I Live Alone in the Inventory

prologue

“Ke-heo-eok!”

Jimin woke up and opened his eyes.

I can’t breathe well.

As I tried to breathe, I felt a sharp pain in my chest.

Jimin held his chest with his hands and took a deep breath.

‘Whoa… whoa…’

As my breathing stabilized, a feeling of relief came over me.

‘I… am alive…?’

I felt a damp feeling on my lips, so I wiped it with my hand.

It was dark, so I couldn’t see it well, but I could tell that there was something blackish liquid on it.

‘Is this… blood…? Did you vomit blood?’

Jung-min sat up with only his upper body raised, thinking about what had happened before.

‘I’m sure…I remember getting beaten up by that monster…but…why did I wake up in a place like this? Did someone rescue me from the monster and move me?’

Jimin looked around.

A space that is closed on all sides. It should be pitch-black, but it can be seen enough to tell the surroundings whether light is coming from somewhere.

In a square space that looks roughly 5m wide, various things are piled up, and Jung-min is sitting in the middle.

‘Why are they piled up so much… Is it like a warehouse…?’

Jimin looked around.

‘I have to leave at once’

Jung-min tried to find the door to get out.

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But no matter how much I look around, I can’t see the door.

‘There’s no door…what happened? A completely confined space? Then how did I get here?’

Confused, Jung-min looked for the door by digging through all the things around him, but he couldn’t find it.

Jeongmin shouted into the air.

“Here you go!”

The sound of Jeongmin’s cry was reflected off the walls in all directions and echoed.

“Who’s there? There’s a man trapped here!”

He shouted hard and pounded on the wall, but only Jung-min’s ears hurt from the reflection.

Jimin was exhausted and sat down.

‘How can this happen…’

As I was about to sit there, devastated, I noticed something familiar lying on the floor.

‘That’s…?’

He slowly reached out and grabbed it.

one small box.

I slowly opened the box, and inside was the corpse of a seemingly sleeping hamster.

‘This…isn’t it Cloud…? Why is Cloud here…?’

Jung-Min hurriedly closed the box and put it down.

Then, frantically, he began examining the objects under his body.

‘This comic book set…this game machine and titles…are they all mine?! These are the things I put in!’

Jungmin picked up a small picture frame.

Inside the frame was a picture of a friendly-looking hat.

“mom…”

Jung-min looked at the photo for a while, put it down, and looked at the piled up items next to him.

“These… rice bags… bottled water bottles… even camping supplies..! They are all things I put in!”

I received it from my friend Jun-gi, and I succeeded in purchasing it from time to time and put various items in it.

“I put everything properly, so why was it all here…. was it stolen? How did you get it out and get it here…”

Jung-min muttered, digging through things, then stopped moving.

A thought running through my head.

“…that’s not it…”

I looked around.

Again, there is no door to enter.

“Someone didn’t move my stuff…”

It is a cube space that looks about 5m in width, length, and height.

“I’m in the place where I keep my things…”

The items of memories that Jung-min put in himself and the things he prepared for survival.

“here is….”

Jungmin sat down and muttered.

“..it’s not in my inventory.”

prologue

Episode 1

earth! earth! earth!

Jung-min and Jun-gi stood in front of the school building, which was noisy because it was under construction.

Junki said in a worried voice.

“…I really hope you accept this place…Now, this is the last large shelter.”

Jung-min answered Jun-gi’s worried voice.

“…If you don’t accept me here either… don’t mind me and go in at least Junki.”

“Hey, how could I be alone…”

“I’m alone. I have to think about my family. I’m alone, so don’t worry. I’m a triple-level Awakener with three skills, but I don’t think I have a place to stand.”

Joon-gi sighed lightly at Jung-min’s words.

Jung-min patted Jun-ki on the shoulder and said.

“Let’s go in.”

The two entered the school.

The appearance of the school as the construction was completed boasted of great grandeur.

Jeongmin looked at the school and said.

