SWNOVELXO Chapter 80 - The sweet potato development... is now over!
Chapter 80 The sweet potato development… is now over!
I simply couldn’t just follow the original story. If I did that, it would already be too late.
Because of my ‘appearance’ in the original story, many parts had already been damaged, and up until now, I had foolishly prioritized the original work too much.
As a result, I almost missed the Princess Kurumi incident, and in the recent Lee Hee-jeong incident, I only appeared after everything had already exploded.
Moreover, now even a blonde monster hunter who didn’t appear in the original has shown up.
‘I can’t just wait for the scenario. Now, I have to deduce and move forward!’
Utilizing my vast knowledge of the game, I would not simply chase the original content but change it to my liking.
Like a fully grown insect emerging from its chrysalis, I decided to attack this world differently now.
And the first target was the soon-to-erupt sub-quest – the ROK-China Military Incident.
‘Anyway, since the USFK base has been annihilated, China must have taken this opportunity to intervene. Then, Xiao Ling must have already arrived on the Korean Peninsula as a scapegoat.’
In
The name of the quest was the ROK-China Military Incident.
The content was as follows.
Under the pretense of protecting the Korean Peninsula in place of the USFK, Xiao Ling, China’s national power-level hunter, along with about 50,000 trusted Chinese troops, would attempt to station in Korea.
But this was, of course, a trap by China’s extreme faction, and all the trusted Chinese troops were members of the Triad, known as China’s mafia.
If they succeeded in stationing them in Korea, no matter how the player acted afterward, it would result in a bad ending No. 23.
An ending called
‘That can’t happen…!’
The entire nation turning red was something I had to prevent at all costs.
If I missed the timing like with Lee Hee-jeong, it wouldn’t just be a part of Hongdae but the entire Korean Peninsula turning red.
“Are you going to join the Communist Party or not?!”
“I won’t do it again!”
I felt like my capable self was hitting my useless self lying in bed with a gun.
Originally, it was a quest to attack after 50,000 Triad members crossed the Korean Strait.
‘Move quickly…!’
As if failure was no longer an option.
Since this world was no longer just a game, I decided to act faster.
Starting with Xiao Ling, who came to Korea as the leader and scapegoat of the Chinese troops.
“Oh, there she is.”
I could easily find out when she arrived in Korea through social media or the news.
As someone who had 100% cleared the
“Mmm~ Delicious!”
The day after I destroyed the streets of Gangnam.
I found the sweet and sunny Xiao Ling, shaking her fox ears, at the shop she frequented in Korea.
‘As expected, she’s here just like in the game.’
A woman licking the sweet drink like a cat and smiling foolishly.
…In the original, if I didn’t tell her the truth and left her alone, she would end up being executed for a crime she didn’t know about.
‘I feel a bit sorry for using her kind heart…’
She genuinely liked and cared about Korea as much as her home country.
Since she was a Chinese character who said that hanbok and kimchi were Korean, I decided to start attacking her before she died.
The first thing I needed to find out from her was the current location of the Triad members disguised as Chinese troops.
Unfortunately, the Triad, the monsters of the ROK-China Military Incident quest, had random spawn locations, making it impossible to preemptively deal with them.
But since their leader was right in front of me.
“Ouch!”
“?! What happened?”
If the original game moved with choices, now it was a real-time visual novel in VR.
From now on, I would become a so-called ‘Casanova.’
“A-actually, I was in Gangnam yesterday…! But I got caught up in the fight between two monsters and got a bit hurt…”
“Oh no! Where’s the hospital? I’ll take you there!”
“B-but that would be too much trouble…”
“Trouble? Helping small countries’ people is natural for someone from a great country!”
Xiao Ling’s strategy.
First, Xiao Ling was an ‘Animal Hunter’ with beastly instincts, a woman whose senses had surpassed human limits but whose instincts had also become those of a beast.
That meant she should have been attracted to powerful males like most female animals.
“Hop on my back. Comfortable, right?”
Xiao Ling was already a top-tier national power-level strongman in China.
Since she believed no male stronger than her existed, her instincts were twisted to prefer much weaker males instead.
