Martial Arts Returnee's Game Broadcast-Chapter 381: The Freed Experiment

 The Gongneung of the upper body transcends both the game and reality.

The power that connects through the soul, not the body.

The internal power gained from the game continues into reality, and the internal power gained in reality can be used in the game as well.

Mark 2’s spirit contract was the same.

Although the power was gained in the virtual reality game Gladiator Growth, its manifestation was clearly visible in reality.

“Ma’am, my body is overflowing with power. Mark 2 feels so light, it seems like I could fly.”

[You really are flying, so please come down.]

The spirit of the cigarette cloud, Mark 2.

She marveled at her body, now faintly transformed like a spirit, in reality.

“M-Mark 2 is a ghost...!”

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“Ah! Eve, please, get a hold of yourself!”

Though there was a bit of a commotion with Eve fainting from shock, the very existence of Mark 2 defied common sense.

Anyone connected to awakening powers cannot be judged by ordinary common sense.

One can either accept or reject it.

That’s all people can do in the face of unknown things.

“Mark 2 is still Mark 2, even though she’s a spirit!”

“Isn’t she cuter now that she’s a spirit?”

“I wish I could be a spirit of my sister...”

It led to an unexpected problem.

Mark 2’s transformation into a spirit became so popular that everyone wanted to imitate her.

“Guild Master, would you contract me if I became a spirit?”

[No.]

“Sister, what if I became the spirit of martial arts?”

[There’s no such spirit in this world.]

Ujiwoo and Jo Ayoung both eagerly wanted to become spirits, unable to calm their impatience.

“I know Mark 2 is cute, but it’s problematic that everyone’s trying to imitate her. It diminishes her rarity.”

At least Eve was the only one who didn’t say she wanted to become a spirit.

Instead, Eve scolded Ha Eung Eung.

“Sister Ha Eung Eung. Where in the world do parents make their child’s spirit contract with a cigarette cloud? Do you know how harmful smoking is?”

[Sorry, back then I naturally thought of using the cigarette I smoke every day as the medium to see Mark 2 every day.]

“Hoo... It can’t be helped since it already happened. By the way, how’s Dr. Johan II’s magic?”

Ha Eung Eung nodded confidently.

[I’ve excluded it all. Now, Mark 2 runs on my own magical power as a source of energy.]

Dr. Johan II’s magical supply threats no longer had any effect.

Mark 2 had been freed.

Kidnapping and threats were useless.

By using the spirit contract to send Mark 2 to the spirit world and then re-summon her, that was all it took.

The medium was also the cigarette cloud.

As long as she smoked, Mark 2 could be summoned anywhere.

“You didn’t just want to find a reason to smoke, did you?”

[Of course not.]

I swear, she didn’t enjoy smoking.

It was just a childish act from her youth.

The idea of smoking female characters being cool had led to a restriction.

This restriction only became a chain that took away her precious time.

She just wanted to give meaning to the painful hours she spent alone in contemplation.

A convenient reason to mumble, calling it the time spent summoning Mark 2.

“Sister Ha Eung Eung. I have a question.”

[Go ahead.]

“Will you call her in the game world as well?”

[If she wants to, yes.]

“Even outside of Gladiator Growth?”

Eve hesitated before speaking, as if feeling uncomfortable.

“For example... Half-Demon Song?”

[I respect the freedom of her will.]

“In Half-Demon Song, you seem a little unsafe. It might have a bad influence on Mark 2 as well.”

Ha Eung Eung couldn’t deny it.

She, too, had been shaken many times by the game.

Half-Demon Song was the game in which she had consumed the most emotions and gone through the most emotional turmoil after her return.

“Most importantly, if that child dies in the game, we don’t know what will happen.”

[Mark 2 is connected to me. If any danger comes to her, she’ll instinctively sense it.]

“On the contrary, Mark 2 could also sense your danger, Sister. What if Mark 2 comes out to save you and dies, disappearing? Have you considered the possibility that she might disappear from reality as well?”

Exploring a mysterious game world with a daughter.

Sharing the same time, the same experiences.

It was not something to be brushed off with a careless mindset.

“It’s fine, Eve.”

“Mark 2?”

“Mark 2 has thought about her own disappearance.”

There are no eternal flowers.

All flowers must fade eventually.

But Eve wasn’t someone who would ignore the possibility of that day arriving.

She wasn’t unaware of Eve’s worries.

“Comfort. Eve is my second mother. So, I don’t want you to worry.”

“Child Mark 2. How could I not worry about you, seeing how tenderhearted you are?”

“Worry. Mark 2 has always suffered under the pressure of output limitations. The more precious Mama and the Haennam faction became, the more afraid I was to use my power.”

