Chapter 90
Making Seo Ji-yeon an ally.
Even if I can't turn her into a Mutant, it's worth trying to negotiate with her.
As they say strike while the iron's hot - I left Song-do and followed the intense Magic Power that was purifying the Demonic Power.
One side seems to be stationary, so Choi Shia must be fighting there.
"This way."
Then Seo Ji-yeon must be in this direction.
A presence wandering far east of Yeonsu-dong.
If she's trying to provoke me, this is a good method. Yoo Jin-seok probably told her - that I'd show up again if she hung around here.
Since it's not far from Song-do.
Actually, even if I got lost I was planning to find her. Seo Ji-yeon is one of my favorite characters. Doesn't everyone want to get a taste of their favorite character?
So here I am.
"Heh. Is this the right answer?"
"The Photographer of Death. Seo Ji-yeon."
A woman who's essentially ranked second among Korea's Hunters.
Even Noah's Flower who kills people with scent or other Guild's Master Hunters get completely crushed by her camera.
Definitely not someone you want as an enemy.
"Oh, you know me? Then can we negotiate?"
"Yes. I came to negotiate too."
"Join Seoul?"
"No."
Well, joining Seoul is impossible.
Seo Ji-yeon smiled bitterly at my words.
I wonder how this female would cry in bed?
"Then we do this by force?"
Force would hurt though.
"I'd rather not fight if possible."
"Well as a Hunter, I have to follow Hunter rules against Mutants. Despite how I look, I was an Apostle candidate."
Before I knew it, I was in the frame of her finger camera.
And she opened her mouth.
*Click!*
The moment I was captured in the photo, I fell into her inner world.
Though it's a pure white world, there were many frames around as if showing her mental imagery.
*Clap clap clap clap clap*
Seo Ji-yeon clapped.
"As expected, amazing. It's been a while since someone resisted my click."
"My my, how cruel. Even between women, isn't this straight up kidnapping?"
I never dreamed I'd end up in Seo Ji-yeon's mental world.
So this is the empty space described in the original work.
"Can't be helped. You're quite the opponent, right?"
"Here you can even do mental attacks, correct?"
This is why Seo Ji-yeon is a scary woman.
She traps strong opponents in her mental world where any attack is possible. Until she mentally kills them.
To win you either need strong willpower to endure until Seo Ji-yeon gets pushed out, or have similar mental manipulation abilities.
"Right. Like this for example."
*Snap!*
Suddenly the surroundings changed to ruins.
Seems she created an illusion based on my White Flower settings - the Black God Church and Hunter forces that hadn't been subjugated yet were fighting in the ruins.
The Hunter forces were led by Yoo Jin-seok with a line of formidable Hunters, while the Black God Church forces had most of their named ones dead but still fought hard against the Hunters with Monsters at the front.
"What are you doing? Kill all the Black God Church bastards!"
"P-please spare us! It wasn't us!"
"Don't make me laugh! How many Hunters died because bitches like you kept self-destructing!"
Even civilians living in Black God Church territory were massacred by Hunters.
Is she trying to upset me? Or is she trying to show that she can manipulate minds to this extent?
But you know what? If this is the stage, then I can attack too.
"I'm quite good at mental attacks myself."
I feel like I can control this mental world as I please.
If you ask why, it's because this place is similar to Writer Yoo Eun-ha's space. The very scent is similar.
During the 100 years I spent with Rachel, I entered Writer Yoo Eun-ha's mental world several times.
Writer Yoo Eun-ha created the mental world setting. And since I'm essentially Writer Yoo Eun-ha's alter ego, I can control the mental world with my will.
Then is Writer Yoo Eun-ha Angra Mainyu? I got hit a few times for saying that. Those were memories too.
The very concept of mental world is connected to me.
"No matter what mental attacks you do here, they won't work on me?"
"Because this is my space too."
So I can also dominate this space.
Seo Ji-yeon tilted her head at my words.
"What do you mean?"
*Tap!*
"Garden of Yuri!"
I lightly flicked my finger.
And showed her a new world.
Women kissing other women passionately, intertwining and fingering each other's vaginas, rubbing clits, scissoring - sweet sex without male penis insertion. I showed such fantasies directly into Seo Ji-yeon's mind.