“Hey…To make it that far in just two months.. The power of a large company is amazing. Well, it’s okay if you can’t do that much with so much money pouring in…It looks really strong, right?”

As if Junki sympathized with Jungmin’s words, he exclaimed as he looked at the school.

The two went to the container box in front of the school and knocked on the door.

“Come on in.”

Hearing the man’s voice from inside, Jung-min opened the door and went inside.

There was an office desk and a chair in the container box, and there was a small sofa in front of it.

A young man in a suit who was sitting on a desk chair got up and greeted them.

“Welcome. Choi Jeong-min and…Park Joon-gi. Right?”

The man held out his hand and asked for a handshake, and Jung-min and Jun-ki shook hands.

Jeongmin said while shaking hands.

“Yes, I am Choi Jung-min… and this friend is Park Joon-gi.”

“Yes, nice to meet you. I am Yoon-soo Kim, the assistant manager in charge of tenancy at Shelter [Daesung].”

After shaking hands, the three sat down on the sofa following Kim Yoon-soo’s guidance.

Yunsu Kim sat down and spoke to the two.

“Actually, our Shelter [Daeseong] has already selected all the residents. Even so, I asked you two to come… because I heard that both of you are triple-ranked Awakeners. Is that true?”

Jung-min and Gi-jun nodded their heads.

Jungmin said.

“Yes, as I said over the phone, when both Junki and I awakened, three skills were created.”

Yunsu Kim said in surprise.

“Oh…that’s surprising. There aren’t that many double ranks, but two of my friends are triple…that’s good. The Shelter is full, but if you’re a triple Awakener, it’s right to find a place somehow… Of course, if those skills are useful.”

Jung-min and Jun-gi’s faces hardened at Kim Yoon-soo’s words.

Yunsu Kim said to the two of them.

“When did you wake up?”

“Both did… yesterday.”

“Yesterday…you probably didn’t have time to raise your stats or skill level proficiency, right?”

“Yes, I guess… time…”

Yunsu Kim nodded and said.

“Tell us what skills each of you have. We’re going to test it, so you have to tell us exactly.”

Jung-min tapped Jun-ki on the thigh.

As Joon-gi looked at Jeong-min, Jung-min gestured to talk to him.

Joon-gi looked at Jung-min for a while and then spoke to Kim Yun-soo.

“The skills I have are fireballs, storms, and swordsmanship.”

“Hmm…that’s a nice name. Can I get an explanation of the skills?”

In response to Kim Yun-soo’s question, Gi-jun continued.

“The skill called Fireball is a skill that lets you shoot fireballs forward. When it hits the target, it explodes. Storm is a skill that creates wind with the palm of your hand. It says, but I don’t know what it means yet.

After hearing Jun-gi’s words, Kim Yun-soo seemed very satisfied.

“It’s really nice to hear that all three skills can be used in battle. The combination of the skills seems to be very good… I’ll have to test the skills, but I think Jun-gi is well qualified to join our shelter. .Do you have a family?’

“Yes…I have two parents and a younger sister.”

“Hmm… There are four of us… Well, let’s try to arrange a place somehow. Oh, of course, the skill test comes first. You know?”

“..Yes”

Although he was eligible to move into the shelter [Daeseong] with his family, Jun-gi was not happy.

It was because I had heard the same answer in all the shelters I had been to before.

Kim Yoon-soo had doubts about Jun-ki’s reaction, but decided to move on.

“Now, Jun-gi has become… then Jung-min? Can we hear about Jung-min’s skills?”

Jung-min answered Kim Yoon-soo’s question.

“Yes, my skills are a total of three skills: Base Designation, Space Movement, and Perspective. You can designate a base only once, and after that, you can open a gate to move to that base and return to the base from anywhere. It’s a skill that allows you to move, and space movement is a skill that allows you to move anywhere you can see. Perspective… literally, it’s clairvoyance. I tried it, and it can penetrate walls that are about 10cm high.”

“Well…..”

Kim Yun-soo seemed to think for a moment, then spoke to Jung-min.

