How to Survive as an Extra Chapter 75 : Chapter 75

Chapter 75

The battle with the chiras ended in an instant.

A one-sided fight that was closer to slaughter.

[You have completed the episode.]

[The influence of the sub-character, ‘Ji Seokhyeon,’ increases.]

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Dispel still had not arrived.

In front of , the chiras’ bodies were evaporating into environntal mana, and I kept catching my breath as I leaned my back against a nearby bus.

“This… If the fight had dragged on even a little longer, I would have fallen into mana depletion…”

Mana aside, maintaining Erosion was physically punishing.

If I did not put a healing potion to my lips right now, I could not even bring myself to return to the bushes where Do Minyeong was.

Still, the fact that I had skipped training with An Hwigom under the pretext of the stakeout filled with a sense of relief.

“If I had trained like that, I would have been beaten senseless without even resisting.”

Well, I got beaten senseless most days anyway.

Still leaning against the bus, I pulled out my smartphone and sent a ssage.

It contained information about forced awakening and the situation on site.

The recipients were, of course, Park Chaeshin and Kim Seyeon.

As for Dispel, I planned to state that chiras had appeared but collapsed after triggering mana rampage on their own.

Considering the original story, it would be best to conceal the chira’s appearance, but now that things had already reached this point, forcibly suppressing it might create an unforeseen variable.

“Therefore, reporting it to the Special Affairs Division is the minimum insurance.”

Not only Dispel, but I also had to prevent my identity from being exposed to Demonic Beings.

My na had likely already been ntioned among a few Demonic Beings due to my entanglent with Lee Eunho.

If I beca a target of Demonic Beings simply because I had involved myself in Callia’s affairs, I could be dragged into a truly troubleso ss.

“Still, why did Choi Jaejin make that choice?”

Being expelled from Hero Prep was certainly a significant stain in this world, but his decision was extre.

According to rumors, Kim Muung, who had plotted with him, was moving between Seoul and other regions distributing items.

To begin with, the title of social care beneficiary only held weight within Hero Prep, so sowhere in awakened society there would have been a role for Choi Jaejin.

Sothing a little more decent, sothing that could have beco a different goal.

“…”

Surely he was not trying to take revenge on .

The Psychic Mafia was certainly a convenient place to borrow strength from, but…

While I was sinking into thought, I heard Dispel’s sirens.

Along the ridge, I could see the headlights of vehicles as well.

I started walking toward the bushes where Do Minyeong was.

But after only a few steps, I halted.

I realized that, despite unintentionally killing five mafia mbers, I felt no guilt at all.

Was it simply because they were villains?

Because they were naless extras?

No. Park Chaeshin, whom I had nearly killed, had also been an extra in the original story.

I had even saved Park Chaeshin because I could not bear the guilt.

And yet now, after only a few weeks, I could not feel guilt over five deaths…

That ant I had beco stained by this world.

A world with zero plausibility, made for the blind satisfaction of catharsis.

“…”

With a bitter smile, I hurried my steps.

“…Damn it.”

***

When Do Minyeong opened her eyes, a man was facing the chiras.

‘What happened?’

The wound in her abdon had already closed.

Her clothes were roughly torn, but there was not a single injury left on her skin.

Half-conscious, she fixed her gaze on the man.

He was overwhelming the chiras with movents that were impossible to believe.

He was never struck even once. He smoothly diverted every attack and pierced straight through the chiras’ weaknesses.

“Grandfather…?”

For an instant, Do Minyeong thought of her grandfather, Sword Saint Kim Yuseong.

But there was no way the Sword Saint, who could not possibly be alive, had co to save her from chiras.

She had only murmured with lingering longing because the man resembled the image of Kim Yuseong she carried in her mory.

Soon, Do Minyeong realized the man’s identity.

A figure as familiar as Kim Yuseong’s image…

“…Ji Seokhyeon.”

‘So I received help again. …And I still have not even apologized properly.’

With emotions tangled together, Do Minyeong watched Ji Seokhyeon dominate the chiras and felt doubt rise within her.

It was hard to accept that he could move like that when, in her mory, his swordsmanship had been several steps below hers, and he had not even been able to run properly.

‘Had he been hiding his skill?’

Why?

She consciously rubbed her eyes and looked again, but she could not deny that familiar sprinting form.

‘…Perhaps he is in a position where he must hide it.’

Soon, with a sharp death cry, the ground shook violently.

Ji Seokhyeon had brought down every chira.

The mont the last chira vanished, Do Minyeong reflexively lay back down in the bushes.

An instinctive judgnt that she should not let him know she had seen the battle.

‘But what posture was I in before?’

Had she been lying on her side?

‘My bare skin has to be exposed the sa way too…!’

Do Minyeong closed her eyes and focused on sound, trying to track Ji Seokhyeon’s movents.

Fortunately, it did not seem as though he was coming straight over, but strangely, her breathing kept growing rough.

It was not because the chira’s injury had reopened.

The mana inside her body was not flowing abnormally, and she had not even moved violently.

She had only sat up and lain back down.

Like a child hiding under a blanket to avoid being caught oversleeping, Do Minyeong curled herself tighter inside the bushes.

