I Became an Illegal Cheat User – Chapter 55

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Yu-jin was not just confused, but bewildered by Grey’s words that he looked exactly like someone, not just similar.

‘What’s going on… Wasn’t my very existence a transmigration?’

Surely the body he was currently using should be the same as his body from the world before transmigration?

‘Could it be that it only looks that way to me, and I’ve actually entered someone else’s body?’

As soon as that thought occurred to him, Yu-jin asked Grey, who was still looking at him with curiosity.

“Excuse me, could you tell me who I look like?”

“…Huh?”

Grey looked at Yu-jin with a slightly puzzled expression.

But that only lasted for a moment.

She crossed her arms and began examining Yu-jin’s features.

“Hmm… overall, your features look exactly like your bro-… no, your father.”

Grey, smiling fondly as if looking at a cute nephew, continued.

“And you have sharp eyes and nose like your mother.”

Adding that he looked handsome in a sharp way, probably because he was the child of those two people, Grey finished her description.

Yu-jin asked her once more.

“Are there any distinctive features?”

“Features? Hmm…”

Grey narrowed her eyes and examined Yu-jin’s features again.

As she did so, Yu-jin hoped that the feature he was thinking of would come out of Grey’s mouth.

That way, the body he was currently using wouldn’t be someone else’s.

It would be his own body from the world before transmigration.

While he was thinking this, Grey, who had been examining his features, opened her mouth.

“Ah, there is one.”

Grey reached out towards Yu-jin’s face, and with her index finger, she lightly touched the end of his right eyebrow.

“There’s a very tiny scar here.”

“Ah… really?”

Ah, what a relief.

It was his body after all.

Not someone else’s.

Yu-jin let out a deep sigh of relief.

The small scar at the end of his right eyebrow.

That was a scar from the world before his transmigration.

It had been made when he was young, fighting with someone who coveted his food at the orphanage, and he got hit by a food tray.

‘The fact that I remember that incident so vividly means my memories are intact too…’

But why was Grey talking as if Yu-jin had parents?

‘…Surely this body isn’t a parallel world version of me?’

That possibility… couldn’t be ruled out.

No, honestly, considering the current situation, that possibility was high.

In novels and comics he had read, there were many cases of transmigrating into a parallel world body, or the transmigrated world turning out to be the origin world, and so on.

‘Certainly… those possibilities fit the current situation.’

But if that were the case, he had no memories of this place at all.

It was as if the drive of a desktop computer had been changed.

“Ugh…”

Perhaps because he was thinking too much about uncertain things.

His head felt hot and throbbing.

At this, Yu-jin put his hand to his forehead with a groan.

But to Grey, this seemed like he was shocked to learn he had parents.

“Yes, it’s shocking. You thought you were an orphan for 20 years, but it turns out you actually had parents.”

Grey stroked Yu-jin’s head gently, as if pitying him.

“But I want you to know this. Your mother and father were…”

“Kyaaaah!”

“…Oh dear.”

A scream was heard just as she was about to talk about the people who were supposedly Yu-jin’s parents.

At that scream, Grey scratched her cheek as if troubled.

“I’ll have to tell you this story later.”

Yu-jin nodded at those words and raised the Thunderbolts in both hands.

Then he leaned against the railing and looked down at where the hostages were, from where the scream had come, and he could see.

Among the hostages, one citizen was being held up in the air by their hair, in the hand of a large Fallen.

“Kyaaah! P-please spare me!”

“Grrrr… I’m hungry. I’m going to eat you.”

“This bastard told us to wait earlier because the signal hadn’t come, but now he’s the first to act up.”

“So, are you not going to eat?”

“No? I’m going to eat too! Kekeke!”

Unable to wait for the signal any longer, it seemed they had decided to start eating people.

The lower-ranked Fallen approached the citizen being held by the large Fallen, giggling.

Seeing this scene, Yu-jin spoke to Grey, who was watching the situation with him.

“You said they had bombs attached to their bodies, right?”

“To be precise, they’re implanted in their bodies.”

Grey said this as she took out a small portable telescope from inside her coat.

Then she held out the telescope to Yu-jin, as if telling him to check for himself.

Yu-jin took the telescope and looked at the lower-ranked Fallen, and he could see that their bodies were full of foreign objects presumed to be bombs.

“…Bastards.”

Agreeing with Yu-jin’s cursing, Grey said,

“Fallen aren’t called Fallen for nothing, are they?”

Yes, that was right.

That was why all Fallen must be exterminated.

“Grey-nim, can you…”

“Not ‘nim’, call me ‘noona’.”

“Grey-noona, can you make them float upwards?”

“Your speech is still stiff… but we can work on changing that gradually…”

Grey muttered this as she climbed onto the railing.

“You just want me to lift them high up, right?”

“Yes, high enough so that people won’t be harmed.”

“That’s very simple.”

Grey smiled and jumped off the railing.

Then, just like she had shown earlier, she kicked off in mid-air.

Swoosh!

Her body blurred and disappeared, and where she reappeared was in front of the citizen who was about to be eaten by the Fallen.

“What are you-… Gah!”

“You damn-… Argh!”

“…Gyaah!”

