Chapter 265: MIMIC
YUNO was pretty sure that he didn’t have an ’X-ray vision’ as a super power.
So, he was wondering how he could see through Ki Gayoon’s body.
There were little blobs in the Esper’s chest, moving around his heart— no, maybe those foreign things were aiming for his Core.
Wait, ’blobs?’
"Gayoon Hyung, did you let Bambi touch you?"
Ki Gayoon flinched as if he were guilty.
Aigoo.
"Gayoon-san was overpowered by those two Guides," Haru, who was carrying an unconscious Moon Noa in his arms, explained. "I saved him."
Ki Gayoon glared at Haru, but the #1 Esper didn’t deny what the ex-prince had said.
Aigoo.
Yuno just clicked his tongue, and then he finally looked at their ’companions.’
Bambi and Song Heejin were there.
That’s not Song Heejin’s real body, but I can tell who she is by her Core.
It seemed like he really gained a new ability.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t an ability that he could use to fight.
So, he was glad that Bambi and Song Heejin didn’t bother attacking even when Yuno and Ki Gayoon were talking as if they were alone in the room.
Our group is already in the middle of escaping through teleportation.
Yuno noticed what seemed like a huge cube-shaped portal below Ki Gayoon and Haru’s feet. That portal was glowing, and their bodies were already semi-transparent.
So, it meant that they were already being teleported somewhere else.
Hence, it was too late for Bambi and Song Heejin to attack them.
I would conserve my energy too if my enemies were already half-gone anyway.
"We finally met again, Noh Yihun," Song Heejin said when Yuno’s eyes met hers. "It’s a shame that you woke up a bit too late. Had you opened your eyes a little earlier, then maybe we could have had a nice conversation."
Yuno smiled bitterly. "Engineer Song Heejin."
Song Heejin looked surprised at first, and then she laughed like the villainess that she was. "Ah, you’ve regained your missing memories."
"Yes, so you better start planning my murder now," Yuno said coldly. "The next time we meet, one of us will die for real. And that won’t be me."
Song Heejin just chuckled. "Dear, if Ki Gayoon couldn’t kill me, there’s no way you could."
Yuno just ignored the villainess and focused on Bambi this time.
His group’s bodies from the neck down had already turned semi-transparent, so that meant they only had little time left.
"Ho Jungwon."
Bambi scoffed when Yuno called him by that name.
"I go by ’Bambi’ now, so don’t call me by my dead name, Noh Yuno—"
"I’m not talking you, stupid pink monster."
Bambi’s froze for a moment, and then his face darkened.
"Why would I talk to a monster? I’m human, so isn’t it only natural that I talk to my fellow human?" Yuno was provoking Bambi on purpose, of course. He couldn’t attack the pink bastard physically, so he decided to run his mouth in a way that would hurt even a monster like him. "Bambi, just because you wore a human skin all this time doesn’t mean you’ve already become one. You’re just a little lump of Mana who happens to learn human language."
Bambi shot Yuno a cold look. "Shut your mouth, Noh Yuno."
"You’re the one who should shut your mouth when a human is talking, you pathetic monster."
"Noh Yuno—"
"Ho Jungwon-ssi," Yuno said, cutting off Bambi because he was really running out of time for real. "Please wait for me— I’ll rip that pink monster out of your body if that’s the last thing I need to do."
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BLERGH.
Traveling through teleportation or using a portal really never failed to make Yuno feel like he had just taken a rollercoaster ride.
His stomach was upset, and he felt like throwing up.
"Lay down for now, Babe Princess."
Pfft.
’Babe Princess.’
Hearing Ki Gayoon’s corny endearment for Yuno felt refreshing.
He usually hated hearing it because, well, it was cringe.
But not now.
I actually missed being called ’Babe Princess.’ After all, I was called ’Noh Yihun’ again and again in the long ’dream’ that I had.
"Hyung, is this your mansion inside Beom-seok?"
’Beom-seok’ would be Ki Gayoon’s private dungeon.
It wasn’t Yuno’s first time there, so he could tell where they were instantly.
But he had to ask Ki Gayoon because he noticed that the ’air’ there was different.
Something was making his skin crawl, but he couldn’t pinpoint what.
Or maybe I’m just hallucinating because I’m unwell?
"Yes. The System connected Beom-seok’s coordinates with its, well, system in order to bring us here," Ki Gayoon explained, sitting on the edge of the bed while holding Yuno’s hand. "The sly fox and the prince bastard are in the room next door."
"I don’t like the vibes here, Hyung. It feels... corrupted?"
"Bambi was here before, and he transformed into a monster."
I knew it!
"And the System still brought us here?"
"The System said they had already fixed the part that Bambi destroyed, and they assured us that they had changed Beom-seok’s coordinates. In short, it’s safe here."
Yuno just sighed while shaking his head.
And then he glared at Ki Gayoon’s chest.
To be fair, he was glaring at the little stupid blobs that were getting dangerously close to the #1 Esper’s Core.
"Hyung, let’s kiss."
"What?"
Yuno lifted his head and caught Ki Gayoon looking at him with a stupefied look on his face. "I’ll guide you, Hyung— Bambi left something disgusting in your body."
"Oh."
As soon as Ki Gayoon snapped out of his trance, the #1 Esper grabbed Yuno’s face and opened his mouth— immediately shoving his tongue down his throat.
Yep, I missed this, too.
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[MEMORY SYNCHRONIZATION with Noh Yuno 100% complete.
Memory Synchronization with [RETRACTED] still pending.]
Oho?
Moon No was displeased that the first thing that greeted him was a Status Window as soon as he opened his eyes.
Just how many memories of mine have been sealed?
"Noa-san, how are you feeling?"
It was Haru.
Moon Noa felt a bit disappointed that the person who greeted him when he opened his eyes wasn’t the person he wanted to see.
"I’m sorry it was me and not Ryu Sungbin-san."
Aigoo.
I forgot that HaruHaru is sensitive.
"HaruHaru, I’ve retrieved most of my memories now," Moon Noa said. "And I don’t think I’d ever be capable of hating Ryu Sungbin."
He knew those words would hurt Haru.
But he had to do that because he thought it was only fair for the prince to know his honest feelings.
I know I’ve been leading HaruHaru on, so I need to stop now.
"What does it have to do with me?"
"Huh?
"You can forgive him all you want. And I won’t even tell you to stop loving him. I don’t have the right to do so anyway," Haru said bluntly, and then he paused for a moment. "But don’t use that excuse to push me away, Moon Noa— I know you still need me, so use me all you want until I become worthless to you."
Moon Noa was rendered speechless.
Is HaruHaru a masochist?
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