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Chapter 78
『 Looking back, throughout the time I was active as a representative, the incidents and accidents that took the most of my hair were all accidents that occurred in the ‘shadows’…… (omitted)…… I have something to say to representatives facing the shadows. Do not chase after immediate comfort. You will surely regret it…… 』
― From the memoirs of the former Taeguk Guild Representative
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The part where GM feels like a well-made game is because it mixes the unrealistic element of superpowers with betrayal, schemes, conspiracies—realities one can often see in daily life.
Why are betrayal, schemes, and conspiracies daily life? If you ask that, it means you are still a greenhorn who has yet to experience the cold harshness of society.
Ẇ е̌ b̆nо v̌е l̊ Е ń um а̂.
In that sense, Lee Shin’s older brother was a greenhorn.
Wearing a hospital patient gown and still worrying about his younger brother’s workplace life—if that’s not a foolish bear and a greenhorn, then what is?
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― “Where the hell is daily life in that, Shin-ah? Do you perhaps have problems at work? I was already worried you had no friends, but stop playing that damn GM and go outside a bit!!”
……Anyway, this is why Lee Shin’s older brother came to hate GM after growing up. Because it was too dark a game, he said.
Of course, Lee Shin did not agree. Conspiracies and schemes are daily life, though?
At any rate, GM’s nerds tried to let the unrealistic and realistic coexist. With the hunter part that had superpowers, and the front part that showed reality.
Е̊ń ü m а̌
And among those reality-showing parts, the one Lee Shin rated the highest was the “shadows” part.
This part had no manual. It was not in the guides. Even the operators never mentioned it.
The part thoroughly veiled was defined by veteran Lee Shin and was only then named “shadows,” and on Reddit, people began to call it “Underground.”
And the reason Lee Shin named this system “shadows” was simple.
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When a guild’s scale reached a certain orbit, when in plain words a guild was thought to hold money, the shadows came with no message.
From simple punks, rooted underground organizations, information guilds who only gave you a taste before, to the end-bosses of this field, the “villains.”
Е̃ n̂u m а .і̇ ď
The reason they were a pain was that there was no real method.
It was frighteningly similar to reality.
People who lie down saying “stab me if you want,” who shit, who interfere in everything you do and annoy you, bottom-of-life types.
GM’s shadows blended in such detailed parts well.
Since they don’t come openly, if you’re running a guild all la-di-da, at some point you strangely find every task processing slowly.
Only when the suspicious player presses the [Visit] button on the interface map can they know the cause.
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If you’re doing construction: 【 ??? is blocking the construction site and protesting. 】
If you’re running a business: 【 ??? is causing a disturbance at the business site. 】 such warning messages.
In conclusion, facing the shadows, the player stands at a crossroad.
Will you compromise or resist?
The former is literally handing over money and sending them off.
Since their goal is money anyway, although writing numbers in the amount column feels like shit, if you endure some pocket money and discomfort, things proceed as planned.
Ẁе̃b̂ ǹ о̌ v е̌ l Е̇.n̄ ǔ ṁ а
The latter is pressing the [Report] button, using police and public authority. It costs time and effort, but you can realize justice without compromising with injustice.
If you choose the former, you save time and get immediate comfort, but without knowing it you get tainted and related events appear. On the other hand, if you choose the latter, though it’s cumbersome now, there are no later consequences.
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It was clear enough in pros and cons to say it was a matter of taste. Depending on which choice you made, you got different fun.
But Lee Shin’s way of handling the shadows was always the latter.
In all the playthroughs he had done, he resisted every trick that blocked his way.
The reason was simple.
W̊ ĕ b̀ń оv̂ е̂ l. Ѐnu m а
If you give in once, they take it for granted, and in the end they point a knife demanding more. The situation where goodwill continues and you become a pushover was f***ed up to him.
If you got hit, you should hit back, if you suffered, you should repay it.
If someone gave him inexplicable malice, kindly making a reason for them was exactly what Lee Shin was.
So secretly, in this world he was waiting for the shadows to come.
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In the game, there was no choice itself to deal with the shadows. So every time, he resisted but could not lay hands on them.
‘But here, there is.’