"W-what is this. How. Between women. Is that possible?"
Seo Ji-yeon showed an unexpected reaction.
Usually people are surprised when I use their own ability back at them, but this woman reacted to the yuri.
She was always like this.
Very curious. Even if her life is in danger, she's the type to try interesting things first.
"Of course. With love between women, anything is possible."
I want to pounce on her right now.
"Seems I learned too much. Who exactly are you?"
"Can't you tell?"
"I still have some manners."
Don't look for manners there.
"Well before I reveal my identity, I have a request."
"What?"
"Please join our White Flower Church."
Be my companion!
In other words, I'm asking her to be my companion. The Evil Dragon Azhi Dahaka is kneeling this much.
"You want me to become a Villain group??"
"The White Flower Church isn't a Villain group. It's a Villain organization made up of mostly women. An organization where women just love each other?"
I said it somewhat jokingly, but excluding the men remaining from the original Black God Church, it's overwhelmingly women.
"Wait isn't that weird?"
"If it's weird why are you wet down there?"
Her crotch is visibly wet through her hot pants.
It's not just wet, but lewdly dripping down her legs.
"No, this is, um, this is just a physiological response."
"Either way it's sexual arousal juices flowing, right?"
Of course those aren't actually her fluids. I just made her feel wet by manipulating her mind.
At least right now she likes Yoo Jin-seok more. I just made her interested in relationships between women.
But at my words she cutely shook her head and got angry.
"Anyway that's not it! This is just a world of minds in the first place. I don't know what you did but you did something to me just now right?"
"Sigh. Did I get caught?"
Busted. This might not be easy. Unlike the heroines who had various reasons to be "eaten" from the start, Seo Ji-yeon is solid. Need a build-up phase.
"You're totally caught by me. Now then, time for a mental battle!"
"No, actually I've been targeting you for a while."
"What do you know about me?"
"Drop the manners and figure out who I am."
At my words, Seo Ji-yeon pouted and stared at me carefully.
In that moment, the veil on my body lifted and I changed from a nun's appearance to Yoo Jin-seok's sister Yoo Eun-ha.
"!!"
"From your surprise, seems you recognize me."
"No, wait. Isn't this weird? Why is White Flower Yoo Eun-ha? Wait, then going beyond the barrier... If you don't explain properly I'll spank your butt before taking you to Yoo Jin-seok!"
Seeing her make spanking motions with her small hands, my first thought was how cute.
"Alright. Have a seat. I'll tell you enough to understand, though not everything."
I told her a little about what would happen. That I looked at the future through the Akashic Record at the risk of breaking my head, and preparations were needed since Sin could invade. Since she was my mental equal in this mental world and knew my words weren't lies, I thought she would understand.
After hearing me out, Seo Ji-yeon nodded and spoke.
"Let's say the Akashic Record is right. Then shouldn't you join Seoul instead? Building up Villain forces is wrong!"
"Honestly, the Villains under me now are those who had no choice but to become Villains. I kill all the real trash myself. And let me ask back - the Association situation isn't good, and won't the Blue House's dog try to take advantage of this?"
That bastard Ha Jeong-seok will definitely try to use me if he finds out I have the Akashic Record.
He's that kind of person. Trash who'll use good ability users like tools until they die for his ambitions.
So there's definitely no room for compromise.
Seo Ji-yeon knows this well too. In the previous work, it was Seo Ji-yeon who suffered because Ha Jeong-seok coveted her ability.
"That's true but. Hmm."
She's starting to come around.
I clung to Seo Ji-yeon with teary eyes. Even women fall for juice-squeezing with looks like these.
"Just until we catch the Sin of Gluttony, please?"
"But as an Association Hunter I can't just ignore this!"
Unnecessarily righteous. I don't dislike women like this. Worth dyeing in my colors.
"I'll pay with my body."
"That won't work on me! Above all I'm straight!"
Even if she's straight, once she falls for me she'll become a bitch in heat who doesn't need male penis.
One hit with my tail will do it! A perfect tail that even Geum Tae-yang would cry over.
"Come on, try it once and you'll understand? Won't you do it?"
"Wait. Were you originally that way?"
I'm hurt she only realized now.
Isn't it obvious just by looking? Why else would I show that earlier?
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