The abandoned chick cried out in a pitiful peep, peep.
Exhausted from its sorrowful cries, it crouched down.
"Peep, peep. From the beginning, you shouldn’t have treated kindly..."
Clutching its chest in excruciating pain, it shrank in indescribable loneliness.
Why does it hurt so much? Why so lonely?
"That kid, what is she really...? I couldn’t see her face, but she seems familiar..."
The CCTV room where Yoo Hajin was located remained intact. It didn't show news of the world on the brink of destruction or people performing human sacrifices, like so cody show. It was astonishing how the monitors worked perfectly even within the extraordinary anomaly of the DMZ. Jinari found it curious and sneaked a peek at the CCTV monitors.
Actually, to be honest, she couldn't take her eyes off Yoo Hajin and bravely faced her fear to look inside the CCTV room.
So, Jinari saw everything clearly.
She saw him restless upon spotting a girl on the CCTV, and as soon as he confird she was safe, he heaved a sigh of relief and imdiately moved to go to her.
With every move he made, Jinari’s heart crumbled.
But she couldn’t hold onto Yoo Hajin.
Because Jinari had given him nothing.
Yet, Yoo Hajin had given her so much.
Saving her when she was betrayed at Pyeon Station.
Covering her with his coat when crossing the terrifying Miryang black water.
Fighting off anomalies as a patrol team.
Standing against the Gwizon to protect her.
And once again, comforting her.
"Peep, peep..."
What right did she have to hold onto him?
Would it have been different if she had more power, more authority, or more wealth? Would he have chosen her over the girl he saw on the CCTV?
"Miss, you’re safe."
It was then. The troubleshooter sent by her aunt.
The voice of Guon, the Grey Spider, rang out.
"Has the captain already left?"
"...Yes. He’s gone."
"I see. You must be heartbroken. From now on, let take care of you."
Guon approached with a friendly smile. Seeing his smile, Jinari also smiled faintly.
"But Guon."
"Yes, what is it?"
"If you’re going to spin a web, why do it so carelessly?"
Hearing this, Guon’s smile faded, and so did Jinari’s.
No more words were needed.
Guon swiftly contracted the spiderwebs he had set up. These webs, strengthened to their limits through a life-risking vow and a spirit elixir received from family, were potent enough to slice a normal psychic in half with just a single thread.
There were hundreds of such threads.
It was a death sentence for anyone, even for the strongest.
In the thrill of murder, that’s what Guon thought.
The Phoenix, historically equated with the Zhuque or the three-legged crow, was symbolized by three powers: the sumr of the four seasons, the south of the directions, and fire of the five elents.
Jinari’s powers were similar.
She could draw strength from the south, was blessed by the sumr season, and had a masterful ability to manipulate fire.
And now, it was sumr.
Jinari stood in the south.
Hence, her flas were strong enough to envelop her entire body.
“That’s not so spirit manifestation. It's rely unleashed power. And yet, to cause such damage...?”
rely that was enough to burn hundreds of spiderwebs. The difference in spirit levels between himself, a re spider, and Jinari was vast. Even with doping and all possible vows made, the power gap was insurmountable. Realizing this, Guon imdiately tried to flee.
“Is this the power of the Phoenix? One of the four strongest spirits of the East?!”
But he couldn’t escape.
His ankles were already engulfed in flas.
“Aaaagh!”
“Now, tell .”
Jinari, with tears streaming down her face, asked:
“Under whose orders are you targeting ?”
* * *
A woman with long, carelessly tied white hair walked down the corridor of Cheonji. Her physique was a perfect blend of feminine curves and appropriate musculature. Her face was so stunningly beautiful, it could rival that of a top idol from a major entertainnt agency.
Indeed, until the day of her Spiritual Eye Awakening, she was the most promising trainee at a major agency. With her looks, effort, and talent, she lacked nothing to be considered top-class. She was so highly anticipated that she earned the nickna "Supernova."
Normally, n would sneak glances at her, only to be scolded by their girlfriends, and won would openly send her looks of envy and admiration.
But everyone in the corridor just trembled in fear.
No one dared to look at her directly.
So were even on the verge of fainting.
They were facing a fearso, taphysically transcendent tiger.
She was a Celestial Immortal, known as the Tiger of Cheonji.
She was the only one who ascended to the rank of Celestial Immortal after the day of Spiritual Eye Awakening in Cheonji.
“So, you’re saying I have to bring this man in?”
The Tiger muttered in a gloomy voice, to which a shadow replied.
