My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 1

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 1

Episode 1. Tutorial Tower

Dust-covered clothes.

A face worn down by fatigue.

Slouched and drooping, I familiarly entered the restaurant and plopped down in a seat.

“Phew….”

Today was exhausting as hell too.

It’s been 25 years since mana, a new resource that rivals superconductors, came into existence, so why is Earth’s temperature still rising?

Wiping the sweat flowing down my forehead, I buried myself deep into the restaurant chair and melted limply in the cool air conditioning.

Having cooled my body like that, I stared blankly at the loudly blaring TV.

-The rookie Kim Tae-seong, who recently became a hot topic for conquering the Tutorial Tower within two weeks, has now conquered an A-rank Gate single-handedly, making headlines.

-At this rate, don’t you think Korea might produce an S-rank Hunter?

-That’s quite possible. Perhaps Kim Tae-seong might even conquer the Zero Gate, which is a headache for the entire world!

The announcers were competing to spit and argue with each other.

They were all shouting toward the red-haired man on the screen.

Just then, a metal cup was placed down in front of me with a thud.

“That Tae Seong kid. Really made it big, huh?”

“Hyung.”

“If I told the neighborhood folks that just a few months ago, he was doing construction work alongside us, nobody would believe it.”

Kuk kuk.

The man with a dirty beard laughed, making sounds in his throat.

I gulped down the water he handed me and nodded.

“I think so too.”

Trust is everything in construction work.

From that perspective, Kim Tae-seong was a guy who never once broke that trust.

Even though we were the same age, he always approached me warmly, calling me ‘Senior!’ all the time.

But suddenly, at some point, I couldn’t reach him anymore.

I was used to people going off the grid, but Kim Tae-seong wasn’t that type of guy.

When I went to his house and he wasn’t there, I filed a missing person report, only to find out that in two weeks he had broken through the Tutorial Tower and become a super rookie, rising so high I couldn’t even reach him.

I scratched the back of my head awkwardly and muttered while watching Kim Tae-seong being interviewed.

“Ah. I want to become a Hunter too.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. Awakening is pure luck, so how could unlucky bastards like us become one?”

“…Didn’t you throw away your own luck, Hyung?”

“You little shit?”

“Well, who told you to do cryptocurrency again?”

“This time it was a sure thing!?”

I cheekily shrugged my shoulders and glanced at my watch.

“12:30….”

Not much time left until the afternoon shift.

Just thinking about it makes me feel suffocated.

How long do I have to live like this?

Even I think my life is pretty boring.

When I was young, I grew up in an orphanage.

In middle and high school, I couldn’t go to academies or PC cafes, just worked part-time jobs.

Now as an adult, I’m still doing construction work at twenty-five.

Well, it’s not that I have complaints about construction work.

The money is pretty good.

I needed money to buy my dream Han River View 50-pyeong Apartment.

Since construction work was the only way for someone uneducated like me to make money, I started doing it as soon as I became an adult.

Think I’m materialistic?

You need goals like this to survive in this harsh world.

The problem is I’m getting sick of it.

It’s not that I’m sick of construction work.

It’s just that this life rolling along like a hamster wheel feels unbearably tedious.

I always felt that way, but lately I feel it even more.

Maybe it’s because Kim Tae-seong awakened and became a super rookie that the whole world is paying attention to.

A guy who was in the same position as me soared high just because he awakened.

Even I think it’s ugly, but I guess I can’t help it since I’m human too.

“Han Mi-reo. If you awaken too, don’t look down on us like that Tae Seong kid.”

I frowned at Hyung’s words.

Hearing that brings back bad memories again.

That Tae Seong bastard.

As soon as I heard he conquered the Tutorial Tower in 2 weeks, I sent him a congratulatory text, and he replied telling me not to text him.

Is saying “thank you” that difficult?

Ungrateful bastard.

Even if I awaken, I’ll never become like that asshole.

“Would I do that? When I awaken and make money, I’ll come visit with meat first, so don’t worry.”

“Kuk kuk. Keep that promise. Let me eat some free meat for once.”

The same conversation we have every day.

I wonder how many times we’ve had this conversation.

I’m not sure, but I always said this when this conversation ended.

“Ah, I really want to awaken.”

If I awakened, I could make money easier than construction work.

If I awakened, I could escape this tedious life.

I think that, but I know better than anyone that there’s no hope.

When it comes to awakening, which is determined purely by luck, an unlucky bastard like me has no chance of being chosen.

If I had luck in the first place, I would have been born into a wealthy family instead of being an orphan.

I let out a small sigh and mechanically chewed the food that came out, scooping it with my spoon.

The midsummer noon sun was still blazing hot.

* * *

It’s hot.

Today is really abnormally hot.

Sweating like rain under my helmet, I carried cement on my back and climbed the stairs.

“Keuheuk….”

Groaning sounds naturally came from my mouth.

Crazy.

I feel like my vision is getting blurry.

Having barely finished moving all the cement, I collapsed right onto the floor.

“Heok, heok.”

Gulp gulp.

The lukewarm water that had cooled down tasted sweet like nectar.

After downing 500ml in one shot, I took off my helmet and wiped the flowing sweat.

I crawled under the shade and exhaled thinly while looking ahead.

“Keuueuk…!”

Hyung was carrying cement just like me, contorting his face with all his might.

He too collapsed onto the floor as soon as he put down the cement.

“Wow, shit. Isn’t today’s weather abnormal?”

“There was a heat wave warning.”

“Even so, this isn’t right.”

I agree.

As I caught my breath in the shade, I felt something strange and frowned.

“…Hm?”

What is it.