“It’s a unique skill, but… First of all, there’s no combat skill… it takes a lot of time. Hmm… First of all, can we know something like the range of use of space movement technology or its versatility?”

Jung-min spoke to Yun-soo Kim in a nervous voice.

“Yes, as I said, I can move anywhere within my sight. I can move up to one additional person with me. Right now, the amount of mana is low, so once you use it, mana will be depleted…”

“Yes, I understand. And… that is the skill of specifying a base. I said that you can open the gate by designating a base.”

“Yes. It says that you can open the gate and move to the base anytime, anywhere.”

“Is that gate only for you to use, or is it possible for others to use it without restrictions?”

Jung-min was speechless at Kim Yoon-soo’s question.

“…I… that’s true…”

“…?”

“Me too… I don’t know. You can only designate a base once, so I couldn’t be hasty in trying it. If Daeseong accepts me, I might designate this shelter as a base and experiment with the gate…”

“Ah, it’s okay.”

Kim Yoon-soo waved his hand and said.

“Hmm, to be honest, Jung-min’s skills seem difficult to use right away. As you may already know, most shelters mainly enshrine awakened people with combat skills. If the gate created by the base designation technology is a gate that can be used by a large number of people, it will be useful to some extent, but it is not certain… and above all, there is no guarantee that only allies can use it… In the case of space movement, is..because there are tenants who already have similar skills..and also possesses combat skills..and..the clairvoyance skill. Depending on how you use it, it seems to be quite useful, but…”

“…”

“As I said before, the selection of tenants has already been completed.

Kim Yoon-soo tapped the armrest of the sofa with his finger and said.

“It seems difficult to have Jung-min in our shelter [Daesung]. sorry.”

At Yunsu Kim’s words, Jungmin sighed.

‘As expected… is it…’

The reaction was not different from the shelters that went around before.

“Then me too…”

Hearing Jung-min’s rejection, Jun-ki tried to say something, but Jung-min grabbed Jun-ki’s thigh and pressed him down.

Jung-min shook his head as he met Jun-gi’s eyes as he looked at him.

‘This is the end. think of your family You should go in too’

Joon-gi looked into Jung-min’s eyes and lowered his head as if resigned.

Jung-min got up from his seat and said to Kim Yun-soo.

“I can’t help it. Then please take good care of this friend. I’m done with that..”

Kim Yun-soo got up and said to Jung-min, who was leaving.

“I know that there are quite a few small guilds that were created to meet the [Trial of the Gods] as a group of awakened people, even if it is not a shelter.

“…Yeah, thank you for caring. Joongi-ya, the test went well. I’ll contact you.”

“Jungmin-ah..”

Jung-min came out of the container box, ignoring Jun-ki’s small call.

After walking around the shelter construction site all day, the sky was getting dark.

Looking at the darkening sky, Jung-min walked slowly home.

*********

One day, suddenly, Awakeners began to appear.

Awakeners can check their stats by seeing a status window in front of them, and can handle the power of mana. He said that he would have an inventory that only he could use, and that he could use various skills.

In addition, it was said that a notice stating that God will grant any one wish to the Awakened who survived by finally overcoming the [God’s Trial] that will begin sooner or later can also be confirmed.

The content of the [Trial of the Gods] that the Awakener said was like this.

-3 months later, numerous dimensional doors appear in random locations around the world, and monsters appear from within those dimensional doors.

Modern firearms do not work on monsters, destroy everything around them, and protect the portal they came out of. Awakeners who have been awakened and given skills must defeat the monsters and destroy the portal.

[Trial of the Gods] ends when all the portals are destroyed.-

The Awoken who first informed the world of what had happened to them did not receive much attention.

He even demonstrated the skills he had and informed them of the awakening, but the skills were dismissed as magic tricks, and [Trial of the Gods] was ignored as if it was not worth mentioning.

However, as time passed and more and more Awakeners appeared, it reached a point where it was impossible not to believe it anymore, and the world hurriedly prepared for the [trial of God] mentioned in the status window of the Awakeners.

The first to move were large corporations.

