Reset Life with Infinite Talents - Chapter 5

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Infinite Talent Reset Life Episode 5

 

 

”Hmm. Looks like she came from a custody facility.”

A facility that provides custody and rehabilitation for boys and girls who committed minor crimes, not serious crimes that would send them to juvenile detention center.

“To gang up on someone like that just because of their race…”

Unlike Larry who glances and then ignores it, Ada frowns, having experienced racial discrimination in her childhood.

“What a terrible person.”

That kind of behavior wouldn’t be good for the young girl who appears to be his daughter either.

‘That doesn’t seem right.’

Johann looks at the black girl.

‘That’s not a genuinely aggrieved expression.’

The observational power that ‘The One Who Became a Star’ was born with tells him.

That it’s an act.

That she’s hiding something in her arms.

When he focuses on that instinctive cry, the black girl was indeed paying attention to the inside of her jumper.

Johann closes his eyes.

‘Search. Wolf Howling at the Moon. Absorption.’

-Awoooooo!

Johann who opened his eyes smirked.

‘The One Who Became a Star’s’ observational power was right. The white middle-aged man’s scent was coming from inside the girl’s jumper.

Johann who closed and opened his eyes again glanced at Ada and stepped forward.

A person as kind as Larry, Ada Wong.

She had become part of his pack.

Then he had to let her know. He had to teach her the mistake.

What was truth and what was false.

So she wouldn’t make such mistakes in the future.

So she wouldn’t waste her attention on such useless beings in this America.

“Johann?”

Johann who let go of Ada’s hand heads toward the center of the commotion.

And opens his mouth.

“I saw earlier… this girl taking a man’s wallet.”

“Jo, Johann!”

With attention focused on him, Johann looks at Larry and Ada who hurriedly followed.

“So, sorry. The kid is still young…”

“It’s true, Larry. I saw this girl put a man’s wallet inside her jumper earlier.”

‘Pickpocketing.’

Maybe the white middle-aged man dropped it and she picked it up.

Even so, that girl had committed a crime.

‘If she found it, she should return it to the owner.’

At Johann’s confident appearance, people’s bewildered gazes turn toward the black girl. Eyes that waver, opposite to Johann’s.

The eyes of the people in suits who had been defending the black girl and stopping the white middle-aged man change.

“Would you mind showing us your inner pocket?”

A firm tone, different from just before.

When the person in a suit reaches out his hand, the black girl hurriedly grabs her jumper and backs away.

“That’s ridiculous! A, are you believing that yellow monkey right now?!”

Yellow monkey.

At that expression, the surroundings instantly become quiet. People’s distorted eyes change to certainty.

That was the moment.

Chill!

Johann who looked up at Ada as the senses of ‘Wolf Howling at the Moon’ sounded a warning is startled.

“This crazy nigger calling who a monkey!”

Ada grabs the black girl’s dreadlocks and clenches her fist.

Monkey. A vicious racist remark.

Having experienced terrible racial discrimination during her school years, she couldn’t help but be more sensitive to such things than others.

If she had been young enough to act without knowing better, she would have scolded her sharply and given advice to correct it, but late teens is already old enough to know what they should know and take responsibility for their words.

Ada decided not to hold back.

“You’re dead today.”

‘…Wow.’

“Wa, wait a moment, ma’am!”

“Yo, you can’t do this!”

“Ah! Let go! Let go-?!”

Ada and the black girl, and people getting tangled up with each other.

Then…

Thud!

A long wallet rolls on the floor.

Johann, who saw it while attention was focused only on Ada and the black girl, picks up the wallet. And approaches the white middle-aged man.

“This is your wallet, right?”

The middle-aged man’s eyes widened.

 

“I, I just picked it up…”

“Shut up.”

The gazes of the people in suits who had been on the girl’s side just moments before become colder than ice.

“Thank you for having the courage, little one. That was impressive.”

They pat Johann’s head.

Ada hands out a business card.

“If this girl wants to sue me, please contact this number.”

“Le, Lewis & Boris.”

“I’m senior attorney Ada Wong.”

A giant law firm with over 200 affiliated attorneys. A law firm with a very notorious reputation here in LA.

Ada approaches the black girl.

“If you want your life to become more hardcore than it is now, feel free to sue.”

“I, I…”

The girl who turned pale was dragged away, and Ada snorted.

Larry pokes Ada’s side.

“I thought your old temper had died, but it’s still there?”

