The Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with a Song - Chapter 150

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Tone-Deaf Healer Kills with Song – Episode 150
Jung Hwan-jae had clearly hurled Dante beyond that threshold.
I’d seen it with my own two eyes, yet he showed no sign of concern whatsoever.
Normally, whenever he made a mistake, he’d glance at me nervously—but apparently, he didn’t even consider this incident worthy of that category.
“…Understood. Let’s go!”
Regrettably, I harbored no intention of scolding Jung Hwan-jae simply because he’d teleported Dante beyond the barrier.
After all, he was a renowned Hunter recognized across the globe—a little tumble in the Nike Building wouldn’t cause him any real harm.
“Yes, the people waiting at Nike will handle the rest on their own.”
“Have you decided where you’d like to go?”
“I’ve visited the United States far more often than expected. I was hoping there might be somewhere you’d like to see, Ye-ah.”
I could only laugh awkwardly and shake my head.
I’d never even visited Japan, the closest destination—how could I possibly have plans for the United States?
I’d only imagined myself rolling around in dungeons until the final day, returning to Korea haggard and worn.
It wasn’t until arriving in the United States that I realized I’d have some leisure time, but by then it was already too late to devise any sightseeing itinerary.
“What are you doing today, Hwa-jon?”
“Ah, when I asked if he’d join Dante’s dungeon clear, he declined, saying he needed to conduct research on elixir formulations.”
“Elixir formulations?”
“Apparently, the Okwanhdan is an extremely delicate spirit medicine, and even the slightest error in measurement or proportion yields disastrous results.”
Jung Hwan-jae seemed equally bewildered, lacking much knowledge about the creation process himself.
I conjured images reminiscent of movie researchers—adding and removing various substances, getting caught in explosions, their lustrous hair reduced to a disheveled mess.
I knew I was exaggerating, but I couldn’t help finding such thoughts amusing.
“Ye-ah, what are you smiling about so happily?”
“…Is it that obvious I’m smiling?”
“Yes, quite obviously so.”
Jung Hwan-jae wore a worried expression, as if wondering whether he should have pretended not to notice.
To be precise, I’d been grinning far too visibly while entertaining rather mischievous thoughts.
I scratched the back of my head sheepishly and shook my head.
Sensing that I’d returned from my reverie, Jung Hwan-jae gently extended his hand.
“Is it another dungeon expedition?”
“Would somewhere other than the United States or Korea be acceptable?”
“Ah, I don’t like that.”
A disgruntled voice emerged from somewhere.
It was a voice I’d grown accustomed to by now. Lucy.
He’d manifested in human form after quite some time, regarding us with his gaze.
Whatever the case, it appeared to be a matter requiring his direct intervention.
“Is this something that would strain you, Lucy? If so, there’s no need to push yourself….”
“The only thing that would strain Lucy is saving someone on the brink of death.”
Jung Hwan-jae spoke with casual composure, as though most matters posed no difficulty for Lucy whatsoever.
That composed demeanor apparently earned him bonus points with Lucy, whose lips trembled before breaking into a grin.
“Well, what can I say.”
“And Lucy isn’t competent enough to understand what I’m asking for without me having to say it, is he?”
Until now, I’d assumed Lucy was taking full responsibility for Jung Hwan-jae and accommodating him somewhat.
But seeing it firsthand, Jung Hwan-jae was manipulating Lucy with complete freedom.
Despite his transparent attitude, Lucy had specialized in scratching exactly where it itched—offering help so willingly that he’d close his eyes and let it slide.
“Then I suppose I should do it. Since I’m so perceptive.”
“Yeah, I’d really appreciate it if perceptive Lucy would do this for me.”
Jung Hwan-jae’s voice was neither coaxing nor emotional—merely matter-of-fact.
Lucy took a few theatrical steps before rolling his foot once.
The Subspace Arena that Jung Hwan-jae usually carved out by slashing through empty air materialized in an instant.
