Regressor Instruction Manual

“Take that back! Take it back!” I shouted.

“We… didn’t even do anything… so what—”

“I said take it back!” I yelled.

I was hoping that these guys had no common sense. It'd be perfect if they were hot-headed and charged at me without thinking about what was going on.

I saw their shocked faces, and it was understandable, as I suddenly started shouting at them.

‘They must be really shocked.’

It was understandable. Flower Ki-Young wasn’t the type to get angry and raise his voice like this, after all. The time we spent together was short, but I was familiar with them, as we were students from the same academy. Of course, they definitely knew me. I was the epitome of calmness and kindness.

I often smiled as well; I was quiet and with nary a greed in me.

I always showed them my innocent side, so I was sure they were surprised to see me yelling hysterically at them.

“Take back what you guys said,” I interrupted.

“W-We don’t want to,” they stuttered.

The one who caused all this seemed to be the most egotistical out of all of them.

‘Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.’

At first glance, their personalities weren't that bad.

One of them looked normal, but the other two had the potential to become third-rate thugs. They were perfect as criminals. They had huge frames, and they looked like they could really knock someone out.

A huge frame wouldn't necessarily mean that one would become a thug, but most thugs had large frames, so I believed they had the potential to become one.

They probably lived a slightly tough life on Earth.

They looked like impulsive thugs, and the sight made me feel even more excited.

“What did you say?” I questioned.

“I said, I’m not going to take it back… I don’t know what right you have to tell us what to do… but are we wrong? Also, this is none of your business, so why did you come here and…” they paused.

“...”

“I don’t know what kind of relationship you have with that guy, but stop bothering us and leave. We don’t like bothering busy people either, and you have a lot of work to do.

"Tsk. I don’t know why you’re acting like this, but this is my way of telling you to stop provoking people who are minding their own business, got that? Shit, this is annoying,” he warned.

“He’s rude and self-centered, but he’s not someone who deserves to be insulted by people like you,” I said.

“What?”

“Before you talk about what’s right or wrong and blame others for your defeat, you should reflect on yourselves first. You really don’t know why you didn’t receive an offer? You really think it’s all because of that mock battle?” I asked.

‘I’m too upset.’

There was no need for me to defend Woo Hyo-Yeol, so it was unnatural for me to act this upset. Obviously, it was my dying self that was talking, and this incident had triggered my dying self.

There was a chance that my dying self had experienced something like this at some point in my life. I couldn't really remember it, but I probably experienced something like this a long time ago. Actually, not probably—I definitely went through something like this.

Of course, it wasn't really that big of a deal, so if I just ignored it, I could eventually laugh about it later.

Of course, I wasn’t planning on ignoring it.

‘I need to turn this into a big deal.’

“If you guys were competent adventurers, you guys would receive offers regardless of the results,” I said.

‘You guys are incompetent.’

“Do I need to explain why your frontline was destroyed?” I asked.

‘I’ll explain it if you guys can understand it.’

“You guys couldn't even move past the first defense line…” I paused.

‘It’s your fault.’

“You guys just didn’t think about taking the lead. You simply waited for someone to lead you guys. People like you… are always like that,” I told them.

‘You just want to be carried.’

“Did you know? The recruiters of familias value one’s nature the most…” I revealed.

‘You guys have terrible personalities.’

“You can live like that your entire life. Nothing… nothing will change anyway,” I told them.

‘Losers like you are destined to live that way and then die.’

“What?!”

“...”

“You bastard!”

'Go ahead and hit me. What are you looking at? Hit me.'

I looked at the guy who could potentially be a scum, but he wouldn’t dare touch me.

‘Ah, man! They’re not that gutsy, which makes them a third-rate thug.’

They were probably aware of my background and abilities. If that weren’t the case, those angry idiots wouldn’t just stand there and do nothing.

We just happened to be in a secluded area. In addition, the representatives of the familias and powerful players were leaving the academy.

This was the perfect timing to teach these immature fools, who were all talk and no action, a big lesson that they would never forget. It was unlikely, but the GENIUSES watching them were probably encouraging them.

The ones who enjoyed action could be encouraging them while throwing their coins at them. My heart raced as I waited for them to jump me, but they dared not move.

‘Ah… they’re better at reading the room than I thought.’

'It's a shame, but should I end it here?'

‘Haa…’

“Losers," I spat coldly and turned back around to leave, but…

“Y-You bastard! What do you know?!” someone yelled and shoved me. I was surprised to see the attacker, as he looked the most normal among them.

“H-How dare you say that when you know nothing?!” he yelled. The problem started when the bribe that I had received from the Slender Tentacle Familia fell out of my inner pocket.

