I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 22

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Before going to the training ground, I ended up waiting in the classroom thanks to a few students who had left their weapons in their dormitories.

Kang Cheol-su told everyone to check their weapon status and said we would depart in 10 minutes.

So I took this opportunity to ask Kang Cheol-su if I could get live ammunition.

Unfortunately, Kang Cheol-su’s reaction was one of difficulty, scratching his forehead scar.

“Top student, I’m sorry, but the academy doesn’t provide live ammunition currently. No, to be exact, they don’t handle it.”

“Honestly, even the firearms in the training ground are from the early days of the academy’s establishment. They’re literally old stuff with no magic engraving at all.”

“Still, the reason they haven’t rusted is because some members of the manufacturing department who are interested in firearms have been maintaining them consistently.”

“So, if you want live ammunition, go see the instructor in charge of the manufacturing department after the training. She’s one of those members interested in firearms that I just mentioned, so she’ll welcome you if you say you came for firearms-related matters.”

“By the way, unlike rubber bullets that are made as supplies, you have to request and manufacture live ammunition yourself, so you’ll need money.”

…I definitely only asked one question, ‘Is it possible to get live ammunition?’

But as if he had nothing to do during the 10 minutes, Kang Cheol-su suddenly became a big talker and told me all sorts of things.

Still, it wasn’t completely useless information, so I listened quietly to his story and eventually obtained the information that I should visit the manufacturing department’s instructor in charge to make live ammunition.

‘It’s good that I got the information.’

But it turns out the bullets I’ll be using in the mock Other World are rubber bullets.

No matter how much the monsters in the mock Other World are made for training purposes, and no matter how much the monsters in the real Other World aren’t very strong, they are proper monsters.

You can’t kill them with rubber bullets.

‘This won’t do.’

Since it’s come to this,

‘I’ll take the team member bus.’

I’ll become a passenger.

…That’s what I thought, but I really had no intention of doing that at all.

‘I’ll have to scout.’

If I can’t kill them, I’ll make the team members do it.

With that thought, I got permission from Kang Cheol-su and took a few training firearms, rubber bullets, and various consumables from the training ground.

No, to be precise, I swept them all up.

‘The inside of my inventory looks nice now.’

My inventory was empty just a few days ago, now it was so abundant that it made me laugh just by looking at it.

‘This top student has taken care of all the rotten stock, so don’t worry.’

But for some reason, I had a feeling someone would scream.

For example…, like the supply manager…?

‘It must be my imagination.’

Yeah, it must be my imagination.

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“We’ve arrived.”

Following instructor Kang Cheol-su’s lead, we arrived at the training ground.

We were now standing in front of a dome-shaped building in the middle of a wide plain.

“Before entering the mock Other World, we’ll form teams.”

Saying that, Kang Cheol-su opened the hologram on his smartwatch and began manipulating it busily.

“The teams will be in groups of 3, and the leader will be the one with the highest rank in the team.”

“Then, Instructor, how will the teams be divided?”

Someone among the kids raised their hand and asked a question.

“I’ll arrange it appropriately, so don’t worry.”

Kang Cheol-su added, as if saying it wasn’t for nothing that he checked our skills beforehand.

At that, the hand of the one who had asked the question slowly went down.

“Ah, I should have made it beforehand.”

Kang Cheol-su grumbled, saying he was too immersed in exercise…

In the end,

“It’ll take a bit of time to make the team roster, so everyone rest until then.”

He ordered a break in the name of waiting.

Plop.

When Kang Cheol-su sat down on the ground first, the other kids also began taking breaks one by one, sitting where they were standing or distancing themselves a bit to relax their bodies.

And among those kids, the one who stood out the most was,

Click.

None other than Lee Seo-yeon.

‘… What is she doing now?’

Lee Seo-yeon, spread out a piece of leather on the ground from who knows where and began disassembling a pistol.

I approached Lee Seo-yeon, feeling a headache coming on.

“… What are you doing?”

I know what she’s doing.

I know, but… perhaps because it was so absurd, as soon as I approached Lee Seo-yeon, I reflexively blurted out ‘What are you doing’.