Ada who never gave in despite suffering terrible racial discrimination.

“Be quiet. It’s better than you hitting her and making the newspapers.”

If a white adult male had hit a black girl, regardless of the truth, LA would have been turned upside down.

But when an Asian hits a black person, it’s not like that. No one pays attention. Even though Ada looks white, her roots are Chinese.

This America was that kind of country.

The two approached Johann and the white middle-aged man who were already having a conversation.

“Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would have lost something precious. This is small but it’s a token of my gratitude.”

Even if he lost all the money in his wallet it wouldn’t matter, but the family photos that must never be lost.

The white middle-aged man takes out all the money from his wallet and stuffs it into Johann’s pocket.

“That’s too much money for a child, sir.”

“He found something that precious to me. Nice to meet you. I’m Edward Sherman.”

“I’m Larry Jefferson.”

“I’m Ada Wong, Mr. Sherman.”

Johann who withdrew his gaze from the adults fidgets with his now thick pocket.

‘This is money?’

An essential item for survival in the city, and the currency he had always seen in the lives of Larry, Johann Jaeger, and other beings he had accessed through Reading.

But holding it directly like this felt somehow different.

‘The first money I’ve ever earned…’

And it was the first money he’d earned using the library’s abilities at that.

Since Larry hadn’t sold the animal hides yet, this was truly the first.

‘Why is it…’

Thrilling.

A completely different kind of thrill from successfully hunting after overcoming dangers in the forest shook his entire body.

It wasn’t because he had gained something material. Something more profound than that stimulated his whole being.

A small change occurred in the thoughts he’d had before coming to the department store.

‘It’s not just about increasing capacity limits…’

“Oh, hello?”

“Hm?”

Johann stopped thinking and looked up.

A young girl holding Edward’s hand with a shy smile.

“Yeah. Hello. I’m Johann. And you?”

“I, I’m Emily. Emily Sherman. How old are you?”

“Eleven, for now?”

“Really? Me too!”

Emily’s face brightened completely.

A boy her age who had appeared like a hero in a movie to save her father and herself. Emily’s lips began to quiver.

“Haha. Kids really do become friends quickly.”

“Since this is fate, if you haven’t eaten yet, how about joining us?”

“…Shall we?”

A sense of crisis that his daughter would sulk if they parted like this.

They moved to a different spot.

 

* * *

 

‘My goodness.’

The exclamation that Ada and Larry occasionally uttered came out naturally.

The juicy patty between soft and chewy buns, seasoned saltily with pepper and salt, was an even greater shock than the chicken soup.

And what about the fluffy french fries soaked in rich oil, and the milkshake that hit his tongue and struck his entire body with sweetness starting from his head.

His mind became hazy.

His breathing quickened and his face reddened.

“This is… a hamburger?”

Through The One Who Became a Star’s memories, he had known what it would taste like intellectually, but actually tasting it with his tongue was completely different from intellectual knowledge.

This was the taste of heaven.

Who could have invented this incredible food?

Whoever it was, their name would surely be recorded in the library.

“Is this your first time eating a hamburger?”

Seeing Johann breathing heavily, Emily’s face also reddened.

‘Se, sexy!’

“Oh, yeah. I lived in the Rocky Mountains until recently.”

“Really? You’re the first person I’ve met from the Rocky Mountains! Did you go to school there?”

“I’ll be going to school in LA now.”

A conversation with a girl his age.

It was a new experience.

Since the only females he’d met so far were Wolf Mother, Ada, and the hospital nurse, Johann engaged quite actively in the conversation.

“But what about you? Have you eaten hamburgers a lot?”

“No… I haven’t really eaten them much.”

“What? Something this delicious, why not?”

‘Is she crazy?’

Or maybe there was even more delicious food out there.

How should he find out? Johann’s mind raced quickly.

“To become a model, I have to avoid high-calorie foods.”

“…Model?”

Johann looked at the chicken breast salad placed in front of Emily.

Greens without even dressing sprinkled on them.

“What do you want to become a model for?”

“I’m going to become famous!”

“Why?”

“Because I want to shine like them!”

“Shine… you do?”

“Yes! Isn’t it cool to walk the runway under glamorous spotlights?”

Plus, whatever they say is taken seriously.

From simple gossip to sports, society, environment – all topics.

Was it because Johann was taking her seriously? Emily, who had been suffering inside because no one had ever taken her seriously before, got excited and chattered away before catching herself.

