I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 54

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Yu-jin turned on Infinite Items.

He took out combat equipment from his inventory, put it on, and ran towards the site of the terrorist attack.

However, he had to stop midway not long after.

That was because,

“Kyaaaah!”

“R-run away!”

“Uwaaaaah!”

Countless people were running towards him in a panic.

As soon as Yu-jin saw this scene, he hurriedly looked around.

Upon spotting the tallest building nearby, he immediately rushed inside.

At the same time.

Thud thud thud thud thud!

He could see the crowd passing by like a herd of bulls.

“…I can’t go by road.”

That meant he had no choice but to jump between buildings, as soon as Yu-jin thought this, he ran up the emergency stairs.

Of course, he could have taken the elevator, but it was likely stopped at the top floor.

Unlike his previously weak state, he now had abilities befitting a superhuman, so running up the stairs was much faster than taking the elevator.

Clang!

As soon as he reached the rooftop, he flung open the door.

Then he ran at full speed and leapt towards a building slightly taller than the one he was on.

His body soared upwards and landed on top of the building.

“Whoa!”

An exclamation of admiration burst out of his mouth involuntarily.

This jumping power would have been impossible before.

He finally felt like he had truly become a superhuman, rather than just cosplaying as one.

That thought made him start to feel giddy with excitement.

Yu-jin tried to calm those feelings as he repeatedly jumped between buildings and leaping down.

Before long, he was able to arrive at a spot where he could see the site of the terrorist attack.

“P-please spare me…”

“Th-there’s a child. So please…”

There were citizens trembling with fear.

“Shut your traps!”

“If you open your mouth one more time, I’ll eat you right here!”

Two or three Fallen were loitering among the citizens, intimidating them.

Seeing this scene, Yu-jin felt puzzled.

Usually, Fallen pursued immediate pleasure, so they didn’t take people hostage.

Yet these Fallen were now holding people hostage, and not just one, but two or three of them.

“To think those who strictly follow the law of the jungle would band together…”

If that was the case, there was only one answer.

There must be a higher-ranked Fallen than these three.

At this, Yu-jin drew the Thunderbolt pistol holstered on his tactical vest.

Then, using the ‘Ability to magnify vision when using firearms’ effect of ‘Sniper’s Sharp Sense (A+)’, he magnified his vision and looked at the three Fallen.

“Judging by the aura of demonic energy emanating from their bodies… they’re at most mid-tier.”

That meant the Fallen handling them was at least high-tier.

“…Where could that one be?”

Yu-jin alternated between magnifying and reducing his vision as he looked around, and before long, he was able to find the culprit.

“What is it doing hiding over there?”

A Fallen was watching the hostage situation through the window of a building.

Yu-jin felt puzzled by the Fallen’s behavior, but for now, he activated Live Focus to snipe it.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh…

The world slowed down.

In that slowed world, Yu-jin raised his gun and aimed at the Fallen, and exactly 10 seconds later.

‘Dead Shot.’

He activated the derivative skill of Live Focus.

–!

A silent gunshot rang out.

A blue flash from the Thunderbolt’s effect shot out from the muzzle.

Simultaneously, as Live Focus ended with the use of ‘Dead Shot’, the slowed world regained its original speed.

And then,

Crash–, Bang!

The window shattered and the Fallen’s head burst like a balloon.

After witnessing that, Yu-jin checked on the Fallen intimidating the hostages.

“I told you to shut up! Do you really want to be eaten that badly?!”

“Ah, I’m hungry… can’t I just eat a little? There are so many prey here…”

“That’s not allowed. We haven’t received the signal yet.”

Fortunately, it seemed there was no signal sent when the other one died.

At this, Yu-jin let out a short sigh of relief and drew another Thunderbolt from his inventory.

Then he leaned against the railing and aimed the dual pistols at the Fallen.

Just as he was about to apply pressure to the fingers on the triggers.

Sparkle sparkle.

“…Ugh!”

A sudden beam of light interfered with his vision.

Yu-jin immediately turned the muzzles towards the direction the light was coming from, and there he could see a woman standing, holding a hand mirror.

But… she looked familiar somehow?

‘Well, her eyes aren’t inverted, so she’s not a Fallen…’

Hmm… who was it again?

Feeling irritated by the memory that was on the tip of his tongue, Yu-jin magnified his vision and examined the woman closely.

A long scar ran vertically across her left eye, as if cut by a sword, and rough-looking gray hair fell down to her shoulders.

She had a toned and balanced body that showed years of training, with tanned skin, and… wild pouches rivaling the manufacturing instructor’s… wild pouches?

“Ah…!”

Finally, he remembered who this woman was.

At the same time, Yu-jin was shocked, and for good reason.

‘No, why is that person here?’

This woman wasn’t supposed to appear in the current storyline.