At my question, Lee Seo-yeon slightly raised her head to look at me once, then lowered her head again and continued disassembling the gun.

While doing so, she answered my question.

“… Disassembling the gun.”

“… Why?”

“… To understand it.”

Aha, so you’re doing it to understand.

I looked down at Lee Seo-yeon, who was disassembling and reassembling the gun swiftly, with troubled eyes.

‘What should I do with her…’

Should I tell her the truth?

That you have the talent of a ‘Sword Prodigy’, so you must absolutely wield a sword, not a gun.

‘But will she believe my words?’

And even if she believes, she’ll be suspicious of how I know her talent in detail.

That’s because, in this world, there is no system like mine that can conveniently know the detailed information of abilities, talents, skills, and items.

Therefore, people in this world cannot know their own ability values, and the only way to check their talents and skills is to realize it for themselves or find out through the skill ‘Discern’ and the magic ‘Peruse’.

However, ‘Discern’ and ‘Peruse’ can only briefly know the effects of the target’s skills and talents, not the detailed names and detailed effects.

For example,

If you check the skill I have through the system, you can know it in such detail.

If you check the skill with the ‘Discern’ skill and ‘Peruse’ magic, you can know it briefly like this.

Additionally, the ‘Peruse’ magic can also check items.

So, when checking the effects of items, people mainly use scrolls or equipment engraved with ‘Peruse’ magic.

Anyway, whether they are superhumans, villains, or Fallen, everyone only knows the rough effects and number of talents and skills they have, not their names at all.

No, they can probably roughly guess.

They just don’t know precisely.

And honestly, it’s only because I played the game ‘Arena Academy’ long enough to become a veteran that I know this, otherwise, I wouldn’t have known at all what level of ability values the main and supporting characters had and what grade and effects their talents and skills had.

In the case of items, I can know thanks to the system, but I can’t read the other person’s ability values, talents, or skills.

So, I have to purchase the ‘Discern’ skill.

Even though I was a veteran of ‘Arena Academy’, it doesn’t mean I know all talents and skills.

Therefore, the ‘Discern’ skill is not a choice, but a necessity.

‘If I remember correctly, the Discern skill was B-grade.’

And yesterday, the price of B-grade in the point shop was 80,000 points.

If I save 40,000 more points from now on, I can purchase it.

Having sorted out my thoughts like that, I finally made a decision.

‘Yeah, let’s tell her.’

What talent Lee Seo-yeon has and what effect it has.

With that resolution, the troubled feeling that had been weighing on me disappeared refreshingly.

If I tell Lee Seo-yeon about the ‘Sword Prodigy’, she’ll understand why she shouldn’t hold a gun.

“Lee Seo-yeon.”

“…?”

When I called her name in a serious tone, Lee Seo-yeon stopped her hands that were assembling the gun and raised her head to look at me.

“Do you know how to cast a mana barrier?”

“…Mana barrier? You mean a magic barrier?”

“Yeah, that.”

“… Yes, I know how to do it.”

“I have something important to tell you, so could you cast a mana barrier for me?”

“… Okay, got it.”

Although tilting her head, Lee Seo-yeon obediently did as I said.

When she swung her mana-infused hand towards the air, the space around me and Lee Seo-yeon changed as if rippling with hot heat.

And since Lee Seo-yeon and I were in a place a bit far from where the kids were gathered, unless they peeked with a talent or skill, they wouldn’t be able to know what conversation we were having.

“…I did as you said.”

With eyes asking what important thing I had to say, I sat down in front of the leather she had laid out and spoke the words I had thought of.

“Do you remember what I said at the training ground in the morning?”

“…”

Nod.

As if guessing what I was trying to say, Lee Seo-yeon slightly nodded her head, and her gaze briefly turned towards the gun.

To that Lee Seo-yeon, I continued speaking.

“Yeah, I’m glad you remember. What I want to tell you is still the same. You shouldn’t use a gun.”

“… Why?”

Lee Seo-yeon’s voice, which was not fast but calm and steady, stretched out slightly.

Then, at the end, when the ‘Why?’ part sounded grumpy, I could tell that Lee Seo-yeon was not only not understanding but also getting annoyed.

