I’m Just an Ordinary Human

---

The zombie crisis has come to an end.

The government has collapsed.

Countless people have died.

Survivors throughout Seoul have joined forces with Streamers, and their power continues to grow.

Eventually, the Streamers, coveting the new power of Korea, clashed with each other, brandishing swords to become the next rulers.

Indeed, Seoul has entered a warring states period!

“What, that has nothing to do with me.”

Even if the Streamers grow, they won’t bother me.

As long as there’s no treason, it’s all good.

In the heart of Seoul, in the Jungnang District, the Ordinary City was peaceful yet again today.

Huh? Why Seoul and not Korea, you ask?

Well, outside of Seoul, chaos still reigns.

Forget about the ruined Busan; other regions seem to be suffering quite seriously.

What was it again?

There’s a tiger monster that’s been eating people every night.

Or a monster that kidnaps humans by wrapping them in a bag.

…? Why is Red Mask in Korea?

Anyway, such monsters are prowling across the country.

In fact, several have emerged in Seoul as well, but the military forces I previously recruited and the couple, Lumi and Jung Seong-min, have been doing quite a good job, you know?

Thanks to that, Seoul remains peaceful.

So much so that the enemies have vanished, and the Streamers have begun fighting among themselves as they strive for the next generation of power.

“Isn’t all of this a blessing from God?”

…

“Are you not going to the Young-gang’s place?”

“Anywhere touched by God’s blessing is warm and cozy, so I could say the whole world is home.”

Oh, is that so?

Since that day, the Deputy Priest has settled in the Ordinary City.

I mean, really, what’s the ulterior motive there?

Normally, I would have chased him away, but since he swore not to be hostile, it’s quite unsettling.

Well, at least he’s not an enemy…

“The Company is also satisfied! Given that the infrastructure has collapsed, the Streamers have no choice but to use the Company’s products.”

The contact, who is practically a hostage, doesn’t look like one at all, and the happy employee of the Company chuckled, having gained some weight from all the food and fun.

He seemed to be losing weight the last time I saw him, though.

“You’re grounded from games.”

“What?!”

“Work! Stop playing around.”

“That’s too harsh!”

First, I should get that guy over to the bear.

He was complaining about having too much work lately.

Anyway, as per the employee’s words, we linked our system, and the Company’s products started flying off the shelves.

After all, there are limits to the resources that can be obtained from raiding stores or marts.

Ironically, the first Gold-tier Streamer who eliminated the zombies has been branded as the public enemy for blocking the point mine.

All because he stopped them from obtaining points.

Indeed, if I keep searching, I can continue finding other Abnormalities, but they’re not as easy to deal with as zombies.

Well, regardless, it means that Korea has stabilized.

We’ve also caught the Clown.

So then, what’s left?

“So, you still haven’t found them?”

“Yeah, they seem to have escaped.”

I see…

“Both the Clown and that one, they’re annoyingly resilient.”

My gaze shifted towards the map marked Italy.

Italy.

Just yesterday, it was bombarded by missiles from Han Yu-seong due to the Vatican being right in the middle of the capital.

Of course, since the missiles were aimed at the Vatican, there wasn’t direct damage, but even with just indirect damage, the country that had already lost its functions could flip upside down again.

Amidst this, a quest has come to the Streamers in Italy.

■ [Local Quest] Ruins Search

└ At the religious stronghold of the Vatican located in the heart of Rome.

There is now an evil force lurking within.

Despite the divine punishment, we cannot yet feel safe.

If you discover any remnants through your search, please report immediately.

■Conditions

└ Confirm the location of the Sculptor

└ Confirm the location of the Conductor

└ Confirm the location of the Musician

■Rewards

└ One E-grade skill drawing ticket for each condition.

A quest that basically declares it was them who shot missiles at their own country.

Naturally, local Streamers and politicians who had managed to survive and maintain some semblance of a government protested.

You expect us to hunt after missile bombardment without any notification just because you think they might still be alive?!

Are you kidding me?!

While the Italians fumed, unfortunately, Han Yu-seong had no intention of caring about that.

Honestly, whether they were mad or not, they wouldn’t be coming over by boat, nor could they restore facilities to launch missiles like he could.

From the outset, it was also a calculation that many would act due to their greed for rewards, regardless of their anger.

In fact, quite a number of Streamers mobilized for the quest.

“And they even made their escape in the meantime.”

If they still haven’t been found, we have to assume they are no longer in Italy.

“Like cockroaches…”

Even with the powers of the barrier suppressing the Abnormalities and the missiles raining down, they somehow managed to survive and escape.

