Academy’S Gumiho Is A Magical Genius [EN]: Chapter 195

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius – Episode 195

Academy Gumiho is a Magical Genius 195

Slave Market (5)

I burned down the slave market.

I killed most of the merchants and customers, and inflicted deep scars and traumas that would never disappear on those among them who were relatively less guilty.

Of course, I took the merchandise and the money I paid separately.

There were many expensive things. There were also many items whose purpose and abilities I couldn’t decipher.

As a bonus, I also tweaked their memories a bit.

I made them unable to remember information about me.

‘Still, the Association has players who can resolve mental abnormalities. It won’t mean much.’

Furthermore, I didn’t tamper with the CCTV and left it as is.

I don’t know what value a CCTV engulfed in flames would have, but if a capable person is selected to analyze the scene, the story will be different.

‘The key is how much the guys believe the contents of the CCTV and the testimonies of those who regained their senses.’

Perhaps the CCTV footage and the testimonies of people who have recovered from mental abnormalities might be a trick. In this mysterious land where countless traits, skills, and magic are alive, you can’t stop being suspicious.

And the moment you harbor such suspicion.

The Association’s investigation will run into difficulties.

“Now that I’ve taken measures, identifying the masked man will be a story for the distant future. Until then, I need to steadily build up my notoriety and gain the influence to wield in the shadows.”

In the light, as the special team leader of .

In the shadows, I plan to operate as a villain.

That was the reason I created the group, to freely control the light and the shadows as I pleased. But I subtly ignored the shadows.

They are beings who cannot easily expose themselves to the warm sunlight, abandoned by society. So I thought it wouldn’t be difficult.

Until one incomprehensible item among the things I plundered from them stimulated me.

“!!!!”

“Lord, what are you doing opening the box now?”

While checking to make sure I had secured the items properly.

And to see if there were any GPS or Thousand-Mile Tracking Incense [a magical item used for tracking], I couldn’t take my eyes off a humble little box.

Inside the box was a piece of rotten meat.

A piece of flesh that smelled as disgusting as the corrupted masses of humanity.

I couldn’t tell if it was human or some beast’s meat, but.

Gulp.

Before I knew it, I ate the rotten meat.

It was an instinctive action.

Like a carnivore biting and swallowing a weaker animal to survive, my body moved first, without needing to judge rationally.

However, it wasn’t really my mouth that chewed it.

The moment I found the rotten flesh, a black aura identical to my left arm enveloped my head.

I didn’t even have time to figure out what it was.

The black aura instantly took the form of a giant fox.

Crunch, crunch─!

It chewed and ate the tough raw meat.

Soon, as the aura, more disgusting and hideous than demonic energy, disappeared.

[A ‘Beast’ licks its lips at an unknown piece of flesh.]

[The ‘Beast’s Blood’ within the body responds.]

[Digesting ‘Beast’s Flesh’. Cannibalism is taking place.]

[Identifying and absorbing the contents of the flesh.]

……

[Congratulations! You have acquired the trait, ‘Pureblood Beast’.]

I felt that rotten flesh in my stomach.

It was really instantaneous.

Even the S+ grade senses, which had already surpassed the realm of superhuman and reached the extreme, couldn’t even perceive it. It was truly helpless.

The flesh was digested and had already become my nourishment.

“……Beast.”

A word I know.

Beast, it is what is within my body and the very definition that can explain this body.

I was cursed by my own kind from birth.

I bore the seven sins, and unlike the lofty Celestial Fox in the sky, I was destined to be a beast crawling on the ground with shackles on my ankles.

Reason is unnecessary.

Because this body belongs to the beast.

‘The more I grow, the more the ‘Beast’ will grow with me.’

Perhaps one day, not only my left arm but my entire body will be replaced by that disgusting aura. No, it will definitely come.

That guy is the original owner of this body.

‘I might have to accept it someday.’

That’s what I think in my head.

Well, I don’t know if I can accept a guy who harbors more malice than demons and devils. To kill a monster, I have to become a monster too, but maybe I can’t accept it and commit suicide.

‘……I feel sick.’

My stomach is bloated.

It’s not because I swallowed rotten flesh.

I’ve eaten rotten meat a few times for survival before that.

My stomach is quite strong. It wasn’t a hygiene issue.

“Ugh……!”

Something flowed out of my mouth.

I thought blood was flowing back up as usual, but it was something blacker and stickier.

Whatever fell to the floor seeped into my shadow as it was. It was as natural as if it had always been there.

After that, the shadow bared its fangs.

A shadow with sharp teeth like a beast.

The toothed shadow spread throughout the area as it was.

Like spreading black paint on water.

The shadow that spread in all directions bit at people’s ankles with hundreds of mouths and butchered them.

“What is this!?”

“Hey, hey, run away……!”

“Your head is cut…….”

Screams spread in the air.

Even a loud uproar wouldn’t be this noisy.

It felt like slitting a pig’s throat. These were trash who were illegally supplying children as slaves.

I had all the guys outside the market captured.

They’re the same greedy bunch as pigs.

───!!

The shadow, which had butchered all the trash, eventually raised its body.

The shadow grabbed me.

It was slow enough this time that I could react, but I didn’t particularly refuse.

Because I understood what it was trying to do in my head.

The shadow wrapped around my body.

After that, the giant fox figure appeared.

The body covered in ominous black and the five tails were closer to a monster than a human. But it’s not a monster’s.