Mark 2’s hidden true feelings that no one knew about.

Only Ha Eung Eung had guessed her true heart.

“Fear. I was afraid of using all my strength and becoming scrap. I was afraid of running out of energy and never waking up again.”

“Mark 2. I can’t believe you were worried about that...”

“Assertion. I’ve always felt the fear of death. It’s just that now the energy I’ve been given is more than before.”

Even if Mark 2 becomes a clone, a cyborg, or even a spirit, her essence does not change.

The desire to resemble her original body.

The will to follow in her mother’s footsteps.

Mark 2 remained the same.

Eve never realized the care hidden beneath her cuteness and clumsiness.

Eve’s gaze, confronted with this truth, turned toward a tree branch that stretched beyond the yard.

“It’s spring. The season of flowers that I didn’t even notice has arrived.”

Though one may praise the beauty of the white snow in winter, there is no such thing as an eternal winter.

Winter passes.

Even if one doesn’t realize it because of the cold, once they do, spring is already upon them.

Just like Mark 2’s spring.

Just like an unripe wish.

Once you realize it, you have no choice but to accept it.

The child must leave the nest.

The child raised by the heart, Mark 2, must now walk her own path.

“I could never raise a child like this. I wouldn’t have the courage to go through such painful experiences twice.”

“Eve Mama...”

“Go ahead. Go to all the worlds you want to visit. To all the mysteries you want to experience. I have no right to stop you. Just... don’t forget.”

Eve softly patted Mark 2’s head with a sorrowful smile.

“That a little mother who loves you very much is waiting for you here.”

“Eve Mama!”

Ha Eung Eung quietly stepped aside.

Perhaps, more than herself, Eve had cherished Mark 2, so she wanted to give them time just for them.

Dashman, who had followed her, asked.

“Do we really need to play the game?”

“......”

“Wouldn’t it be better to spend time happily together in reality without any heartbreak?”

That might be true.

Ha Eung ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) Eung smiled silently.

If it were up to her, she would love to do that.

But she had restrictions.

The Geumeuljeommaek, a condition of fatal rigidity.

As her internal power grew, so did the increasingly imminent moment of death.

Without playing the game, it would be nearly impossible to gather the 180 years' worth of internal power needed for her rebirth in reality.

Even if she replenished the sun’s power through the dual horns, it would only substitute for some of the countless elixirs used in the martial arts world.

‘The more internal power I have, the stronger the Yin energy becomes.’

If she didn’t want to stay in this state of inertia for life, the inevitable day of fate would eventually come.

The moment when her closed and frozen qi blood would be blocked.

The future when her blood vessels would harden and shatter, unable to connect the energy.

[This is just the price I pay for my greed.]

“How cruel. Eve and Mark 2 are both people who only look at the Guild Master’s back, following her, yet you still won’t stop.”

What drives you so hard?

Dashman’s question couldn’t be resolved.

2.

<Awakening Ability - Hive Protocol>

<Evolutionary Characteristic - CRUD(E)>

The ability was not manifested.

Is the ability manifestation blocked?

No, it's not the ability that's blocked, but the target of the ability.

Create, Read, Reconstruct, Update, Delete Evolutionary Characteristic CRUD.

The artificial life form Mark 2 that resulted from it can no longer be read or reconstructed.

The artificial life form born from the ability escaped its owner's embrace and gained true life.

"You're the best, after all. Silent Swordsman. You're really great!"

A shiver ran down Doctor John II's spine.

Silent Swordsman Hae-eung-eung.

Her power as a returnee is limitless.

Unlike the Awakened who are trapped in the category of a single ability and are immersed in their own potential, they extend their branches of power in unexpected ways.

That power showed Doctor John II that his long-cherished wish could come true.

Boom!

Doctor John II's terminal vision cracked.

The world turned upside down dozens of times and rolled down.

A torn notebook page fell in front of his vision on the other side of the cracked terminal.

[You're obsessed. Isn't it time to stop spying on my territory?]

Cough.

The terminal, which had vomited blood along with the bruised intestines, suddenly lost its connection.

Despite his throbbing headache, Doctor John II's laughter continued unabated.

"Ah, there's no spy in Seoul as cost-effective as a pigeon. But, well, that's enough now."

The eyes of Dr. John II, gleaming with madness.

His eyes filled the incubation room with white female bodies in glass tubes.

Hundreds.

And thousands of clones.

Countless ‘silent swordsmen’ curled up like fetuses, exhaling air bubbles.

“Spirit contract. Since we’ve reached that secret, all tests to find out with Mark 2 are over.”