Monopolizing Skills to the 666th Floor - Chapter 100

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Skill Devouring to the 666th Floor Episode 100

100. Test

Hospital rooftop where the yakuza boss’s younger brother was hospitalized.

I changed into the clothes I had brought in advance.

They were the dead older brother’s clothes.

‘If I transform my face with camouflage on top of this?’

He would never recognize me.

Though my voice and accent were different, he would think it was due to my condition.

I quietly infiltrated the interior and found the hospital ward where that guy was staying.

The method of finding him wasn’t difficult.

I expanded my ki sensing to look for someone with even the faintest remnants of mana.

That person would be an Apostle.

‘If he used a mind control skill, those remnants would remain.’

Walking around with that radar network activated, I finally found him.

[환자명 : 쿠로다 ***]

The patient name written in front of the door.

Kuroda Takeshi’s younger brother, Kuroda Hideki.

Seeing they have the same surname, it’s certain.

Click.

When I opened the door and entered.

“Brother, you came?”

Hideki, who didn’t notice the disguise, came into view.

“Change into your outdoor clothes. Let’s go out now.”

“Okay. But where are we going?”

“To where the goods are. That’s our source of income.”

Here, “goods” meant the kidnapped people.

Though disgusting, I deliberately used slang while performing method acting.

Perhaps because of that, he showed no signs of suspicion at all.

“Got it. Since managing the goods was my responsibility, I’ll guide you.”

“Right. Call all the guys below too without exception. It’s an important matter.”

“Okay.”

Tap tap—

Hideki sending assembly texts.

Soon after, he put on his outdoor clothes and grabbed his crutches.

“Let’s go.”

“Yeah.”

Hideki left the hospital like that.

Believing me to be his brother without a doubt.

While riding in a subordinate’s car heading to the hideout.

Hideki kept glancing at his brother’s figure sitting in the back seat through the side mirror.

‘Something feels strange, you know?’

The face, the clothes he was wearing, everything was unmistakably his brother, so why did he keep looking awkward?

‘It feels like I’m talking to a stranger.’

Was it because of his way of speaking?

It was definitely different from his usual speech patterns.

I couldn’t feel Japan’s characteristic intonation either.

It was like someone from a different region.

Or like a foreigner who had clumsily learned Japanese.

So I was looking at him carefully.

‘No matter how I look at it, it’s my brother.’

It was 100% his brother’s face, impossible to think someone else was disguised.

But it was still strange.

‘What if there’s an Apostle who can disguise faces…’

I hadn’t heard of such a skill, but what if by any chance that’s what it was?

What if someone else had transformed into his brother’s face and was pretending to be him?

That would somewhat resolve the current suspicions.

‘Should I test him once?’

Let’s start testing.

“Brother.”

“What.”

“You always sat in the front seat. Why are you sitting in the back today?”

“What bullshit? I always sat in the back seat.”

First test passed.

He’s always sat in the back seat.

“Haha, I must have been mistaken.”

“What’s there to be mistaken about. I’m tired, so don’t talk to me.”

“But hyung, I haven’t finished the task you gave me yesterday yet… Is it okay? Can I send the text late?”

“What task? I didn’t give you anything to do, why do you keep saying nonsense?”

Second test passed too.

There was no task given.

‘Is he really my brother?’

But why is his pronunciation like that?

Should I ask about it while I’m at it?

“Hyung, your accent feels different from usual? Did something happen?”

“Hey. Don’t nitpick for no reason and worry about your own legs. You crippled bastard.”

“….”

Honestly, I was shocked.

‘Wow… he’s suddenly throwing personal attacks like this?’

Setting aside being cursed at, I was shocked.

I never expected my brother, who was endlessly gentle with his younger brother, to come at me like this.

Hadn’t he even announced killing the Night Hunter as a surprise gift without telling me beforehand?

‘This is really strange? Why is he like this today?’

Did his personality change or something?

Or was his temperament originally like this?

I kept having doubts, but in a way, I could also understand it.

After all, I was the one who treated him coldly when he went to find the Night Hunter and got revenge for me.

‘Is that why? Or maybe…’

I don’t know.

