Villain’s Programming - Chapter 284



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Episode 284: The Talent of the Morning Star

Dojun opened his eyes wide.

‘What is this? Trust has been established with a non-human being?’

Something unimaginable was happening right before my eyes.

‘What? Are you two fighting?’

To Dojun’s eyes, it seemed as if the messages were fighting each other.

The messages were fiercely opposed to each other and came down to one thing.

The message paused for a moment, and the circle began to spin around. It looked just like the screen that appears when loading into a game.

In that moment, Do-jun’s eyes lit up brightly. It was so bright that Do-jun had to close his eyes for a moment and then open them.

… …

Dojun opened his eyes wide. A new exceptional trust was created that had never existed before, and Saetbyeol’s trustworthiness appeared.

‘This is crazy. The Morning Star’s reliability is 50%?’

Saetbyul always kept nagging at Dojun, so he thought he didn’t trust him. But now that he looks at it, it’s 50% true.

Nowadays, most of my acquaintances trust me more than 80%, but that wasn’t the case in the past. It was hard to even get above 10%.

‘Wait a minute, that’s not important. What kind of impact would this have had on the world where the morning star exists?’

Do-jun was about to ask Saet-byeol how she was doing, but he had to stop because the message appeared again.

Dojun opened his mouth wide.

‘What? You’re giving me talent too?’

Do-jun’s last talent was not a newly developed talent, but a ‘helper’ that was created by combining ‘hunting’ and ‘the eye for wealth’. So he thought he had no more talents.

‘You even gave me talent. Was it really that great to have trust with Saetbyeol?’

Dojun looked in front of him to see what kind of talent he had. Then, three cards appeared.

“ah!”

It was a talent card I hadn’t seen in a long time.

Dojun smiled at the familiar message. He didn’t worry about which one to choose.

“Saturday Star. Which one do you like better, 1, 2, or 3?”

“You were watching everything, weren’t you? Isn’t that obvious?”

“Hey. Even if you say that, the reliability is only 50%. You, I’ve caught you as a tsundere. Okay, so tell me quickly. 1, 2, 3. Which one do you like?”

Saetbyeol hesitated for a moment at Dojun’s words and then said.

“Wow. Are you having trouble making choices?”

“I’ve always been like that?”

“So just pick one.”

Dojun shook his head as he looked at the morning star clearly expressing her opinion right in front of him.

‘Then there is a way.’

“Saturday Star. Is there anyone in the world you live in who is bothering you?”

“How many people?”

Dojun’s eyes lit up.

‘The bully is definitely the one who wants to destroy the Saetbyeol world? How can he say that so easily? I guess this isn’t censored?’

“Okay. Then it’s number 1.”

Saetbyeol was startled by Dojun’s words and tried to say something. But Dojun had already chosen a card.

“One time!”

At Dojun’s words, the cards glowed and after a while, the first card was turned over.

“uh?”

[LINK (EXTRA)]

– Linked to the morning star.

– You can upload.

– You can make voice calls.

– Level: 1/5(MAX)

Dojun blinked.

‘What is this? A link with Saetbyul? I’m already connected to Saetbyul? This is ridiculous. Is this talent?’

Until now, talent was, as the saying goes, a ‘talent’ that anyone could recognize. It was something that people could have, like baseball, fashion, or the detection of evil.

But the ‘link’ I just received was hard to see as ‘talent’ at all costs.

‘How can being connected to the Morning Star be considered a talent? And the rank is EXTRA? This rank is a first. Isn’t EXTRA usually a gangster rank? But the highest level is only 5?’

Until now, the better the talent, the higher the MAX level. If we look at it that way, this talent was a complete ‘fail’.

Dojun asked Saetbyeol.

“Saturday Star, I think this is a dud.”

“Yeah. I picked it. Tsk, did I ask the wrong question? It’s been going well so far.”

Do-jun felt regretful, but he pushed his regret aside. Both talent and trust were additional things he gained while trying to acquire ‘one’.

Dojun asked with a slightly calmer expression.

“How are you, Morning Star? Has it affected your world? Has the world that is about to fall apart changed a bit?”

* * *

Saetbyeol felt her heart sink as she said those words.

‘What? Why are you doing this?’

It was clearly a joke. The Master had just given me the medicine and was trying it out. But when he said that, my body started shaking uncontrollably.

‘It’s as if something was unlocked by those words.’

Saetbyul’s face turned red, and her heart started pounding like crazy.

The message the Master saw was also seen by the Morning Star.

‘I trust the Master 50%?’

I thought that couldn’t be true. He was always like a child left alone, anxious and uneasy.

Trusting such a master by 50% seemed seriously wrong.

Another message appeared. A card appeared in front of me, and the Master asked me to choose one of the three.

The master chose a card with the number of the bully.

‘Of course, something is definitely wrong. How can I trust such a pathetic person 50% of the time?’

Saetbyeol thought that would never happen.

It was then that the ‘black pillar’ that had been moving in the distance changed direction and began to come towards him.

‘Why are you doing that?’

At the same time, a light came down from the sky. The light enveloped the morning star and lifted it up into the sky.

“uh?”

Saetbyeol tried to move her body, but she couldn’t move.

‘What is it? Why is it like this?’