“So, sorry. I was the only one talking, wasn’t I? Johann, what do you want to become in the future?”

“Me… money? For now, I want to earn a lot of money.”

No, that wasn’t right.

Through The One Who Became a Star, through the incident just now, he had clearly realized what he wanted to do.

‘First, I need to increase my capacity limits as much as possible.’

Money was just a byproduct of that process.

The library could make him become anything.

If he could experience such interesting things just by absorbing one life, how thrilling and enjoyable would it be if he could absorb all the lives in the library?

How thrilling would the recognition and attention from people that followed be?

Moreover, while he could only absorb one now, later he would be able to absorb two or three at once.

‘I want to see it.’

The changes he would feel when he absorbed multiple lives.

‘The recognition and attention. The fun.’

But since he couldn’t talk about the library, Johann had no choice but to use money as an excuse.

“How? There are many ways to make money. Um. There are stocks too.”

“That’s one method, but since I don’t know yet how much I can do, I’m not deciding. I just want to earn money through every method I can. But not crime. Ada would scold me.”

Was there really a need to commit crimes?

Johann and Emily glanced at Ada, who was talking with Edward.

“Then you could become a scientist too?”

“Hmm. A scientist… That’s not bad?”

“Huh? No, no! Pretend you didn’t hear that! Cancel!”

“You want me to pretend I didn’t hear what I already heard? How?”

“No, I…”

Emily fidgeted restlessly, worried that Johann’s future might be decided because of her, and the adults watched this scene warmly.

“Your son is quite mature.”

Having exchanged business cards and realized that Ada’s surname was Wong, making her Asian.

“My son is still… Ack?!”

Ada, who had poked Larry’s side, smiled brightly.

“Your daughter also has clear convictions, doesn’t she?”

At an age when girls are busy watching TV or magazines and putting on makeup.

An age when they think being pretty is everything.

Even so, she’s making an effort through diet control for her own dreams.

But even that was only a primary goal. Emily was dreaming of something even greater.

It would be difficult even when she got older than now.

“Haha. After watching a few documentary videos about modeling, she’s been talking like that. For now, I’m just letting her try whatever she wants to do and watching over her.”

Edward shrugs his shoulders as he says this.

“Hmm. Mr. Jefferson.”

“Yes, Mr. Sherman.”

“You mentioned that you run a management company. What does one need to do to become a model? And how clean is that world?”

Larry also becomes serious at this fatherly curiosity.

“Hmm. The modeling and fashion world is also a place where people, interests, and greed are intertwined, so it can’t be said to be entirely clean.”

The three adults had such a serious conversation.

 

“I hope we can meet again next time.”

“Haha. If you have any questions, please contact me anytime.”

“Take care, Johann. You must contact me when you get your mobile phone, okay?”

“I’ll contact you third. First and second will be Larry and Ada.”

“Yes!”

Emily waved her hand as she walked away until she could no longer be seen, and Johann swatted away Larry’s hand that was patting his head.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s not like that.”

“Hehe. Everyone says that at first.”

‘Should I hit him?’

Larry’s vital spot was conveniently right in front of his eyes.

But Johann’s thought ended up being a dud.

“My goodness! Larry, do you know who we just met?”

Ada, shedding the pretense she had been wearing and getting excited.

“He said his name was Edward Sherman.”

“That’s right! Edward Sherman! The BlackRock LA Branch manager!”

Ada waves the business card with only his name and contact information written on it.

“Black… Rock? You don’t mean that BlackRock?!”

BlackRock, a famous asset management company even in America where there are countless financial-related companies like investment firms, investment banks, and private equity funds.

BlackRock, which is currently taking care of America’s collapsed economy.

If he’s a BlackRock branch manager, it makes sense that Ada would be excited.

A BlackRock branch manager is someone difficult to meet for a senior attorney, let alone if you’re not the representative of Lewis & Boris.

“For such an important person, he seemed quite gentle though…”

“Is that the issue right now? We need to get investment through this connection!”

In the current American economy where even successful banks are going bankrupt.

They needed to secure reserve funds first.

At those words, Larry’s expression hardens as he firmly shakes his head.

“Forget it. I don’t want to gain such benefits through a connection made through Johann.”

“…What does that make me then. Sigh. Fine. Let’s just think of it as making a good connection.”

“Haha. Good thinking. Well then, shall we get going too?! Oh, Johann. Did you enjoy the hamburger?”

“Thoroughly.”

Enough to make him want to eat it every day.

 

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