It was the manifestation of something more vicious and cruel.

There was nothing more to see after that.

As if coveting the sins flowing out of those who were less than livestock.

The fox figure, shimmering like a black shadow, rummaged through their abdomens with long claws. It tore out their livers and quenched its thirst with blood.

In that way, several heartbeats in front of me stopped.

Without leaving a single drop of liquid on the floor.

I slowly came out of it.

The shadow returned to its original form again. In a form that followed me closely behind.

“L, Lord……. What was that just now…….”

“I know. It seems this body has more entangled secrets than I thought.”

Knowing different novels.

There was a story that both Baek Eun-ho and I didn’t know.

This was not a stage where we could discuss it carelessly yet.

More cases, experiments, and information are needed.

It’s still an uncontrollable and disgusting power, but I also thought that if I used it well, it could be a good card. Of course, the feeling is disgusting.

“Don’t take this story…… outside. I’ll somehow control it for the time being, so don’t look for information within the family either. If it gets into the ears of the elders, things will get annoying.”

“……Then how should we handle the children rescued from the market? If it’s an orphanage run by the church, the fact that the children’s identities are erased or non-existent is bothersome.”

You don’t have to worry about that.

I thought about everything and brought them.

“Money.”

“……Are you saying to bribe them with money?”

“Yes, bribe the head of the orphanage.”

Money, with overwhelming financial power, you can do anything.

I told them the plan I had thought of in advance.

“I’ll take care of the paperwork and procedures, so you look for an orphanage that will receive sponsorship from the Cheonho Baekga [Cheonho Baek Family]. It doesn’t matter if they’re a bit greedy for money. Instead, know your place well and find someone who is moderately conscientious.”

Well, the possibility of such a person running an orphanage is extremely low.

It would be good if there was someone who met the conditions.

If not, I’ll just compromise.

“Did you burn all the kids? I wonder if they’re all asleep.”

“They are children who have never received proper love since they were born. For such children to sleep in a car, they need to be psychologically stable or exhausted, but would that be easy?”

“Just the point.”

“……They did fall asleep. However, they fell asleep not because of psychological stability, but because they were exhausted from unknown fear.”

Damn it.

I get angrier the more I think about it.

I’m in a bad mood right now, and it just so happens that I didn’t have anything to chew on for fun.

Come to think of it, I ate it all. It seems like I have another place to go.

Thud─!

I opened the back seat of the car we were riding in and sat down.

Suddenly, a large truck connected to the back of the car with a crane caught my eye.

I removed all the contents of the truck, and Baek Eun-ho and I laid the children there.

The vehicle we were riding in runs on magic stones, so it could run at a sufficient speed even with such a truck attached to the back. The problem is the curves, but.

Well, he’ll take care of it.

It wasn’t an element for me sitting in the back seat to worry about.

And that thought was right.

Baek Eun-ho arrived at the place I had marked with artistic curves so that the children wouldn’t wake up, but the speed was still decent.

“Drive around nearby once. It won’t take long.”

“What are you trying to buy? Isn’t this near Chilseong Academy [a prestigious academy]?”

“Grass.”

“Yes?”

His voice rose as if he had misheard.

Of course, who would come to such a gloomy place to buy plants?

“Poisonous herbs. I’m going to get some grass that can kill you just by smelling it, or even people who are resistant to poison will die from a drop of sap.”

“Ah, I see you have someone you want to assassinate.”

“No, I’m going to eat it.”

“……Yes?”

I didn’t answer this time because I was annoyed by the repeated questions.

I headed to that store I had gone to before.

Based on the knowledge of poisonous herbs that had become much deeper and wider than before, I bought various kinds of grass.

“That customer, that grass needs to be processed to be effective. Shall I process it for you? 1 million won is enough…….”

“No, it’s okay. I can take care of the processing myself. I just came to buy it because I don’t grow it.”

Don’t bother me.

I answered in that atmosphere and did some frugal shopping in a quiet atmosphere.

The amount of poisonous herbs I bought was 10 times more than last time.

There was so much that I came out with several plastic bags full.

I won’t have to come here for 6 months with this.

I can combine most poisons with this.

‘But how am I going to get rid of all these poisons? There’s too much to eat and absorb.’

It wasn’t easy to eat it raw or dried every time.

Should I rather cut it and eat it with food like herbs?

It was a viable option for me, who doesn’t care about the taste of food.

─How about smoking it?

Right then.

Tamamo said from behind me. That was also a viable option.

“Not bad.”

Smoking it as a cigarette is annoying to clean up, but it won’t be as bitter as chewing it. But if you chew it, there’s no need to clean it up at all.

I understood that inhalation, rather than ingestion, had its own advantages.

But it wasn’t enough to adopt it.

“But it’s so annoying. I’m not good at smoking either.”

─Then how about making a pipe into an artifact?

Instead of rolling it into a cigarette and smoking it.

Make a pipe separately and smoke it?

“That’s better than I thought? Depending on the grade of the pipe, there’s a high possibility of getting additional effects. That’s a really good idea.”

─Right?

Furthermore, pipe tobacco is also a romance for many men.

Of course, I don’t have the capacity to take care of such romance, but there’s no harm in taking care of it.

So I placed an additional order with Gu Yaja.

I placed such a request to Gu Yaja, who is usually a heavy smoker.

I was able to receive an S-class pipe in two days.

I thought I had gotten all sorts of things this time.