Regression Is Too Much Chapter 9: The Regressor is Too Lazy

Was this vacant lot really a safe zone?

Surprisingly, it indeed felt like one.

Throughout my ti here, I hadn't felt any threats whatsoever.

If you pushed through the grass and ventured outside, goblins were abundant, but for so reason, they didn't enter this vacant lot.

The air was also warm, and there was no rain to steal away body heat.

I was a bit worried that sothing might go wrong... but nothing really happened, and the tension within quickly dissipated.

Only then did the real healing begin.

Five days had passed since I decided to do nothing.

I guess it's been 6 days since I regressed.

Why did I suddenly skip ti?

It was because I didn't have anything special to say.

That's just how life is.

Those who burn themselves out at the forefront of life, striving and sacrificing themselves, are the ones who have subjects to gossip about.

Who did what today, what story I heard over there, that person we talked about last ti, it turns out there are rumors about them, and so on.

But those unemployed individuals who spend their days scratching their bellies in the corner of their rooms, tinkering with computers, don't have much to talk about even when eting friends.

Yesterday, I was on the computer all day. Today, I was on the computer all day as well. Tomorrow, I plan to be on the computer all day.

The only thing that changes is the dinner nu. Sotis, even that doesn't change, so it's reasonable to say that their monotonous daily life is light-years away from an interesting story.

Similarly, what I'd done in the last 5 days was... nothing.

I lay down, ate when Choi Ji-won brought food, slept when I was bored, and when I occasionally heard soone screaming, I offered my condolences.

I was leading an unbelievably peaceful life considering my prejudice toward the tower.

If I were to write this story as a web novel, the title would be ‘Healing Alone in the Tower Tutorial’ or sothing like ‘I Want to Live Quietly as I Regress with a Single Cut.’

But… wasn’t I bored living like that?

Of course, I was. But being bored was better than being tired.

Besides, it wasn't always boring. Because I could make conversation.

"No, seriously, isn't it ridiculous? He told to follow him because he would protect , but he was laughing so sinisterly!"

"Oh, are you talking about the guy with glasses? I think I saw him too."

"Yes, yes, that's him! I got goosebumps because he was so scary... But when Ji-won Unnie stared at him, he flinched! And ran away."

"Haha, Ji-won is a bit scary, isn't she?"

"Hehe yeah, but isn’t Ji-won Unnie really cool? She's my role model."

Who was I talking to right now?

It was that short-haired girl - the sa girl who asked if there was sothing to eat on the first night.

Her na was Baek Da-hye. She was a college student before being summoned to the tower.

Baek Da-hye had a timid personality, but she seed inherently kind.

Her face was also cute. Even if she hadn't been summoned to the tower, she could have lived a good life, being treated well by a man if she wished to... It's a pity, really.

"Oh, this is my friend! Say hello!"

"...Were you friends from before? You seem really close."

"No! We beca friends after coming to the tower!"

There was also another girl who always sat next to Baek Da-hye.

Her na... was it Kim Se-in? I hadn't beco close to Kim Se-in yet. She was not very talkative, so we hadn't had many conversations.

"Oh, um, do you have sothing to say?"

"..."

"I guess you don't..."

Sotis, Kim Se-in would give a probing look, which always gave chills... To be honest, I think it's hard to make friends with her.

However, there was sothing different about the gloomy Kim Se-in, and that was the fact that she had blonde hair.

One of her parents was a foreigner, or so she said. So, it would be easier to rember the blonde beauty as Kim Se-in.

Now, let's talk about another person...

The old man who was digging the ground suddenly disappeared yesterday.

The hole he was digging and the shovel were still there, but only his body vanished.

Did he really discover a hidden piece? Or did he fail to control the power boiling inside him after drinking the legendary elixir?

Or maybe he found the entrance to a secret dungeon and was currently challenging it?

I decided to find out what happened the next ti I'd regress.

I'll hide and observe, then strike when the opportunity arises.

By the way, the man who was rummaging through the pile of weapons gave up a long ti ago and left the vacant lot. It seed he couldn't find the legendary weapon after all.

It was truly disappointing. If that man had really found the legendary weapon, all I had to do was snatch it from him as soon as I regressed.

As for the remaining people in the field, I didn't know their nas, but I began to recognize their faces now.