Right. All the new recruits in Cheonji are his followers. He interfered in the Cheonji Selection Exam and turned an entire batch into his followers. Just like other clans and sects, he’s trying to secure power within Cheonji through the Selection Exam.
He seems to have deep ties with Young Master. He even personally trained that Young Master.
He killed a Gwizon without using any powers. He wants to keep his abilities hidden from us. But it’s astonishing. To take down a Gwizon with re physical combat. He might be a monster on par with you.
A monster of equal standing.
The Tiger scoffed at the remark.
“Shut up. You, you do it.”
But Tiger, aren’t you stronger than us?
“Why would beings who have trained their powers since before the Awakening of the Spiritual Eye parasite off a young girl like ?”
You must help us to close the Great Ghost Gate. Only by helping us can you return to living a human life!
What a joke.
The Tiger smirked bitterly.
Could closing the Great Ghost Gate really turn her back into a human?
Even the Celestial Immortals feared her; could such a fearso monster ever beco human again?
The Tiger gazed at the costics in her room. They had beco unnecessary, and she had been aning to throw them away, yet she couldn’t bring herself to do it.
The person she saw in the mirror was still herself. Even though people saw her as a deity from another world, she always saw herself for who she was. The girl who once dreamt of being an idol.
Of course, when she relaxed her eyes, she too could see the monster.
"Ugh, I am not this monster!!!"
Her phone was filled with videos from her trainee days. Tiger spent the night until dawn, looking at the comnts on those videos.
People admiring her beautiful self.
The kind comnts they left.
She stayed up until dark circles ford under her eyes, imrsed in those mories.
Could soone ever speak kindly to her again?
Could there be soone who would love a monster like her?
As these thoughts ca to her, the Tiger closed her eyes.
"Yoo Hajin, was it? Maybe I should find out what kind of man he is."
Lying on her bed, the Tiger murmured in a lancholic voice.
* * *
I was on my way back from shopping.
"Damn, the prices have gone up. I really need to find a job quickly."
But in today’s world, without spiritual abilities, even finding a decent job is tough.
Sighing, I headed towards Louisville.
In front of my Happy House Louisville, there was a woman lying on the ground.
I wanted to ignore her, but I couldn’t just walk past a familiar face.
"Hey, Nayu. You’ll get sick sleeping out here."
"Nayu... it hurts so much..."
Nayu would sotis suffer like this. Uncle said it was because she was in tune with the heavens and thus afflicted by celestial punishnt. Nothing could stop this punishnt, so Nayu had to endure the pain.
"But the old man was a liar The Ilwol-Oakmoon sect, what nonsense. Probably Nayu is suffering like this because of a possession."
"It hurts. Nayu hurts so much. It hurts."
What should I do in such a situation?
If it's due to a spirit possession, there’s no solution.
There’s really nothing I can do.
But if it’s physical pain, at least I could get her so dicine.
Let's check her temperature first.
I cautiously placed my hand on Nayu’s forehead.
And that's when it happened.
"Ah, ah. Nayu feels so good. Nayu’s sigh of relief."
"Why, why are you reacting like this?"
Suddenly, Nayu grabbed my hand tightly and started trembling all over. When I tried to pull away, frightened, she whimpered and kept pressing my hand to her forehead.
"Nayu doesn't hurt. Nayu can't hear. Nayu likes this. This belongs to Nayu."
"But that's my hand, to begin with."
Why was Nayu reacting like this? She even seed blissfully shaking from the pleasure. All this from just touching my hand. Such abnormal behavior. When have I seen this kind of abnormal behavior before?
Right, it’s similar to the reactions people have when psychics show off their powers.
I pondered deeply.
And then, I realized the answer.
That’s it!
That's what it was!!!
"Have I awakened my spirit abilities?"
Finally, finally!!!
It's been such a long ti of oppression.
It's ti to return as the empowered Yoo Hajin.
"I don’t know what it is exactly, but it seems like an ability to give pleasure to won or possessed entities. A disastrous Hentai power...!?"
Since calling it Hentai power might get arrested, I'll na this ability 'God Hand' from now on.
Any complaints from other psychic? Co to Louisville.
Jamsuni, the sour-fisted sweetheart of Louisville, will take care of you.
I decided to test this ability further.
"Nayu, co with . I’ll make you sothing delicious for dinner."
"Nayu's pleading to not go!"
Luckily, Nayu agreed.
Now it's ti to explore the capabilities of this God Hand...!
– – – The End of The Chapter – – –
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