The morning star’s face turned pale. There was still some distance, but it seemed like if it continued like this, he would be swept away by the ‘black pillar’.

‘It’ll be okay. The black pillar is slow. And the Master will do something for you.’

Saetbyeol thought that since the Master had created this situation, the solution also lay with the Master.

For a moment, Saetbyeol flinched. It was because she felt like she trusted the Master.

‘Really… Do I believe it?’

That was when the Master spoke.

– Okay. Then it’s number 1.

Saetbyeol gave up everything at the Master’s words.

‘Can I really trust it?’

– Saetbyeol. I think this is a dud.

At the Master’s words, Saetbyeol looked at the ‘talent window’.

‘Huh? Talent is a link?’

Saetbyeol was surprised when she saw the ‘Link’ description window.

‘You can upload things to me and have voice chat?’

The Master thought it was nothing special, but this was something huge.

‘There’s room for the Master to interfere in the world I live in!’

Saetbyul wanted to tell him about the ‘meaning’ of this talent right away. But the Master asked.

– Saetbyul, how are you? Has it affected your world? Has the world that was supposed to fall apart changed at all?

“No. Not at all.”

The black pillar was approaching, but was slow.

‘It seems like it happened because of the Master, so if the Master does something, it will be resolved.’

It was then that a message appeared before the eyes of Saetbyeol and the Master.

– Try out all the link’s features.

– Time limit: 10 minutes.

– Reward: Talent level up, link completion.

– On failure: ‘Link’ talent is deleted.

A ‘black pillar’ with a message began to approach the morning star at incredible speed.

The time the black pillar arrived was the same as the ‘quest time limit’.

* * *

Dojun opened his eyes wide.

‘What the heck, a quest even appeared? I haven’t even completed the previous quest yet?’

Actually, Dojun was doing the ‘GOTY’ quest. So I thought no other quests would appear, but this quest did.

‘This is a total windfall, but something feels off.’

Dojun looked closely at the quest window.

This quest was different from the previous ones.

‘Qualifications test? And the time limit is 10 minutes?’

In addition, the quest was forced to start. Something was off, but Dojun wasn’t too worried. He thought it wouldn’t be that difficult.

‘Voice calls and uploads. No problem.’

Dojun tried a voice call first. It was simple. As soon as he decided to make a ‘voice call’, he heard Saetbyeol’s voice in his head.

– Ah. Master, please do something!

Dojun opened his mouth wide. Up until now, Dojun had been conversing with Saetbyeol in the form of ‘text’.

That wasn’t bad, because the text objectively gave Dojun a lot of information.

But when I heard the voice, it sounded a little different.

“Saturday Star… Are you in danger right now?”

The urgency and trembling of Saetbyeol could be felt in her voice.

– Ma. Master? Can you hear my voice?

“Oh. Morning Star.”

– ah.

“What happened?”

– That’s… Beep—————- Eight. Shit. Not again!

Saetbyul was nervous. She said something, but was censored again.

“Saturday Star. Are you okay?”

– No, it’s not okay! Master. Hurry up! Hurry up and finish the quest. Hurry up!

Dojun nodded at the urgent voice.

“okay.”

Dojun looked at the quest window.

– ‘Voice call’ trial completed.

– ‘Upload’ is not complete.

– Time remaining: 6 minutes 21 seconds.

‘Okay, just upload it. But what should I upload?’

The method of ‘uploading’ was not difficult. Dojun said, holding the ‘ballpoint pen’ that was on the desk.

“Upload.”

That was when.

“Huh? You can’t? Wait… Wait, then what can I upload?”

Dojun asked, but there was no answer.

“Saturday Star. What should I upload?”

– I don’t know either! Hurry up. By the way, Master, hurry up!

“I’m trying to hurry up too!”

Dojun held the cup in his hand and tried to ‘upload’ it again. But, as expected, it didn’t work.

‘Wait a minute? That’s upload? It’s not used anywhere else. It’s only used on computers! No way? You mean software?’

Dojun immediately chose one of the ‘hacking’ programs on his computer and spoke.

“Upload!”

Dojun, who saw the message appear, hit the desk with his fist.

‘No. If this doesn’t work, what else can I upload?’

Dojun tried everything from liquids like coffee to computer parts, just in case.

But they all failed.

‘Damn it! So that’s why they call it a qualification test for the impossible.’

Dojun, whose heart was burning, drank the coffee in his cup in one shot.

– Time remaining: 2 minutes 14 seconds.

Dojun looked at the time and thought about it.

‘What the hell am I supposed to upload? Is this really the quest I was supposed to complete?’

Dojun looked at the message again.

‘Impossible? How can you do the impossible!’

Dojun had a feeling that this quest wasn’t meant to be completed.

But then it was.

[ Meow! ]

‘Copycat’, who had been playing next to the monitor since a while ago, was ‘yawning’ at Dojun.

At that moment, Dojun’s eyes widened.

‘Wait? Copycat? Copycat?’

Copycat was able to roam the ‘cyber world’ at will.

‘Uploading is… definitely only for use on computers! Really?’

Then the morning star shouted.

– Master! Please!

– Time remaining: 0 minutes 35 seconds.

Dojun gritted his teeth and grabbed the ‘copycat’ and said.

“Upload!”

At that moment, Copycat said, “Meow?” and disappeared from my sight.