Life Mission Chapter 18:
Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 18
Kwajik!
The massive middlekick struck knife-tailed macaque in the temple . It was an attack to the death . Its head tipped at just one blow and its neck broke .
The knife-tailed macaques made a fuss and encircled Cha Jun Sung .
It was obvious that they were angry . He did not worry though because they were weak . It was just annoying that they attacked without warning .
Dozens of them poured in . Everything was blocked off, so there was no retreat . Whether he struck through either side or he kill all of them, Cha Jun Sung’s only choice was annihilation .
The sword danced . It was a simple slash and stab . The knife-tailed macaques’ limbs were getting cut off . The power in the slash was like the strength of an axe .
Cha Jun Sung stabbed the knife-tailed macaque in the stomach and broke its neck . It was because another one tried to get his head with its tail .
Knife-tail .
It is similar to the knives used in the kitchen . Since the tail was connected by a bone, being stabbed with the tail would feel like being stabbed with a knife . It was the best to avoid it .
“Cocky . ”
Cha Jun Sung avoided the tail and grabbed the tail, pulling the arm . The knife-tailed macaque flew through the air and fell to the ground .
It wriggled as though it were having a seizure . Something had gone wrong with its back on the impact from the fall . It would die if left alone, but Cha Jun Sung did not do that .
He held it by its tail and spinned before letting go . It flew and mixed in amongst the others that had been approaching .
Papat!
Cha Jun Sung hit the floor . There was no need to hesitate . His vision that had increased by 2 times and reflexes reacted automatically to the dangerous attack .
He had become strong enough to kill dozens of Level 1 mutants with his bare hands .
No matter how much they attacked, his outstanding equipment and strong body protected him .
This was body modification . It was the best item that made it possible for an individual to fight without cumbersome equipment .
Cha Jun Sung’s sword split the knife-tailed macaque from its head to its rear . It felt strange . It was not bad .
His smile twisted . It was so sinister that Park Jin Hyuk would have taken a step back if he had seen . Cha Jun Sung was gripped with this new lack of emotion .
His blood boiled as his heart beat faster . He was overcome with an impulse to slaughter the mutants . His sanity sank and his instincts took over .
“I’ll kill you all . ”
Bang bang!
Tutututu!
The grenade and red fire he had been holding back on did their jobs .
Beyond the smoke, Cha Jun Sung looked like a devil .
Hahaha!
Cha Jun Sung took the head of a macaque with a half-broken neck and pulled with all of his strength . The bones ripped apart . This was not something he would have done under normal circumstances .
He did kill as much as he could, but he had not done anything so cruel before .
He shoved the sword into open parts relentlessly . He only wounded them to the point right before death on purpose . He wanted to make them feel pain .
His eyes were bloodshot like a beast seeking its prey .
He killed and killed without stopping . He could not control the madness . He swept back and forth like a sailboat pushed over by a wave .
Roar!
As he heard a great cry, the leader of the macaques appeared . It was a Level 2 knife-tailed macaque . The numbers in his subordinates had visibly been reduced .
It was only a matter of time before they would be wiped out . The macaque needs to hurry up and kill Cha Jun Sung before they suffered more damages . This was only his thinking .
‘Is that the leader?’
Cha Jun Sung looked the macaque up in down while covered in blood . It was big .
There would be much pleasure in slashing it . If he were in his right mind, he would have started a search but he considered it cumbersome now . He brandished the sword while he thought .
‘Come at me at the same time . I’ll cut you into pieces of meat . ’
Cha Jun Sung dragged his sword as he ran . The macaque also ran . He needed to relieve his desire before this feeling disappears .
***
Cha Jun Sung leaned against a boulder as he gasped for breath . It was a compromising situation .
In front of him, the macaque with the stomach ripped open was dead with its tongue hanging out .
“I… . . ”
More serious than the fact that he had killed the mutants with cruelty was that he had lost his senses . He had gotten to this point after feeling strange when seeing blood .
He did not know the cause . Was it that he naturally fell into slaughter as he started killing living things? Or could this be post-traumatic stress disorder?
“No . I would have shown symptoms if it were PTSD . This happened suddenly . ”
What could the problem be? He would figure it out no matter what .
If he went crazy while working in a party, nothing said that they would not mistake him for a mutant . If he had been as he just was, he would kill everyone .
“Body modification?”
The only change that had happened to him was the body modification . The equipment was inanimate . It could not shake a person’s sanity . He had no doubt it was the body modification .
“Odin . ”
Cha Jun Sung called Odin .
There was no response . The helper does not communicate with their Lifer during a mission .
“I’ll just let it go since I’ll hear it once I return to the briefing room anyway . I don’t want to hear it while I’m in this mood . ”
-[What do you think body modification is?]
Odin replied . But instead of a response, he turned it into a question .
“It’s strengthening a person’s body to make it possible for them to fight against mutants . ”
-[That is correct . Then I will ask, won’t there be a price to this power?]
“Price?”
-[Each person has a different depth to their talent . People who are born with a talent are often called geniuses . ]
Cha Jun Sung just listened . Odin’s explanation had not ended .
-[But genius or not, people are just another object, and there is an obvious limit when looking at the strain . ]
Body modification breaks through the limits of each person and their strain . It is taking the skin off of the existing being and giving rebirth as a new being .
Evolution into a superhuman . Body modification was the process of making an unhumanly human by injecting a special transcendence cell .
“There is no price . I’m losing as much as I gain . So in other words, you’re saying it’s a side effect?”
-[I will not deny it . ]
“That’s weird . Didn’t you say there would be no side effects until the 4th stage?”
-[This is not a side effect . It is something that naturally follows once you go through body modification . The side effects you will experience in the 5th stage have a direct impact on your life . ]
“Why didn’t you tell me in advance? If I had known, I would have at least been expecting it . ”
-[All we can do is answer your questions at a standard we are allowed to . We do not amicably solve your curiosity . ]
Cha Jun Sung had an expression of giving up . It was just like an emotionless artificial intelligence to answer in this way .
This meant that he must now preemptively ask every possible question . Odin was saying that it was all the fault of the person who purchased the item without looking into everything .
“What’s the solution? If I get like this every time I see blood, I’ll have to keep doing solo missions forever . ”
-[You can only focus so you don’t lose your sanity . ]
“That’s… . . ”
-[Control your sanity with your will . If you are swayed by just body modification, you will not be able to advance as a Lifer . ]
“You’re playing on my pride . I was eaten up whole this time, but it won’t happen again . You think I’ll lose to a cell?”
-[You could lose… . . ]
“What? Tell me honestly . You’re a person or artificial intelligence with emotions, right? When I think about it, you taunt people . You’re cunning . ”
-[Since you have resolved your curiosity, please return if you would like to ask further questions . Would you like to return to the briefing room or reality?]
“Send me home . ”
Only he would suffer if he kept arguing with Odin . He was satisfied with finding out the cause . He would need to learn to try to control himself while going through solo missions .