I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 50

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Seo-yeon dragged Yu-jin along with an expressionless face.

Seeing her like this, Yu-jin inwardly let out a deep sigh.

‘Come on, it’s not like I’m a cheating boyfriend being hauled away…’

He wanted to say, “Aren’t we not close enough for hand-holding yet?” but he had a strong feeling that if he said that, he would face serious consequences in the sparring room.

So what could he do?

He had no choice but to be obediently dragged along.

Click.

Only after entering the sparring room did Seo-yeon release their interlocked hands.

Yu-jin massaged his aching hand and asked,

“…So what’s the sparring method?”

“No weapons other than guns allowed.”

As Seo-yeon said this, she took out a gun from her subspace ring.

Then she walked about twenty paces, stopped in place, and turned to face Yu-jin.

In response, Yu-jin also took out a training pistol from his inventory and assumed a stance ready to fire at any moment.

While doing so, he clarified the detailed rules.

“What should the victory conditions be?”

“Whoever lands 3 hits first wins.”

“Shall we limit it to one reload?”

“Yes, that sounds good.”

“The bullets are rubber ones, of course?”

“Do you want to use live ammunition?”

“Uh… no?”

“Then rubber bullets it is.”

“Alright, before we start sparring, let’s put these on first.”

Saying that, Yu-jin took out two tactical vests and two pistol magazines loaded with rubber bullets from his inventory.

After inserting the magazines into the tactical vests, he transferred one set to Seo-yeon.

“Rubber bullets aren’t as bad as live rounds, but they still hurt a lot when hit, so let’s aim only for the vest. Is that okay, Seo-yeon?”

“Yes, that’s fine.”

Seo-yeon agreed and put on the tactical vest.

After confirming that Seo-yeon had properly donned the vest, Yu-jin asked one last thing.

“How do you want to set the combat distance?”

To Yu-jin’s question about whether they would engage in close combat, Seo-yeon shook her head and said,

“Long-range only.”

Yu-jin nodded at her answer and thought to himself.

She must really want to imitate his gun techniques.

‘…It will be impossible to imitate though.’

Although he felt sorry for Seo-yeon, his extraordinary gun skills weren’t talent but cheats.

Moreover, as the system had declared in its message, cheats were a privilege exclusive to him.

However, he couldn’t just say “You’ll never be able to imitate my gun techniques”…

He had no choice but to humor her until she gave up on her own.

“Now that we’ve set all the rules, I’ll apply them to the sparring room.”

Yu-jin said this as he operated his smartwatch, and after a moment.

Ding.

An alarm sounded on both Yu-jin and Seo-yeon’s smartwatches, and a hologram appeared.

Seo-yeon and Yu-jin simultaneously pressed the YES button.

Then a hologram appeared in mid-air.

At that signal.

Bang!

Two gunshots rang out simultaneously.

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Naturally, the sparring with Seo-yeon ended in Yu-jin’s victory, and the result of the imitation she had wanted was…

[Seo-yeon’s talent “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)” says it’s shocked.]

As Yu-jin had expected, it wasn’t achieved at all.

[Seo-yeon’s talent “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)” says it is too high-dimensional of a technique.]

[Seo-yeon’s talent “Sword-Gun Prodigy (S+)” says it’s very depressed because it can’t imitate Yu-jin’s gun techniques.]

Messages from the talent kept appearing in Yu-jin’s vision.

In contrast, Seo-yeon…

“……”

She was attending class with her lips tightly sealed.

Of course, it was right to quietly attend class during class time.

But seeing how she had been silent since the end of the sparring, it seemed she was quite shocked, just like her talent that was still chattering away.

‘Hmm… I’m starting to feel a bit sorry.’

Maybe it was because he saw the talent’s messages, he could sense depression in Seo-yeon’s expressionless face.

‘Should I have let her hit me once or twice?’

Of course, that wasn’t why Seo-yeon was feeling depressed.

But during the sparring earlier, the fact that he had deflected every shot she fired and dominated her one-sidedly weighed on his mind.

‘Tsk… I should have gone easier on her.’

He had been too excited about testing his new talent and failed to control himself.

‘Sniper’s Sharp Sense (A+)’

He had thought it would be good because it was ‘A+’ rank, but it was an even more incredible talent than he had imagined.

That was because one of the talent’s effects, “Ability to visually perceive the direction of enemy attacks”, worked exactly as described.

If ‘Aged Gunman’s Discernment’ had alerted him to attack directions through bodily sensations like electrical signals, ‘Sniper’s Sharp Sense’ not only sent signals to his body but also visually showed the attack direction like a laser pointer attached to a gun.

And the talent’s derivative skill, ‘Live Focus’, befitting the combined talents, also created a slow-motion effect like ‘Instant of a Moment’.

However, unlike ‘Instant of a Moment’ which had a time limit, ‘Live Focus’ could be maintained continuously by consuming mental power and mana.