Sotis our eyes t, and we exchanged awkward greetings… like neighbors? A small community had ford within this lot.

Was there anything uncomfortable about living in the vacant lot?

Hmm... The most uncomfortable thing was, first and foremost, hygiene.

The unnad old man who dug the ground to find a hidden piece ended up making an improvised restroom - a pit.

You could just dig up the ground with a shovel, do your work, and cover it up again...

The problem was that the sound could still be heard. The won were embarrassed to the point of dying. Even if we covered it with dirt, the sll couldn't be completely avoided either.

Nevertheless, I think things were at least a bit better after the old man left, as we could use the pit as a restroom.

Thank you, old man.

If you were challenging the dungeon... I'm sorry. When you co back, the whole pit will be slly.

Another inconvenience was... the tower occasionally threw ssages.

Remaining Golden Beads: 27/50

"Ah, seriously?"

A ssage appeared in front of my eyes while I was lying down comfortably.

The tower would do this from ti to ti.

Hey, while others are diligently collecting golden beads, what are you doing? Are you not going to escape the tower?

It feels like it's nagging .

Ah! I'll do it my own way!

"Jun-ho, Ji-won Unnie is here!"

Baek Da-hye called cheerfully. I turned my head and saw Choi Ji-won standing there with her hands full of food supplies.

"Uh, Ji-won ssi, wait! Let help you!"

As soone benefiting from this situation, I should at least offer so help.

I received a bundle of bottled water from Choi Ji-won and naturally started tearing the plastic and distributing the water.

Despite all the ups and downs... It’s fun living here.

The next day:

It was an ordinary day like any other.

I wandered around, engaging in various conversations with people.

After completing her swordsmanship practice, Choi Ji-won left the vacant lot to gather food supplies, probably feeling it was ti.

Everyone in the field knew that if we waited for about an hour, she would return with water and food.

It felt as if I had beco a baby bird waiting only for the mother bird to bring food...

Well, it doesn't matter. It's a situation that satisfies both the mother bird and the baby bird after all.

"What do you think today's al will be? I'm already hungry."

Baek Da-hye playfully poked her stomach. Co to think of it, I was also feeling hungry.

"The chocolate bars were delicious last ti. They give you a good boost of energy."

"Yes, I agree. I want to have chocolate bars again. It's about ti for Ji-won Unnie to co back, I'm looking forward to it."

"Do-Do-Do-Do…"

Baek Da-hye began to tap the ground with her hand, making a sound of 'Do-Do' with her mouth.

"Hey, don't tap the ground. The ground seems to be shaking."

Not only did the dirt fly up, but the ground also seed to be shaking a bit. Perhaps because it was soft ground, it seed to shake just from Baek Da-hye tapping on it.

"Hey, stop tapping... huh?"

"..."

I turned my head to look at Baek Da-hye’s frightened expression.

Glancing down, I noticed that her hand had stopped moving for a while.

However, the vibrations from the ground were still palpable.

Do-Do-Do-Do-Do-Do

Was Choi Ji-won causing so kind of commotion again?

Or was it the firefighter who went out with a large axe, cutting down trees?

Do-Do-Do

No, when I touched the ground, I could feel the vibrations flowing through the floor.

This was truly a heavy, moving vibration...

"Run away! Go that way!"

Boom!

At that mont, an enormous explosion-like sound erupted.

It seed like I could hear Choi Ji-won's voice, but I couldn't properly hear it because it was drowned out by the sound of sothing exploding.

“…”

I wondered if I misheard, but everyone in the field was also frozen. Only blonde-haired Kim Se-in suddenly stood up.

What happened? Did the monsters start fighting? But could a sound this loud co from that?

But why... has the vibration stopped now?

"Kim Jun-ho!"

Blond-haired Kim Se-in urgently called my na.

I think it was the first ti she ever addressed .

"Above! Aaaaaah!"

Kim Se-in let out a piercing scream.

Co to think of it, the surroundings around were unusually dark… As if a huge shadow were looming over.

My instinct, honed through multiple regressions, was warning like crazy:

You're screwed.

I slowly raised my head.

"Mwoooaaah!"

"...Shit."

The last thing I saw was a gigantic cow-headed monster falling from the sky, screaming.

Mwwwwoooaaaaahhh!!!

"No! Ah..."

Status: InjuredRegressing back to the ti when you first entered the 0th floor.

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