Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 120
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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 120
A bear.
The undisputed strongest predator of the Rocky Mountains.
Sweat flows down my burning hot spine.
‘Distance is about 200 yards.’
Its build is relatively lean.
‘This is the worst.’
A bear in late autumn is more dangerous when lean than fat. It means it’s been pushed out of food competition and is starving.
Its eyes are rolled back, ready to shove anything into its mouth.
‘It’ll catch up to us in no time from 200 yards.’
Bears are already much faster than humans, and if it’s starving like now, it’ll chase with all its might.
Johann caught his breath briefly and organized his thoughts.
‘…With my current state, I might be able to use about half of my Gorilla Strength.’
But even that much wouldn’t be enough to fight a bear.
“Why all of a sudden…”
“Didn’t you hear that cat sound just now?”
“Is something wrong?”
‘Tch!’
As the Camera Directors and Actors behind them approached in confusion, Johann brought his index finger to his lips.
“Everyone stay quiet and back away.”
Walking backwards.
Before that ferocious beast notices us.
Fortunately, it doesn’t seem to have spotted us yet. If so, we need to retreat now.
“Huh?”
“Don’t look back. Quickly.”
We mustn’t make a commotion.
We mustn’t wake the forest.
“…Gulp!”
The timid people cover their mouths to suppress screams and hesitantly back away.
A blood-curdling time where one second feels like an hour.
“Jo, Johann…”
“Shh.”
“Gasp!”
Johann pats Mackenzie Foy’s bottom and looks back.
“…Everyone is doing well.”
Perhaps thanks to the Active Shooter Drill Training that’s mandatory in Elementary School.
Even though everyone is terrified, no one is acting out.
Johann smiles looking at them watching him.
“You must never run away first.”
You mustn’t scream either.
Then that person becomes the first target.
“All predators can smell fear.”
Fear is predators’ favorite scent.
He used to like it too.
Conversely, predators, no, all beasts can also smell the scent of a predator.
“Confidence. Even while retreating like this, if you’re confident, it becomes respect for territory.”
Just don’t be loud.
That’s not respect but disrespect.
People stare blankly at Johann’s back as he speaks.
Listening to his calm tone, their fear seems to gradually fade.
That’s when it happened.
ROAAAAR!
The cry of a hungry beast shaking the forest.
“Gasp!”
“Eek!”
They urgently cover their mouths.
Johann also lowers his body further to put Mackenzie Foy down.
A relieved smile forms on his lips.
‘It’s gone!’
“Wh, what? Is it running away?”
“Should, should we run? Should we run?”
“Phew. No, it’s fine now. You can walk comfortably now.”
“Huh?”
“Some stupid beast just invaded the hungry bear’s territory.”
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have run off with such crazed eyes.
Whether it’s an animal or person, I’m truly grateful.
“Until it tears apart and devours that target, it won’t pay any attention to this side.”
“Wow…”
At the chilling words, people click their tongues and sit down.
“Are you alright!”
“Evacuate them quickly!”
Rumble!
Armed Bodyguards came rushing over.
“Its belly was very gaunt.”
-Damn! Got it! We’ll dispatch immediately!
“Yes, thank you.”
Johann hands the phone to the Assistant Director and comforts Mackenzie Foy who’s clinging tightly to him.
“It’s okay. Shh. It’s all over.”
“Sob! Hic!”
Despite crying her heart out, she can’t escape the shock.
Mark Wahlberg rubs his chest and furrows his brow.
“What’s the significance of its belly being gaunt?”
“In human terms, it means it’s been starving for about ten days.”
A Firefighter who arrived at dawn answered instead.
“Thank you, Jefferson. You saved us.”
The place where smoke was rising was deep in the forest.
If Johann hadn’t calmed people down and made them retreat, the Firefighters might have become targets of the hungry bear too.
“Holy shit…”
‘What if Johann hadn’t spotted the bear first?’
‘It was dangerous enough for the Firefighter to be grateful?’
Shiver!
Bears are animals familiar to Americans in some sense.
But realizing even a fragment of that threat makes their legs weak again.
“Th, thank you, Johann! Really thank you!”
“My God! You saved our movie!”
“Shouldn’t we raise his running guarantee, Manager?”
“Of course! Johann, where’s your Manager… There he is! Hey, Johann’s Manager!”
People grabbed Johann’s hands and expressed their gratitude, but Johann firmly shook his head.
“It’s not because of me.”
“Oh, don’t be so modest….”
