fact that this person is a kid who watches Ayase’s broadcast means that he’s a viewer of a virtual YouTuber who watches a virtual YouTuber’s broadcast.
It’s a bit awkward for me to say this myself.
If you’re someone who watches YouTuber broadcasts, you’ve probably watched my broadcast at least once.
That’s understandable.
The quality of the Panthegi is overwhelming.
It’s better than the avatars that companies spend tens of millions of won on.
If he watched my broadcast, there’s no need to explain the situation.
Because.
He’d know that what I say on the broadcast isn’t RP, it’s the truth.
Kim Joong-hwan asked me again with a serious expression.
“I won’t ask about the broadcast. Well, aside from the investigation, I also find Jia-nim’s broadcasts very entertaining.”
“Ah… yes…”
“You said you have less than 3 weeks left. So you have to become an Awakened within that time frame to avoid being scrapped?”
“Yes. To be a little more precise.”
I told him the truth.
“I have to write an item wiki within 20 days.”
“It’s not that hard. Honestly, even today, I need to find one item in the Association’s storage and investigate it within 20 days.”
“…Huh?”
“For your information, existing items and abnormalities are meaningless. New items, new abnormalities.”
“…”
He looked shocked and blanked out for a moment.
I sighed and said.
“Now do you understand why I was acting so crazy?”
“That’s ridiculous.”
“Yeah, I’m also ridiculous… No, no! It’s not ridiculous… This, this is also the grace of the shining stars…”
“That’s ridiculous! Why didn’t you tell me this important fact from the beginning! If I were you, I would have really killed one person and urged the Association!”
“…”
“T-This isn’t the time! Wait here for a moment!”
Ssang.
Kim Joong-hwan disappeared.
Um.
I guess.
Judging from Kim Joong-hwan’s reaction, it seems that finding new anomalies and items was more difficult than I thought.