I feel some kind of inexplicable strangeness.

It’s strange, but I don’t know what’s strange about it.

“What are you looking at?”

“Well, doesn’t it seem a bit strange?”

I said that while pointing to the side.

Hyung looked in the direction I pointed and shook his head.

“What’s strange about it. It’s normal.”

“…Is it?”

“Let’s get up now. We’ll get in trouble if the foreman catches us.”

I nodded and got up from my spot.

At that moment, I felt that inexplicable strangeness again.

Frowning, I turned my head to ask Hyung again.

And then, I discovered it.

“…Hyung.”

“What.”

“Was this building always unlevel?”

“Huh? What do you mean….”

Creak creak.

Hyung turned his head in the direction I was looking.

There, the water in Hyung’s bottle was severely tilted to one side.

“Get down quickly, Mi-reo!”

Thud, thud, thud!

Sounds echoing simultaneously from our awareness and throughout the entire building.

Something was seriously wrong.

I immediately turned around and ran toward the stairs.

It hasn’t collapsed yet.

I can get down.

Just as I was running with that thought.

“Aaah!”

I heard Hyung’s scream from behind me.

When I turned my head, I locked eyes with Hyung who had slipped on the stairs in his haste.

It’s okay.

There’s a railing next to him, so he won’t fall….

“Ha.”

What bastard installed that railing.

Does it make sense for it to be completely shattered from just a little shaking?

The railing that should have been there had all fallen off from that small vibration.

Hyung’s body tilted outside where the railing should have been.

I instinctively reached out my hand toward him.

Our hands touched.

As I pulled Hyung toward me.

“Mi, Mi-reo!”

I was pushed out beyond the railing instead.

Wow, it’s high.

Since this is the 4th floor, could I survive if I fall?

I should be scared if I think I’m going to die.

For some reason I don’t understand, I’m not that scared.

Thanks to that, I chuckled and spoke to Hyung as usual.

“Hyung. Don’t do coins anymore. Not if you don’t want to see Hyung-su-nim wailing again.”

“Hey, you bastard-!”

Whoosh.

My falling body.

My view gradually gets closer to the ground.

Just before crashing to the ground.

I closed my eyes.

[Welcome to the Tutorial Tower, Han Mi-reo]

I opened my eyes with fanfare.

* * *

When I opened my eyes, it was a pure white space.

At first I thought it might be heaven, but seeing that window floating next to me, it doesn’t seem to be.

“I wonder if Hyung is okay.”

Well, he probably got down safely.

Since I disappeared before hitting the ground, I hope he didn’t worry about me.

Usually disappearing like that only happens when you’re dragged to the Tutorial Tower.

Sitting cross-legged, I poked at the strange window floating next to me with my index finger.

[Searching for a unique skill suitable for Han Mi-reo….]

Unique skill.

Something all players have, given upon awakening.

I heard that if you get this wrong, you have to use only common skills.

When I saw it on the internet, they said it’s decided instantly, but I’ve been searching for what feels like 30 minutes now.

“Why is this happening.”

Is it broken?

Just as I was seriously pondering and tilting my head, the system started shaking wildly.

[Search Complete]

[Unique skill ‘Black Dragon ‘ will be created.]

I finally got a unique skill.

I opened my eyes wide and looked at the unique skill.

‘Black Dragon.’

Since it’s called Black Dragon, it looks really strong.

Could I become an S-rank Hunter too?

With an excited heart, I pressed ‘Black Dragon’ that appeared on the system with my index finger.

[Black Dragon ]

[Borrow the power of the Black Dragon, master of the twisted underworld who is watching you, and unleash it in your body.]

A very short and concise skill description.

Just from this, I have no idea what kind of skill Black Dragon is.

As I stroked my chin, I noticed there was another explanation written below.

[※Growth-type skill]

[The higher the synchronization rate, the stronger the power becomes, and depending on the synchronization rate, you can unlock more body parts and the Black Dragon’s power]

[Synchronization rate 0.1%]

[Currently unlocked body part: Right hand]

[Currently unlocked Black Dragon power: None]

“…?”

Blink.

I blinked and stared at the description.

Growth-type skill.

I’ve heard of it before.

A late-blooming type skill that’s not good at first, but grows with consistent practice and becomes good later.

That’s why people with growth-type skills are recruited by guilds who see their future potential.

The problem is.

“I heard some people with growth-type skills took over a year just to break through the Tutorial Tower.”

Those growth-type skills had terrible compatibility for clearing the Tutorial Tower.

I had high expectations because of the manly-sounding skill name, but it’s a growth-type skill.

I really shouldn’t get fooled by names.

“Anyway, I really did awaken.”

It’s thrilling.

Now that the system has granted me a skill, it’s starting to feel real.

My hamster wheel life is finally over.

I can earn money faster and actually reach my dream of a Han River View 50-pyeong Apartment.

“For that, I need to get out of the Tutorial Tower first.”

If I can exit the Tutorial Tower in 2 weeks like Kim Tae-seong, my life will be a bed of roses.

The problem is that since Black Dragon is a growth-type skill, that’ll be difficult.

Still, it’s fine.

Since I have a growth-type skill silver spoon, if I appeal well, I might be able to join a good guild.

Before that, I decided to try using Black Dragon first…

[Entering Floor 1.]

A system message appears at just the right time.

Bright light emanating from beneath my feet instantly engulfs my body.

“Wait, hold on-“

The light covers my body before I can say anything.

Soon after, with a floating sensation as my body rises, I open my eyes and.

[Floor 1]

[Defeat 50 Goblins]

[0/50]

I was standing in a Dark Forest.

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