“It’s because of this little one.”
Johann holds out the black panther cub.
The black panther cub that had cried out ‘No! There’s a scary presence!’
“If this little one hadn’t warned us, I would have noticed only after going a bit further, after entering the territory.”
If that had happened, we wouldn’t be able to chat and laugh like this.
A starving bear would have charged at us with eyes rolled back, regardless of how many people were here.
‘Even if we hadn’t gotten hurt, we would have suffered from mental shock for days.’
At those words, people’s gazes turn to the black panther cub.
“Meow?”
“…Didn’t California ban wild animal breeding?”
“Does anyone know about wildlife sanctuaries?”
“We need to get its leg surgery done first!”
“Food! Bring some food!”
Johann watched the bustling people while petting the black panther cub, then looked at the firefighters.
“If it’s possible, could I take this little one with me?”
The black panther cub that came like fate and saved countless people.
“I want to protect it until after the leg surgery and complete recovery.”
Until it can take care of itself.
After that, he plans to personally take it to a wildlife sanctuary.
“That’s….”
“Meow….”
The black panther cub purred at Johann’s warm touch, and the firefighters smacked their lips under pressure from that sight and people’s earnest eyes.
“Well. Adopting a stray cat is your freedom, but….”
“Wow!”
“Firefighter, you’re the best!”
Johann smiled gratefully and looked at Mackenzie Foy.
“That worked out well, right?”
“Yes! Yes!”
Mackenzie Foy carefully petted the small hero.
“Purr purr purr!”
* * *
In the end, that day’s filming was completely suspended.
Mark Wahlberg and other actors wanted to continue filming, but Matthew Payton firmly refused.
His reason was that strange culture shouldn’t take root in Hollywood.
“Promise! You have to promise!”
“Alright. I’ll definitely contact you when I take it to the hospital.”
“Yes! And….”
“Yes?”
Johann lowers his head at Mackenzie Foy’s gesture.
Smooch!
“Thank you for saving us today!”
She runs away quickly.
Johann touches his lips and furrows his brow.
“Hmm.”
Why is that.
Suddenly Emily’s angry face comes to mind.
Clip-clop!
“Mother! Let’s go! Let’s go!”
“Ho ho ho!”
Mother starts the car and pokes the side of Mackenzie Foy, whose whole body has turned red.
“Is it really just gratitude?”
“No!”
No woman kisses someone just out of gratitude.
Johann is a prince.
A prince who passes the looks test.
‘It seems like he has a really pretty girlfriend though….’
Emily Sherman, a pretty older girl who frequently appears on Johann’s SNS.
She’s a cheerleader, has top grades, is an active model, and has a great figure.
But it’s okay.
‘I’m much younger!’
“I won’t lose. I absolutely won’t lose.”
“Ho ho ho!”
Mother couldn’t help but smile at the spring breeze that had entered her daughter’s heart.
* * *
“Meow, meow.”
“…Let’s raise this one, Ada.”
Larry, who rushed over after hearing that filming was suspended because of a bear, nods while looking at the small black furball nestled in Johann’s arms.
Johann, who had grown up well despite him doing nothing as a guardian until now.
Finally, something to do had appeared.
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
Knowing it’s a wild animal, you’d be punished if you bred it.
“My goodness! You’re going to abandon this cute and lovely Mini-me to that cold and scary forest? Are you even human?!”
“That’s California law, so what can we do? So we need to register it as a pet first.”
“…Huh?”
Everyone looked at Ada and was startled.
She looks at Johann with eyes gleaming with madness.
“I know a good veterinary hospital, so we can easily lie about the breed… Since it’s still a cub, if we say we didn’t know, we can raise this girl.”
If we don’t let it outside and don’t have it appear on SNS or YouTube, it’s possible for up to three years.
“Only three years?”
“We’ll change the law within that time!”
To a wild animal, no, predator breeding permit.
“Wait, wait.”
Johann urgently stops her.
“Ada, calm down. That’s not your character.”
Flinch!
“…Phew. Sorry. I got excited.”
Seeing something cute made her lose her mind for a moment.
But it’s not an impossible story.
Because passing this bill could attract investors.
“The rich Arabs.”
“Ah!”
Many people are mistaken, but rich Arabs don’t raise predators as a simple hobby.
Predators are a means to flaunt wealth, power, and charisma.
“That’s why they always want to be with predators.”
Lobbying on our end isn’t necessary.