It must be right since it was confirmed by the Alliance’s technology.

“How did they survive…?”

Admittedly, the first disaster was mitigated by the Abnormal cathedral, resulting in relatively little damage, but escaping intact through the later bombings doesn’t make any sense, no matter how you think about it.

If there’s any possibility, it’d be only if a third party helped them?

‘Was there one more person there?’

One who could retrieve them and escape before the missiles fell?

Nah… There’s no way.

“If I had known this would happen, I should have at least taken a few body parts from them.”

If there had been bodily remnants, I would have run the detector, but that was impossible.

“If they managed to survive in that situation, the Artist would have been in motion. Retreating at that point was the right choice.”

As I felt uneasy, the Deputy Priest began to comfort me, saying that withdrawing then was the correct decision.

But he insisted I would have lost if I had fought him.

Moreover, the Artist…

The head of that faction certainly used the same name as his group…?

“Well, they definitely had bizarre abilities… but I didn’t think I would lose.”

In a one-on-one, I would definitely win, and even if there were many opponents, I didn’t honestly think I would lose.

Of course, I’d probably struggle a bit, but still.

What should I say…

Rather than being strong, their abilities were annoying and irritating.

The Sculptor? Honestly, it’s a bit vague how many times I’d have to take him down to kill him.

Especially that long-haired guy at the end.

‘Was he the Musician?’

That sense surely belonged to the Divine.

“But what about the Clown? Are we not killing him?”

At that moment, the bear asked me.

It was curious how we had captured him and left him locked in the back room as if we were about to kill him brutally.

“Oh, I won’t kill him yet.”

There’s information to gather before killing, and besides, if death was the end, it would be too easy, right?

There are also other things I’m concerned about.

I looked at the status window floating on my smartphone as I replied to the bear.

*

“Kill him!”

“There’s the boss!”

“Don’t fight alone! That guy’s a raid mob!”

Nanjing, China.

A certain luxury hotel in that city was turning into chaos due to the swarm of Streamers converging there.

What they were after was one woman.

The sight of a fleeing woman drew the attention of the gathered Streamers.

“Damn this Clown! What is happening because of him?!”

She hurled curses at the absent Clown.

I had suggested back during the meeting to just surrender the Clown to avoid this very situation!

Angrily, the Sculptor noticed the Streamers approaching her.

“Do you think I’m scared, you guys?!”

How dare a mere human not know their place!

As she shouted, the corpses believed to be dead began to stir in response to the Streamers.

The Sculptor’s power.

It wasn’t the same as the zombies that had appeared in Korea.

Like cheap jointed dolls, the grotesque corpses rose.

Even though they were in no shape to move, their joints twisted and contorted until they managed to take a stance, charging towards the Streamers.

Limbs severed and heads crushed, they kept moving unless the entire body was incinerated—risen figures, no longer even corpses, reduced to mere puppets.

“Damn it… at this point, kill them all before that monster arrives!”

The Sculptor.

An executive of the Artist faction.

Having loved the human body too much, she turned the kidnapped individuals into puppets to preserve them and ultimately transformed herself into a puppet by becoming an Abnormality.

The puppets she created rampaged against the Streamers.

Even as a newcomer, she was an executive recognized for her power.

No way she would lose to some Streamer who had only just been born a year!

Fwoosh—

“Uh…?”

At that moment, the Sculptor’s puppets began to catch fire.

No matter how much they were destroyed, the monsters that continued to move began to crumble as they were engulfed in flames.

“What did you do to my puppets?!”

“Oh! Just like it said in the quest, fire is their weakness!”

A woman with flames shooting from her hands laughed as she burned the puppets.

The puppets, made to prevent decay by extracting blood and moisture, had surprisingly dry bodies vulnerable to fire.

Of course, being an Abnormality, they wouldn’t be affected by regular fires, but her fire naturally affected the puppets.

[Arson]

A power that originated from a boy who, unable to endure torment, decided to commit a school-wide suicide.

As the flames spread, they engulfed the hotel lobby.

Using power she herself didn’t know she had, her flames also carried the force to enclose a specific space.

A power honed to confine and burn everyone present with sinister intent.

The enraged Sculptor, trapped by the physical flames, began to scream.

As the angered Streamers gathered one by one.

“You…! You think that fire can hurt me?! If you want to die that badly, I’ll kill you all right here!”

An explosive confrontation of the enraged Sculptor and dozens of Streamers unfolds against the backdrop of the burning hotel.

And moments later…

In the now-abandoned hotel, where the flames had been extinguished, the charred corpse of the dissected Sculptor lay coldly abandoned.