Еn umа̇
When he went through the LeeDo Derby this time, he realized it again.
This place is reality, not a simple game.
If you hit, it hurts, if you hit a lot, it hurts a lot, if you hit really hard, it hurts like hell.
That’s right.
From now on Lee Shin planned to assault the shadows.
Gathering the anger from the tens of thousands of playthroughs he had endured.
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That was why he sought out the Russian gang in Busan Chinatown.
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The tense alley.
The big tattooed white men pointing guns, and Lee Shin and the female secretary, no different from usual even in front of the barrels.
“Say it again? How much? The price to buy you.”
Hoo~
Ẁ е̊ ḃ n̄_о̃vе̌ l̄ Е ń u m а̇
Like a scene from a noir movie, Lee Shin stylishly blew out smoke and walked leisurely.
“Don’t know how much? Looks like you need time to think.”
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“Stop.”
At once the Russian gang thrust the gun barrels to Lee Shin’s head, but such threats never worked on him.
“It’s fine, relax, I’m just curious. Heh~ so this is an AK. First time I see the real thing.”
Normally when a gun points at your head your body instinctively stiffens, but Lee Shin caressed the barrel with an innocent expression.
Ẁе́bn ô v́еl̈ Ѐ ǹ ǔṁ а̃
The gang was clearly shaken at that sight.
‘How the hell did he find this place? How did he break the magic formation?’
They were a gang in name. Not just some punks, but pros famous even in Busan’s underworld.
For such people, hiding their sole sanctuary base was basic, and in fact there was quite a high-level “perception-distorting magic formation” installed around here.
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Yet he had entered. Standing here intact.
Could it be that the formation was faulty? But at the words Lee Shin said just then, they knew it wasn’t.
Е̂ n̆ū ṁ a . i.d
“Ah, if you’re wondering if there’s a problem with the formation outside, don’t worry. I just marked the coordinates and came in. It was a real pain coming.”
“……!!”
“But your situation, it’s better than I thought? Didn’t know you’d mix in illusion magic with distortion. How’d you get a sorcerer that good? Must’ve cost a lot, right?”
Clearly they had the numbers, clearly they had dozens of guns pointed surrounding him.
Even in their own base.
Even a mutt has home advantage, they had nothing to fear.
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But why? Instead, the fearsome gangsters were all stiff.
So tense they couldn’t understand themselves.
Was it because the boss and enforcers who should give orders were absent? Or because of the sharp killing aura the woman behind him radiated?
Neither.
Amazingly, the reason the gang was sweating cold was because of the man in front of them, Lee Shin.
The eldest grandson of LeeDo Group, core of this nation’s economy, and now the genius representative of Mir Guild, symbol of Busan.
Е ñŭ m̌а . îd
That’s right.
They were perfectly overwhelmed by the charisma (Dominance 70) radiating from Lee Shin!
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“Seems I’ve given enough time now? Never heard the saying, one’s value is determined by oneself? If you’re unsure, just throw out a number. The judgment I’ll make as the buyer.”
Lee Shin was confident while looking at the tattooed white men rolling only their eyes. After all, they were small fry.
And Lee Shin’s charisma… no, the Dominance stat of 70 was far too high for them to endure.
“Ghh…”
W еb̆nо̂v̌ e l Ѐ n ûḿ а̊
“Hm?”
3 minutes, 5 minutes…… as time passed the men’s faces twisted.
But Lee Shin’s face stiffened too.
The reason was simple.
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Though he provoked this much, the “real ones” he was waiting for still didn’t appear.
“Hmm, guys, just asking in case, but your boss and enforcer captain aren’t here now?”
Е n̈uḿа . i d̀
“……?!”
“Answer.”
“Uh, no.”
“Damn it!!”
Lee Shin’s face wrinkled all at once.
“Then you should’ve told me that earlier!”
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“Huh?”
“Do you know how much effort I put in to look good for them? Look, I even dressed with this Rustic Era vibe. The coat, the fedora, this cigarette! Don’t you know ‘Oh passion and romance that brushes past like the wind’? Don’t make my effort go to waste! Please.”
At that moment, the heavy atmosphere lingering in the alley melted away like a lie.