If we just float the luck, Arab tycoons will lobby hard for us.
“Would these Arab tycoons just come to the blue skies, beaches, and resorts to throw money around?”
No. California has Silicon Valley.
IT companies sprouting up like mushrooms, and countless banks dealing with them.
We could also win contracts for construction or desalination plants.
“Johann, do you think there’s a politician who’s free from money and jobs?”
“My goodness.”
Goosebumps rise all over my body.
I want to see it.
I want to see what Ada just described.
It would definitely be incredibly fun, and my heart would race every day until the laws are changed.
But…
“No, Ada. Predators aren’t predators for nothing.”
They can never be made to submit.
Unless you’re a predator yourself.
“Even if you raise them from when they’re nursing cubs.”
Forty percent of the scars on his back and the back of his legs were caused by the Wolf Brothers.
When they see your back, they attack.
That’s an instinct carved into predators’ DNA.
Arab tycoons probably have these same troubles.
“The Child might get bitten, you know?”
Then it wouldn’t end at just one or two politicians losing their heads. California’s political world would shake.
‘Investor Leicester Barber’ says so.
“Ugh. There was that problem…”
“So…”
Johann twists his lips.
“How about building a hotel?”
“…Huh?”
“I thought of this after hearing Ada’s words – just build a hotel where you can rest comfortably with predators, a hotel where you can safely entrust predators.”
This way there’s no need to revise laws, and we can attract Arab tycoons too.
“Isn’t that a good idea?”
‘Investor Leicester Barber’ says.
This is a viable business.
“Ooh. Wait.”
Ada’s eyes narrow.
‘If we set it up as 5-star and provide medical services in connection with Stanford University Hospital…’
“I think it could work?”
“Really?”
Larry looks at Ada in surprise.
“Yeah. With about 300 million dollars, I think we could make it work somehow.”
There’s a hotel for sale on the Malibu Coast.
It’s a 30-story hotel with only interior work remaining, a place that’s failed at auction five times since the construction company went bankrupt midway.
“The price was probably 85 million dollars.”
It’s even a hotel that comes with 500-yard beach property.
“There’s also land on the mountain side behind that could be used as walking trails.”
“Then that’s incredibly cheap? Why is it still… huh, don’t tell me?”
“Yeah. Real estate investment is still in a conservative state.”
Even though it’s been over four years since the subprime mortgage crisis occurred, America still hadn’t escaped from its aftermath.
Larry’s eyes light up.
“Let’s take that.”
Just completing the hotel and selling it would be profitable.
“Lewis & Boris handles legal services and invests instead?”
“Bingo. And we include Edward and Kellner in it too.”
Both of them would gladly invest.
When they can build relationships with Middle Eastern tycoons, would they begrudge 100 or 200 million dollars?
“That’s a good idea, isn’t it?”
As the discussion progresses smoothly, Johann gets up.
“I’ll invest 30 million dollars. Take care of the shares for me.”
“What? You’re going to light the fire and then leave?”
“Johann, you’ve been weird lately. You keep leaving. Is it puberty?”
Johann chuckles at their playful expressions and shrugs his shoulders.
“It’s not that, I’m trying to make something.”
Their eyes sparkle.
Johann who had been doing various experiments.
They don’t know what he’s doing, but it seems they’ll finally be able to know one of those results.
“What is it?”
“For now, smoke?”
“Huh?”
“Call me when it’s sorted out.”
Johann, holding the Black Panther Cub, opens a door on the 3rd floor and goes in.
A huge space dyed in darkness. The smell of chemicals stings the nose.
“Meow! Meow!”
“It’s okay. Even though your nose hurts, it’s not harmful to the body.”
If it’s going to live with him even temporarily, it’s better to get used to it.
Click!
When he turns on the light, a huge laboratory unfolds before his eyes.
A massive laboratory occupying one-third of the 3rd floor.
It’s a space he created for verification experiments when he was conquering numerous mathematical problems after absorbing and reading ‘Tragic Genius William James Sidis’, but he’s also doing various other things.
Johann sat on the sofa in the interior.
‘I need to find out the composition of smoke first.’
From candle smoke to volcano smoke.
“Enter.”
Johann closed his eyes.
* * *
A week later, at Angeles National Forest in LA.
Vroom!
Early morning, firefighters get off the fire truck.
“Kyaa!”
“Inhale, ha!”
“Mm. Fresh air!”
Is it because the air is clean?
Or is it because they’ve left the city where accidents could happen at any time?