The master clearly hadn't tied the pouch properly, as the gold and the gems inside all fell to the ground. They fell on the ground so dramatically that it seemed like they were intentionally thrown on the ground.

The gazes of the aspiring thugs changed drastically at the sight of them.

“Hey! Grab him!”

“Huh?”

“Cover his mouth! You bastard! His mouth!”

Rough hands covered my mouth, and the normal guy who actually did something first looked shocked.

“W-What are you guys going to do?!” he asked.

‘What do you mean? That’s why you should be careful who you make friends with.’

“Isn’t it obvious? Idiot. Grab that. Hurry!”

The two guys with huge frames were doing great as criminals. They covered both my eyes and my mouth. I was sure they’d make a living as bandits once they were out of the academy.

“Hey… w-what are you going to do? We… shouldn’t be doing this,” said the normal one.

“Shut up and just grab that, you idiot,” one of the thugs ordered.

“We shouldn’t—"

“If we just run a bit, we’ll reach the warp gate. There aren’t that many people left in the academy, so if we run after grabbing this… we might be able to do something,” the thug explained.

“...”

“We can make a living without having to deal with those stupid monsters. What are you doing? Grab it already!” the thug shouted.

“Huh? Huh? Uh…”

‘What are you doing? Hurry up and be an accomplice.’

“Mmm… mmph!”

If we weren’t at the academy, they would certainly sell me as a slave.

'These evil bastards really are criminals. I’m really good at reading people.'

“You asshole. Genius commander, my ass. What did you call us? Losers? You’re just a naive little kid. Say it again,” they demanded.

“Who…”

I struggled, and the hand on my mouth was removed.

I looked up and saw him raising his hand.

‘Shit. I think he’s actually going to hit me.’

“Shut up, you asshole.”

At this point, someone would grab this criminal’s hand and stop him, right? Helping at the critical juncture was how things usually went.

People would usually appear at the critical juncture to help those in need, but…

Smack!

“Mmph!”

I was having fun imagining it until I saw his raised hand flying toward my face.

I heard a smack, but I couldn't process the pain because the criminal kicked my abdomen with his knee.

I was immediately out of breath. It felt like something was going to come out of my stomach, but a hand covered my mouth and forced me to swallow it.

I couldn’t describe the pain, and I wanted to roll around while holding my stomach.

One of the thugs was busy gathering the precious goods, and I was furious at the sight.

‘You shameless bastards.’

[The God of Sunset♥ is screaming.]

‘Hyun-Sung. Damn it, Hyun-Sung. I got hit.’

[The God of Sunset♥ says !@92DA!#^#%&@!]

[The God of Sunset♥ is unleashing an indescribable anger. He suggests tearing those guys to death. He’s biting his lips to the point that it’s bleeding. He's expressing fury toward your enemies.]

‘These assholes…’

[The God of Sunset♥ says $^!@#^&**&*!@#DASG!@#%^!(()&&^^%!!$%^&]

‘Stop swearing.’

It wasn’t just Kim Hyun-Sung, as everyone sent messages upon witnessing the unexpected incident.

They all had different reactions, but most of them were angry.

The Goddess of Flower and Fertility, the Gatekeeper of Heaven, the Abyss, and the Golden Throne were angry. Why was the Slender Tentacle Queen suddenly donating 50,000 coins? Why was the Mistress of the Holy Night… spending her coins as well?

“W-What do we do about Lee Ki-Young?” one of them asked.

“What do you mean? Just leave him. Search his body. He might have more,” the thug ordered.

‘He’s pretty smart when it comes to things like this.’

“You bastard. So you were bribed,” the thug said.

“I-If Lee Ki-Young reports us—”

“Do you think we’ll get caught just because he reports us?” the thug questioned.

‘They have rangers here as well, you know.’

“We just need to walk into any warp gate and run. We just need to be in hiding for a little bit. For a little bit… The higher-ups are going to be busy with the mainstream and dungeon raids anyway, and there’s no way those guys will come to a remote just to catch us,” the thug explained.

“...”

“The one watching me right now has promised to support me as well,” the normal one said.

[The God of Sunset♥ says ^&!@##!DGAXPQ9182YN]

‘All right, just stop it already. You did something like this too by stabbing a certain someone.’

They let go of me, and I rolled on the ground.

“Ack!” I screamed upon getting kicked. It seemed like they wanted to beat me up one last time because they kicked me again. After collecting the precious goods on the ground, they turned around to leave the scene of the crime.

“W-Where should we go?”

“Just follow me for now.”

I grabbed my stomach and retched.

And that was when I heard a familiar voice...

“What…”

“...”

“What are you doing?”