The gang members looked at the complaining Lee Shin, wondering what in the world was happening.
But from Lee Shin’s point of view, it was 100% sincere. Today’s encounter was meaningful to him too!
“Well, if they had been here, no matter if I roughly knew the location, our hideout wouldn’t have been broken into this easily. Haa… what a letdown, I’ll come back tomorrow.”
Е̃n̆ um̈ а_
With that, Lee Shin tossed away the cigarette he had been holding just for show, and turned around.
But then—
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The female secretary ran up in a rush and suddenly grabbed Lee Shin in her arms.
In that instant, with a piercing crack, three streaks of flashes split the air.
Shaaaak!!
Three claw marks engraved the spot where Lee Shin had just been standing.
Ė n u m̌ а̃
Soon, a figure appeared at the far end of the alley.
The man who emerged from the darkness was a white man, his bald head covered with a tattoo of a wolf’s maw.
“Who are they?”
“Well, that is…”
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“You all, prepare yourselves.”
The question wasn’t directed here. It was meant to scold his own subordinates.
Ẇ_е b̆n̊о̆v̄ е̂ l̊ Е̇.nú m̌а́
Why did they let intruders reach our base, and what on earth had they been doing in the meantime?
The man’s eyes sharpened like those of a beast.
…But would you believe that, in this deadly space, there was someone whose eyes shone even brighter?
“Oooh…!! I saw that! It’s exactly like the illustration!!”
Lee Shin pointed at the man and, without a shred of tact, raised his voice.
In response, the tattooed man tilted his head slightly with a blank expression, then stomped the ground.
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In an astonishing burst of speed, he vanished from sight, and then suddenly reappeared from a blind spot—his hand already transformed into something beast-like.
Yes. The man was an Awakened.
Specifically, one of the Beastkin—a combat race that, according to Teacher Lee, always guaranteed at least A-rank if they had the ability to transform.
The tattooed man slashed down with his newly grown claws. Three streaks of light cut through the air.
At the brink of a deadly moment!
But in that fleeting instant, ripples appeared in the tattooed man’s emotionless eyes.
W е b̊ n o v̊ѐ l Е̄n̊ ŭṁа́
‘…Smiling?’
The man he was attacking—Lee Shin—was smiling as if he were truly enjoying it.
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It wasn’t the face of someone being attacked. Something was wrong. The tattooed man sensed danger.
But—
‘It doesn’t matter anyway!’
To defend his nest, he drew out even more power.
W̆e b́nо̃ v̆е́ l _Ѐ ñ ú mа̂
But battles are always relative; if your opponent is faster than what you perceive, it’s meaningless.
Flash!
If the man had appeared from Lee Shin’s blind spot, then from his blind spot—
From beyond his perception, glowing eyes shone out of the darkness.
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The instant he felt that terrifying killing intent—
It was already too late!
Еǹùm̂a. i d́
Kwaaaang—!!
A shockwave exploded.
The tattooed man was flung away like a puppet with its strings cut.
His flight did not end easily, and eventually one side of a building wall was blown apart.
A white cloud of dust rose. On the floor, wrecked by the shockwave, a long crater was etched.
Soon the dust cleared…
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Beneath the falling rubble, the man opened his eyes. His gaze, now fully beast-like, locked onto the enemy who had struck him.
“……”
The woman standing in front of Lee Shin.
The watcher and protector assigned by Vice President Lee Young-bin.
The “scary older sister,” as per Lee Shin himself.
※ Yoon Choa (187/189)
Ѐn_ù.mа
Stats
Strength 81 Agility 78
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Stamina 69 Intelligence 30
Wisdom 30 Magic Power 20◆ (Fixed)
Traits (9/9)
「Master of Martial Arts」, 「Mana Discrepancy」, 「Jujitsu」, 「Muay Thai」, 「Wrestling」, 「Kickboxing」, 「Judo」, 「Taekwondo」, 「Taekkyon」
Е n̄_û ṁ а
She now stood in her true form—as a “human weapon.”
“Noona, I’ll leave it to you.”
Yoon Choa nodded, slipped on spiked gloves, and silently walked toward the man.
“…Please stay back.”
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