Yeah, if the opponent who defeated you not only fails to make you understand but also says ‘You shouldn’t use that weapon’, it would sound like nagging.

So, this time, I’ll explain why she shouldn’t hold a gun.

“Because the talent you’re using doesn’t suit guns at all.”

“… My talent?”

[Lee Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword Prodigy (S)”, tilts its head in confusion.]

‘…What, what is this again?’

No, system, are you now also showing talents expressing themselves?

I was bewildered by the system message that suddenly appeared, but since I was in front of Lee Seo-yeon, I composed my emotions and continued speaking.

“Yeah, your talent. You don’t know the name of your talent?”

“… The name of my talent? How do you know that?”

Lee Seo-yeon looked at me with eyes that didn’t understand at all.

But it doesn’t matter.

I’ll speak the facts I know and convince her why she shouldn’t hold a gun.

“The name of your talent is ‘Sword Prodigy’. The effect is that when you hold a sword, it greatly corrects your actions and allows you to learn and complement the opponent’s martial arts through combat and defeat. This is your talent.”

“…”

[Lee Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword Prodigy (S)”, is surprised to hear its name for the first time.]

…No, why are you the one surprised?

I almost let out a hollow laugh at the system message that kept making people dumbfounded.

But I steadfastly composed my emotions and waited for Lee Seo-yeon’s reaction.

“The name of my talent is…, Sword Prodigy.”

Lee Seo-yeon muttered the name of her talent with a blank face.

As if… she had found her identity.

I didn’t call out to Lee Seo-yeon and waited for her.

‘Is this enough?’

I feel refreshed inside.

Until just now, my head had been aching, but now it feels clear as if I had slept deeply.

‘I should have just told her in the morning.’

Why did I run away using the excuse of class time?

‘No, it wasn’t an excuse. The class time was really approaching, so what was I supposed to do?’

I ate, washed up, and patted Asuka’s head a few times, but how was I supposed to know time would pass so quickly?

Anyway, seeing Lee Seo-yeon’s reaction now, it seems to be resolved.

‘Yeah, Lee Seo-yeon. The sword suits you the best.’

Later, when you face the Fallen and beings from other worlds and wield the Blood Demon Sword Dainsleif, how cool will you look?

And you’re saying you’ll hold a gun?

Absolutely not.

And if the sword spirit finds out that Lee Seo-yeon is using a gun…

‘Ugh, just thinking about it is terrible!’

She won’t die, but her life will become that miserable.

“…Ah.”

Lee Seo-yeon, had been repeatedly muttering the name of the talent she didn’t even know she had.

Light returned to her clouded eyes.

“…Lee Yu-jin.”

Lee Seo-yeon called my name and made eye contact with me.

Perhaps because she had realized her identity, a glow flowed from her eyes.

But, somehow…, the glow is a bit strange?

“Thank you.”

“… Huh?”

I was flustered by Lee Seo-yeon’s sudden gratitude.

To be precise, I was surprised that her unique slow and drawling voice had become fluent.

“…Thanks, you say?”

“Thanks to you, I found out my identity.”

“Really? That’s great.”

I sincerely congratulated her.

And I was grateful that a gun would never be held in Lee Seo-yeon’s hand again.

“And I found what I truly want to do.”

“…Huh?”

…What did she say?

She found what she truly wants to do?

I became anxious at Lee Seo-yeon’s somehow changed nuance.

No, not became anxious, but was anxious.

“Up until now, I liked swords the most.”

“No, you still like swords the most. So…”

Don’t say anything strange, please.

I tried to stop Lee Seo-yeon’s words with a voice close to pleading, but

“Just like I like swords now, I’ve come to like guns too.”

Since I didn’t cover her mouth, in the end, the words I didn’t want to hear came out of Lee Seo-yeon’s mouth.

And furthermore,

[Lee Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword Prodigy (S)”, pioneers the path of firearms and gains the talent of guns.]

“…Uh, huh?”

No, why, don’t do that.

[Lee Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword Prodigy (S)”, absorbs the talent of guns.]

…

……

[Lee Seo-yeon’s talent, “Sword Prodigy (S)”, evolves into “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)”.]

“…No─!”

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