“I’m sorry. I’m so weak… I feel like I’m just a burden to someone I just met.”
“…! No! It’s possible to be weak!”
Moreover, she was crazy about Hallyu and even sweet drinks like this.
A weak male + a Korean man scored high points right from the start, allowing me to begin the strategy.
“Hmm hmm hmm~♫”
‘She hums a tune as we walk together, which means her affection level is already changing to ‘maybe wants to be friends?’ state.’
The affection level already jumped from 0 to level 2 of 5 in less than five minutes.
But that didn’t mean I could relax yet.
Without reaching level 3, the friend stage, Xiao Ling wouldn’t spill military secrets to a mere stranger like me.
Therefore.
“You can drop me off here.”
“…? This is a park?”
“Yes, actually, I often exercise in the morning because my body is very weak. But today, I collapsed on my way here because of what happened yesterday.”
“Weak but trying to break free by exercising…! Huff, huff!”
A weak but diligent man.
Following the guide from the strategy book, I acted as the type of man a ‘strong female’ would want.
“By the way! I couldn’t find the right time to mention it, but are you Xiao Ling, the national power-level hunter from China? I’m a fan.”
“A fan?! My fan… in Korea?”
“Yes. Actually, I started exercising every morning because I wanted to be strong like Xiao Ling!”
“Then, I’m a role model?!”
Xiao Ling, who had never properly held a man’s hand despite being in her mid-30s.
To her, I must have seemed like a weak, young, diligent, and sweet-talking prey.
Her pupils already formed heart shapes, indicating her affection level was at ‘might love…?’ the fourth stage.
“Hehehe… What made a young Korean boy like you like a fierce woman like me…?”
“Fierce? Who else is as strong, beautiful, and willing to protect a small country like Korea as their own home?”
“Hehehe! Right! I’m from a great country! Hehehe. I must have looked reliable to Koreans, huh? Hehehe.”
Her lips almost splitting from smiling so wide.
I thought it was time to wrap up the strategy.
“Sigh. But what’s the use? Great country or not, can Xiao Ling alone keep Korea safe? Maybe if China itself supports…”
“?! We are supporting! Don’t worry, young man!”
“Supporting? The US only helped us during the Joseon Dynasty, and now we’re just living separately, so it’s just old history, isn’t it?”
“No, no, no…! No! We’re trying to help our little brother nation!”
I subtly praised China as a great country and provoked Xiao Ling a bit.
She bit the bait like a fish.
“There are 50,000 Chinese troops waiting in Weihai in the Yellow Sea to support Korea!”
Grin.
The Yellow Sea meant the West Sea of Korea.
So, the monsters of the ROK-China Military Incident were coming from the west.
“Oops! I shouldn’t have said that!”
Realizing her mistake too late, Xiao Ling covered her mouth with both hands.
But it was already too late.
“Y-young man! Don’t tell anyone! Got it? It was… Yes, fan service! Because you’re a fan!”
Someone who shares military secrets generously with a fan.
“Of course, Xiao Ling.”
“Ah! Thank you, young man.”
Such a silly person!
I patted the sagging head of the fox-eared woman, who was almost twice my age, as if to say ‘well done.’
At the same time, I exchanged phone numbers, thinking we might meet again later.
And then, returning to the present.
“Monster in Jamsil!”
“Why is a land monster in the middle of the sea…?”
According to Xiao Ling’s information, the Triad members disguised as Chinese troops were approaching the western sea border on a warship.
“Growl…”
“W-what?”
“Isn’t that a monster?”
I met the eyes of the confused guys.
Even though they were criminals, they were still humans, not monsters.
And now, I planned to do what I had done to monsters to these humans, even if they were villains.
It meant killing people.
“Sniff… Hoo…”
Something I could never have done in the past.
But the recent Lee Hee-jeong incident made me realize.
My clumsy actions could lead to a whirlwind of casualties later on.
And to prevent that, I needed to make a resolution, yes, to steel myself to kill.
“Growl!”
“O-oh?!”
“The monster is flying!”
To ensure the world’s happy ending, I jumped from the Korean warship’s deck toward the Triad’s warship.
“Graaaa-!!”