I reflexively glanced around.
“There’s no one here. And even if there were, they wouldn’t be able to see an entrance to this place.”
Lucy, his voice calm, soon turned back to us with a mischievous grin.
“I’ll make my exit now, so go ahead and spend some warm time together, or sweet time, or have a dogfight—do whatever you want.”
“A dogfight, really….”
Before I could even mutter a response, Lucy appeared behind us and gave my back a light push.
It was a genuinely gentle touch, yet my body lurched forward involuntarily. In an instant, the scenery shifted.
“Don’t be nervous. Nothing will happen.”
Jung Hwan-jae, wrapping his arm around my shoulder, whispered softly. I hadn’t been tense to begin with, but hearing his voice made me relax even further.
“Now, look down beneath your feet.”
“Huh? Beneath my feet—oh!”
My voice came out somewhere between a gasp and an exclamation.
That was only natural, since it mingled both shock and wonder.
Below my eyes, countless characters drifted leisurely through the void.
Some I could recognize, while others I’d never seen once in my entire life.
Some of the text was so chaotic it made my head spin just looking at it, appearing and disappearing at random.
“What is all of this?”
“This is a special privilege granted only to those ranked first. Until now, only I and Dante knew of this place.”
“Liri has never mentioned anything like this….”
“Fundamentally, it’s difficult to find your way here. You need a certain level of skill or the ability to command your own power to even know how to leave.”
“Ah….”
It certainly seemed that finding a proper path in a place with neither beginning nor end would be no simple task.
Honestly, if Jung Hwan-jae let go of me right now, I’d become completely lost in some universe or whatever this world was.
I blinked slowly.
What I’d thought were characters transformed into images, and countless lifeforms streamed past the scenes displayed before me.
“Is this the Valkyrie Network?”
“Precisely. Though this is only an extremely small portion….”
“Only an extremely small portion?”
The landscape before me seemed to require a lifetime just to explore.
And this was supposedly just a tiny fraction.
“Can we actually extract and use data directly from here?”
“It’s possible, but the data here would be difficult to handle without filtering from the Assigned Staff Members, the Valkyrie Network, or stats.”
The human body is essentially a device that receives and processes data.
If the body receives data exceeding its maximum capacity, it could collapse entirely.
That’s basic information, but since no one was known to possess the power to access ‘raw data’ directly, it remained mere hearsay.
“So there really are people who can see this kind of data.”
“Yes, but once you enter here, something will change.”
“What do you mean?”
He stared at me intently, as if asking whether I could see something.
And in that same moment, countless system windows flooded over me.
The Valkyrie Network confirms a new access authorization request.
Awakener ‘Yeom Ye-ah’ has achieved a new Achievement in the World of Existence.
Access authorization to the Valkyrie Network is granted to Awakener ‘Yeom Ye-ah’.
Should a crisis of a certain magnitude approach in the World of Existence, the Valkyrie Network will permit your ‘Limit Breakthrough’.
“Limit Breakthrough? I thought Awakeners were supposed to have no limits to ability enhancement in the first place….”
“That’s correct. But this is a Limit Breakthrough by the standards of an Awakener.”
No matter how far I advanced, I could never escape the condition of being human.
But here, it meant I could transcend even an Awakener’s limits.
“Though I have to say, I’d rather not experience a ‘crisis of a certain magnitude’.”
Ignoring my murmur, brilliant clusters of stars suddenly poured down from all directions, as if celebrating the authorization of a new Awakener.
Technically, they were data clusters. But they were beautiful.
“You might think this isn’t an appropriate date location. Or perhaps Ye-ah wanted to discover this herself, but out of my own selfishness….”
“Thank you, senior.”
Data is ultimately a fragment of the world and memories that countless people have built up.
Only the two of us can see it in this world. Through countless coincidences layered upon each other.
“It’s the best date ever!”

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Novels. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————