In preparation for the [Trial of the Gods], they built a large-scale air defense facility and began to gather awakeners who had awakened powerful skills using it as bait.

As the remaining time was short, there was no choice but to build an air defense facility by adding a solid outer wall to the existing building, but the construction, which was carried out by moving a huge amount of capital, was carried out at a very fast pace, and many awakened people with powerful skills joined their families. They entrusted themselves together.

Jeong-min and his friend Jun-ki became awakened two months after the first awakened person appeared. It was just yesterday.

They were delighted with the fact that they had become an Awakener with three skills for a while, and realizing that there was not much time, the two immediately started looking into moving into the shelter.

Although he knocked on the door of many shelters, Jung-min, who had skills that were not very helpful in battle, had no choice but to give up entering the shelter.

Arriving home helplessly, Jung-min opened the door and went inside.

Jung-Min’s house, a two-room house in the semi-basement, was a small but affectionate home that he had lived in since his mother was alive.

Entering the house, Jung-min immediately inspected the hamster’s cage located in the corner of the room.

“…they didn’t eat again… do you really have to give up…”

A white hamster was lying limp in the hamster cage.

This hamster named [Gurumi] was bought by Jung-min at a mart two years ago and has been cherished and cherished.

I recently had an accident falling off a table and my leg was twisted as if it were broken.

After that, I did not eat food and seemed to have lost energy, so I inquired at the veterinary hospital.

I wanted to fix my leg, but I couldn’t afford it at such a high cost.

Jeongmin said as he gently ran his fingers over the hamster that was hanging down.

“Cheer up.. Cloud…”

Jimin sat down on the bed with a gloomy expression.

When I turned on the TV, the news showed numerous people protesting in front of the shelter under construction.

On the placards held by the protesters, there were writings such as ‘No discrimination against non-awakened people’ and ‘You are the only human’s life and we are the ant’s life’.

Feeling frustrated, Jung-min turned off the TV and lay down, staring at the ceiling, deep in thought.

‘I really liked it when I first found out that I had three skills… How could there be no combat skills among the three? Life is so…’

Jungmin thought as he sat up on the bed.

‘I don’t have time to be like this. Since entering the shelter has been canceled, you have to find another way to live. Should I really listen to a small Awakened Guild? Would such a place accept even if I had no combat skills..? I’ll have to visit those places tomorrow…’

Jiing

Jeongmin picks up the phone at the sound of a vibration.

The name [Jungi] appeared on the smartphone screen.

Jung-min answered the phone.

“Uh Junki. Did the test go well?’

Over the receiver, Jun-ki’s voice came over the receiver.

[uh. The test went well. The shelter move-in was confirmed, and I signed a contract to move in with my family as soon as the construction was completed.]

“Good. I knew you would pass.”

[…Looking at it, it seemed that I was quite satisfied with my skills. I feel that the attitude towards me has changed a little. So I asked how could one more person move in, but he refused like a knife…]

Jung-min said to Jun-ki who said he was sorry.

“Hey, don’t be hated for saying useless things. I’m fine. I’m thinking of going to the Awoken Guild tomorrow. Even if I don’t have combat skills, I’m a triple-ranked Awakener, so there’s no place to accept me. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of your family. let it go”

[…] The person in charge said, after the [Trial of the Gods] has occurred, there will be a vacancy at the shelter, and if my performance is good, I might be able to grant you a request to add one more person. So… hold on as long as you can. I’ll try to find a spot somehow. Until then, don’t do anything dangerous and stay safe. got it?]

Jeong-Min was moved by Jun-Ki’s words, but he didn’t show it and smiled.

“Okay, take care of your friends when you grow up a lot. Let’s take care of our talented friends. Anyway, I’ll have to research the places I’m going to visit tomorrow. Take a break.”

After hanging up the phone, Jung-min sat there blankly for a while, then shook his head and said.

“Relax. Moving into the shelter is over, so we need to prepare in a different direction. First… let’s pack our things in advance.”

Jung-min opened his inventory.

Episode 1