‘At this time, she should be in China… no, on the Continent of Death?’

What was going on? Was this another variable caused by the random encounter?

‘No… that’s not it.’

Random encounters randomly spawn enemies or phenomena, not characters from future storylines.

That left only one possibility.

The storyline had become tangled.

‘I thought the story might get tangled someday… but’

He hadn’t expected it to happen this quickly.

More importantly, why had the story become tangled?

Where? Why?

‘Ah, could it be!’

He recalled the rift that had occurred at the Alchemy Workshop before, and how news of him single-handedly defeating a high-tier Fallen in the other world inside that rift had spread worldwide.

‘The storyline must have gotten tangled from that point!’

News of a 20-year-old defeating a high-tier Fallen had spread worldwide.

Heroes around the world, as well as Fallen and villains, must have seen it, and the fact that someone who should be on the Continent of Death was here meant.

‘…A Named is in Korea.’

He didn’t know how many, but what was certain was that a Named of the highest tier was in Korea.

The storyline getting tangled was something that happened often even in the game, so that was fine.

However, a Named appearing this early was… very bad.

This was because Named could only be defeated when the story reached about the middle part.

Of course, the timing could be brought forward the faster one got stronger, but right now, not only Yu-jin but also the main characters’ powers were still at the early stage of upper-mid tier.

In other words, they couldn’t defeat a Named.

‘…I can’t just stay holed up in the Academy.’

The Academy’s curriculum had overwhelmingly more outdoor classes than indoor ones.

As such, encounters with Fallen, villains, and rifts were frequent, and now that a Named had appeared in Korea the chance of encountering a Named had arisen.

‘…No, let’s not jump to conclusions yet.’

Yu-jin decided to deny the appearance of a Named for now.

That person… Deputy Commander Grey of the 9th Extermination Unit was here, but he didn’t know about other Named yet.

Since this was reality and not a game, there might be an unknown reason for her being here.

So… it was too early to draw conclusions.

Sparkle sparkle.

“…Ugh!”

Grey shot light towards his eyes again, as he hadn’t reacted while lost in thought for a moment.

At this, Yu-jin crossed his arms to make an ‘X’ shape, signaling her to stop.

Grey nodded and put the hand mirror she was holding into her coat’s inner pocket.

Then she began to signal to Yu-jin using the signals of the 9th Extermination Unit.

‘Below… Fallen… three… bomb… wearing… shooting… prohibited….’

Since he knew the signals, he understood what she wanted to say.

However… Yu-jin hadn’t joined the 9th Extermination Unit yet.

Therefore, he shouldn’t know about the signals.

‘Wait… come to think of it, this is strange. What was Grey thinking, sending me signals used by the Subjugation Unit?’

She shouldn’t know anything about me, right?

While Yu-jin was thinking this, Grey sent another signal.

‘You… know… signal… I… you… hear… acquaintance…’

‘……’

Grey’s personal relationships were very limited.

No, to be precise, all the people in the Subjugation Unit were like that.

They were so limited that having just one or two acquaintances outside the unit members was considered ‘amazing’, and Grey had only one such acquaintance.

‘…Kang Cheol-su.’

It was none other than Yu-jin’s instructor in charge.

‘…So she really did just assume for now.’

It really was just an assumption, but well… he had expected this.

That Kang Cheol-su would ask Grey about him, and honestly, even Yu-jin would have been very curious.

A new student with absolutely no information about his parents, as if he had fallen from the sky.

Yet this new student was using the Subjugation Unit’s combat techniques?

Oh, this kid must be completely related to the Subjugation Unit!

Oh, this kid’s parents must have been in the Subjugation Unit! And so on.

And befitting an unofficial unit created by the Association, the Subjugation Unit handled deaths unofficially as well.

Literally, one became a ghost with all information erased, but that couldn’t be helped.

As a unit that subjugated Fallen, they were targeted by Fallen.

Because of that, people related to them could also be in danger.

That was why Kang Cheol-su had asked Grey about Yu-jin.

As the unit’s deputy commander, she might know about Yu-jin’s parents, but unfortunately, Yu-jin was a transmigrator.

A transmigrator from another world.

So he didn’t exist in this world, just like in the world before his transmigration.

While he was thinking this, Grey sent another signal.

‘You… standby… I… go… soon?’

With that signal Grey’s body soared upwards.

Then she kicked once in mid-air and for a moment, her figure blurred.

Thud!

Suddenly, she had landed beside Yu-jin.

“Wow…”

Grey looked at Yu-jin as if amazed, and then she said.

“You look exactly like that sister and brother?”

She was saying he resembled someone.

At those words, Yu-jin could only be dumbfounded.

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[the Illustration for Grey is pretty hot ngl plus she onee san type lets fuckin go]