She had no idea what caused it, but one thing was certain.

“…”

The more she beca aware of Ji Seokhyeon, the hotter her face grew.

***

Dispel’s 3rd Branch, the Information Analysis Room.

A police officer stared at a monitor with a bored expression.

“Just because she is an investigator, does she think she is all that? Why is she dumping what the branch chief ordered onto ?”

Complaining about being stuck on an all-night shift, the officer propped his chin in his hand, clicked lazily, and yawned again and again.

His assignnt concerned the stakeout investigation from a few hours earlier, the one that Hero Prep cadets had gotten entangled in.

More precisely, he was reviewing the black box footage recovered from the vehicle the mafia had arrived in.

What kind of mafia drove around with a black box, but it seed they had been unable to remove it because it was a recently stolen vehicle.

Thanks to that, they had gained a crucial resource for tracking the mafia’s movents, but the officer’s eyelids were already half closed in a losing battle.

“Haaah… It would be less boring if there were audio too.”

How long had he been watching?

At last, the footage reached the incident from a few hours ago, and the officer forced his eyes open.

“So a real chira did pop out. The direct-line heir almost died. But that kid…”

Eyes suddenly bright as if he had never been drowsy, the officer paused the video and leaned closer to the monitor.

“Wait… no way.”

An extraordinary scene filled his view, sothing he could scarcely believe even while seeing it.

An ability he had only ever encountered in study materials when he attended the 4th Scholastic District…

“D-Did the branch chief… already leave work?”

It was Demonic Eye.

***

Friday morning.

Yesterday had truly been chaotic.

eting Choi Jaejin, confirming Demonic Being Allie, the appearance of chiras, and Do Minyeong nearly dying.

By sheer luck, Gwon Chihun arrived at the depot around the sa ti as Dispel.

Of course, he drew Gwon Seongjun’s suspicion, but he slipped through by lying that he had been scouting the area alone.

“He really is talented at the strangest things.”

Among all those turbulent events, the greatest outco was confirming my own potential.

The swordsmanship I had honed by spending coins in mock training whenever I had an opening had risen to a level that even I could feel was usable, and the effectiveness of the ability Erosion was excellent beyond question.

This was not arrogance.

“Agility 20 ans I am the most nimble and sensitive being in this setting.”

So if it was a short battle where I did not need to pace my stamina, I could handle a C-Rank Hunter who had been grinding in this world for over a decade with ease.

Using a sword itself was a penalty I imposed on myself, but if I supported it with Erosion and Demonic Eye, I could probably threaten even a B-Rank Hunter.

If I went further…

I might even beco a real Special Affairs Division investigator, not rely a trainee.

In any case, early in the morning, I left the dormitory.

It was a campus holiday, but ever since I began mock training, I often spent ti in the Hall of Endurance, which had a physical training facility.

Even if the increases were minuscule, it was better than doing nothing.

Just as I stepped out of the dormitory building, I spotted Do Minyeong passing in front of the n’s dorm with an unnatural gait.

It looked like she had been waiting for to co out.

Do Minyeong approached with an awkward expression of recognition.

Half wary of her behavior, I spoke first.

“How is your body?”

She held her lips tightly shut until she ca close, then finally answered.

“Because of you. …Th-Thank you.”

“…”

What was this.

This atmosphere was nothing like her.

Had she eaten sothing wrong overnight and gotten indigestion?

No, an awakened person would not get indigestion.

Do Minyeong’s gaze was strange, neither eting my eyes nor avoiding them, hovering in an awkward middle ground.

Sure enough, her trembling voice continued.

“A-And back then, I did not understand your situation and I kept pushing you… I am sorry.”

It was sudden, but she was bringing up what had happened during the Spring Scholastic War.

The ti I had hurt her by invoking her position as a social care beneficiary.

But did she have to say this while creating such a peculiar atmosphere?

The Do Minyeong I knew would have apologized more seriously and cleared the air quickly…

I forced a smile.

In any case, it ant her anger had eased.

“I am sorry too. I spoke harshly back then.”

“Ah! N-No, I did too.”

“…”

“…”

After that, the conversation broke off without context.

In this awkward air, the only noticeable change was that Do Minyeong kept avoiding my gaze more than necessary, her ears reddening.

As if she was embarrassed to face .

“Th-Then, Ji Seokhyeon, I will go first.”

“Huh? Uh….”

Do Minyeong pulled up her hood and hurried away.

“What is that.”

Had her feelings changed in a single day?

As I tilted my head, unable to grasp her sudden shift, my smartphone in my pocket vibrated.

The sender was none other than Park Chaeshin.

I had surely explained enough about yesterday’s incident…

What was this about?

– Park Chaeshin: A video of yesterday’s incident has been leaked on Incrystal. It looks like there was a black box at the scene by chance. Contact as soon as you check it.

A black box?

I hurriedly looked around and opened Incrystal.

The video in question imdiately popped up and began playing.

It contained what had happened yesterday.

Why the chiras appeared.

Why Do Minyeong lost consciousness.

The sight of slaughtering the chiras.

“…Damn it.”

And, in grueso clarity, my discolored pupils.