He passed the earlier tests too, so I’m unsure whether he’s my brother or not.

Then, my brother casually opened his mouth.

“Phew, I’m a bit sensitive right now. All my subordinates died… Sorry for cursing.”

“Ah… no, it’s fine. That’s understandable. I get it.”

My brother returned to his gentle tone again.

‘It is my brother. He was just sensitive for a moment.’

Since my brother usually cared for his subordinates, it was completely understandable.

Hideki believed without doubt that the other person was Takeshi.

‘Phew, I’m glad I got through that safely.’

I caught onto Hideki’s lie when I first received his question.

―You always sat in the front seat. Why are you sitting in the back today?

[The target is telling a lie.]

That’s when I knew.

That this was a test.

‘He’s suspicious about whether I’m really his brother.’

So I gave answers to avoid suspicion.

Fortunately, I safely passed up to the second question, but…

‘Since he kept pressing about my speech, I went a bit hard on him.’

I couldn’t help the accent part, so I went strong.

Then came the settling silence.

I could tell from the atmosphere afterward.

‘Takeshi must have been the gentle type with his younger brother.’

I removed the suspicious glances by apologizing belatedly in a soft tone.

‘I can’t be suspected until I get to his hideout.’

The vehicle moving through the forest soon stopped in front of a villa.

Since it’s quite a large organization, they really have many villas here and there.

“We’re here. Let’s go, hyung.”

“Alright. Be careful with your crutches.”

Now that I knew Takeshi’s personality when he was alive, I continued using a gentle tone.

Suspicious glances could no longer be found.

“Where are the kidnapped people?”

“I put them all in the basement here.”

“How many total?”

“18 people. But why are you asking? You already know this, hyung.”

[The target is telling the truth.]

When I stared at him intently, it showed he was telling the truth.

Meaning it wasn’t a lie for testing purposes like before.

I handled it skillfully without showing any signs of panic.

“I was testing to see if you knew well.”

“Quality control is my specialty, how could I not know? Keke.”

This crazy bastard.

Is this funny?

“First, gather all the kids.”

“Everyone?”

“Yeah. Don’t leave out a single one.”

“Got it.”

After giving the order, I sat in the hall and waited, and subordinates began entering.

“Greetings, Boss.”

“Ah, Boss. Greetings.”

Subordinates entering and bowing respectfully.

I just nodded slightly in response to these soon-to-be-dead bastards.

Eventually, 16 people had gathered.

Hideki came toward me, leaning on his crutches.

“Bro, I’ve gathered everyone.”

“Is this headcount right? No one else?”

“Yeah, I’m certain.”

[The target is telling the truth.]

I confirmed it was the truth, so shall I begin now?

Just then.

“But bro. Why call so many subordinates? We could just finish talking between ourselves and pass on the message.”

“Ah, that’s…”

Since Hideki expressed doubt, I told him honestly.

“I’m going to kill you all.”

“What?”

I instantly kicked Hideki’s crutch and knocked him down.

“Ugh!”

The bastard who fell pathetically shouted with angry eyes.

“Damn it! What are you doing, bro!”

“Do I still look like your bro to you?”

When I released Camouflage, his face contorted.

“Gasp!”

The shocked Hideki pressed both hands to the floor and hurriedly backed away.

The subordinates watching were equally surprised.

“Eek!?”

“Wh-what?!”

“H-how did this happen?”

“H-his face…”

“B-Boss?”

The face of the person they thought was their boss had suddenly changed.

Something shocking indeed.

But there was something even more surprising.

Because I launched my body and tore out the throat of a nearby subordinate.

Crunch!

[Health is restored through Blood Supply’s effect.]

[All stats increase by 10% for 3 minutes due to buff effect.]

Having received the stat increase benefit of Blood Supply through the Bite skill, I.

“King’s Army.”

Used a summoning skill for the first time.

Then.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Soldiers in medieval armor appeared around me.

Clank— Clank—

They held spears or long swords in their hands, and there were 13 of them.

It was a skill where the number of troops varied depending on how high your mana was.

‘Roughly one soldier per person should work.’

I gave orders to the soldiers lined up in formation.