Of course, the consumption was no joke, but it was still a very good derivative skill that could be used until he obtained the cheat ‘Enemy Slow Motion’.

For these reasons, Yu-jin couldn’t even think of going easy on Seo-yeon and ended up overwhelming her again this time.

‘I should give her a nice pistol as a gift later…’

As he was thinking that and trying to focus on Instructor Kang Cheol-su’s class, he suddenly felt an intense gaze from somewhere.

When he turned his head towards the gaze he felt, his eyes met directly with Asuka’s.

Then.

“…Hic!”

Asuka’s face turned red as she started hiccupping.

…Ah, right.

He hadn’t been able to clear up the misunderstanding because Seo-yeon had forcibly dragged him away.

“Hic! Hic!”

“…Shuhei Asuka, are you alright?”

Hmm… would it be okay to clear up the misunderstanding a little later?

Seeing her cute reaction made him want to tease her a bit.

“Hic!”

But her hiccups did seem a bit severe, so…

‘Transfer.’

He transferred a 500ml water bottle in front of Asuka.

Then a small vibration sounded from his smartwatch and a message arrived.

When he checked the message:

[Asuka]

– Thank you for the water! (˃̣̣̣̣̣̣བ˂̣̣̣̣̣̣)

It was a thank you message from Asuka.

‘…What happened to telling her later.’

Yu-jin let out an awkward laugh as he operated his smartwatch.

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After all of the scheduled activities were over.

“Kyaaaaaah!”

As soon as Asuka returned to the dormitory, she screamed and jumped onto the bed.

Then she started furiously hitting the pillow with her small hands.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

“Augh, stupid stupid stupid stupid!”

Asuka was too embarrassed, because of the message she had received from Yu-jin earlier.

What was written in that message was that what she was thinking was a misunderstanding.

That he had simply chosen nighttime as the most convenient time to give her the elixir.

That was what it said.

Asuka had almost screamed out loud the moment she saw that message.

Well, she didn’t actually scream, but she was so startled that she jumped up from her chair, earning her a scolding from the instructor.

And that wasn’t all, everyone in the classroom turned to look at her.

Yu-jin’s expression as he looked at her was awkward.

Just remembering that moment…

“Uwaaaaaaah! How embarrassing!”

Asuka buried her face in the pillow.

Even if she heard him say that he wanted the two of them to meet at night, still!

To think such… such indecent thoughts!

“He must think I’m a lewd girl…”

No, he would definitely think she was lewd.

Even she thought of herself as lewd now.

How could Yu-jin not have thought the same!

“Uwaaaah! How can I face Yu-jin now!”

Asuka felt like she wanted to die right then and there, but that feeling only lasted for a moment.

“…I should get going soon.”

After checking the time on her smartwatch, Asuka put the now-ragged pillow back in its place and got off the bed.

“Sniff…”

Asuka opened the wardrobe door with a tearful expression, and just as she was about to take out and put on her usual casual clothes,

“…But I should dress up nicely, right?”

She spotted the outfit hanging on the first hanger.

Her favorite outfit.

Asuka put the casual clothes back and took out that outfit, holding it against her body.

“Even though I’m just going to receive an elixir…”

But, but you never know.

“…I should change my underwear too.”

Since she was dressing up anyway.

She wanted to look pretty for him.

“Hehe.”

What would he say when he saw her?

“I wonder if he’ll say I look pretty?”

She hoped he would.

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“……”

Hmm.

He was sure he had told her in his message that her thoughts were a misunderstanding and that he was just going to give her the elixir, but what was this situation now?

“T-Top Student. I’m here…”

Pink hair.

Pink eyes.

Pink dress.

It was as if a cherry blossom tree had bloomed in the training ground.

“Um, well.”

Yu-jin was at a loss for words at the sight of Asuka who had shown up all dressed up.

He had always known she was pretty.

But because her cuteness outweighed her prettiness, not just Yu-jin but also their classmates would say “cute” rather than “pretty” when they saw Asuka.

But seeing her all dressed up like this, the thought “pretty” came before “cute”.

Literally, her usual “main” cuteness had become “secondary”.

“H-How do I look?”

Asuka approached Yu-jin and looked up at him with a flushed face as she asked.

To Asuka’s question, Yu-jin answered honestly.

“…Yeah, you look pretty.”

“R-Really? Hehe.”

Ah.

This was unbearable.

He had already finished his daily affection event, but he couldn’t resist that adorable laugh.

Yu-jin thought this as he raised his hand, and just as he was about to pat her head,

“Top Student… not there.”

Asuka caught his hand.

“Touch me here.”

She guided it towards her cheek.

Then he felt a soft, squishy sensation in his hand.

It was soft and warm, like touching a baby’s cheek.

“…Hehe.”

Asuka laughed as if she was happy.

Yu-jin, who had been feeling troubled by Asuka’s behavior, suddenly sensed danger.

Just as he was hurriedly trying to remove his hand from Asuka’s cheek,

“…What are you two doing?”

Seo-yeon’s voice came from behind.

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