The Fallen, hit by Grey’s triple rising kick, soared up to the height of the building where Yu-jin was.

As soon as Yu-jin saw this, he pulled the triggers of the Thunderbolts in both hands.

Boom boom, boom boom!

A thunderous gunshot rang out as if real lightning had struck.

Crackle–!

Three bullets, imbued with the Thunderbolt’s effects (holy, lightning) rushed towards the three Fallen, drawing blue trajectories.

And then.

Boom–!

With an explosion that seemed to shake the atmosphere, their existence was annihilated.

“Whew, as expected of that oppa’s son, your gun handling skills are amazing.”

Grey, who had apparently come up with the Fallen she had lifted, whistled and admired Yu-jin’s shooting skills.

At her admiration, Yu-jin could only smile awkwardly.

‘…It’s only possible thanks to the cheat.’

Ah, but he couldn’t say that.

‘By the way, it seems the person who was my father used guns too?’

Father and son using guns in the same way…

…Was this really a coincidence?

“Was my father that good with guns?”

At Yu-jin’s question, Grey’s eyes sparkled as she spoke.

“He wasn’t just good. Every time that oppa fired his gun, not only Fallen but also enemies’ heads would explode.”

“…Their heads exploded?”

No, how?

How did he penetrate magic power and demonic energy with a gun?

Could that person have had cheats like Yu-jin?

Yu-jin was becoming more and more curious about the people who were supposedly his father and mother, and once again, his head started to throb.

‘…It’s happening again.’

This was strange.

Ever since earlier, whenever he thought about the keywords “father, mother”, his head would throb.

As if telling him not to think about it.

“That’s what I’m saying! Even if that oppa shot in the wrong direction, the bullets would curve and hit the enemies’ heads. It was so amazing.”

Grey chattered on as if telling him about her favorite star, and each time she did, Yu-jin’s brain felt like it was getting hotter, as if it were being cooked.

At this, Yu-jin realized.

Ah, this was a restriction.

For some reason, it was trying to prevent him from hearing about his ‘father, mother’.

‘Why?’

Why was there a restriction?

Why was it blocking information about his parents?

…Why?

Questions chased each other in his mind.

Yu-jin squeezed his eyes shut at the headache that felt like it would burn him up, and trying to calm his churning stomach, he asked.

“Wh-what ability did my mother have…?”

“…Are you okay?”

“…I’m fine. So about my mother…”

Stop.

A voice echoed in his head.

For some reason, he could feel longing and worry in that voice that was trying to stop him.

But Yu-jin gritted his teeth and asked Grey for information about his mother, and just as her mouth opened and the word ‘magic power…’ was about to come out.

Snap!

He heard a sound like something breaking in his head.

At the same time, as his vision darkened and he felt like he was losing consciousness.

The mental recovery skill was activated automatically.

At this, his mind, which had been falling into an abyss, felt like it was being pulled up by someone.

“…Hah!”

As if a blocked breath had been cleared, his head started to clear.

“Are you really okay? Your face is too pale right now.”

Grey supported Yu-jin’s body, which was swaying as if about to collapse and slowly bending her knees, she carefully seated him on the ground.

Yu-jin thanked her and tried to ask about his parents again.

No, just as he was about to ask.

Ziiiiing…

A chilling sensation suddenly enveloped his entire body.

At the same time, he had a terrible premonition that his head would explode if he asked any more.

At this premonition, Yu-jin… closed his mouth.

Then Grey, thinking this wouldn’t do, took out a potion from inside her coat.

That was… an antidote… Oh shit! No!

Yu-jin jumped up from his seat.

For a moment, dizziness swept over him and his body swayed, but he forced his eyes open and held onto his consciousness.

“…You don’t want to drink it?”

“It’s okay! I don’t need to drink it!”

He was very grateful for her concern, but not an antidote!

“You still look pale though?”

“Haha! My face might be pale, but I’m perfectly fine!”

Yu-jin moved around to show how healthy his body was.

Of course, his stomach was churning and felt like it might reflux, but he overcame that with sheer willpower to not drink the antidote.

After showing he was fine like that for a while, Grey tilted her head and put the antidote back inside her coat.

At that sight, Yu-jin let out a sigh of relief and leaned against the railing.

Then he looked down.

“Is everyone alright!”

“There are people here!”

“Quickly contact the Association! Tell them we’ve found the hostages!”

Even though there were no more hostages since all the Fallen had been caught.

Well, the Association people would take care of it.

Yu-jin thought this and was about to raise his head when he spotted Arthur among the Association people.

“Looks like Arthur was fighting somewhere too.”

She had no injuries, but her clothes were torn and covered in dust.

That meant she must have been defeating Fallen and rescuing people too.

Yu-jin looked up at the sky.

The sky that had been blue was now turning red with the sunset.

After seeing that sky, he raised his wrist wearing the smartwatch and operating the smartwatch, he sent a message to Asuka saying he would be a bit late, so she should eat first.

An immediate reply came:

[Asuka]
– Hmpf! ・(｀ヘ´ )・

“Haha!”

Although he felt sorry for breaking their dinner appointment, Yu-jin couldn’t help but burst out laughing.

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[Damn got scared for a sec at the end but was good chap]