Smiles appear on the faces of the LA firefighters who came for support.
“A fire disaster movie…”
“Isn’t this going to increase the firefighting budget again?”
“Huh? Does it work that way too?”
LA’s fire department budget had increased after Johann painted the mural.
“The budget increased just from a mural, but this is a movie.”
Moreover, since Warner Brothers is handling distribution, it will be screened nationwide.
“Oh, that’s possible.”
Happy circuits begin spinning in their heads.
But that’s only for a moment.
Thud thud!
Footsteps that grate on the ears.
Their faces contort.
“Why are those guys here? Don’t tell me they’re after Jefferson…”
Johann, who’s starring as the lead in this movie.
The firefighters who had shared the friendship competition and fire scene with him narrow their eyes.
“Nah. How would those guys know about Jefferson? It’s probably just official slacking off.”
“Ah…”
“Shut your mouth. They’re almost here.”
The LA firefighters quickly turn around and salute.
The firefighters on assignment from the Idaho Fire Department salute back.
“Since we’re here to officially slack off, we’ll be in your care.”
Flinch!
“Haha. Not at all.”
‘They must have heard.’
‘I told you to keep your voice down!’
The Man in his 50s who turned around with a grin looks at the Idaho firefighters who had their lives saved thanks to Johann.
“Isn’t it already lit?”
It’s a movie distributed by Warner no less.
Stardom is guaranteed.
“That makes it even better.”
He’s only 15 years old.
After being tormented by paparazzi clinging like leeches, he might start missing ordinary daily life.
“What if we subtly approach him then?”
The Idaho Fire Department is trying to find talent who can also serve as a face for the organization.
At those words, the Middle-aged Man bursts into cynical laughter.
“You have a talent for spouting novel bullshit.”
Would someone who became a star be crazy enough to become a firefighter?
Still, as he just said, it’s been a while since they’ve slacked off, so he decided to tolerate his subordinate’s nonsense.
“Whew! Ah.”
‘Right. This is healing!’
The feeling that the fresh air of the dense forest was clearing his chest, completely blocked by the exhaust fumes of the forest of buildings.
It feels like dying cells are coming back to life.
Swoosh!
“Oh, he’s arrived.”
The firefighters’ eyes lit up as they watched Johann get out of the car.
Flinch!
Johann, who was getting out of the car, rolls his eyes around.
‘What? Did I do something wrong?’
Since he can’t think of anything he did wrong, Johann shrugs his shoulders and approaches the firefighters.
“Huh? Oh!”
Familiar faces he didn’t expect to see here.
Johann waves his hand and smiles brightly at the firefighters he met at the friendship competition.
“You’re all gathered here!”
Perfect timing.
It saved him the trouble of looking for them.
“Huh? Is something wrong?”
“Actually, there’s something I wanted to ask you all for help with!”
Since he completed the smoke yesterday, he wanted to ask for their evaluation.
“Smoke?”
“It’s smoke that’s exactly like wildfire smoke… I think it’s 100 percent identical, but I’m curious what active firefighters think.”
At those words, the firefighter who had told Johann about smoke grenades and the other firefighters look at each other.
“Pfft!”
“Oh! You already made that? You’re pretty handy!”
They completely don’t believe it.
‘Well…’
Even Johann himself wouldn’t believe it.
In times like this, you just have to show them.
Johann took out a large can from the bag he brought and set it down.
“Could you step back for a moment?”
There’s no fire risk, but just in case.
“Haha. Sure, sure.”
As the firefighters step back with amused laughter, Johann takes out a remote control from his bag.
“I’m setting it off! One, two, three!”
BOOM!
“Ugh!”
The firefighters frown and grit their teeth at the ear-splitting roar.
Shiver!
“Crazy!”
The firefighters reflexively step back, and some turn toward the fire truck.
Thick, fierce, ash-colored smoke that instantly expands and spreads in all directions.
The devil’s breath that can never be expressed in human words.
It’s a wildfire.
Right now, at this moment, a wildfire has started at this location they’re looking at.
“What the hell is…”
They looked back and forth between that thing which had fooled even their veteran senses for a moment, and Johann.
“How is it? Do you all feel it’s the same as wildfire smoke too?”
“…Do we feel it’s the same?”
The firefighter who let out a hollow laugh points to the distant sky instead of answering.
Thud thud thud thud thud thud!
“…Oh.”
The sound of a helicopter getting closer and closer.
Johann blinked his eyes.
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