“Except for that one-legged bastard over there, sweep away all the rest.”

At that command, one soldier.

Thunk!

“Gaaah!”

Drove a spear into the heart of the yakuza at the front.

Using this as a signal, the soldiers burst out.

The slaughter began.

Thud! Thud!

“Aaaah!”

Slash! Stab!

“Aaaaah!”

Faceless soldiers that appeared out of nowhere attacked wildly with spears and blades.

It was a situation where the yakuza couldn’t help but panic.

They tried to resist somehow, but it was hopeless.

Each summoned creature was stronger than most Apostles.

‘Of course. The summoned creatures’ stats are proportional to the caster’s stats.’

Anyway, this skill is convenient.

I don’t even need to move directly.

Let me just leisurely watch.

‘Wh-what is this? Fuck, what the hell is this!’

The being I thought was my brother changed his face.

I thought something was strange, but it wasn’t my brother.

‘A skill that actually changes faces really exists?’

What kind of cheat skill is this?

Isn’t this a skill perfectly optimized for VIP assassination?

Of course, right now Hideki felt more fear than envy.

“Except for the guy missing one leg here, sweep away all the rest.”

Thirteen soldiers that suddenly appeared.

It wasn’t hard to guess they were summoned creatures.

Their helmeted faces had no facial features.

“Aaaaah!”

“D-don’t come! You fucking bastards!”

“S-save me… Gurghhh!”

In the hellish chaos filled with screams, the corpses kept piling up.

The summoned creatures were faithfully carrying out the order to sweep them away.

“Uh, uhhh…”

The crowd was cleaned up in an instant.

There were no surviving subordinates.

‘Damn it…’

Now it’s my turn.

I don’t know why they kept me alive, but I have to survive.

I want to crawl out of this bloody hell even if I have to crawl.

Hideki, who was crawling on the floor, suddenly saw feet blocking his path and slowly raised his head.

It was that bastard who had disguised himself as his brother.

“Do you think you can escape by crawling like that? Shouldn’t you have this?”

The guy holds out crutches to me.

The height of mockery.

It’s humiliating.

“Fuck… What are you? Why are you doing this to me? Why did you torment me by even pretending to be my brother!”

I shouted and glared at him, but I had no intention of arguing in this situation.

The important thing is that we made eye contact.

‘Got you. Mind Control.’

The skill went in.

It’s over.

This bastard is now a dead man.

I’ll control him and make him give orders to the summoned creatures.

To kill himself.

Simply put, he’ll end up betrayed by his own summoned creatures.

‘If I just do that, I can escape this crisis.’

An amazing method even by his own standards.

But.

[The target’s resistance is overwhelmingly high, blocking the Mind Control Skill.]

‘What?’

The skill was blocked?

This is the first time I’ve seen such a message.

It’s a skill that’s always worked well until now?

‘I knew that the failure rate was determined by the opponent’s resistance stat, but…’

I’ve never failed before.

And overwhelmingly?

How high must his resistance stat be for such a message to appear?

“Hey.”

“…Yes?”

What?

I unconsciously spoke formally.

“Do you know why I kept you alive?”

“I, I don’t know, you bastard.”

Suddenly the opponent pulls out an item from their Inventory.

What is that?

Scales?

“I kept you alive to kill you last. You have to save the delicious stuff for last.”

Whoooosh!

Light emerged and my body was bound.

And the message that appeared.

[Using the Scales of Judgment.]

[Will place the target’s karma on the scales.]

Thud thud thud thud thud thud thud—

Red orbs piling up at a terrifying speed on one side.

If it’s scales, shouldn’t it weigh both sides?

Why is only one side piling up?

[The scales have completely tilted toward the orbs of evil deeds.]

[Will pass judgment according to the weight of sins.]

《Verdict: Death by Maximum Suffering》

‘What?’

Suddenly my body began burning white.

The feeling of my entire body being torn into tiny pieces.

“Ugh, uaaahhh! Kyaaahhh! Sa, save me! Pleeeease!”

The agony of burning from my toes up and my whole body being torn apart.

That pain disappeared when the light reached the top of my head.

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